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20100239325 | TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - A hollow cylindrical cap is rotatably attached to a container body opening provided in one end of a hollow cylindrical container body. A seal member around the container body opening forms a seal between the container body and the cap. Once the cap is attached to the container body, pressing chips are circumferentially slidably engaged with a flange, and the seal member is pressure-sealed to a pressure-seal portion. A toner container identification is contiguous with the rear edge of one of the pressing chips. The toner container identification is formed by denting one part of the cap so its outer surface radially protrudes outward, and has a predetermined cross-section. | 09-23-2010 |
20130259533 | TONER BOTTLE, SUPPLY UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A first shutter covers a first supply port formed in an outer peripheral surface of a main body, and can move in an outer peripheral direction along the outer peripheral surface of the main body. A pair of guiding members respectively formed on both ends of the first shutter guide the first shutter in the outer peripheral direction. A lock mechanism fixes the first shutter to achieve a closed sate of the first supply port. The lock mechanism includes a protrusion provided to the first shutter, the protrusion being capable of engaging with a recess formed in the outer peripheral surface. Fixing by the lock mechanism is released when the protrusion elastically deforms and is disengaged from the recess. The protrusion, the recess, and the first supply port are disposed along a virtual curve between the pair of guiding members. | 10-03-2013 |
20140029983 | TONER RESUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner resupply device having: a detector plate for detecting a surface of toner stored in a hopper; a douser that moves together with the detector plate; a fixing plate for fixing the detector plate and the douser integrally; and a toner sensor for detecting a phase of the douser. The douser has a light-blocking surface that blocks and transmits light to be detected by the toner sensor, and a shaft extending in an axial direction crossing the light-blocking surface, the shaft being inserted in a hole made in the detector plate. The shaft has a groove in which the fixing plate is locked, the groove extending in a direction crossing the axial direction. The fixing plate in a state of being locked in the groove pushes the shaft in the axial direction, thereby fixing the detector plate and the douser to each other. | 01-30-2014 |
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20090127978 | Film bulk acoustic wave resonator, its fabrication method and film bulk acoustic wave resonator filter using the resonator - The film bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a laminate structure composed of a piezoelectric layer, and first and second electrode layers interposing at least part of the piezoelectric layer, in which the first metal electrode is dispersively formed on an electrode plane facing the second metal electrode, and a gap is formed in a substrate correspondingly to the laminate-structured resonance part. Except for an area of a wire electrode electrically connected to the first electrode layer and an area of a wire electrode electrically connected to the second electrode layer, the piezoelectric layer, first electrode layer and second electrode layer do not come in contact with the insulating substrate but are supported on a hollow. Also, a prop is formed in the gap to support the laminate structure. | 05-21-2009 |
20090295508 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE AND HIGH-FREQUENCY FILTER USING THE SAME - Boundary acoustic wave devices are both compact and possess excellent temperature stability. Yet these devices have the drawback that the Q value cannot be raised, and a high cost thin-film technology is required. This invention provides a boundary acoustic wave device possessing excellent Q value along with a low cost. A boundary acoustic wave device including a film whose main ingredient is aluminum at a thickness hm, and a shorting reflector (thickness hr) and a IDT with an electrode finger period of lambda, are patterned onto the surface of a theta YX-LN single crystalline piezoelectric substrate; and a silicon oxide film with a thickness h | 12-03-2009 |
20110037343 | Elastic Wave Device - In a boundary elastic wave resonator formed with a cross finger type transducer (IDT) of a wave length λ of a boundary elastic wave, a silicon oxide film, and an aluminum nitride film above a surface of a θYX-LN single-crystal piezoelectric substrate having a predetermined cut angle θ, a film thickness h | 02-17-2011 |
20110148257 | THIN FILM TUNING-FORK TYPE INFLECTION RESONATOR AND ELECTRIC SIGNAL PROCESSING ELEMENT - A compact resonator has a wide bandwidth and a small variation of the specific vibration frequency. The resonator is a thin film tuning-fork type inflection resonator in which a thin film made of a piezoelectric material is formed on a substrate on which a lower electrode is formed, and an upper electrode is formed on the piezoelectric thin film. | 06-23-2011 |
20110181154 | Thin film piezoelectric vibrator, thin film piezoelectric bulk acoustic wave resonator, and radio-frequency filter using such resonator - A thin film piezoelectric bulk acoustic wave resonator has a multilayer structure including a piezoelectric thin film, a first metal electrode film, and a second metal electrode film. At least a part of the piezoelectric thin film is interposed between the first and second metal electrodes. A resonance part and a connection part are formed on an insulating substrate as films by a thin film forming apparatus. The resonance part vibrates in radial extension mode with a center of the piezoelectric thin film used as a node, the piezoelectric thin film of two resonance parts is polarized in a direction perpendicular to a film surface, and a width of the connection part is one-fourth or less of a width of two resonance parts. | 07-28-2011 |
20110304243 | Thin-Film Piezoelectric Acoustic Wave Resonator and High-Frequency Filter - A thin-film piezoelectric acoustic wave resonator that has a large k2, can trap acoustic energy in a resonating part, does not excite spurious resonance, or can finely adjust resonance frequency and a high-frequency filter using the thin-film piezoelectric acoustic wave resonator are provided without increasing the number of processes. At both ends of a vibrating part ( | 12-15-2011 |
20130020880 | Energy Storage Circuit - An energy storage circuit includes a first capacitor connected with a power generating element via a first diode and a second capacitor connected with the power generating element via a second diode and a switch. The conduction state of the switch is controlled using the potential difference between its second and third electrodes (driving voltage V). The driving voltage when the switch enters its conductive state is higher than the driving voltage when the switch enters its non-conductive state. | 01-24-2013 |
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20090058205 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotating electric machine wherein sub slots serving as cooling fluid ducts in the axial direction are provided at the bottoms of the coil slots formed in the rotor, radial cooling fluid ducts are formed through the field coil of the rotor in the radial direction of the rotor and juxtaposed in the axial direction of the rotor, so as to communicate the sub slots with the air gap, and radial cooling fluid ducts are formed through the stator in the radial direction of the stator and juxtaposed in the axial direction of the rotor, corresponding in position to the radial cooling fluid ducts in the rotor, so as to communicate the inner periphery of the stator with the outer periphery of the stator. | 03-05-2009 |
