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20090260488 | TIE ROD ADJUSTMENT OPEN-END WRENCH - A clamping mechanism includes a pair of contact portions facing each other which is capable of directly contacting a tie rod hexagonal portion, and an open-close drive mechanism that causes the both contact portions to move away from and approach the tie rod hexagonal portion. By appropriately changing the distance between surfaces of the mutually facing pair of contact portions, the tie rod hexagonal portion will be securely clamped by the pair of contact portions, regardless of the size of the diameter of the tie rod. Then, the tie rod hexagonal portion is rotated to adjust the toe angle, by rotating the clamping mechanism via the rotation drive mechanism. | 10-22-2009 |
20110161045 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING STOPPED STATE OF VEHICLE, AND ALIGNMENT ADJUSTING DEVICE - Provided are a device and a method for detecting a stopped state of a vehicle which are capable of precisely detecting the stopped state of the vehicle in order to automate an operation which is externally provided to the stopped vehicle such as an alignment adjusting operation; and an alignment adjusting device to which the device and the method for detecting a stopped state of a vehicle are applied. An arithmetic unit detects, with respect to the left-front tire, for example, an evaluation point of the left-front tire on the basis of the gravity point of a triangle comprising, as vertexes, a point A, a point B, and a point C which are detected by a group of distance sensors; detects an evaluation point of the left-front fender on the basis of a point detected by the group of distance sensors; and detects the stopped state of the vehicle on the basis of the respective evaluation points of the respective tires and the respective evaluation points of the respective fenders. | 06-30-2011 |
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20090072167 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND DEVICE FABRICATION - An exposure apparatus for exposing a pattern of a mask onto an object, said exposure apparatus includes a light source for generating a plasma, said light source including a condenser mirror that condenses a light irradiated from the plasma, an illumination optical system for illuminating the mask using the light condensed by the condenser mirror, a detector that is provided between the condenser mirror and the illumination optical system, said detector detecting a property of the light, and a changing part for changing a state of the plasma based on a detected result of the detector. | 03-19-2009 |
20110234041 | OSCILLATORY WAVE MOTOR - An oscillatory wave motor includes an oscillator having an oscillation body and an electro-mechanical energy-converting element, and a flexible heat-conducting member configured to dissipate heat generated by the oscillatory wave motor. The oscillatory wave motor drives a moving body in contact with a contact portion formed in the oscillation body by an elliptical movement of the oscillator, and the heat-conducting member is provided in addition to a heat-conducting path that conducts heat generated by the oscillatory wave motor through an oscillator supporting member that supports the oscillator or a heat-conducting path that conducts heat through the moving body. | 09-29-2011 |
20120110758 | DRIVING METHOD FOR PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, AND DUST REMOVING DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC MOTOR USING THE DRIVING METHOD - A driving method for a piezoelectric vibrator including a driving piezoelectric element and a detection piezoelectric element formed of the same material as a material of the driving piezoelectric element, for driving the piezoelectric vibrator by applying, to the driving piezoelectric element, an alternating voltage having a frequency close to a resonance frequency of the piezoelectric vibrator, the driving method including, in the case where it is detected based on variations in output detected from the detection piezoelectric element that at least one of variations in mechanical resistance of the piezoelectric vibrator and variations in piezoelectric characteristic of a piezoelectric element have occurred, applying an alternating voltage adjusted in accordance with the variations in mechanical resistance of the piezoelectric vibrator and/or the variations in piezoelectric characteristic of the piezoelectric element, to thereby adjust an electrical input to the piezoelectric vibrator to suppress variations in vibration amplitude of the piezoelectric vibrator. | 05-10-2012 |
20130278113 | OSCILLATORY WAVE MOTOR - An oscillatory wave motor includes an oscillator having an oscillation body and an electro-mechanical energy-converting element, and a flexible heat-conducting member configured to dissipate heat generated by the oscillatory wave motor. The oscillatory wave motor drives a moving body in contact with a contact portion formed in the oscillation body by an elliptical movement of the oscillator, and the heat-conducting member is provided in addition to a heat-conducting path that conducts heat generated by the oscillatory wave motor through an oscillator supporting member that supports the oscillator or a heat-conducting path that conducts heat through the moving body. | 10-24-2013 |
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20100174100 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROPYLENE OXIDE - A method is for producing propylene oxide, including reacting propylene, hydrogen, and oxygen, in an acetonitrile solvent or in a mixture of solvents which include acetonitrile and water, in presence of a titanosilicate catalyst and a palladium catalyst supported on a carrier, the propylene being fed into the reaction in the form of liquefied propylene. This realizes efficient production of propylene oxide. | 07-08-2010 |
20100197947 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING EPOXY COMPOUND - The present invention provides an apparatus for producing an epoxy compound derived from an olefin by causing a reaction of hydrogen, oxygen, and the olefin in a liquid solvent in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor, wherein a vapor phase in the reactor contains an inert gas; hydrogen, an oxygen-containing gas with an oxygen concentration of at least 90% by volume, and the olefin are supplied to the vapor phase and/or liquid phase of the reactor to cause a reaction; and there exist a means for taking out the liquid phase containing the reaction product from the reactor. | 08-05-2010 |
