Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090243206 | Sheet Feeding Unit and Image Forming Apparatus - A sheet feeding device to feed sheets in a sheet feeding path is provided. The sheet feeding device includes a sheet cassette, in which a stack of sheets is stored, a body, in which the sheet cassette is removably installed, a feeder unit to forward the sheets in the stack in the sheet feeding path, at least one restrictive member, which is configured to be shifted between a releasing position and a restricting position and restricts a height of the stack of sheets to be stored in the sheet cassette when in the restricting position, a shifting unit to shift the positions of the at least one restrictive member. The shifting unit shifts the at least one restrictive member to be in the restricting position when the sheet cassette is removed from the body and to be in the releasing position when the sheet cassette is installed in the body. | 10-01-2009 |
20110311268 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TRANSPORT TOOL FOR THE SAME - An image forming apparatus is provided, which includes a main body including two first frames facing each other and a second frame bridging a gap between the first frames, an image forming unit disposed between the first frames, a feed roller unit including a first roller and a second roller supported by the second frame so as to contact the first roller in a position away from the first frame, an urging member providing an urging force to bring the first roller into contact with the second roller in a direction parallel to the first frames, and a spacer detachably attached between the main body and one of the first and second rollers near at least one of the first frames, so as to separate the first roller from the second roller or weaken a contact force between the first roller and the second roller against the urging force. | 12-22-2011 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080290579 | Image-Forming Device with Interlockingly Movable Two Paper Guide Members - An image-forming device includes a casing, a photosensitive drum, a transfer roller, a first guide member, and a second guide member. The first guide member is disposed upstream of the transfer point between the photosensitive drum and the transfer roller in a conveying direction of the recording medium and selectively movable between a first position and a second position. The second guide member is disposed between the first guide member and the transfer point and selectively movable between a third position and a fourth position farther from the photosensitive drum than the third position. The second guide member is movable in association with the movement of the first guide member in such a manner that when the first guide member is disposed in the first position, the second guide member is disposed in the third position for guiding the recording medium received from the first guide member to move toward the photosensitive drum. | 11-27-2008 |
20080298859 | Process Cartridge and Image Forming Apparatus - A process cartridge according to one aspect of the invention comprises: an image carrier configured to carry a developer image and having a transfer position capable of transferring the developer image to a recording sheet; and an elastically-deformable cantilever-shaped guide plate including a distal end portion being unsupported, and having a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface. A leading end of the recording sheet is guided on the first surface in a conveying direction, such that the leading end is guided toward the transfer position after the leading end is brought into contact with the image carrier. The distal end portion of the guide plate is bent toward the second surface side to form a bent portion. | 12-04-2008 |
20100301543 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding device includes a holding unit configured to hold a stack of sheets; a pickup roller, which feeds a sheet placed on top of the stack held in the holding unit when the pickup roller comes in contact with the sheet; a holder arm having a distal end to which the pickup roller is attached, wherein the holder arm has a swing center set at a position closer to the pickup roller side than the holding unit, and wherein the distal end of the holder arm extends from the swing center to the holding unit side; and a resiliently-deformable unit, which generates a swing moment to swing the holder arm to increases contact surface pressure between the sheet held in the holding unit and the pickup roller, wherein the swing moment increases as a contact angle between an extension direction of the holder arm and the sheet increases. | 12-02-2010 |
20120251195 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor member, and a transfer roller disposed to face the photoconductor member and allow the developer image to be transferred to a transfer-receiving member. A fixing device disposed downstream from the photoconductor member in a conveying direction and configured to fix the image formed on the transfer-receiving member, and a conveying path forming member disposed between the photoconductor member and the fixing device, and that forms a conveying path from the photoconductor member to the fixing device. The conveying path forming member includes first and second members which respectively extend from/to the photoconductor member to/from the fixing device. The second member crosses a second line which perpendicularly crosses a first line, which connects axes of the photoconductor member and the transfer roller, and passes through a contact area in which the photoconductor member and the transfer roller are configured to contact each other. | 10-04-2012 |