20090195091 | Rotary Electric Machine Having Cooling Device and Electric Generating System Including the Machine - A rotary electric machine which is smoothly operated with high efficiency by adequately controlling the cooling gas flow as needed to keep the highest temperature inside the rotary electric machine below a predetermined limit. The rotary electric machine includes a stator with armature windings wound around a stator core, a rotor placed inside the stator in a rotatable manner, and a cooling device for controlling cooling gas flow. It further includes a device for measuring an ambient temperature and a device for detecting armature voltage and/or armature current and/or field current. The temperature inside the rotary electric machine is calculated from the measured ambient temperature, detection value by the detecting device and an directive value of cooling gas flow. And a calculated suitable value of cooling gas flow is determined according to the calculated temperature inside the rotary electric machine. | 08-06-2009 |
20100026145 | SEALED TYPE ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - In a sealed type electric rotating machine, in which a cooling medium inflows from both end sides of a rotating shaft of a claw-pole type rotor, a cooling medium having passed through a heat exchanging part divides into one on an exhaust side and one on an intake air side to be used again for cooling of the claw-pole type rotor and a stator. On the exhaust side, a cooling medium being high in temperature as compared with that on the intake air side performs cooling, and the rotor and the stator are made higher in temperature on the exhaust side than on the intake air side. In order to level temperature profiles of the claw-pole type rotor and the stator in an axial direction, a partition, which cuts off an axial duct, is provided toward the exhaust side relative to a center in the axial direction. | 02-04-2010 |
20120043863 | Electrical Machinery and Apparatus - In an electrical machinery and apparatus, a storage space is formed along an extension direction of a strand, and a temperature sensor is installed in the storage space of the strand, so that temperature of the strand can be immediately measured, and no pressure is applied to the temperature sensor in the process of forming a ground wall insulation thereby the temperature of the strand can be accurately measured. | 02-23-2012 |
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20110009601 | LABELED PROTEIN AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING THE SAME - It is an object of the present invention to obtain a labeled protein, and specifically, to separate a labeled protein and the same unlabeled protein. There is provided a labeled protein including: a protein to be labeled having a target protein, at least one or more affinity interaction domains for binding to an affinity support, and at least one or more labeling sites; and a labeling reagent binding to at least one of the labeling sites; wherein the affinity of the labeled protein for the affinity support is difference from that of the protein to be labeled for the affinity support. | 01-13-2011 |
20110064666 | COMPOUND - When an antigen present at lesion sites is detected using a compound containing a single-chain antibody moiety, the single-chain antibody moiety binds to the antigen present at sites other than lesion sites. As a result, the detection of the lesion sites with high sensitivity and high contrast is difficult, and a compound solving this problem is demanded. | 03-17-2011 |
20110117023 | CONTRAST AGENT FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING AND PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING METHOD USING THE SAME - It is intended to provide a novel contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging that is highly capable of binding to a target molecule and generates high photoacoustic signals. The present invention provides a contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging represented by Formula 1: | 05-19-2011 |
20110294987 | COMPOSITE PARTICLE, CONTRAST AGENT FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPOSITE PARTICLE - The present invention provides a composite particle having a high molar absorption coefficient for detection with higher detection sensitivity in photoacoustic imaging. In the present invention, a composite particle having a particle, a single-chain antibody which includes an antigen recognition region and a region other than the antigen recognition region and which is conjugated with the particle, and an organic dye conjugated with the single-chain antibody, in which the region other than the antigen recognition region of the single-chain antibody has thiol group, and a functional group of the particle is bound to the thiol group, is provided. | 12-01-2011 |
20120027679 | CONTRAST AGENT FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING AND PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING METHOD USING THE SAME - It is intended to provide a novel contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging that is highly capable of binding to a target molecule and generates high photoacoustic signals. The present invention provides a contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging represented by Formula 1: | 02-02-2012 |
20120165646 | COMPOSITE PARTICLE, CONTRAST AGENT FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING, AND PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING METHOD - Regarding a composite particle in the related art, an antibody and a dye are bound to the surface of the particle. Therefore, it is not possible to bind both the antibody and the dye high in number. Accordingly, the present invention provides a composite particle, wherein a large acoustic wave can be emitted and both the antibody and the dye can be bound high in number. A composite particle including a core particle, a dye bound to the above described core particle, and an antibody, wherein the above described antibody is bound to the above described dye, is suitable for use. | 06-28-2012 |
20130315840 | COMPOUND - A compound including a polymer is represented by general formula (1): | 11-28-2013 |
20140023584 | CONTRAST AGENT FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING AND PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING METHOD USING THE SAME - It is intended to provide a novel contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging that is highly capable of binding to a target molecule and generates high photoacoustic signals. The present invention provides a contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging represented by Formula 1: | 01-23-2014 |
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20100203792 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - In order to realize a plasma display panel with high-definition/high-luminance display performance as well as with low power consumption, after formation of a primary film, a metal oxide paste made up of aggregated particles of metal oxide particles, an organic resin component, and diluting solvent is applied and fired. Thereby, a plurality of aggregated particles of the metal oxide particles are attached and formed onto the primary film. The metal oxide paste is obtained by mixing a first metal oxide paste with a content of the aggregated particles of the metal oxide, the organic resin component, and the diluting solvent being not smaller than 1.5 vol % and a second metal oxide paste made up only of the organic resin component and the diluting solvent. | 08-12-2010 |
20120068597 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel has a front plate and a rear plate disposed so as to face the front plate. The front plate includes display electrodes, a dielectric layer formed to coat the display electrodes, and a protective layer formed to coat the dielectric layer. The protective layer includes a base layer formed on the dielectric layer, and a plurality of particles dispersed in the base layer. The base layer has nanocrystalline particles made of magnesium oxide and having an average particle diameter in the range of at least 10 nm to at most 100 nm. The particles are aggregated particles in which a plurality of metal oxide crystal particles are aggregated. The aggregated particles have an average particle diameter at least twice to at most four times as large as a film thickness of the base layer. | 03-22-2012 |
