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20080213527 | Release liner and pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet using the same - A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet with a release liner has a bubbles containing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a release liner in contact with at least one surface of the bubbles containing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The release liner comprises at least three layers including an intermediate layer and surface layers, and the surface layers are positioned on both surfaces of the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer comprises at least one polyolefin resin. Each of the surface layers comprises a low-density polyethylene and an olefinic elastomer and independently has a thickness of 15 μm or less. The ratio of the thickness of the intermediate layer to the total thickness of the surface layers (the intermediate layer/the surface layers) is in the range of 4 to 19. | 09-04-2008 |
20100003441 | RELEASE LINER AND PRESSURE- SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET - Disclosed is a release liner having a multilayer structure of at least three layers including two surface layers and an intermediate layer, in which one of the two surface layers contains a high-density polyethylene, the other contains a low-density polyethylene, and the intermediate layer contains a low-density polyethylene alone as its resin component. Also disclosed is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet including the release liner and at least one pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, in which a release force X (N/mm) between the release liner and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a rigidity Y of the release liner [(Young's modulus of the release liner)×(thickness) | 01-07-2010 |
20110076481 | ACRYLIC PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE OR SHEET - Provided is an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet having high initial low-temperature adhesive strength. | 03-31-2011 |
20110076489 | ACRYLIC PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE OR SHEET - Provided is an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet that shows high initial low-temperature adhesive strength, and is superior in suppression of the liner pop-off. | 03-31-2011 |
20140053977 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE AND METHOD USING THE TAPE - A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape that can be used in a temperature environment of at least 90° C. or higher, includes: a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; and a release liner provided on the surface on at least one side of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The release liner has: a base layer containing a polyolefin resin; and a release layer that contains low-density polyethylene and is provided on at least one side of the base layer to be in contact with the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. | 02-27-2014 |
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20090130582 | TONER AND IMAGE FORMING PROCESS - A toner which has i) toner base particles containing at least a binder resin and a colorant and ii) a fatty acid metal salt composition as an external additive. The fatty acid metal salt composition contains a nonionic surface-active agent and a fatty acid metal salt. This toner and an image forming process making use of the toner can keep the toner from adhering to a toner carrying member throughout running, promise a stable chargeability of the toner and can keep any deterioration of halftone image quality from being caused by excess charging of the toner and any image fog from being caused by insufficient charging of the toner. | 05-21-2009 |
20100009278 | TONER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner is provided which has toner particles and a fine silica powder mixed by external addition to the toner particles. The toner has a weight average particle diameter of 4.0 to 9.0 μm. The fine silica powder is subjected to hydrophobic treatment with dimethylsilicone oil, and has, in particle size distribution based on volume, a peak at which cumulative frequency is largest, in the measurement range of 0.02 μm to 1,000.00 μm; the cumulative frequency of 0.10 μm to less than 1.00 μm being 7.0% or less, and, the fine silica powder fulfills the following conditions:
| 01-14-2010 |
20110053073 | TONER - A toner is provided which is excellent in development stability in both a low-temperature, low-humidity environment and a high-temperature, high-humidity environment over a long time period. The toner includes toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, and a fatty acid metal salt. The fatty acid metal salt has a volume-based median diameter (D50s) of 0.15 μm or more and 0.65 μm or less, and the liberation ratio of the fatty acid metal salt in the toner is 1.0% or more and 25.0% or less. | 03-03-2011 |
20110097657 | TONER - An object of the present invention is to provide a toner in which the problems in the techniques described are solved. That is, the object is to provide a toner which has an excellent charging characteristic regardless of the environment and which achieves high image quality over a long period of time. | 04-28-2011 |
20110097660 | TONER - Provided is a toner in which faulty transfer under an extremely-low-temperature, low-humidity environment hardly occurs, including toner particles and a zeolite as an external additive, in which a ratio of the alminium atoms to a total of the silicon atoms and the aluminium atoms contained in the zeolite is 0.2 to 24.0%. | 04-28-2011 |
20110305989 | METHOD OF PRODUCING TONER - A method of stably producing a toner is provided. This method provides a long-term stabilization of material dispersion in a colorant-dispersed solution and inhibits segregation of the material and provides a more microfine and more uniform dispersion of the colorant in the toner, and moreover produces a toner that has a sharp toner particle diameter distribution. This method of producing toner has at least a colorant dispersion step of obtaining a colorant-dispersed solution by dispersing a pigment-containing colorant in a liquid mixture that contains the colorant and a dissolved resin solution or a polymerizable monomer, wherein the liquid mixture contains a nonionic surfactant and the nonionic surfactant has at least an oxyalkylene group and has a hydrophile-lipophile balance value (HLB value) of 9.0 or more and 17.0 or less. | 12-15-2011 |
20120315574 | TONER - A toner is provided that exhibits a high long-term image stability even during high-speed printing and that also exhibits an excellent environmental stability. The toner comprises a binder resin, a colorant, and a nonionic surfactant, wherein the nonionic surfactant has an oxyethylene group (EO) and an oxypropylene group (PO) and has a ratio of the number of moles of the oxypropylene group to the number of moles of the oxyethylene group (PO/EO) of at least 0.01 and not more than 5.00; and when A (μg/g) is defined as a nonionic surfactant content on the surface of the toner that can be extracted by methanol from 1 g of the toner and B (m | 12-13-2012 |
