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20120141918 | FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS, FUEL CARTRIDGE, AND JOINT - A fuel supply apparatus for supplying a liquid fuel to a device having a fuel cell which uses the liquid fuel is provided. The fuel supply apparatus includes: a container containing the liquid fuel and being configured to be detachably attached to the device; and a joint for connecting the container and the device. The joint has a double tube structure including an outer tube and an inner tube. One of the outer tube and the inner tube forms a flow path through which the liquid fuel in the container flows into the device by gravity, while the other tube forms a flow path through which a replacement fluid spontaneously flows into the container to replace the liquid fuel. | 06-07-2012 |
20120148928 | DIRECT OXIDATION FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A direct oxidation fuel cell system including: a fuel cell; a fuel supply portion for supplying a liquid fuel to a fuel inlet; an oxidant supply portion for supplying an oxidant to an oxidant inlet; an effluent tank for storing a fuel effluent; a fuel discharge path for leading the fuel effluent to the effluent tank; a gas-liquid separation mechanism for separating a part of product water from a fluid containing unconsumed oxidant and product water and discharging the remainder to outside; and a product water discharge path for leading the separated product water to the effluent tank. The gas-liquid separation mechanism has: a vent hole communicating with the oxidant outlet and outside; a porous filter for closing the vent hole; and a water-absorbent material for partially covering the surface of the porous filter on the oxidant outlet side. | 06-14-2012 |
20130130141 | DIRECT OXIDATION FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Disclosed is a direct oxidation fuel cell system including: a direct oxidation fuel cell including an anode and a cathode, an air pump for supplying air to the cathode, a liquid feed pump for supplying an aqueous fuel solution to the anode, and a collection tank for collecting an anode fluid discharged from the anode. The collection tank has an anode fluid collection port at which the anode fluid is merged with a liquid in the collection tank. Either during normal operation or during suspension of operation of the fuel cell system, or both, the volume of the liquid in the collection tank is controlled to be equal to or greater than a predetermined first lower-limit value. The first lower-limit value is set such that the anode fluid collection port is positioned below the level of the liquid in the collection tank. | 05-23-2013 |
20140147758 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Disclosed is a fuel cell system that is capable of improved power generating performance and reduced size, and furthermore, is very safe. The system includes a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), a fuel tank, a liquid collecting tank, a two-liquid-joining unit, a first fuel supply unit, a second fuel supply unit, and a fuel filter. The fuel tank stores a liquid fuel. The liquid collecting tank stores a liquid discharged from at least one of an anode or a cathode in the MEA, as a collected liquid. The two-liquid-joining unit prepares a diluted fuel by mixing the liquid fuel and the collected liquid. The first fuel supply unit supplies the liquid fuel to the two-liquid-joining unit. The second fuel supply unit supplies the diluted fuel to the anode. The fuel filter, disposed between the two-liquid-joining unit and the anode, removes impurities in the diluted fuel. | 05-29-2014 |
20140377676 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell to consume a fuel and generate electric power; a feeder for feeding a circulating fluid including the fuel to the cell; a collector for collecting the circulating fluid including unconsumed fuel from the cell; a first channel connecting the cell with the collector; a second channel connecting the collector with the feeder; and a third channel connecting the feeder with the cell. A mass ratio M2/M1 is less than or equal to 20 ppm in terms of hexadecane, where M1 is a total mass of the collector and the first, second and third channels, and M2 is a mass of organic substances eluted into the circulating fluid or an equivalent therefor, while the collector and the first, second and third channels are immersed in the circulating fluid or equivalent at a temperature TH1 for a certain time. | 12-25-2014 |
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20110135904 | EPDM foam and sealing material - There is provided an EPDM foam including, in which an amount of N-nitrosodimethylamine and N-nitrosodiethylamine generated therefrom by heating the EPDM foam at 200° C. for three hours is not more than 1 μg/g, and a 50% compression load value thereof is in a range of 0.10 to 2.0 N/cm | 06-09-2011 |