20120068598 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel is provided with a front plate, and a rear plate disposed so as to face the front plate. The front plate has a display electrode, a dielectric layer to cover the display electrode, and a protective layer to cover the dielectric layer. The protective layer includes a base layer formed on the dielectric layer, and a plurality of aggregated particles dispersed on an entire surface of the base layer. Each of the aggregated particle includes a plurality of crystal particles made of metallic oxide and aggregating to one another. The base film contains MgO, Ce and Ge. In the base layer, a concentration of Ce is at least 200 ppm to at most 500 ppm, and a concentration of Ge is at least 100 ppm to at most 5000 ppm. | 03-22-2012 |
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20080211424 | MULTI-DISCHARGE TUBE LIGHTING APPARATUS - A multi-discharge tube lighting apparatus connectable to a power source comprising a first output terminal and a second output terminal respectively outputting voltages of opposite phases, the lighting apparatus comprises first to n-th discharge tube units where n represents an integer of two or more, each of which has a first end connected to the first output terminal and a second end connected to the second output terminal and comprises at least one discharge tube, a first winding, and a second winding, which are connected in series between a first end and a second end. The first winding of the first discharge tube unit is electromagnetically coupled via a transformer to the second winding of the n-th discharge tube unit. The first windings of the second and subsequent discharge tube units are electromagnetically coupled via transformers to the second windings of the previous discharge tube units, respectively. | 09-04-2008 |
20120161640 | LED DRIVING APPARATUS - An LED driving apparatus that converts input power into direct-current power and feeds the power to an LED unit, includes: a first transistor that turns current flowing to the LED unit between on-and-off; an LED current detector that detects the current flowing to the LED unit; a controller that outputs a control signal controlling power to be fed to the LED unit, based on an error between a detected voltage obtained by the LED current detector and a burst dimming signal to dim the LED unit; and a second transistor that controls the power to be fed to the LED unit, based on the control signal output from the controller, wherein the first transistor is turned on; based on the burst dimming signal, and wherein the first transistor is turned off, based on a delay signal that is delayed at a predetermined time from the burst dimming signal. | 06-28-2012 |
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20090276845 | PROGRAMMABLE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND CONTROL SYSTEM - A programmable display device includes a communication driver, a file system process unit that accesses the portable storage medium storing backup/restore target information that includes a target control device and target setting information respectively specifying the control device on which the backup/restore process is performed out of the control devices connected to the programmable display device and setting information, and a setting-information obtaining/writing process unit that accesses the control device via the communication driver based on the backup/restore target information and performs the backup/restore process of the setting information by accessing the portable storage medium via the file system process unit. | 11-05-2009 |
20130135331 | PROJECT-DATA CREATING DEVICE AND PROGRAMMABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - To execute a stable pressure control, in a control device for an injection molding machine, a filling/pressure-keeping determining unit determines whether the injection molding machine is performing a pressure keeping operation, an elastic constant identifier acquires, when the filling/pressure-keeping determining unit determines that the pressure keeping operation is in progress, a pressure detection value and a position detection value as operation information of a motor and identifies an elastic constant K based on the acquired pressure detection value and the position detection value, and a pressure-control control-parameter setting unit calculates a proportional gain Ka of a pressure controller such that a product of the proportional gain Ka of the pressure controller and the elastic constant K is smaller than a speed control bandwidth ωsc of a speed controller, and sets the calculated proportional gain Ka to the pressure controller. | 05-30-2013 |
20130346842 | PROGRAMMABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRAWING-DATA CREATION METHOD - A programmable display device that is connected to a control device controlling a plurality of devices and functions as a user interface for the control device includes an acquisition unit that acquires drawing data including class definition information having a plurality of objects linked as one composite object, an instance generation unit that generates a composite object instance according to the class definition information, and a display control unit that displays a screen corresponding to the composite object on a display unit according to the generated composite object instance, and the generated instance has the plurality of objects and a virtual device memory for instance that is cross-referenced when data is transferred among the objects. | 12-26-2013 |
20140223571 | PROGRAMMABLE DISPLAY - A programmable display that is connected to a control apparatus controlling apparatuses and that functions as a user interface for the control apparatus, includes a display processing unit displaying, on a display unit, a screen and display objects arranged in the screen; and a storing unit storing, concerning each of a candidate screen, which is a candidate of the screen, and a candidate display object, which is a candidate of the display objects, setting security level information for specifying a level to which the candidate screen or the candidate display object belongs among levels obtained by ranking security in a horizontal division manner and setting security group information for specifying a group to which the candidate screen or the candidate display object belongs among groups obtained by dividing security in a vertical division manner over the levels. | 08-07-2014 |
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20110022631 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus is disclosed including a search request transmission unit transmitting a search request to a predetermined resource in a network, a response receiving unit receiving response information in response to the search request, and storing the received response information in a storage unit, a list screen display control unit displaying a list screen including a display element corresponding to each response information stored in the storage unit within a first predetermined time period. When the list screen is changed to another screen and then changed back again to the list screen, the list screen display control unit displays the list screen including the display element corresponding to response information stored in the storage unit after the first predetermined time period has passed. | 01-27-2011 |
20110145375 | NETWORK APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A disclosed network apparatus is capable of being connected to one of a restricted area where a communication is restricted and a non-restricted area where a communication is not restricted via a DHCP server and a network based on a DHCP address assigned by the DHCP server. The network apparatus includes a communication unit configured to carry out communications including a broadcast communication and a multicast communication, and a reporting unit configured to generate a report containing apparatus own information of the network apparatus to be sent over the network. In network apparatus, when the network apparatus is connected to the non-restricted area based on the DHCP address, the communication unit sends the report containing the apparatus own information of the network apparatus via the broadcast communication in place of the multicast communication. | 06-16-2011 |