20130252163 | TONER - Provided is a toner capable of suppressing the bleeding of wax to the surface of the toner to maintain a high electrophotograph property while maintaining a broad fixing temperature range and capable of reducing interior contamination in long-term use. The toner includes toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax. The toner has a softening point of 75° C. or more and 110° C. or less measured by a constant-pressure-extrusion-type capillary rheometer. The wax is a hydrocarbon wax composed of a hydrocarbon compound. The hydrocarbon wax has specific abundance ratios each corresponding to a specific carbon number range of hydrocarbon compounds. | 09-26-2013 |
20140186760 | TONER - A toner having good development durability, storage stability, environmental stability, and low-temperature fixability is provided. The toner contains toner particles each including a surface layer that contains an organic silicon polymer. The organic silicon polymer contains a unit having a specific structure. The average thickness Dav. of the surface layers is a specific value and the silicon concentration determined by ESCA is 2.5% or more. The toner has a shape factor SF-2 of 140 or more and 260 or less and an average circularity of 0.970 or more and 0.990 or less. | 07-03-2014 |
20140186761 | TONER - A toner having good development durability, storage stability, environmental stability, and low-temperature fixability is provided. The toner contains toner particles each including a surface layer that contains an organic silicon polymer. The organic silicon polymer contains a specific unit. In a chart obtained by | 07-03-2014 |
20140186762 | TONER - A toner having good environmental stability, low-temperature fixability, development durability, and storage stability is provided. A toner includes toner particles each including a surface layer that contains an organic silicon polymer. The organic silicon polymer is obtained by polymerizing a compound having a specific structure. The surface layers have a particular average thickness Dav. In mapping by focused-ion-beam time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy, a ratio of silicon ions to carbon ions released from the toner particles upon irradiation of toner particle surfaces with primary ions is a particular value. | 07-03-2014 |
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20090123176 | POLYVINYL ACETAL RESIN, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a polyvinyl acetal resin having a specific repeating structural unit, an electrophotographic photosensitive member using the polyvinyl acetal resin, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 05-14-2009 |
20090208247 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member is provided in which both a potential variation over a long time period and a potential variation within a short time period are suppressed. A method of producing the electrophotographic photosensitive member, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member are also provided. In the electrophotographic photosensitive member, an intermediate layer is a layer formed by coating and drying a coating liquid for an intermediate layer, containing an acidic titania sol and an organic resin, and the acidic titania sol is an acidic sol containing anatase-type titanium oxide crystal particles having an average primary particle diameter of 3 nm or more and 9 nm or less. | 08-20-2009 |
20100062171 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - The present invention provides an apparatus for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member that has a coating machine for dipping plural members to be coated in a coating liquid in a coating bath and then lifting up the coated members to form a coating film on the surface of each of the plural members to be coated and a transport holding member for holding and transporting the members to be coated, and has plural stretching hoods which can individually cover each side of the plural members to be coated and can extend in association with the movement of the plural members to be coated to individually cover each side of the plural members to be coated when the coating machine is lifting up the plural members to be coated, wherein the plural stretching hoods are linked with each other at the lower parts of the hoods. | 03-11-2010 |
20110129768 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - According to aspects of the present invention, an electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a surface layer comprising a cured resin obtained by polymerizing a compound having at least one polymerizable functional group. Aspects of the present invention provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member whose surface layer comprises a compound (urea derivative) having a certain structure, a method for producing the electrophotographic photosensitive member, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus including the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 06-02-2011 |
20110300474 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - An electrophotographic photosensitive member having a surface layer containing a polymeric product obtained by polymerizing a specific adamantane compound, a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus which have the electrophotographic photosensitive member, and a process for producing the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 12-08-2011 |
20120003576 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - The charge generation layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member is made to contain a specific amine compound in order to provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member that can output images that are practically free from an image flaw or have less image flaws attributable to a ghost phenomenon under low temperature and low humidity environment and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus having the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 01-05-2012 |
20120301177 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, AND UREA COMPOUND - An electrophotographic photosensitive member that includes the outermost surface layer formed by curing a mixture of a charge transporting substance having a chain-polymerizable functional group and a urea compound represented by the following formula (1) or (2), and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each including the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 11-29-2012 |
20120301178 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member having a surface layer that contains a polymer produced by the polymerization of a compound having a chain-polymerizable functional group. The compound having a chain-polymerizable functional group is a compound represented by the formula (1). | 11-29-2012 |