20110135909 | EPDM foam, producing method thereof, and sealing material - An EPDM foam is obtained by foaming a foam composition containing, based on 100 parts by weight of an ethylenepropylenediene rubber, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a vulcanizer, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a vulcanization accelerator, 1 to 30 parts by weight of a foaming agent, and a foaming auxiliary agent. The vulcanization accelerator contains a thiourea vulcanization accelerator, a thiazole vulcanization accelerator, a dithiocarbamate vulcanization accelerator, and a thiuram vulcanization accelerator such that a thiourea vulcanization accelerator/thiazole vulcanization accelerator/dithiocarbamate vulcanization accelerator/thiuram vulcanization accelerator weight ratio is in a range of 1 to 20/1 to 20/1 to 20/1 to 30. | 06-09-2011 |
20120277337 | EPDM foam and adhesive sealing material - An EPDM foam contains an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, in which the EPDM foam has water stopping performance lasting for 1 hour or more according to 50% waterstop test and metal corrosion is not observed according to metal corrosion test. | 11-01-2012 |
20130267619 | EPDM FOAM, PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF, AND SEALING MATERIAL - An EPDM foam is obtained by foaming a foam composition containing, based on 100 parts by weight of an ethylenepropylenediene rubber, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a vulcanizer, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a vulcanization accelerator, 1 to 30 parts by weight of a foaming agent, and a foaming auxiliary agent. The vulcanization accelerator contains a thiourea vulcanization accelerator, a thiazole vulcanization accelerator, a dithiocarbamate vulcanization accelerator, and a thiuram vulcanization accelerator such that a thiourea vulcanization accelerator/thiazole vulcanization accelerator/dithiocarbamate vulcanization accelerator/thiuram vulcanization accelerator weight ratio is in a range of 1 to 20/1 to 20/1 to 20/1 to 30. | 10-10-2013 |
20140220334 | ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE-DIENE RUBBER FOAMED MATERIAL AND SEALING MATERIAL - An ethylene-propylene-diene rubber foamed material is obtained by foaming a rubber composition containing an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber. The ethylene-propylene-diene rubber foamed material has a permanent compression set obtained by being compressed by 50% at 80° C. for 22 hours to be then released at 23° C. after the elapse of 24 hours of 30% or less. The content ratio of a sulfur atom calculated based on the measurement result of a fluorescent X-ray measurement, based on mass, is 1000 ppm or less. | 08-07-2014 |
20140234611 | ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE-DIENE RUBBER FOAMED MATERIAL, PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF, AND SEALING MATERIAL - An ethylene-propylene-diene rubber foamed material is obtained by foaming a rubber composition containing an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber. The ethylene-propylene-diene rubber foamed material has a 50% compressive load value of 0.1 to 2.0 N/cm | 08-21-2014 |
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20080215272 | Fluorescence Microscope and Fluorescence Microscope Method - To increase spatial resolution by observing a sample based on saturated fluorescence components. A fluorescence microscope according to the present invention includes: a laser light source | 09-04-2008 |
20100232459 | Pulse Laser Light Timing Adjusting Device, Adjusting Method, and Optical Microscope - To provide a pulse laser light timing adjusting device capable of easily adjusting pulse laser light timing, a timing adjusting method, and an optical microscope. An optical microscope in accordance with the present invention includes mirror pairs | 09-16-2010 |
20100323293 | Optical recording material, optical recording method, photosensitive material, photolithography method, photopolymerization initiator, and photosensitizer - Provided is a nonlinear optical material, an optical recording material, an optical recording method, a photosensitive material, a photopolymerization initiator, and a photosensitizer. One exemplary aspect of the present invention is a photosensitive material used for photolithography for forming a pattern by irradiating a photoresist with excitation light which includes a donor molecule | 12-23-2010 |
20120107960 | NONLINEAR LUMINESCENT MOLECULE, FLUORESCENT STAIN, AND OBSERVATION METHOD(AS AMENDED) - The present invention relates to a nonlinear fluorescent molecule that generates a nonlinear fluorescence reaction by incidence of excitation light. This nonlinear fluorescence molecule includes donors and, and an acceptor that is coupled to the donors and. As the donor is excited by the incidence of the excitation light, electric charge moves from the donor to the acceptor. Then, the donor and the acceptor form a charge separated state. In a state in which the charge separated state is maintained, the donor fluoresces when transiting from an excited state to a ground state. | 05-03-2012 |
20120307238 | MICROSCOPE AND OBSERVATION METHOD - Provided is a microscope and an observation method which can improve spatial resolution. A microscope according to an aspect of the invention includes a laser light source ( | 12-06-2012 |
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