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20090053571 | FUEL CELL STACK AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A fuel cell stack includes a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane and electrode catalyst layers sandwiching the electrolyte membrane; metal separators that define gas channels, the metal separators being respectively disposed at both surfaces of the membrane electrode assembly; a current collector from which electromotive force is derived, the current collector being in contact with at least one of the metal separators; and joining parts that join the metal separator to the current collector at portions where the metal separator contacts the current collector. | 02-26-2009 |
20090092872 | FUEL CELL STACK AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ITS SEPARATOR PLATES - A cell of a fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, and metal first and second separators which sandwich the membrane electrode assembly to form gas flow paths disposed on each side of the membrane electrode assembly. A back surface of the first separator and a back surface of the second separator, the first separator and the second separator being included in adjacent cells, are in contact with each other, thereby forming a temperature-control medium flow path between the first separator and the second separator. In the first separator and the second separator, corrosion-resistant coating layers are provided only on reaction-side surfaces of the first separator and the second separator, the reaction-side surfaces facing the membrane electrode assembly, and portions where the back surface of the first separator is in contact with the back surface of the second separator are joined by welded portions. | 04-09-2009 |
20090117431 | FUEL CELL, FUEL CELL STACK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A fuel cell stack and method of manufacturing a fuel cell stack having a highly anti-corrosive property. The fuel cell stack includes a plurality of cells constructed by interposing an electrolyte membrane electrode assembly between the first and second separators. The first and second separators define gas passages on from both sides of the electrolyte membrane electrode assembly, and a gas manifold is in fluid communication with the gas flow passages through the plurality of stacked cells. Manifold openings for defining the gas manifold are formed in the first and second separators, and the opening areas of the manifold openings are differently sized. The manifold opening inner peripheral end of the first separator has a larger opening area, and is welded to the second separator to form a manifold welding portion. | 05-07-2009 |
20110287336 | ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVE MEMBER AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - An electrical conductive member includes: an electrical conductive structure including: a substrate ( | 11-24-2011 |
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20120225771 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYST-SUPPORTING CARRIER AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SAME - Disclosed is a method for producing a catalyst-supporting carrier, including a step of supplying subcritical carbon dioxide or supercritical carbon dioxide to a dissolving tank containing a catalyst precursor generated when a catalyst is reduced to dissolve the catalyst precursor in the subcritical carbon dioxide or the supercritical carbon dioxide; a step of supplying the subcritical carbon dioxide or the supercritical carbon dioxide in which the catalyst precursor is dissolved to a supporting tank containing a carrier and reducing the catalyst precursor to cause the catalyst to be supported on the carrier; and a step of supplying the sub-critical carbon dioxide or the supercritical carbon dioxide to the supporting tank containing the carrier on which the catalyst is supported to clean the carrier. | 09-06-2012 |
20130134106 | WASTE LIQUID TREATMENT APPARATUS AND WASTE LIQUID TREATMENT METHOD - A first decomposition reaction part and a second decomposition reaction part are arranged with respective catalysts of different types from each other, or, of those reaction parts, only the second decomposition reaction part is arranged with a catalyst. In addition, a fluid outlet side of the first decomposition reaction part and a fluid inlet side of the second decomposition reaction part are directly communicated with each other without being narrowed. | 05-30-2013 |
20130153477 | LIQUID WASTE TREATMENT APPARATUS - An inner tube is provided with a protruding portion protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the tube, in a position extending throughout the entire area of the outer peripheral surface of the tube, in a region located outside an outer tube, of the entire area in a longitudinal direction of the inner tube inserted into a through-hole of a discharge side wall of the outer tube, and the protruding portion of the inner tube is pressed by an outlet joint toward the discharge side wall along an axial direction of the outer tube, and thereby, the inner tube is cantilevered by the discharge side wall. | 06-20-2013 |
20140048464 | FLUID PURIFYING APPARATUS - A fluid purifying apparatus that purifies fluid containing organic matter has a reactor including a first transfer part that receives the fluid from outside and transfers the fluid in a vertical direction from an upper side to a lower side while heating and pressurizing the fluid and mixing the fluid with an oxidant, a second transfer part that receives the fluid that has passed through the first transfer part and transfers the fluid in the vertical direction from the lower side to the upper side, and a partition member that partitions an upper part of the reactor into the first transfer part and the second transfer part, and a solid storage part that communicates with the first transfer part and the second transfer part below the partition member and receives solid matter contained in the fluid that settles while the fluid is transferred. | 02-20-2014 |
