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20110309585 | SHAFT SEAL DEVICE - A shaft seal device that seals between the outer peripheral surface of a rotating shaft and a stationary member that is provided on the outer peripheral side of the rotating shaft, provided with a thin-plate seal that has a plurality of thin plates that are arranged in the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft and an abradable seal that is arranged at a position differing with the thin-plate seal in the axial direction, and having a free-cutting material that is disposed at either one of the rotating shaft and the stationary member, and a seal fin that projects toward the rotating shaft or stationary member from the other of the rotating shaft and the stationary member. | 12-22-2011 |
20110316237 | SHAFT SEAL AND ROTARY MACHINE WITH SAME - A shaft seal that is constituted by annularly arranging a plurality of seal segments in the circumferential direction of a rotating shaft, in which each seal segment has a plurality of thin plates that are provided in a predetermined arrangement in the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft, side plates that sandwich the plurality of thin plates from both sides thereof in the axial direction, and retention rings that retain the base ends of the plurality of thin plates and the base ends of the side plates; the distal ends of the thin plates protrude farther toward the rotating shaft than the distal ends of the side plates, and the protrusion length of the distal ends of the thin plates in the vicinity of the end portions in the circumferential direction where adjacent seal segments are connected is set to be less than the protrusion length of the distal ends of the thin plates that are located at the middle of the seal segment in the circumferential direction. | 12-29-2011 |
20120211944 | SELF-ADJUSTING SEAL FOR ROTATING TURBOMACHINERY - A self-adjusting seal has a movable seal member fitted in a groove of a dummy ring along a rotor. The movable seal member is biased outwardly in a radial direction by a disc spring, and a gap between the movable seal member and the rotor is large during the start-up or shutdown of rotating turbomachinery. On the other hand, during a rated operation of the rotating turbomachinery, by a fluid having flown into the internal portion of the groove via a gap between a high pressure side end surface of the movable seal member and the groove, the movable seal member is pressed toward the rotor against a biasing force of the disc spring. | 08-23-2012 |
20120261884 | SHAFT SEAL DEVICE AND ROTARY MACHINE INCLUDING SHAFT SEAL DEVICE - There is provided a shaft seal device comprising a seal piece-laminated body ( | 10-18-2012 |
20130004310 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SHAFT SEALING DEVICE AND JIG FOR FABRICATING SHAFT SEALING DEVICE, AND ROTARY MACHINE PROVIDED WITH SHAFT SEALING DEVICE - Provided is a method of fabricating a shaft sealing device, in which a plurality of thin plate pieces arranged in a circumferential direction of a rotation shaft are provided and base ends of the thin plate pieces are mutually connected, the method including a stacking step of stacking the plurality of thin plate pieces in one direction, a connecting step of mutually connecting the base ends of the plurality of stacked thin plate pieces to form a stacked body, and a first smoothing step of bringing one lateral end surface of two lateral end surfaces of the stacked body formed by each end portion in a width direction of the plurality of thin plate pieces in contact with a flat surface to smooth the other lateral end surface. | 01-03-2013 |
20130069316 | AXIAL SEAL STRUCTURE AND ROTATION MECHANISM PROVIDED WITH SAME - An axial seal structure includes a high-pressure-side regulating member ( | 03-21-2013 |
20130106062 | DRY GAS SEAL STRUCTURE | 05-02-2013 |
20130154195 | SHAFT SEAL MECHANISM AND ROTARY MACHINE PROVIDED WITH SAME - A shaft seal structure capable of preventing a seal body of the shaft seal structure of a rotation body from being held in an inclined posture even when the seal body is inclined is provided. It includes, an accommodation body ( | 06-20-2013 |
20130181412 | SHAFT SEALING APPARATUS AND ROTATING MACHINE EQUIPPED THEREWITH - Provided is a shaft sealing apparatus that is installed in an annular space between a rotor and a stator in a rotating machine and that divides the annular space into a low-pressure side region and a high-pressure side region in an axial direction of the rotor. The shaft sealing apparatus includes a seal body formed by stacking a plurality of thin seal pieces, which extend from the stator toward a radial inner side of the rotor, in a circumferential direction of the rotor, and lateral plates having a surface facing the axial direction and curved and extending in a circumferential direction of the annular space. The seal body is welded to the surfaces of the lateral plates which face the axial direction so that the seal body follows a curved shape of the lateral plates. | 07-18-2013 |
20130230393 | SHAFT SEAL MECHANISM - An inner wall surface of a low-pressure-side side plate opposite to a lateral surface of a thin plats is formed along a direction crossing an axial direction of a rotating shaft such that a gap between the inner wall surface and the thin plate gradually decreases from a radially inner side toward a radially outer side of the low-pressure-side side plate. | 09-05-2013 |
