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20090064786 | QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF ATOMIC VACANCY EXISTING IN SILICON WAFER - There is provided a quantitative evaluation device or the like of atomic vacancy existing in a silicon wafer in which the atomic vacancy concentration in the silicon wafer can be quantitatively evaluated by forming a rationalized thin-film transducer on a surface of a silicon sample without conducting an acceleration treatment for enhancing the concentration. This is characterized by comprising a magnetic force generating means | 03-12-2009 |
20090217866 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING Si SINGLE CRYSTAL INGOT BY CZ METHOD - A Si single crystal having no defect region is stably grown by clearly detecting a type of a defect region or a defect free region of Si single crystal grown at a certain pulling rate profile and feeding back the data to the subsequent pulling. In the production of Si single crystal ingot by a CZ method, a concentration distribution of atomic vacancy in a cross-section of a precedent grown Si single crystal is detected by the direct observation method of atomic vacancy and then fed back to the subsequent pulling treatment to adjust a pulling rate profile of the subsequent pulling. | 09-03-2009 |
20100186512 | QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION DEVICE OF ATOMIC VACANCIES EXISTING IN SILICON WAFER, METHOD FOR THE DEVICE, SILICON WAFER MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND THIN-FILM OSCILLATOR - A quantitative evaluation device and method of an atomic vacancy, which are capable of efficiently and quantitatively evaluating an atomic vacancy existing in a silicon wafer. A quantitative evaluation device | 07-29-2010 |
20120168912 | METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVELY EVALUATING CONCENTRATION OF ATOMIC VACANCIES EXISTING IN SILICON WAFER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON WAFER, AND SILICON WAFER MANUFACTURED BY THE METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON WAFER - A quantitative evaluation method, a method for manufacturing a silicon wafer, and a silicon wafer manufactured by the method, enabling more efficient evaluation of the concentration of atomic vacancies existing in a silicon wafer. The quantitative evaluation method includes steps of: oscillating, in a state in which an external magnetic field is applied to a silicon wafer ( | 07-05-2012 |
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20110239786 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS FOR SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - An electric power steering apparatus includes a steering shaft for transmitting a steering force of a steering handlebar to a wheel and an upper bearing provided at a location upward from a vehicle body frame so as to rotatably support an upper part of the steering shaft. A lower bearing is provided at a location downward from the vehicle body frame, so as to rotatably support a lower part of the steering shaft. A torque sensor detects a torsional torque applied to the steering shaft. An electric motor imparts a steering force to the steering shaft based on the torsional torque detected by the torque sensor. The electric motor is mounted to the steering shaft between the upper bearing and the lower bearing, while the torque sensor is mounted to the steering shaft at place upward from the upper bearing. | 10-06-2011 |
20110239787 | CONTROL UNIT FOR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - A bending load acting on a steering shaft only with a magnetostrictive torque sensor, without separately providing a sensor for detecting the bending moment. A storage unit stores, as an initial characteristic curve formed from initial detection values, a characteristic curve formed from detection values of each of a first detection coil and a second detection coil when only twisting torque is applied to a steering shaft. A bending load detector provided in an ECU detects a bending load amount acting on the steering shaft based on a difference between each detection value of the first and second detection coils and the initial detection value on the initial characteristic curve corresponding to the detection value. | 10-06-2011 |
20130261860 | COLLECTION AND DELIVERY SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SADDLE-RIDE TYPE ELECTRIC VEHICLES - A collection and delivery support system for a saddle-ride type electric vehicle includes a managing terminal that outputs information of registered collection/delivery destinations of cargos and information on battery charging locations arranged within a collection/delivery range of the vehicle, a server that calculates a collection/delivery route passing through respective collection and delivery destinations in order based on a possible traveling distance of the vehicle, and a mobile terminal provided with the vehicle. The server calculates the route such that it includes a battery charging location in the middle thereof, as well as estimated collection/delivery times based on the possible traveling distance information. The display displays information of the calculated route and the estimated collection/and delivery times. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262335 | COLLECTION AND DELIVERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A collection and delivery management system and method receives and manages information required for collection and delivery work. A vehicle includes an portable terminal mounted thereon, which receives vehicle state information. The portable terminal determines a state of the collection and delivery work, requests collection and delivery information on cargoes to be collected and delivered to a server, and displays the collection and delivery information. The portable terminal includes an input screen for inputting route completion data corresponding to a result of the collection and delivery work executed, and transmits such route completion data to the server, which transmits the collection and delivery information to the portable terminal according to the request from the portable terminal and records information of the result of the collection and delivery work having been transmitted from the portable terminal so as to be tagged to the collection and delivery information having been transmitted. | 10-03-2013 |
