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20090322846 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning apparatus includes: a light source that emits multiple light beams; a deflecting unit that accepts the multiple light beams emitted from the light source on an identical reflecting surface of the deflecting unit, and movies the reflecting surface to deflect the multiple light beams; and an optical system that is interposed between the reflecting surface of the deflecting unit and a surface to be scanned and converges the multiple light beams reflected by the reflecting surface respectively. And the optical system includes an optical element that converges lights at least in a sub scanning direction. The optical scanning apparatus includes an adjust unit that adjusts incident angles of the multiple light beams radiated onto the optical element, in a direction corresponding to the sub scanning direction on the surface to be scanned. | 12-31-2009 |
20110115870 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An optical scanner includes: a light source that emits plural laser-beams; a deflecting section that deflects the laser-beams; a first optical-element that reflects the laser-beams deflected at the deflecting section and converges the laser-beams in a slow-scanning direction, and that can adjust positions, in the slow-scanning direction, of the laser-beams that the first optical-element reflects; a second optical-element that converges, in the slow-scanning direction, the laser-beams reflected at the first optical-element, and that can adjust scan line tilt of the laser-beams that the second optical-element reflects; and a planar reflecting member provided on an optical path between the first and second optical-elements, and reflects, toward the second optical-element, the laser-beams converged in the slow-scanning direction, the reflecting member having an adjusting mechanism that can adjust an angle of incidence in the slow-scanning direction of the laser-beams that are incident on the second optical-element. | 05-19-2011 |
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20110008486 | AGENT FOR SUPPRESSING GLUCOSE LEVEL INCREASE, AGENT FOR SUPPRESSING BODY FAT ACCUMULATION AND FOOD COMPOUND - A method for reducing blood glucose level increase is provided that includes: providing a reducer of blood glucose level increase, wherein the reducer comprises isomaltulose; having an individual ingest the reducer; and having the individual consume a carbohydrate having an α-1,6-glucosyl bond ratio of from 0% to less than 50% relative to the total bonds among constituent saccharides, wherein the reducer is ingested before or after or simultaneously with consuming the carbohydrate, and wherein the reducer reduces an increase in the individual's blood glucose level caused by consuming the carbohydrate. The reducer of blood glucose level increase includes isomaltulose (PALATINOSE™) as an active ingredient so that when the reducer is ingested and a carbohydrate having an α-1,6-glucosyl bond ratio of from 0% to less than 50% relative to the total bonds among constituent saccharides is consumed, an increase in blood glucose level caused by ingesting the carbohydrate is reduced. | 01-13-2011 |
20110009358 | AGENT FOR SUPPRESSING GLUCOSE LEVEL INCREASE, AGENT FOR SUPPRESSING BODY FAT ACCUMULATION AND FOOD COMPOUND - A method for reducing body fat accumulation is provided that includes: providing a reducer of body fat accumulation, wherein the reducer comprises isomaltulose; having an individual ingest the reducer; and having the individual consume a carbohydrate having an α-1,6-glucosyl bond ratio of from 0% to less than 50% relative to the total bonds among constituent saccharides, wherein the reducer is ingested before or after or simultaneous with consuming the carbohydrate, and wherein the reducer reduces the individual's body fat accumulation caused by consuming the carbohydrate. The reducer of body fat accumulation includes isomaltulose (PALATINOSE™) as an active ingredient so that when the reducer is ingested and a carbohydrate having an α-1,6-glucosyl bond ratio of from 0% to less than 50% relative to the total bonds among constituent saccharides is consumed, accumulation of body fat resulting from ingesting the carbohydrate is reduced. | 01-13-2011 |
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20110135484 | Fluidic torque transfer device - A fluidic torque transfer device configured with a pump impeller that includes a pump shell, a pump blade attached to the pump shell, and a pump core attached to the pump blade; a turbine runner that includes a turbine shell, a turbine blade attached to the turbine shell, and a turbine core attached to the turbine blade; and a stator that includes a stator blade, and rectifies a flow of a hydraulic fluid from the turbine runner to the pump impeller. The outer contour line of the turbine blade extends outward in an extending direction of a rotation center axis of the pump impeller and the turbine runner on the fluid outlet side of the turbine runner more than an outer contour line of the pump blade on the pump shell side. | 06-09-2011 |