20130256971 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a recording sheet receiving portion configured to receive a recording sheet, an image forming portion configured to form an image on the recording sheet, a particular feed roller configured to feed the recording sheet toward the image forming portion, and a holding frame configured to rotatably support the particular feed roller such that the particular feed roller is exposed toward the recording sheet receiving portion. The holding frame has a roller receiving portion configured to receive the particular feed roller therein and a replacement opening for exposing the particular feed roller toward an opposite side of the holding frame relative to the recording sheet receiving portion. The particular feed roller is configured to be attached to and removed from the holding frame via the replacement opening on the opposite side of the holding frame relative to the recording sheet receiving portion. | 10-03-2013 |
20130256979 | Sheet Supplying Apparatus - A sheet supplying apparatus includes a feed roller, a sheet receiving plate, a lifting member, an urging member, and a cam. The sheet receiving plate is configured to pivot between a nearby position where the sheet receiving plate is disposed near the feed roller and a remote position where the sheet receiving plate is disposed remote from the feed roller. The lifting member is configured to pivot between a first position where the sheet receiving plate is in the nearby position and a second position where the sheet receiving plate is in the remote position. The urging member is configured to urge the lifting member from the second position toward the first position. The cam is configured to contact and move the lifting member from the second position to the first position when the feed roller feeds a recording sheet, and to move the lifting member to the second position again. | 10-03-2013 |
20130259553 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image on a recording sheet, a main body including a pair of frames and a bridging member connecting the pair of frames, a feed roller, a sheet receiving plate, and a lifting member. The sheet receiving plate is configured to receive the recording sheet, and pivot between a nearby position where the sheet receiving plate is disposed near the feed roller and a remote position where the sheet receiving plate is disposed remote from the feed roller. The lifting member is disposed opposite to the feed roller relative to the sheet receiving plate and configured to lift the sheet receiving plate such that the sheet receiving plate is disposed in the nearby position. The lifting member includes a pivot shaft rotatably supported by the bridging member and a lift portion configured to contact the sheet receiving plate. | 10-03-2013 |
20140091513 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus has a main body having a sheet feed path and an opening. A sheet placing part defined in the main body. The sheet inserted through the opening is placed on the sheet placing part. A supply roller arranged to face the placing part and feeds the sheet placed on the sheet placing part in a sheet feed direction toward the sheet feed path, a frame arranged to face the sheet placing part and configured to support the supply roller, the frame having a protruded part protruded on an opening side with respect to the supply roller. An image forming unit is provided inside the main body. An inclined surface is formed on a side of the protruded part facing the sheet placing part, and the protruded part has an inclined surface facing the sheet placing part and inclined such that a distance between the inclined surface and the sheet placing part becomes gradually smaller toward the supply roller. | 04-03-2014 |
20140252715 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus, including a chassis with an opening formed on one side thereof; a first placement section, on which a sheet inserted through the opening is placeable; a cover configured to be openable to expose and closable to cover the opening and configured to form, when in a position to expose the opening, an outer part of the first placement section outside the chassis; and a second placement section arranged in an upper position with respect to the first placement section, and on which a sheet inserted through the opening is placeable, is provided. The second placement section is detachably attached to the chassis through the opening. | 09-11-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080299798 | Electrical junction box - An electrical junction box, which is assembled by first inserting a circuit board assembly into a primary housing via an opening of the primary housing, and after that inserting a secondary housing into the primary housing, includes a connector block that has a projection that widens the opening that has been narrowed. A plurality of ribs are formed on front and rear walls of the thin primary housing from the side of the opening in an insertion direction of the circuit board assembly. A concave groove formed between a pair of the projections engages with the rib of the front wall. The ribs on the rear wall are close to a circuit board of the circuit board assembly. The connector block has protuberances that abut against the ribs. | 12-04-2008 |
20080299799 | Electric junction box - The electric junction box includes: a wiring board; a connector block having a body part and terminals, the terminal penetrating through a bottom wall of the body part and one end part of the terminal being electrically connected to the wiring board; a case which is arranged above the bottom wall of the body part, has holes each of which allows an opposite end part of the terminal to pass therethrough so as to expose the terminal, and receives the wiring board and the connector block therein; and a drain part provided on an inner surface of the case so that water, which enters into the case from the hole and is drained from the connector block, moves downward along the inner surface of the case and is drained outside the case. | 12-04-2008 |
20080299800 | Electric junction box - It is object of the present invention to provide an electric junction box that can effectively drain liquid away therefrom. | 12-04-2008 |
