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20090064792 | LOAD DETECTING APPARATUS - A load detecting apparatus includes a strain member, a supporting member, a load input member and a strain detecting element. The supporting member is employed for supporting the strain member at a supporting portion thereof The load input member is supported by the strain member and strains the strain member when an external load is applied thereon. The strain detecting element is provided at at least a surface of the strain member for detecting the strain generated by the load input member. Further, an outer end of the supporting portion located outwardly relative to the load input member is fixed to the strain member. | 03-12-2009 |
20090126500 | LOAD DETECTION DEVICE - A load detection device includes a strain generating body having first and second holes at first and second ends of the strain generating body, a strain gauge attached on the strain generating body, first and second fixing members having first and second middle shaft portion press-fitted into the first and second holes, respectively, and having first and second end shaft portions protruding from the first and second middle shaft portions, respectively, a bracket member having first fixing portion including a first fixing hole into which the first end shaft portion is press-fitted, and a second fixing portion, integrally connected to the first fixing portion and including a second fixing hole into which the second end shaft portion is inserted with a clearance therebetween, a press-fit fixing member press-fitted onto the second end shaft portion, and a connecting shaft integrally connected to the strain generating body. | 05-21-2009 |
20140194052 | GRILLE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A grille apparatus for a vehicle includes a first cover arranged at an opening portion of a front grille, a second cover arranged at the opening portion of the front grille, and a drive mechanism changing a relative position of the first cover and the second cover in response to a driving force of a drive source, in which the drive mechanism changes an opening amount of the front grille by performing an opening operation moving the second cover to a rear of the first cover, and by performing a closing operation returning the second cover to a fully-closed position, the fully-closed position before moving the second cover to the rear of the first cover while maintaining the first cover and the second cover within the opening portion of the front grille. | 07-10-2014 |
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20090136375 | REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR, COOLING SYSTEM AND REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerant compressor having a compression element comprising sliding components made of metallic materials, wherein a mixed layer is formed by solid-dissolving molybdenum disulfide in at least one of the sliding faces of the sliding components, and a single molybdenum disulfide layer is further formed on the surface of the mixed layer. With this configuration, initial break-in is done using the single layer, and sliding loss is reduced. Even if the single layer peels off, because the molybdenum disulfide of the mixed layer is cleaved at a low friction coefficient, solid lubrication action is attained, the friction coefficient of the sliding section is lowered, and sliding loss is reduced. | 05-28-2009 |
20100008808 | SLIDING FACE MODIFICATION MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SLIDING FACE MODIFICATION MATERIAL, METHOD FOR USING SLIDING FACE MODIFICATION MATERIAL, SLIDING MEMBERS HAVING SLIDING FACE MODIFICATION MATERIAL, AND COMPRESSOR COMPRISING SLIDING MEMBERS - A highly reliable sliding face modification material capable of forming a stable film of molybdenum disulfide on the sliding face of a sliding member, the sliding face modification material having a molybdenum disulfide content of 95 wt % or more and an organic material content of 1500 ppm or less in weight ratio, and the sliding face modification material being projected onto the sliding face to form a coating layer. | 01-14-2010 |
20130129537 | REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR - A refrigerant compressor according to the present invention is configured that at least one member constituting an electric element and a compression element is made of a rubber material. This rubber material is nitrile rubber, in which: Condition 1: bound acrylonitrile content is within a range of 35 to 51% by weight; Condition 2: organic compound having carbon atom, which is capable of creating double bond with sulfur atom, nitrogen atom or carbon atom and is also capable of creating single bond with sulfur atom or nitrogen atom, is not used as a vulcanizing accelerator in the process for creating cross-linkage; and Condition 3: no phthalic ester is contained. | 05-23-2013 |
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20090012830 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR EXTRACTING WORK ITEM - A work item extraction apparatus includes: a checklist DB; a checklist input unit for receiving input information to the checklist of the list DB; a work item DB; a work item extraction rule DB; a work item extraction unit for determining whether or not input information of the checklist input unit satisfies an extraction condition of each checklist corresponding to a predetermined work item, for calculating an evaluation value based on a ratio between a total number of the checklist corresponding to the predetermined work item and a relevant number of the checklist satisfying the extraction condition, and for extracting the predetermined work item when the value exceeds a predetermined threshold; and a work-item-extraction-result display unit for outputting the work item extracted by the work item extraction unit to a display screen. | 01-08-2009 |
20090248675 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING DOCUMENT EVALUATION - A document evaluation support system narrows the search for related terms in a document, evaluates a search result, provides information of the evaluation, and further searches the search result for a related paragraph in the document so as to support evaluation and determination of the document. The system includes a document division section, a specified term search section, and a search result evaluation section. The sections further include a document attribute database, a document division determination rule database, a document division determination unit, a document division input unit, a divided document (paragraph) with heading database, a keyword database, a numeric database, a search method input unit, a search condition database, a specified result search unit, a search result database, a search result display unit, a weight database, a search result evaluation unit, an evaluation result database, and an evaluation result display unit. | 10-01-2009 |
20120221324 | Document Processing Apparatus - In a text document processing apparatus, there is provided standard knowledge network data composed of networked phrases having strong mutual relation to each other, the phrases being selected from a knowledge field including contents of a text document to be examined. In addition, there is provided a document knowledge preparing function that prepares knowledge network data of the document to be examined, the knowledge network data being composed of networked phrases having strong mutual relation to each other, the phrases being selected from the text document. Further, a processing unit that checks a specified word constituting the knowledge network data of the document to be examined and a standard knowledge network data, and in a case when information of phrases which are networked to the specified word are different from each other, outputs difference information including information of the specified word. | 08-30-2012 |
