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20100000363 | GEAR SHIFT DEVICE - A gear shift device is used in a transmission of an engine, and includes: a shift drum that changes a speed change stage of the transmission according to a rotational position about an axis; an actuator having a driving shaft substantially orthogonal to this shift drum; a worm shaped barrel cam that is arranged parallel to the driving shaft of this actuator and that has a cam groove on an outer circumference; and a wheel gear that is coaxially fixed on the shift drum and that has a plurality of pins on an outer circumference. At least a pair of each pin of the wheel gear and the cam groove of the barrel cam is engaged with each other, and the shift drum is rotated by the actuator via the barrel cam and the wheel gear, to thereby change the speed change stage of the transmission. | 01-07-2010 |
20100025180 | TWIN CLUTCH DEVICE - In twin clutch device used in an engine transmission, there are coaxially and adjacently arranged a first disk clutch and a second disk clutch of a hydraulic pressure type that displace a pressing member in an axial direction with externally supplied hydraulic pressure to exert a predetermined engagement force, and the first disk clutch and the second disk clutch respectively have: an engagement side hydraulic chamber that gives the pressing member a pressing force towards a clutch engagement side; and a pressure compensation hydraulic chamber that gives the pressing member a pressing force toward a clutch disengagement side to compensate a pressure of a returning action thereof. Furthermore in this twin clutch device there are provided: a first actuator that controls hydraulic pressure supply to the engagement side hydraulic pressure chamber of the first disk clutch, and a second actuator that controls hydraulic pressure supply to the engagement side hydraulic chamber of the second disk clutch; and a hydraulic pressure cut-off device that brings the first disk clutch and the second disk clutch into a disengagement state. | 02-04-2010 |
20100107796 | GEAR SHIFT DEVICE - This gear shift device is used in a transmission of an engine, and is provided with: a shift drum that changes a speed change stage of the transmission according to a rotational position about an axis; an actuator having a driving shaft substantially orthogonal to the shift drum; a worm shaped barrel cam that is arranged parallel to the driving shaft of the actuator and that has a plurality of cam grooves on an outer circumference thereof; and a wheel gear that is coaxially fixed on the shift drum and that has a plurality of pins on an outer circumference thereof. At least a pair of each pin of the wheel gear and each cam groove of the barrel cam are engaged with each other, and the shift drum is rotated by the actuator via the barrel cam and the wheel gear, to thereby change the speed change stage of the transmission. The gear shift device is further with a detection device that detects a rotational position of the barrel cam. | 05-06-2010 |
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20090287386 | CLUTCH CONTROL SYSTEM - The clutch control system includes a motor in a liquid pressure modulator for engagement/disengagement of a clutch, a clutch control unit for controlling the operation of the motor, vehicle condition detection means which detects at least that an engine is in working and which detects the running speed of the vehicle, and neutral detection means for detecting the neutral state of a transmission. As controlled states of the clutch, there are set a first control state in which the clutch is in a partially engaged state or an engaged state, and a second control state in which the clutch is disengaged. When the engine being working and the vehicle speed being in excess of a predetermined value is detected and the neutral state is detected, in the first control state, transition to the second control state is effected and the clutch is disengaged. | 11-19-2009 |
20090287387 | CLUTCH CONTROL SYSTEM - When a predetermined time has passed without detection of engine stall and without detection of the neutral state and without detection of a vehicle starting operation, in a first control state in which a clutch is in a disengaged state, a clutch control system effects transition to a second control state in which transition to a third control state is permitted. When a vehicle starting operation is detected in the second control state B in which the clutch is in the disengaged state, a liquid pressure modulator is driven to effect transition to the third control state in which the clutch is put in the engaged state or a partially engaged state. When an engine stall or the neutral state is detected in the second control state, transition to the first control state A is effected. | 11-19-2009 |
20110226080 | SHIFT CONTROL DEVICE OF SADDLE-RIDE-TYPE VEHICLE - A shift control device in a saddle-ride-type vehicle includes a lost motion mechanism and a locking mechanism. The lost motion mechanism is disposed between a shift spindle and a shift drum and engages a shifter-side rotary member on a shift spindle side and a drum-side rotary member on a shift drum side, in a relatively rotatable manner while accumulating a force. The locking mechanism is engaged with the shifter-side rotary member and the drum-side rotary member, respectively, so as to restrict the rotation of the shifter-side rotary member and the rotation of the drum-side rotary member, individually. | 09-22-2011 |
