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20100123888 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An apparatus, which scans an original and a substrate relative to light slit-shaped on the original and on the substrate, comprises an adjusting device configured to adjust a distribution of a width of the light slit-shaped, the width being a width in a scanning direction, the distribution being a distribution in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the scanning direction, and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain information representing a relationship between a position on the substrate and a target dose, calculate a distribution of the target dose in the perpendicular direction with respect to each of the shot regions based on the relationship represented by the obtained information, and control the adjusting device so as to achieve the calculated distribution of the target dose with respect to each of the shot regions. | 05-20-2010 |
20100259740 | EXPOSURE METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method for exposing a substrate by an exposure apparatus comprising an illumination optical system which is configured to illuminate an original and includes an adjusting mechanism that adjusts an effective light source distribution, and a projection optical system which projects a pattern of the original illuminated by the illumination optical system onto a substrate, the method comprises obtaining correlation information indicating a correlation between an effective light source distribution and a line width difference in a pattern formed on a substrate by exposure, determining an effective light source distribution corresponding to a target line width difference based on the correlation information, controlling the adjusting mechanism so as to obtain the effective light source distribution determined in the determining step, and exposing the substrate after the controlling step. | 10-14-2010 |
20130314682 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus includes a control unit configured to calculate a target exposure amount distribution in a scanning direction within the target shot region using a target exposure amount at a position in the target shot region and a target exposure amount at a position in an adjacent shot region adjacent to the target shot region in the scanning direction and configured to perform a scan exposure for the target shot region while controlling an exposure amount according to scanning of the substrate so as to obtain the calculated target exposure amount distribution as an exposure amount distribution in a scanning direction within the target shot region. | 11-28-2013 |
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20100302559 | Scanner driver program, information processing apparatus and copy system - The information processing apparatus, which transmits/receives information to/from a scanner and a printer, is operated by an application program for instructing the printer to print an image read by the scanner in alignment with at least one end of a printable range belonging to a print paper size to be printed. A scanner driver program allows the apparatus to implement: a determination function of determining a readable range of a read paper size to be read by the scanner; an acquisition function of executing a printer driver program for the printer to acquire a printable range belonging to a print paper size as large as the read paper size; and a control function of making control to print an image within an overlapping range between the readable range and the printable range according to an instruction of the instruction function when the determined readable range includes the acquired printable range. | 12-02-2010 |
20120072625 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING WITH EXTERNAL DEVICE VIA A PLURALITY OF LOGICAL LINE, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE STORING DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND DEVICE DRIVER - A data processing apparatus includes a data processing unit, a communication unit communicating with an external device via at least two logical lines including a first logical line and a second logical line having priority higher than the first logical line, a storage unit including a first buffer area storing data received by the communication unit via the first logical line and a second buffer area storing data received by the communication unit via the second logical line, and a control unit determining if the second buffer area stores data. According to determination that the second buffer area stores data, the control unit reads data from the second buffer area and controls the data processing unit to process the data read from the second buffer area, and according to determination that the second buffer area stores no data, the control unit determines if the first buffer area stores data. | 03-22-2012 |
20120250082 | NONVOLATILE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE-FORMING-DATA TRANSMITTING PROGRAM, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A nonvolatile storage medium storing an image-forming-data transmitting program readable by a computer of a mobile terminal including: a sensor for outputting sensor information indicating at least one of a movement and an orientation of the mobile terminal; a communication portion for communicating with an image forming apparatus for forming image based on image forming data; and a display for displaying an image based on image data. The image-forming-data transmitting program has the computer function as: a parameter determining section for determining a parameter for image forming based on the sensor information; an image-forming-data-creation controlling section for controlling a first creating section to create image forming data based on the image data, by using the determined parameter; and an image-forming-data-transmission controlling section for controlling the communication portion to transmit the created image forming data to the image forming apparatus. | 10-04-2012 |