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20080296265 | Shielded metal arc welding machine - A shielded metal arc welding machine having a characteristic with a constant current output characteristic and a drooping output characteristic properly combined is provided. A shielded metal arc welding machine having a constant current output characteristic, characterized by having a desired drooping output characteristic, which has an optional drooping degree with a point at which a characteristic line of said constant current output characteristic intersects a welding load characteristic line L as a base point, and replaces said constant current output characteristic. | 12-04-2008 |
20080308540 | Engine driven welding machine - An engine driven welding machine which is favorable in operability and has high reliability and reliably performs idle stop and restart is provided. An engine driven welding machine in which a welding generator is driven by an engine, and the aforesaid engine performs an idle operation when a welding operation is stopped is characterized by including an engine stop signal forming circuit IT which forms a stop signal for stopping an operation of the aforesaid engine when time of the aforesaid idle operation exceeds a predetermined time, a direct-current power supply PS connected to an output terminal of the aforesaid welding machine, voltage detecting means VS which detects a voltage change of the aforesaid output terminal, a restart detecting circuit RS which forms a restart signal for restarting the aforesaid engine when the detected voltage by the aforesaid voltage detecting means shows a predetermined change mode for starting the welding operation, and an engine control circuit EC which stops the aforesaid engine in response to the aforesaid stop signal, and restarts the aforesaid engine in response to the aforesaid restart signal. | 12-18-2008 |
20080308541 | Engine driven welding machine - An engine driven welding machine which is favorable in operability and has high reliability and reliably performs idle stop and restart is provided. An engine driven welding machine in which a welding generator is driven by an engine, and the aforesaid engine performs an idle operation when a welding operation is stopped is characterized by including an engine stop signal forming circuit IT which forms a stop signal for stopping an operation of the aforesaid engine when time of the aforesaid idle operation exceeds a predetermined time, a direct-current power supply PS connected to an output terminal of the aforesaid welding machine, voltage detecting means VS which detects a voltage change of the aforesaid output terminal, a restart detecting circuit RS which forms a restart signal for restarting the aforesaid engine when the detected voltage by the aforesaid voltage detecting means shows a predetermined change mode for starting the welding operation, and an engine control circuit EC which stops the aforesaid engine in response to the aforesaid stop signal, and restarts the aforesaid engine in response to the aforesaid restart signal. | 12-18-2008 |
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20110122163 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE DRIVING METHOD, AND DISPLAY DRIVING CONTROL METHOD - A display device of at least one embodiment of the present invention includes at least one correcting device for, in a case where a first data signal is to be written to a first pixel during a unique horizontal period, (i) carrying out a first gray scale correction with respect to display data corresponding to the first data signal to be written to the first pixel during the unique horizontal period, and (ii) supplying the display data to a display driver, the unique horizontal period being a first horizontal period for one of the driving signals supplied to respective storage capacitor bus lines which first horizontal period occurs a first number of horizontal periods after an initial horizontal period included in a given cyclic term for either or both of a binary level, the given cyclic term being a second cyclic term for the driving signals which second cyclic term occurs a second number of cyclic terms after a first cyclic term including a horizontal period during which the data signals start to be written to the pixels, the first number being different from a corresponding number for any other of the driving signals. | 05-26-2011 |
20110149165 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention has as an object to reduce display unevenness that occurs under the influence of a coupling between a first pixel in which a green component is displayed and a data signal line by which second pixel is driven. The present invention includes a correction process section ( | 06-23-2011 |
20110170014 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A plurality of groups each of which includes a plurality of scanning signal lines are sequentially selected; a polarity of the data signal electric potentials in one (first group) of sequentially-selected groups is set to be different from that of the other (second group) of the two groups; two pieces of dummy scan periods are put between (i) a horizontal scan period corresponding to a last horizontal scan in the first group and (ii) a horizontal scan period corresponding to a first horizontal scan in the second group; dummy signal electric potentials are supplied to the data signal line in the dummy scan periods; and a time period from when a scanning pulse which corresponds to the last horizontal scan in the first group becomes nonactive to when the dummy scan period is started is set to be longer than a time period from when a scanning pulse corresponding to one of consecutive two horizontal scans becomes nonactive in the first group to when a horizontal scan period corresponding to the other of the consecutive two horizontal scans is started. This makes it possible to enhance display quality in a case where the data signal line is subjected to the block-reversal driving. | 07-14-2011 |
20110261266 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a data processing apparatus including a correction circuit. In at least one embodiment, the data correction circuit acquires pixel data of a first pixel for display of a first color component and pixel data of a second pixel for display of a second color component, the second pixel being driven by a scanning signal line which drives the first pixel and being driven by a data signal line which is adjacent to the first pixel, and corrects the pixel data of the second pixel in accordance with a relationship between a value of the pixel data of the first pixel and a value of the pixel data of the second pixel. Thus, it is possible to cause a liquid crystal driving panel to perform uniform display without causing display unevenness even in a case where a halftone of a specific color component is uniformly displayed. | 10-27-2011 |
20120044427 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - When each of R, G, and B pixels continuously display identical gray scales (1023 gray scale) in a liquid crystal display device in which the thicknesses of the liquid crystal layers are of R pixel>G pixel>B pixel, the R pixel is alternately supplied with a positive signal potential (SHR1023) and a negative signal potential (SLR1023), the G pixel is alternately supplied with a positive signal potential (SHG1023) and a negative signal potential (SLG1023), and the B pixel is alternately supplied with a positive signal potential (SHB1023) and a negative signal potential (SLB1023). A first middle value (SMR1023) that between SHR1023 and SLR1023 is set higher than a second middle value (SMG1023) that is between SHG1023 and SLG1023, and second middle value (SMG1023) is set higher than a third middle value (SMB1023) that is between SHB1023 and SLB1023. | 02-23-2012 |