20130079534 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OLEFIN OXIDE - According to a conventional method for producing an olefin oxide, hydrogen peroxide and an olefin oxide as a product are obtained in the state of a mixture, and in order to decrease the content of hydrogen peroxide in the mixture, it is necessary to distill the mixture to separate hydrogen peroxide from the olefin oxide. The present invention provides a method for producing an olefin oxide including a reaction step of reacting hydrogen peroxide with an olefin in the presence of a solvent and a titanium silicate catalyst; and a step of mixing a reducing agent containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a sulfide and hydrazine with the reaction solution obtained in the reaction step. | 03-28-2013 |
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20100151337 | HUMIDIFIER AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - This specification discloses a humidifier that attains the inhibition of the damaging of a steam permeable membrane at low temperatures, and a fuel cell system. The humidifier has a steam permeable membrane therein. In the humidifier, an oxidizing gas and an oxidizing off gas with a humidity higher than that of the oxidizing gas are introduced, and the oxidizing gas is humidified by the oxidizing off gas via the steam permeable membrane. The steam permeable membrane is located at a position lower than an inlet for the oxidizing gas but higher than an outlet therefor. Further, the steam permeable membrane is located at a position lower than an inlet for the oxidizing off gas but higher than an outlet therefor. | 06-17-2010 |
20140294631 | WATER PUMP - A water pump has a pump section having radial impeller blades, a rotational shaft for rotating the radial impeller blades, and a motor section provided in the rear of the pump section and driving the rotational shaft. The motor section has a motor casing, a motor housed in the motor casing and rotating the rotational shaft, bearings provided on both sides of the motor interposed between them on the rotational shaft, interposed between an inner surface of the motor casing and the rotational shaft, and rotatably supporting the rotational shaft. In the motor casing, a vent hole for venting air between a motor space in which the motor is disposed in the motor casing and an outside of the motor casing is formed. | 10-02-2014 |
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20090001843 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A rotating electrical machine includes: a claw pole stator constituted with a stator core that includes a plurality of claw poles and a stator coil wound inside the stator core; and a rotor rotatably disposed at a position facing opposite the claw poles. The stator core is constituted of split blocks each corresponding to at least one of magnetic pole pairs each made up with two claw poles assuming different magnetic polarities when an electric current is supplied to the stator coil. | 01-01-2009 |
20090184599 | Alternator for Vehicle, Vehicle Equipped with Alternator, Method for Manufacturing Alternator for Vehicle, and Rotating Electric Machine for Vehicle - An alternator for a vehicle includes: a stator that is configured by a concentrated winding system in that a stator coil for a single phase is wound on a single pole; and a rotor with 16 or more poles, that is disposed to face the stator so as to be rotatable with a gap intervening therebetween, wherein a pole ratio of the rotor and the stator is 2:3. | 07-23-2009 |
20110163618 | Rotating Electrical Machine - This rotating electrical machine includes a stator, a rotor having a plurality of convex portions on its surface that opposes the stator and extending along its direction of rotation, a magnet, and a frame made from magnetic material. The number of poles of the stator is the same as the number of magnetic convex poles of the rotor. The rotor is made from a plurality of plates of magnetic material, superimposed and skewed along the axial direction. A magnetic circuit is set up in the frame so that the magnetic flux of the magnet flows therein from the central portion of the rotor. And the magnet is a permanent magnet shaped as a cylinder, is single-pole magnetized along the radial direction, and is provided between the outer circumferential surface of the stator in the circumferential direction and the inner circumferential surface of the frame in the circumferential direction. | 07-07-2011 |
20140028143 | Rotating Electrical Machine - In a rotating electrical machine, the concentrated winding coil includes a single-layer coil, corresponding to one layer, wound in a first turn advancing mode with the wire forming sequential coil turns starting from one end of the insulating bobbin toward another end of the insulating bobbin and another single-layer coil, corresponding to one layer, wound in a second turn advancing mode with the wire forming turns starting from the other end of the insulating bobbin toward the one end of the insulating bobbin, with the single-layer coil and the other single-layer coil layered alternately to each other. The insulating bobbin includes a winding portion where the concentrated winding coil is formed, collars each formed at one of two ends of the winding portion and at least one projecting portion configured to disallow misalignment at a turn changeover start area in the first and second turn advancing modes. | 01-30-2014 |
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20080211338 | ELECTRICAL ROTATING MACHINE - An electrical rotating machine with permanent magnets which is configured such that the ratio of the number of magnetic poles of permanent magnets | 09-04-2008 |
20100052460 | ELECTRICAL ROTATING MACHINE - In a permanent magnet type electrical rotating machine having coils | 03-04-2010 |
20100253178 | PERMANENT-MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR - The present invention can achieve a highly efficient permanent-magnet synchronous motor that can obtain output in a high-speed area without prolonging the axis of the permanent-magnet synchronous motor. | 10-07-2010 |