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20080253843 | Method and Apparatus for Everting a Pipe Lining Material and Construction Method for Rehabilitating a Pipeline Using the Eversion Apparatus - A tubular pipe lining material | 10-16-2008 |
20130263957 | SEGMENT FOR A REHABILITATION PIPE, AND PIPE REHABILITATION METHOD - A segment for a rehabilitation pipe comprises an inner surface plate constituting an inner circumferential surface, and side plates and end plates provided upright on a peripheral edge of the inner surface plate. The plates are formed integrally from a plastic material and the segments are linked in a circumferential direction and in a pipe-length direction to install a segmental rehabilitation pipe inside an existing pipe. Each side plate is provided in the vicinity of the end plate with an opening used for a linking operation of the segments in the circumferential direction. It is possible to insert a linking member through the opening and readily link the segments in the circumferential direction. The opening formed in the side plate enables filler material injected into the space between the existing pipe and the segmental rehabilitation pipe to flow in or out through the opening. | 10-10-2013 |
20130284298 | REHABILITATING PIPE SEGMENT AND EXISTING PIPE REHABILITATION METHOD USING SAME - A rehabilitating pipe segment comprises first and second segment halves linked together to provide a variable-width segment. The first segment half has an internal surface plate, a convex plate extending parallel to the internal surface plate, and a side plate extending perpendicular to the internal surface plate. The second segment half has an internal surface plate, an internal plate extending parallel to the internal surface plate and forming a concavity, and a side plate extending perpendicular to the internal surface plate. The convex plate and a braking rubber are fitted into the concavity to link the first and second segment halves together to provide the variable-width segment. When tension of a specified amount or greater acts on the variable-width segment, the first and second segment halves move relative to each other in the pipe length direction against the braking force of the braking rubber. | 10-31-2013 |
20140096855 | SEGMENT FOR A REHABILITATION PIPE, AND PIPE REHABILITATION METHOD - A segment for a rehabilitation pipe comprises an inner surface plate constituting an inner circumferential surface, and side plates and end plates provided upright on a peripheral edge of the inner surface plate. The plates are formed integrally from a plastic material and the segments are linked in a circumferential direction and in a pipe-length direction to install a segmental rehabilitation pipe inside an existing pipe. The end plates are provided with an insertion hole through which a linking member is inserted when the segments are linked in the circumferential direction, and provided separately from the insertion hole with an opening for passing therethrough a filler material injected into a space between the existing pipe and the rehabilitation pipe. The side plates are provided at upper edges thereof with notches for passing therethrough a filler material injected into the space between the existing pipe and the rehabilitation pipe. | 04-10-2014 |
20140097612 | REHABILITATION PIPE AND PIPE REHABILITATION METHOD - A plurality of segments is provided which comprises an inner surface plate, and side plates and end plates provided upright on a peripheral edge of the inner surface plate. The inner surface plate, the side plates, and the end plates are formed integrally from a plastic material. The segments are linked in a circumferential direction with a diameter expander being inserted between the adjacent segments to assemble a closed ring-shaped diameter-enlarged pipe unit. The diameter-enlarged pipe units are sequentially linked in the pipe-length direction to install a segmental rehabilitation pipe inside the existing pipe. An opening is formed in the end plate and the diameter expander so that the filler material injected into a space between the existing pipe and the segmental rehabilitation pipe flows in or out through the opening. | 04-10-2014 |
20140246108 | PIPE REHABILITATION METHOD - Segments are linked in the circumferential and pipe length directions to install a rehabilitating pipe inside an existing pipe. Each of the segments comprises an inner surface plate, side plates provided upright on both sides extending in the circumferential direction of the inner surface plate, and inner plates provided upright between the side plates. A plurality of nuts is secured to the segments along the circumferential direction thereof. A linking member that can be screwed into the nut is prepared and inserted into a segment. The segment into which the linking member is inserted and the segment to which the nut is secured are aligned into contact with each other, and the linking member is screwed into the nut to fasten both the segments together and link them in the pipe length direction. A temporary lock is mounted on the segment to prevent the inserted linking member from falling out from the segment. | 09-04-2014 |
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20100286432 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING OXIDE CATALYSTS - An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing an oxide catalyst used in a vapor-phase catalytic oxidation or vapor-phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction of propane or isobutene, which enables a catalyst demonstrating favorable yield to be stably produced. According to the present invention, there is provided a process for producing an oxide catalyst used in a vapor-phase catalytic oxidation or vapor-phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction of propane or isobutane, comprising the steps of: (i) preparing a catalyst raw material mixture containing Mo, V and Nb and satisfying the relationships of 0.1≦a≦1 and 0.01≦b≦1 when atomic ratios of V and Nb to one atom of Mo are defined as a and b, respectively; (ii) drying the catalyst raw material mixture; and (iii) calcining a particle, in which a content of the particle having a particle diameter of 25 μm or less is 20% by mass or less and a mean particle diameter is from 35 to 70 μm, in an inert gas atmosphere. | 11-11-2010 |
