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20080305728 | Power tools - A power tool includes an air introduction device that can introduce an external air into the casing and can produce a spiral flow of the air within the casing. A motor is disposed within the casing. | 12-11-2008 |
20120045678 | TOOL BATTERIES - A battery housing of a tool battery has a hook accommodation chamber and a battery cell accommodation chamber defined therein. A hook is accommodated within the hook accommodation chamber and is operable to lock and unlock the tool battery against a tool body of a power tool. Battery cells are disposed within the battery cell accommodation chamber. The hook accommodation chamber and the battery cell accommodation chamber are partitioned from each other. | 02-23-2012 |
20120058384 | TOOL BATTERIES - A tool battery includes a plurality of battery cells and a holder device. The holder device includes a pair of holder members and a plurality of lead plates mounted to each of the holder members. Each of the holder members has fitting portions for fitting with end portions of the battery cells. The lead plates are electrically connected to the corresponding electrodes of the battery cells. | 03-08-2012 |
20120097425 | POWER-SUPPLY CORD ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE - A power-supply cord arrangement structure provided to an electrical equipment may includes a cord drawing hole that is formed in a housing of the electrical equipment and is configured to drawing a power-supply cord therethrough, and load support portions that are formed in the housing as a portion of the cord drawing hole and are configured to support a tensile load of the power-supply cord when the power-supply cord is pulled. The load support portions are oppositely asymmetrically formed in cord pulling directions. | 04-26-2012 |
20120098494 | BATTERY CHARGER - Female guide portions for slidingly attaching a battery pack are formed by integral molding of a case main body. Exposed step portions are formed on the female guide portions, which includes protruding portions as thin-walled portions by application from the outer side (the upper side) of a mold so as to reduce the thickness of a thick-walled resin portion. An opening communicating with the inner and outer side of the case is not provided, while the protruding portions are formed as thin-walled portions. Bottom surfaces of the exposed step portions are formed so as to be sloped with respect to the horizontal direction when the battery charger is placed on a horizontal base, and water dropped on the bottom surfaces can flow outside of the case due to the slope without remaining thereon. | 04-26-2012 |
20120208048 | BATTERIES FOR POWER TOOLS AND METHODS OF MOUNTING BATTERY TERMINALS TO BATTERY HOUSINGS - A battery includes a battery housing and a plurality of battery terminals. The battery housing has a terminal mounting portion made of resin. The battery terminals are connectible with external terminals and are mounted to the terminal mounting portion so as to extend through the terminal mounting portion, so that each of the battery terminals has a first end positioned on one side of the terminal mounting portion and a second end positioned on an opposite side of the terminal mounting portion. At least one of the battery terminals is integrated with the terminal mounting portion, so that there is no substantial clearance between the at least one of the battery terminals and a part of the terminal mounting portion, through which the at least one of the battery terminals extends. | 08-16-2012 |
20130224539 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack may include a drainage device provided at a bottom portion of the housing case. The drainage device may include a drain hole communicating between the inside and the outside of the housing case, so that water introduced into the housing case is discharged to the outside of the housing case. The drainage device may be disposed between two of the terminal members that are connected to electrodes of the battery cells. | 08-29-2013 |
20130244504 | TERMINAL STRUCTURE - A terminal structure provided with a male terminal and a female terminal that includes with at least one set of elastic plate parts is disclosed. The male terminal is inserted between the elastic plate parts of the female terminal in a predetermined direction to cause each side surface of the male terminal to be pressed from each side of the elastic plate part due to the elastic force of the elastic plate parts, and the male terminal and the female terminal are electrically connected to each other. A position of the surface of the male terminal with which one elastic plate is brought into contact differs, in the insertion direction of the male terminal, from a position of the other surface of the male terminal with which the other elastic plate is brought into contact. | 09-19-2013 |
20130308253 | BATTERY PACKS AND SYSTEMS INCLUDING BATTERY PACKS AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS - A battery pack may have a main connection section and an auxiliary connection section. The main connection section may be connectable with a plurality of electric apparatuses including a specific kind of electric apparatus and a non-specific kind of electric apparatus. The auxiliary connection section may be connectable with only the specific kind of electric apparatus. | 11-21-2013 |
20130335013 | ELECTRIC POWER TOOL POWERED BY A PLURALITY OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELLS - An electric power tool is powered by a plurality of rechargeable battery cells and configured to removably receive respective rechargeable battery cells individually. The electric power tool may preferably include a monitor circuit that monitors states of respective battery cells, and an indicator circuit that indicates the states of the respective battery cells monitored by the monitor circuit. Especially, the monitor circuit may preferably monitor output voltages of the respective rechargeable battery cells and the indicator circuit may preferably indicate whether the detected output voltages are within a predetermined range. | 12-19-2013 |
20140302353 | POWER TOOL BATTERY PACK - A power tool battery pack includes a lower side case, an upper side case fixed to the lower side case, a battery cell in the lower side case and a circuit board connected to the battery cell. A plurality of electrical signal terminals are arranged in parallel on the circuit board, and the circuit board includes at least one slit between adjacent pairs of the plurality of signal terminals to make it difficult for any water that reaches the circuit board to electrically short two of the signal terminals together. Alternately or in addition, a wall structure may be provided between the terminals for reducing the likelihood that water reaching one of the signal terminals will be able to electrically connect two of the signal terminals. | 10-09-2014 |
20140349143 | Battery Pack for Use with Hand-Held Electric Power Tool - A battery pack ( | 11-27-2014 |