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20080199818 | Vertical heat processing apparatus and heat processing method using the vertical heat processing apparatus - The present invention is a vertical heat processing apparatus comprising: a heat processing furnace having a furnace opening; a lid member for closing the furnace opening of the heat processing furnace; a first substrate holder and a second substrate holder, each of which is capable of holding a plurality of substrates in a tier-like manner and of being alternately placed on the lid member through a heat retention tube; an elevating mechanism that vertically moves the lid member to load one of the substrate holders into the heat processing furnace, and to unload the one of the substrate holders from the heat processing furnace; a holder table configured to be placed thereon the other of the substrate holders for transfer of the substrates, when the one of the substrate holders is in the heat processing furnace; and a holder conveying mechanism configured to convey the respective substrate holders between the holder table and the heat retention tube; wherein the holder table is provided with a holder gripping mechanism for gripping the substrate holder to prevent turnover thereof. | 08-21-2008 |
20090092468 | Inlet port mechanism for introducing object and treatment system - An inlet port mechanism for an object to be treated is provided to quickly and smoothly replace an atmosphere in a storage container body with an inert gas without shifting of the position of the object to be treated. The inlet port mechanism has a partition wall, a stage, an opening/closing door mechanism, a lid opening/closing mechanism, a gas injection unit, and an exhaust unit. The partition wall partitions a space into a container transfer area and an object transfer area and has an opening gate. The storage container body storing the object is placed on the stage. The opening/closing door mechanism has an opening/closing door that serves to open and close the opening gate. The lid opening/closing mechanism is provided with the opening gate and serves to open and close an opening/closing lid of the storage container body. The gas injection unit extends along an inner periphery of the opening gate to inject an inert gas into the storage container body and has a porous gas injection tube made of a porous material and having a cylindrical shape. The exhaust unit has an exhaust port for exhausting an atmosphere that is present in the storage container body and purged by the inert gas. | 04-09-2009 |
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20100153744 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING APPARATUS - A cryptographic processing apparatus includes: at least one register configured to store data for operation; a first operation block configured to execute an operation in accordance with data stored in the register; a second operation block configured to execute a logic operation between one of a register-stored value and a key and an operation result of the first operation block; and a decode block configured to decode binary data in units of the predetermined number of bits to convert the binary data into decode data having the number of bits higher than the number of bits of the binary data. | 06-17-2010 |
20100232602 | ENCRYPTION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an encryption processing apparatus including: a first register device; a second register device; a first flag operation device; a first operation device; a second operation device; a round operation device; a third and a fourth operation device; a second flag operation device; and a fifth operation device. | 09-16-2010 |
20100301873 | CIRCUIT FOR DETECTING MALFUNCTION GENERATION ATTACK AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USING THE SAME - An embodiment of the invention provides a circuit for detecting a malfunction generation attack, including: at least one sensor circuit adapted to detect a radiation of a light; and a detection circuit for detecting an intermediate voltage between a voltage corresponding to a High level and a voltage corresponding to a Low level in accordance with an output from the at least one sensor circuit, and outputting a detection signal. At least one sensor circuit has an output node a level at which is changed in accordance with the radiation of the light, and outputs a signal corresponding to the level at the output node which is changed in accordance with the radiation of the light. The detection circuit outputs the detection signal when a level of the output signal from the at least one sensor circuit reaches a level previously set. | 12-02-2010 |
20110072277 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An integrated circuit includes a semiconductor-circuit layer; metal layers formed on the semiconductor-circuit layer, one of the metal layers being a metal layer in which an active shield is formed; and an antenna formed by patterning in at least one of the metal layers that are below the metal layer in which the active shield is formed. The semiconductor-circuit layer includes an encryption circuit configured to receive a drive voltage and to perform encryption arithmetic; a power-supply circuit configured to provide the drive voltage to the encryption circuit; and a circuit system configured to receive a power-supply voltage from an external power supply. | 03-24-2011 |
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20090168819 | VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER DIODE DEVICE - A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diode (VCSEL) device, including a laser element portion formed on a substrate, the laser element portion comprising a multi-layer reflective mirror of a first conductivity type, an active layer, and a multi-layer reflective mirror of a second conductivity type, and a light absorbing heat converting region at a position thermally connected to the laser element portion on the substrate, the light absorbing heat converting region absorbing light and generating heat. | 07-02-2009 |
20100208764 | SURFACE EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER, SURFACE EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A surface emitting semiconductor laser includes: a semiconductor substrate; a lower reflector that is formed on the semiconductor substrate and includes a semiconductor multilayer of a first conduction type; an upper reflector that is formed above the semiconductor substrate and includes a semiconductor multilayer of a second conduction type; an active region interposed between the lower reflector and the upper reflector; a current confining layer that is interposed between the lower reflector and the upper reflector and has a conductive region having an anisotropic shape in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis; and an electrode that is formed on the upper reflector and has an opening via which a laser beam is emitted, the opening having different edge shapes in directions of the anisotropic shape. | 08-19-2010 |