20140024851 | CALCINATION APPARATUS, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING OXIDE CATALYST, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING UNSATURATED ACID OR UNSATURATED NITRILE - Disclosed is a calcination apparatus, including: a calcination tube having open ends at both terminals; a pair of hoods, each hood covering each open end of the calcination tube; and a pair of rings, each ring sealing a gap between the calcination tube and the hood, wherein the rings are directly or indirectly fixed on an outer surface of the calcination tube; a groove is provided along a circumferential direction of the ring at a contact surface side between the ring and the hood; a sealed chamber surrounded by the hood and the groove is formed; and both the calcination tube and the rings rotate in a circumferential direction of the calcination tube while keeping the hood in contact with both sides of the groove. | 01-23-2014 |
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20130177277 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MODULE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An object is to provide an optical waveguide that has low optical coupling loss when optically coupled with an optical element and that is capable of performing high-quality optical communication, a method for efficiently producing the optical waveguide, an optical waveguide module that is provided with the optical waveguide and is capable of performing high-quality optical communication, a method for efficiently producing the optical waveguide module, and an electronic apparatus. Provided is an optical waveguide including: a core portion; a clad portion that is provided to cover a side surface of the core portion; an optical path-converting unit that is provided partway along the core portion or on an extended line of the core portion and that converts an optical path of the core portion to the outside of the clad portion; and a lens that is provided on a surface of the clad portion at least at a portion optically connected to the core portion via the optical path-converting unit, and that is formed by causing the surface to locally protrude or to be locally depressed. | 07-11-2013 |
20130182997 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MODULE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide an optical waveguide module which has a small optical coupling loss between the light element and the optical waveguide and can perform high-quality optical communication, a method for producing the optical waveguide module with high efficiency, and an electronic apparatus which includes the optical waveguide module and can perform high-quality optical communication, and the present invention provides an optical waveguide module including: an optical waveguide including a core portion, a clad portion that is provided to cover a side surface of the core portion, and an optical path-converting unit that is provided partway along the core portion or on an extended line of the core portion and that converts an optical path of the core portion to the outside of the clad portion; an optical element that is provided over the clad portion; a circuit board that is provided between the optical waveguide and the optical element and has a through-hole formed along an optical path connecting between the optical path-converting unit and the optical element; and a sealing portion that is transparent and is formed in a gap between the optical element and the circuit board; wherein a part of the sealing portion is inserted into the through-hole, and an inserted portion of the sealing portion functions as a lens for converging signal light passing though the optical path. | 07-18-2013 |
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20090039595 | SHEET ADSORPTION DEVICE, TRANSPORT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet adsorption device includes a sheet adsorbing surface, a suction hole disposed on the sheet adsorbing surface, and a flow path shifting unit that shifts between a first state and a second state of a communication flow path that is communicated with the suction hole in accordance with existence of a sheet that covers the suction hole. The cross-section area of a flow path in the second state is smaller than that in the first state and the communication flow path is not closed in the second state. | 02-12-2009 |
20090244234 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus is provided which includes: a recording unit that performs a recording operation on a target by causing liquid to adhere onto the target; a drying unit that performs a drying operation on the target on which the liquid is adhered by the recording operation of the recording unit in a state where a restricting force is not substantially applied thereto; and a restricting unit that performs a restricting operation on the target which has been subjected to the drying operation by the drying unit while supporting the target on a supporting face of a support member capable of supporting a surface of the target having the liquid adhered thereon in a uniform planar state, the restricting operation applying a restricting force to the target, the restricting force being directed toward the supporting face. | 10-01-2009 |
20090278906 | RESTRAINT DEVICE AND RECORDING DEVICE - An ink jet printer includes a restraint device which applies a restraining force, applied to a support surface used for supporting a recording sheet, to the recording sheet transported from an upstream side to a downstream side in a transport direction. The restraint device includes a second support member which includes the support surface and a suction hole opened to the support surface and generating a negative pressure therein and which is capable of sucking the recording sheet supported to the support surface toward the support surface on the basis of the negative pressure generated inside the suction hole and a shield belt which is disposed to face the support surface. | 11-12-2009 |