20110268592 | Fluidic torque transfer device - A fluidic torque transfer device is configured such that the attachment angle of a turbine blade at a fluid outlet of a turbine runner is smaller than the attachment angle of the turbine blade at a fluid inlet of the turbine runner. Furthermore, the turbine runner is structured so that a cross-sectional area St of a turbine flow path defined by the turbine shell, adjacent turbine blades, and the turbine core, which is perpendicular to a centerline of the turbine flow path, satisfies |St−Sref|/Sref≦0.2, where a reference area Sref is an average of maximum and minimum values of a cross-sectional area of a pump flow path defined by the pump shell, adjacent pump blades, and the pump core of the pump impeller, which is perpendicular to a centerline of the pump flow path. | 11-03-2011 |
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20090076253 | MACROLIDE DERIVATIVES - Compounds represented by formula (I) and the formula (IV) have an inhibitory activity of MMP-9 production, therefore, are useful as a medicine agent with fewer side effects than conventional MMP enzyme activity inhibitors, as a prophylactic and therapeutic drug for oncogenic angiogenesis, chronic rheumatoid arthritis, vascular intimal thickening after a percutaneous coronary transluminal angioplasty, vascular atherosclerosis, hemorrhagic apoplexy, acute myocardial infarction, chronic heart failure, aneurysm, lung cancer metastasis, adult respiratory distress syndrome, asthma, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, chronic rhinosinusitis, bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). | 03-19-2009 |
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20130106543 | ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR | 05-02-2013 |
20150015350 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH - An electromagnetic switch includes a contact housing case; a plurality of contact mechanisms each having a fixed contact and a movable contact contacting to and separating from the fixed contact, and disposed in parallel inside the contact housing case; a movable contact holding portion holding the movable contacts of the plurality of contact mechanisms; and an electromagnet unit having a movable plunger moving the movable contact holding portion. | 01-15-2015 |
20150022291 | CONTACT DEVICE, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH IN WHICH THE CONTACT DEVICE IS USED - A contact device includes a pair of fixed contacts fixedly disposed inside an arc extinguishing chamber and maintaining a predetermined interval from each other; a movable contact disposed to contact to and separate from the pair of fixed contacts; and an arc root movement promotion portion formed on the movable contact to promote a movement of root of arc in a direction away from the fixed contacts. The root of arc is generated when the movable contacts are opened and separated from the pair of fixed contacts. | 01-22-2015 |
20150034600 | CONTACT DEVICE, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH IN WHICH THE CONTACT DEVICE IS USED - A contact device includes a pair of fixed contacts fixedly disposed inside an arc extinguishing chamber and maintaining a predetermined interval from each other; a movable contact disposed inside the arc extinguishing chamber, and contacting to and separating from the pair of fixed contacts; a first arc root movement promotion portion formed on the pair of fixed contacts, and promoting a movement of a root of an arc in a direction away from the movable contact, the arc being generated when contacts are opened in which the movable contact moves away from the pair of fixed contacts; and a second arc root movement promotion portion formed on the movable contact, and promoting a movement of the root of the arc in a direction away from the relevant fixed contact. | 02-05-2015 |
20150380193 | ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR - In an electromagnetic contactor, an arc generated when a movable contact separates from fixed contacts can be easily extinguished. The movable contact is disposed so as to be connectable to and detachable from the pair of fixed contacts disposed to maintain a predetermined interval inside a contact housing case having insulating properties, and an arc extinguishing chamber is formed in a position in which the movable contact and the pair of fixed contacts contact. At least the inner wall surface side of the arc extinguishing chamber contacting an arc is formed of a high thermal conductivity material having thermal conductivity higher than that of a synthetic resin molded material. | 12-31-2015 |