20110058587 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER, VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER DEVICE, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A vertical cavity surface emitting laser that includes: a substrate; a first semiconductor multilayer reflector that is a first conductive type and formed on the substrate; an active region formed on the first semiconductor multilayer reflector; a second semiconductor multilayer reflector that is a second conductive type and formed on the active region; a current narrowing layer that is located between the first and second semiconductor multilayer reflectors, and in that a conductive region which has anisotropy in a long side direction and a short side direction within the surface which is parallel to a principal surface of the substrate is formed; and a convex lens member that is formed in a beam window which emits a light on the second multilayer reflector, and that has anisotropy in a long side direction and a short side direction within a surface which is parallel to the principal surface of the substrate. | 03-10-2011 |
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20100029159 | HETEROCYCLE-CONTAINING AROMATIC POLYAMIDE FIBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, CLOTH CONSTITUTED BY THE FIBER, AND FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL REINFORCED WITH THE FIBER - The heterocycle-containing aromatic polyamide fibers of the invention are excellent in balance among mechanical characteristics, particularly balance among tensile strength, initial modulus and strength in the direction perpendicular to the fiber axis, exhibit a high strength holding ratio under heat and humidity, and are excellent in flame retardancy, bulletproofness and cutting resistance, as compared to conventional aromatic polyamide fibers, and therefore can be favorably used in fields with severe mechanical characteristics and have stability to environmental variation. Accordingly, the heterocycle-containing aromatic polyamide fibers of the invention can be favorably used, for example, in fields including protective equipment, such as a helmet, a bulletproof vest and the like, a chassis for an automobile, a ship and the like, an electric insulating material, such as a printed circuit board and the like, and other various fields. | 02-04-2010 |
20110004983 | FLAME-RETARDANT RESIN COMPOSITION, FLAME-RETARDANT FIBER, FLAME-RETARDANT CLOTH AND HEAT-RESISTANT PROTECTIVE CLOTHING - [Problems] To provide a resin composition having excellent flame retardancy and a fiber having excellent flame retardancy, without deteriorating conventional mechanical properties by adding a small amount of a flame-retardant additive. | 01-13-2011 |
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20080202303 | DESK-TOP CUTTING MACHINE - The invention provides a desk-top cutting machine including a turntable on a upper surface of which a wood material can be placed, a fence part which is provided on the turntable and has a side surface for positioning the wood material, and a cutting part having a swinging shaft part which is disposed on the turntable, supports a cutting blade up of the turntable, and swings the cutting blade approachably to and separably from the turntable. Herein, on the upper surface and the side surface, recess portions are formed, and plate materials which cover the recess portions are provided. | 08-28-2008 |
20090260498 | Bench Cutter - According to an aspect of the invention, a bench cutter like a miter saw including: a drive portion driving a cutting blade; a base portion supporting a workpiece; a cutting portion arranged on the base portion, pivotally supporting the cutting blade above the base portion, and configured to make the cutting blade come close to and separate from the base portion; and a supporting portion connected to the base portion and movably supporting the cutting portion, wherein the cutting portion including: a transmission portion for transmitting power of the drive portion to the cutting blade; and a gear case covering the transmission mechanism and having a lower face portion opposed to an upper face of the base portion, wherein the transmission portion including: a spindle concentrically supporting the cutting blade; and a cutting blade fixing portion having a flange for fixing the cutting blade to the spindle. | 10-22-2009 |
20120104881 | ELECTRIC MOTOR AND WORKING MACHINE COMPRISING THE SAME - A motor has an output shaft which is rotatably supported by a housing, a rotor which is fixed to the output shaft and which comprises a printed-wiring board, and a stator which is fixed to the housing and which comprises a magnet facing the rotor. The printed-wiring board comprises a coil/commutator disk and a coil disk. A commutator conductor pattern is formed in a commutator region of the coil/commutator disk. Likewise, coil conductor patterns are formed in respective coil regions of the coil/commutator disk and of the coil disk. | 05-03-2012 |
20120104983 | WORK MACHINE AND BRUSHLESS MOTOR - An electric grasscutter includes a motor ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120222535 | BENCH CUTTER - According to an aspect of the invention, a bench cutter like a miter saw including: a drive portion driving a cutting blade; a base portion supporting a workpiece; a cutting portion arranged on the base portion, pivotally supporting the cutting blade above the base portion, and configured to make the cutting blade come close to and separate from the base portion; and a supporting portion connected to the base portion and movably supporting the cutting portion, wherein the cutting portion including: a transmission portion for transmitting power of the drive portion to the cutting blade; and a gear case covering the transmission mechanism and having a lower face portion opposed to an upper face of the base portion, wherein the transmission portion including: a spindle concentrically supporting the cutting blade; and a cutting blade fixing portion having a flange for fixing the cutting blade to the spindle. | 09-06-2012 |
