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20100261399 | CONJUGATE FIBER HAVING LOW-TEMPERATURE PROCESSABILITY, NONWOVEN FABRIC AND FORMED ARTICLE USING THE CONJUGATE FIBER - To provide a conjugate fiber that demonstrates low-temperature processability and excellent thermal adhesiveness without shrinking significantly, can be processed with excellent card passability when processed into a nonwoven fabric, and can produce a bulky nonwoven fabric having excellent uniformity. Bulky nonwoven fabric and a formed article having excellent low-temperature processability and excellent feeling are also provided. A conjugate fiber in which a first component that contains at least 75% by weight of an ethylene α-olefin copolymer having a melting point of 70 to 100° C. and a second component that contains a crystalline polypropylene form a side-by-side cross section, wherein, in a fiber cross section perpendicular to a fiber axis, the first component accounts for 55 to 90% of an outer periphery of the fiber, a borderline between the first component and the second component forms a curve bulging toward the first component, and an area ratio between the first component and the second component (first component/second component) is in a range of 70/30 to 30/70; a nonwoven fabric obtained by processing the conjugate fiber into a nonwoven fabric; and a formed article obtained using the conjugate fiber. | 10-14-2010 |
20110240210 | PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR HOT-AIR TREATMENT OF FIBER CONSTITUTING NONWOVEN FABRIC TO PRODUCE NONWOVEN FABRIC, AND PROCESSING PROCESS FOR THE SAME - The present invention provides a processing apparatus and a processing method capable of producing a point-through-air nonwoven fabric wherein hot air is allowed to penetrate through spots of a web or a sheet-like material and fibers at the penetration site are heat-bonded. Specifically, the present invention provides a processing apparatus for hot-air treatment nonwoven fabric, comprising: a rotating running endless belt with holes, a hot-air blowing apparatus which blows out hot air from an internal side of the endless belt with holes toward an outer side thereof, and an endless belt for fiber conveyance which is arranged on a side opposite to the hot-air blowing side of the hot-air blowing apparatus across the endless belt with holes and rotates with passing the hot-air therethrough. | 10-06-2011 |
20110250390 | NONWOVEN FABRIC HAVING STRETCHABILITY, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention provides a stretchable nonwoven fabric which has concavo-convex structure on the surface, is bulky and highly flexible, has air permeability, and is capable of displaying stretchability in all directions irrespective of the directions of MD and CD. Specifically, the invention provides a stretchable nonwoven fabric, comprising a fiber layer ( | 10-13-2011 |
20110250816 | BULKY NONWOVEN FABRIC - The invention provides a nonwoven fabric which can improve these problems of the conventional technologies, can be produced at relatively low costs, is bulky and excellent in cushioning properties, has a good texture and is excellent in shaping ability at post-processing. Specifically, the present invention provides a bulky nonwoven fabric, comprising a fiber layer A containing a spiral crimp fiber and a fiber layer B, wherein the fiber layer B is laminated on at least one surface of the fiber layer A, the spiral crimp fiber of the fiber layer A and the fiber of the fiber layer B are partly entangled and integrated at the interface in a thickness direction of both layers, the fiber layer B exhibits a structure in which the layer is lifted up to the fiber layer B side between individual entangled parts; and having a specific volume of 30 cm | 10-13-2011 |
20120107567 | NONWOVEN FABRIC WITH SURFACE UNEVEN STRUCTURE, AND PRODUCT USING SAME - A nonwoven fabric having a surface concavo-convex structure, and a molded member and a wiping cloth that use the nonwoven fabric are provided. The nonwoven fabric having a surface concavo-convex structure is formed by pressing a planar element having a plurality of apertures against at least one surface of a nonwoven fabric that has been formed by passing hot air through a web including heat adhesive fibers so as to heat-bond interlacing points between the fibers. The pressing process is performed in a state where the nonwoven fabric retains heat in a degree that does not further promote the heat bonding. The nonwoven fabric having a surface concavo-convex structure is soft and exhibits high strength and sufficient resistance against stress. | 05-03-2012 |
20120164378 | FUNCTIONAL SHEET - A functional sheet is described, in which a modifier is uniformly and exactly scattered and deposited such that sites where the modifier is deposited and sites where no modifier is deposited are clearly discriminated. The functional sheet is obtained by masking a surface of a sheet containing at least one fibrous layer on the surface by a planar object having a plurality of openings, applying a solution of a modifier from a side of the planar object, and allowing the modifier to deposit onto a whole surface of the sheet exposed to the openings of the planar object, and a functional sheet in which sites where the modifier is deposited form projections and sites where no modifier is deposited form plains in a surface fibrous layer of the functional sheet. | 06-28-2012 |
20120276347 | RUGGED ELASTIC NONWOVEN FABRIC AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide a rugged elastic nonwoven fabric, in which a first fibrous layer containing heat-shrinkable fibers ( | 11-01-2012 |
20130095288 | STRETCHABLE BULKY NONWOVEN FABRIC AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide a stretchable bulky nonwoven fabric having a high bulkiness and a good feeling; wherein a first fibrous layer including fibers ( | 04-18-2013 |