20080310133 | Printed wiring board - The present invention is to provide a printed wiring board which can certainly prevent damage of conductive pattern caused by the terminal. The printed wiring board has a board, a conductive pattern, a through-hole and a non-conductive area. A lead wire of resistance mounted on the printed wiring board is inserted into the through-hole | 12-18-2008 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130316550 | ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX - An electrical junction box includes an accommodation cover in which electrical parts are accommodated, and a groove that is formed on an outer surface of the accommodation cover and linearly extends in an up-down direction of the accommodation cover. The accommodation cover includes a folded wall part at which a wall surface of the groove is folded downwards. The accommodation cover includes a box body in which the electrical parts are accommodated, and a lower cover that covers a lower portion of the box body. The groove includes a first groove part formed on the lower cover. The folded wall part is formed on the first groove part. | 11-28-2013 |
20140151112 | CASE - Disclosed is a case for an electric junction box capable of preventing water that hits onto and bounds from a projection from invading into the case. The case for the electric junction box includes a synthetic resin made case main body, an upper cover, and a lower cover. Adjacent to a part where the case main body and the upper cover are joined a bracket for fixing car body that projects from an outer face of the case main body is disposed. The bracket is provided with a plurality of insertion holes for draining water. The plurality of insertion holes is also disposed throughout the bracket. In such the case, the water blown to the bracket falls down, without bounding, through the insertion holes, and thus making it possible to prevent the water from invading into the case. | 06-05-2014 |
20140151113 | ELECTRIC JUNCTION BOX - Provided is an electric junction box which prevents highly-pressured water invading into a case from blowing to components in the case. The electric junction box includes a case including a frame to which a plurality of components is to be attached, a lower cover arranged to be attached to the frame. The frame includes a first side wall. The lower cover includes a second side wall and a flange. An upper end of the second side wall is positioned inside the first side wall, and a lower end of the first side wall abuts onto the flange. An outer face of the second side wall above the flange includes a parallel face and a tapered face. The parallel face has a length of 3 mm or more, and the tapered face has a length of 3 mm or more. | 06-05-2014 |
20140154896 | ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX - There is provided an electrical junction box which can prevent water from entering from an insertion portion for the long term and which can be assembled easily. The electrical junction box includes a frame, a lower cover and an insertion portion through which a bundle of electric wires is passed. The insertion portion includes an insertion portion first divided piece having a semicircular cross-section and integrally formed with the frame and an insertion portion second divided piece having a semicircular cross-section and integrally formed with the lower cover via a hinge portion. In an unloaded condition, the insertion portion second divided piece is positioned at a location farthest from the insertion portion first divided piece. The divided pieces are provided with binding band insertion portions through which a binding band is passed. | 06-05-2014 |
20140154897 | ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX - An electrical junction box includes: a case main body to which a bolt is attached; a terminal of which one end is provided with a bolt insertion portion, of which the other end is provided with a wire connection portion, and of which the center is provided with a bent portion bent at right angle; two electric wires connected to the wire connection portion; and a side cover to which the terminal is attached. When the side cover is mounted on one side surface of the case main body, the bolt is inserted into the bolt insertion portion. The side cover is provided with a wire fixing piece having an arc-like sectional shape and extended along the one electric wire. The two electric wires are wound together with the wire fixing piece by a tape, and fixed to the wire fixing piece. | 06-05-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110236252 | NICKEL BASED ALLOY - A Ni based alloy, which consists of by mass percent, C≦0.03%, Si: 0.01 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P≦0.03%, S≦0.01%, Cr: not less than 20% to less than 30%, Ni: more than 40% to not more than 60%, Cu: more than 2% to not more than 5.0%, Mo: 4.0 to 10%, Al: 0.005 to 0.5% and N: more than 0.02% to not more than 0.3%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and the expression of “0.5 Cu+Mo≧6.5” is satisfied, has excellent corrosion resistance equivalent to that of Ni based alloys having high Mo contents, such as Hastelloy C22 and Hastelloy C276, in severe corrosive environments containing reducing acids, such as hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid, together with excellent workability. Therefore, it can be suitably used as a low-cost material for various kinds of structural members. | 09-29-2011 |
20120195790 | NICKEL BASED ALLOY MATERIAL - A Ni based alloy material consists of by mass percent, C≦0.03%, Si: 0.01 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P≦0.03%, S≦0.01%, Cr: not less than 20% to less than 30%, Ni: more than 40% to not more than 50%, Cu: more than 2.0% to not more than 5.0%, Mo: 4.0 to 10%, Al: 0.005 to 0.5%, W: 0.1 to 10% , N: more than 0.10% to not more than 0.35%, optionally one or more elements selected from Ca≦0.01% and Mg≦0.01%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and the formula of “0.5Cu+Mo≧6.5” is satisfied. The material has a surface hardness of a Vickers hardness of not less than 350 at 500° C., a corrosion resistance equivalent to that of Ni based alloys having high Mo contents, and excellent erosion resistance in a severe environment. | 08-02-2012 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100161192 | VEHICLE OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A vehicle operation support system includes a navigation device, and a drive control device. The navigation device includes: part for storing road information including branch point information; and part for acquiring road curvature information with reference to the road information, and providing the drive control device with the road curvature information, before a vehicle reaches the branch point. The road curvature information includes information about curvature of first and second road sections extending forward from a branch point. The drive control device estimates entrance of the vehicle into one of the first and second road sections as a selected road section, and controls a driving state of the vehicle by operating an actuator with reference to information about curvature of the selected road section, in response to estimation of entrance of the vehicle into the selected road section. | 06-24-2010 |