20150368129 | FLUID TREATMENT APPARATUS - A fluid treatment apparatus for treating a target fluid is provided. The fluid treatment apparatus includes a reactor to decompose an organic substance contained in a mixed fluid of the target fluid with an oxidant by an oxidation reaction. The reactor includes a cylindrical base material, a catalyst, and a migration space. The catalyst accelerates the oxidation reaction of the organic substance, and is disposed along an inner periphery of the cylindrical base material. Into the migration space, solids precipitated in the oxidation reaction migrate in a longitudinal direction without accumulating. | 12-24-2015 |
20150376042 | FLUID TREATMENT APPARATUS - A fluid treatment apparatus for treating a target fluid is provided. The fluid treatment apparatus includes a cylindrical reactor and one or more catalyst members each having a rod-like or plate-like shape extending in a longitudinal direction within the reactor. The cylindrical reactor decomposes an organic substance contained in a mixed fluid of the target fluid with an oxidant by an oxidation reaction under heat and pressure. The cylindrical reactor has an introduction port on one end and a discharge port on the other end. An upstream end surface, relative to a direction of flow of the target fluid, of each of the catalyst members is located in a downstream vicinity of or upstream from an inflow position where the target fluid flows into the reactor through the introduction port. Each of the catalyst members is suspended with the upstream end surface being fixed. | 12-31-2015 |
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20120212511 | REPRODUCING DEVICE, SETTING CHANGING METHOD, AND SETTING CHANGING DEVICE - A reproducing device that can reproduce data and operates on a battery includes displaying means, attitude detecting means for detecting an attitude of the reproducing device, determining means for determining whether the reproducing device satisfies a predetermined condition, and controlling means for changing a setting of the reproducing device on a basis of a result of detection of the attitude detecting means when the determining means determines that the reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition. | 08-23-2012 |
20130127914 | REPRODUCING DEVICE, SETTING CHANGING METHOD, AND SETTING CHANGING DEVICE - A reproducing device that can reproduce data and operates on a battery includes displaying means, attitude detecting means for detecting an attitude of the reproducing device, determining means for determining whether the reproducing device satisfies a predetermined condition, and controlling means for changing a setting of the reproducing device on a basis of a result of detection of the attitude detecting means when the determining means determines that the reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition. | 05-23-2013 |
20130241257 | VEHICLE SEAT - One lower end portion of a belt anchor bracket is supported on a lock unit rotatably in a front-rear direction, the other lower end portion of the belt anchor bracket is fixed to a leg, and a seatbelt anchor is supported on an upper end portion of the belt anchor bracket rotatably in the front-rear direction. | 09-19-2013 |
20150269710 | REPRODUCING DEVICE, SETTING CHANGING METHOD, AND SETTING CHANGING DEVICE - A method, an apparatus and a recording medium are provided for display control. The display control apparatus comprises a circuitry configured to set a display hold state, change a display state from a first state displaying a first screen, to the other state, in a case that the display control apparatus is not operated in a predetermined period, and return to the first state, in response to an operation, displaying the first screen in an orientation determined based on an attitude of the display control apparatus and the display hold state. The recording medium comprises instructions to configure the apparatus to perform a display control method. | 09-24-2015 |
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20100054703 | Display Processing Apparatus and Display Processing Method - According to one embodiment,a display processing apparatus includes: an operation receiver configured to receive operation to select a first key content as a search key; a relation calculator configured to calculate first relation between the first key content and each of other contents; and a display processor configured to display first list information including first display information at a predetermined position and other display information at positions corresponding to the first relation. The relation calculator calculates second relation between a second key content and each of other contents when the first display information is updated by second display information. The display processor displays second list information including the other display information at positions corresponding to the second relation. | 03-04-2010 |
20100057696 | Display Processing Apparatus, Display Processing Method, and Computer Program Product - According to one embodiment, an display processing apparatus includes, an operation receiver, a relation calculator, a display information generator, and a display controller. The operation receiver receives operation to select a key content of a first type. The relation calculator calculates relation between the key content and each of second contents of a plurality of types including the first type. The display information generator generates first display information of the key content and second display information of the second contents. The display controller displays list information including the first display information and relation item information indicating a plurality of items involved in calculating the relation and display areas each corresponding to one of the items. In the list information, pieces of the second display information are arranged such that second display information of second content with higher relation to the key content is closer to the first display information. | 03-04-2010 |