20140356665 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack may include a drainage device provided at a bottom portion of the housing case. The drainage device may include a drain hole communicating between the inside and the outside of the housing case, so that water introduced into the housing case is discharged to the outside of the housing case. The drainage device may be disposed between two of the terminal members that are connected to electrodes of the battery cells. | 12-04-2014 |
20140375269 | CHARGER - An insulation rib is provided above a charging circuit and a plurality of heat radiation ribs are provided on the left side of the charging circuit. A space part is formed by the insulation rib. Little of the heat generated by the charging circuit is transferred to an upper sidewall portion of a case main body portion due to a heat insulation effect of the space part. Further, heat generated by the charging circuit is likely to be transferred to a left sidewall portion of the case main body portion due to a high heat dissipation effect of the heat radiation ribs. In this way, the generation of locally heated areas in the case main body portion can be reduced through balancing of the flow of heat generated by the charging circuit. | 12-25-2014 |
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20090069631 | FLEXIBLE TUBE FOR AN ENDOSCOPE - A flexible tube for an endoscope, which has a surface coated with an outer covering, wherein the outer covering is formed of a material comprising a polyolefin thermoplastic elastomer. The flexible tube is excellent not only in resistance to a washing liquid, a sterilizing liquid and a high-pressure steam sterilization but also in impact resilience, the flexible tube also having appropriate flexibility. | 03-12-2009 |
20090198021 | ELASTOMER MOLDING FOR ENDOSCOPE - The invention provides a flexible tube for an endoscope, which is excellent in elasticity (impact resilience), has suitable flexibility and also has chemical resistance. Disclosed is a flexible tube for an endoscope including a flexible-tube material covered thereon with a jacket, wherein the jacket contains two or more thermoplastic polyester elastomers crosslinked therein. | 08-06-2009 |
20100036201 | FLEXIBLE TUBE FOR ENDOSCOPE AND ITS MANUFACTURING PROCESS - The present invention provides an endoscopic flexible tube, including a spiral tube, a mesh tube covering the spiral tube, and a sheath coating the outer surface of the mesh tube, the sheath being composed of a sheathing resin material containing closed cells. | 02-11-2010 |
20100280319 | ELASTOMER MOLDING FOR ENDOSCOPE - The invention provides a flexible tube for an endoscope, which is excellent in elasticity (impact resilience), has suitable flexibility and also has chemical resistance. Disclosed is a flexible tube for an endoscope including a flexible-tube material covered thereon with a jacket, wherein the jacket contains two or more thermoplastic polyester elastomers crosslinked therein. | 11-04-2010 |
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20080255315 | Epoxy Resin Composition,Cured Article Thereof, Semiconductor Sealing Material, Novel Phenol Resin, Novel Epoxy Resin,Method for Producing Novel Phenol Resin, And Method For Producing Novel Epoxy Resin - An epoxy resin composition including an epoxy resin and a curing agent as essential components, in which the curing agent comprises a phenol resin which has each structural moiety of a phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (P), an alkoxy group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (B) and a divalent aralkyl group (X), and also has, in a molecular structure, a structure in which the phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (P) and the alkoxy group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (B) are bonded with the other phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (P) or alkoxy group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (B) via the divalent aralkyl group (X). | 10-16-2008 |
20110275739 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED ARTICLE THEREOF, SEMICONDUCTOR SEALING MATERIAL, NOVEL PHENOL RESIN, NOVEL EPOXY RESIN, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NOVEL PHENOL RESIN, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING NOVEL EPOXY RESIN - An epoxy resin composition including an epoxy resin and a curing agent as essential components, in which the curing agent comprises a phenol resin which has each structural moiety of a phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (P), an alkoxy group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (B) and a divalent aralkyl group (X), and also has, in a molecular structure, a structure in which the phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (P) and the alkoxy group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (B) are bonded with the other phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (P) or alkoxy group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (B) via the divalent aralkyl group (X). | 11-10-2011 |
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20090189924 | DISPLAY DRIVING DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DRIVING THEM - A display driving device for driving a plurality of display pixels provided with a light emitting element which performs color display, is provided with a signal converter which is supplied a display data including a plurality of color components corresponding to the plurality of display pixels and corresponds to a predetermined number of two or more display pixels having the light emitting elements of different light emission colors from each other, based on a single conversion characteristic, different gamma correction curves corresponding to the color component, which corresponds to the light emission color of each of the light emitting elements in the predetermined number of display pixels, are generated, the color component of the display data is converted with the use of each of the gamma correction curves, and a gradation signal for driving the light emitting element in each of the display pixels is generated. | 07-30-2009 |
20090207160 | DISPLAY DRIVE APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display drive apparatus for driving a display pixel including a light-emitting element and a drive element in which one end of a current path is connected to the light-emitting element. The display drive apparatus has a specific value detection section detecting a difference value between a measured voltage detected at one end of a data line when a reference current is applied via the data line and a standard voltage corresponding to the reference current so as to obtain a specific value corresponding to variation of an element characteristic of the drive element, and a gradation signal correction section generating a corrected gradation signal by correcting a gradation signal according to display data based on the specific value so as to apply the corrected gradation signal from the one end of the data line to the display pixel. | 08-20-2009 |