20120113465 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DEVICE COOPERATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE COOPERATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an input unit that inputs print conditions; a search unit that searches for image forming apparatuses that can execute the print conditions; a display unit that displays icons of the found image forming apparatuses; a generating unit that generates a print job when an icon corresponding to one of the image forming apparatuses is operated; a sending unit that sends the print job to the one of the image forming apparatuses; and a management unit configured to manage progress situation information of print jobs. When an icon of a second image forming apparatus is operated after a print job is sent to a first image forming apparatus and before the first image forming apparatus completes the print job, print jobs are regenerated to distribute a remaining number of sheets between the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus. | 05-10-2012 |
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20100304177 | METAL MATERIAL FOR ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A metallic material for an electrical electronic includes a CU-Sun alloy layer ( | 12-02-2010 |
20110003167 | METALLIC MATERIAL FOR A CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A metallic material for a connector, having a base material of a bar material or a rectangular wire material formed of copper or a copper alloy, in which a striped copper-tin alloy layer is formed in the longitudinal direction of the metallic material on a part of the surface of the metallic material, and in which a tin layer or a tin alloy layer is formed on the remaining part of the surface of the metallic material; and, a method of producing a metallic material for a connector, containing: providing a bar material or a rectangular wire material of copper or a copper alloy as a base material; forming a tin plating layer or a tin alloy plating layer on the base material, to obtain an intermediate material; and subjecting the intermediate material to reflow treatment in a stripe form in the longitudinal direction of the intermediate material. | 01-06-2011 |
20110003520 | TERMINAL FOR CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A connector terminal, fabricated from a metallic material for connector which material has a tin or tin alloy layer, formed on a copper or copper alloy base material, wherein the thickness of the tin or tin alloy layer at a contact site on the surface of the terminal is smaller than the thickness of the tin or tin alloy layer in the areas other than the contact site, and a copper-tin alloy layer is formed as an under layer of the tin or tin alloy layer at the contact site; and a connector terminal, fabricated from a metallic material for connector which material has a copper or copper alloy base material, wherein a copper-tin alloy layer is formed in a spot shape at a contact site on the surface of the terminal, and a tin or tin alloy layer is formed in the remaining areas on the surface. | 01-06-2011 |
20110020664 | METALLIC MATERIAL FOR A CONNECTING PART AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A metallic material for a connecting part, having a rectangular wire material of copper or a copper alloy as a base material, and formed at an outermost surface thereof, a copper-tin alloy layer substantially composed of copper and tin, wherein the copper-tin alloy layer of the outermost surface further contains at least one selected from the group consisting of zinc, indium, antimony, gallium, lead, bismuth, cadmium, magnesium, silver, gold, and aluminum, in a total amount of 0.01% or more and 1% or less in terms of mass ratio with respect to the content of the tin. | 01-27-2011 |
20130040509 | CRIMP TERMINAL, CONNECTION STRUCTURAL BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE CRIMP TERMINAL - Has an object of providing a crimp terminal, a connection structural body, and a method for producing the crimp terminal, which has a conducting function with certainty, with no galvanic corrosion occurring due to an electric wire and the terminal formed of different metal materials. A crimp terminal | 02-14-2013 |
20130040511 | CONNECTION STRUCTURAL BODY - In a connection structural body, an aluminum electric wire tip part and a crimp terminal are connected to each other. The aluminum electric wire tip part is an exposed tip part of an insulated wire including an aluminum core wire and an insulating cover for covering the aluminum core wire. The crimp terminal includes a wire barrel section for pressure-bonding and thus connecting the aluminum electric wire tip part and is formed of a metal material having a higher potential than that of the aluminum core wire. The aluminum electric wire tip part is covered with a cover solder and/or a cover resin, pressure-bonded, and connected to the wire barrel section such that the aluminum electric wire tip part is covered with the cover and/or the cover resins, with no gap, from an insulating cover tip part to a rear end portion of the wire barrel section. | 02-14-2013 |
20130095708 | CRIMP TERMINAL, CONNECTION STRUCTURAL BODY AND CONNECTOR - A crimp terminal includes barrel pieces respectively on both of two sides in a width direction thereof. The barrel pieces are included in a pressure-bonding section for pressure-bonding an exposed part of an electric wire conductor of an insulated wire. The insulated wire includes the electric wire conductor and an insulating cover for covering an outer circumference of the electric wire conductor, and the exposed part is a part of the electric wire conductor which is exposed from a tip of the cover by a predetermined length. The barrel pieces have a length in a longitudinal direction which is longer than the length of the exposed part of the electric wire conductor. The pressure-bonding section pressure-bonds, by the barrel pieces, a continuous part from a tip of the electric wire conductor to a position rear to the tip of the cover. | 04-18-2013 |
20130273787 | CRIMP TERMINAL, CONNECTION STRUCTURAL BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An insulating body-forming part is formed on a border between a surface of a crimp terminal formed of an aluminum material and a conductive contact body provided on the surface and containing a nobler metal material than the aluminum material. | 10-17-2013 |
20140273667 | Terminal, Method of Manufacturing Terminal, and Termination Connection Structure of Electric Wire - A terminal includes a tubular crimp portion that crimp connects with an electric wire. The tubular crimp portion is composed of a metal member. The tubular crimp portion includes a non-weld portion and a weld portion, the weld portion being formed by welding. A metal base material constituting the metal member of the non-weld portion includes a normal portion and an annealed portion. | 09-18-2014 |
20140374155 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL WIRE CONNECTING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRICAL WIRE CONNECTING STRUCTURE - In an electrical wire connecting structure and a method of manufacturing the electrical wire connecting structure, a terminal having a tube-shaped portion of 2.0 mm in inner diameter is prepared for an electrical wire having a conductor cross-sectional area of 0.72 to 1.37 mm | 12-25-2014 |
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20100097003 | HIGH-VOLTAGE DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING APPARATUS - In a high-voltage discharge lamp lighting apparatus for lighting a high-voltage discharge lamp, a digital control circuit synchronizes an ON/OFF state of a semiconductor switching element included in a step-down chopper circuit with an ON/OFF state of semiconductor switching elements included in an inverter circuit, and controls an ON time of the semiconductor switching element included in the step-down chopper circuit at the same or substantially the same time as a polarity reversal time in an alternating current waveform of the inverter circuit. As a result, in the high-voltage discharge lamp lighting apparatus in which rapid polarity reversal is required, the occurrence of overshoot and undershoot in the waveform of an alternating current passing through a high-voltage discharge lamp is reliably prevented. | 04-22-2010 |
