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20090268488 | Semiconductor device for controlling switching power supply - A semiconductor device controls a switching power supply. The semiconductor device includes a current inflow terminal; a starter circuit to cause a starting current to flow from the current inflow terminal to a power supply terminal to charge a capacitor externally connected to the power supply terminal; a control unit which controls the starter circuit to turn on to charge the capacitor with the starting current and controls the starter circuit to turn off to perform brown-out detection; a comparator which detects a brown-out state while the starter circuit is turned off; and a brown-out detection unit which receives output signals from the comparator and the control unit as inputs. The brown-out detection is performed while the starter circuit is off, so that the current inflow terminal for the starter circuit is used in common as a voltage detection terminal for detection of the brown-out state. | 10-29-2009 |
20100061129 | Switching power supply apparatus - A switching power supply apparatus employing a voltage obtained by rectifying an output from an AC power supply, as an input thereof includes a switching control circuit. The switching control circuit conducts a PFM control having a fixed ON-period of a switching device when a load is judged to be light based on a load signal indicating the load, and a PWM control when the load is judged not to be light. The switching control circuit changes the ON-period based on whether the AC power supply is a high voltage system or a low voltage system. | 03-11-2010 |
20140078794 | SWITCHING POWER SOURCE DEVICE - A switching power source device includes a switching power supply main body switching an input voltage via a switching element to obtain a predetermined DC output voltage, a control circuit performing on/off-driving of the switching element; and a capacitor connected to the control circuit to be charged by an external power supply via an activation switch circuit during activation and charged by a voltage generated in the switching power supply main body after completion of activation to supply a control power voltage to the control circuit. The control circuit further includes a latch circuit set according to a latch signal emitted when an abnormality is detected, to stop the driving of the switching element, a discharge circuit receiving the latch signal to be turned on and discharging charges accumulated in the capacitor, and a comparator resetting the latch circuit when the control power voltage decreases to an operation stop voltage. | 03-20-2014 |
20150214938 | DELAY CIRCUIT - A delay circuit using a capacitor with an MOS structure as a delay component, includes a clamp circuit operating a clamp operation and a clamp release operation in response to levels of an input signal, the clamp circuit clamping a voltage applied to the capacitor to a specified charging initiation voltage during the clamp operation; a charging circuit charging the capacitor with a constant current when the clamp operation is released; and a delayed signal producing circuit producing a delayed signal when the voltage of the capacitor being charged reaches a voltage of a predetermined value. | 07-30-2015 |
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20120247160 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCK DEVICE - An outside locking lever of a lever mechanism section in a lock mechanism of a vehicle door lock apparatus includes a hub portion being rotatable relative to a housing and having a connection subportion to which an inner end portion of a rod is connected in a torque transmittable manner; an arm portion extending radially outward from the hub portion and linked to an active lever; a hub-side engagement subportion provided on the hub portion and engaged in the vehicle interior-exterior direction with a first support portion of the housing; an arm-side engagement subportion provided on the arm portion and engaged in the vehicle interior-exterior direction with a second support portion of the housing; and a fragile portion provided between the two engagement portions and being breakable with a force of a predetermined value or greater. A space for allowing breakage at the fragile portion is provided within the housing. | 10-04-2012 |
20140028036 | POSITION HOLDING DEVICE FOR ROTATING LEVER AND VEHICLE DOOR LOCK DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAID POSITION HOLDING DEVICE FOR ROTATING LEVER - Provided is a position holding device for a rotating lever, which includes a rotating lever and a torsion spring, and is capable of elastically holding the rotating lever at the two positions including a first position and a second position. The torsion spring includes a coiled part, and a first arm part and a second arm part each extending from the coiled part and facing each other across an engagement portion of the rotating lever. The first arm part includes a mountain portion formed at an intermediate portion thereof. The second arm part includes an urging portion. As a result, an urging force generated by the urging portion can be applied to the rotating lever as a braking force against an urging force generated by the mountain portion. Consequently, it is possible to reduce an abutment noise generated when the rotating lever abuts against a stopper member. | 01-30-2014 |
20140047874 | CHILD PROTECTOR MECHANISM - A child protector mechanism includes a base member, a first lever, a second lever, a bush arranged between the first lever and the second lever, a child protector lever for moving the bush to an unset position or a set position, and a position retaining means provided between the first lever and the bush. The bush is retained at each of the unset position and the set position by the position retaining means provided between the first lever and the bush. Therefore, when assembling the bush and the first lever to the base member, the bush is retained at a predetermined position (for example, unset position) with respect to the first lever so that the bush does not move. Thus, the easiness of assembly of the bush and the first lever and the easiness of assembly of the child protector lever are excellent. | 02-20-2014 |