20100246889 | Vehicle Driving Assistance Apparatus - A vehicle driving assistance apparatus has an image capturing system capturing a road on which the vehicle travels, a white line type recognition section recognizing a type of a white line that defines a current traffic lane on which the vehicle is travelling on the basis of an image captured by the image capturing system, a white line type storage section storing the white line type recognized by the white line type recognition section, a white line type estimation section and a vehicle control system. When the white line type cannot be recognized by the white line type recognition section, the white line type estimation section estimates the white line type from white line types stored in the white line type storage section. The vehicle control system executes a vehicle control on the basis of the white line type estimated by the white line type estimation section. | 09-30-2010 |
20140330498 | Vehicle Operation Support System and Navigation Apparatus - A vehicle operation support system includes a navigation device, and a drive control device. The navigation device includes: part for storing road information including branch point information; and part for acquiring road curvature information with reference to the road information, and providing the drive control device with the road curvature information, before a vehicle reaches the branch point. The road curvature information includes information about curvature of first and second road sections extending forward from a branch point. The drive control device estimates entrance of the vehicle into one of the first and second road sections as a selected road section, and controls a driving state of the vehicle by operating an actuator with reference to information about curvature of the selected road section, in response to estimation of entrance of the vehicle into the selected road section. | 11-06-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080243389 | Vehicle Collision Avoidance Equipment and Method - An object recognizing means obtains a relative physical value between a movable body and an object such as at least one of the other movable body, an object on the ground, a position on the ground, a topographical feature and a regional information around the movable body, and a safety keeping area calculator calculates an imaginary safety keeping area around the movable body from the relative physical value, and an object intrusion judging means decides as to at least one of whether or not the object is within the safety keeping area and whether or not the object will be within the safety keeping area to perform at least one of controlling for preventing a collision between the movable body and the object and outputting an alarm, when deciding the at least one of that the object is within the safety keeping area and that the object will be within the safety keeping area. | 10-02-2008 |
20090088941 | Vehicle Speed Control System - A vehicle speed control system includes a road shape recognition unit which recognizes a road shape, a target speed setting unit which sets a target speed according to the road shape, a speed control unit which controls the host vehicle's speed according to the target speed, a parameter detecting unit which detects at least one of parameters representing the driver's steering rotation, a yaw rate of the host vehicle, and a lateral acceleration of the host vehicle, and a first acceleration determining unit which, after the speed control unit has decelerated, determines whether or not to accelerate the host vehicle according to reference parameters based on a road shape and the host vehicle's speed and parameters detected by the parameter detecting unit, wherein if the first acceleration determining unit has determined to accelerate, the target speed setting unit sets a target speed of the host vehicle according to a predetermined acceleration. | 04-02-2009 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120312757 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING BALLAST WATER FOR SHIP - A filter disposed as a cylinder around an axis line, and provided to be rotatable around the axis line, a treated water nozzle for emitting treated water toward an outer circumferential surface of the filter, a case provided to surround the filter, and including an outer cylindrical portion having a nozzle opening of the treated water nozzle therein, a filtered water flow path for guiding filtered water that has been transmitted through the filter to outside of the case from within the cylinder of the filter, and a discharge flow path for discharging discharged water that was not filtered through the filter to the outside of the case are provided. | 12-13-2012 |
20130319953 | BALLAST WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS AND BALLAST WATER TREATMENT METHOD - A ballast water treatment apparatus includes a filter that is cylindrically formed so as to surround an axis, a case that includes an outer cylindrical portion that is disposed so as to surround the filter, a rotation mechanism that rotates the filter around the axis, an untreated water nozzle that ejects untreated water to a filter-surrounding region that is defined by an outer peripheral surface of the filter and the outer cylindrical portion, a cleaning water nozzle that ejects cleaning water toward the outer peripheral surface of the filter, a filtered water channel through which filtered water that has passed through the filter flows from a region inside the filter to outside of the case, and a discharge channel through which discharged water that has not passed through the filter is discharged from the filter-surrounding region to outside of the case. | 12-05-2013 |