20100219765 | LIGHTING APPARATUS FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE DISCHARGE LAMP - In a lighting apparatus for a high-voltage discharge lamp, a control circuit controls a switching element of a step-down chopper circuit and that of an igniter circuit such that the switching elements are synchronously turned on/off, and controls the switching of the switching element of the step-down chopper circuit in accordance with an amount of a drop in the output voltage of the step-down chopper circuit when lighting of a high-voltage discharge lamp is started such that inrush current flowing when the high-voltage discharge lamp breaks down is suppressed. With this, when a lighting apparatus starts lighting the high-voltage discharge lamp, the inrush current flowing when the lamp breaks down can be minimized in response to variations in the load of the high-voltage discharge lamp. In addition, the lifetime of the high-voltage discharge lamp can be increased since inrush current during glow discharge can be suppressed. | 09-02-2010 |
20100320923 | DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING APPARATUS - In a discharge-lamp lighting apparatus, a switching frequency of an AC voltage applied to an LC series circuit including an inductor and a capacitor is swept near a frequency having a value provided by dividing the resonant frequency of the LC series circuit by an odd number at startup of a discharge lamp and is set to a frequency near or greater than the frequency after the sweeping after the switching frequency is swept to control the on-off duty ratio of switching elements in a DC-AC inverter circuit and, after the operation at startup of the discharge lamp is repeated once or more times, the switching frequency is set to less than the frequency after the sweeping to light the discharge lamp. | 12-23-2010 |
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20100090939 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LUMINANCE CONTROL METHOD - A display apparatus according to the present invention using a cold cathode fluorescent lamp as a light source includes: a gradient detector which detects a condition in which one end of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp is disposed higher than an other end thereof; and a controller which conducts control so that emitted luminance of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp is inhibited when the condition in which the one end of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp is disposed higher than the other end thereof is detected by the gradient detector. | 04-15-2010 |
20130246813 | DATABASE ENCRYPTION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A user apparatus connected to database apparatus via network comprises: unit that manages key information in order to encrypt and decrypt; storage unit that stores security configuration information of data and/or metadata; application response unit that determines whether or not encryption is necessary for database operation command, and if encryption is necessary, selects encryption algorithm corresponding to data and/or metadata, performs encryption, and transmits result to database control unit to cause database control unit to execute database operation, if encryption is not necessary, transmits database operation command to database control unit to cause database control unit to execute database operation, and receives processing result transmitted by database control unit, and if decryption or conversion of data and/or metadata of processing result is necessary, performs necessary decryption or conversion, and returns response to database operation command; and security configuration unit that configures security information of data stored in database. | 09-19-2013 |
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20090106396 | Data Extraction System, Terminal Apparatus, Program of the Terminal Apparatus, Server Apparatus, and Program of the Server Apparatus - This invention provides a terminal searching for web pages on the web and extracting the prescribed data from the web pages and a server verifying and accumulating the extracted data. The prescribed data can be extracted from the web pages on the web in a manner that the process relating to the data extraction is distributed between the terminal and the server. Therefore, necessary processes up to the data extraction are distributed, and the burden placed on each apparatus can be lessened. Further, new data not formerly found in the web pages can be found out and extracted from the web pages that has been updated or newly made. | 04-23-2009 |
20120323882 | DATA EXTRACTION SYSTEM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, PROGRAM OF THE TERMINAL APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM OF THE SERVER APPARATUS - This invention provides a terminal searching for web pages on the web and extracting the prescribed data from the web pages and a server verifying and accumulating the extracted data. The prescribed data can be extracted from the web pages on the web in a manner that the process relating to the data extraction is distributed between the terminal and the server. Therefore, necessary processes up to the data extraction are distributed, and the burden placed on each apparatus can be lessened. Further, new data not formerly found in the web pages can be found out and extracted from the web pages that has been updated or newly made. | 12-20-2012 |
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20100038662 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF SAME - A light emitting device, and a production method thereof, is provided having for a light source thereof a vertical geometry light emitting diode, that allows a large current to flow through the vertical geometry light emitting diode and takes into consideration the dissipation of heat occurring at that time or the expansion and contraction of a metal member due to thermal stress caused by that heat. The light emitting device at least comprises a package having a plurality of mutually separated package electrodes; a vertical geometry light emitting diode having a light emitting layer positioned between a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer, an upper partial electrode of the uppermost layer, and a lower electrode of the lowermost layer, wherein the lower electrode is joined onto one of the package electrodes; and, a conductive connecting member that connects the upper electrode of the vertical geometry light emitting diode with another of package electrodes; wherein the junction between said one of the package electrodes and the lower electrode, the junction between the upper electrode and the conductive connecting member, and the junction between the conductive connecting member and said other of package electrodes are made with solder. | 02-18-2010 |
20100187546 | VERTICAL GEOMETRY LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PACKAGE AGGREGATE AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - There are provided a vertical geometry light emitting diode package aggregate useful for the production of a light emitting device having a vertical geometry light emitting diode as the light source, the light emitting device satisfying requirements in terms of current capacity flowed for light emission, dissipation of heat generated due to flow of a large current, resistance to thermal stress, strength of device and light emission efficiency, and a method for producing a light emitting device having a vertical geometry light emitting diode as the light source by using the package aggregate. The vertical geometry light emitting diode package comprises a metal sheet having formed thereon a number of vertical geometry light emitting diode package units, each package unit comprising two or more substrate portions as a part of the metal sheet, which are separated by a slit, and a reflector having a penetrating opening and being adhered to the two or more substrate portions to cover parts of the slit such that the vertical geometry light emitting diode-mounting position is exposed in the inner side of the opening and at the same time, the end part of the slit is exposed in the outer side of the reflector. | 07-29-2010 |