20110163624 | PERMANENT MAGNET TYPE ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotary electric machine, wherein the rotation direction of a rotor is a defined direction, a groove is provided in a rotor core on the radial outside with respect to permanent magnets, and the groove is provided in a position inclined from the centerline between the permanent magnets within a magnetic pole head and at the same time in a position excluding an end portion of a permanent magnet insertion hole on the radial outside, in order to enable a reduction in a no-load induced electromotive force and prevention of a decrease in output. | 07-07-2011 |
20110163641 | PERMANENT-MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR - The present invention can achieve a highly efficient permanent-magnet synchronous motor that can obtain output in a high-speed area without prolonging the axis of the permanent-magnet synchronous motor. | 07-07-2011 |
20130257200 | In-Vehicle Motor and Electric Power Steering Device Including the Same - An in-vehicle motor includes a busbar for connecting plural concentrated-winding stator coils. The busbar includes: an arm extending perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the busbar; a coil holder provided at a tip of the arm; and a mechanically-twisted portion provided on the arm. | 10-03-2013 |
20130264140 | ON-VEHICLE ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - An electrical motor includes: a cylindrical stator core arranged so as to surround a periphery of a rotor via a space, and having a plurality of teeth formed in an inner periphery thereof; a bobbin installed in each of the plurality of teeth; a coil wound around each of the bobbins installed in the teeth; a bottomed cylindrical chassis having a bottom faced with one of end portions in the axial direction of the stator core, and holding an outer periphery of the stator core; and a busbar mold provided with a busbar terminal. An engaging hole is formed at least in either the bottom or the busbar mold at a position facing the bobbin, and an engaging projection that engages with the engaging hole is formed in an opposing part that faces the engaging hole in the bobbin. | 10-10-2013 |
20140009041 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - Inner rings of bearings arranged at both ends of a rotor shaft are fixed to the rotor shaft, and outer rings of both of the bearings are arranged at bearing holding parts movably in an axial direction of the rotor. A preload imparting member is attached to one of the bearings, the preload imparting member being configured to bias the rotor shaft in one direction and to apply a biasing force to make a housing and a flange, which constitute a chassis, come close to each other. | 01-09-2014 |
20140062254 | Permanent Magnet Rotating Electrical Machine - A permanent magnet rotating electrical machine is configured to include a stator that includes a stator core and a winding wound around a teeth portion of the stator core, a rotor rotatably arranged with respect to the stator with a gap, and in which a rotor core and a plurality of permanent magnets having different poles are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction, and a groove provided in a surface of the rotor core, the surface facing the stator, in a manner symmetric about a center line of the permanent magnet in the circumferential direction. | 03-06-2014 |
20140084734 | Rotating Electrical Machine, Method for Manufacturing Magnetic Pole Piece - The present invention, in a rotating electrical machine having a configuration in which a plurality of magnetic pole pieces is attached along outer perimeters of the rotating axis, provides a structure of rotating electrical machine with small cogging torque by providing a skew in magnetic pole pieces. The rotating electrical machine according to the present invention comprises a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed with a skew angle and a cylindrical attachment ring for attaching the magnetic pole pieces, wherein an engaging portion provided at outer perimeters of the attachment ring and an engaging portion included in the magnetic pole pieces are both extended along the rotating axis. | 03-27-2014 |
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20090085566 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND ANALYSIS METHOD FOR FAT SUPPRESSION EFFECT IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit which performs imaging more than once with respect to an imaging target while changing a central frequency of a fat suppression pulse, a generation unit which generates a plurality of images based on magnetic resonance signals obtained by imaging performed more than once, and a calculation unit which calculates factor information of spatial inhomogeneity of a fat suppression effect based on the plurality of images. | 04-02-2009 |
20100087730 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A velocity-image creating unit creates a velocity image that indicates a distribution of velocity components with respect to each of a plurality of images obtained by repeating a plurality of number of times Echo Planar Imaging (EPI) that is capable of obtaining velocity components of a Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) flowing inside a subject. A velocity-variance image creating unit calculates variance of velocity components along the time sequence by same position on velocity images by using a plurality of created velocity images. A superimposed-image processing unit then superimposes the distribution of the variance of the velocity components according to the velocity-variance image on an average absolute-value image, and an image display unit displays a superimposed image. | 04-08-2010 |
20110037466 | Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit which applies a labeling pulse to invert a spin included in a labeling region within part of a imaging region and then collects a echo signal from a time point when an inversion time has passed from the application of the labeling pulse, and a control unit, the control unit controlling the imaging unit so that the echo signal in the imaging region is collected a plurality of times with variations in the inversion time, the control unit also controlling the imaging unit so that a time ranging from a reference time point within a biological signal obtained from a subject to the application of the labeling pulse is a time determined in accordance with the inversion time. | 02-17-2011 |