20090239321 | TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANEL - A transistor array substrate includes a plurality of driving transistors which are arrayed in a matrix on a substrate. The driving transistor has a gate, a source, a drain, and a gate insulating film inserted between the gate, and the source and drain. A plurality of signal lines are patterned together with the gates of the driving transistors and arrayed to run in a predetermined direction on the substrate. A plurality of supply lines are patterned together with the sources and drains of the driving transistors and arrayed to cross the signal lines via the gate insulating film. The supply line is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the driving transistor. A plurality of feed interconnections are formed on the supply lines along the supply lines, respectively. | 09-24-2009 |
20110007102 | PIXEL DRIVE APPARATUS, LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS AND DRIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS - A pixel drive apparatus to drive a pixel has a function of compensating a change in characteristics of the pixel. The pixel includes a light-emitting element and a drive control element to drive the light-emitting element. The pixel drive apparatus acquires the electrical characteristic parameter that is used to compensate variation of electrical characteristics of the light-emitting drive circuit including the drive control element based on a voltage value of the detection voltage after applying a voltage having a voltage value exceeding a threshold voltage across the drive control element to elapse of at least one relaxation time, and acquires a light-emitting characteristic parameter that is used to compensate variation of characteristics of the light-emitting element based on light-emitting luminance of the light-emitting element that is operated to emit light in accordance with luminance measurement image data corrected based on the electrical characteristic parameter. | 01-13-2011 |
20110115761 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED DRIVE CONTROL METHOD - A display device includes a display panel having a plurality of signal lines and scanning lines with a plurality of display pixels containing current control type light emitting devices; a scan driver circuit which applies a scanning signal to each of the scanning lines and sets the display pixels connected to the scanning lines in a selective state; a signal driver circuit which generates gradation current based on a display data luminosity gradation component and supplies to the display pixels set in the selective state; a precharge circuit which applies a precharge voltage to each signal line and sets a capacity component attached to each of the scanning lines in a predetermined charged state; and an operation control circuit which controls setting of the light emitting devices in a non-light emitting state when the capacity component is set in a predetermined charged state. | 05-19-2011 |
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20090154970 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus picks up each one of sheets stacked in a tray, allows a detecting sensor to detect whether a mark indicating a reusable sheet is assigned to the picked-up sheet, and cumulates the sheet in which the mark is not detected by the detecting sensor in a cumulative unit. The image forming apparatus erases a color of an image forming material by heating the sheet of which the mark is detected by the detecting sensor and receives the sheet of which the image forming material is erased in a sheet cassette. The image forming apparatus forms an image with the image forming material erasable by applying heat to the sheet received in the sheet cassette. | 06-18-2009 |
20090303535 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - There is provided a technology of realizing adequate management of a version number suitable for the actual contents of each of the documents without imparting respective IDs to a plurality of documents which are management objects. | 12-10-2009 |
20090307264 | OBJECT ACQUISITION DEVICE, OBJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND OBJECT MANAGEMENT METHOD - Provided is a technology through which acquisition and management of an object used in a document can be performed more easily compared with a known technology. | 12-10-2009 |
20120145023 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus picks up each one of sheets stacked in a tray, allows a detecting sensor to detect whether a mark indicating a reusable sheet is assigned to the picked-up sheet, and cumulates the sheet in which the mark is not detected by the detecting sensor in a cumulative unit. The image forming apparatus erases a color of an image forming material by heating the sheet of which the mark is detected by the detecting sensor and receives the sheet of which the image forming material is erased in a sheet cassette. The image forming apparatus forms an image with the image forming material erasable by applying heat to the sheet received in the sheet cassette. | 06-14-2012 |
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20100320293 | Fuel Injector - A fuel injector is disclosed that has plural nozzle holes with the same cross-sectional shape and can individually set the flow rate of each nozzle hole. The fuel injector includes the plural nozzle holes, a seat section positioned upstream of the nozzle holes, a valve element that closes a valve when brought into contact with the seat section and opens the valve when separated from the seat section, and a circular cone tapered from an upstream end to a downstream end and provided with the seat section and an inlet opening of the nozzle holes. The plural nozzle holes have an identical shape and a shape of a cross-section of each of the nozzle holes is substantially out-of-round, the cross-section being perpendicular to a central axis of each of the nozzle holes. The cross-section of each of the nozzle holes is rotated around the central axis of each of the nozzle holes. A rotation angle of the cross-section is set in such a manner that a relationship between a conical surface of the circular cone and the rotation angle is different among at least two of the nozzle holes. | 12-23-2010 |
20110073682 | Fuel Injection Valve - A fuel injection valve comprises a valve return spring as a coil spring that applies a spring force to a movable valve element toward a valve seat and an adjuster that is used for adjusting a spring force by adjusting the amount of spring compression. The injection valve is provided with parts supporting respectively both ends of the spring in the axial direction, and the parts rotatable in the circumferential direction of the spring. | 03-31-2011 |
20110123376 | High-Pressure Fuel Supply Pump and Discharge Valve Unit Used Therein - A high-pressure fuel supply pump mounted with a discharge valve that can reduce an influence of noise caused by a valve body-circumferential flow and a discharge valve unit used therein. The high-pressure fuel supply pump includes a discharge valve ( | 05-26-2011 |