20140175021 | BALLAST WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR SHIP - Provided are a system and a method for treating ballast water for a ship, the system including a rotary filtration apparatus including a filter that is cylindrically formed so as to surround an axis, that is rotatable around the axis, and that has a pleated shape that is folded in a cylinder radial direction; and an electric motor for rotating the filter. A distance between the cleaning nozzle and a recess of the filter is 120 mm or less. The system and the method are configured to perform a steady-state operation that satisfies the following conditions a to d:
| 06-26-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130264457 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A leg unit includes a positioning pin projecting from an upper surface of a seat plate thereof, and an image forming unit includes a positioning hole formed on a mounting surface thereof. Delimiting portions project downward from the lower ends of left and right lateral faces of the image forming unit. The delimiting portions oppose respective outer lateral faces of the seat plate so as to restrict a relative movement of the image forming unit. A projecting portion is provided on the outer lateral face of the seat plate. The positioning pin can be fitted in the positioning hole by engaging the projecting portion with a recess of the delimiting portion. The delimiting portion includes a stopper formed on the respective sides of the recess in the longitudinal direction thereof, for restricting the sliding motion of the projecting portion along the lower end face of the delimiting portion. | 10-10-2013 |
20130277908 | MEDIUM RECEIVING DEVICE AND RECORDING DEVICE - A medium receiving device includes a support shaft that extends in a width direction of the sheet that intersects with an ejection direction of the sheet at a position spaced from the apparatus body, a locking member that is fixedly provided at a position which is lower than the apparatus body in the gravity direction and on the side of the apparatus body with respect to the support shaft and extends in the width direction of the sheet, and a medium holding member that is hung between the support shaft and the locking member so as to form a receiving surface for the sheet which falls thereon and is capable of holding the sheet on the receiving surface, wherein the support shaft moves between a first position and a second position with rotative displacement about a rotation shaft that extends in the width direction of the sheet. | 10-24-2013 |
20130286124 | MEDIUM RECEIVING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A medium receiving device includes: a medium holding member having a medium receiving surface that receives a part on the leading edge side in a discharge direction of a cut sheet; a medium edge restricting member including a restricting portion that restricts movement of the leading edge of the cut sheet to the discharge direction and a guidance portion that makes contact with the medium receiving surface so as to guide the leading edge from the medium receiving surface to the restricting portion; and a connecting bar that moves a plurality of medium edge restricting members together between a restricting position where the guidance portion makes contact with the medium receiving surface so as to guide the leading edge to the restricting portion and a non-restricting position where the guidance portion is separate from the medium receiving surface and does not guide the leading edge to the restricting portion. | 10-31-2013 |
20130286125 | MEDIUM RECEIVING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A medium receiving device includes a support shaft that extends in a width direction of the sheet and supports a medium holding member that is capable of receiving and holding the sheet which falls on the medium holding member, a rotative arm mechanism that is disposed at each end of the support shaft in the longitudinal direction and allows the support shaft to be displaced between a receiving position that allows the medium holding member to be capable of receiving the sheets and a picking-up position that is spaced from the receiving position in a direction that intersects with the longitudinal direction of the support shaft, and a universal joint that connect the support shaft and the rotative arm mechanism. | 10-31-2013 |
20130306784 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a plurality of roll-type medium loading unit that are positioned so that a roll-type medium can be loaded therein from a front of the recording apparatus; a transportation unit that transports the medium which has been fed from the roll-type medium loading unit in the downstream direction; and a recording unit that performs recording on the transported medium, wherein the roll-type medium loading unit includes a first roll-type medium loading unit that is disposed at a position above the recording unit and a second roll-type medium loading unit that is disposed at a position below the recording unit. | 11-21-2013 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090040341 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus which is capable of being downsized and being power-saved, and is capable of following the focal plane and controlling the exposure during the variably-magnifying operation. There is stored information on a position of a focus lens corresponding to a position of a zoom lens, which is dependent on an object distance. The focus lens is moved based on the stored information when the zoom lens is moved. When a moving direction of the zoom lens is switched, the focus lens is stopped, and then the moving direction of the zoom lens is switched. The focus lens is moved based on the stored information after the switching. | 02-12-2009 |