20110148412 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes a calculation unit and an imaging unit. The calculation unit calculates “a value of a parameter having an upper limit” for “a plurality of patterns of scan orders for a plurality of scan operations for an object” respectively. The imaging unit generates image data for each of the scan operations by performing the plurality of scan operations based on a result of the calculation. | 06-23-2011 |
20120302872 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging condition setting unit, a scan performing unit and a blood flow image generating unit. The imaging condition setting unit sets a sequence accompanying application of a motion probing gradient pulse as an imaging condition. The scan performing unit performs an imaging scan according to the sequence. The blood flow image generating unit generates a blood flow image based on data acquired by the imaging scan. | 11-29-2012 |
20130127467 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a mode switching part and an imaging system. The mode switching part is configured to put a circuit system consuming a power into a shutdown state when a first trigger has been detected and put the circuit system being the shutdown state into a startup state when a second trigger has been detected. The first trigger shows that an imaging does not start for a certain period. The second trigger shows that the imaging starts. The imaging system is configured to perform the imaging by using the circuit system being the startup state. | 05-23-2013 |
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20100143424 | CASEIN NANOPARTICLE - It is an object of the present invention to provide: a positively charged nanoparticle which can be produced without using surfactants or synthetic polymers, the size of which can be controlled, which is stable at acidic condition, and which contains an active substance therein; and a method for producing the same. The present invention provides a casein particle, wherein zeta potential is positive. | 06-10-2010 |
20100240684 | MINOXIDIL AQUEOUS COMPOSITION CONTAINING BILE ACID - An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid composition wherein minoxidil can be dissolved at a relatively high concentration (the saturating amount or above), stimulation of skin and stickiness is suppressed without containing an organic solvent, and excellent effects of percutaneous absorption is achieved. The present invention provides a liquid composition comprising (i) minoxidil, (ii) bile acid or a salt thereof, and (iii) an aqueous medium in an amount of 30% by weight or more of the weight of the composition. | 09-23-2010 |
20120258153 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HAIR COSMETIC PRODUCT - It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a hair cosmetic product comprising protein nanoparticles which is obtained by mixing an aqueous medium and an oil medium, wherein the method enables stable emulsification without losing the performance of the protein nanoparticles. The present invention provides a method for producing a hair cosmetic product containing protein nanoparticles which is obtained by mixing an aqueous medium and an oil medium, wherein (a) protein nanoparticles having a mean particle size of 10 to 200 nm are mixed with an aqueous medium having a pH value different from the isoelectric point of the protein at an amount of 0.01% by weight to 5% by weight based on the total weight of the entire solution; and (b) the obtained liquid is mixed with a substance selected from a cationic substance and an anionic substance, which has an electric charge that is on the same side as that of the protein obtained in the step (a). | 10-11-2012 |
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20090185423 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of blocks each including a memory cell unit, and a selection transistor which selects the memory cell unit, and a row decoder including a first block selector and a second block selector each of which includes a plurality of transfer transistors which are formed to correspond to the plurality of blocks and arranged adjacent to each other in a word-line direction wherein the diffusion layers are formed to oppose each other in the first block selector and the second block selector, and a width between the diffusion layers of the first block selector and the second block selector adjacent to each other in the word-line direction is made larger than a width between the diffusion layers in each of the first block selector and the second block selector adjacent to each other in the word-line direction. | 07-23-2009 |
20110063911 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of blocks each including a memory cell unit, and a selection transistor which selects the memory cell unit, and a row decoder including a first block selector and a second block selector each of which includes a plurality of transfer transistors which are formed to correspond to the plurality of blocks and arranged adjacent to each other in a word-line direction wherein the diffusion layers are formed to oppose each other in the first block selector and the second block selector, and a width between the diffusion layers of the first block selector and the second block selector adjacent to each other in the word-line direction is made larger than a width between the diffusion layers in each of the first block selector and the second block selector adjacent to each other in the word-line direction. | 03-17-2011 |
20110310667 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of blocks each including a memory cell unit, and a selection transistor which selects the memory cell unit, and a row decoder including a first block selector and a second block selector each of which includes a plurality of transfer transistors which are formed to correspond to the plurality of blocks and arranged adjacent to each other in a word-line direction wherein the diffusion layers are formed to oppose each other in the first block selector and the second block selector, and a width between the diffusion layers of the first block selector and the second block selector adjacent to each other in the word-line direction is made larger than a width between the diffusion layers in each of the first block selector and the second block selector adjacent to each other in the word-line direction. | 12-22-2011 |