20120301179 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member has a surface layer that contains a urea compound having two or more urea moieties. Each of the urea moieties has a carbonyl group and two nitrogen atoms. Each of the two nitrogen atoms connects to an alkyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group. | 11-29-2012 |
20130137020 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support and a photosensitive layer. The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a surface layer that contains a polymer produced by the polymerization of a compound having a chain-polymerizable functional group. The compound having a chain-polymerizable functional group is a compound represented by the following formula (1). | 05-30-2013 |
20130137021 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member has a surface layer that contains a polymer produced by the polymerization of a charge transporting substance having two or more methacryloyloxy groups per molecule. The surface layer contains a quinone derivative at a concentration of 5 ppm or more and 1500 ppm or less of the total mass of the polymer. The quinone derivative is a compound represented by the following formula (1) or a compound represented by the following formula (2) or both. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137024 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - In an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a surface layer containing a polymer obtainable by polymerization of a compound having a chain-polymerizable functional group, the compound having a chain-polymerizable functional group includes a compound represented by formula (1). | 05-30-2013 |
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20100174650 | ELECTRONIC SETTLEMENT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC SETTLEMENT SERVER, NEGOTIABLE-VALUE PROVIDING APPARATUS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND ELECTRONIC SETTLEMENT METHOD - The present invention provides an electronic settlement system which is similar to cash settlement and which is available even in a game hall. The present invention provides an electronic settlement system including an electronic settlement server, a mobile communication terminal, and a negotiable-value providing apparatus. In the electronic settlement system, the mobile communication terminal acquires, from the negotiable-value providing apparatus, an equipment ID identifying the negotiable-value providing apparatus. The mobile communication terminal then generates a settlement request message containing a user ID identifying a user, a transfer amount corresponding to consideration for a negotiable value, and the equipment ID. The mobile communication terminal then transmits the message to the electronic settlement server. According to the result of a check of the user's credit status, the electronic settlement server instructs the negotiable-value providing apparatus to provide a negotiable value corresponding to the transfer amount. The electronic settlement server further requests a transfer of an amount corresponding to the transfer amount from the user's account to a predetermined account. Upon receiving the instruction to provide the negotiable value from the electronic settlement server, the negotiable-value providing apparatus provides the user with rental balls, rental medals, or the like corresponding to the transfer amount. | 07-08-2010 |
20100191626 | FINANCIAL TRANSACTION SYSTEM - A financial transaction system includes: an ATM process substituting server connected to a backbone server that executes a user accounting process through a communication mechanism capable of concealing content of communication; and a transaction screen WEB server connected to the ATM process substituting server and capable of connecting to a user communication terminal. The transaction screen WEB server transmits, to the communication terminal, transaction screen data for the user to input transaction necessary information, receives, from the communication terminal, transaction necessary information data inputted in accordance with the transaction screen data, and transmits the transaction necessary information data to the ATM process substituting server. The ATM process substituting server transmits the transaction necessary information data to the backbone server and transmits a message requesting the user for a specified transaction process. The system provides quick, easy transactions without needing to input a second personal identification number or one time password. | 07-29-2010 |
20110137765 | ELECTRONIC SETTLEMENT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC SETTLEMENT SERVER, MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL, AND ELECTRONIC SETTLEMENT METHOD - An electronic settlement system which is similar to cash settlement and which is usable in a gaming parlor is provided. In the electronic settlement system, a mobile phone communicates with a ball lending machine using a contactless IC card to acquire a device ID from the ball lending machine, and transmits a payment request message including the device ID and a user ID to an electronic settlement server. The electronic settlement server notifies an in-store server of a transfer amount from a user account to a settlement provider account, and the in-store server stores the transfer amount as a deposit. In response to a payment request message from the mobile phone, the in-store server instructs the ball lending machine to provide gaming media corresponding to a gaming medium cost, adds an amount corresponding to the gaming medium cost to a consumed amount, and issues a transfer request to a receiving network so as to transfer the consumed amount from the settlement provider account to a gaming parlor operator account. Upon receiving a provision instruction message from the in-store server, the ball lending machine provides gaming media corresponding to the gaming medium cost. | 06-09-2011 |
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20080226518 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber for accommodating and processing a target substrate therein; a supporting member for supporting the target substrate in the processing chamber; a processing gas supply mechanism for supplying, into the processing chamber, a processing gas which generates radicals for processing the target substrate; a catalytic heating element disposed to face the target substrate, the element radiating heat when an electric power is applied thereto and generating the radicals by a catalytic action as the processing gas contacts the catalytic heating element; and a power supply mechanism for supplying the power to the catalytic heating element to allow the catalytic heating element to radiate the heat. The apparatus further includes a driving mechanism for moving the target substrate close to or apart from the catalytic heating element by means of moving the supporting member, to thereby control a temperature of the target substrate. | 09-18-2008 |