20100208118 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to output an image signal of a captured image, a display unit configured to display the image signal as an image, a swing detection unit configured to detect a component of acceleration of a swinging operation, an operation detection unit configured to detect the swinging operation, and a control unit to change the image to be displayed on the display unit based on the swinging operation, wherein the operation detection unit is configured, if the acceleration signal reaches a first and a second threshold values, to determine that the apparatus has been swung. | 08-19-2010 |
20110280556 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an image capturing apparatus that allows input of instructions to the image capturing apparatus by shaking the apparatus, without using an operation unit, it is determined whether or not the image capturing apparatus is shaking. Then, in a case in which it is determined that the image capturing apparatus is shaking, at least some of the operations of the operation unit are invalidated. | 11-17-2011 |
20120027390 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image capture apparatus comprises an inclination detection unit which detects an inclination of the image capture apparatus, a display unit which displays the inclination of the image capture apparatus, and a predetermined reference orientation set for the image capture apparatus, a still state determination unit which determines that the image capture apparatus is in a still state, if a variation of the inclination falls within a predetermined range, and a reference orientation setting unit which sets the reference orientation of the image capture apparatus, wherein the reference orientation setting unit does not set the reference orientation if the still state determination unit determines that the image capture apparatus is not in the still state. | 02-02-2012 |
20140049200 | CONTROL DEVICE AND STEPPING MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - A motor control device includes a drive unit configured to rotate a rotor by supplying a drive signal with periodical changes to a coil; a detection unit configured to output a signal that is changed in association with a rotation of the rotor; and a control unit configured to control the drive signal supplied by the drive unit in accordance with the signal output from the detection unit, wherein the control unit performs a first control and a second control so as to achieve a target rotation velocity of the rotor, and wherein the first control is a control for controlling the rotation velocity of the rotor by controlling an advance angle of the drive signal with periodical changes and the second control is a control for controlling the rotation velocity of the rotor by controlling a voltage for supplying the drive signal. | 02-20-2014 |
20140144031 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image capture apparatus comprises an inclination detection unit which detects an inclination of the image capture apparatus, a display unit which displays the inclination of the image capture apparatus, and a predetermined reference orientation set for the image capture apparatus, a still state determination unit which determines that the image capture apparatus is in a still state, if a variation of the inclination falls within a predetermined range, and a reference orientation setting unit which sets the reference orientation of the image capture apparatus, wherein the reference orientation setting unit does not set the reference orientation if the still state determination unit determines that the image capture apparatus is not in the still state. | 05-29-2014 |
20140186016 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an image capturing apparatus that allows input of instructions to the image capturing apparatus by shaking the apparatus, without using an operation unit, it is determined whether or not the image capturing apparatus is shaking. Then, in a case in which it is determined that the image capturing apparatus is shaking, at least some of the operations of the operation unit are invalidated. | 07-03-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090197973 | Method for preparing emulsion or dispersion, and foodstuff, skin externals and medicaments containing emulsion or dispersion obtained by the method - The present invention provides that a method for preparing an emulsion or a dispersion composed of an oily phase and an aqueous phase by contacting the oily phase with the aqueous phase, the method comprising: injecting the oily phase, which contains a water-soluble organic solvent and at least one hydrophobic functional ingredient and in which the content of a surfactant is approximately 0.1% by mass or less based on the total mass of the oily phase, into the aqueous phase such that the Reynolds number of the oily phase immediately before contact with the aqueous phase is approximately 1,000 or more, and that foodstuffs, a skin external and a medicament which contain an emulsion or a dispersion prepared by the method described above. | 08-06-2009 |
20090253841 | Method for producing chemicals - There is provided a method for producing chemicals using a device which carries out reaction operations or unit operations for fluids flowing through a flow channel, in which the reaction operations or unit operations for the object fluids can be controlled highly accurately, and besides, a functional fluid can be provided with various functions according to the type of the reaction operations or unit operations. The method produces chemicals using a device | 10-08-2009 |