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20090104530 | LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL-BASED COMPOUND POWDER FOR POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL IN LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE POWDER, SPRAY DRIED PRODUCT OF THE POWDER, FIRING PRECURSOR OF THE POWDER, AND POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY USING THE POWDER - There is provided a powder of a lithium transition-metal compound for a positive-electrode material in a lithium secondary battery, in which the use of the powder as that of a positive-electrode material in a lithium secondary battery achieves a good balance among improvement in battery performance, cost reduction, resistance to a higher voltage, and a higher level of safety. The powder of the lithium transition-metal compound for a positive-electrode material in a lithium secondary battery is characterized in that in a mercury intrusion curve obtained by mercury intrusion porosimetry, the amount of mercury intruded is in the range of 0.8 cm | 04-23-2009 |
20100209771 | LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL-BASED COMPOUND POWDER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, SPRAY-DRIED SUBSTANCE SERVING AS FIRING PRECURSOR THEREOF, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - A lithium transition metal-based compound powder for a lithium secondary battery positive electrode material that can achieve both improvements of load characteristics such as rate and output characteristics and a higher density is a lithium transition metal-based compound powder containing, as a main component, a lithium transition metal-based compound that has a function of allowing elimination and insertion of lithium ions, and including a crystal structure belonging to a layer structure, wherein primary particles are aggregated to form secondary particles, the ratio A/B of a median diameter A of the secondary particles to an average diameter (average primary particle diameter B) is in the range of 8 to 100, and 0.01≦FWHM(110)≦0.5 where FWHM(110) is the half width of a (110) diffraction peak present near a diffraction angle 2θ of 64.5° in a powder X-ray diffraction analysis using a CuKα line. | 08-19-2010 |
20110003200 | LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL BASED COMPOUND POWDER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, SPRAY-DRIED SUBSTANCE SERVING AS FIRING PRECURSOR THEREOF, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE BY USING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium transition metal based compound powder for a lithium secondary battery positive electrode material, characterized by including a lithium transition metal based compound, which has a function of enabling insertion and elimination of lithium ions, as a primary component and being produced by conducting firing after at least one type of compound (hereafter referred to as “Additive 1”) containing at least one type of element (hereafter referred to as “Additive element 1”) selected from B and Bi and at least one type of compound (hereafter referred to as “Additive 2”) containing at least one type of element (hereafter referred to as “Additive element 2”) selected from Mo and W are added in combination to a raw material of the primary component at a ratio of a total of Additive 1 and Additive 2 to a total amount of moles of transition metal elements in the raw material of the primary component of 0.01 percent by mole or more, and less than 2 percent by mole. | 01-06-2011 |
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20090011538 | Packaging system - A mounting system is provided with a substrate loader section, a chip mounting section, and a substrate unloader section for sequentially taking out substrates whereupon chips are mounted. The mounting system is characterized in that the substrate loader section is provided with an oven capable of heat insulating a substrate together with a substrate magazine capable of containing a plurality of substrates, a stage heater for heating/heat insulating a substrate is provided, respectively, at a substrate conveying portion from a substrate waiting stage for the chip mounting section to the chip mounting section, at the chip mounting section, and at a substrate conveying portion from the chip mounting section to the substrate unloader section, and the substrate unloader section is provided with an oven capable of heat insulating a substrate together with a substrate magazine capable of containing a plurality of substrates whereupon chips are mounted. The substrate can be sustained at a desirable temperature over the substantially entire mounting process having a series of steps, and in particular, occurrence of problems ascribed to moisture absorption can be suppressed or prevented. | 01-08-2009 |
20090289098 | Chip Mounting Apparatus and Chip Mounting Method - A chip mounting apparatus is provided with a drive control means. The drive control means is provided with a tool holder whereupon a tool for applying pressure to a chip is mounted, a holder supporting means for supporting the tool holder to be vertically moved, a drive means for vertically moving the holder supporting means, and a position detecting means for detecting a relative position of the tool holder to the holder supporting means. The drive control means controls the height and the pressurizing force of the tool, based on the position of the tool holder when the tool and the chip are one over another and brought into contact with a substrate. A chip mounting method is also provided. Short-circuit failures between adjacent solder bumps can be prevented and chips can be mounted with high yield and reliability. | 11-26-2009 |
20120015458 | MOUNTING APPARATUS AND MOUNTING METHOD - Provided is a mounting apparatus which mounts a chip component on a circuit pattern on a circuit board having a plurality of circuit patterns formed thereon. The mounting apparatus is provided with a plurality of bonding tools each of which mounts the chip component on each of the circuit patterns on the circuit board. Each bonding tool is provided with, within a region on the circuit board where the chip component is to be mounted, an exclusive mounting region where only each bonding tool can mount the chip component, and a common mounting region where both the bonding tool and the adjacent bonding tool can mount the chip component. A mounting method is also provided. The mounting tact time of the chip components can be shortened even in case where a plurality of circuit patterns are formed on the circuit board and a failure circuit pattern is included among the circuit patterns which have been formed. | 01-19-2012 |