20130234397 | SHAFT SEALING APPARATUS - Provided is a shaft sealing apparatus, which includes a seal ring that is installed in an annular space between a rotor and a stator surrounding an outer circumference side of the rotor, that is formed in a divided structure from a movable seal ring and a stationary seal ring whose circumferential ends are adjacent to each other, and that is configured so that the movable seal ring is biased toward a radial outer side thereof by an elastic body, a seal body that is formed by stacking a plurality of thin seal pieces, which extend from the seal ring toward a radial inner side of the rotor, in a circumferential direction of the rotor, and a communicating part that causes the low-pressure side region and the high-pressure side region to communicate with each other. | 09-12-2013 |
20130259680 | SHAFT SEALING DEVICE, AND ROTARY MACHINE EQUIPPED THEREWITH - A shaft sealing device and a rotary machine equipped therewith are provided with a sealing body configured by stacking a plurality of thin sealing pieces; and a low-pressure-side side sealing plate in which a plate surface facing the low-pressure side is pressed against an inner wall surface of the housing facing the direction of the axis by means of the pressure of a fluid applied from a high-pressure side to the low-pressure side. A protrusion for blocking a downward flow toward the inside of the low-pressure-side side sealing plate in the radial direction along the low-pressure side of the sealing body is formed on the inside of the low-pressure-side side sealing plate in the radial direction, and a communication path for guiding the downward flow blocked by means of the protrusion to a low-pressure-side region is formed on the housing. | 10-03-2013 |
20140241877 | SHAFT SEALING DEVICE AND ROTATING MACHINE COMPRISING SAME - A shaft sealing device is provided in an annular space between a rotor and a stator surrounding an outer periphery of the rotor, and divides the annular space in the direction of an axis of the rotor into a high-pressure region and a low-pressure region. The shaft sealing device includes a seal body obtained by stacking a plurality of thin plate sealing pieces in a circumferential direction of the rotor; and a high-pressure side plate that extends from the stator toward the radial inner side so as to run along the high-pressure side of the seal body, and is segmented into a plurality of portions in the circumferential direction, and includes a rigidity imparting member configured to impart rigidity in the direction of the axis to a portion of the surface of the high-pressure side plate that faces the high-pressure region. | 08-28-2014 |
20140314579 | TURBINE - The turbine related to the invention is a turbine including blades and a structure rotating relative to the blades and having a fluid flowing thereto. The turbine includes step portions that are provided in either radial tip portions of the blades or areas of the structure that face the radial tip portions; sealing fins that extend from the other toward the step portions, and form minute gaps between the sealing fins and the step portions; a flow collision surface that is provided upstream of the sealing fins in a flow direction of the fluid and against which the fluid collides; a protrusion that protrudes toward an upstream side from the flow collision surface; and a facing surface that faces the flow collision surface. | 10-23-2014 |
20150184750 | ROTARY MACHINE - A rotary machine includes turbine moving blades ( | 07-02-2015 |
20150221400 | SHAFT SEALING STRUCTURE AND REACTOR COOLANT PUMP - The shaft sealing structure includes a seal ring that has abutment portions formed by dividing the seal ring along the axial direction and that is provided around a main shaft in a ring-like manner; a support member that is provided in the seal ring along the circumferential direction of the main shaft; and a thermoswitch that is connected to the support member between the abutment portions and that presses the support member toward the center of the main shaft when the temperature rises to a temperature higher than that during normal operation, in which the seal ring is fixed at a position separated from the main shaft during the normal operation and is moved by the support member toward the center of the main shaft when the temperature rises to a temperature higher than that during the normal operation. | 08-06-2015 |
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20130267711 | TRICYCLIC COMPOUND - The invention provides a method of activating PPAR γ and a method of treating or preventing a disease associated with PPAR γ by administering a tricyclic compound having a PPAR γ agonist activity, which is represented by the formula (I) wherein Z represents a single bond or the like, Y represents a hydrogen atom, lower alkyl optionally having substituent(s) or the like, X represents a hydrogen atom or the like, A represents aryl or the like, B and C are the same or different and each represents an aromatic carbocycle or the like, R | 10-10-2013 |
20150291587 | TRICYCLIC COMPOUND - The invention provides a method of activating PPAR γ and a method of treating or preventing a disease associated with PPAR γ by administering a tricyclic compound having a PPAR γ agonist activity, which is represented by the formula (I) wherein Z represents a single bond or the like, Y represents a hydrogen atom, lower alkyl optionally having substituent(s) or the like, X represents a hydrogen atom or the like, A represents aryl or the like, B and C are the same or different and each represents an aromatic carbocycle or the like, R | 10-15-2015 |
