Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080198555 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention provides a semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor element, a single-layer wiring board on which the semiconductor element is mounted, a connector section located at an end of the single-layer wiring board, a thermally and electrically conductive radiator plate, a relay electrode section formed on the single-layer wiring board, and a connecting member that electrically connects the radiator plate and the relay electrode section together. The single-layer wiring board is structured so that a power supply potential and/or a ground potential received by the connector section is transmitted through a path comprising the radiator plate, the relay electrode section, and the connecting member to the semiconductor element. | 08-21-2008 |
20090257795 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A fixing device is provided that suppresses loss in heat radiation from both ends in a longitudinal direction which is a direction corresponding to an axial direction of a fixing roller in a heating member so as to be able to uniform distribution of a temperature in the longitudinal direction of the heating member and to attain uniform fixing capability. A planar heat generating element provided in a heating member includes electrodes at both ends in a circumferential direction so that a flowing direction of current flowing through the planar heat generating element is a direction substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal direction as a direction extending along an axial direction of a fixing roller in the planar heat generating element. The planar heat generating element is constituted so that the both ends in the longitudinal direction thereof have larger thickness than that of a center part thereof. | 10-15-2009 |
20090263170 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A fixing device includes a fixing belt for fixing an unfixed toner image onto a recording medium, a planar heating member for heating the fixing belt, and a pressure roller. The heating member includes a ceramic heat generating element having a PTC characteristic, and a high-thermal-conductive heat diffusion member. The fixing belt is formed in an endless shape and is supported around, at least, the high-thermal-conductive heat diffusion member, thereby to be heated. The ceramic heat generating element comes into contact with the fixing belt over the full width thereof with the high-thermal-conductive heat diffusion member interposed therebetween. The high-thermal-conductive heat diffusion member comes into contact with the fixing belt over the full width thereof and diffuses heat generated by the heat generating element, in the traveling direction of the fixing belt. | 10-22-2009 |
20090263171 | PLANAR HEAT GENERATING ELEMENT, FIXING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A planar heat generating element includes an insulating layer and a resistance heat generator formed on one surface in a thickness direction of the insulating layer, for generating heat under a passage of electric current therethrough, the resistance heat generator constituting a plane of certain configuration as a whole and forming a heat generating pattern. The resistance heat generator includes a plurality of linear portions formed on one surface of the insulating layer that extend transversely with respect to a longitudinal direction of the insulating layer, the linear portions being arranged side by side substantially in parallel to each other; and a low-volume resistivity portion formed on the one surface so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the insulating layer, and connecting the adjacent linear portions at their extending direction-wise ends to form a single line composed of the adjacent linear portions and the low-volume resistivity portion. | 10-22-2009 |
20100209131 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR REALIZING FIXING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device is provided. A fixing device includes a heating section that has a heat source comprised of a ceramic heat generating element that generates heat by electric power supply and has a positive temperature coefficient property. Then, in the heating section, an applied voltage value by a voltage variable power source to the ceramic heat generating element is variably controlled by a control unit such that an input power value in the ceramic heat generating element is approximately constant. | 08-19-2010 |
20100303525 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device of belt fixing type is provided. A heat generating member that is a heat generating source for heating a fixing belt has a heat generating layer composed of a resistance heat generating element that generates heat due to being energized. The resistance heat generating element includes a paper passing region heating section and a detecting section provided on an end portion in an axial direction of the heat generating member and electrically connected in parallel with the paper passing region heating section. Furthermore, in a vicinity of the detecting section, an overheat preventing element that suppresses energization to the resistance heat generating element when temperature of the detecting section reaches a predetermined value, is provided. | 12-02-2010 |
20110017022 | METHOD OF RECOVERING METAL - A metal storage material, containing a perovskite-type composite oxide of formula (1), which is a material to stores a metal component of a metal-containing material: | 01-27-2011 |
20110081157 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONNECTING WIRES IN FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device of belt fixing type is provided. A fixing device includes a connector to be connected to wires provided therein. The connector includes integrally primary-side wiring connector terminals to be connected to primary-side wires each leading to a heat generating resistor, and secondary-side wiring connector terminals to be connected to secondary-side wires including wires each leading to a heat generating element-side thermistor, the secondary-side wires flowing current smaller than the primary-side wires. | 04-07-2011 |
20110171537 | LITHIUM SULFIDE-CARBON COMPLEX, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE COMPLEX, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY UTILIZING THE COMPLEX - The present invention provides a process for producing a lithium sulfide-carbon composite, the process comprising placing a mixture of lithium sulfide and a carbon material having a specific surface area of 60 m | 07-14-2011 |
20110188904 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A fixing device includes a fixing portion provided with a fixing roller, a heating roller and a fixing belt; a pressing roller that presses a recording sheet to the fixing belt; a cleaning unit provided with a cleaning web that cleans up the pressing roller; and contact/separation mechanism that separates fixing means from the pressing roller. Viscosity of silicone oil that impregnates the cleaning web is set to 3,000 cs or more, and the contact/separation mechanism separates the fixing belt from the pressing roller at the time of rotation operation before fixation. | 08-04-2011 |
20110192255 | COMPOSITION FOR COLLECTING METAL COMPONENT - The present invention provides a composition for collecting a metal component from a metal component-containing material, the composition containing a compound containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of lanthanoid elements and elements in group 2 of the periodic table, and a compound containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of elements in groups 3, 4, 12, and 13 of the periodic table and transition metal elements in the 4th period of the periodic table. The present invention further provides a method for collecting a metal component using this composition. With the use of the composition of the present invention, a metal component can be easily and efficiently collected from a material containing a highly useful metal component such as noble or rare metal. | 08-11-2011 |
20110236821 | LASER FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE LASER FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD EMPLOYING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There are provided a laser fixing device adapted to use of two types of light fixable toners having different light absorption characteristics, an image forming apparatus equipped with the laser fixing device, and an image forming method employing the image forming apparatus. A laser fixing device includes a laser light emitting section for emitting laser light and a wavelength conversion section for emitting outgoing light having a wavelength different from the one that incident laser light has. | 09-29-2011 |
20110239825 | METAL COMPONENT COLLECTION AGENT AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING METAL COMPONENT - The present invention provides a metal component collection agent for collecting one or more metal components from a metal component-containing material; the agent containing, as an active ingredient, a compound containing one or more group 2 elements of the periodic table, or a compound containing one or more lanthanoid elements. The present invention further provides a method for collecting one or more metal components from a metal component-containing material; the method comprising heating the metal component-containing material and the metal component collection agent in such a manner that a metal vapor or metal oxide vapor produced by heating the metal component-containing material is brought into contact with the metal component collection agent. According to the present invention, metal components can be easily and efficiently collected from materials containing highly useful metal components such as noble or rare metal. | 10-06-2011 |
20130283978 | COMPOSITION FOR COLLECTING METAL COMPONENT - The present invention provides a composition for collecting a metal component from a metal component-containing material, the composition containing a compound containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of lanthanoid elements and elements in group 2 of the periodic table, and a compound containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of elements in groups 3, 4, 12, and 13 of the periodic table and transition metal elements in the 4th period of the periodic table. The present invention further provides a method for collecting a metal component using this composition. With the use of the composition of the present invention, a metal component can be easily and efficiently collected from a material containing a highly useful metal component such as noble or rare metal. | 10-31-2013 |