20150047611 | SPARK-IGNITION DIRECT FUEL INJECTION VALVE - A spark-ignition direct fuel injection valve includes, at least, a seat member provided with a fuel injection hole and a valve seat and a valve body which controls fuel injection from the injection hole by contacting and separating from the valve seat. In the spark-ignition direct fuel injection valve: the injection hole has an injection hole inlet which is open inwardly of the seat member and an injection hole outlet which is open outwardly of the seat member; an opening edge of the injection hole inlet has a first round-chamfered portion formed on an upstream side with respect to a fuel flow toward the injection hole inlet; and an extending length (L) of the injection hole does not exceed three times a hole diameter (D) of the injection hole. | 02-19-2015 |
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20100183005 | RELAY DEVICE AND REMOTE STARTUP SYSTEM - A relay device includes a reception unit which receives a startup packet including a first ID for starting up controllable equipment. The relay device also includes a transmission unit which transmits a first electric signal indicating the first ID to all link-downed Ethernet ports. | 07-22-2010 |
20100215116 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus for performing communication using a first communication scheme which transmits a signal using amplitude shift keying and a second communication scheme which suppresses communication with others except a communication counterpart by transmitting a transmission suppression signal before communication is started. The apparatus includes: a first signal generation unit configured to generate transmission data; a modulation unit configured to generate first and second signals having different amplitudes by amplitude-shift keying the transmission data; a second signal generation unit configured to generate the transmission suppression signal having a signal length corresponding to that of the first signal; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission suppression signal at the timing when the first signal is transmitted. | 08-26-2010 |
20100231431 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - An electronic system includes: an AC-DC converter to convert an AC voltage into a DC voltage and to supply the DC voltage to a secondary battery; a first detector to detect a remaining amount of the secondary battery; a transmitter to transmit a signal corresponding to the remaining amount of the secondary battery; a receiver to receive the signal transmitted by the transmitter; and a controller to control the AC-DC converter using the signal received by the receiver. | 09-16-2010 |
20120208482 | RECEIVING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a receiving apparatus includes a variable gain amplifier, comparator, and signal processor. The comparator compares a signal level of the second signal with a first threshold to generate a third signal, a signal level of the third signal being set to a high signal if the signal level of the second signal is greater than the first threshold. The signal processor determines presence of a signal if a rate of high signals in third signals for a period is greater than a second threshold. The second threshold is set to a first value when the control of the gain is performed and set to a second value when the demodulation processing is performed. The first value is greater than the second value. | 08-16-2012 |
20120231756 | RECEIVING APPARATUS - A receiving apparatus includes a variable gain unit to change between a first gain and a smaller second gain, and to amplify a received signal to obtain an amplified signal; a comparator to compare a power of the amplified signal with a reference value; and a controller to set a gain to the first gain while in a standby state, to reset a gain to a third gain between the first and second gains if in a standby state the power of the received signal is larger than the reference value, and then to set a gain to the first gain and return to the standby state if the power is equal to or lower than the reference value, or if not, to a fourth gain between the first and third gains. | 09-13-2012 |
20140158774 | WIRELESS DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a wireless device is provided with a semiconductor chip, a substrate, an antenna, and a sealing material. The chip includes a wireless circuit. The substrate has a plurality of terminals arranged on a first surface and the chip arranged on a second surface. The antenna includes a radiation element and is electrically connected to the chip. The sealing material seals the chip and the antenna. A distance between a first wall of the sealing material substantially parallel to the second surface and the radiation element is equal to or more than a distance between a second wall of the sealing material substantially perpendicular to the second surface and the radiation element. | 06-12-2014 |
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20110131405 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a monitoring unit configured to monitor transition of Web pages displayed by a browser, a determination unit configured to determine whether a current Web page is a page of a particular type when the transition of the Web pages displayed by the browser has occurred, an extraction unit configured to extract a feature quantity from the current Web page when the current Web page is not the page of the particular type, and a providing unit configured to provide a supplementary service related to the current Web page, using the extracted feature quantity. | 06-02-2011 |
20120254738 | TIME-SERIES INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS AND TIME-SERIES INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a time-series information generating apparatus includes a dividing module, a determining module, a generating module, and a display module. The dividing module divides an electronic document to be displayed into one or more sets of sentences. The determining module determines a summary of each of the sets of sentences. The generating module generates time-series information that represents relative temporal information between anyone of the sets of sentences and another set of sentences. The display module collectively displays the summary of each of the sets of sentences according to the time-series information. | 10-04-2012 |
20130066902 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a content display, an extraction module, and a keyword display. The content display is configured to display a content. The extraction module is configured to extract a keyword from the content displayed by the content display. The keyword display is configured to display the keyword extracted by the extraction module in a content display window. | 03-14-2013 |