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20100192992 | SUBSTRATE CARRYING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a substrate carrying apparatus having a simple configuration capable of inhibiting the occurrence of pattern collapse. A carrying tray of the disclosed substrate carrying apparatus includes a bottom plate for supporting the substrate and a circumferential side wall being provided around the bottom plate. An opening is formed in the bottom plate. An elevating member, to and from which the substrate is to be transferred, passes through the opening. A space is temporarily formed in a carrying tray. The elevating member within the opening passes to the outside of the carrying tray through the space. When the substrate is carried, the liquid is reservoired within the carrying tray, and the substrate is carried while the liquid remained on the upper surface of the substrate. | 08-05-2010 |
20110000507 | SUPERCRITICAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SUPERCRITICAL PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed is a supercritical processing apparatus which can suppress the occurrence of pattern collapse, improve the throughput, and prolong a maintenance interval. In the disclosed supercritical processing apparatus to remove a liquid remained on a substrate by a super-critical state processing fluid, a heating unit heats the processing fluid to place the processing fluid into a processing receptacle in a supercritical state, and a cooling mechanism forcibly cools an area capable of transferring the heat to the substrate from the heating unit in order to suppress the liquid from being evaporated from the substrate until the substrate is disposed on a seating unit. | 01-06-2011 |
20110000512 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided are a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method capable of processing of a substrate using a supercritical fluid without exposing the pattern formed on the substrate to an atmospheric environment. The substrate processing apparatus includes a cleaning bath configured to accommodate a substrate and clean the substrate by flowing a cleaning solution, and a processing vessel configured to accommodate the cleaning bath and process the substrate with a supercritical fluid. | 01-06-2011 |
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20090284208 | MACHINE POSITION CONTROL DEVICE - Even when rigidity of a load drive system using a motor is relatively low, by performing a load position control in which a load position signal is fed back as stable as a semi-closed control system in which only a motor position signal is fed back, an accurate load position control can be made possible. Therefore, regarding a load position signal x | 11-19-2009 |
20100060220 | VIBRATION ISOLATION CONTROL SYSTEM - A computing unit simulates an ideal operation of a vibration excitation actuator by using at least a model operation parameter and the vibration-excitation movable mass data and calculates a parameter corresponding to acceleration/deceleration thrust for moving the vibration-excitation movable mass. A vibration isolation controller determines a control content of a vibration isolation driving unit based on the parameter corresponding to the acceleration/deceleration thrust and controls an operation of the vibration isolation driving unit so that a force canceling a reaction force, which acts on an apparatus when a vibration-excitation movable mass is moved, acts on the apparatus by moving the vibration isolation movable unit. | 03-11-2010 |
20100286948 | MAGNETIC POLE POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD FOR AC SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR - If there is static friction, the magnetic pole position estimation is completed at the time when error torque used for magnetic pole position estimation becomes less than the friction, so that there remains magnetic pole error. A problem has been that when the error torque becomes less than a forward static friction, there remains a positive magnetic pole deviation and when the error torque becomes less than a backward static friction, there remains a negative magnetic pole deviation. By shifting in the negative direction and the positive direction initial values for estimating a magnetic pole error in operation sets, a true pole-error estimation value is estimated in the use of a pole-error estimation value having a positive magnetic pole error obtained by the positive shift operation and a negative one obtained by the negative shift operation, which can reduce estimation error due to the static friction. | 11-11-2010 |
20130016542 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND SURGE VOLTAGE SUPPRESSING METHODAANM Nakamura; KazuyaAACI Chiyoda-kuAACO JPAAGP Nakamura; Kazuya Chiyoda-ku JPAANM Terada; KeiAACI Chiyoda-kuAACO JPAAGP Terada; Kei Chiyoda-ku JPAANM Takahashi; KazutakaAACI Chiyoda-kuAACO JPAAGP Takahashi; Kazutaka Chiyoda-ku JPAANM Jimbo; ShigeoAACI Chiyoda-kuAACO JPAAGP Jimbo; Shigeo Chiyoda-ku JP - To provide an electric power conversion device that converts direct current power supplied from a direct-current power supply into alternating current power, the electric power conversion device includes six switching elements constituted by a voltage-driven transistor that uses a wide bandgap semiconductor and a diode, and a drive circuit that controls a voltage for driving the transistor at a time of turning off the switching elements based on a predetermined voltage profile specifying that the transistor is operated in a non-linear region. | 01-17-2013 |