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20140340168 | FILTER CIRCUIT AND MODULE - A filter circuit includes: a first band-pass filter, a second band-pass filter, a third band-pass filter and a fourth band-pass filter each having input and output terminals; a first terminal to which one of input and output terminals of first band-pass filter and one of input and output terminals of second band-pass filter are connected; a second terminal to which one of input and output terminals of third band-pass filter and one of input and output terminals of fourth band-pass filter are connected; a third terminal to which another one of input and output terminals of first band-pass filter and another one of input and output terminals of fourth band-pass filter are connected; and a fourth terminal to which another one of input and output terminals of second band-pass filter and another one of input and output terminals of third band-pass filter are connected. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341090 | FILTER CIRCUIT AND MODULE - A filter circuit includes: a first transmission filter connected between a first antenna terminal and a first transmission terminal; a second transmission filter connected between the first antenna terminal and a second transmission terminal; a first reception filter connected between a second antenna terminal and a first reception terminal, the second antenna terminal being connected to an antenna different from an antenna to which the first antenna terminal is connected; and a second reception filter connected between the second antenna terminal and a second reception terminal. | 11-20-2014 |
20140354374 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE - An acoustic wave device includes: a first chip that includes a first substrate, and a first filter formed on a first surface of the first substrate; and a second chip that includes a second substrate, and a second filter formed on a second surface of the second substrate, the second surface being located in a plane different from the first surface. | 12-04-2014 |
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20130168601 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - There is provided a novel positive electrode active material for a secondary battery. A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery according to the present exemplary embodiment is represented by the following formula (I): | 07-04-2013 |
20130221269 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery having high discharge energy and capable of suppressing capacity drop with cycles and a secondary battery using the same are provided at lower cost. A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery according to a first aspect of the exemplary embodiment is represented by the following formula (I): Li | 08-29-2013 |
20130266847 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The object of an exemplary embodiment of the invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery which has high energy density by containing a positive electrode active substance operating at a potential of 4.5 V or higher with respect to lithium and which has excellent cycle property. An exemplary embodiment of the invention is an lithium secondary battery, which comprises a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active substance and an electrolyte liquid comprising a nonaqueous electrolyte solvent; wherein the positive electrode active substance operates at a potential of 4.5 V or higher with respect to lithium; and wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte solvent comprises a fluorine-containing phosphate represented by a prescribed formula. | 10-10-2013 |
20130280600 | SECONDARY BATTERY - The object of an exemplary embodiment of the invention is to provide a secondary battery which contains a positive electrode active material operating at a potential of 4.5 V or higher and which has good cycle property at a high temperature. An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a secondary battery, comprising a positive electrode that can absorb and desorb lithium and an electrolyte liquid; wherein the positive electrode comprises a positive electrode active material that operates at a potential of 4.5 V or higher with respect to lithium; and wherein the electrolyte liquid comprises a fluorinated ether represented by a prescribed formula and a cyclic-type sulfonate represented by a prescribed formula. | 10-24-2013 |
20140017572 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTROLYTE LIQUID - The object is to provide a lithium ion secondary battery which has an excellent cycle property even in high-temperature environment and which has small volume increase. An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a lithium ion secondary battery, comprising: a positive electrode, a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material, and an electrolyte liquid; wherein the electrolyte liquid comprises a chain-type fluorinated ester compound represented by a predetermined formula and a chain-type fluorinated ether compound represented by a predetermined formula; wherein the negative electrode active material comprises metal (a) that can be alloyed with lithium, metal oxide (b) that can absorb and desorb lithium ion, and carbon material (c) that can absorb and desorb lithium ion; and wherein metal (a) is silicon, and metal oxide (b) is silicon oxide. | 01-16-2014 |
20140023935 | LITHIUM SECONDARY CELL - Provided is a lithium secondary cell of 5V class having a positive electrode operating voltage of 4.5V or higher with respect to metallic lithium; the lithium secondary cell has high energy density, inhibits degradation of the electrolytic solution that comes in contact with the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and has particularly long cell life when used under high-temperature environments. The positive electrode contains, as the positive electrode active substance, a predetermined lithium-manganese oxide complex; the negative electrode contains, as the negative electrode active substance, graphite, of which surface is coated by low-crystallinity carbon; and the electrolytic solution contains one or more high-oxidation-potential solvents selected from propylene carbonate, butyl ene carbonate, 4-fluoro-1,3-dioxolan-2-one, and 4,5-difluoro-1,3-dioxolan-2-one within a range of 5 to 60 vol % of the solvent and one or two low-viscosity solvents selected from dimethyl carbonate and fluorinated cyclic ether. | 01-23-2014 |