20100058173 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an display processing apparatus includes an operation receiver, a relation calculator, a display information generator, and a display controller. The operation receiver receives operation to select a key content of a first type. The relation calculator calculates relation between the key content and each of second contents of a plurality of types including the first type. The display information generator generates first display information of the key content and second display information of the second contents. The display controller displays list information including the first display information and second display information. Pieces of the second display information are arranged to form a plurality of concentric polygons with the first display information as the center along directions of operation such that second display information of second content with higher relation to the key content is closer to the first display information. | 03-04-2010 |
20100058241 | Display Processing Apparatus, Display Processing Method, and Computer Program Product - According to one embodiment, an display processing apparatus includes an operation receiver, a relation calculator, a display information generator, a display controller, and a scrolling module. The operation receiver receives selection of a key content. The relation calculator calculates relation between the key content and each of second contents. The display information generator generates first display information of the key content and second display information of the second contents. The display controller displays list information in which pieces of the second display information are arranged to form concentric polygons around the first display information along directions of operation such that second display information of second content with higher relation is closer to the first display information. The scrolling module scrolls, in response to user operation, the list information. The display controller maintains the first display information in the display range. | 03-04-2010 |
20110231799 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a display processing apparatus includes an operation receiver, a relation calculator, a display information generator, and a display controller. The operation receiver receives operation to select a key content of a first type. The relation calculator calculates relation between the key content and each of second contents of a plurality of types including the first type. The display information generator generates first display information specific to the key content and pieces of second display information specific to the second contents, respectively. The display controller arranges the first display information at a center and the pieces of the second display information in at least one of the predetermined areas divided by each of the items in a radial direction from the center, based on the relation calculated by the relation calculator. The display controller displays the arranged first display information and the arranged pieces of the second display information. | 09-22-2011 |
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20100237928 | SWITCHING CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE SAME - There is provided a method for testing a switching circuit including a first FET connected between input/output terminals, a capacitor connected between one of the input/output terminals and the first FET, and a second FET that is connected in parallel with the capacitor and has a gate electrode connected to a ground terminal. The method includes, applying a potential that sets the second FET to a conducting state to the ground terminal, and testing a DC test for the first FET via the second FET. | 09-23-2010 |
20120075004 | SWITCH AND METHOD OF CONTROL THE SAME - A switch includes, a common terminal, a first terminal, a second terminal, a first FET having a first source, a first drain and a first gate, one of the first source and the first drain being coupled to the common terminal, the other of the first source and the first drain being coupled to the first terminal, and a second FET having a second source, a second drain and a second gate, one of the second source and the second drain being coupled to the common terminal, the other of the second source and the second drain being coupled to the second terminal. The first FET is controlled to a turn-off state by an absolute voltage of the first gate which is smaller than an absolute voltage of the second gate to control a turning-off state for the second transistor. | 03-29-2012 |
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20120249573 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an image receiving unit, a screen-information receiving unit, a pixel-block extraction unit, a halftone-dot extraction unit, and a halftone-dot adding unit. The image receiving unit receives an image. The screen-information receiving unit receives screen information concerning screening which has been performed on the received image. The pixel-block extraction unit extracts pixel blocks which are possibly halftone dots included in the received image. The halftone-dot extraction unit extracts, on the basis of the screen information, a pixel block which is a halftone dot among the pixel blocks extracted by the pixel-block extraction unit. The halftone-dot adding unit adds, on the basis of the screen information, a halftone dot at a position at which no pixel block has been extracted by the pixel-block extraction unit. | 10-04-2012 |
20140285853 | IMAGE INSPECTING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MATERIAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A recording material processing device, includes: an accumulation unit that is accumulated with a plurality of recording materials each of which is a recording material formed with an image by an image forming unit and inspected by an inspection unit, where the image forming unit that forms the image on the recording material based on original image data; and a processing unit that removes the recording material which was determined to have a defect which occurred in the image by the inspecting unit, among the plurality of recording materials and adds a new recording material on which a same image is formed by the image forming unit, to the plurality of recording materials, the same image being based on the original image data of the image formed on the defective recording material. | 09-25-2014 |