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20080298827 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises: an image forming mechanism including a motor, and an image forming unit which operates by the motor to form an image on a recording sheet; a registration unit which registers a job; a control unit which controls the image forming mechanism to form an image corresponding to the job registered through the registration unit on a recording sheet; a number obtaining unit which obtains the number of recording sheets required for the job registered through the registration unit; and a setting unit which sets a rotation speed of the motor according to the number of recording sheets obtained by the number obtaining unit. The control unit controls the image forming mechanism to form the image corresponding to the job registered through the registration unit on the recording sheet by rotating the motor at the rotation speed set by the setting unit. | 12-04-2008 |
20090109265 | INK PASSAGES, PLATENS FOR AN INKJET RECORDING DEVICE, AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICES - According to an embodiment of the present invention, an ink passage comprises an ink passage comprising a first surface; and a second surface; wherein ink flows in an ink flow direction from the first surface to the second surface, and wherein a downstream edge of the first surface and an upstream edge of the second surface intersect each other. | 04-30-2009 |
20090111638 | DRIVING FORCE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A driving force transmission device is provided. The device includes: a first differential unit and a second differential unit. The first differential unit includes: first and second input shafts connected to a first motor and a second motor, respectively, and a first output shaft connected to a first driven member. The second differential unit includes: third and fourth input shafts connected to the first motor and the second motor, respectively, and a second output shaft connected to a second driven member. An angular speed of the first output shaft is a sum of a times a first angular speed of the first motor and b times the second angular speed of a second motor. An angular speed of the second output shaft is a sum of c times the first angular speed and d times the second angular speed. a, b, c and d satisfy a relation of ad−bc≠0. | 04-30-2009 |
20100244374 | SHEET-CONVEYING DEVICE - A sheet-conveying device conveys a recording medium to a sheet support surface positioned downstream of the sheet-conveying device in a sheet-conveying direction when recording an image with an image-recording unit. A drive roller and a follower roller define a nip line therebetween. The nip line is positioned above the sheet support surface. A first support member rotatably supports the follower roller. A moving unit moves the first support member from a first position to a second position upstream of the first position in the paper-conveying direction immediately after a trailing edge of the recording medium leaves the sheet-conveying unit. | 09-30-2010 |
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20090087714 | Tubular Fuel Cell Module - A fuel cell module that includes: a plurality of tubular fuel cells, each of which contains a cylindrically shaped inner electrode that exhibits conductivity, a first catalyst layer, an electrolyte layer, and a second catalyst layer laminated sequentially to the outer peripheral surface of the inner electrode, and an external coil that exhibits conductivity and is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the second catalyst layer in such a manner that a first coil section with a loose winding pitch is sandwiched between second coil sections with a tight winding pitch; and a current collecting member that exhibits conductivity and is provided with a plurality of openings into which the tubular fuel cells can be inserted, wherein the first coil sections and the openings fit together. | 04-02-2009 |
20090121384 | Method of producing fuel cell and production apparatus for fuel cell - A production apparatus for a tubular fuel cell, including a first extruder that supplies a first catalyst layer material to the outer peripheral surface of a cylindrically shaped inner electrode that exhibits conductivity, thereby forming a first catalyst layer, a second extruder that supplies an electrolyte layer material to the outer peripheral surface of the first catalyst layer, thereby forming an electrolyte layer, and a third extruder that supplies a second catalyst layer material to the outer peripheral surface of the electrolyte layer, thereby forming a second catalyst layer, wherein by conducting supply of the first catalyst layer material, the electrolyte layer material and the second catalyst layer material in an intermittent manner, at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the inner electrode is left exposed. | 05-14-2009 |
20100021789 | Tubular Fuel Cell and Fuel Cell Module - A tubular fuel cell comprises a cylindrical internal electrode having electrical conductivity, a lamination of a first catalytic layer, an electrolytic layer, and a second catalytic layer laminated in that order on an outer circumferential surface of the internal electrode, and an electrically conductive exterior coil wound around an outer circumferential surface of the second catalytic layer. The tubular fuel cell further comprises an electrically conductive spacer which has an outside diameter greater than that of the exterior coil. | 01-28-2010 |
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20090125729 | Original data circulation method, system, apparatus, and computer readable medium - An original data circulation system for storing or circulating original data which is digital information is provided. The original data circulation system includes an issuer apparatus, a user apparatus and a collector apparatus. The issuer apparatus generates originality information including first information corresponding to the issuer apparatus and second information corresponding to data and sends the originality information. The user apparatus verifies the validity of the source apparatus of the originality information and stores the originality information when the validity is verified. The collector apparatus verifies the validity of the source apparatus of the originality information and processes data corresponding to the second information when the validity is verified. | 05-14-2009 |