20120223958 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display device which is arranged so that when an image is scrolled, a noise pattern does not easily overlap the image. The display device includes a display region that includes a region in which an arrangement pattern (U | 09-06-2012 |
20120268504 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that appropriately compensates for a feed-through voltage. The liquid crystal display device is arranged such that when data of a certain gray level is to be displayed, the effective value of a pixel voltage changes in an N-frame cycle, a first pixel and a second pixel are provided that are different in the effective value during an i-th frame (1≦i≦N), the first pixel has a positive polarity during the i-th frame, whereas the second pixel has a negative polarity during an i{N/2 after}th frame, the first pixel has a polarity during a j-th frame (where 1≦j≦N and i≠j), the polarity being different from the polarity of the second pixel during a j{N/2 after}th frame, and when data of a first gray level is to be displayed, VB and VC are different from each other, where VA is a source voltage (VD) of the first pixel during the i-th frame, VB is a source voltage (VD) of the second pixel during the i{N/2 after}th frame, and VC is, in a case where data of a second gray level is to be displayed when the first pixel has a positive polarity during the j-th frame, a source voltage (VD) of the second pixel during the j{N/2 after}th frame for the case in which the source voltage (VD) of the first pixel during the first pixel is VA. | 10-25-2012 |
20120274860 | LCD DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A liquid crystal display device which carries out a single tone display with a change in pixel luminance during a single cycle composed of first to mth frame periods (m is an integer of 4 or more), includes: pixels of a first type in which when a halftone is displayed, supply of two or more kinds of data voltage during at least either the first to nth frame periods (n is an integer of 2 or more to m or less) or the (n+1)th to mth frame periods causes liquid crystal layers to produce rise responses during the first to nth frame periods and produce decay responses during the (n+1)th to mth frame periods; and pixels of a second type in which when a halftone is displayed, supply of two or more kinds of data voltage during at least either the first to nth frame periods or the (n+1)th to mth frame periods causes liquid crystal layers to produce decay responses during the first to nth frame periods and produce rise responses during the (n+1)th to mth frame periods. This makes it possible to achieve both an improvement in viewing angle characteristic and a reduction in flickers. | 11-01-2012 |
20140139562 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device adopting a time-division scheme to improve viewing angle characteristics, the occurrence of horizontal lines on a screen is suppressed. When first output gray scales are obtained for one-line data, the sum total of differences between “source voltages for a horizontal scanning period immediately before a horizontal scanning period during which a processing target line is placed in a selected state” and “source voltages determined based on the first output gray scales obtained by a gray scale value obtaining unit” for all source bus lines is determined (step S | 05-22-2014 |
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20100089504 | PRECIPITATION-HARDENED, MARTENSITIC, CAST STAINLESS STEEL HAVING EXCELLENT MACHINABILITY AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - Precipitation-hardened, martensitic, cast stainless steel having a composition comprising, by mass, 0.08-0.18% of C, 1.5% or less of Si, 2.0% or less of Mn, 0.005-0.4% of S, 13.5-16.5% of Cr, 3.0-5.5% of Ni, 0.5-2.8% of Cu, 1.0-2.0% of Nb, and 0.12% or less of N, the amounts of C, N and Nb meeting the condition of −0.2≦9(C %+0.86N %)−Nb %≦1.0, the rest being Fe and inevitable impurities, and having a structure in which Cu precipitates having an average particle size of 0.1-0.4 μm are dispersed in a tempered-martensite-based matrix. | 04-15-2010 |
20110000200 | HEAT-RESISTANT, AUSTENITIC CAST STEEL AND EXHAUST MEMBER MADE THEREOF - Heat-resistant, austenitic cast steel comprising by mass 0.3-0.6% of C, 1.1-2% of Si, 1.5% or less of Mn, 17.5-22.5% of Cr, 8-13% of Ni, 1.5-4% as (W+2Mo) of at least one of W and Mo, 1-4% of Nb, 0.01-0.3% of N, 0.01-0.5% of S, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and meeting the following formulae (1), (2), (3) and (4): | 01-06-2011 |
20130022489 | HEAT-RESISTANT, FERRITIC CAST STEEL HAVING EXCELLENT ROOM-TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS, AND EXHAUST MEMBER MADE THEREOF - A heat-resistant, ferritic cast steel having excellent room-temperature toughness, which has a composition comprising by mass 0.32-0.48% of C, 0.85% or less of Si, 2% or less of Mn, 1.5% or less of Ni, 16-19.8% of Cr, 3.2-5% of Nb, Nb/C being 9-11.5, 0.15% or less of N, 0.002-0.2% of S, and 0.8% or less in total of W and/or Mo, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and a structure in which a eutectic (δ+NbC) phase formed from a δ phase and Nb carbide (NbC) has an area ratio of 60-90%, and an exhaust member made thereof. | 01-24-2013 |
20130195713 | HEAT-RESISTANT, FERRITIC CAST STEEL HAVING EXCELLENT MELT FLOWABILITY, GAS DEFECT RESISTANCE, TOUGHNESS AND MACHINABILITY, AND EXHAUST MEMBER MADE THEREOF - A heat-resistant, ferritic cast steel having excellent melt flowability, gas defect resistance, toughness and machinability, which has a composition comprising by mass, C: 0.32-0.45%, Si: 0.85% or less, Mn: 0.15-2%, Ni: 1.5% or less, Cr: 16-23%, Nb: 3.2-4.5%, Nb/C: 9-11.5, N: 0.15% or less, S: (Nb/20-0.1) to 0.2%, W and/or Mo: 3.2% or less in total (W+Mo), the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and a structure in which the area ratio of a eutectic (δ+NbC) phase of δ ferrite and Nb carbide (NbC) is 60-80%, and the area ratio of manganese chromium sulfide (MnCr)S is 0.2-1.2%, and an exhaust member made thereof. | 08-01-2013 |
20140352851 | SPHEROIDAL GRAPHITE CAST IRON HAVING EXCELLENT STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - A spheroidal graphite cast iron having (a) a composition comprising by mass 3.4-4% of C, 1.9-2.8% of Si, 0.02-0.06% of Mg, 0.2-1% of Mn, 0.2-2% of Cu, 0-0.1% of Sn, 0.85-3% of (Mn+Cu+10×Sn), 0.05% or less of P, and 0.02% or less of S, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and (b) a duplex matrix structure comprising by area 2-40% of fine ferrite phases and 60-98% of fine pearlite phases, the maximum length of the ferrite phases being 300 μm or less, and (c) the pearlite phases being formed around graphite particles dispersed in the duplex matrix structure. | 12-04-2014 |
20150086412 | HEAT-RESISTANT, AUSTENITIC CAST STEEL HAVING EXCELLENT MACHINABILITY AND EXHAUST MEMBER MADE THEREOF - A heat-resistant, austenitic cast steel having excellent machinability comprising by mass 0.4-0.55% of C, 1-2% of Si, 0.5-1.5% of Mn, 18-27% of Cr, 8-22% of Ni, 1.5-2.5% of Nb, 0.01-0.3% of N, 0.1-0.2% of S, and 0.02-0.15% of Al, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, a machinability index I represented by the following formula: I=100×S+75×Al+0.75×Mn−10×C−2×Nb−0.25×Cr−0.15×Ni−1.2×N, wherein each element symbol represents % by mass of each element in the cast steel, meeting the condition of −3.0≦I≦+14.0, and an exhaust member made thereof. | 03-26-2015 |