20150191945 | DOOR LOCK DEVICE - A door lock device has a high degree of freedom in the disposition of an open link for switching between a locked state and an unlocked state and has low operational resistance when being put into the locked state. When there is a malfunction in which the open link is jammed by dust and therefore does not move from a lock waiting position to an unlock waiting position even when an unlock action is performed, when an outside handle interlock lever is turned, a sliding-contact tilt guide provided on a support body slides and makes sliding-contact with the open link and forcibly tilts the open link, and as a result, it becomes unnecessary to increase an energizing force of a torsion coil spring as a precaution against such malfunction. This makes it possible to reduce the operational resistance when the door lock device is put into the locked state. | 07-09-2015 |
20150247347 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCK APPARATUS - A vehicle door lock device includes: a housing having an opening; a coupling member configured to be coupled to an operation mechanism arranged on a door; an operation lever arranged inside the housing and coupled to the coupling member through the opening; and a cover capable of opening and closing the opening and a coupling point between the coupling member and the operation lever. The cover is separate from the housing and assembled to the housing to be mountable on and demountable from the housing and rotatable between opened and closed states. Each of the housing and the cover includes: a temporary retaining mechanism to temporarily retain the cover in the opened state when the cover is assembled to the housing in a rotatable manner; and a full retaining mechanism configured to retain the cover in the closed state when the cover is rotatably assembled to the housing. | 09-03-2015 |
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20090325116 | Heating furnace and heating method employed by heating furnace - A hydrogen vacuum furnace ( | 12-31-2009 |
20100089720 | METHOD OF POSITIONING CONVEYANCE SECTION, AND CONVEYANCE DEVICE - A conveyance section positioning method has carrier pallets ( | 04-15-2010 |
20100121479 | DECOMPRESSING TYPE HEATER, ITS HEATING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCT MANUFACTURING METHOD - An object is heated to a preheating temperature in an atmosphere of a reducing gas under the atmospheric pressure while adjusting the setting of the emissivity of a non-contact temperature measuring part and regulating the temperature of the object according to the measured value measured by a contact temperature measuring part. The pressure of the atmosphere is reduced. The object is further heated to a heating temperature under a lowered pressure while regulating the temperature of the object according to the measured value measured by the non-contact temperature measuring part whose setting of the emissivity is adjusted during the heating process to the preheating temperature. The pressure of the atmosphere is increased back to the atmospheric pressure while maintaining the heating temperature of the object. The temperature of the object is decreased under the atmospheric pressure. With this, in the process of heating an object under a lowered pressure, the actual temperature of the object is managed over the whole steps, and the object can be most suitably heated according to the actual temperature. | 05-13-2010 |
20100206688 | COOLING METHOD OF CARRYING SECTION AND CARRIER - In a cooling method of a carrying section including a conveyor for carrying an inverter component, a heating furnace covering a part of the carrying conveyor and heating the inverter component, and a mechanism for cooling the carrying conveyor and cooling the carrying conveyor by means of the cooling mechanism, the conveyor for carrying the inverter component is provided with a roller for carrying the inverter component by touching it, a roller cooling member surrounding the outer periphery of the carrying roller and having an opening for projecting a part of the outer periphery of the carrying roller is provided as the cooling mechanism, and the carrying roller heated by the heat of the heating furnace is cooled by the roller cooling member. | 08-19-2010 |
20140011149 | CARRIER TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A carrier transport system transports a plurality of carriers by a transport conveyor into a heating furnace, advances a comb-shaped carrier stopper having a plurality of protrusions toward the carriers, moves the carriers by the transport conveyor in a transport direction to engage cutout grooves, provided respectively for the carriers, with the protrusions of the carrier stopper to thereby position the carriers at a time. The carrier transport system advances the carrier stopper toward the carriers to insert distal ends of the protrusions of the carrier stopper into insertion holes, and then determines, on the basis of a moved distance X of the carrier stopper, whether the carriers are properly positioned. | 01-09-2014 |
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20090086265 | PRINT PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A printer driver for generating print job data to be transferred to a printer in response to a drawing instruction determines, based on combining condition, whether the received drawing instruction can be combined with another drawing instruction. If the printer driver determines that the received drawing instruction can be combined, the printer driver stores the received drawing instruction as intermediate data. If the printer driver determines that the received drawing instruction cannot be combined, the printer driver combines intermediate data of already stored drawing instructions into a single item of print job data and outputs the print job data to the printer. The combining condition is that the received drawing instruction meets all of three conditions. | 04-02-2009 |