20080236634 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS - A substrate processing system that enables foreign matter adhered to a rear surface or a periphery of a substrate to be completely removed. A substrate processing apparatus performs predetermined processing on the substrate. A substrate cleaning apparatus cleans the substrate at least one of before and after the predetermined processing. A jetting apparatus jets a cleaning substance in two phases of a gas phase and a liquid phase and a high-temperature gas towards the rear surface or the periphery of the substrate. | 10-02-2008 |
20080314564 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE - A temperature control device controls the temperature of a controlled object by circulating a fluid in a temperature adjustment unit arranged near the controlled object. The temperature control device comprises a heating pathway that heats and circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit, a cooling pathway that cools and circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit, a bypass pathway that does not pass the fluid through the heating pathway and cooling pathway, but circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit, and adjustment means that adjust a flow ratio of the fluid that is supplied from the heating pathway, cooling pathway, and bypass pathway to the temperature adjustment unit via a confluence unit that combines these flows. The adjustment means are provided on a downstream side of each of the heating pathway, the cooling pathway, and the bypass pathway and on the upstream side of the confluence unit. | 12-25-2008 |
20090049981 | MECHANISM FOR VARYING CYLINDER STOP POSITION AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A cylinder stop position varying mechanism is employed in a cylinder having a piston and a shaft. The cylinder stop position varying mechanism includes a stopper fitted onto the shaft; a pair of limiters for stopping a reciprocating movement of the piston by contact with the stopper; and a limiter moving mechanism for varying positions of the limiters. The cylinder is driven by a hydraulic pressure, and the limiter moving mechanism is provided to each of the pair of limiters to control positions of the limiters independently. | 02-26-2009 |
20090118872 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE FOR TARGET SUBSTRATE, TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A temperature control device for a target substrate includes a mounting table having temperature control members respectively provided in temperature systems to control temperatures of regions of the target substrate to respective predetermined temperature levels; circulation channels through which fluids passing through the temperature control members flow; and heating channels each for flowing therein a heated fluid having a higher temperature compared to the fluids circulating in the circulation channels. The device further includes cooling channels each for flowing therein a cooled fluid having a lower temperature compared to the fluids circulating in the circulation channels; and joining units that join the circulation channels to build the respective temperature control systems, the joining units having flow rate control units that controls flow rate ratios of the fluids supplied from the respective channels to the temperature control members. | 05-07-2009 |
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20100037602 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMP - A variable displacement pump includes: a rotor mounted in a body; a cam ring mounted radially outside of the rotor, and arranged to move with a change in an eccentricity of the cam ring with respect to the rotor, wherein change of the eccentricity causes a change in a specific discharge rate; and an electromagnetic actuator arranged to actuate the cam ring for regulating the eccentricity. During control of operation of the electromagnetic actuator, a first response is set slower than a second response, wherein the first response is a response of movement of the cam ring to a change of an input signal in a direction to request a decrease in the specific discharge rate, and the second response is a response of movement of the cam ring to a change of the input signal in a direction to request an increase in the specific discharge rate. | 02-18-2010 |
20100205952 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMP AND POWER STEERING APPARATUS USING THE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMP - A variable displacement pump including a drive shaft, a cam ring eccentrically moveable with respect to an axis of the drive shaft, and a solenoid drivingly controlled on the basis of variation in electric current amount to be supplied to the solenoid which is controlled in accordance with an operating condition of a vehicle. The solenoid is configured such that a rate of change in the specific discharge amount relative to the electric current amount to be supplied to the solenoid under a condition that the specific discharge amount is smaller is reduced as compared to a rate of change in the specific discharge amount relative to the electric current amount to be supplied to the solenoid under a condition that the specific discharge amount is larger. | 08-19-2010 |
20110150672 | PUMP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PUMP APPARATUS - A pump apparatus including a pump housing, a drive shaft, a cam ring movably disposed in the pump housing, a pump element disposed within the cam ring and rotationally driven by the drive shaft to vary a specific discharge quantity which is a discharge quantity of the working oil per one rotation of the pump element in accordance with variation in eccentric amount of the cam ring with respect to the drive shaft, and a solenoid which is drivingly controlled on the basis of a steering condition and a vehicle speed and operated to control the eccentric amount of the cam ring. The solenoid is controlled to execute a flow rate reduction control during cranking of an engine of the vehicle in which the cam ring is allowed to move in such a direction as to reduce the specific discharge quantity. | 06-23-2011 |
20130312400 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMP - A variable displacement pump includes: a rotor mounted in a body; a cam ring mounted radially outside of the rotor, and arranged to move with a change in an eccentricity of the cam ring with respect to the rotor, wherein change of the eccentricity causes a change in a specific discharge rate; and an electromagnetic actuator arranged to actuate the cam ring for regulating the eccentricity. During control of operation of the electromagnetic actuator, a first response is set slower than a second response, wherein the first response is a response of movement of the cam ring to a change of an input signal in a direction to request a decrease in the specific discharge rate, and the second response is a response of movement of the cam ring to a change of the input signal in a direction to request an increase in the specific discharge rate. | 11-28-2013 |