20090305216 | EXPERIMENTAL METHOD FOR SCIENTIFIC PHENOMENON EVALUATING APPARATUS, AND SCIENTIFIC PHENOMENON EVALUATING APPARATUS - An apparatus for evaluating scientific phenomena by feeding liquid to a minute channel, which is inexpensive, imposes little environmental load and enables advanced technology to be easily enjoyed and can eliminate experimental failures due to the clogging of the minute channel with a bubble, is provided. Before starting the experiment with the experimental liquid, the preparatory step of removing air in the minute channel by vigorously injecting inert dummy liquid which does not react with the experimental liquid into the minute channel and thereby filling the minute channel with the dummy liquid is carried out. If one round of preparatory step proves insufficient to wholly remove the air in the minute channel and a bubble is found in the dummy liquid, the step will be repeated until no bubble is found any longer in the dummy liquid. Next, the experiment is started by supplying the experimental liquid to inlet side liquid reservoirs and causing liquid feeding device to let the dummy liquid filling the minute channel flow to outlet side liquid reservoirs. | 12-10-2009 |
20110076311 | CERAMIDE DISPERSION - A ceramide dispersion, which includes at least: natural-ceramide-containing particles that are dispersed in an aqueous phase as an oil-phase component; and at least one surfactant, wherein the natural-ceramide-containing particles contain one or more natural ceramides in an amount of 50% by mass or higher with respect to the total mass of the oil components contained in an oil phase, and have a volume average particle diameter of from 0.5 nm to 100 nm; and the ceramide dispersion contains, in the at least one surfactant, at least one polyglycerin fatty acid ester having an HLB of from 10 to 16. | 03-31-2011 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110155968 | FINE METAL PARTICLE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A metal-containing composition that can provide, by low-temperature heat treatment, a sintered state comparable to that obtained by high-temperature heat treatment, a conductive paste, a metal film are provided. A method for manufacturing a metal-containing composition that can manufacture the metal-containing composition by simple operation steps is also provided. The metal-containing composition contains fine metal particles, and the ratio ρ | 06-30-2011 |
20110272642 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING FINE SILVER PARTICLES, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FINE SILVER PARTICLES, AND PASTE HAVING FINE SILVER PARTICLES - A composition containing fine silver particles which have a uniform particle size, can form a fine drawing pattern, and have a small environmental impact, a method for producing that composition, a method for producing fine silver particles, and a paste having fine silver particles are provided. | 11-10-2011 |
20110278508 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING FINE SILVER PARTICLES, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FINE SILVER PARTICLES, AND PASTE HAVING FINE SILVER PARTICLES - A composition containing fine silver particles which have a uniform particle size, can form a fine drawing pattern, and have a small environmental impact, a method for producing that composition, a method for producing fine silver particles, and a paste having fine silver particles are provided. | 11-17-2011 |
20120103515 | BONDING MATERIAL USING METAL NANOPARTICLES AND BONDING METHOD - In a bonding material using nanoparticles and a bonding method, use in combination with microparticles is proposed. However, there is the problem in which it is not easy to uniformly mix the nanoparticles and the microparticles. The present invention uses a bonding material including metal nanoparticles having an average particle diameter of 100 nm or less and a surface coated with an organic substance having 6 to 8 carbon atoms, and a polar solvent in an amount of 5 to 20% by mass with respect to a powder of the metal nanoparticles, and objects to be bonded with the bonding material interposed therebetween are fired at 200 to 350° C. under pressure. Thus, the metal nanoparticles are melted and returned to a bulk material, and therefore a bonding layer of the bulk material can be formed at a low temperature equal to or lower than a melting point. | 05-03-2012 |
20120298009 | BONDING MATERIAL AND BONDING METHOD USING THE SAME - A method of forming a bonded product using metal nanoparticles is provided. More specifically, provided is a paste containing a flux component that can form a metal phase even in an inert atmosphere. The use of this paste allows a bonding material that can give a practically acceptable bonding strength to be provided in an inert atmosphere such as a nitrogen atmosphere at low temperatures without performing conventionally used pressurization. The paste is a bonding material configured to include: silver nanoparticles having an average primary particle diameter of 1 to 200 nm and coated with an organic material having 8 or less carbon atoms; a flux component having at least two carboxyl groups; and a dispersion medium. The use of this bonding material allows materials to be bonded even at a temperature of 300° C. or lower. | 11-29-2012 |
20120298908 | HEXAGONAL FERRITE MAGNETIC POWDER AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME - A hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder with a reduced amount of contaminants such as organic materials and a magnetic recording medium using the same are provided. The magnetic recording medium is formed using such a hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder that, when 0.10 mol/L nitric acid is added in an amount that changes the pH of 100 mL of a pH 11 potassium hydroxide solution (a blank solution) to 5 to a solution prepared by adding 0.05 g of the powder to 100 mL of the pH 11 potassium hydroxide solution, the pH of the resultant solution is 5 or higher. | 11-29-2012 |
20130081759 | LOW-TEMPERATURE-SINTERABLE BONDING MATERIAL, AND BONDING METHOD USING THE BONDING MATERIAL - Provided is a bonding material which enables formation of a bonded article in nitrogen, and can exhibit bonding strength to withstand practical use while having reduced bonding fluctuations between samples without a heat treatment procedure under pressurized or high temperature conditions. The bonding material comprises: silver nanoparticles having an average primary particle diameter of 1 to 200 nm and coated with an organic substance having 8 carbon atoms or less; a dispersion medium having a boiling point of 230° C. or higher; and a flux component including an organic matter having at least two carboxyl groups. Particularly, it is preferable to use the silver nanoparticles and submicron silver particles in combination. | 04-04-2013 |