20090168096 | PRINT PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - It is determined whether device information having an ID coincident with that of device information included in the print settings of received print data exists. If it is determined that the device information having the ID coincident with that of the device information included in the print settings exists, print processing is executed for the received print data in accordance with the ID-added device information and print settings. If it is determined that the device information having the ID coincident with that of the device information included in the print settings does not exist, paper type information set in the print settings is displayed. | 07-02-2009 |
20100142001 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set application conditions relating to exception setting contents for a document file according to a user's instruction if at least one exception setting is set for a plurality of setting objects included in the document file, a registration unit configured to register the exception setting contents and the application conditions set by the setting unit as a template, a selection unit configured to enable a user to select a template to be applied to a document file, which serves as an editing object, from templates registered in the registration unit, and an application unit configured to apply the exception setting contents contained in the template selected by the selection unit to a setting object satisfying the application conditions included in the template selected by the selection unit. | 06-10-2010 |
20140098388 | PRINT PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A printer driver for generating print job data to be transferred to a printer in response to a drawing instruction determines, based on combining condition, whether the received drawing instruction can be combined with another drawing instruction. If the printer driver determines that the received drawing instruction can be combined, the printer driver stores the received drawing instruction as intermediate data. If the printer driver determines that the received drawing instruction cannot be combined, the printer driver combines intermediate data of already stored drawing instructions into a single item of print job data and outputs the print job data to the printer. The combining condition is that the received drawing instruction meets all of three conditions. | 04-10-2014 |
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20100181810 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat has a mechanism for moving a headrest upon a rear-end collision, wherein the vehicle seat comprises a plate-like support body for receiving a load of a rearward movement of an occupant; a link mechanism for transmitting the load received by the plate-like support body to the headrest side, and comprising a lower link, an upper link, and a connecting link; and a load retaining member for blocking the load received by the plate-like support body from being transmitted to the link mechanism, until the load reaches a predetermined level; wherein the load retaining member is held by one of the lower link and the connecting link, and is configured to urge the lower link and the connecting link in a separating direction. | 07-22-2010 |
20100264704 | VEHICLE SEAT - There is provided a vehicle seat that includes a seat back frame having a pair of side frames disposed in a spaced manner in the right and left direction, a plate-like support body disposed between the pair of side frames to receive a load placed by the rearward movement of a passenger, a transmission section disposed on one side frame side to connect the plate-like support body to the headrest and transmit the load received by the plate-like support body to the headrest side, and an engagement section disposed on the other side frame side, engaging the plate-like support body with the other side frame, and not connected to the headrest. The load received by the plate-like support body is transmitted to the headrest side via the transmission section, thereby moving the headrest. | 10-21-2010 |
20120299343 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat has a mechanism for moving a headrest upon rear-end collision, comprising: a pressure receiving member for receiving a load of a rearward movement of an occupant; a transmitting element for transmitting the load received by the pressure receiving member to a headrest side; right and left headrest supporting members for supporting right and left pillars of the headrest; and a biasing member that biases the headrest; wherein the biasing member is disposed between the right and left pillars. | 11-29-2012 |
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20120201551 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a developing roller which carries developer and contacts the photosensitive member, and a control device which is configured to apply, to the developing roller, a developing bias having a direct current component and an alternating current component overlapped with each other so as to supply developer from the developing roller to the photosensitive member. The control device is configured to execute either one of a first mode in which an amplitude of the alternating current component of the developing bias is set with a first set value and a second mode in which the amplitude of the alternating current component of the developing bias is set with a second set value larger than the first set value, based on whether or not a temperature of the developing roller is a first predetermined value or larger. | 08-09-2012 |
20130011163 | Developer Container and Image Forming Apparatus Including The Same - A developer container includes a developer accommodating chamber and a transporting member configured to elastically deform, to rotate, and to transport the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating chamber. The developer accommodating chamber includes a dividing wall configured to deform the transporting member by making a sliding contact with the transporting member. The developer accommodating chamber further includes a communicating portion configured to allow the transporting member, which has been elastically deformed by the sliding portion, to restore. The developer accommodating chamber still further includes a contacting portion. The transporting member restored by the communicating portion being configured to contact with the contacting portion. | 01-10-2013 |