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20090049622 | HAIR DYE COMPOSITION - Provided is a hair dye composition containing a dissociative direct dye (1): | 02-26-2009 |
20100236570 | HEAD HAIR DYEING METHOD - There is provided a head hair dyeing method using a two-part hair dye composition which contains: a first part containing a first part stock solution and a propellant, the first part stock solution containing an alkali agent and a surfactant; a second part containing a second part stock solution and a propellant, the second part stock solution containing hydrogen peroxide and a surfactant; and two aerosol containers for respectively discharging the first part and the second part as foam, the method including respectively discharging the first part and the second part as foam from the containers, applying the foam mixture to the head hair, and then re-foaming the mixture on the head hair. | 09-23-2010 |
20100251488 | HEAD HAIR DYEING METHOD - There is provided a head hair dyeing method using a two-part hair dye composition which contains a first part containing an alkali agent, a second part containing hydrogen peroxide and a non-aerosol type foamer container for discharging a mixture solution of the first part and the second part as foam, the composition containing a surfactant in at least one of the first part and the second part, the method including discharging the mixture solution as foam, applying the foam to the head hair, and then re-foamed on the head hair. | 10-07-2010 |
20100313905 | TWO-PART HAIR DYE COMPOSITION - A two-part hair dye composition, including a first part containing an alkali agent, a second part containing hydrogen peroxide, and a non-aerosol type foamer container for discharging a liquid mixture of the first part and the second part as a foam, wherein the liquid mixture contains the following components (A) to (D):
| 12-16-2010 |
20110214682 | HEAD HAIR DYEING METHOD - There is provided a head hair dyeing method using a two-part hair dye composition which contains a first part containing an alkali agent, a second part containing hydrogen peroxide and a non-aerosol type foamer container for discharging a mixture solution of the first part and the second part as foam, the composition containing a surfactant in at least one of the first part and the second part, the method including discharging the mixture solution as foam, applying the foam to the head hair, and then re-foamed on the head hair. | 09-08-2011 |
20130185874 | HEAD HAIR DYEING METHOD - There is provided a head hair dyeing method using a two-part hair dye composition which contains a first part containing an alkali agent, a second part containing hydrogen peroxide and a non-aerosol type foamer container for discharging a mixture solution of the first part and the second part as foam, the composition containing a surfactant in at least one of the first part and the second part, the method including discharging the mixture solution as foam, applying the foam to the head hair, and then re-foamed on the head hair. | 07-25-2013 |
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20090060709 | IMPELLER, FUEL PUMP HAVING THE IMPELLER, AND FUEL SUPPLY UNIT HAVING THE FUEL PUMP - A fuel pump has substantially coaxial outer and inner pump chambers. An impeller has partition walls correspondingly to the inner pump chamber to define inner vane grooves. A rear surface is located at a rear side in a rotative direction of each inner vane groove. At least a radially inner side of the rear surface inclines rearward in the rotative direction from the radially inner side to a radially outer side. A first line connects a radially inner end of the rear surface with a radially outer end of the rear surface. A second line radially extends from the radially inner end of the rear surface. The first line and the second line therebetween define a backward tilt angle α | 03-05-2009 |
20130320788 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR AND FUEL PUMP USING THE SAME - Relay terminals, which are formed integrally with a W-phase terminal, a V-phase terminal and a U-phase terminal provided radially outside bobbins, connect stator coils and the W-phase terminal, the V-phase terminal and the U-phase terminal. Second connection parts of the relay terminals connected to the coils are provided radially inside the W-phase terminal, the V-phase terminal and the U-phase terminal. Thus distances between the second connection part and the inner wall surface of a housing are increased to maintain insulation between the relay terminals and the housing. Thus the relay terminals are protected from breakage. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323024 | FUEL PUMP - A fuel pump includes a pump cover on one side of a housing, a cover end portion on the other side of the housing, a stator inside the housing, a rotor inside the stator, a shaft rotatable with the rotor, an impeller rotatable with the shaft to pressurize fuel inside the housing, a bearing portion provided in the cover end portion on its center axis to slidably support an end part of the shaft, and a relief valve capable of reducing a fuel pressure inside the housing. The cover end portion has an end surface located on its side opposite from the pump cover, and the relief valve includes a valve seat located on an opposite side of the end surface of the cover end portion from the pump cover. | 12-05-2013 |
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20090313846 | METHOD OF DRYING HONEYCOMB FORMED ARTICLE - A method of drying a honeycomb formed article, in which the honeycomb formed article can be dried in a short time while prohibiting occurrence of defects such as deformation, breakage and the like. There is provided a drying method of an unfired honeycomb formed article including raw material composition containing ceramics raw material, water, and binder, and having a plurality of cells, the cells being separated by partition walls to be passage of fluid, and electromagnetic wave drying is performed to dry the honeycomb formed article after the honeycomb formed article is preheated by steam. | 12-24-2009 |