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20090316188 | Data Processing Apparatus - A controller of a data processing apparatus recognizes connection of a USB memory to a USB terminal. The controller reads designation information stored in the USB memory. The designation information specifies a process to be executed by the data processing apparatus. The controller outputs an instruction for executing a process specified by the designation information to each portion of the data processing apparatus, such as a scanner portion or a printer portion, based on the designation information. | 12-24-2009 |
20100073701 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INDEX GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING INDEX GENERATION PROGRAM RECORDED - An image processing apparatus includes a scanner for reading out documents, a first extraction unit for extracting text contained in document images, a second extraction unit for extracting at least one Web address from the text, a fetch unit for obtaining at least one Web page corresponding to the Web address, a first generation unit for generating a concatenated image by concatenating the document images with the Web page, and a second generation unit for generating an index indicating a corresponding relationship between the document images and the Web page in the concatenated image. | 03-25-2010 |
20100302587 | IMAGE PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTER SELECTION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREIN PRINTER DRIVER - A certain PC selects an MFP expected to complete a print job the earliest based on the number of print jobs being spooled in each MFP, and outputs the print job to the selected MFP. Despite this, there occurs a problem that it takes longer time to complete the print job than a user thought due to that other PC has output a print job to the selected MFP substantially simultaneously with the certain PC. In view of this problem, according to the present invention, a terminal information management unit included in each MFP manages the default setting number that is the number of PCs that each set the MFP as its default MFP for ordinary use. A PC selects an MFP to which a print job is to be output based on the default setting number collected from each MFP, and outputs the print job to the selected MFP. | 12-02-2010 |
20100309497 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device prints a link source webpage and a link target webpage so that (i) it is easy to grasp, from a printout of these webpages, that these webpages are associated with each other, and (ii) the printout can be easily organized. MFP | 12-09-2010 |
20120224198 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SETTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH SETTING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes a setting screen displaying portion to display a setting screen on a display portion, an input screen displaying portion to display an input screen including input keys on the display portion, a position detecting portion to detect a position designated by a user on a display surface of the display portion, an item selecting portion to select one of a plurality of setting items on the setting screen, a setting value accepting portion to accept a value determined by the input key designated by the user as a setting value for the setting item being selected, and a designation accepting portion, provided independently of the position detecting portion, to accept a user's designation. The input screen displaying portion displays the input screen on the display portion when the designation accepting portion accepts a first designation in the state where the setting screen is being displayed. | 09-06-2012 |
20130335771 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus, comprises: a receiving part for receiving an email at a predetermined time; a print outputting part for producing a printed output of data contained in the received email; a stop controlling part for temporarily suspending the receiving process by the receiving part or the process to produce the printed output by the print outputting part; a determining part for receiving an input of instruction information specifying a processing to process the received email and determining the processing to process the received email in accordance with the input instruction information while the stop controlling part is temporarily suspending the process; and an email processing part for performing the processing determined by the determining part to process the received email while the process is being temporarily suspended by the stop controlling part or after the temporary suspension by the stop controlling part is cancelled. | 12-19-2013 |
20140029035 | PRINTING SETTING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A printing setting apparatus for generating printing setting information described in one data format included in plural types of data formats and submitting a printing job to an image forming apparatus capable of executing a printing job based on printing setting information described in said plural types of data formats, comprising: an operation acceptor for accepting a user's operation for input; a generator for making printing setting based on control information received by said operation acceptor and generating printing setting information described in said one data format based on said printing setting; a converter for converting said printing setting information described in said one data format into printing setting information described in another data format included in said plural types of data formats; and an output part for outputting said printing setting information which is generated by said converter and described in said another data format. | 01-30-2014 |
20140118782 | DISPLAY APPARATUS ACCEPTING SCROLL OPERATION - An image forming apparatus displays part of function keys for menu items of basic functions so as to be stopped at a predetermined stop position. The image forming apparatus switches the function keys for menu items of basic functions to be displayed, by displaying another part of function keys for menu items of basic functions so as to be stopped at a predetermined stop position. When part of function keys for menu items of advanced functions are displayed so as to be arranged in a predetermined direction, the image forming apparatus accepts scroll operation and then moves the menu items of advanced functions by a distance decided based on the speed of the scroll operation. | 05-01-2014 |
20140145987 | IMAGE PROCESSOR DISPLAYING PLURAL FUNCTION KEYS IN SCROLLABLE STATE - An image processor displays a mapscroller screen including a function key display region and an icon display region. The function key display region displays a plurality of function keys arrayed in first direction while being scrollable in the first direction, the plurality of function keys receiving a setting of a function related to image processing, and the icon display region displays a plurality of icons arrayed in the first direction in an order identical to that of the plurality of function keys displayed in the function key display region, the plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of function keys displayed in the function key display region. The image processor groups and displays, on the mapscroller screen, the function key and icon corresponding to the function, in which the setting is received when a grouping instruction is received with the settings of the plurality of functions received. | 05-29-2014 |
20140146358 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS REMOTELY OPERATED BY EXTERNAL TERMINAL, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus remotely operated by an external terminal includes a generation unit generating a first composite image by combining an operation screen image corresponding to an operation screen of the image forming apparatus that includes software keys, and the hardware key area image of an area including hardware key images corresponding to hardware keys of the image forming apparatus, a setting unit not setting a dead area within the hardware key images but setting the dead area in a portion of an area of at least one software key among the software keys, the portion being on a side close to the hardware key area image, and the at least one software key being adjacent to the hardware key area image, and a transmission unit transmitting the first composite image as a remote operation image used in remotely operating the image forming apparatus, to the external terminal. | 05-29-2014 |