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20090278902 | PRINTER - A printer includes a set cover pivotally movably provided on a carriage. The cover can be set in a closed state in which the cover presses a head of the cartridge housed in the housing portion and an open state in which the cover opens the housing portion when the cartridge is replaced. A release lever is subjected to a bias force so as to protrude from an inner wall surface of the housing portion. The release lever is movable against the bias force. The release lever comes into contact with an end of the cartridge which faces the bottom surface when the cartridge is inserted into the housing portion. The release lever contacts the rear surface of the cartridge housed in the housing portion. The bias force is stronger when the cover is in the open state than when the cover is in the closed state. | 11-12-2009 |
20090295079 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A first conveying mechanism includes an intermediate conveying roller for conveying a recording sheet, an intermediate conveying roller shaft for supporting the intermediate conveying roller, an intermediate conveying roller drive mechanism for rotationally driving the intermediate conveying roller shaft, and a roller control mechanism for controlling movements of the intermediate conveying roller relative to the intermediate conveying roller shaft. The roller control mechanism performs skew correction along with conveying the recording sheet by rotating the intermediate conveying roller integrally with the intermediate conveying roller shaft while the intermediate conveying roller drive mechanism rotationally drives the intermediate conveying roller shaft and stops the rotational drive of the intermediate conveying roller shaft performed by the intermediate conveying roller drive mechanism after the skew correction to cause the intermediate conveying roller to be movable within a predetermined range in the axial direction of the intermediate conveying roller shaft. | 12-03-2009 |
20120169816 | PRINTER - A printer includes a set cover pivotally movably provided on a carriage. The cover can be set in a closed state in which the cover presses a head of the cartridge housed in the housing portion and an open state in which the cover opens the housing portion when the cartridge is replaced. A release lever is subjected to a bias force so as to protrude from an inner wall surface of the housing portion. The release lever is movable against the bias force. The release lever comes into contact with an end of the cartridge which faces the bottom surface when the cartridge is inserted into the housing portion. The release lever contacts the rear surface of the cartridge housed in the housing portion. The bias force is stronger when the cover is in the open state than when the cover is in the closed state. | 07-05-2012 |
20130193635 | FEEDING APPARATUS - A feeding apparatus which is capable of increasing the number of stacked sheets without increasing a size of an apparatus is provided. The feeding apparatus includes a stopper member which is in contact with a leading edge of a sheet placed on a sheet stacking plate and blocks the sheet from entering a separation unit, and an actuating member which presses the stopper member in conjunction with a rotation of a holding member, and a movement distance of the actuating member is longer than a movement distance of the holding member. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194341 | CONVEYING DEVICE AND PRINTING APPARATUS - Provided are an image scanning device that can prevent a rise in the temperature and overloading or overheating of a conveying motor during continuous conveying of document sheets, and a conveying device that includes the image scanning device. According to the present invention, the temperature of a drive motor and the temperature of the periphery of the drive motor are predicted, and based on the predicted values, the conveying mode is selected. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194599 | READING APPARATUS - A reading apparatus includes an auto document feeder configured to be openable and closable around a hinge with respect to a unit including an image sensor. The auto document feeder includes a roller configured to move a document relative to the image sensor, a motor, a gear train configured to transmit a rotation of a rotational shaft of the motor to the roller, and an encoder unit configured to detect rotation information of the motor, and including a sensor and a code wheel. An orientation of the rotational shaft is substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the hinge, and the gear train is arrayed in a direction of an extension of the rotational shaft. A gear that is a part of the gear train is attached to one end of the rotational shaft, and the code wheel is attached to the other end thereof. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194600 | READING APPARATUS AND READING CONTROL METHOD - A reading apparatus includes an image sensor, a movement mechanism including a motor that relatively moves between a document and the image sensor, an encoder that detects information about the relative movement, and a control unit that controls driving of the motor and reading by the image sensor based on the detection by the encoder, wherein when a read-suspension event occurs during the reading, the control unit performs control such that the reading is continued while decelerating the motor, a relative position of a last read pixel with respect to a read position by the image sensor is monitored based on the detection by the encoder, and the driving of the motor is stopped when the read position is determined to reach a stop position set within the last read pixel, and the motor is driven again to resume the reading with a pixel next to the last read pixel. | 08-01-2013 |