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20080203894 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The purpose of the invention is to improve the mass productivity of display devices by using a glass substrate that prevents the degradation of an electrode caused by glass of the display device. The present invention provides a flat panel display device containing at least two substrates and a light emitting part provided between the two substrates, wherein at least one substrate of the two substrates contains SiO | 08-28-2008 |
20080238292 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A plasma display panel comprising a front substrate and a back substrate formed opposite each other and bonded to each other at the peripheries, electrodes formed on the front substrate, a dielectric layer formed on the electrodes, a protective layer formed on the dielectric layer, another electrode and another dielectric layer formed on the back substrate, barrier ribs to keep spaces between the front substrate and the back substrate, and fluorescent materials packed in the spaces formed by the barrier ribs, the front substrate, and the back substrate. The barrier ribs include glass at least containing oxide of tungsten, phosphorus, barium, and vanadium. | 10-02-2008 |
20080238315 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - To prevent occurrence of abnormal discharge which would reduce the quality of images in a PDP. At least one of an address electrode, a bus electrode, a bus main electrode, and a black electrode of a display electrode formed on a substrate is formed of metal particles and high-resistance glass to dissipate charge accumulated on a dielectric through the high-resistance glass and to prevent charging in a glass component itself, thereby reducing abnormal discharge. The high-resistance glass is preferably realized by vanadium phosphate glass containing vanadium, phosphorus, antimony, and barium. The metal particles desirably contain flaky particles. | 10-02-2008 |
20080238316 | PLASMA DISPALY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a plasma display panel containing black colored parts which have high resistant against degradation in blackness or peeling by high-temperature oxidation. The present invention provides a plasma display panel comprises: a front substrate and a rear substrate, edge portions of which are adhered to each other, the both substrates being provided opposite to each other; an electrode provided on the front substrate, a dielectric layer provided on the electrode; a protective layer provided on the dielectric layer; a black compound layer having an opening on the protective layer; an electrode and a dielectric layer provided on the rear substrate; a barrier rib holding a gap between the front substrate and the rear substrate; and a phosphor filled in a space formed by the barrier rib, wherein the black compound layer is formed on the front substrate side seen from the barrier rib, wherein the black compound layer comprises a mixture of a ceramics filler and a glass, and wherein the glass comprises a phosphate glass containing a transition metal element. | 10-02-2008 |
20080238821 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - To prevent sucking of a sealing material in steps of sealing and exhaust of a plasma display panel. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate and a rear substrate, in which the peripheries thereof are sealed by a glass sealing material. A sealing portion formed by the glass sealing material is formed of a multi-layered structure including at least two types of glass with different softening points. The entirety or part of the sealing portion on an inner side of the panel is formed of glass with the highest softening point. Since the high-temperature softened glass serves as a barrier for preventing sucking of the low-temperature softened glass into the panel, it is possible to prevent sucking of the sealing material into the panel. This can improve image display characteristics. | 10-02-2008 |
20100180934 | LOW SOFTENING POINT GLASS COMPOSITION, BONDING MATERIAL USING SAME AND ELECTRONIC PARTS - A low softening point glass composition, which is substantially free from lead, bismuth and antimony and comprises oxides of vanadium, phosphorous, tellurium and iron, a softening point of the composition being 380° C. or lower. | 07-22-2010 |
20130333748 | LOW SOFTENING POINT GLASS COMPOSITION, BONDING MATERIAL USING SAME ADN ELECTRONIC PARTS - A low softening point glass composition, which is substantially free from lead, bismuth and antimony and comprises oxides of vanadium, phosphorous, tellurium and iron, a softening point of the composition being 380° C. or lower. | 12-19-2013 |
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20100066794 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes a conveyance mechanism, a recording mechanism and a control unit. The conveyance mechanism has a roller in contact with a recording surface of a sheet and conveys the sheet in a first direction. The recording mechanism records an image on a recording surface using a recording head on which a plurality of nozzles are formed over a range covering a width of a sheet to be used along a second direction crossing the first direction. The control unit, which controls the conveyance and recording mechanisms, performs an image record operation and a preliminary discharge operation onto the recording surface. | 03-18-2010 |
20100328392 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print a plurality of images sequentially onto a continuous sheet while conveying the sheet, a cutter configured to cut the printed sheet into every print unit length, a drying unit configured to dry the cut sheet cut while conveying the sheet piece by piece, and at least one feeding roller situated between the cutter and the drying unit configured to apply a driving force via a torque limiter, wherein a conveyance speed of the cut sheet is larger than the conveyance speed of the sheet conveyed through the drying unit, and the feeding roller absorbs a difference of the conveyance speed according to a function of the torque limiter. | 12-30-2010 |
20110069100 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - By suppressing deviation of dot-formation positions stemming from insufficient accuracy in conveying a printing medium due to eccentricity of a conveying roller, a printed image in which unevenness is less visible is obtained. An accumulated amount of conveyance errors is decreased by narrowing a nozzle-use range and reducing a conveyance amount over an entire printing region according to a mode used for printing an image in which the coverage of a printing medium is low due to a small number of ink colors to be used, for example, a mode used for printing a monochrome image by using a black ink dominantly in all of the density regions. | 03-24-2011 |