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20100247208 | TAPE CASSETTE - A tape cassette that includes a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface and a front surface, a wound tape mounted within the housing, a printer head holder insertion portion that is a space extending through the housing in a vertical direction and having an oblong rectangular shape in a plan view, the oblong rectangular shape extending parallel to the front surface, and a printer first support receiving portion connected to a first end of the printer head holder insertion portion and facing the printer head holder insertion portion in a first direction that is parallel to the front surface, the first end being positioned on an upstream side of the printer head holder insertion portion in a feed direction of the tape, the printer first support receiving portion being a first indentation extending from the bottom surface toward the top surface. | 09-30-2010 |
20100247212 | TAPE PRINTER - A tape printer that includes a tape cassette having a housing, a tape, a head holder insertion portion, and a first support receiving portion that is a first indentation extending from the bottom surface in a direction toward the top surface, a cassette housing portion in which the tape cassette is inserted or removed, a head holder extending from the cassette housing portion in a direction of insertion and removal of the tape cassette with respect to the cassette housing portion and supporting a printhead, the head holder being adapted to be inserted in the head holder insertion portion, and a first supporting portion provided on the head holder to support a ceiling wall portion of the first indentation as the first support receiving portion, the first supporting portion being provided on an upstream side of the printhead in a feed direction of the tape. | 09-30-2010 |
20110293350 | PRINTER - A printer that includes a cassette mounting portion into which a tape cassette is mounted and from which is removed a tape cassette in an up-down direction, a printing head that performs printing on the tape, a platen roller that faces the printing head, a roller holder that rotatably supports the platen roller, a sensor that detects the type of the tape, a sensor holder that holds the sensor, and a protective portion that is provided on the roller holder and is provided above the sensor. | 12-01-2011 |
20120080550 | TAPE CASSETTE - A tape cassette that includes a box-shaped cassette case whose outline being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall, and a side wall and including a plurality of corner portions, at least one tape contained within a tape containment area defined within the outline, a pair of cavities extending from the bottom wall and being provided between the tape containment area and the outline at opposite ends of a diagonal line connecting one of the corner portions to another of the corner portions, and a side face indicator portion provided in the side wall, indicating a type of the tape, and including a plurality of indicator portions disposed in a pattern in accordance with the type of the tape, each of the indicator portions being one of a switch hole and a surface portion. | 04-05-2012 |
20120175454 | TAPE CASSETTE - A tape cassette is provided with a cassette case, a tape, a tape discharge portion, a first indicator portion, a first indicator member and a first attachment portion. The cassette case includes a bottom case and a top case. The tape is a print medium. The tape discharge portion discharges the tape from the cassette case. The first indicator portion includes at least one indicator hole and indicates a type of the tape. The first indicator member is provided with the first indicator portion. The first attachment portion is provided on an upstream side of the tape discharge portion and to which the first indicator member is attached. | 07-12-2012 |
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20090244422 | Liquid crystal display device - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device that is capable of preventing a conductive paste for connecting a common wiring line of a TFT substrate and a counter electrode of a counter substrate from flowing outward. A sealant is formed outside a display region of a liquid crystal display device. A conductive paste for connecting a common wiring line of a TFT substrate and a counter electrode of a counter substrate is provided at a corner of the liquid crystal display device outside the sealant. An L-shaped stopper is formed on the counter substrate so as to prevent the conductive paste from flowing outward. With the stopper, even if the width of a frame is equal to or less than 1.5 mm, it is possible to prevent the conductive paste from flowing outward. | 10-01-2009 |
20120176325 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes a touch panel constructed from a single substrate plate and disposed over a liquid crystal display panel. A color filter is disposed over a TFT substrate, and the touch panel is bonded onto the color filter substrate by way of a first adhesion layer. An upper polarizing plate is bonded over the touch panel, and a front window is bonded over the upper polarizing plate via a second adhesion layer. The front window covers a terminal portion which is a portion where only the TFT substrate exists so as to physically protect the portion. Since the upper polarizing plate is disposed over the touch panel, the connection portion of the flexible wiring substrate for the touch panel does not contact with the front window. Thus, the touch panel can be prevented from being strained. | 07-12-2012 |
20120249458 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - The touch panel is provided with: a touch panel substrate; and a flexible printed circuit board, wherein the touch panel substrate has an electrode for detection and a rear surface electrode, the flexible printed circuit board has a terminal portion, the terminals in the terminal portion are electrically and mechanically connected to connection terminals formed along a side of the touch panel substrate, the terminal portion has a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion, a terminal in the second terminal portion is shorter than a terminal in the first terminal portion, the flexible printed circuit board has a rear surface electrode connection portion and has a terminal for shielding, and the rear surface electrode connection portion is folded on a rear surface side of the touch panel substrate so that the terminal for shielding is mechanically and electrically connected to the rear surface electrode. | 10-04-2012 |
20130181922 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - Provided is a display device which includes: a display panel having a display screen on which an image is displayed; and a touch panel which is arranged on a display screen side of the display panel. The display panel includes: a first substrate; a second substrate which is arranged on a side closer to the touch panel than the first substrate; and a polarizer which is arranged on a touch panel side of the second substrate. The touch panel is formed larger than the polarizer and is laminated to the polarizer. An auxiliary member is arranged between the touch panel and a portion of the second substrate which is exposed from the polarizer. | 07-18-2013 |
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20090005543 | PROTEIN-REFOLDING MATERIAL - The present invention provides a method for refolding protein produced, for example, by | 01-01-2009 |
20090209475 | Sulfonated sugar compounds, pharmaceutical compositions which contain the same, and methods of treating tumors with the same - Sulfoquinovosylacyl propanediol compounds represented by formula (I): | 08-20-2009 |