20090132824 | Original, data circulation method, system, apparatus, and computer readable medium - An original data circulation system for storing or circulating original data which is digital information is provided. The original data circulation system includes an issuer apparatus, a user apparatus and a collector apparatus. The issuer apparatus generates originality information including first information corresponding to the issuer apparatus and second information corresponding to data and sends the originality information. The user apparatus verifies the validity of the source apparatus of the originality information and stores the originality information when the validity is verified. The collector apparatus verifies the validity of the source apparatus of the originality information and processes data corresponding to the second information when the validity is verified. | 05-21-2009 |
20090199005 | AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD - The security of an IC card is improved by managing success and failure in authentication individually for each terminal program. An IC card includes a random number generation section, a source authentication section, and a process execution section. Upon receipt of a message of type “1”, the random number generation section generates a random number n, and stores it in a random number storage section by associating the random number n with a source included in the message. Upon receipt of a message of type “2” from the source and in a case where the random number n corresponding to the source is stored, the source authentication section collates a value m calculated from an authentication key held by the IC card and the random number n with a value m included in the message of type “2”. When both values agree, upon receipt of a message of type “3” from the source, the process execution section executes a process in accordance with a type of the message. | 08-06-2009 |
20100094757 | ELECTRONIC VALUE EXCHANGE USER DEVICE AND THIRD-PARTY DEVICE - A user device for performing an exchange of an electronic value with another user device is provided. The user device includes an agreement unit configured to acquire offer information corresponding to at least a first random number, from another user device, generate a second random number, generate session information, generate agreement object information, generate an electronic signature, and output agreement information including at least the agreement object information, the session information, and the electronic signature. The user device further includes a second confirmation unit and an abort request unit. The second confirmation unit is configured to acquire from another user device, first confirmation information, perform a verification on a predetermined verification item, and output second confirmation information. The abort request unit is configured to generate an electronic signature and output abort request information. | 04-15-2010 |
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20080265623 | FRONT STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A support frame is provided to extend upward and rearward from a portion of a front side frame near a suspension tower substantially straight and connect to an upper portion of a hinge pillar. Accordingly, there can be provided a front structure of an automotive vehicle that can properly restrain a forward deformation of a cabin by transmitting an impact load at a vehicle frontal crash to the hinge pillar efficiently. | 10-30-2008 |
20090085362 | VEHICLE STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMOBILE - A vehicle structure for an automobile includes: a bumper beam extending in a car width direction; a crash box extending in a longitudinal direction of the automobile and connected at a distal end thereof to a side part in the car width direction of the bumper beam; and a mounting plate having a face to which a base end of the crash box is connected and another face mounted to a distal end of a vehicle frame extending in the longitudinal direction of the automobile by means of fasteners. The crash box is in a substantially cross shape in closed section. | 04-02-2009 |
20090146455 | FRONT BODY STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A front side frame includes a bend portion which is operative to bend outward when an impact load acts on the front side frame from ahead. The bend portion is provided in a specified location such that the bend portion in a bending state substantially contacts a damper of the suspension from a vehicle front side. Accordingly, a rear end of the front side frame can be prevented properly from moving back when the impact load acts on the front side frame from ahead. | 06-11-2009 |
20090236166 | FRAME STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A centroid of bend portions of a front side frame (frame member) is offset to a specified direction of a vehicle width direction (a bending direction of the front side frame) from a centroid of a different portion from the bend portions. Accordingly, a frame structure which can properly provide the bend portion without causing any improper increase of the number of members can be provided. | 09-24-2009 |
20100066124 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - A crash can with a cross-shaped cross section is provided between a side frame and a bumper beam. The crash can connects to an end portion of the side frame in a state where its four projecting portions are directed respectively in upper, lower, right and left directions. The bumper beam comprises a protruding portion which extends in the vehicle width direction. The right and left projecting portions are joined to a top face of the protruding portion and that the upper and lower projecting portions are joined to upper and lower faces of the protruding portion respectively. Plural beads are formed at the crash can at positions which avoid spot-joint positions. Accordingly, the impact energy can absorbed effectively by the crash can. | 03-18-2010 |