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20080253619 | TECHNIQUE FOR AUTHENTICATING AN OBJECT ON BASIS OF FEATURES EXTRACTED FROM THE OBJECT - The present invention discourages effective illegal use of compromised biometric information in biometric authentication and allows biometric authentication to be securely continued even when some biometric information is compromised. A user authentication system compares extracted user features with a previously registered combination of features and authenticates the user on the basis of the result of the comparison. If the authentication is successful, the previously registered combination is replaced with anew combination of features that are registered for use in the subsequent authentication of the authentication object. | 10-16-2008 |
20120150537 | FILTERING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IN VOICE AND IMAGE DATA - Confidential information included in image and voice data is filtered in an apparatus that includes an extraction unit for extracting a character string from an image frame, and a conversion unit for converting audio data to a character string. The apparatus also includes a determination unit for determining, in response to contents of a database, whether at least one of the image frame and the audio data include confidential information. The apparatus also includes a masking unit for concealing contents of the image frame by masking the image frame in response to determining that the image frame includes confidential information, and for making the audio data inaudible by masking the audio data in response to determining that the audio data includes confidential information. The playback unit included in the apparatus is for playing back the image frame and the audio data. | 06-14-2012 |
20140373163 | Filtering Confidential Information In Voice and Image Data - Confidential information included in image and voice data is filtered in an apparatus that includes an extraction unit for extracting a character string from an image frame, and a conversion unit for converting audio data to a character string. The apparatus also includes a determination unit for determining, in response to contents of a database, whether at least one of the image frame and the audio data include confidential information. The apparatus also includes a masking unit for concealing contents of the image frame by masking the image frame in response to determining that the image frame includes confidential information, and for making the audio data inaudible by masking the audio data in response to determining that the audio data includes confidential information. The playback unit included in the apparatus is for playing back the image frame and the audio data. | 12-18-2014 |
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20090044252 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR INSTANT MESSAGINGS - A method for delivering an instant message in a server connected to two or more computers via a network is provided. The two or more computers include groupware clients in which a user can perform login at the same time, using the same user ID, and for which status that may be different from each other can be set. Embodiments of the method includes authenticating a user of a groupware client who attempts to perform login using a user ID, recording the user ID and status information in association with an instant messaging user ID, receiving an instant message addressed to the user ID, and determining, on the basis of the status information, which of two or more client computers the instant message is sent to. | 02-12-2009 |
20090192913 | ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEM - An electronic payment system includes a mobile apparatus, such as a mobile phone, with a memory for storing a list of electronic payment accounts that may be used to complete an electronic payment transaction. The electronic payment system further includes a merchant terminal that can receive the account list from the mobile apparatus. The merchant terminal retrieves account-related information for the accounts on the received account list and returns the account-related information to the mobile apparatus. The mobile apparatus uses the information from the merchant terminal to generate a set of payment method candidates. The set of candidates are presented to the user for selecting a payment method to be used. The payment method is sent to the merchant terminal for use in completing the pending transaction. | 07-30-2009 |