20140138575 | ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY - An active material for a secondary battery whose lifetime characteristics are improved is provided. The active material for a secondary battery includes a first active material represented by Li | 05-22-2014 |
20140322615 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - It is an object of this exemplary embodiment to provide a lithium ion secondary battery using a positive electrode active material having an operating potential of 4.5 V or more, the lithium ion secondary battery having excellent high temperature cycle characteristics. This exemplary embodiment is a lithium ion secondary battery comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium, a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution containing a nonaqueous electrolytic solvent, wherein the positive electrode comprises a positive electrode active material operating at a potential of 4.5 V or more versus lithium, the separator comprises cellulose, a cellulose derivative, or a glass fiber, and the nonaqueous electrolytic solvent comprises a fluorinated solvent. | 10-30-2014 |
20140367610 | ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - An active material for a secondary battery with improved life characteristics is provided. An active material for a secondary battery according to this exemplary embodiment is an active material for a secondary battery represented by Li | 12-18-2014 |
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20110088572 | MACHINING OIL APPLYING APPARATUS - A machining oil applying apparatus that applies machining oil onto a thin metal plate that is being conveyed toward a press apparatus includes: an upper surface applying unit that is impregnated with machining oil, contacts an upper surface of the thin plate and applies the machining oil onto the upper surface; a lower surface applying unit that is impregnated with the machining oil, contacts an lower surface of the thin plate and applies the machining oil onto the lower surface; and an applying unit moving portion that causes the upper surface applying unit and the lower surface applying unit to move reciprocally in a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction of the thin plate, wherein the upper surface applying unit and the lower surface applying unit always move in respectively opposite directions perpendicular to the conveying direction. | 04-21-2011 |
20110232450 | EQUIPMENT FOR CUTTING CORRUGATED FIN - The equipment for cutting a corrugated fin is capable of sufficiently cutting a corrugated fin having high ribs. The equipment comprises: a movable blade moving into a rib of a corrugated fin and cutting the corrugated fin; and a fixed blade being fixed on the opposite side of the corrugated fin from the movable blade, the fixed blade cutting the rib with the movable blade. A tip section, which has a cutting face capable of cutting the rib with the fixed blade, is provided to a front end of the movable blade. A supporting block supports one of outer faces of the rib, which corresponds to the tip section of the movable blade, and is biased upward, thereby the supporting block is moved downward together with the cut rib, which has been cut and pushed downward by the movable blade, with continuously supporting the outer face of the cut rib. | 09-29-2011 |
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20130260245 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides an electrode material in which unevenness in a supporting amount of a carbonaceous film is less when using an electrode-active material having a carbonaceous film on a surface thereof as the electrode material, and which is capable of improving conductivity, and a method for producing the electrode material. The electrode material includes an aggregate formed by aggregating an electrode-active material in which a carbonaceous film is formed on a surface. In the electrode material, an average particle size of the aggregate is 0.5 to 100 μm, a volume density of the aggregate is 50 to 80 vol % of a volume density in a case in which the aggregate is a solid, and 80% or more of the surface of the electrode-active material is covered with the carbonaceous film. Alternatively, the electrode material includes an aggregate formed by aggregating electrode-active material particles in which a carbonaceous film is formed on a surface. In the electrode material, an average particle size of the aggregate is 0.5 to 100 μm, a pore size (D50) when an accumulated volume percentage of a pore size distribution of the aggregate is 50% is 0.1 to 0.2 μm, and porosity of the aggregate is 15 to 50 vol % with respect to a volume in a case in which the aggregate is a solid. | 10-03-2013 |
20140356716 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE MATERIAL - Provided are an electrode material and an electrode which, when an electrode active material having a carbonaceous coat formed on the surface is used as an electrode material, have a small variation in an amount of the carbonaceous coat being supported and, furthermore, can improve electron conductivity, and a method of manufacturing the electrode material. The electrode material is made of an agglomerate formed by agglomerating particles of an electrode active material having a carbonaceous coat formed on a surface, the average particle diameter of the agglomerate is in a range of 1.0 μm to 100 μm, the volume density of the agglomerate is in a range of 50% by volume to 80% by volume of the volume density of a solid form of the agglomerate, the pore size distribution of pores in the agglomerate is mono-modal, and the average pore diameter in the pore size distribution is 0.3 μm or less. | 12-04-2014 |