20110211885 | PRINTING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a reverse unit configured to wind a sheet printed at a print unit around the reverse unit and to reverse the sides of the sheet, and the reverse unit includes a winding rotary member having a cylindrical shape, and a skew correcting unit configured to correct skewing of sheets to be led into the winding rotary member. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211897 | PRINTING APPARATUS, SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SHEET WINDING DEVICE - A device includes a winding rotary member having a cylindrical shape; a holder having a rotating member, which is provided in the vicinity of a cylindrical surface of the winding rotary member, capable of nipping and conveying the sheet; a first driving mechanism configured to rotate the winding rotary member; and a second driving mechanism configured to rotate the rotating member. The winding rotary member rotates with the sheet is nipped with the rotatable holder, whereby the sheet is wound around the winding rotary member. | 09-01-2011 |
20110273522 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INSTALLING PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a first housing at least a sheet feeding unit is provided therein and a second housing at least a printing unit is provided therein. The first housing and the second housing are individually supported on a floor. The first housing and the second housing are separable for the purpose of maintenance. | 11-10-2011 |
20130101329 | SHEET CUTTING DEVICE AND PRINTER - A sheet cutting device includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet, a cutting unit configured to cut the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit, and a conveyance belt configured to convey a cut piece cut from the sheet cut by the cutting unit in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the conveyance unit. | 04-25-2013 |
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20090040357 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an information display device including an imaging unit that executes an imaging process to image a subject to output an imaging signal; a monitor capable of displaying an image of the subject based on the imaging signal; a switching part located near the monitor; a first display controller for displaying, in a menu on the monitor, each of a first group of items consisting of a plurality of items associated with the imaging process, whereby first setting data can be set; and a second display controller for displaying, in a menu on the monitor, each of a second group of items associated with a plurality of particular items in the first group and having fewer items than the first group, whereby second setting data can be set, wherein switching between the first and second display controllers is performed by operating the switching part. | 02-12-2009 |
20120008035 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - An information display device including an imaging unit that executes an imaging process to image a subject to output an imaging signal; a monitor capable of displaying an image of the subject based on the imaging signal; a switching part located near the monitor; a first display controller for displaying, in a menu on the monitor, each of a first group of items consisting of items associated with the imaging process, whereby first setting data can be set; and a second display controller for displaying, in a menu on the monitor, each of a second group of items associated with particular items in the first group and having fewer items than the first group, whereby second setting data can be set, in which switching between the first and second display controllers is performed by operating the switching part. | 01-12-2012 |
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20100160305 | 3, 4, 5 - Substituted Piperidine Compounds - 3,4,5-substituted piperidine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,4,5-substituted piperidine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,4,5-substituted piperidine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,4,5-substituted piperidine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for its synthesis. | 06-24-2010 |
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20090192148 | Organic Compounds - The invention relates to 3,5-substituted piperidine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,5-substituted piperidine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,5-substituted piperidine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,5-substituted piperidine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for its synthesis. | 07-30-2009 |
20090312304 | ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - 3,4-substituted piperidine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for their synthesis are disclosed. The 3,4-disubstituted piperidine compounds have the formula I, | 12-17-2009 |
20100029647 | 3,4,(5)-SUBSTITUTED TETRAHYDROPHYRIDINES - 3,4(,5)-substituted tetrahydropyridine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,4(,5)-substituted tetrahydropyridine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,4(,5)-substituted tetrahydropyridine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,4(,5)-substituted tetrahydropyridine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for its synthesis. | 02-04-2010 |
20110098280 | 2,4-PYRIMIDINEDIAMINES USEFUL IN THE TREATMENT OF NEOPLASTIC DISEASES, INFLAMMATORY AND IMMUNE SYSTEM DISORDERS - Novel pyrimidine derivatives of formula I | 04-28-2011 |
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20110150513 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charge bias causing the surface potential of a photosensitive drum to be lower than that in image formation is applied to a charge roller during a period in which the stop position of a rotary is moved from an unknown state to a home position to cause a developing bias to be applied to a developing roller to be smaller than that in the image formation. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150519 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a control unit that performs two types of stop operations in which an image bearing member is rotated or is not rotated after forming an image. The control unit selects the stop operation according to operation time of the image bearing member. | 06-23-2011 |