20090234741 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - Navigation systems for providing route guidance to a destination for a user are presented including: an information provider configured to provide a program for performing processing of a voice command and a grammar associated with the route guidance, the information provider including, a transmitter for sending the program, and an informing means for notifying the user of the program; a terminal device for providing the route guidance to the user, the terminal device including: a receiver for receiving the program from the information provider, a speech recognition unit for enabling the voice command and the grammar, a navigation executing unit for realizing a navigation function in response to the voice command; and a server, where the server is configured to provide data associated with the program to the information provider. | 09-17-2009 |
20090245501 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING AGENT - Systems for executing a number of agents in a multiagent system are presented including: an agent executing apparatus for managing a number of active agents and for controlling activities associated with the number of active agents such that the number of active agents are cooperatively processed, where the agent executing apparatus is configured to provide an intra-transaction message mechanism and an out-of-transaction message mechanism; a cache for temporarily storing the number of active agents, where the number of active agents include a first active agent in a committed transaction and a second active agent in an uncommitted transaction; a permanent storage device for storing the number of agents before the number of agents enter a running state. | 10-01-2009 |
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20090149128 | SUBTITLE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, SUBTITLE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CAUSING THESE APPARATUSES TO COOPERATE WITH EACH OTHER - According to one embodiment, a subtitle information reproduction apparatus includes a reception unit which reproduces a video signal including subtitle information, a closed caption decoding unit which separates text of subtitle information from the video signal, and a Bluetooth communication unit which transmits in stream form the text of subtitle information obtained from the separation unit to the outside. | 06-11-2009 |
20100056046 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a housing provided with a first face, a radio-frequency coupler installed in the housing so as to face the first face, a close proximity wireless transfer device configured to execute close proximity wireless transfer with the external device existing within a prescribed wirelessly communicable distance from the radio-frequency coupler, a pressure sensitive sensor configured to measure the pressure applied to the first face near the radio-frequency coupler, a reception data processor configured to process data received by the radio-frequency coupler and the close proximity wireless transfer device, and a controller configured to report to the reception data processor that close proximity wireless transfer is available when the close proximity wireless transfer is available and also a measured value of the pressure sensitive sensor is not smaller than a threshold value. | 03-04-2010 |
20100274801 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a use history search process module configured to transmit a use history search message including model type information of a communication apparatus with which communication has been executed by a second communication process module in a communication method different from a communication method by a first communication process module, and the model type information of the electronic apparatus, to a server, a search result reception module configured to receive from the server a search result related to the use history search message, and an output module configured to output a message recommending communication with the communication apparatus by the first communication module, on the basis of the search result. | 10-28-2010 |
20120196532 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus includes: a wireless communicator configured to perform near field communication with a target communication appliance; a direction detector configured to detect a direction in which the wireless communicator is placed; a calculator configured to calculate the difference between this direction and a direction in which the target communication appliance is placed according to the result obtained by communication regarding the direction with the target communication appliance; and a storage configured to store the difference between the directions at the time of near field communication and an application program to be used for the near field communication while a correspondence is made therebetween, wherein the wireless communicator performs near field communication with the target communication appliance using the application program depending on the difference between the directions calculated by the calculator. | 08-02-2012 |