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20090243478 | Organic Electroluminescence Element, Method for Manufacturing the Same and Organic Electroluminescence Display Device - One embodiment of the present invention is an organic electroluminescence element including an anode which is a hole injection electrode; a cathode which is an electron injection electrode, the cathode facing the anode; an organic light emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, the organic light emitting layer including a molybdenum oxide layer, the molybdenum oxide layer including a crystal molybdenum oxide and an amorphous molybdenum oxide, and the crystal molybdenum oxide and the amorphous molybdenum oxide being mixed or stacked. | 10-01-2009 |
20100078630 | Organic Electroluminescence Element, Method for Manufacturing the Same, Image Display Unit and Illuminating Device - In an organic electroluminescent element of the present invention, which has at least a hole transport layer having an inorganic compound and an organic luminescent layer between a first electrode and a second electrode on a substrate, a high light extraction efficiency can be obtained by reflecting light emitted from the organic luminescent layer off the hole transport layer. | 04-01-2010 |
20110241027 | Organic EL Element, Image Display Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same - One embodiment of the present invention is an organic EL element, including a substrate, a first electrode having a pixel region, the first electrode formed on the substrate, a multi-step partition wall, including a first partition wall formed on the substrate, the first partition wall sectioning the first substrate and having an inverse tapered shape, and a second partition wall formed on the first partition wall, the second partition wall having a bottom part which is narrower than a top part of the first partition wall, a light emitting medium layer, including a first light emitting medium layer formed on the pixel region, the first partition wall and the second partition wall, the first light emitting medium layer made of an inorganic material, and an organic light emitting layer on the first light emitting medium layer, and a second electrode formed on the light emitting medium layer, wherein the first light emitting medium layer is formed on the first electrode and the multi-layer partition wall. | 10-06-2011 |
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20160002880 | WORK MACHINE - A work machine prevents a fault in a swing electric motor if an uneven coil temperature increase occurs in the swing electric motor during swing press and related operations. An electricity storage device is connected to the electric motor. An inverter drives the electric motor and a swing control lever issues a command to drive the swing structure. A rotational speed detecting device detects swing speed of the swing structure and a controller controls torque of the electric motor. The controller reads the swing speed of the swing structure detected by the rotational speed detecting device to control such that, when the swing speed is zero, the torque of the electric motor is smaller than a maximum torque value and, when the swing speed is a first rotational speed higher than zero, the torque of the electric motor is the maximum torque value. | 01-07-2016 |
20160002887 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A construction machine, comprising a hydraulic pump, a swing hydraulic motor, a swing electric motor, a delivery capacity regulating device, and a control unit which controls the driving/braking of the swing structure, is configured to comprise an operation amount detection device for detecting the operation amount of the swing control lever and a speed detection device for detecting the speed of the swing electric motor. The control unit includes a hydraulic pump output reduction control unit which takes in an operation amount signal representing the operation amount of the swing control lever detected by the operation amount detection device and a speed signal representing the speed of the swing electric motor detected by the speed detection device and controls the delivery capacity regulating device by calculating a reduction rate of the output of the hydraulic pump based on the detection signals. | 01-07-2016 |
20160003266 | WORK MACHINE - A work machine is adapted for reduced fuel consumption in regions where swinging by a hydraulic motor is prone to deterioration in efficiency, such as when the operating stroke of the swinging is small. The work machine includes an engine, a hydraulic pump, a swing structure, an electric motor for driving the swing structure, and a hydraulic motor for driving the swing structure, the hydraulic motor being driven by the hydraulic pump, and includes a swing control lever device that commands the swing structure to be driven. A control device operates in either an electric swing mode in which the swing structure is driven mainly by torque of the electric motor or a hydraulic swing mode in which the swing structure is driven mainly by torque of the hydraulic motor, depending on an operating stroke of the control lever device and/or a swing speed of the swing structure. | 01-07-2016 |
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20080292044 | Signal Detection Circuit - A signal detection circuit comprising: a differential amplifier to which an output voltage of a detection coil of a magnetic sensor is to be applied; a comparator to output a digital signal being at one logic level in a period between two spike-shaped voltages adjacent to each other in the output voltage of the differential amplifier; and a count circuit to perform a count operation in a period during which the comparator outputs the digital signal of the one logic level, the count circuit including a first counter to count a first clock having a predetermined frequency, a second counter to count a second clock being equal in frequency to and different in phase from the first clock, the second counter having the same number of bits as the number of bits of the first counter, and an adder to add count values of the first and the second counter. | 11-27-2008 |