20130153835 | LOW-TEMPERATURE SINTERING CONDUCTIVE PASTE, CONDUCTIVE FILM USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR FORMING CONDUCTIVE FILM - When a substrate having a low heat resistance is used, heat treatment at approximately 120° C. at which deformation does not occur is desirable. When a low resistance is achieved regardless of the type of resin used for a conductive paste, a flexible design of a paste is possible according to purposes, and fields to which the paste could be applied are expanded. Thus, a conductive paste capable of forming a conductive film exhibiting a high conductivity even at low temperatures of approximately 120° C. regardless of whether the constituting resin is a thermosetting resin or a thermoplastic resin is provided. In a method for forming a conductive film, a conductive paste in which a dicarboxylic acid having 2 to 8 carbon atoms is added to a paste including silver nanoparticles coated with an organic substance having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, a dispersion medium, and a resin is used. | 06-20-2013 |
20130270488 | METAL PARTICLE POWDER AND PASTE COMPOSITION USING SAME - It is important that the metal particles used in a conductive paste used for wiring have the characteristic of being easily dispersed in a polar solvent in combination with another material such as a resin used in a paste. Provided is a metal particle powder which exhibits a pH value of 6 or less when 0.5 g of the metal particles to be evaluated are added to 100 mL of a potassium hydroxide solution with a pH of 11, and then an aqueous nitric acid solution in an amount in which pH becomes 5 by adding 0.10 mol/L nitric acid to 100 mL of a potassium hydroxide solution and 10 mL of ethyl alcohol (blank solution) with a pH of 11 is added. | 10-17-2013 |
20140346413 | SILVER-COATED COPPER ALLOY POWDER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A silver-coated copper alloy powder, which has a low volume resistivity and excellent storage stability (reliability), is produced by coating a copper alloy powder, which has a chemical composition comprising 1 to 50 wt % of at least one of nickel and zinc and the balance being copper and unavoidable impurities (preferably a copper alloy powder wherein a particle diameter (D | 11-27-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080318103 | Fuel Cell System - Provided is a fuel cell system including a polymer electrolyte fuel cell with improved durability, which is capable of suppressing a phenomenon in which a polymer electrolyte membrane is decomposed and degraded. In the fuel cell system including the polymer electrolyte fuel cell including: a membrane electrode assembly including a polymer electrolyte membrane with hydrogen ion conductivity, and a fuel electrode and an oxidant electrode sandwiching the polymer electrolyte membrane; a first separator plate for supplying and discharging a fuel gas to and from the fuel electrode; and a second separator plate for supplying and discharging an oxidant gas to and from the fuel electrode, a metal ion supplying means for supplying metal ions, which are stable in an aqueous solution, to the inside of the membrane electrode assembly in an amount equivalent to 1.0 to 40.0% of the ion exchange group capacity of the polymer electrolyte membrane is disposed. | 12-25-2008 |
20090191460 | NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a nonaqueous secondary battery with high capacity and less cycle degradation and a method for producing thereof. The nonaqueous secondary battery of the present invention comprises a positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer disposed on the positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode having a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode mixture layer or the negative electrode mixture layer contains active material particles and a particulate binder adhered to the surface of the active material particles. | 07-30-2009 |
20090280407 | BATTERY, ELECTRODE, AND CURRENT COLLECTOR USED THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a current collector including a base portion with a flat face, primary projections projecting from the flat face, and secondary projections projecting from the top of the primary projections. The present invention also relates to a current collector including a base portion with a flat face and primary projections projecting from the flat face, wherein the roughening rate of the top of the primary projections is 3 to 20. By using such a current collector, separation of the active material from the current collector can be inhibited when using an active material that has a high capacity but undergoes a large expansion at the time of lithium ion absorption. | 11-12-2009 |
20110052954 | BATTERY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - To provide an electrode plate capable of retaining a larger amount of active material and having a composite material layer uniform in thickness, a positive electrode plate ( | 03-03-2011 |
20130273455 | ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELLS, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY HAVING SAID ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, AND SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL - An electrolyte membrane for solid polymer fuel cell includes a reinforce membrane made of nonwoven fibers and an electrolyte provided in a space among the nonwoven fibers. The nonwoven fibers have a non-uniform mass distribution in a plane of the electrolyte membrane. A mass of the nonwoven fibers per unit area in a region corresponding to at least part of a peripheral portion of a fuel cell-use gasket frame is greater than a mass of the nonwoven fibers per unit area in a region corresponding to a center portion of the gasket frame. The electrolyte membrane for solid polymer fuel cell is attached to the fuel cell-use gasket frame. | 10-17-2013 |