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20090183845 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BLEACHED PULP - Provided are a method for producing bleached pulp, comprising processing unbleached pulp obtained by cooking a lignocellulose substance, for alkali-oxygen bleaching followed by treatment with peroxomonosulfuric acid and thereafter by multistage chlorine-free bleaching treatment starting from chlorine dioxide treatment; a method for producing bleached pulp, comprising processing the unbleached pulp for alkali-oxygen bleaching followed by chlorine-free bleaching treatment or totally chlorine-free bleaching treatment to bleach it to a degree of brightness of from 70 to 89%, and further followed by treatment with peroxomonosulfuric acid; and paper produced by the use of the bleached pulp produced according to these production methods, at a papermaking pH of at most 6. Provided are the efficient production methods for bleached pulp in which the colour reversion resistance is enhanced in chlorine-free bleaching and the bleaching cost increase is prevented, and the paper produced by the use of the bleached pulp according to an acid papermaking process. | 07-23-2009 |
20130062026 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BLEACHED PULP - A method for producing bleached pulp, including processing unbleached pulp obtained by cooking a lignocellulose substance, followed by treatment with peroxomonosulfuric acid and thereafter by multistage chlorine-free bleaching treatment starting from chlorine dioxide treatment; a method for producing bleached pulp, including processing unbleached pulp for alkali-oxygen bleaching followed by chlorine-free bleaching treatment or totally chlorine-free bleaching treatment to bleach it to a degree of brightness of from 70 to 89%, and further followed by treatment with peroxomonosulfuric acid; and paper produced by the use of the bleached pulp produced according to these production methods, at a papermaking pH of at most 6. | 03-14-2013 |
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20090010112 | RECORDING MEDIUM PLAYBACK DEVICE - Provided is a recording medium playback device intended to achieve a reduction in power consumption by stopping disk rotation during a period in which no content data is being read, while improving playability and responsiveness to external key inputs or the like. A system control section | 01-08-2009 |
20090017755 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE - In the information communication device of the present invention, the first device and the second device are arranged to be connected by wired and exchange device information with each other, as a result of which the first device and the second device can be placed into a state permitting Bluetooth-based wireless communication between the two even without performing a Bluetooth pairing process. Accordingly, the user can enable Bluetooth-based wireless communication simply by inserting the portable audio device | 01-15-2009 |
20110150424 | RECORDING AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS INCLUDING STORAGE UNIT FOR STORING RECORDING PROGRAM IN STOP STATE - At a startup of an audio recording and playback apparatus and after executing a function other than a recording function, a controller reads out a recording program stored in the nonvolatile memory, stores the recording program into the RAM, and puts the audio recording and playback apparatus into a stop state. Further, when a recording key is turned on, the controller executes the recording program stored in the RAM. | 06-23-2011 |
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20110175234 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A semiconductor integrated circuit free from increase in chip area or significant reversion in designing is provided. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes: IO buffers arrayed in line; pad coupling wirings respectively arrayed in correspondence with the IO buffers; and IO buffer switching wirings respectively arrayed in line in correspondence with the IO buffers, set in a layer different from those of the IO buffers and the pad coupling wirings so that they overlap with part of the corresponding pad coupling wirings, and extended to other pad coupling wirings adjacent to the corresponding pad coupling wirings. Each of the IO buffer switching wirings is formed in an identical shape so that it is not short-circuited to adjacent other IO buffer switching wirings. The IO buffers are electrically coupled with the corresponding IO buffer switching wirings in the same positions. | 07-21-2011 |
20120062255 | TEST CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING THE SAME - A test circuit is capable of easily testing the standby function of an interface block. The test circuit is used for the interface block disposed on a semiconductor integrated circuit which is switched between a standby mode and a non-standby mode and conducting interfacing between the semiconductor integrated circuit and the outside in the non-standby mode, generating a fixed voltage and outputting the same to a corresponding signal line in the standby mode. The test circuit is disposed on the semiconductor integrated circuit and generates a current in accordance with the voltage level of the signal line in the standby mode. | 03-15-2012 |
20120273973 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE DESIGN METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DESIGN APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A potential-supply connection interconnect is provided in a multilayer interconnect layer. The potential supply connection interconnect overlaps some cell of I/O cells in the outer peripheral cell column and some cell of I/O cells in the inner peripheral cell column in a plan view. The potential-supply connection interconnect connects a power potential supply interconnect located below the outer peripheral cell column to a power potential supply interconnect located below the inner peripheral cell column and also connects a ground potential supply interconnect located below the outer peripheral cell column to a ground potential supply interconnect located below the inner peripheral cell column. | 11-01-2012 |