20090253644 | Radiosensitizer - A radiosensitizer comprising, as an active ingredient, at least one kind of compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following general formula ( | 10-08-2009 |
20100202971 | COMPOUND HAVING TUMOR-RESIDENT PROPERTY - The problem to be solved of the present invention is to provide a novel compound which specifically resides in a tumor, a method for allowing it to reside in a tumor, and a method for detecting, diagnosing, and treating tumor with use thereof. Means for solving the problem is a compound represented by chemical formula (I) | 08-12-2010 |
20100298246 | Sulfonated sugar compounds, pharmaceutical compositions which contain the same, and methods of treating tumors with the same - Sulfoquinovosylacyl propanediol compounds represented by formula (I): | 11-25-2010 |
20130344523 | AGENT FOR SEARCHING FOR PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION CONDITIONS AND METHOD OF SEARCHING FOR PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION CONDITIONS - An agent for searching for protein crystallization conditions, containing a water-swellable layered silicate having a fluorine atom and a hydroxyl group, wherein the fluorine atom is covalently bonded to the silicate by isomorphous substitution with the hydroxyl group. A method of searching for protein crystallization conditions, which comprises a step of mixing the agent for searching for protein crystallization conditions described above and a solution in which a protein is dissolved. | 12-26-2013 |
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20090244670 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS - An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source for emitting light, a deflecting device including a deflecting element for deflection-scanning a surface to be scanned with the light emitted from the light source and including a motor for driving the deflecting element, and an optical system casing including a supporting surface for disposing thereon the deflecting device and including a wall provided to stand on the supporting surface and to face the deflecting element. At a portion at which the wall stands on the supporting surface, an opening is provided so as to extending along the wall. | 10-01-2009 |
20120081770 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS - An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source for emitting light, a deflecting device including a deflecting element for deflection-scanning a surface to be scanned with the light emitted from the light source and including a motor for driving the deflecting element, and an optical system casing including a supporting surface for disposing thereon the deflecting device and including a wall provided to stand on the supporting surface and to face the deflecting element. At a portion at which the wall stands on the supporting surface, an opening is provided so as to extending along the wall. | 04-05-2012 |
20120269552 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a photosensitive member; an exposure device including light emitting elements arrayed along a longitudinal direction of the photosensitive member to expose with light different positions of the photosensitive member; first positioning members configured to position the exposure device relative to the photosensitive member at both longitudinal end portions of the exposure device; a first elastic member which urges the exposure device toward the photosensitive member to maintain a positioned state of the first positioning members; a holding member which holds the exposure device at a mounting portion between the first positioning members; a second positioning member configured to position the holding member relative to the photosensitive member to position the exposure device relative to the photosensitive member at the mounting portion; and a second elastic member which urges the holding member toward the photosensitive member to maintain a positioned state of the second positioning member. | 10-25-2012 |
20130223872 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a rotatable image bearing member; a toner image forming portion; a transfer member; a cleaning blade, provided downstream of the transfer portion and upstream of the toner image forming portion with respect to a rotational direction of the image bearing member; a discharging member, provided downstream of the cleaning blade and upstream of the toner image forming portion with respect to the rotational direction; and a thin plate-like member provided downstream of the discharging member and upstream of the toner image forming portion with respect to the rotational direction. An end of the thin plate-like member is contacted to a surface of the image bearing member toward an upstream side with respect to the rotational direction. | 08-29-2013 |
20140044446 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is capable of executing, in non-image formation, for example, in a sheet-to-sheet interval, a developer bearing member stop mode in which the developer conveyance by a development sleeve is stopped. For example, the apparatus turns off primary transfer bias in the sheet-to-sheet interval. Even if fogging toner is no longer supplied after the development sleeve drive is stopped, the apparatus can reduce frictional force variation between the photosensitive drum and the intermediate transfer belt to prevent speed variation of the photosensitive drum or the intermediate transfer belt, thus reducing the possibility of image unevenness and out of color registration. | 02-13-2014 |
20140064800 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color image forming apparatus includes a first temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of an exposure device, a second temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of a photosensitive member, a color registration pattern detection unit configured to detect a color registration pattern formed on a transfer member, an actual-measurement-based color registration adjustment value calculation unit configured to calculate an actual-measurement-based color registration adjustment value from a result of the detection of the color registration pattern detection unit, and a prediction-based color registration adjustment value calculation unit configured to calculate a prediction-based color registration adjustment value from the temperature of the exposure device detected by the first temperature detection unit and the temperature of the photosensitive member detected by the second temperature detection unit. | 03-06-2014 |
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20090159804 | Positron emission tomography scanner and radiation detector - A positron emission tomography (PET) scanner is provided which uses information on the time-of-flight difference (TOF) between annihilation radiations for image reconstruction. The scanner has detection time correction information (memory) corresponding to information on coordinates in a radiation detection element (e.g., scintillator crystal), in the depth and lateral directions, at which an interaction has occurred between an annihilation radiation and the crystal. Reference is made to the detection time correction information, thereby providing information on time-of-flight difference with improved accuracy. As such, an improved signal to noise ratio and spatial resolution are provided for image reconstruction using time-of-flight (TOF) difference. | 06-25-2009 |
20100032574 | RADIATION DETECTING METHOD UTILIZING ENERGY INFORMATION AND POSITIONAL INFORMATION AND EQUIPMENT THEREOF - Upon detection of radiation by using a (three-dimensional) detector capable of distinguishing a detection position in a depth direction and energy, an energy window for distinguishing between a signal and noise is changed depending on the detection position in the depth direction, thus making it possible to obtain scattering components inside the detector. Alternatively, a weight is given to a detection event depending on the detection position in the depth direction and energy information to obtain scattering components inside the detector. Thereby, scattering components inside the detector can be obtained to increase the sensitivity of the detector. In this case, different detecting elements can be used depending on the detection position in the depth direction. | 02-11-2010 |