20090320315 | METHOD OF DRYING HONEYCOMB ARTICLE, AND DRYING APPARATUS THEREFOR - The drying method performs drying the honeycomb formed article by such an arrangement that superheated steam or mixed gas of steam and hot air, temperature and humidity of which is regulated so that wet-bulb temperature thereof becomes 70° C. or higher, is made to pass through the cells of the honeycomb formed article. The drying apparatus includes a steam supply unit that supplies the superheated steam, a buffer chamber that aligns the superheated steam supplied from the steam supply unit, an upper chamber disposed above the buffer chamber to locate the honeycomb formed article, and a hood unit that recovers the superheated steam which has passed through the honeycomb formed article. | 12-31-2009 |
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20090286771 | 2-Phenoxy- and 2-Phenylsulfonamide Derivatives with CCR3 Antagonistic Activity for the Treatment of Inflammatory or Immunological Disorders - Provided herein are 2-phenoxy- and 2-phenylsulfonamide derivatives with CCR3 antagonistic activity. These compounds are useful for the treatment of diseases associated with CCR3 activity, including but not limited to, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, rheumatoid arthritis, Grave's disease, HIV infection, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis and other inflammatory and/or immunological disorders. | 11-19-2009 |
20100322980 | PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVES USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES MEDIATED BY CRTH2 - The present invention relates to a pyrimidine derivative of the formula (I) and salts thereof which is useful as an active ingredient of pharmaceutical preparations. The pyrimidine derivative of the present invention has excellent CRTH2 (G-protein-coupled chemoattractant receptor, expressed on Th2 cells) antagonistic activity and can be used for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases associated with CRTH2 activity, in particular for the treatment of allergic diseases, such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, and allergic conjunctivitis; eosinophil-related diseases, such as Churg-Strauss syndrome and sinusitis; basophil-related diseases, such as basophilic leukemia, chronic urticaria and basophilic leukocytosis in human and other mammals; and inflammatory diseases characterized by T lymphocytes and profuse leukocyte infiltrates such as psoriasis, eczema, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder) and arthritis. | 12-23-2010 |
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20090012102 | Imidazo[1,2-C]Pyrimidinylacetic Acid Derivatives - The present invention relates to an imidazo[1,2-c]pyrimidinylacetic acid derivative and salts thereof which is useful as an active ingredient of pharmaceutical preparations. The imidazo[1,2-c]pyrimidinylacetic acid derivative of the present invention has excellent CRTH2 (G-protein-coupled chemoattractant receptor, expressed on Th2 cells) antagonistic activity and can be used for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases associated with CRTH2 activity, in particular for the treatment of allergic diseases, such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, and allergic conjunctivitis; eosinophil-related diseases, such as Churg-Strauss syndrome and sinusitis; basophil-related diseases, such as basophilic leukemia, chronic urticaria and basophilic leukocytosis in human and other mammals; and inflammatory diseases characterized by T lymphocytes and profuse leukocyte infiltrates such as psoriasis, eczema, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder) and arthritis. | 01-08-2009 |
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20110293972 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a secondary battery, an oxidizing gas supplier, a gas supply flow regulator, an oxidizing gas supply path, a cathode off-gas exhaust path, a bypass flow path, a flow regulator, an available power output acquirer, and an operation controller, wherein the gas supply flow regulator regulates the gas supply flow rate to cause the oxidizing gas supplier to supply an excess gas flow rate, which is set to be greater than a target fuel gas-requiring gas flow rate, wherein the target fuel gas-requiring gas flow rate is the fuel cell-requiring gas flow rate to be supplied to the fuel cell in order to achieve the target current value, when the available power output is less than a minimum amount of electric power required for the oxidizing gas supplier to increase the gas supply flow rate from 0 to a preset gas flow rate within a preset time period, and the operation controller controls the flow regulator to make the bypass flow rate equal to a difference gas flow rate between the excess gas flow rate and the target fuel cell-requiring gas flow rate. | 12-01-2011 |
20120003557 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND START-UP CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An object is to suppress the degradation of durability due to a heat concentration while performing a rapid warm-up operation as necessary, when starting a fuel cell system at temperatures below freezing point. In order to achieve such an object, the present invention stores in a memory an operation termination condition of the last operation of the system, data such as the start-up temperature, or the remaining amount of product water at the time of the last scavenging; calculates the remaining amount of product water based on data read out from the memory at the time of starting the system to make judgments, from the remaining amount and the start-up temperature, on whether or not a rapid warm-up of the system is necessary and whether to start without circulating the cooling water when a rapid warm-up is necessary; and conducts, based on the judgment result provided by the judgment means, with or without circulating the cooling water, a low-efficiency power generation where a reactant gas to be supplied to the fuel cell is less than that in a normal power generation and an electronic power loss is larger than that in a normal power generation. The data includes, for example, an impedance, a temperature of the fuel cell and a scavenging air amount at the last termination of the operation of the fuel cell. | 01-05-2012 |