20130141350 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a browsing log recorder, a first display module, a second display module, an operation input module and a controller. The browsing log recorder is configured to record a browsing log of e-books. The controller is configured to cause the first display module to display the interrupted page of the most recently interrupted e-book or to cause the second display module to display the list of interrupted e-books in accordance with an operation of the operation input module. | 06-06-2013 |
20130145321 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a first controller and a second controller. The first controller updates a display state of a list of images to collect a plurality of images of the contents including an identical attribute into a group image if a first operation is accepted. The second controller updates the display state of the list of images to unfold the plurality of images of the contents collected into the group image if a second operation is accepted. | 06-06-2013 |
20140067598 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display processor including a recommendation module, a recommendation stop module and a recommendation resumption module. The recommendation module is configured to display a first image representative of an unpurchased content and a second image representative of a purchased content. A series of the unpurchased content is same as a series of the purchased content. The recommendation stop module is configured to stop display of the first image if an input module accepts a first operation for the first image. The recommendation resumption module is configured to resume display of the first image if purchasing one of the same series during a stop of display of the first image. | 03-06-2014 |
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20090039095 | Cup holder - A cup holder includes a base, a cylindrical member, an urging device, a locking device, an unlocking device, a lid member, a reversing device, a non-service position, and a service position. At the non-service position, the cylindrical member descends fully, the lid member closes the cylindrical member's top opposite opening, and the lid member's top decorative surface is exposed. At the service position,the cylindrical member, which the urging device urges upward, ascends fully, and the reversing device reverses the lid member so that the lid member's bottom supporter surface is exposed, thereby supporting a bottom of container, which is inserted into the cylindrical member, with the lid member's bottom supporter surface. The cup holder can not only hold a container with a taller height securely but also prevent the lid member's top decorative surface from being damaged by the inserted container. | 02-12-2009 |
20110127308 | CUP HOLDER - In a non-use state where no beverage container is housed in a housing space, holding claws are urged by a ring spring to an advanced reference position where the holding claws are mostly advanced into the housing space and a bottom plate is urged by a coil spring to a highest reference position where the bottom plate is mostly moved upwardly. When a beverage container is housed in the housing space, the holding claws are pushed toward the radial outer direction of the housing space by the side surface of the beverage container, whereby the holding claws move backwardly against the urging force of the ring spring. Simultaneously, since the weight of the beverage container is applied to the bottom plate, the bottom plate moves downwardly against the urging force of the coil spring, whereby a lock member moves downwardly together with the downward movement of the bottom plate. Thus, since a restricted slanted surface abuts against the lock member, the weight of the beverage container is transmitted to a restricted vertical surface from the lock member, so that the backward movement of the holding claw is restricted. | 06-02-2011 |
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20090115975 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image projection apparatus (i.e., a projector), having a light source unit | 05-07-2009 |
20090290133 | PROJECTING OPTICAL UNIT AND PROJECTING TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREWITH - A projection image display device is disclosed in which a trapezoidal distortion and/or aberration are restrained when an image is enlarged and projected obliquely onto a screen. An image generator is connected to an optical system base in such a manner that at least an inclination thereof (on an axis parallel to X axis) with respect to a vertical line and a distance thereof in forward and backward direction (Z axis direction) can be adjusted by an adjusting mechanism. Further, a projecting lens | 11-26-2009 |
20100171937 | OBLIQUE PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A projection type display apparatus including an oblique projection optical system having a plurality of lenses is disclosed. A lens nearest to a projection screen has a vertical effective image area through which a light flux passes. The lens is arranged at a position not including an optical axis shared by the largest number of lenses among the plurality of lenses. A flat mirror for returning the optical path is arranged between the particular lens and the projection screen at a predetermined angle to the optical axis. An enlarged image obtained by the light flux returned by the flat mirror is formed toward a display screen. | 07-08-2010 |
20110075115 | Video Projector - An object of the invention is to reduce the size and weight of a video projector by shortening the length of the arm of a mirror rotator and reducing the size of a mirror. A video projector comprises a plurality of projection lenses through which image light rays from a liquid crystal panel are extracted in a magnified manner; a reflective mirror for reflecting the extracted image light rays onto a screen; and a mirror rotator for rotating the reflective mirror so that the extracted image light rays can be reflected in particular directions. Among the projection lenses, some of the projection lenses located farther away from the liquid crystal penal are partially cut such that areas through which the image light rays do not pass are cut off to create a lens cut-off space. The mirror rotator is placed in the lens cut-off space. | 03-31-2011 |
20110205499 | PROJECTING OPTICAL UNIT AND PROJECTING TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREWITH - A projection image display device is disclosed in which a trapezoidal distortion and/or aberration are restrained when an image is enlarged and projected obliquely onto a screen. An image generator is connected to an optical system base in such a manner that at least an inclination thereof (on an axis parallel to X axis) with respect to a vertical line and a distance thereof in forward and backward direction (Z axis direction) can be adjusted by an adjusting mechanism. Further, a projecting lens | 08-25-2011 |