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20100134649 | SIGNAL PROCESSOR - A signal processor capable of extracting evaluated values used for automatic control more appropriately, including: a feature detection unit which detects a feature change position of any target pixel and its peripheral pixels in an input picture signal; a hold unit which holds the position information; a region creation unit which creates a region by excluding the held positions from an evaluated value extraction region; and an evaluated value extraction unit which extracts evaluated values in accordance with the region; wherein unnecessary portions different in feature from the periphery are extracted in accordance with any pixel unit by detection of the feature change position so that the feature change position is excluded from the evaluated value extraction region. | 06-03-2010 |
20120154645 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An image signal processing apparatus includes an imaging unit having an imaging element to conduct photoelectric conversion on incident light from a subject and output an electric signal, a defective pixel detection unit for detecting a defective pixel in the imaging element, a defective pixel correction unit for correcting the detected defective pixel, an image signal correction unit for conducting image signal correction every arbitrary area on a signal supplied from the defective pixel correction unit, a system control unit for generally controlling those units, and a temperature measurement unit for measuring temperature in the vicinity of the imaging element. The system control unit controls a detection condition to be used when the defective pixel detection unit detects a defective pixel, i.e., one or more of an exposure time, a defective pixel detection threshold, and a gain, by using information of the temperature obtained from the temperature measurement unit. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154646 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes an imaging unit having an imaging element to conduct photoelectric conversion on incident light from a subject and output an electric signal, a signal gain control unit for controlling an output signal level of the imaging unit, a plurality of defective pixel correction units for correcting defective pixels contained in a signal output from the signal gain control unit, an image signal processing unit for generating an image signal from a signal which is output from the defective pixel correction units, a temperature measurement unit for measuring temperature in the vicinity of the imaging element, and a system control unit for generally controlling the imaging unit, the signal gain control unit, the correction units, and the image signal processing unit. The system control unit uses the plurality of defective pixel correction units jointly and causes them to operate according to occurrence causes of defective pixels. | 06-21-2012 |
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20080317434 | INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - In increasing multi-channel broadcast situations, user friendliness is insufficient in that digest information can not be generated to satisfy users' demands to record two contents which are broadcast at the same time. In a reproduction apparatus which simultaneously records a plurality of digital video signals and creates a digest of each of the signals to shorten the reproduction time, particular frames of input digital video signals are recorded on a recording medium as reproduction position information. A first decoder decodes the digital video signals as a whole, and a second decoder decodes only digital video signals associated with the reproduction position information. The output of the second decoder is used as a digest generation signal of a digest generation module. | 12-25-2008 |
20090232471 | Information Recording Apparatus - An information recording/reproducing apparatus capable of simplifying settings of a scene breakpoint includes a voice recognition unit and a control unit. At a timing when the voice recognition unit extracts a feature during recording, the control units sets a scene breakpoint and generates a thumbnail at the same time. During reproduction, the thumbnail and voices when the feature was extracted are output at the same time. | 09-17-2009 |
20090297051 | Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus is configured to have units for compressing and expanding image data and an arbitrating unit for arbitrating control units for executing image processing so that the compressing and expanding units are located between the arbitrating unit and the control units respectively. The apparatus further includes the circuits for compressing and expanding the image data in a reversible manner and a nonreversible manner so that the compressing and expanding manner may be switched according to the image processing condition. When treating a large amount of image data, this configuration makes it possible to reduce the number of accesses to memory and make effective use of a bandwidth, thereby being able to reduce the power consumption. Since the bandwidth is reduced and the random access to memory is made possible, more image processing capabilities may be provided so that the operability of this apparatus is enhanced. | 12-03-2009 |
20100329640 | Recording/Reproducing Apparatus - A recording/reproducing apparatus, for enabling recording/reproducing of a three-dimensional (3D) video stream, by taking a display environment into the consideration thereof, comprises: a stream distinguishing means for distinguishing the three-dimensional (3D) video stream; a 3D/2D stream converting for converting the three-dimensional (3D) video stream distinguished by the stream distinguishing means into a two-dimensional (2D) video stream; and a conversion indicating means for indicating to execute the 3D/2D conversion, wherein the three-dimensional (3D) video stream is converted into the two-dimensional (2D) video stream by the 3D/2D stream means, when the 3D/2D conversion is indicted in the conversion indicating means. | 12-30-2010 |
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20090314395 | High strength thin-gauge steel sheet excellent in elongation and hole expandability and method of production of same - The present invention provides high strength thin-gauge steel sheet with excellent elongation and hole expandability having a tensile strength of 500 MPa or more and a method of production of high strength thin-gauge steel sheet with excellent elongation and hole expandability enabling production of this on an industrial scale, that is, high strength thin-gauge steel sheet comprised of, by mass %, C: 0.03 to 0.25%, Si: 0.4 to 2.0%, Mn: 0.8 to 3.1%, P≦0.02%, S≦0.02%, Al≦2.0%, N≦0.01%, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities and having a microstructure comprised of ferrite with an area fraction of 10 to 85% and residual austenite with a volume fraction of 1 to 10%, an area fraction of 10% to 60% of tempered martensite, and a balance of bainite. | 12-24-2009 |
20110120598 | High-strength steel sheets with excellent resistance to delayed fracture after forming, method for manufacturing the same, and high-strength automotive part manufactured of the same - Steel sheets containing residual austenite of not more than 7 vol. %, crystallized and/or precipitated compounds with particle diameters of 0.01 to 5.0 μm of 100 to 100000 particle/mm | 05-26-2011 |