20110095568 | FRONT VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - Part of a front side frame is configured to be deformed so as to bend outwardly, in a vehicle width direction, by a collision load in a vehicle frontal collision. A sub frame provided at a lower portion of a front vehicle body is joined to the front side frame via a reinforcement. A front portion of the reinforcement is located at a position which corresponds to a bending portion of the front side frame which is to be deformed so as to bend outwardly, in the vehicle width direction, by the collision load in the vehicle frontal collision. Accordingly, the bending of the front side frame at its bending portion when the collision load acts in the vehicle frontal collision can be promoted, so that the collision load against passengers can be decreased securely. | 04-28-2011 |
20130049391 | VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - In a frame having a closed-section portion which is formed by joining a first member having a U-shaped section and a second member having a flat-plate shape, a bulkhead is provided in the closed-section portion as a reinforcing member, flanges of the bulkhead and the first and second members are joined with a rigid joint portion where they are joined by a spot welding and a flexible joint portion where they are joined via a damping member. Thereby, transmission of vibrations can be properly restrained, improving the rigidity of the portion having the closed-section portion. | 02-28-2013 |
20130049392 | VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - In a vehicle-body structure of a vehicle which comprises vehicle-body forming members forming a closed-section portion and having a dent portion which dents toward an inside of the closed-section portion, and a reinforcing member provided in the closed-section portion and joined to the vehicle-body forming members, a joint portion of the vehicle-body forming members and the reinforcing member includes a rigid joint portion where the vehicle-body forming members and the reinforcing member are joined with a direct contact thereof and a flexible joint portion where the vehicle-body forming members and the reinforcing member are joined via a damping member provided therebetween, and this joint portion is provided at or in the vicinity of the dent portion. | 02-28-2013 |
20130049393 | VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - In a vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, where suspension forming members are attached to a vehicle body, there are provided a first face portion, through which the suspension forming member extends, a second face portion provided to face to the first face portion, and a support member provided between the first face portion and the second face portion and supporting the suspension forming members, and the support member is joined to said second face portion via a reinforcing member which is formed integrally with the support member or formed separately from the support member. Accordingly, vibrations of the support member can be properly restrained. | 02-28-2013 |
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20090035643 | FUEL CELL SEPARATOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE FUEL CELL SEPARATOR - The present invention relates to a fuel cell separator and a method of producing the fuel cell separator. A first separator and a second separator are provided as the fuel cell separators. Firstly, the first separator and the second separator are heated. Thus, an Fe rich layer is formed in a surface layer of each of the first separator and the second separator, and a Cr rich layer where a proportion of Cr is 60% or more is formed in an inner portion of each of the first separator and the second separator. Then, an electrolytic treatment is applied to each of the first separator and the second separator to remove the Fe rich layer. By the removal, the Cr rich layer is exposed to the outside on the outermost surface layer of each of the first separator and the second separator. | 02-05-2009 |
20120270137 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell is formed by stacking a plurality of unit cells. Each of the unit cells includes a membrane electrode assembly, and an anode side metal separator and a cathode side metal separator sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly therebetween. In a surface of the cathode side metal separator, metal portions are exposed in at least part of a second flat portion in an area surrounded by seal lines SL of the anode side metal separator. Cutouts are formed on a surface of the cathode side metal separator by cutting at least part of the second flat portion up to the metal portions thereby to expose the metal portions through the cutouts. | 10-25-2012 |
20140295321 | FUEL CELL SEPARATOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - First, a passive film is removed from a surface of a separator sheet. For example, the separator sheet may be immersed in an acidic liquid to remove the passive film. Then, the separator sheet is washed with water, taken out from the water, and heated. After the heating, the separator sheet is subjected to an electrolytic treatment to obtain a separator for a fuel cell. The resultant separator has a seal forming portion, and the outermost surface of the seal forming portion contains, based on 100% by weight of the total of a Cr oxide, an Mo oxide, an Fe oxide, Fe, and Ni, 5% by weight or less of the sum of the Fe and Ni and 60% by weight or more of the Cr oxide. | 10-02-2014 |