20120081676 | PROJECTION IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided a projection image display apparatus which is excellent in quality of a display screen image even if a projection lens using a plastic lens having an asymmetrical shape with respect to an optical axis is used. The apparatus includes a projection lens which obliquely projects video light on a screen, an integrator which aligns a polarization direction of light from a light source, and an image display element (P, PL) which modulates light having the aligned polarization direction by an image signal. The projection lens includes multiple plastic lenses, and each of the multiple plastic lenses is arrayed, respectively, by shifting a gate direction to each other by 180 degrees. When the projection lens includes n sheets (n is a natural number) of plastic lenses, each of the multiple plastic lenses may be arrayed, respectively, by shifting a gate direction to each other by (360/n) degrees. | 04-05-2012 |
20130229633 | OBLIQUE PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A projection type display apparatus including an oblique projection optical system having a plurality of lenses is disclosed. A lens nearest to a projection screen has a vertical effective image area through which a light flux passes. The lens is arranged at a position not including an optical axis shared by the largest number of lenses among the plurality of lenses. A flat mirror for returning the optical path is arranged between the particular lens and the projection screen at a predetermined angle to the optical axis. An enlarged image obtained by the light flux returned by the flat mirror is formed toward a display screen. | 09-05-2013 |
20140146294 | OBLIQUE PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A projection type display apparatus including an oblique projection optical system having a plurality of lenses is disclosed. A lens nearest to a projection screen has a vertical effective image area through which a light flux passes. The lens is arranged at a position not including an optical axis shared by the largest number of lenses among the plurality of lenses. A flat mirror for returning the optical path is arranged between the particular lens and the projection screen at a predetermined angle to the optical axis. An enlarged image obtained by the light flux returned by the flat mirror is formed toward a display screen. | 05-29-2014 |
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20090061322 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTRODE STRUCTURE HAVING THE ELECTRODE MATERIAL - The electrode material for a lithium secondary battery according to the present invention includes particles of a solid state alloy having silicon as a main component, wherein the particles of the solid state alloy have a microcrystal or amorphous material including an element other than silicon, dispersed in microcrystalline silicon or amorphized silicon. The solid state alloy preferably contains a pure metal or a solid solution. The composition of the alloy preferably has an element composition in which the alloy is completely mixed in a melted liquid state, whereby the alloy has a single phase in a melted liquid state without presence of two or more phases. The element composition can be determined by the kind of elements constituting the alloy and an atomic ratio of the elements. | 03-05-2009 |
20100021817 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING SUCH ELECTRODE STRUCTURE - An electrode structure for a lithium secondary battery including: a main active material layer including a metal powder selected from silicon, tin and an alloy thereof that can store and discharge of lithium by electrochemical reaction, and a binder of an organic polymer; and a wherein the collector. The main active material layer includes a powder of a support material for supporting the electron conduction of the main active material layer in addition to the metal powder and the powder of the support material are particles having a spherical, pseudo-spherical or pillar shape with an average particle size of 0.3 to 1.35 times the thickness of the main active material layer. The support material is one or more selected from graphite, oxides of transition metals and metals that do not electrochemically form alloy with lithium. Organic polymer compounded with a conductive polymer is used for the binder. | 01-28-2010 |
20100323241 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING SUCH ELECTRODE STRUCTURE - An electrode structure for a lithium secondary battery including: a main active material layer including a metal powder selected from silicon, tin and an alloy thereof that can store and discharge lithium by electrochemical reaction, and a binder of an organic polymer; and a current collector. The main active material layer includes a powder of a support material for supporting the electron conduction of the main active material layer in addition to the metal powder and the powder of the support material are particles having a spherical, pseudo-spherical or pillar shape with an average particle size of 0.3 to 1.35 times the thickness of the main active material layer. The support material is one or more selected from graphite, oxides of transition metals and metals that do not electrochemically form alloy with lithium. Organic polymer compounded with a conductive polymer is used for the binder. | 12-23-2010 |
20110235783 | X-RAY GENERATING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An X-ray generating apparatus controls driving of an X-ray tube. The X-ray tube includes an electron source emitting electrons due to application of a voltage, a transmission-type target generating an X-ray due to collision of electrons emitted from the electron source, and a shield member disposed between the electron source and the transmission-type target, the shield member having an opening that electrons emitted from the electron source pass through, and blocking an X-ray that scatters toward the electron source. When generating the X-ray, application of a voltage to the transmission-type target is started, and emission of electrons from the electron source is caused after passage of a predetermined period indicating a time period from starting voltage application until the transmission-type target reaches a predetermined voltage. When stopping X-ray generation, application of the voltage to the transmission-type target is stopped after stopping the emission of electrons from the electron source. | 09-29-2011 |
20110255664 | X-RAY SOURCE AND X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SOURCE - An X-ray source includes an electron-beam generating unit that generates an electron beam, and a transmission type target electrode to be irradiated with the electron beam to generate X-ray radiation. A plurality of convex portions each having an inclined surface with respect to an incident direction of the electron beam is formed on a surface of the transmission type target electrode. | 10-20-2011 |