20100066390 | CAPACITANCE VARIATION DETECTION CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a hybrid IC including, a semiconductor chip including a capacitance sensor and a semiconductor chip including a detection circuit for detecting a variation in capacitance, the number of bonding wires required between the chips is reduced. A rear surface of a sensor chip is connected to an electrode on a surface of a support substrate on which the sensor chip is mounted. A potential at one terminal of a capacitor of a sensor is set at a reference potential. A pad of another terminal is formed on a surface of the sensor chip. A detection circuit chip includes: a pad to serve as a connection terminal of the capacitor; a bias circuit connected to a terminal, for outputting a bias voltage to charge the capacitor; and a detection circuit connected to the terminal through a capacitor, for detecting a variation in potential of the terminal of the capacitor as an electrical signal. The chips are interconnected through a bonding wire between the pad of the terminal and the pad of the terminal. | 03-18-2010 |
20100171723 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE OF TOUCH PANEL - There is offered a signal processing device of touch panel using an electrostatic capacity, which realizes improvement in noise tolerance and linear detection. An excitation pad, a first touch pad and a second touch pad are disposed on a substrate in a way that the excitation pad is interposed between the first and second touch pads. On the other hand, an alternating current power supply that provides the excitation pad with an alternating voltage through a wiring is provided on a sensor IC side of the signal processing device of touch panel. Also, there is provided an electric charge amplifier. The first touch pad is connected to a non-inverting input terminal (+) of the electric charge amplifier through an wiring, while the second touch pad is connected to an inverting input terminal (−) of the electric charge amplifier through a wiring. | 07-08-2010 |
20100307840 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT FOR ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITOR TYPE TOUCH SENSOR - The invention realizes certainly detecting two or more positions on a touch panel that are touched at the same time. A drive circuit selects one from X lines, and supplies an alternating drive voltage to the selected line. A multiplexer selects a first sense line and a second sense line from Y lines that extend to cross the X lines. A charge amplifier outputs an output voltage corresponding to a difference between a first capacitance between the first sense line and the X line selected by the drive circuit and a second capacitance between the second sense line and the X line selected by the drive circuit. A touch position is then detected based on the output voltage of the charge amplifier. | 12-09-2010 |
20100309165 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT OF ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY TYPE TOUCH PANEL - There is offered a signal processing circuit of the electrostatic capacity type touch panel which can eliminate duplication of components to reduce a cost of the components. A touch panel | 12-09-2010 |
20100315363 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT FOR ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY TYPE TOUCH SENSOR - There is offered a signal processing circuit for an electrostatic capacity type touch sensor which can improve the noise tolerance and adjust an offset in the output voltage. The signal processing circuit for the touch sensor is structured to include an alternating current power supply providing an excitation pad with an alternating voltage, an electric charge amplifier generating an output voltage Vout corresponding to a difference between a capacitance of a first capacitor formed between a first touch pad and the excitation pad and a capacitance of a second capacitor formed between a second touch pad and the excitation pad, and an offset adjustment circuit to adjust an offset in the output voltage Vout of the electric charge amplifier. | 12-16-2010 |
20110012863 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT FOR ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY TYPE TOUCH SENSOR - There is offered a signal processing circuit for an electrostatic capacity type touch sensor capable of detecting a larger number of locations with a smaller number of touch pads as well as improving noise immunity. A selection circuit selects either a signal from a combination of the first and second kinds of touch pads outputted through the first and second output terminals CO | 01-20-2011 |
20130269177 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT OF ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY TYPE TOUCH PANEL - This invention offers a signal processing circuit of an electrostatic capacity type touch panel which is capable of switching between a differential input mode and a single input mode and has an extended adjustable range of an offset in the single input mode. The signal processing circuit of this invention includes a first sensor circuit of a differential input type, a second sensor circuit of a single input type, a third and fourth electrostatic capacitors that are variable capacitors for calibration to adjust the offset in an output voltage of the first sensor circuit, and a switching control circuit to control so as to put in operation one of the first and second sensor circuits. The switching control circuit also controls so that the third and fourth electrostatic capacitors for calibration, are connected in parallel to each other when the second sensor circuit is put in operation. | 10-17-2013 |