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20110110623 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FILM, LAMINATED TYPE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FILM, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ASSEMBLY, OPTICAL WIRING LINE, OPTICAL/ELECTRICAL COMBINATION SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An optical waveguide film includes at least one optical waveguide area having an X-direction and a Y-direction orthogonal to the X-direction. Such an optical waveguide film includes a plurality of core portions arranged side by side within the same layer so as to extend along the X-direction, each of the core portions having side surfaces, and the core portions adjoining to each other in the Y-direction being arranged through a gap therebetween; and a plurality of cladding portions provided so as to cover the side surfaces of each of the core portions, each of the cladding portions formed of a resin having an optical refractive index smaller than that of each of the core portions, and the cladding portion between the adjoining core portions providing each gap. In the optical waveguide film, a size of the gap between the adjoining core portions varies along the X-direction in at least a part of the optical waveguide area. This makes it possible to precisely match a gap between core portions in a cut end surface with a desired value by selection of cutting positions of the optical waveguide film even when the optical waveguide film is shrunken. | 05-12-2011 |
20110158596 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, OPTICAL WIRING LINE, OPTICAL/ELECTRICAL COMBINATION SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An optical waveguide is provided. The optical waveguide includes a plurality of core portions and a plurality of clad portions in which each core portion being provided between a pair of clad portions. Each of the plurality of clad portions comprises: a low refractive-index area being in contact with the core portion, wherein a refractive index of the low refractive-index area is lower than that of the plurality of core portions; and a plurality of high refractive-index areas separated from the core portion through the low refractive-index area, wherein a refractive index of the plurality of high refractive-index areas is higher than the refractive index of the low refractive-index area. The plurality of high refractive-index areas are provided in the clad portion in an aligned manner or in a scattered manner. The plurality of high refractive-index areas are constituted of the same kind of material as a constituent material of the plurality of core portions. The plurality of high refractive-index areas make light scattered. Such light does not enter the plurality of core portions and involuntarily enters the plurality of clad portions. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the light from reaching light receiving elements, so that it is possible to improve quality of optical communications. | 06-30-2011 |
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20110117291 | TEMPLATE TREATMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM, TEMPLATE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND IMPRINT SYSTEM - In a template treatment of forming a film of a release agent on a treatment surface of a template, the treatment surface of the template is first cleaned. Thereafter, in a coating unit, the release agent is applied to the treatment surface of the template. The release agent on the template is then dried. Then, alcohol is applied to the release agent on the template to make the release agent adhere to the treatment surface of the template and to remove an unreacted portion of the release agent. Thereafter, the alcohol on the template is dried and removed. In this manner, a film of the release agent is formed in a predetermined film thickness on the treatment surface of the template. | 05-19-2011 |
20120152136 | IMPRINT METHOD, COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM AND IMPRINT APPARATUS - The present invention provides a method for applying an application liquid between a template and a substrate, and transferring the transfer pattern onto the application liquid. The template is inclinedly arranged with respect to the substrate in a manner that a first distance between a first end portion of the template and the substrate is a distance that causes a capillary action of the application liquid to occur, and a second distance between a second end portion of the template that opposes the first end portion and the substrate is a distance that does not cause the capillary action of the application liquid to occur. Thereafter, the application liquid is supplied from an outer side of the first end portion to the first end portion. Thereafter, the second end portion and the substrate are relatively moved so that the second distance becomes equal to the first distance. | 06-21-2012 |
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20100027138 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A lens apparatus includes a first lens holding member configured to hold a lens, and an actuator configured to move the first lens holder in an optical axis direction. The lens apparatus transfers to a retracted state by moving the first lens holding member to a retracted position via the actuator from an image picking-up state. The lens apparatus further includes a stopper configured to move in a direction different from the optical axis direction between a first position at which the stopper restricts a movement of the first lens holding member and a second position off the first position, and a driving member configured to move the stopper from the second position to the first position relative to the first lens holding member that has moved to the retreated position. | 02-04-2010 |
20100027139 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING APPARATUS - When an external force that is equal to or greater than the urging force of a first ball spring is applied to a first lens holder, a first ball follower is dislocated from a first cam groove, and a first external force receiving groove and a first external force receiving pin are brought into engagement to receive the external force. When the external force that has been applied to the first lens holder is released, the first ball follower is restored to the first cam groove due to the urging force of the first ball spring. | 02-04-2010 |