20130028629 | IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH CLEANING UNIT - In an image-forming device, a first roller and a second roller are arranged in a first direction, the first roller being disposed at an upstream of the second roller in the first direction. An endless belt spanned between the first roller and the second roller forms a straight plane extending in the first direction. The straight plane moves in the first direction when the endless belt is circularly moved. A plurality of photosensitive members is arranged in the first direction and faces the straight plane. A transfer member is opposed to the first roller across the endless belt. A cleaning unit includes: a cleaning member opposed to the straight plane at an upstream of an upstreammost photosensitive member in the first direction; and a treating member disposed at an upstream of the cleaning member in the first direction to treat the residual toner collected by the cleaning member. A conveying path formed between the transfer member and a fixing member passes between the cleaning member and the treating member. | 01-31-2013 |
20130051837 | Image Forming Device Provided With Easily Removable and Replaceable Secondary Transfer Roller - An image forming device includes: a main casing; a plurality of photosensitive bodies; a first roller; a second roller; an endless belt; a plurality of primary transfer members; a cleaning unit; and a secondary transfer member. The cleaning unit is configured to collect residual toner remaining on the endless belt, and detachable from and attachable to the main casing. The secondary transfer member is provided at the cleaning unit such that the secondary transfer member is detachable from the main casing upon detachment of the cleaning unit from the main casing and attachable to the main casing upon attachment of the cleaning unit to the main casing. | 02-28-2013 |
20130136488 | Image Forming Apparatus - There is provided an image forming apparatus configured to form an image by using photosensitive drums, the image forming apparatus including an apparatus main body, an endless belt, a drawing member which rotatably supports cartridges, and is movable to a mounting position at which the photosensitive drums oppose the endless belt and to a separation position at which the photosensitive drums are more spaced from the endless belt than at the mounting position, and a cleaning unit including a first housing having a collecting member which is configured to contact the endless belt to collect developer on the endless belt, and a second housing having an accommodating part which is configured to accommodate therein the developer collected by the collecting member. The first housing is provided to the apparatus main body and the second housing is provided to the drawing member. | 05-30-2013 |
20130259540 | Developing Unit - There is provided a developing unit, including: a body defining a developing chamber and a developer accommodating chamber, and a developer delivery member. The body includes a sliding portion, a restoring portion and a colliding portion at the developer accommodating chamber. The developer delivery member includes an elastic member configured to be made a sliding contact with the sliding portion while being curved elastically, configured to be restored elastically at the restoring portion, and configured to collide with the colliding portion. The developer delivery member is configured so that, the elastic member which has been elastically restored at the restoring portion is collided with the colliding portion to generate an air flow and to deliver the developer in the developer accommodating chamber toward the connection port. | 10-03-2013 |
20130287445 | Developing Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus - A developing apparatus is provided, including a developing unit including a developing roller; a developer accommodating unit; a partition wall partitioning the developing unit and the developer accommodating unit; a supply port which makes communication between the developing unit and the developer accommodating unit; a transport member configured so that the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating unit is supplied to the developing unit via the supply port in accordance with rotation; a return port configured so that the developer contained in the developing unit is permitted to fall into the developer accommodating unit; an opening/closing member configured to be movable between an open position for opening the return port and a closed position for closing the return port; and a driving mechanism configured so that the opening/closing member is moved to the closed position and the open position. | 10-31-2013 |
20140003837 | Image Forming Apparatus | 01-02-2014 |
20140105653 | Image Forming Device Provided with Detachable Waste Toner Box - An image forming device includes: a belt; a developing unit; a support unit; a cleaning member; a waste toner box; and a main casing. The developing unit is configured to accommodate developing agent therein. The support unit is configured to support the developing unit. The cleaning member is configured to collect residual toner deposited on the belt. The waste toner box is configured to accommodate therein the residual toner collected by the cleaning member. The main casing has a first wall having a first opening through which the support unit passes; and a second wall disposed spaced apart from the first wall in a first direction and having a second opening through which the waste toner box passes. The main casing includes: a first cover configured to expose the first opening and to cover the first opening; and a second cover configured to expose the second opening and to cover the second opening. | 04-17-2014 |