20110186185 | High strength steel sheet excellent in formability and method producing the same - A high strength steel sheet excellent in formability which has a chemical composition in mass %: C: 0.03 to 0.20%, Si: 0.005 to 0.3%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.1%, P: 0.001 to 0.06%, S: 0.001 to 0.01%, N: 0.0005 to 0.01%, Al: 0.2 to 1.2%, Mo≦0.5%, and the balance: Fe and inevitable impurities, with the proviso that the values of mass % for Si and Al satisfy the following formula (1): (0.0012×[objective value of TS]−0.29−[Si])/2.4508-04-2011 | |
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20090301756 | Insulated Wire and a Wiring Harness - An insulated wire possessing flame retardancy, and wear resistance which is superior to a conventional insulated wire, which includes a conductor, an inside coat of one or more layers arranged to cover the conductor, and an outside coat arranged to cover the outermost layer of the inside coat, wherein at least the layer of the inside coat which is in contact with the conductor is made from an olefin resin including a functional group, and the outside coat is made from a non-halogenous flame-retardant resin composition. The functional group is preferably one or more sorts of groups selected from a carboxylic acid group, an acid anhydrous group, an epoxy group, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an alkenyl cyclic imino ether group, and a silane group. | 12-10-2009 |
20100000787 | FLAME-RETARDANT RESIN COMPOSITION, AN INSULATED WIRE AND A WIRING HARNESS - A flame retardant resin composition which is reasonable in price and possesses superior cold resistance, wear resistance and hot-water resistance, an insulated wire and a wiring harness. The flame-retardant resin composition includes a propylene polymer including an ethylene unit within a range of 1 to 15 mass %, and magnesium hydroxide derived from a natural mineral. The content of the magnesium hydroxide is preferably within a range of 50 to 200 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a polymer component in the composition. A styrene-type thermoplastic elastomer is preferably included in the composition. A Charpy impact value of the propylene polymer at a temperature of −20° C. is preferably 3 to 8 KJ/m | 01-07-2010 |
20100025070 | FLAME RETARDANT, A FLAME-RETARDANT COMPOSITION, AN INSULATED WIRE, A WIRING HARNESS, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE FLAME-RETARDANT COMPOSITION - A flame retardant that is arranged to improve the cold resistance and the productivity of a composition, a flame-retardant composition, an insulated wire, a wiring harness, and a method for manufacturing the flame-retardant composition. The flame retardant includes a pulverized natural mineral which is mainly composed of magnesium hydroxide, wherein the pulverized natural mineral is surface-treated with an organic high polymer such as polyolefin. The amount of surface treatment is within a range of 0.1 to 10 mass %. The flame-retardant composition includes 30 to 250 parts by mass of the flame retardant with respect to 100 parts by mass of an organic high polymer such as polyolefin. The insulated wire includes a conductor and the flame-retardant composition which covers the conductor, and the wiring harness includes the insulated wire. | 02-04-2010 |
20100116548 | INSULATED WIRE AND A WIRING HARNESS - An insulated wire and a wiring harness possessing sufficient flame retardancy and wear resistance superior to a conventional insulated wire. | 05-13-2010 |
20110067921 | FLAME-RETARDANT COMPOSITION, COVERED ELECTRIC WIRE, AND WIRING HARNESS - A flame-retardant composition that is not colored during compounding and molding, and a covered electric wire using the same. The flame-retardant composition contains at least a matrix polymer such as an olefin resin, a phenolic antioxidant having tert-butyl groups in positions 2 and 6 of a hydroxyl group, and a flame retardant that is a pulverized natural mineral containing magnesium hydroxide as the main ingredient, and the iron oxide concentration in the flame retardant is 1000 ppm or less. The covered electric wire uses the flame-retardant composition as a covering material. | 03-24-2011 |
20110079428 | FLAME-RETARDANT COMPOSITION, INSULATED ELECTRIC WIRE, AND WIRING HARNESS USING THE SAME - A flame-retardant composition with excellent wear resistance and cold resistance, an insulated electric wire and a wiring harness using the same. The flame-retardant composition includes a base resin that has a flexural modulus of 500 MPa or more and a Charpy impact strength at −20° C. of 1 KJ/m | 04-07-2011 |
20110198107 | FLAME RETARDANT, FLAME-RETARDANT COMPOSITION, AND INSULATED WIRE - A flame retardant capable of improving cold resistance and manufacturability of a flame-retardant composition containing itself, and a flame-retardant composition and an insulated wire including the same. A flame retardant is prepared by subjecting an aggregation prepared by aggregating particles mainly consisting of magnesium hydroxide made from magnesium chloride contained in seawater to surface treatment using a surface treatment agent containing an organic polymer. The organic polymer is an olefin resin such as polyethylene and polypropylene. The organic polymer is a resin having a low melt viscosity or a low melting point, and specifically a resin having a melt viscosity of 1000 mPa·s or less at 140° C., or having a melting point of 100° C. or less. The flame-retardant composition contains the flame retardant and a matrix polymer. The insulated wire is prepared by covering a conductor with the composition. | 08-18-2011 |
20110266025 | FLAME-RETARDANT RESIN COMPOSITION, AND INSULATED WIRE - A flame-retardant resin composition that has an excellent cold-resistance property and wear-resistance property even when containing as a flame retardant a metallic hydrate such as magnesium hydroxide, and an insulated wire including the composition. The resin composition contains a flame retardant mainly consisting of a metallic hydrate, and a base resin, wherein the base resin contains two or more kinds of polyolefin resins having a flexural modulus of 2000 MPa or more, wherein at least one of the polyolefin resins has a melt flow rate (MFR) of 5 g/10 min or less. The base resin preferably further contains a polyolefin resin having a melt flow rate (MFR) of more than 5 g/10 min. At least one of the polyolefin resins is preferably a polypropylene resin having a functional group. The insulated wire includes a conductor, and an insulator containing the flame-retardant resin composition, with which the conductor is covered. | 11-03-2011 |
20110266026 | FLAME RETARDANT, FLAME-RETARDANT RESIN COMPOSITION, AND INSULATED WIRE - A flame retardant, a flame-retardant resin composition and an insulated wire that have an excellent low-temperature property and cold-resistance property, and high manufacturability. The flame retardant contains magnesium hydroxide that is obtained by chemical synthesis, and a surface treatment agent that contains an organic polymer having a melting point of 150° C. or more, with the surface treatment agent, a surface of the magnesium hydroxide being treated. The flame-retardant resin composition contains the flame retardant and a resin that is a base material. The insulated wire is prepared by covering and insulating a conductor with the flame-retardant resin composition. | 11-03-2011 |