20150099175 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides an electrode material in which unevenness in a supporting amount of a carbonaceous film is less when using an electrode-active material having a carbonaceous film on a surface thereof as the electrode material, and which is capable of improving conductivity, and a method for producing the electrode material. The electrode material includes an aggregate formed by aggregating an electrode-active material in which a carbonaceous film is formed on a surface. In the electrode material, an average particle size of the aggregate is 0.5 to 100 μm, a volume density of the aggregate is 50 to 80 vol % of a volume density in a case in which the aggregate is a solid, and 80% or more of the surface of the electrode-active material is covered with the carbonaceous film. Alternatively, the electrode material includes an aggregate formed by aggregating electrode-active material particles in which a carbonaceous film is formed on a surface. In the electrode material, an average particle size of the aggregate is 0.5 to 100 μm, a pore size (D50) when an accumulated volume percentage of a pore size distribution of the aggregate is 50% is 0.1 to 0.2 μm, and porosity of the aggregate is 15 to 50 vol % with respect to a volume in a case in which the aggregate is a solid. | 04-09-2015 |
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20100062308 | Membrane Electrode Assembly, Manufacturing Method Thereof and Fuel Cell - This invention provides a manufacturing method of an MEA in which electrode catalyst layers adhere sufficiently to a polymer electrolyte membrane and the fringe area of the polymer electrolyte membrane has no large waviness to cause a gas seal problem when used in a fuel cell. The method includes preparing a pair of transfer sheets each having an electrode catalyst layer on one surface of a substrate, arranging the transfer sheets in such a way that the electrode catalyst layers, respectively, face both surfaces of the polymer electrolyte membrane and the fringe area of the polymer electrolyte layer is exposed, and hot pressing the transfer sheets together with the interposed polymer electrolyte membrane, and has a feature that pressure applied during the hot pressing in a certain area is 0.5-2.0 MPa (referred to as P | 03-11-2010 |
20100075190 | Membrane Electrode Assembly, Manufacturing Method Thereof and Fuel Cell - The present invention prevents a flooding phenomenon by a simple method and receives a relatively small influence by a proton transfer in the catalyst layer so as to provide an MEA having an excellent power generation performance. An MEA of the present invention has an anode catalyst layer and a cathode catalyst layer on surfaces of the polymer electrolyte membrane and catalyst loaded particles are included in the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer. It is a feature of the present invention that the cathode catalyst layer has more catalysts in a surface region than in a boundary region with the polymer electrolyte membrane in the thickness direction, whereas the anode catalyst layer has more catalysts in a boundary region than in a surface region in the thickness direction. | 03-25-2010 |
20130196254 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - The invention provides an MEA in which a high level of interfacial adhesions are achieved between its PEM and catalyst layer so that the catalyst layer does not easily peel from the PEM and to provide a manufacturing method of the MEA and a fuel cell employing the MEA and having an excellent battery performance. In the manufacturing method of the MEA 4, since an adhesion layer and a catalyst layer are formed respectively by coating an ink which contains a solvent directly on their adjacent layer, polymer electrolytes in the adjacent layer present near the interface adhere while slightly dissolving. The fuel cell employing the MEA 4 has an excellent battery performance because the catalyst layer 3 is hardly stripped off the PEM 1. | 08-01-2013 |
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20080223556 | PUMP-FREE WATER-COOLING SYSTEM - A pump-free water-cooling system is provided wherein external power supply is not involved; heat can be transported in any direction; and high reliability and low thermal resistance are ensured. | 09-18-2008 |
20090071631 | VAPOR-LIFT PUMP HEAT TRANSPORT APPARATUS - A vapor-lift pump heat transport apparatus having a small heat resistance and a large heat transport capacity. A heat exchange circulating solution container has a first space and a second space communicating with the first space through a communication opening and contains a heat exchange circulating solution, and vapor thereof, in each space. A circulating solution transport passage includes a pipe connected to the solution outlet of the container and provided with a sensible heat releasing heat exchanger, a pipe disposed in the container, and a pipe connected to a vapor-liquid two-phase fluid inlet and provided with a heating heat exchanger. A vapor-liquid two-phase fluid flows into only the first space through the vapor-liquid two-phase fluid inlet. When the entrance of the vapor-liquid two-phase fluid has caused a pressure difference between the first and second spaces, a difference occurs between the positions of the vapor-liquid interfaces in the first and second spaces. | 03-19-2009 |
20090114372 | HEAT SINK - A heat sink includes a heat-transfer container incorporating a flow path through which a cooling fluid flows, for cooling a heating element in contact with the heat-transfer container The flow path includes a first cross-sectional portion that becomes narrower as the distance between a given point in the flow path and a side of the heat-transfer container which makes contact with the heating element becomes longer in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the cooling fluid flows, and a second cross-sectional portion that is approximately constant in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the cooling fluid flows. The first cross-sectional portion and the second cross-sectional portion alternately continue in the direction in which the cooling fluid flows causing a three-dimensional flow so the heat-transfer properties are enhanced with a simplified structure. | 05-07-2009 |