20140186070 | Image Forming Apparatus Having Belt Cleaning Unit and Waste Toner Cartridge Connectable to Each Other - An image forming apparatus includes: a main casing; a belt unit having a belt and a belt cleaning unit; a waste toner container; and a supporting member supporting the waste toner container and a cartridge storing toner supplied to a photosensitive member. The supporting member in the main casing is movable between a contact position where the photosensitive member contacts the belt and a separation position where the photosensitive member separates from the belt. One of the waste toner container and the belt cleaning unit is movable between a connected position providing connection to each other and a disconnected position providing disconnection from each other when the support member is in the contact position. The supporting member moves between the contact position and the separation position when one of the waste toner container and the belt cleaning unit is in the disconnected position. | 07-03-2014 |
20140186082 | Image Forming Apparatus Provided with Movable Conveying Unit - An image forming apparatus includes: a belt cleaning unit; a waste toner container; a conveying unit; and a support member. The cleaning unit collects waste toner adhered to a belt. The container stores the waste toner collected by the cleaning unit. The conveying unit conveys the waste toner from the cleaning unit to the container. The support member moves between an internal position inside the main casing and an external position outside the main casing. The support member in the internal position moves between a contact position where the photosensitive body contacts the belt and a separated position where the photosensitive body separates from the belt. The conveying unit moves along with the support member moving between the contact position and the separated position. The conveying unit is uncoupled from the container while the support member moves from the internal position to the external position. | 07-03-2014 |
20140376952 | Image Forming Device Provided with Cleaner, Waste Toner Accommodating Portion, and Paper Guide Disposed Between Cleaner and Waste Toner Accommodating Portion - An image forming device includes: a photosensitive drum; a first roller; a second roller; an intermediate transfer belt; a transfer roller; a cleaner; a waste toner accommodating portion; and a paper guide. The intermediate transfer belt is looped around the first roller and the second roller to circularly move in a moving direction. The intermediate transfer belt contacts the photosensitive drum. The transfer roller is disposed opposite to the first roller with respect to the intermediate transfer belt. The cleaner collects waste toner on the intermediate transfer belt. The cleaner is disposed upstream of the photosensitive drum in the moving direction and downstream of the transfer roller in the moving direction. The waste toner accommodating portion accommodates the waste toner collected by the cleaner. The paper guide guides a recording medium and disposed between the cleaner and the waste toner accommodating portion. | 12-25-2014 |
20150050047 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus is configured to form an image by using photosensitive drums. The image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, an endless belt, a drawing member which rotatably supports cartridges, and is movable to a mounting position at which the photosensitive drums oppose the endless belt and to a separation position at which the photosensitive drums are further spaced from the endless belt than at the mounting position, and a cleaning unit including a first housing having a collecting member which is configured to contact the endless belt to collect developer on the endless belt and a second housing having an accommodating part which is configured to accommodate the developer collected by the collecting member. The first housing is provided to the apparatus main body and the second housing is provided to the drawing member. | 02-19-2015 |
20150093125 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING OPENING FOR REPLACEMENT OF CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus includes a cartridge, a first unit, and a second unit. The first unit includes a sheet discharge tray and a guide. The cartridge has an accommodating portion configured to accommodate a color material. The guide is positioned below the sheet discharge tray and is configured to guide the cartridge to its assembled position. The first unit has an opening directing downward, and the guide has a lower end. The second unit includes a sheet supply tray positioned below the guide. The first unit and the second unit are pivotally movably connected to each other about a pivot axis to provide a first position and a second position. In the first position, the opening is closed by the second unit and the lower end of the guide is directed toward the sheet supply tray. In the second position, the opening is exposed to an outside. | 04-02-2015 |
20150378288 | Image Forming Device Provided with Cleaner, Waste Toner Accommodating Portion, and Paper Guide Disposed Between Cleaner and Waste Toner Accommodating Portion - An image forming device includes: a photosensitive drum; a first roller; a second roller; an intermediate transfer belt; a transfer roller; a cleaner; a waste toner accommodating portion; and a paper guide. The intermediate transfer belt is looped around the first roller and the second roller to circularly move in a moving direction. The intermediate transfer belt contacts the photosensitive drum. The transfer roller is disposed opposite to the first roller with respect to the intermediate transfer belt. The cleaner collects waste toner on the intermediate transfer belt. The cleaner is disposed upstream of the photosensitive drum in the moving direction and downstream of the transfer roller in the moving direction. The waste toner accommodating portion accommodates the waste toner collected by the cleaner. The paper guide guides a recording medium and disposed between the cleaner and the waste toner accommodating portion. | 12-31-2015 |