20120234576 | FLAME RETARDANT, FLAME-RETARDANT RESIN COMPOSITION, AND INSULATED WIRE - Provided are a flame retardant, a flame-retardant resin composition and an insulated wire that have favorable low-temperature characteristics, excellent cold resistance and high productivity. The insulated wire includes a conductor that is insulation-coated with the flame-retardant resin composition that contains the flame retardant that contains magnesium hydroxide and a surface treatment agent with which the magnesium hydroxide is surface-treated, wherein the surface treatment agent has a weight-average molecular weight of 10000 or less, and at least a base resin. | 09-20-2012 |
20120241189 | FLAME RETARDANT, FLAME-RETARDANT RESIN COMPOSITION, AND INSULATED WIRE - Provided are a flame retardant, a flame-retardant resin composition and an insulated wire that have favorable low-temperature characteristics, excellent cold resistance and high productivity. The insulated wire includes a conductor that is insulation-coated with the flame-retardant resin composition that contains the flame retardant that contains magnesium hydroxide and a surface treatment agent with which the magnesium hydroxide is surface-treated, wherein the surface treatment agent has a degree of crystallization of 60% or more, and at least a base resin. | 09-27-2012 |
20130192871 | INSULATED WIRE - Provided is an insulated wire that is capable of reducing loads to the environment by containing a renewable biomass resource, and has excellent water resistance even if containing the biomass resource. The insulated wire includes a conductor, and an insulator that coats the perimeter of the conductor, wherein the insulator is made from a resin composition that contains a biodegradable resin having a repeating unit structure represented by the following general formula (1), and a repeating unit structure represented by the following general formula (2); | 08-01-2013 |
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20090322180 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MOTOR - A rotary electric motor includes a cylindrical rotor having an outer peripheral side, a stator provided to surround the outer peripheral side of the rotor with a gap between the stator and the rotor, and a load side bracket having a recess and provided on a load side of the stator. The stator includes stator coils and a stator core having teeth portions around which the stator coils are wound. A load side coil end of each of the stator coils protrudes from a load side end face of the stator core. At least two of an inner peripheral surface, an outer peripheral surface, and an end face of the load side coil end contact an inner surface of the recess via an insulator. | 12-31-2009 |
20100019588 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In the rotating electric machine of the present invention, a groove, in which a load side coil end is inserted, is formed on a load side bracket; a ceramic coat is formed on the inner surface of the groove; and one or more surfaces including at least the end surface of the load side coil end among the inner circumferential surface, outer circumferential surface, and end surface of the load side coil end adhere closely to the inner surface of the groove, in which the coat is formed. | 01-28-2010 |
20120025663 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotating electric machine includes a rotor, a stator and a load side bracket. The rotor has an outer rotor surface around a rotational axis. The stator is provided to surround the outer rotor surface. The stator includes a stator core and a stator coil. The stator core has teeth. Each of the teeth is inserted in the stator coil. The stator coil includes a coil end which is provided on a load side of the stator. The stator coil has an inner coil surface facing the teeth, an outer coil surface which is a reverse side of the inner coil surface. One end and another end of the wire are formed on the outer coil surface. The load side bracket has a groove in which the coil end is provided. | 02-02-2012 |
20120146434 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotary electric machine according to an embodiment includes a substantially cylindrical rotator that is freely rotatably supported, a stator, and a bracket that supports the rotator and the stator. The stator includes stator coils in which a plurality of air-cored coils are arranged in a ring shape and are integrated by resin, each of the air-cored coils being formed by winding a round copper wire and having an outer shape subjected to pressure molding, and stator cores divided for each of teeth. | 06-14-2012 |
20120229066 | VARIABLE FIELD MAGNET ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A variable field magnet rotating electrical machine includes a stator, a rotor, and a rotary position detector. The stator includes a stator winding coil and a stator iron core. The rotor includes a field magnet, a first field magnetic pole portion, and a second field magnetic pole portion. The first field magnetic pole portion is configured to turn relative to the second field magnetic pole portion. The first and second field magnetic pole portions include signal generators each configured to generate a signal to detect a rotary position of a corresponding one of the first and second field magnetic pole portions. The rotary position detector is configured to detect a rotary position of the rotor. | 09-13-2012 |
20120326548 | PERMANENT MAGNET ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A permanent magnet rotating electrical machine includes a stator and a rotatable, approximately cylindrical rotor. The rotor includes a shaft, rotor cores, radial permanent magnets, and side plates. The shaft includes projected and depressed engagement portions. The rotor cores are separated from each other on a magnetic pole basis. The rotor cores constitute circumferentially arranged pole shoes. The radial permanent magnets are each on a circumferential side of a pole shoe among the pole shoes. Each of the radial permanent magnets is engaged with an engagement portion among the engagement portions of the shaft. The side plates are on axial ends of the rotor. The side plates support the rotor cores and the permanent magnets in a radial direction of the rotor. | 12-27-2012 |
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20090009162 | EDDY CURRENT FLAW DETECTION PROBE - Disclosed is an eddy current flaw detection probe that is capable of pressing itself against an inspection target whose curvature varies. A flaw sensor is configured by fastening a plurality of coils to a flexible substrate that faces the surface of the inspection target. A first elastic body is positioned opposite the inspection target for the flaw sensor, is obtained by stacking two or more elastic plates, and has an elastic coefficient that varies in a longitudinal direction. A second elastic body is a porous body positioned between the flexible substrate and the first elastic body. A pressure section is employed to press the first elastic body toward the inspection target. | 01-08-2009 |