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20130228552 | ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR - An electromagnetic contactor has a contact device having a contact housing case housing a pair of fixed contacts and a movable contact disposed to be capable of contacting to and separating from the pair of fixed contacts, and an insulating cylinder in a bottomed tubular shape disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the contact housing case to enclose the pair of fixed contacts and the movable contact. The insulating cylinder positions an arc extinguishing permanent magnet for extinguishing an arc generated between the pair of fixed contacts and the movable contact. A magnet housing portion to protect the arc extinguishing permanent magnet from the arc is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the insulating cylinder and faces a side surface of the movable contact. An arc extinguishing space is formed on an outer side of the magnet housing portion in an extending direction of the movable contact. | 09-05-2013 |
20130229247 | ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR - An electromagnetic contactor has a contact device including a pair of fixed contacts disposed to maintain a predetermined distance and a movable contact disposed to be capable of contacting to and separating from the pair of fixed contacts. An insulating cover covering all except a contact portion contacting with the movable contact is mounted on the pair of fixed contacts. | 09-05-2013 |
20130335175 | CONTACT MECHANISM AND ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR USING THE SAME - A contact mechanism where a shape of at least one of a fixed contactor including a pair of fixed contact portions and a movable contactor including a pair of movable contact portions capable of contacting with and separating from the pair of fixed contact portions is set to a shape that generates a Lorentz force resisting electromagnetic repulsion in a contactor opening direction generated between the fixed contact portions and the movable contact portions when a current is applied, has the fixed contactor and the movable contactor being inserted in a current path. Magnetic bodies are disposed on at least one of the fixed contactor and the movable contactor for suppressing a force driving arcs, which are generated between the pair of fixed contact portions and the pair of movable contact portions, to the fixed contactor on the opposite side. | 12-19-2013 |
20140062627 | ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR - An electromagnetic contactor has a contact device including a pair of fixed contacts disposed maintaining a predetermined distance and a movable contact disposed to be capable of contacting to and separating from the pair of fixed contacts. The pair of fixed contacts each includes a support conductor portion supported by an upper plate of a contact housing case, and a contact conductor portion connected to an end portion of the support conductor portion. The contact conductor portion includes a contact plate portion formed with a contact portion, and a connecting plate portion formed on an outer end portion of the contact plate portion and extending to the upper plate side. The movable contact is mounted onto a connecting shaft connected to a drive portion through a contact spring on an end portion on the upper plate side, and disposed to face the contact portion of the pair of fixed contacts. | 03-06-2014 |
20150048908 | CONTACT DEVICE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR USING THE SAME - A contact device includes a contact mechanism including a pair of fixed contacts disposed to maintain a predetermined distance and a movable contact disposed to be capable of contacting to and separating from the pair of fixed contacts. The movable contact has a conductive plate portion extending in a direction crossing a moving direction of the movable contact in a contact housing case. Each of the pair of fixed contacts includes an inner side conductor plate portion having one end and the other end portion extending toward the outside of the contact housing case in parallel to the conductive plate portion, and an outer side conductor plate portion connected to the other end portion of the inner side conductor plate portion and extending in a direction separating from the movable contact, to form an L-shaped conductor portion to generate a Lorentz force opposing an electromagnetic repulsion force. | 02-19-2015 |
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20150054868 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: an original drive signal generation unit which generates an original drive signal; a signal modulation unit which modulates the original drive signal to generate a modulation signal; a first signal amplifying unit which amplifies the modulation signal to generate a first amplified modulation signal; a second signal amplifying unit which amplifies the modulation signal to generate a second amplified modulation signal; an amplification control unit which controls operations of the first signal amplifying unit and the second signal amplifying unit; a signal conversion unit which converts the first amplified modulation signal and the second amplified modulation signal into a drive signal; a plurality of piezoelectric elements which is deformed by the drive signal; a plurality of cavities which expands or contracts in accordance with the deformation of the plurality of piezoelectric elements; a plurality of nozzles which communicates with each of cavities. | 02-26-2015 |