20120015269 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Provided is a fuel cell system that performs a warm-up operation by reducing a supply of oxidant gas to a fuel cell, the system having: a fuel cell; and a control unit that regulates amounts of oxidant gas and fuel gas supplied to the fuel cell and controls a power-generation state of the fuel cell. During the warm-up operation with a reduced supply of oxidant gas to the fuel cell, the control unit varies a voltage of the fuel cell for a short period of time to obtain current-voltage characteristics which indicate a relationship of an output voltage and an output current of the fuel cell, calculates an effective catalyst area of the fuel cell based on the obtained current-voltage characteristics, and determines whether the warm-up operation of the fuel cell can be stopped or not based on the calculated effective catalyst area. | 01-19-2012 |
20120015272 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system suppresses the deterioration of an electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell. The fuel cell system comprises: a temperature rise speed calculation unit for calculating a target temperature rise speed of the fuel cell using a temperature of the fuel cell and a water content of the fuel cell; and a drive control unit for controlling a drive of the cooling water pump using the temperature rise speed of the fuel cell and the target temperature rise speed calculated by the temperature rise speed calculation unit. The drive control unit controls the drive of the cooling water pump such that a circulation amount of the cooling water is decreased when the temperature rise speed of the fuel cell is below the target temperature rise speed and controls the drive of the cooling water pump such that the circulation amount of the cooling water is increased when the temperature rise speed of the fuel cell is equal to or greater than the target temperature rise speed. | 01-19-2012 |
20120107706 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD AT STARTING IN THE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack and a fuel gas piping system which supplies a fuel gas to the fuel cell stack, and is capable of, at starting below a freezing point, selectively performing a rapid warm-up operation to generate electric power at an air stoichiometric ratio lower than that at starting at ordinary temperature, while revolving a circulating pump, and the fuel cell system further includes a clogging determination unit which determines whether or not clogging arises from freezing in a fuel gas passage of the fuel cell stack, or the fuel gas piping system, wherein when the clogging arises, the circulating pump is stopped in the rapid warm-up operation, and termination conditions of the rapid warm-up operation are changed in accordance with a clogging volume. | 05-03-2012 |
20120141898 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - When starting operation of a fuel cell below the freezing point, a fuel cell system adjusts the open degree of a hydrogen pressure adjusting valve, introduces hydrogen to a hydrogen entrance of the fuel cell so as to make the total pressure of the hydrogen entrance is a first pressure, and starts a hydrogen circulation pump. If at least one of the cell voltages acquired by a cell voltmeter is below a predetermined voltage, the system determines that clogging is caused in a hydrogen flow channel in the fuel cell. When it is determined that clogging is present, the open degree of the pressure adjusting valve is adjusted and hydrogen is introduced to the hydrogen entrance so that the total pressure of the hydrogen entrance is a second pressure which is higher than the first pressure. Then, the hydrogen circulation pump is stopped and the fuel cell is warmed up to dissolve the clogging of the hydrogen flow channel. Thus, it is possible to suppress degradation of the fuel cell upon an operation start below the freezing point. | 06-07-2012 |
20130040219 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, an operation controller and an air-conditioning mechanism. In response to a heating request for the air-conditioning mechanism during ordinary operation where the fuel cell is operated at an operating point on a current-voltage characteristic curve of the fuel cell, the operation controller compares a heat value-based required current value that is a current value of an operating point that is located on the current-voltage characteristic curve and satisfies a required heat value for the fuel cell with an output-based required current value that is a current value of an operating point that is located on the current-voltage characteristic curve and satisfies a required output for the fuel cell. When the output-based required current value is equal to or greater than the heat value-based required current value, the operation controller causes the fuel cell to be operated at an operating point on the current-voltage characteristic curve. When the output-based required current value is smaller than the heat value-based required current value, the operation controller controls the operating point of the fuel cell to an operating point of lower power generation efficiency than that of the operating point on the current-voltage characteristic curve. | 02-14-2013 |
20150017561 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system suppresses the deterioration of an electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell. The fuel cell system comprises: a temperature rise speed calculation unit for calculating a target temperature rise speed of the fuel cell using a temperature of the fuel cell and a water content of the fuel cell; and a drive control unit for controlling a drive of the cooling water pump using the temperature rise speed of the fuel cell and the target temperature rise speed calculated by the temperature rise speed calculation unit. The drive control unit controls the drive of the cooling water pump such that a circulation amount of the cooling water is decreased when the temperature rise speed of the fuel cell is below the target temperature rise speed and controls the drive of the cooling water pump such that the circulation amount of the cooling water is increased when the temperature rise speed of the fuel cell is equal to or greater than the target temperature rise speed. | 01-15-2015 |