20140368454 | DISPLAY DEVICE DETECTING TOUCH ON DISPLAY UNIT - An MFP (Multi Function Peripheral) serving as a display device detects a touch on the touch panel and then sets a wait time in accordance with the position of the touch on the touch panel. If another touch is detected before the wait time has passed since the touch on the touch panel is detected, the MFP determines that the detected two touches are multi-touch. If the wait time has passed without detecting another touch since the touch on the touch panel is detected, the MFP determines that the detected touch is single touch. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368871 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A remote control apparatus for remotely controlling an image forming apparatus includes a display unit configured to display an operation screen for remotely controlling the image forming apparatus, an activation unit configured to activate a handwriting input application that is installed in the remote control apparatus in a state where image data for displaying a keyboard screen as the operation screen is received from the image forming apparatus, and a display control unit configured to display a handwriting input screen on the display unit, the handwriting input screen being an input screen for the handwriting input application activated by the activation unit. | 12-18-2014 |
20140376042 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A remote control apparatus includes a display unit that displays an operation screen for remote control of an image forming apparatus, a communication unit that, when operation input is a display instruction to display a character input screen, receives character type information indicating a type of characters to be input in the character input screen from the image forming apparatus, and a display control unit that, when the character type information is received, activates a handwriting input application installed in the remote control apparatus and displays a handwriting input screen for the handwriting input application on the display unit, on condition that the character type information indicates a first character type. When the character type information indicates a second character type different from the first character type, the display control unit displays a character input screen for input of the second character type without activating the handwriting input application. | 12-25-2014 |
20150077787 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes: a path establishing portion to establish a communication path with a remote operation device; an active device setting portion to set the remote operation device with which the communication path is established to be an active device; a process execution portion to execute a process in accordance with a remote operation received from the active device; and a standby device setting portion to, in response to a communication path being established with another remote operation device, set another remote operation device to be a standby device. The active device setting portion includes a sequential setting portion to, in response to detection of an end state in which no remote operation is received from the active device, set the standby device to be an active device. | 03-19-2015 |
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20110129362 | WATER-INJECTION TYPE SCROLL AIR COMPRESSOR - Disclosed is a water-injection type scroll air compressor whose pre-stopping operation time for drying can be reduced while enhancing compressor efficiency. The compressor body | 06-02-2011 |
20110194963 | Water Injected Scroll Air Compressor - A high reliability water injected scroll air compressor is provided. In the scroll air compressor provided with: an orbiting scroll; a fixed scroll corresponding the orbiting scroll; a motor that generates driving force for making the orbiting scroll orbit the fixed scroll; a compressing path from a suction port to a discharge port; and a portion for injecting water into the compressing path, the operation is controlled by switching operation in which water is injected into the compressing path and operation in which no water is injected. Corrosion, the failure of activation and a touch to the wrap respectively worried when water is injected into an air end are avoided by switching the operation with water injection and the operation without water injection as described above so as to prevent water from remaining in the air end. | 08-11-2011 |
20110243781 | OILLESS SCREW COMPRESSOR AND COMPRESSED AIR COOLING UNIT - An oilless screw compressor incorporating water-cooled cooling units for cooling compressed air discharged from compressor bodies having a pair of male and female screw rotors which can be rotated in a contactless and oilless manner, the cooling units comprising a plate type heat-exchanger, and the amount of cooling water for the plate type heat-exchanger being adjustable. With this configuration, a difference between a temperature during load operation and a temperature upon automatic stopping and during unload operation of the compressor can be reduced, so that the cooling unit can be restrained from being damaged or broken within a short period, thereby it is possible to provide a highly reliable oilless screw compressor. | 10-06-2011 |
20110274574 | Water Injected Scroll Air Compressor - As pressure in a water tank rapidly rises when water inside a compressor is evaporated by the high temperature of compressed air and this situation makes the operation unstable, an object of the present subject matter is to address this problem. A water injected scroll air compressor is provided with: an air end of the scroll air compressor; a driving unit that generates driving force for the air end; a compressing path from a suction port to a discharge port; a portion to inject water into the compressing path; a discharge piping of air discharged from the air end; a tank provided on a path of the discharge piping for storing water separated from the compressed air; and a cooler that is provided on the path of the discharge piping between the tank and the air end and cools the compressed air discharged from the air end. | 11-10-2011 |
20120100029 | SCREW COMPRESSOR - In order to prevent deterioration in performance of an oil-free screw compressor and scuffing caused by rust, surfaces of both male and female rotors are coated with heat-resistance coatings containing a solid lubricant. | 04-26-2012 |
20120315174 | Scroll-Type Fluid Machine - A scroll-type fluid machine reduces intrusion of abrasion powders, generated by sliding of a conductor causing an orbiting scroll side and a fixed scroll side to be conducted, into a compression chamber, and improves reliability of a compressor. The scroll-type machine includes a casing, a fixed scroll having a flange surface attached to the casing, and a wrap portion provided at an end plate, an orbiting scroll having a wrap portion provided at the end plate, and provided in an opposed relationship with the fixed scroll, a drive shaft connected through a crank portion to the orbiting scroll, an orbiting bearing, a face seal portion arranged between the orbiting scroll and the fixed scroll, a cooling fan, and an orbiting scroll side conductive brush. | 12-13-2012 |