20090122942 | APPARATUS FOR ULTRASONIC INSPECTION OF REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL - An object of the present invention is to provide an inspection apparatus for inspecting weld zones in a reactor pressure vessel, the inspection apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe | 05-14-2009 |
20090235749 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION METHOD AND ULTRASONIC INSPECTION APPARATUS - The present invention provides an ultrasonic inspection method and ultrasonic inspection apparatus capable of easily inspecting a weld line and detecting a circumferential crack and an axial crack that are present in the weld line. An ultrasonic probe is placed on the surface of a structure and transmits an ultrasonic wave. A welded part is present on the opposite surface to the surface on which the ultrasonic probe is placed. The ultrasonic wave is transmitted at an optional in an X′-Z plane defined by an X′ axis and a Z axis, when the direction of a normal to the surface on which the ultrasonic probe is placed is defined as an X axis, the direction in which the weld line extends is defined as a Y axis, the direction perpendicular to the X axis and the Y axis is defined as a Z axis, and an axis obtained by rotating the X axis around the Z axis is defined as an X′ axis. After the ultrasonic wave is transmitted at an optional angle in the X′-Z plane, a control mechanism performs signal processing based on the intensities of signals reflected from an axial crack defect DE-V, a circumferential crack defect DE-H and the like to detect the defects and measure the lengths of the defects. | 09-24-2009 |
20110096888 | APPARATUS FOR ULTRASONIC INSPECTION OF REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL - An object of the present invention is to provide an inspection apparatus for inspecting weld zones in a reactor pressure vessel, the inspection apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe | 04-28-2011 |
20110103536 | APPARATUS FOR ULTRASONIC INSPECTION OF REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL - An object of the present invention is to provide an inspection apparatus for inspecting weld zones in a reactor pressure vessel, the inspection apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe | 05-05-2011 |
20110148404 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING LENGTH OF DEFECT IN EDDY CURRENT TESTING - The surface length of a metal subject to be inspected is evaluated by detecting an eddy current without using a combination of a scale and visual or liquid penetrant inspection. An exciting coil and a detecting coil are scanned above the subject in a length direction. An eddy current detector measures an output voltage corresponding to scanning positions based on an output from the detecting coil. Based on an output voltage distribution curve indicating a distribution of output voltages corresponding to the scanning positions, position information is extracted corresponding to values which are within a differential voltage range and lower by 12 dB than a maximum value of the output voltages on the left and right sides of the distribution. A distance between the positions included in the extracted information is calculated to evaluate the length of a slit which is a defect present on the subject surface. | 06-23-2011 |
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20080303091 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes an n channel conductivity type FET having a channel formation region formed in a first region on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate and a p channel conductivity type FET having a channel formation region formed in a second region of the main surface, which second region is different from the first region. An impurity concentration of a gate electrode of the n channel FET has an impurity concentration greater than an impurity concentration of the gate electrode of the p channel FET to thereby create a tensile stress in the direction of flow of a drain current in the channel forming region of the n channel FET. The tensile stress in the flow direction of the drain current in the channel forming region of the n channel FET is greater than a tensile stress in the direction of flow of a drain current in the channel forming region of the p channel FET. | 12-11-2008 |
20090039427 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes an n channel conductivity type FET having a channel formation region formed in a first region on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate and a p channel conductivity type FET having a channel formation region formed in a second region of the main surface, which second region is different from the first region. An impurity concentration of a gate electrode of the n channel FET has an impurity concentration greater than an impurity concentration of the gate electrode of the p channel FET to thereby create a tensile stress in the direction of flow of a drain current in the channel forming region of the n channel FET. The tensile stress in the flow direction of the drain current in the channel forming region of the n channel FET is greater than a tensile stress in the direction of flow of a drain current in the channel forming region of the p channel FET. | 02-12-2009 |
20110037134 | Solid-State Image Sensor Device - In a solid-state image sensor device, the efficiency of light collection to a light-receiving region of a photodiode PD through a microlens is enhanced by arranging a wiring line configuration. Each of the first metal layer and the second metal layer is arranged to have a ring-like portion formed along a profile of the light-receiving region of the photodiode PD in a fashion that an upper position over the photodiode PD is surrounded by the first and second metal layers and a third metal layer. | 02-17-2011 |
20130049156 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - In a region of a weak internal electric field, photocharges generated in a region deeper than the photodiode are diffused laterally to lower the sensitivity by photoelectrons flowing into adjacent pixels, etc (crosstalk). An anti-crosstalk layer is disposed in the photodiode forming portion, and between a pixel region and a peripheral circuit region. Crosstalk between a pixel and a pixel or between a pixel region and a peripheral circuit region is decreased to improve the photosensitivity. | 02-28-2013 |
20130215308 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - A solid-state image sensing device is configured such that a first voltage is applied to a first conductivity type semiconductor region and a second voltage is applied to source-drain regions having a second conductivity type of the MOS capacitance to apply inverse bias between the semiconductor region and the source-drain regions of the MOS capacitance. | 08-22-2013 |