20140210096 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE DESIGN METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE DESIGN APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, the semiconductor chip including a substrate, a multilayer interconnect layer formed over the substrate, an outer peripheral cell column disposed along an edge of the substrate in a plan view, the outer peripheral cell column having at least one first I/O cell, and an inner peripheral cell column formed at an inner peripheral side of the outer peripheral cell column, the inner peripheral cell column having at least one second I/O cell. | 07-31-2014 |
20150371950 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE DESIGN METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE DESIGN APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A semiconductor device includes a multilayer interconnect layer formed over a substrate, an outer peripheral cell column disposed along an edge of the substrate in a plan view, the outer peripheral cell column including a first I/O cell, first and second inner peripheral cell columns formed at an inner peripheral side of the outer peripheral cell column, the first and second inner peripheral cell columns including a second I/O cell, and signal interconnects for forming an internal circuit of the semiconductor device, arranged between the first inner peripheral cell column and the second inner peripheral cell column. | 12-24-2015 |
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20100310278 | TONER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner supply container that has: a container body that contains toner therein; and a conveyance member that is rotatably arranged inside the container body and conveys the toner toward a discharge opening of the container body when driven to rotate by external force, wherein the conveyance member includes (i) a cylindrical rotary body and (ii) a screw blade member that is wound around the cylindrical rotary body in such a manner that the screw blade member stands on an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical rotary body, an inner surface of a bottom wall of the container body includes a cylindrically curved surface that is identical to a part of a circumferential surface of an imaginary cylinder whose axis is substantially the same as a rotation axis of the conveyance member, and a curvature radius of the cylindrically curved surface is set such that the conveyance member is driven to rotate in a state where an outer circumferential edge of the screw blade member substantially slides on the cylindrically curved surface | 12-09-2010 |
20130272744 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprising: a fixing unit comprising a heating rotational body, and configured to perform heat-fixing by putting a sheet having an unfixed-image formed thereon in contact with the heating rotational body; and a mechanism comprising a plate-like water droplet guiding member and a condensation collection container, and configured to receive water droplets at an upper surface of the water droplet guiding member, guide the water droplets towards the condensation collection container, and collect the water droplets at the condensation collection container, the water droplets generated above the fixing unit by condensation of water vapor that rises from the sheet during the heat-fixing and falling therefrom. When viewing the image forming apparatus from above in a vertical direction, the condensation collection container is disposed outside a sheet passing region in a sheet width direction. | 10-17-2013 |
20130302055 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF STABLY DETECTING TEMPERATURE OF FIXING DEVICE REGARDLESS OF ORIENTATION OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus orientatable in either a first position or a second position, the second position being different from the first position in inclination with respect to a horizontal plane, comprising: a fixing device including a heating roller and a pressurizing member, pressing the pressurizing member against a surface of the heating roller to form a fixing nip, and thermally fixing a toner image on a recording sheet passing through the fixing nip; at least one temperature detector detecting surface temperature of the heating roller without contact with the surface; a heater heating the heating roller; and a controller controlling the heater according to the surface temperature, thereby controlling the surface temperature, wherein a detection point of the temperature detector is located above a horizontal plane passing through a rotational axis of the heating roller regardless of the orientation of the image forming apparatus. | 11-14-2013 |
20140169822 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a housing; a display whose display surface is provided on a front-surface side of the housing; an image forming unit provided in the housing and configured to form an image on a recording sheet; and an ejector configured to eject the recording sheet with the image formed thereon from inside to outside of the housing in a direction approaching the display surface. | 06-19-2014 |