20120018117 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR CONDITIONER AND AIR CONDITIONER - An indoor unit includes a casing having a suction port formed in an upper part and a blow-out port formed on a lower side at a front face part, an axial-flow or diagonal-flow fan provided on the downstream side of the suction port in the casing, and a heat exchanger provided on the downstream side of the fan and on the upstream side of the blow-out port in the casing, in which air blown out of the fan and refrigerant are heat-exchanged. | 01-26-2012 |
20120279237 | AUXILIARY HEATER CONTROL DEVICE, HEATED FLUID UTILIZATION SYSTEM, AND AUXILIARY HEATER CONTROL METHOD - An auxiliary heater control device can be readily attached to a hot water heating system configured with a simple water circuit without a hot water storage tank, and is capable of preventing freezing of circulating water such that use of an auxiliary heater is minimized. When a sensed temperature tS sensed by a temperature sensor is in a range, a control device increases a rotational speed of a circulation pump. When the sensed temperature tS is in a range, the control device increases the rotational speed of the circulation pump and lowers an operating frequency of a compressor. When the sensed temperature tS is in a range, the control device increases the rotational speed of the circulation pump, lowers the operating frequency of the compressor, and activates an auxiliary heater. | 11-08-2012 |
20140291411 | HEAT PUMP HEATING AND HOT-WATER SYSTEM - A heat pump heating and hot-water system includes a water heating heat exchanger for heating water by heat exchange with a heating medium heated by a heat pump unit, an indoor heating unit, a heating circulation circuit for selectively pumping the heating medium to either of the water heating heat exchanger and the indoor heating unit using a heating medium pump, and a hot-water accumulating circuit that sends water in a hot-water storage tank to the water heating heat exchanger and returns water having passed through the water heating heat exchanger to the hot-water storage tank using a water pump. The volumetric flow rate of the heating medium pumped to the water heating heat exchanger by the heating medium pump is higher than or equal to the volumetric flow rate of the water pumped to the water heating heat exchanger by the water pump. | 10-02-2014 |
20150319885 | OUTDOOR UNIT AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - An outdoor unit includes: a heat exchanger in which heat transmission fins are fitted to and fixed to heat transmission pipes with predetermined distances so that heat is exchanged between refrigerant passing through the heat transmission pipes and air passing between the heat transmission fins; an electric component that controls equipment; and a cooling member disposed above a channel of air that has passed through the heat exchanger and configured to dissipate heat from the electric component to the air. The distance between the heat transmission fins in a position corresponding to the position of the cooling member and serving as a passage of the air passing through the cooling member is larger than that in the other positions. | 11-05-2015 |
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20140082408 | FAULT TOLERANT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FAULT TOLERANT - A primary virtual machine is formed on a primary machine in which a primary hypervisor runs, and inputs virtual interrupt based on an external interrupt from the primary hypervisor to a primary guest OS. A secondary virtual machine is formed on a secondary machine in which a secondary hypervisor runs, and inputs the virtual interrupt to a secondary guest OS on the basis of timing information on the virtual interrupt transmitted from the primary virtual machine. When inputting the virtual interrupt to the primary guest OS, the primary virtual machine suspends the primary guest OS, and determines whether the suspended position is in a critical section. If the suspended position is not in the critical section, the primary virtual machine inputs the virtual interrupt at the suspended position. If the suspended position is in the critical section, the primary virtual machine changes the suspended position, and again performs the determination. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082617 | FAULT TOLERANT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FAULT TOLERANT - A fault tolerant system includes a primary virtual machine that is formed on a primary machine in which a primary hypervisor runs, and is adapted to input virtual interrupt based on an external interrupt from the primary hypervisor to a primary guest OS, and a secondary virtual machine that is formed on a secondary machine in which a secondary hypervisor runs, and is adapted to input the virtual interrupt to a secondary guest OS on the basis of timing information on the virtual interrupt transmitted from the primary virtual machine. The primary virtual machine is adapted to collect operation performance information from the secondary virtual machine, and to configure an operation performance of the primary virtual machine and an operation performance of the secondary virtual machine so that the operation performance of the primary virtual machine becomes equal to the operation performance of the secondary virtual machine. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082618 | FAULT TOLERANT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FAULT TOLERANT - A fault tolerant system includes a primary virtual machine formed on a primary machine in which a primary hypervisor runs, and configured to input virtual interrupt based on an external interrupt from the primary hypervisor to a primary guest OS, and a secondary virtual machine formed on a secondary machine in which a secondary hypervisor runs, and configured to input virtual interrupt to a secondary guest OS on the basis of timing information on the virtual interrupt transmitted from the primary virtual machine. The primary virtual machine is configured to determine whether the virtual interrupt is generated, or not, upon receiving the external interrupt from the primary hypervisor, and only if it is determined that the virtual interrupt is generated, the primary virtual machine is configured to input the virtual interrupt to the primary guest OS, and to transmit timing information on the virtual interrupt to the secondary virtual machine. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082619 | FAULT TOLERANT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FAULT TOLERANT - A fault tolerant system includes a primary virtual machine that is formed on a primary machine in which a primary hypervisor runs, and is configured to input virtual interrupt based on an external interrupt from the primary hypervisor to a primary guest OS, and a secondary virtual machine that is formed on a secondary machine in which a secondary hypervisor runs, and is configured to input the virtual interrupt to a secondary guest OS on the basis of timing information on the virtual interrupt transmitted from the primary virtual machine. The primary virtual machine is configured to transmit the timing information on the virtual interrupt including the number of branch instructions executed by the primary guest OS before inputting the virtual interrupt, and including an execution suspension position when inputting the virtual interrupt to the secondary virtual machine. | 03-20-2014 |
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20120314934 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing device is provided that includes: an image generation portion that generates a composite image by synthesizing a stereoscopic image with a two-dimensional image that is associated with the stereoscopic image, the stereoscopic image being generated from a right eye image and a left eye image which have parallax therebetween and on which perspective correction is performed; and an identification portion that, when a user operation on the two-dimensional image is detected, identifies the stereoscopic image with which the two-dimensional image is associated, as a selected target. | 12-13-2012 |
20150095915 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a plurality of application frameworks upon which applications are executed, and a decision unit configured to control a switching of operable states of the plurality of application frameworks. | 04-02-2015 |
20150154000 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a user interface unit which receives a user's operation, a playback control unit which performs an editing process on content playback control information, depending on the user's operation received by the user interface unit, and controls an operation of playing back content based on the content playback control information, and a display unit which displays a played-back image of the content. | 06-04-2015 |
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20140176862 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel having a display surface, a light guiding unit disposed at a display surface side of the display panel, the light guiding unit having an incident part and an irradiation part, the incident part being parallel to the display surface and facing the display surface, the irradiation part being parallel to the display surface and configured to emit a light entered from the incident part, the irradiation part having a plurality of irradiation surfaces whose positions in a direction orthogonal to the incident part differ depending on a position on the display surface, and a minor configured to reflect an image projected from the display panel through the light guiding unit. | 06-26-2014 |
20140177040 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A display device includes a display panel having a display surface, an infrared cut filter layer disposed at a display surface side of the display panel, and a polarization layer disposed at a position farther from the display surface than the infrared cut filter layer in such a manner that the polarization layer is in contact with the infrared cut filter layer, the polarization layer having a higher transmittance of infrared light than that of the infrared cut filter layer. | 06-26-2014 |
20140267242 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a parallax adjustment unit arranged on a side of a surface of a display unit on which an image is displayed or on a reverse side of the surface, wherein unit areas extending in a first direction are arranged in columns in a second direction in the parallax adjustment unit; and a control unit detecting positions of a right eye and a left eye of a user based on an image of the user, determining a display of pixels of a right eye image and a left eye image to be displayed on the display unit depending on the detected positions of the right eye and the left eye, and determining an area that transmits light among the unit areas included in the parallax adjustment unit depending on the positions of the right eye and the left eye and the display of pixels. | 09-18-2014 |