20110311254 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member configured to bear an electrostatic latent image, a plurality of development devices including a developer bearing member configured to bear a developer for developing the electrostatic latent image, a rotatable development device supporting member configured to support the plurality of development devices. In the image forming apparatus, the developer bearing member is configured to execute development while contacting the image bearing member at a development position via the developer, rotating in the same direction as rotating direction of the image bearing member at the development position, and rotating at a speed faster than a surface speed of the image bearing member. In addition, the development device supporting member is configured to rotate in the same direction of a rotating direction of the image bearing member at a position where the development device supporting member and the image bearing member are facing each other, and change a developer bearing member existing at the development position to another developer bearing member by rotating. Furthermore, a relative speed of a surface moving speed of the developer bearing member with respect to a surface moving speed of the image bearing member when the developer bearing member abuts on or separates from the image bearing member due to the rotation of the development device supporting member becomes higher than a relative speed of the surface moving speed of the developer bearing member with respect to the surface moving speed of the surface of the image bearing member when the electrostatic latent image is developed, and a control unit configured to control a first potential difference, which is a potential difference between a potential of a bias applied to the developer bearing member when the developer bearing member abuts on or separates from the image bearing member and a potential of the image bearing member at the development position becomes higher than a second potential difference, which is a potential difference between the potential of the bias applied to the image bearing member and a potential of a non-imaging portion of the image bearing member at the development position. | 12-22-2011 |
20120045225 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a rotary-type image forming apparatus in which detection of electrostatic capacitance is performed when a developing apparatus is in a posture less affected by a toner density within the developing apparatus, a toner in the developing apparatus, which is located at a development position during the detection of the electrostatic capacitance, is avoided from being uselessly consumed. The image forming apparatus has a remaining amount detection mode of detecting a toner remaining amount on condition that a developing roller of one developing apparatus positioned opposite to another developing apparatus, for which the toner remaining amount is to be detected, stands by in a state spaced from a drum. | 02-23-2012 |
20120045230 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A mode in which a toner image formed on an intermediate transfer belt passes through a primary transfer portion without a toner image being transferred from a photosensitive drum onto the intermediate transfer belt is provided. In the mode, an area of the photosensitive drum that passes through the primary transfer portion while the toner image is passing through the primary transfer portion is defined as a first area. When the first area passes through a charging position, a charging bias is adjusted so that the occurrence of an image defect is prevented. | 02-23-2012 |
20120155903 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is operable in a mode in which a speed of an intermediary transfer belt is changed after all of the toner images are primary-transferred onto the intermediary transfer belt, and the toner image primary-transferred on the intermediary transfer belt is passed through a secondary transfer position and primary transfer position in this order to reach the secondary transfer position, where the toner image is secondary transferred onto the transfer material, and a controller for making, before the image forming apparatus is operated in the mode to change the speed of the intermediary transfer belt, a potential difference between the intermediary transfer belt and the photosensitive member at the primary transfer position smaller than a potential difference between the intermediary transfer belt and the photosensitive member when the toner image is primary transferred from the photosensitive member onto the intermediary transfer belt. | 06-21-2012 |
20140286667 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a control unit that performs two types of stop operations in which an image bearing member is rotated or is not rotated after forming an image. The control unit selects the stop operation according to operation time of the image bearing member. | 09-25-2014 |
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20080204662 | Optotype presenting apparatus - An optotype presenting apparatus which presents an optotype for visual acuity test, the apparatus comprises: a display that is illuminated by a backlight and includes a light intensity changing device which changes backlight intensity; a background luminance selecting device which selects background luminance of the optotype among a plurality of preset levels, in which background luminance at each level corresponds to standard light intensity changing data in a changeable range determined by the light intensity changing device; and a correction device which corrects the standard light intensity changing data in the background luminance selecting device, the correction device including: an input device which inputs the background luminance measured by an illuminance meter, the measured background luminance being background luminance obtained when the light intensity changing device is operated based on the preset light intensity changing data; and a calculation device which determines correction light intensity changing data by comparing the background luminance input by the input device and the preset light intensity changing data. | 08-28-2008 |