20130136643 | Oil Free Screw Compressor - Provided are a structure of arranging a compressor main body and a compressor driving motor at a bottom of a package; including a duct on a top side thereof; arranging an inter cooler on a left side surface of the duct; arranging an after cooler on a top surface thereof; arranging an oil cooler on a front surface thereof; arranging a cooling fan inside of the duct; providing an exhaust port on a bottom surface of the duct; and respectively providing exhaust ducts connected to a top surface of the package on downstream sides of the coolers, and a structure of cooling air suctioned by the cooling fan from the suction port to the inside of the duct, passing through the coolers, and discharged upwardly from the package via the exhaust duct, implementing a compact oil free screw compressor with low noise capable of reducing an installation area. | 05-30-2013 |
20140147325 | Water Injected Scroll Air Compressor - A high reliability water injected scroll air compressor is provided with an orbiting scroll, a fixed scroll corresponding to the orbiting scroll, a motor that generates driving force for making the orbiting scroll orbit the fixed scroll, a compressing path from a suction port to a discharge port, and a portion for injecting water into the compressing path. The operation is controlled by a switching operation in which water is injected into the compressing path and then no water is injected. Corrosion, failure of activation, and concerns about wrap contact when water is injected into an air end are avoided by switching the operation with water injection and the operation without water injection so as to prevent water from remaining in the air end. | 05-29-2014 |
20140322058 | SCREW COMPRESSOR - In order to prevent deterioration in performance of an oil-free screw compressor and scuffing caused by rust, surfaces of both male and female rotors are coated with heat-resistance coatings containing a solid lubricant. A coating contains Polyimide resin to which Molybdenum disulfide, as a solid lubricant, and Aluminium oxide and Titanium oxide, as additives, are added. Accordingly, it is possible to realize a coating that is higher in heat resistance and longer in lifetime than a conventional one. | 10-30-2014 |
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20100009490 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING A SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a solid-state imaging device. A solid-state image sensor is mounted on the semiconductor package support and electrically connected to first terminals and second terminals by bonding wires. The second terminals to which the bonding wires are connected are sealed with a sealing member. The optically-transparent member is thereafter disposed on the support member and the sealing member. The sealing member is cured to fix the optically transparent member. | 01-14-2010 |
20120008025 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes an image sensor chip and a signal processing chip, which are electrically connected. A low thermal conductivity region is positioned between the image sensor chip and the signal processing chip. The low thermal conductivity region is configured to insulate the image sensor chip from heat, which may be generated by the signal processing chip. | 01-12-2012 |
20130010145 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state image sensing apparatus includes a solid-state image sensing device, signal processing circuit device, and a multi-layer wiring package. The solid-state image sensing device has a pixel in an image sensing area thereof. The pixel receives incident light and generate a signal electric charge. The signal processing circuit device is arranged to face the image sensing area and applies signal processing to a signal output from the solid-state image sensing device. The multi-layer wiring package has wiring layers, the solid-state image sensing device, and the signal processing circuit device. Each of the wiring layers is laminated via an insulator. The multi-layer wiring package is formed such that a first wiring layer provided between the solid-state image sensing device and the signal processing circuit device has a greater thickness than second wiring layers and has heat conductivity higher than or equal to heat conductivity of the second wiring layers. | 01-10-2013 |
20140218573 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state image sensing apparatus includes a solid-state image sensing device, signal processing circuit device, and a multi-layer wiring package. The solid-state image sensing device has a pixel in an image sensing area thereof. The pixel receives incident light and generate a signal electric charge. The signal processing circuit device is arranged to face the image sensing area and applies signal processing to a signal output from the solid-state image sensing device. The multi-layer wiring package has wiring layers, the solid-state image sensing device, and the signal processing circuit device. Each of the wiring layers is laminated via an insulator. The multi-layer wiring package is formed such that a first wiring layer provided between the solid-state image sensing device and the signal processing circuit device has a greater thickness than second wiring layers and has heat conductivity higher than or equal to heat conductivity of the second wiring layers. | 08-07-2014 |
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20090044208 | TRAY - There is provided a tray including a tray main body that can be nipped by a driving roller rotatably driven and a plurality of driven rollers driven to rotate by making contact with the driving roller, the tray main body having a plate shape, a concave portion in which a thin plate shaped body can be set, the concave portion being formed in the tray main body, a fitting convex portion that is fitted in a fitting hole formed in the thin plate shaped body, the fitting convex portion being provided in the concave portion, and a plurality of elastic pieces for holding the thin plate shaped body by elastically making contact with an inner edge of the fitting hole, the elastic pieces being provided along an outer edge of the fitting convex portion. | 02-12-2009 |
20100025912 | METHOD OF DETECTING SHEET IN TRANSPORT DEVICE, TRANSPORT DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transport device includes a set section, a sheet sensor, and a feeding member. When a detection member does not retract, the sheet sensor outputs an OFF-detection signal. The feeding member is displaced between a feed position and a non-feed position on the basis of the detection signal. At the feed position, the feeding member comes in contact with the sheet set in the set section from above and feeds the sheet toward the downstream side on a transport path. At the non-feed position, the feeding member is separated upward from the feed position. A method, which detects a sheet in the transport device, includes displacing the feeding member from the non-feed position to the feed position, and detecting that the sheet does not exist in the set section when an OFF-detection signal is output from the sheet sensor while the feeding member is positioned at the feed position. | 02-04-2010 |
20100025927 | TRANSPORT DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transport device, which transports a sheet set in a set section toward the downstream side on a transport path, includes a restricting member. The restricting member is provided at a set position of the sheet in the set section, and is displaced to restrict the sheet moving toward the downstream side on the transport path. The restricting member includes a restricting section that comes in contact with a front end of the sheet from the downstream side on the transport path, and is rotatable about a shaft extending along the transport path so as to be displaced between a first position where the restricting section protrudes on the transport path and a second position where the restricting section retracts from the transport path. | 02-04-2010 |