20120121069 | X-RAY GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING X-RAY TUBE - An inverter circuit is shared by respective drive circuits that supply a predetermined voltage to a lens electrode and a grid electrode, or to a lens electrode and a cathode electrode. A DC voltage obtained by full-wave rectifying a pulse train output from the inverter circuit is supplied to the lens electrode, a DC voltage obtained by half-wave rectifying a pulse train output from the inverter circuit is supplied to the grid electrode or cathode electrode. At times of a first operation and a last operation of the inverter circuit during a period of generating X-rays, operations of the inverter circuit are controlled such that a trans circuit outputs a negative polarity voltage to the full-wave rectifying circuit and the half-wave rectifying circuit, respectively. | 05-17-2012 |
20120307974 | X-RAY TUBE AND RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray tube comprises: an envelope which has a cathode at one end and an anode at another end of a barrel of a tubular insulating tube and which has a sealed interior; an electron gun which is arranged inside the envelope and has a shape that protrudes from the cathode; and a target which is electrically connected to the anode and generates X-rays when being irradiated with electrons emitted from the electron gun. With reference to an end position that is a projection of a position of an end on the anode side of the electron gun onto an inner wall of the insulating tube, a mean wall thickness of the barrel is greater on the cathode side than on the anode side. | 12-06-2012 |
20130251107 | X-RAY GENERATING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An X-ray generating apparatus controls driving of an X-ray tube. The X-ray tube includes an electron source emitting electrons due to application of a voltage, a transmission-type target generating an X-ray due to collision of electrons emitted from the electron source, and a shield member disposed between the electron source and the transmission-type target, the shield member having an opening that electrons emitted from the electron source pass through, and blocking an X-ray that scatters toward the electron source. When generating the X-ray, application of a voltage to the transmission-type target is started, and emission of electrons from the electron source is caused after passage of a predetermined period indicating a time period from starting voltage application until the transmission-type target reaches a predetermined voltage. When stopping X-ray generation, application of the voltage to the transmission-type target is stopped after stopping the emission of electrons from the electron source. | 09-26-2013 |
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20100121204 | BLOOD VESSEL STATE EVALUATING DEVICE, BLOOD VESSEL STATE EVALUATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BLOOD VESSEL STATE EVALUATING PROGRAM - A phase line tilt calculating unit (actual measurement) receives phase characteristics Pa(f) and Pb(f) outputted from frequency conversion units, and calculates phase difference characteristics of actual measurement based on a phase difference on each frequency component between the phase characteristics. A phase line tilt calculating unit (model) calculates phase difference characteristics between a transfer function Ga(f) and a transfer function Gb(f) calculated by a transfer function calculating unit, and outputs the calculated phase difference characteristics to a search unit. The search unit fits a variable k and determines a variable k | 05-13-2010 |
20100268092 | ARTERIOSCLEROSIS DEGREE JUDGMENT DEVICE CAPABLE OF JUDGING ARTERIOSCLEROSIS DEGREE PRECISELY - A cuff of a pulse wave meter equipped with an arteriosclerosis degree judgment device has air bags for compressing a living body having a double structure along an artery including an avascularization air bag and a pulse-wave measuring air bag. Provided at outer circumferential sides of these air bags are a curler for integrally pressing these air bags against an upper arm, and an air bag for pressing the curler from the outer circumferential side. A member for suppressing vibrations is provided between a curler-compressing air bag and the pulse-wave measuring air bag, and suppresses propagation of vibrations from the curler-compressing air bag to the pulse-wave measuring air bag. The pulse wave meter measures a pulse wave based on changes in internal pressure in the pulse-wave measuring air bag while the avascularization air bag provides avascularization at the peripheral side. | 10-21-2010 |
20110077534 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE CAPABLE OF OBTAINING INDEX FOR DETERMINING DEGREE OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS - A blood pressure information measurement device includes an air bladder wrapped around a central side of a measurement portion for pulse wave measurement and an air bladder wrapped at a peripheral side for blood pressure measurement. The air bladder for blood pressure measurement is increased to a pressure higher than a systolic blood pressure, and a blood pressure is measured. An internal pressure of the air bladder is maintained, a pulse wave is measured in avascularized state, and a feature point needed for calculating an index for determining an arteriosclerosis degree is extracted from the pulse wave. When the feature point is not extracted from the pulse wave, the internal pressure of the air bladder for blood pressure measurement is reduced to a pressure lower than the systolic blood pressure, a pulse wave in non-avascularized state is measured, and a feature point is extracted from the pulse wave. | 03-31-2011 |
20140243691 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE, INDEX CALCULATING METHOD, AND INDEX CALCULATING PROGRAM - A measurement device includes a pulse wave measurement unit for measuring a pulse wave, and a calculation unit for calculating a predetermined parameter value from the pulse wave, and calculating an index value corresponding to Ankle Brachial Blood Pressure Index as an index value of arteriostenosis using the parameter value. | 08-28-2014 |
20140257117 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A MEASUREMENT PROGRAM - A measurement device includes a detection device to detect a pulse wave signal at a first measurement location in a vascular pathway from the heart of a measurement subject to an area where an arterial aneurysm is predicted to occur and a pulse wave signal at a second measurement location in a vascular pathway from the heart of the measurement subject to an area that is different from the area where an arterial aneurysm is predicted to occur, a comparison device to calculate a comparison result by comparing frequency characteristics between the pulse wave signals, and a determination device to determine at least one of the presence/absence and size of an arterial aneurysm based on a predetermined characteristic amount for a frequency contained in the comparison result. | 09-11-2014 |