20080259278 | Visual acuity testing apparatus - A visual acuity testing apparatus capable of performing visual acuity testing under substantially uniform conditions even when a test distance and an installation distance vary has a projection optical unit including a disk whereon a chart is placed, an illumination light source, and variable projection lenses which are moved so as to change an image-forming position and an image size of an image of the chart, an input unit into which an installation distance between the screen and the visual acuity testing apparatus and a test distance between the screen and an examinee are inputted, a projection lens driving unit which moves the variable projection lenses based on the installation distance and the test distance, and a light intensity adjusting unit which adjusts light intensity based on the installation distance and the test distance so that brightness of the chart image falls within a predetermined reference range. | 10-23-2008 |
20090086166 | Optotype presenting apparatus - An optotype presenting apparatus, by which red and green optotypes can be visually perceived independently by right and left eyes even if red filters and/or green filters have different wavelength transmission characteristics, comprises a color display, a unit having a switch for selecting a test chart including visual acuity and red-green binocular visual performance test charts, wherein the binocular test chart includes the optotypes and is used in the test performed with the filters in front of the eyes, a memory storing color adjustment data in which at least one of color tones of the optotypes is varied with the characteristic of one of the filters, a unit for inputting a signal for selecting one of the data, and a unit controlling the display to display the selected chart and adjusting the tones by reading the selected data from the memory when the binocular test chart is selected. | 04-02-2009 |
20090213327 | Vision Test Pattern Indicator - A vision test pattern indicator is provided with a color display for displaying optotypes used for binocular vision tests which are conducted with a red filter set in front of an eye of an examinee and a green filter set in front of the other eye, and an arithmetic control part which controls the color display as a first optotype figure is displayed in a green color, a second optotype figure is displayed in a red color, a third optotype figure for fusion stimulus is displayed in a color excluding red and green components and a background of the optotypes is displayed in a white color. | 08-27-2009 |
20090290122 | Vision Testing System - A subjective vision testing system is used for visual function tests for examinees. The subjective vision testing system is provided with an optometric apparatus which selectively sets optical elements in front of both eyes of an examinee, an optotype presenting apparatus for displaying optotypes to the examinee, and a controller. The optotype presenting apparatus, based on a command signal for implementation of a binocular balance test, displays optotypes used for binocular balance tests. The optometric apparatus, based on a command signal for implementation of a binocular balance test, sets a first prism in front of the examinee's right eye and a second prism in front of the examinee's left eye. The second prism has a base direction vertically opposite to the first prism and the same prism power as the first prism. | 11-26-2009 |
20110075099 | OPTOMETRIC APPARATUS - An optometric apparatus for a subjective binocular visual performance test includes right and left test units including right and left housings, a plurality of optical elements disposed in the right and left housings, right and left test windows provided to the housings, in which desired optical elements selected from the optical elements are to be placed and through the selected optical elements, an optotype is presented to examinee's right and left eyes by an optotype presenting apparatus, right and left polarization plates having polarization axes perpendicular to each other and arranged to be placed in the test windows, and right and left protective covers arranged to be placed in the test windows at a side facing the optotype presenting apparatus and having polarization optical characteristics of changing circularly polarized light that passes through the right and left protective covers into linearly polarized light having polarization axes perpendicular to each other. | 03-31-2011 |
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20080217297 | GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ARC DAMAGE IN A GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR PART - The invention provides a gas insulated switchgear, and a method for detecting arc damage in a part used in a gas insulated switchgear, which detect directly when an electric contact or a peripheral part reaches an initially set wear limit. An insulating nozzle of a circuit breaker contains a marking substance that releases a gaseous substance inside a circuit breaker gas container as a result of wear by an arc. For ensuring heat resistance and insulation properties, the insulating nozzle is ordinarily formed of a fluororesin, but in the present invention, it is formed of the ordinarily used fluororesin having uniformly mixed therein, as the marking substance, a chlorine-containing resin which has excellent heat resistance and insulation properties such as polyvinylidene chloride. | 09-11-2008 |
20100326959 | GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ARC DAMAGE IN A GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR PART - The invention provides a gas insulated switchgear, and a method for detecting arc damage in a part used in a gas insulated switchgear, which detect directly when an electric contact or a peripheral part reaches an initially set wear limit. An insulating nozzle of a circuit breaker contains a marking substance that releases a gaseous substance inside a circuit breaker gas container as a result of wear by an arc. For ensuring heat resistance and insulation properties, the insulating nozzle is ordinarily formed of a fluororesin, but in the present invention, it is formed of the ordinarily used fluororesin having uniformly mixed therein, as the marking substance, a chlorine-containing resin which has excellent heat resistance and insulation properties such as polyvinylidene chloride. | 12-30-2010 |