20120042328 | TRAY - There is provided a tray including a tray main body that can be nipped by a driving roller rotatably driven and a plurality of driven rollers driven to rotate by making contact with the driving roller, the tray main body having a plate shape, a concave portion in which a thin plate shaped body can be set, the concave portion being formed in the tray main body, a fitting convex portion that is fitted in a fitting hole formed in the thin plate shaped body, the fitting convex portion being provided in the concave portion, and a plurality of elastic pieces for holding the thin plate shaped body by elastically making contact with an inner edge of the fitting hole, the elastic pieces being provided along an outer edge of the fitting convex portion. | 02-16-2012 |
20120069106 | Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus that is a vertical installation type apparatus having a height direction dimension that is larger than at least one of a width direction dimension and a length direction dimension when the printing apparatus is installed, includes an ink cartridge that can be attached to and detached from a printing apparatus body, and an attachment section to which the ink cartridge is attached. The ink cartridge can be attached to and detached from the attachment section from a top surface side of the printing apparatus. The thus-structured printing apparatus allows a user to easily reach the attachment section for the ink cartridge regardless of which face of the printing apparatus is facing the user. | 03-22-2012 |
20120229567 | Recording Apparatus - A recording apparatus includes a carriage to which an ink jet head is equipped, a first guide unit and a second guide unit for guiding reciprocation of the carriage, a roller for transporting a recording medium to which a recording process is performed by the ink jet head, and a roller frame supporting the roller and partially configuring the first guide unit. | 09-13-2012 |
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20100232209 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR FORMING PROCESS ON NONVOLATILE VARIABLE RESISTIVE ELEMENT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR FORMING PROCESS - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device can carry out a forming process simultaneously on the nonvolatile variable resistive elements of memory cells and make the forming time shorter. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory device has a forming detection circuit provided between the memory cell array and the second selection line (bit line) decoder. The forming detection circuit detects the completion of the forming process for memory cells by measuring the fluctuation in the potential of second selection lines or the current flowing through the second selection lines when applying a voltage pulse for a forming process through the second selection lines simultaneously to the memory cells on which a forming process is to be carried out connected to the same first selection line (word line), and prevents a voltage from being applied to the second selection lines connected to the memory cells where the completion of the forming process is detected. | 09-16-2010 |
20110228586 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a bit voltage adjusting circuit which, for each bit line, fixes potentials of a selected bit line and a non-selected bit line to a predetermined potential to perform a memory operation and a data voltage adjusting circuit which, for each data line, fixes potentials of a selected data line and a non-selected data line to a predetermined potential to perform a memory operation. Each of the voltage adjusting circuits includes an operational amplifier and a transistor, a voltage required for a memory operation is input to the non-inverted input terminal of the operational amplifier, and the inverted input terminal of the operational amplifier is connected to the bit line or the data line, so that the potential of the bit line or the data line is fixed to a potential of the non-inverted input terminal of the operational amplifier. | 09-22-2011 |
20120014163 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array where a plurality of memory cells are arranged in a matrix, each of the memory cells serially connecting a two-terminal type memory element and a transistor for selection, a first voltage applying circuit that applies a write voltage pulse to a bit line, and a second voltage applying circuit that applies a precharge voltage to a bit line and a common line. In writing the memory cell, after the second voltage applying circuit has both terminals of the memory cell previously precharged to the same voltage, the first voltage applying circuit applies the write voltage pulse to one terminal of the writing target memory cell via the bit line, and while the write voltage pulse is applied, the second voltage applying circuit maintains the application of the precharge voltage to the other terminal of the memory cell via the common line. | 01-19-2012 |
20120075909 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - Provided is a semiconductor memory device that is capable of stably programming with desirable controllability to a desired electric resistance state in a random access programming action and is provided with a variable resistance element. Regardless of a resistance state of a variable resistance element of a memory cell that is a target of a writing action (erasing and programming actions), an erasing voltage pulse for bringing the resistance state of the variable resistance element to an erased state having a lowest resistance value is applied. Thereafter, a programming voltage pulse for bringing the resistance state of the variable resistance element to a desired programmed state is applied to the variable resistance element of the programming action target memory cell. By always applying the programming voltage pulse after having applied the erasing voltage pulse, a plurality of programming voltage pulses being sequentially applied can be avoided. | 03-29-2012 |
20120075911 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - Regardless of a resistance state of a variable resistance element of a memory cell that is a target of a writing action (erasing and programming actions), an erasing voltage pulse for bringing the resistance state of the variable resistance element to an erased state having a lowest resistance value is applied. Thereafter, a programming voltage pulse for bringing the resistance state of the variable resistance element to a desired programmed state is applied to the variable resistance element of the programming action target memory cell. By always applying the programming voltage pulse after having applied the erasing voltage pulse, a plurality of programming voltage pulses being sequentially applied can be avoided. Further, the memory cell array is constituted of even-numbers of subbanks, and the application of the erasing voltage pulse in one subbank and the application of the programming voltage pulse in the other subbank are alternately performed. | 03-29-2012 |
20120081946 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array for storing user data provided by arranging memory cells each having a variable resistive element having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a variable resistor made of a metal oxide sandwiched between the first and second electrodes. The first and second electrodes are formed of a conductive material forming ohmic junction with the variable resistor and a conductive material forming non-ohmic junction with the variable resistor, respectively. The variable resistor changes between two or more different resistance states by applying a voltage between the electrodes. The resistance state after being changed is maintained in a nonvolatile manner. The variable resistive elements of all memory cells in the memory cell array are set to the highest of the two or more different resistance states in an unused state before the memory cell array is used to store the user data. | 04-05-2012 |