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20080248342 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL POWER GENERATION APPARATUS AND POWER GENERATION METHOD THEREOF - A solid oxide fuel cell power generation apparatus, wherein cathode gas lines used for activation and used for power generation line are separated from each other, wherein a burner used for activation is disposed close to a header above a generator chamber inside a module, and a preheater used for power generation is also disposed at a position further away from the generator chamber (including fuel cells) inside the module than the burner used for activation is. | 10-09-2008 |
20090104484 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL GENERATION SYSTEM AND START UP METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a solid oxide fuel cell generation system and a start up method thereof which heat up a reformer and a cell main body without any water and nitrogen gas, and start up for a short time until a power generation and without deteriorating a reliability of the cell. In a solid oxide fuel cell generation system having a power generation cell including an anode, a cathode and a solid electrolyte membrane, a mixing portion for obtaining a mixed gas by mixing a used fuel gas discharged from the anode with a raw fuel, a reducing combustion gas generating apparatus, and a reforming portion, the reducing combustion gas generating apparatus has a starting burner generating a reducing combustion gas, and the mixing portion, the reducing combustion gas generating apparatus, the reforming portion and the anode are coupled alphabetically from an upstream side. | 04-23-2009 |
20120107708 | FUEL CELL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - A temperature adjustment member is arranged to control temperature of a reformer independently of temperature of a fuel cell module. The reformer is structured as a three-fluid heat exchanger into which a fluid is introducible whose temperature is higher or lower than exhaust-gas temperature of the fuel cell module. Then, the temperature of the reformer is controlled independently of operation temperature of the fuel cell by introducing the higher-temperature or lower-temperature fluid into the reformer. Also, a high-temperature or low-temperature gas is mixed with the module's exhaust gas, thereby adjusting temperature of the exhaust gas itself. This also controls the temperature of the reformer independently of the operation temperature of the fuel cell. | 05-03-2012 |
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20080247883 | Displacement control valve for variable displacement compressor - A displacement control valve for a variable displacement compressor has a control passage, a valve hole formed in the control passage, a first shaft portion including a valve body, and a connecting portion connected to the end portion of the valve body. The control passage is connected to a crank chamber for controlling the pressure in the crank chamber for adjusting the discharge displacement of the compressor. The valve body is formed at an end portion of the first shaft portion to open and close the valve hole. The connecting portion connected to the end portion of the valve body is disposed into the valve hole, and a circumferential surface of the connecting portion has a curved surface so as to be flared out at an end of the connecting portion. | 10-09-2008 |
20090241766 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement compressor includes a housing, a rotary shaft, a bearing, a seal member, a shaft seal chamber, a discharge refrigerant passage and a partition. The partition is provided in the shaft seal chamber for partitioning the shaft seal chamber into a first seal chamber to which the discharge refrigerant passage is opened and a second seal chamber part of the periphery of which is formed by the bearing and the seal member. The partition is provided with a first guide passage through which refrigerant containing lubricating oil flowed from the discharge refrigerant passage into tho first seal chamber is substantially all supplied to the seal member of the second seal chamber. | 10-01-2009 |
20120234021 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger comprises a housing, a guide member, a return member and a discharge member. The housing includes a plurality of parallel flow passages. The housing includes a first end face and a second end face each having openings. The guide member, the return member and the discharge member are fixed to the first end face or the second end face. The plurality of flow passages are connected by the return member into a single flow passage. The guide member and the discharge member are provided in the opening on a most upstream side and a most downstream of the single flow passage, respectively. At least one of the guide member, the return member and the discharge member integrally includes an attachment portion attached to the housing; and a protruding portion protruding more than the attachment portion toward the housing and including an inclined surface. | 09-20-2012 |
20120240596 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION UNIT - A thermoelectric conversion unit includes first and second cases including first and second recesses that define first and second flow passages and have openings, first and second substrates, a plurality of thermoelectric devices in contact with the inner surfaces of the first and second substrates, a connector for joining the first and second cases, first and second fins protruding from the first and second substrates in the first and second flow passages. The first and second cases include first and second opposed portions opposed to the first and second substrates outside the first and second recess, respectively. A spacer for setting distance between the first opposed portion and the second opposed portion is provided. The spacer sets the distance between the first and second opposed portions to be longer than distance between the outer surface of the first substrate and the outer surface of the second substrate. | 09-27-2012 |
20120240598 | HEAT PUMP SYSTEM - One aspect of the present invention may include a heat pump system having a Peltier unit in an outdoor space and an outdoor heat exchange unit in the outdoor space. The Peltier unit has a Peltier element with a heat-absorbing portion and a heat-radiating portion, a first substrate in contact with the heat-absorbing portion, a second substrate in contact with the heat-radiating portion, a metal case and a resin case. The metal case covers the first substrate and forms a first flow path between itself and the first substrate. The first flow path is connected in a loop-like fashion to the outdoor heat exchange unit by an outdoor piping. The resin case covers the second substrate and forms a second flow path between itself and the second substrate. The second flow path is connected in a loop-like fashion to the indoor heat exchange unit by an indoor piping. | 09-27-2012 |