20140169841 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises: an imaging unit including imaging subunits that are arranged in a vertical direction, each of the imaging subunits forming a toner image of a different color; an intermediate transfer belt having a running surface that runs vertically along the imaging subunits, and on which the toner images are primary-transferred and superposed; a secondary transfer unit secondary-transferring the toner images on the intermediate transfer belt to the recording sheet; and an ejection unit having an outlet and a conveyance path extending vertically, the ejection unit conveying, to the outlet via the conveyance path, the recording sheet on which the toner images have been secondary-transferred, wherein when viewed from a front of the image forming apparatus, the imaging unit is arranged behind the intermediate transfer belt, and the conveyance path is arranged in front of the intermediate transfer belt. | 06-19-2014 |
20140193179 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING REDUCED MANUFACTURING COSTS, AND IMAGE FORMING UNIT AND DEVELOPING UNIT INCLUDED THEREIN - An image forming apparatus supplies toner to an electrostatic latent image on a circumferential surface of a photosensitive rotating member to develop the electrostatic latent image, and includes: a photosensitive unit including the photosensitive rotating member and a pair of support frames rotatably supporting the photosensitive rotating member at axial ends thereof; a developing unit including a developing sleeve that is longer in a rotational axis direction thereof than an element tube of the photosensitive rotating member in a rotational axis direction thereof, and a pair of bearings provided outward from axial ends of the element tube and rotatably holding the developing sleeve at axial ends thereof; and a forcing member relatively forcing the developing unit toward the photosensitive unit to bring the bearings into abutment with the respective support frames, such that a gap between the developing sleeve and the photosensitive rotating member is maintained at a predetermined value. | 07-10-2014 |
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20130016441 | RECORDING HEAD AND DISK DRIVE PROVIDED WITH THE SAMEAANM Taguchi; TomokoAACI Kunitachi-shiAACO JPAAGP Taguchi; Tomoko Kunitachi-shi JPAANM Tomoda; YusukeAACI Zama-shiAACO JPAAGP Tomoda; Yusuke Zama-shi JP - According to one embodiment, a recording head includes a main pole, a trailing shield including a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion, and configured to form together with the main pole a first magnetic core, a leading shield including a first connecting portion connected to the main pole through a magnetic material and an end portion opposing to the end portion of the main pole through a non-magnetic material, and configured to form together with the main pole a second magnetic core, and first and second coils wound around the first and second magnetic cores, and a connection terminal configured to flow a current through the main pole, non-magnetic conductive layer, and trailing shield. | 01-17-2013 |
20130062308 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording head includes forming a main pole, forming an oscillator forming layer includes an underlayer, a spin injection layer, an interlayer, an oscillator layer, and a cap layer on a trailing end surface and sidewalls of the main pole, and removing those parts of the oscillator forming layer which are formed on the sidewalls of the main pole, thereby forming a high-frequency oscillator which is aligned with a width of at least the trailing end surface of the main pole. | 03-14-2013 |
20130063840 | MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a magnetic head has a main magnetic pole, a write-shield constituting the main magnetic pole and a magnetic circuit, and a spin torque oscillation element provided between the main magnetic pole and the write-shield. The spin torque oscillation element is provided with a first oscillation layer, a nonmagnetic spin sink layer, a second oscillation layer, a nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and a spin injection layer provided in sequence from the write-shield side to the main magnetic pole side. The nonmagnetic spin sink layer is formed of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ru, Rh, Ta, W, Cr, Ir, Mo, Re, Nb, Pt, and Pd. | 03-14-2013 |
20130250456 | MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY WITH THE SAME, AND DISK DRIVE - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a main pole, a trailing shield opposing the main pole with a write gap therebetween, and a high-frequency oscillator between a distal end portion of the main pole and the trailing shield configured to produce a high-frequency magnetic field. The high-frequency oscillator includes a lower end surface facing the recording medium and an upper end surface substantially parallel to the lower end surface. The width of the lower end surface in a track-width direction is smaller than that of the upper end surface. | 09-26-2013 |
20140002925 | MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD INCLUDING A HIGH-FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR AND DISK DRIVE WITH THE SAME | 01-02-2014 |