20120300532 | METHOD OF FORMING PROCESS FOR VARIABLE RESISTIVE ELEMENT AND NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A method of a forming process for a variable resistive element, which is performed in short time comparable to the pulse forming and a writing current in a switching action is the same level as that of the DC forming, is provided. In the forming process, a variable resistive element is changed by voltage pulse application from an initial high resistance state just after produced to a variable resistance state where the switching action is performed. The forming process includes a first step of applying a first pulse having a voltage amplitude lower than a threshold voltage at which the resistance of the variable resistive element is lowered, to between both electrodes of the variable resistive element, and a second step of applying a second pulse having a voltage amplitude having the same polarity as the first pulse and not lower than the threshold voltage, thereto after the first step. | 11-29-2012 |
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20110156420 | PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed, wherein the cargo bed is expandable forward and has a screen shield for partitioning at a front end thereof. The rear seat has a seat bottom for the rear seat detachably attached to a rear seat attaching portion provided on a vehicle body. The screen shield has a seat holding portion to which the seat bottom detached from the rear seat attaching portion is attachable. | 06-30-2011 |
20110156423 | PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed in this order from front, a cabin frame surrounding a riding space, and a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction to the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. The screen shield is directly or indirectly supported by a swinging shaft provided on a vehicle body and is swingable between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state. | 06-30-2011 |
20110156426 | PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a driver's seat, a seat next to the driver's seat, one or more passenger seats behind the driver's seat, and a cargo bed. Each of all the passenger seats and the seat next to the driver's seat is independently changeable between a first state in which the seat is seatable and a second state in which the seat is retracted so that an occupied space of the seat is used as part of the cargo bed. Preferably, a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a riding space in front of the cargo bed is provided. The screen shield is divided into left and right screen shield members. | 06-30-2011 |
20120032465 | PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - A pick-up style utility vehicle includes a front seat, a rear seat, a screen shield, a cargo bed, and a cabin frame housing at least the front seat and the rear seat and forming a riding space. The cargo bed is state changeable between the expanded state in which the cargo bed expands forward and the unexpanded state not occupying the riding space. The cabin frame includes a pair of left and right front side frame bodies, a pair of left and right rear side frame bodies, and cross frame members coupling the front and rear side frame bodies. The front side frame bodies are fixed to the vehicle body and the rear side frame bodies and the cross frame members are changeable with respect to the vehicle body according to the state change of the cargo bed. | 02-09-2012 |
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20110116939 | ROTARY PUMP DEVICE AND VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM - A first and a second rotary pumps are provided in a first pump casing of a pump body, which is inserted into a cylindrical recessed portion of a housing | 05-19-2011 |
20110116949 | STRUCTURE FOR COUPLING ROTARY SHAFTS AND PUMP DEVICE OF ROTARY TYPE - An object of the invention is to provide a structure for coupling two rotary shafts, which can be made smaller in size. A driving shaft for pumps is rotatably supported by a first bearing and a second bearing, while a rotary shaft of an electric motor is rotatably supported by the second bearing and a third bearing. Each one end of the driving shaft and the rotary shaft is inserted into the common second bearing, so that rotation of the rotary shaft is transmitted to the driving shaft. | 05-19-2011 |
20120068559 | ROTATING SHAFT SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC MOTOR HAVING THE SAME - A apparatus is provided in which, in a state before being assembled to a drive target, one end of a rotating shaft is not supported by a bearing, and in this state, the rotating shaft is pressed to the side of a bracket by coil springs and thus centering of the rotating shaft is maintained. In this way, axial run-out of the rotating shaft before a magnetic motor is assembled to the drive target is inhibited. Thus, damage and deterioration in assembly efficiency as a result of axial run-out of the rotating shaft can be inhibited, such as deterioration in assembly efficiency caused by adhesion between a magnet and coils wound on an armature core, for example. | 03-22-2012 |
20120070222 | SHAFT COUPLING APPARATUS - A shaft coupling apparatus is provided in which a cylindrically-shaped hole is provided on a leading end surface of a shaft, the hole having a central axis that is different from a rotational central axis of the shaft, and a cylindrically-shaped hole is provided on a leading end surface of a shaft, the hole having a central axis that is different from a rotational central axis of the shaft. The shafts are coupled by pressure fitting a cross-sectionally circular pin in the hole and by loosely fitting the pin in the hole, the pin corresponding to an inner diameter of the hole and the hole. | 03-22-2012 |
20130064704 | ROTATION DEVICE INCLUDING SEAL STRUCTURE - A seal member is configured so that an annular rubber member is disposed in an annular storage chamber of a resin annular member. Thus, the rubber annular member is not directly in contact with a drive shaft, and the rubber annular member can be prevented from wearing or peeling without requiring a rotation stopping structure for the seal member. Furthermore, the seal member is provided with first and second communication mouths, so that a brake fluid pressure is applied to compartments obtained by dividing the annular storage chamber using the rubber annular member. Thus, the rubber annular member is pressed, and then is elastically deformed, and accordingly, the resin annular member is expanded by the elastic force. Thus, a self-sealing operation can be performed on the basis of a high pressing force. | 03-14-2013 |
20140178236 | ROTARY PUMP AND BRAKE DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A rotary pump includes a first side plate and a second side plate between which an outer rotor and an inner rotor are arranged. The second side plate has a concave portion on a surface adjacent to a maximum gap portion relative to a drive shaft. The concave portion is located in an outer teeth passing section which is defined between a line on which a teeth tip of an outer teeth part of the inner rotor passes in response to rotation of the inner rotor and a line on which a teeth bottom of the outer teeth part of the inner rotor passes in response to rotation of the inner rotor. The concave portion communicates with one of a plurality of gap portions while the inner rotor is rotated. | 06-26-2014 |