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20100097512 | Solid-state imaging apparatus, camera, and method of manufacturing solid-state imaging apparatus - A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units configured to generate signal charge from light received at light-receiving surfaces thereof, the plurality of photoelectric conversion units being provided in the image-sensing area of a substrate; a charge reading unit configured to read signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion units, a charge readout channel area thereof being provided in the image-sensing area of the substrate; a transfer register unit configured to transfer signal charge read from the plurality of photoelectric conversion units by the charge reading unit, a charge transfer channel area thereof being provided in the image-sensing area of the substrate; and a light-shielding unit that is provided in the image-sensing area of the substrate and that has an opening through which light is transmitted formed in an area corresponding to a light-receiving surface of a respective photoelectric conversion unit. | 04-22-2010 |
20100124710 | Photomask - A photomask includes a base, a plurality of chip pattern regions over which a light shielding pattern of a metal material is defined, the plurality of chip pattern regions being defined on the base, scribe regions defined between the chip pattern regions, the scribe regions being defined by using the light shielding pattern, and slits in which the light shielding pattern is not defined, the slits being defined so as to surround the chip pattern regions. | 05-20-2010 |
20110127629 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid state imaging device including a semiconductor layer, an insulating material in an opening penetrating a surface of the semiconductor layer, and a protective film that is resistant to etching covering one end of the insulating material on an interior side of the semiconductor layer. | 06-02-2011 |
20140077060 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a substrate having a surface over which a plurality of photodiodes are formed, and a protection film that is transparent, has a water-proofing property, and includes a side wall part vertical to the surface of the substrate and a ceiling part covering a region surrounded by the side wall part, the side wall part and the ceiling part surrounding a region where the plurality of photodiodes are arranged over the substrate. | 03-20-2014 |
20160027822 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND PRODUCTION METHOD - Provided is a solid-state image pickup element including: a sensor unit configured to generate an electrical signal in response to incident light; a color filter covering the sensor unit; and a lens configured to concentrate the incident light into the sensor unit via the color filter and formed by a laminated film made of a predetermined lens material. The lens is formed on the color filter without providing a planarization layer for removing a difference in level in the color filter. | 01-28-2016 |
20160027830 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is a semiconductor device including: a multilayer substrate including an optical element; a light-transmitting plate provided on the substrate to cover the optical element; and a lens of an inorganic material provided between the substrate and the light-transmitting plate. A structure having a same strength as a strength per unit area of the lens is provided at a portion outside an effective photosensitive region where the optical element is formed, when the substrate is viewed in plan. | 01-28-2016 |
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20110081444 | FEED ADDITIVE COMPOSITION FOR RUMINANTS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A feed additive composition includes a protective agent, lecithin in an amount of 0.05 to 6% by weight relative to a total weight of the composition, a basic amino acid in an amount of at least 40% by weight and less than 65% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, and water. A method of producing a feed additive composition includes preparing a molten mixture of at least one protective agent, lecithin and at least one basic amino acid, and solidifying the molten mixture by immersing the molten mixture in water or an aqueous liquid. The protective agent includes hydrogenated vegetable oils and/or hydrogenated animal oils having melting points of greater than 50° C. and less than 90° C. | 04-07-2011 |
20110081445 | FEED ADDITIVE COMPOSITION FOR RUMINANTS CONTAINING ACIDIC OR NEUTRAL AMIN ACID, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A feed additive composition includes a protective agent, lecithin, an acidic or neutral amino acid, and water. A method of producing a feed additive composition includes preparing a molten mixture of a protective agent, lecithin, and an acidic or neutral amino acid, and immersing the molten mixture in water or an aqueous liquid to obtain a solidified mixture. Feed additives may be obtained by such method. The protective agent may include a hydrogenated vegetable oil or hydrogenated animal oil having a melting point of higher than 50° C. and lower than 90° C. | 04-07-2011 |
20140065260 | FEED ADDITIVE COMPOSITION FOR RUMINANTS CONTAINING ACIDIC OR NEUTRAL AMINO ACID, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A feed additive composition includes a protective agent, lecithin, an acidic or neutral amino acid, and water. A method of producing a feed additive composition includes preparing a molten mixture of a protective agent, lecithin, and an acidic or neutral amino acid, and immersing the molten mixture in water or an aqueous liquid to obtain a solidified mixture. Feed additives may be obtained by such method. The protective agent may include a hydrogenated vegetable oil or hydrogenated animal oil having a melting point of higher than 50° C. and lower than 90° C. | 03-06-2014 |