20120247526 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION UNIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - One aspect of the present invention includes a thermoelectric conversion unit having a case in which a flow path of an open structure is molded, a first substrate covering an open portion of the flow path, a second substrate arranged opposite the first substrate, and a plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. At a bottom surface of the flow path of the case, an introduction pipe and a discharge pipe are formed integrally with the case, and each of the introduction and discharge pipes extend in a direction perpendicular to the first substrate. | 10-04-2012 |
20150037633 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a case and a battery module including secondary cells. Each secondary cell includes a primary surface and a secondary surface. The primary surface includes a terminal, and an inter-cell flow passage is formed between adjacent ones of the secondary cells. A primary flow passage is defined between the primary surfaces and a wall surface of the case that faces the primary surfaces. A secondary flow passage is defined between the secondary surfaces and the wall surface of the case that faces the secondary surfaces. One of the primary flow passage and the secondary flow passage functions as a supply passage that supplies a heat medium to the inter-cell flow passage. The other one of the primary flow passage and the secondary flow passage functions as a discharge passage to which the heat medium is discharged from the inter-cell flow passage. | 02-05-2015 |
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20090134030 | Capillary Electrophoretic Instrument and Capillary Array Assembly - The troublesomeness during the setting of a plurality of capillaries is eliminated by composing pairs of electrodes, which are electrically connected to the common electrode, and capillaries. By bringing electrodes installed in the vicinity of each capillary disposed at the pitch of wells on the side of sample plate (within the area of the wells) into electrical contact with a common electrode, the capillaries and electrodes are made integral in construction. When a voltage is applied to the electrophoretic instrument via a common electrode portion, the voltage is applied to the electrodes for each capillary. This enables an inexpensive microtiter plate, etc. to be used and a multiple of capillaries to be simultaneously inserted, attached and detached. | 05-28-2009 |
20090211911 | CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS APPARATUS - The invention provides a capillary electrophoresis apparatus which can improve the operability and measuring speed. According to the invention, a sensor for identifying the type of sample containers is fixed at the position away from a capillary anode electrode. The sensor is made to be closer to the sample containers by moving a moving stage so that the sample containers disposed on the moving stage can be identified by the sensor. A fixing apparatus for fixing at least a pair of sample containers is provided on the moving stage. | 08-27-2009 |
20120219473 | SAMPLE RACK - A sample rack | 08-30-2012 |
20120292189 | CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS APPARATUS - The invention provides a capillary electrophoresis apparatus which can improve the operability and measuring speed. According to the invention, a sensor for identifying the type of sample containers is fixed at the position away from a capillary anode electrode. The sensor is made to be closer to the sample containers by moving a moving stage so that the sample containers disposed on the moving stage can be identified by the sensor. A fixing apparatus for fixing at least a pair of sample containers is provided on the moving stage. | 11-22-2012 |
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20100266444 | Pb-FREE COPPER ALLOY SLIDING MATERIAL - When a Cu—Sn—Bi had-particle based sliding material is used for sliding, Cu of Cu matrix flows and covers up Bi phase. Seizure resistance lowers as time passes. A Pb-free sliding material preventing the reduction of seizure resistance is provided. (1) Composition: from 1 to 15% of Sn, from 1 to 15% of Bi, from 0.02 to 0.2% of P, and from 1 to 10% of hard particles having an average diameter of from 50 to 70 μm, with the balance being Cu and unavoidable impurities. (2) Structure: Bi phase and the hard particles are dispersed in the copper matrix, and all of said hard particles are bonded to the copper matrix. | 10-21-2010 |
20110020171 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SINTERED COPPER ALLOY SLIDING MATERIAL AND SINTERED COPPER ALLOY SLIDING MATERIAL - Seizure resistance and wear resistance of Cu—Bi—In copper-alloy sliding material are enhanced by forming a soft phase of as pure as possible Bi. | 01-27-2011 |
20110129173 | Pb-FREE COPPER ALLOY SLIDING MATERIAL AND PLAIN BEARINGS - [Task] In the provided Cu-based sliding material, the properties equivalent to those of a Pb-containing material is attained even free of Pb, and material has stable friction coefficient. | 06-02-2011 |
20130116157 | SLIDING MATERIAL BASED ON GRAPHITE-ADDED RESIN AND SLIDING MEMBER - [Task] Seizure resistance of sliding material based on graphite-added resin is improved. | 05-09-2013 |
20140147326 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SINTERED COPPER ALLOY SLIDING MATERIAL AND SINTERED COPPER ALLOY SLIDING MATERIAL - Seizure resistance and wear resistance of Cu—Bi—In copper-alloy sliding material are enhanced by forming a soft phase of as pure as possible Bi. Mixed powder of Cu—In cuprous alloy powder and Cu—Bi containing Cu-based alloy powder is used. A sintering condition is set such that Bi moves outside particles of said Cu—Bi containing Cu-based powder and forms a Bi grain-boundary phase free of In, and In diffuses from said Cu—In containing Cu-based powder to said Cu—Bi containing Cu-based powder. | 05-29-2014 |