20140316291 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE, EVALUATING METHOD, AND EVALUATION PROGRAM - A measurement device includes a blood pressure measurement unit that measures blood pressures in the upper and lower limbs, a pulse wave measurement unit that measures pulse waves in the upper and lower limbs, a first index calculation unit that calculates an ABI by calculating the ratio of the blood pressures in the upper and lower limbs, a second index calculation unit that calculates a second index used for evaluation of the ABI using the pulse waves in the upper and lower limbs, an evaluation unit that evaluates the reliability of the ABI using the ABI and the second index, and an output unit that outputs the ABI along with the result of evaluation. | 10-23-2014 |
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20080217959 | PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A pedestrian protection apparatus for a vehicle, including: a plate member, which includes front and rear portions, and which is fixed at the rear portion to the vehicle; and at least one reinforcing bead each formed integrally on the front portion of the plate member and each including a bead-extending portion and a bead-end portion which extends integrally from a rear-side edge of the bead-extending portion for connecting the rear-side edge and the rear portion of the plate member, the apparatus being arranged to sweep a leg portion of a pedestrian that has collided with the front of the vehicle by contact of a front end of the plate member with the leg portion, thereby protecting the leg portion, wherein a connecting portion between the bead-end portion and the rear portion of the plate member is gently curved without being folded. | 09-11-2008 |
20080258485 | PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A pedestrian protection apparatus for a vehicle, including a plate member which is disposed at a front face of the vehicle, which includes front and rear portions, and which is fixed at the rear portion to the vehicle with at least a leading end part of the front portion protruded from the front face of the vehicle, the apparatus being arranged to sweep a leg portion of a pedestrian, thereby protecting the leg portion, wherein the leading end part includes at least one horizontally extending portion and a plurality of vertically extending portions each having an anterior surface substantially orthogonal to a horizontal plane, the horizontally extending portion and the vertically extending portions being formed integrally with the leading end part so as to be alternately disposed in the frontward and backward direction of the vehicle and extend in a staircase-like form. | 10-23-2008 |
20090134641 | SHOCK ABSORBING STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - A shock absorbing structure for a vehicle including a top wall to which a shock is to be applied and two side walls integrally formed with the top wall and extending from the top wall such that the side walls are opposed to each other, thereby forming an angular U-shaped cross section. The side walls have a waveform in which convex portions and concave portions are alternately and continuously provided. In addition, a bottom plate is integrally formed with an end portion of the respective side walls. The shock absorbing structure further includes a first window portion that is formed over a portion of the each side wall including a part of a bottom portion and parts of opposite side portions of the concave portions and a portion of the bottom plates that is connected to the bottom portion and that is positioned between the opposite side portions. | 05-28-2009 |
20090267369 | PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A pedestrian protection apparatus is provided which prevents occurrence of bending deformation resulting from thermal contraction after the molding of a resin base member. The apparatus includes a resin base member that is fixed to a vehicle at a rear portion thereof and a plurality of reinforcing beads that extend in a front to back direction of the vehicle and space apart from each other in a vehicle width direction at a front portion of the base member. On a portion of the base member positioned between mutually adjacent ones of these reinforcing beads is integrally formed a planar connecting rib extends in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the reinforcing beads, so that mutually opposing surfaces of the adjacent reinforcing beads are connected to each other by the connecting rib. | 10-29-2009 |
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20090193775 | PLUGGED HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - There is disclosed a plugged honeycomb structure in which cracks are not easily generated in partition walls during use as a DPF and during regeneration. A plugged honeycomb structure | 08-06-2009 |
20090246452 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A manufacturing method of a honeycomb structure that can improve a manufacturing efficiency and a raw material yield is provided. There is provided a manufacturing method of a honeycomb structure comprising: subjecting a raw material to extrusion forming to form a honeycomb formed body | 10-01-2009 |
20090252919 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A honeycomb structure | 10-08-2009 |
20090304988 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure has a plurality of honeycomb segments each including porous partition walls that define a plurality of cells communicating with two end surfaces and an outer wall that surrounds the partition walls. The honeycomb segments are combined in a direction perpendicular to the axial directions of the honeycomb segments, and the outer walls of the honeycomb segments are integrally joined by a joint material. The outer wall of each honeycomb segment has corners. A cell in contact with the inner surface of a portion of the outer wall having one of the corners is defined by a plurality of sides including two sides formed by the inner surface and two sides each having one end in contact with the inner surface. An angle θa of the corner formed by the two sides each having the one end in contact with the inner surface is 100 to 150°. | 12-10-2009 |
20090321999 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure | 12-31-2009 |
20100035020 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a honeycomb structure capable of preventing the generation of cracks in buffer portions and preventing the honeycomb structure from being divided when an operation (regeneration) of burning collected particulate matters is repeated. A honeycomb structure | 02-11-2010 |
20100151187 | Honeycomb structure - A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb segment joined body comprising a plurality of honeycomb segments unitarily joined at joint faces thereof by means of a bonding material layer, and an outer peripheral coat layer, the honeycomb structure having a plurality of cells functioning as fluid passages disposed in parallel with one another in a central axis direction. A thickness of the outer peripheral coat layer at least at one portion of the portions (portions on end faces) located on end faces in longitudinal direction of the bonding material layer in a cross-section in a direction perpendicular to the central axis direction is larger than an average thickness of the portions other than the portions on end faces. | 06-17-2010 |