20100067127 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The lens apparatus includes a first barrel member, a second barrel member, a first rolling bearing and a second rolling bearing. The second barrel member includes a cam for moving a lens unit in an optical axis direction, is disposed inside or outside the first barrel member and rotatable around an optical axis with respect to the first barrel member. The first rolling bearing prevents relative displacements of the first and second barrel members in the optical axis direction and in a radial direction. The first rolling bearing is rotatable between the first and second barrel members. The second rolling bearing prevents the relative displacement of the first and second barrel members in the radial direction. The second rolling bearing is rotatable between the first and second barrel members. The first and second rolling bearing are arranged at positions away from each other in the optical axis direction. | 03-18-2010 |
20100321806 | VIBRATION WAVE DRIVEN APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING VIBRATION WAVE DRIVEN APPARATUS - A vibration wave driven apparatus includes a vibrator configured to generate vibration, a rotor configured to be in frictional contact with the vibrator and to rotate about an axis of rotation, and a transmitting member configured to rotate about the axis and to transmit rotation of the rotor to an external component. A part of the transmitting member forms a worm portion of a worm gear. | 12-23-2010 |
20110097064 | LENS BARREL, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A lens barrel which is capable of increasing the total length of the lens barrel in a shooting state even in a case where the collapsed lens barrel length is short, with a simple construction. A shooting optical system is disposed movably in an optical axis direction. A lens barrel driving member moves the shooting optical system in the optical axis direction while rotating around the optical axis. A lens barrel driving member moving unit moves the lens barrel driving member in the optical axis direction in a transition region during which the lens barrel moves between a shooting state and a non-shooting state while the driving member rotating. | 04-28-2011 |
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20100061684 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION MODULE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER - A manufacturing method of an optical communication module for manufacturing the optical communication module, including the sequentially performed steps of: (1) mounting a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element on a side surface of a sub-mount substrate and mounting the sub-mount substrate on a printed circuit board such that the light-emitting and -receiving directions of the light-emitting element and light-receiving element are parallel to the printed circuit board; (2) aligning an optical waveguide; and (3) dropping resin solution on an area of the sub-mount substrate including an optical waveguide end and the light-emitting element or the light-receiving element, and curing the resin solution. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an optical communication module which can be made thin, small and cheap. | 03-11-2010 |
20120044971 | POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBER AND OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR USING SAME - The polarization-maintaining fiber of the invention includes a core ( | 02-23-2012 |
20130028275 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER GRATING, OPTICAL FIBER GRATING, AND FIBER LASER - A method for manufacturing an optical fiber grating that includes first and second gratings that configure an optical resonator, the method including: forming the first grating by radiating ultraviolet light to an optical fiber so that a irradiation intensity Z satisfies the following Equation 1: Z≦(Δλ | 01-31-2013 |
20130333476 | METHOD OF MEASURING ACOUSTIC DISTRIBUTION AND DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSOR - Optical pulses are output from a light source to an optical fiber at one selected emission wavelength, a reflection light reflected at a fiber Bragg grating at the optical fiber is received at an optical receiver and is converted to a reflection signal by an optical to electrical conversion, a fiber Bragg grating which reflects the reflection light is identified by the signal processing unit when an intensity of the reflection signal obtained by the optical receiver is over a predetermined threshold value, and a measurement step that calculates acoustic frequencies at the fiber Bragg grating based on a temporal change of the intensity of the reflection signal at the fiber Bragg grating is repeated more than two times while changing an emission wavelength of the light source. The acoustic frequency at each fiber Bragg grating is calculated to determine an acoustic distribution along a longitudinal direction of the fiber. | 12-19-2013 |
20140268130 | METHOD FOR DETECTING NON-SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION OF SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE - A method for detecting a non-superconducting transition of a superconducting wire including a substrate, a superconducting layer that has a critical temperature of 77 K or more, and a metal stabilization layer, the method includes arranging an optical fiber on the superconducting wire, injecting a measurement light into the optical fiber, measuring an intensity of anti-Stokes Raman scattering light of the measurement light, and detecting an occurrence of a non-superconducting transition in the superconducting wire based on an intensity variation of the anti-Stokes Raman scattering light. | 09-18-2014 |