20150062213 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND HEAT UNIT - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a signal modulation section that causes an original drive signal to be pulse-modulated to generate a modulation signal, a signal amplification section that amplifies the modulation signal to generate an amplification modulation signal, a coil that smooths the amplification modulation signal to generate a drive signal, a piezoelectric element that deforms when the drive signal is applied thereto, a cavity that expands or contracts due to a deformation of the piezoelectric element, and a nozzle that communicates with the cavity and ejects a liquid in accordance with an increase/decrease of a pressure inside the cavity. A core material of the coil is made of a Mn—Zn-based ferrite. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062214 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND HEAT UNIT - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a signal modulation section that causes an original drive signal to be pulse-modulated to generate a modulation signal, a signal amplification section that amplifies the modulation signal to generate an amplification modulation signal, a coil that smooths the amplification modulation signal to generate a drive signal, a piezoelectric element that deforms when the drive signal is applied thereto, a cavity that expands or contracts due to a deformation of the piezoelectric element, and a nozzle that communicates with the cavity and ejects a liquid in accordance with an increase/decrease of a pressure inside the cavity. The coil is a ferrite core-type coil, and a core gap is provided to be equal to or wider than 1.1 mm. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062220 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, PRINT HEAD UNIT, AND DRIVE SUBSTRATE - A plurality of THs are formed in the main substrate (drive substrate) in a region in which switching transistors are disposed. In addition, a solid pattern obtained by expanding an interconnection pattern at the periphery of the transistors is formed to surround the transistors. In addition, a solid pattern for heat dissipation is also formed on a rear surface to add a heat dissipation structure for a frame. According to this, it is possible to provide a liquid ejecting apparatus which has a simple configuration and which realizes operation stability without using a dedicated heat dissipation component. | 03-05-2015 |
20150145911 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a signal modulation section that causes an original drive signal to be pulse-modulated to generate a modulation signal, a signal amplification section that amplifies the modulation signal to generate an amplification modulation signal, a coil that smooths the amplification modulation signal to generate a drive signal, a piezoelectric element that deforms when the drive signal is applied thereto, a cavity that expands or contracts due to deformation of the piezoelectric element, and a nozzle that communicates with the cavity and ejects a liquid in accordance with increase and decrease of a pressure inside the cavity. The coil is a metallic alloy type. | 05-28-2015 |
20160046119 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND HEAD UNIT - A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a modulation circuit that generates a modulated signal by pulse-modulating a source signal; a transistor that amplifies the modulated signal to generate an amplified modulated signal; a low-pass filter that includes an inductor and a capacitor and smoothes the amplified modulated signal to generate a drive signal; a feedback circuit that returns the drive signal to the modulation circuit; a circuit board; a piezoelectric element that is displaced by application of the drive signal thereto. The circuit board has a first mounting surface and a second mounting surface. The capacitor and the feedback circuit are mounted and a first ground wiring connected to the capacitor and a second ground wiring connected to the feedback circuit are provided on the first mounting surface. At least one of the modulation circuit, the transistor, and the inductor is mounted on the second mounting surface. | 02-18-2016 |
20160101618 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND HEAD UNIT - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a signal modulation section that causes an original drive signal to be pulse-modulated to generate a modulation signal, a signal amplification section that amplifies the modulation signal to generate an amplification modulation signal, a coil that smooths the amplification modulation signal to generate a drive signal, a piezoelectric element that deforms when the drive signal is applied thereto, a cavity that expands or contracts due to a deformation of the piezoelectric element, and a nozzle that communicates with the cavity and ejects a liquid in accordance with an increase/decrease of a pressure inside the cavity. A core material of the coil is made of a Mn—Zn-based ferrite. | 04-14-2016 |