20140293020 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display unit that displays a moving image, a detection unit that detects a position of a user, a calculation unit that calculates a moving speed of the user on the basis of a frame time and an amount of transition of the position detected by the detection unit, a position estimation unit that calculates an estimated position of the user when the moving speed calculated by the calculation unit is higher than a threshold value, and that does not calculate the estimated position when the moving speed is equal to or lower than a threshold value, and an image adjustment unit that performs adjustment of an image to be displayed on the display unit on the basis of the estimated position, when the estimated position is calculated by the position estimation unit. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293172 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device for displaying a first image in a first direction and a second image in a second direction, including a display panel having pixels arrayed in a matrix, a backlight configured to emit a light to a back surface of the display panel, and a parallax barrier configured so that a light from the first pixel passes through an opening of the parallax barrier and is emitted to the first direction, and a light from the second pixel passes through the opening of the parallax barrier and is emitted to the second direction. The formula (B−A)/A≦1 is satisfied wherein A represents the luminance of the first image when the first image and the second image are black images, and B represents a luminance of the first image when the first image is a black image and the second image is a white image. | 10-02-2014 |
20140368622 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display section; a barrier section in which a plurality of unit regions are arranged in columns in a first direction, the plurality of unit regions extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a plurality of light shields disposed at regular intervals for the display section such that a transmittance of light transmitted through a unit region is kept substantially the same regardless of a position of the unit region through which light is transmitted in the barrier section. | 12-18-2014 |
20150287371 | DISPLAY DEVICE, TEMPERATURE INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE, AND TEMPERATURE INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD - A display device includes a display unit that displays an image, an illuminating unit that irradiates light to the display unit, a plurality of electrodes that are arranged on the display unit, an applying unit that applies an electric signal to the electrodes, a detecting unit that detects electrical changes of the electrodes occurring due to the electric signal, and a control unit that controls the display unit or the illuminating unit based on temperature information of the electrodes indicated by the electrical changes. Each of the electrodes includes a plurality of extension portions, and a coupling portion that couples one ends of the extension portions. A longitudinal direction of each of the extension portions is along the other direction perpendicular to the one direction. The control unit controls the display unit or the illuminating unit based on a temperature distribution of each of the electrodes in the other direction. | 10-08-2015 |
20150378222 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an aspect, a liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; pixels each including sub-pixels corresponding to different color areas; a first electrode in each sub-pixel; and a second electrode facing the first electrode. The first electrode includes an electrode base portion extending in a first direction; and a plurality of comb tooth portions extending in a second direction from the electrode base portion. A slit pitch of a sub-pixel in one color area and a slit pitch of a sub-pixel in the other color area of at least two color areas out of different color areas are different in size, each slit pitch corresponding to a gap between the comb tooth portions adjacent to each other. | 12-31-2015 |
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20110032654 | Electrostatic Clamp Optimizer - A system which may be used to control, monitor and optimize an electrostatic clamp is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, there is a computer, a control circuit, and at least one amplifier. Also, a signal assessing circuit may be included and used to provide a sensing signal to an output signal of the control circuit. The signal assessing circuit may provide a sensing signal that can be used to monitor the capacitance of the electrostatic clamp. Further, the signal assessing circuit may include circuitry which monitors performance of the electrostatic clamp, and provide performance information to the control circuit. | 02-10-2011 |
20130085714 | Method and device for moving a sensor close to a surface - A method and a system for positioning a sensor of an electrostatic force microscope is disclosed. In a method according to the invention, the AC bias voltage and DC bias voltage systems of the EFM are utilized to determine a sensor sensitivity “G”, which is then used to adjust the position of the sensor or the AC bias voltage in a manner that reduces the risk of arcing and/or contact between the sensor and the surface to be analyzed. | 04-04-2013 |
20140103612 | DIELECTRIC LAYER FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AND ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK - A dielectric layer for an electrostatic chuck is formed of a ceramic material having a first phase including aluminum oxide and a second phase including composite carbonitride (Ti, Me)(C, N) that contains titanium as fine grains. The Me represents a transition element and metals of Group 4 to Group 6 such as Mo and W. The ceramic material that includes the second phase by 0.05 vol % to 2.5 vol % has a volume resistivity value of about 10 | 04-17-2014 |