20110001049 | METHOD FOR DETECTING RADIATION, DEVICE THEREOF, AND POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER - A light receiver for detecting incident time is installed on the side of a radiation source of a scintillator (including a Cherenkov radiation emitter), and information (energy, incident time, an incident position, etc.) on radiation made incident into the scintillator is obtained by the output of the light receiver. It is, thereby, possible to identify an incident position and others of radiation into the scintillator at high accuracy. | 01-06-2011 |
20110101229 | DOI TYPE RADIATION DETECTOR - This aims to provide a DOI type radiation detector in which scintillation crystals arranged two-dimensionally on a light receiving surface to form rectangular section groups in extending directions of the light receiving surface of a light receiving element are stacked up to make a three-dimensional arrangement and responses of the crystals that have detected radiation are made possible to identify at response positions on the light receiving surface, so that a three-dimensional radiation detection position can be obtained. In the DOI type radiation detector, scintillation crystals are right triangle poles extending upwards from the light receiving surface and the response positions on the light receiving surface are characterized. With this structure, DOI identification of a plurality of layers can be carried out by simply performing an Anger calculation of a light receiving element signal. | 05-05-2011 |
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20090241569 | HEAT PUMP TYPE HOT WATER SUPPLY OUTDOOR APPARATUS - A heat pump type hot water supply outdoor apparatus, in a compressor, a water heat exchanger, a first expansion valve, a medium pressure receiver, a second expansion valve, and an air heat exchanger are connected circularly, has an injection circuit, which is a bypass for a part of the refrigerant between the medium pressure receiver and the second pressure reduction unit, to inject the part of refrigerant into a compression chamber of the compressor, and has a third expansion valve and an internal heat exchanger for carrying out heat exchange between the refrigerant whose pressure is reduced by the third expansion valve and the refrigerant between the medium pressure receiver and the second expansion valve, a pressure detection sensor for detecting a condensing pressure, and a controller for starting an injection control by the third expansion valve at the time when the condensing pressure detected by the pressure sensor or the condensing temperature calculated from the condensing pressure becomes a first predetermined value or more and stopping the injection control at the time when the condensing pressure or the condensing temperature becomes a second predetermined value which is smaller than the first predetermined value, or less. With this arrangement, an appropriate injection control can be realized and a high hot water supply/heating capability operation can be carried out. | 10-01-2009 |
20110132019 | HEAT PUMP APPARATUS - A heat pump apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a condenser, expansion means, and an evaporator are serially connected. Condensation temperature detection means that detects a saturation temperature of the condenser, and evaporation temperature detection means that detects the saturation temperature of the evaporator are provided. Operation efficiency is estimated by a value obtained by dividing heating ability estimated from a detection value of the condensation temperature detection means by a difference between a detection value of condensation temperature detection means and that of evaporation temperature detection means or dissipation power estimated by the difference. | 06-09-2011 |
20110276771 | STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system includes: an identification information providing means that provides identification information distinguishing a group of data requested to be stored, to the group of data; a data set generating means that divides storage target data as part of the group of data into multiple pieces and makes the data redundant, thereby generating a data set composed of multiple fragment data; and a distribution storage controlling means that distributes the fragment data composing the data set and store the fragment data, respectively, in same positions within storage regions formed in the respective storing means, thereby storing the storage target data. The distribution storage controlling means stores the fragment data composing respective data sets corresponding to multiple storage target data included in the group of data provided with the same identification information, into the respective storage regions so that storing positions within the respective storage regions become successive. | 11-10-2011 |
20110315093 | FLUID HEATING SYSTEM, FLUID HEATING METHOD, FLUID HEATING CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - When using a plurality of heaters such as heat pump units, capacity is properly distributed according to the required capacity, thereby enabling highly efficient operation of a hot water system. To achieve this, a control apparatus determines the heating capacity of each of the heat pump units in a way that the total heating capacity of the heat pump units reaches the heating capacity required in the hot water system as a whole, and further in a way that the total COP (coefficient of performance) of the heat pump units satisfies predetermined condition. The control apparatus controls each of regulating valves in a way that the heating capacity of each of the heat pump units reaches the above determined heating capacity. | 12-29-2011 |
20120055178 | HEAT PUMP APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REGULATING VALVE - It is aimed to provide a heat pump type hot-water supply outdoor apparatus that can control a temperature of a compressor shell, according to a water temperature of a water circuit and a temperature of the compressor. A heat pump type hot-water supply outdoor apparatus includes a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a water-refrigerant heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and an air heat exchanger, a water jacket that is arranged on the shell of the compressor and connected in the middle of a branch water circuit branching in parallel to a main water circuit which starts from a hot water storage tank and returns to the hot water storage tank through a water-refrigerant heat exchanger, a water flow valve that is connected between a branch and the water jacket and regulates the quantity of water flow, according to a control signal, a shell temperature detection sensor that senses a temperature of the shell of the compressor, a water temperature sensor that is installed in the vicinity of the branch and senses a temperature of the water flowing out of the hot water storage tank, and a control apparatus that generates a control signal for controlling the water flow valve, based on the temperature sensed by the shell temperature detection sensor and the temperature sensed by the water temperature sensor, and outputs it to the water flow valve. | 03-08-2012 |
20120111042 | HEAT PUMP APPARATUS - In a heat pump apparatus, it is aimed to enhance efficiency of a defrost operation by reducing a loss of heat radiation during the defrost operation and reducing a compressor input during the defrost operation. The heat pump apparatus includes a main refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a first heat exchanger, an expansion mechanism, and a second heat exchanger are connected sequentially, and also includes a bypass circuit including an on-off valve and providing a connection by bypassing the expansion mechanism. The main refrigerant circuit includes a four-way valve that switches between a heating operation and the defrost operation by switching an order in which the refrigerant circulates through the main refrigerant circuit. The main refrigerant circuit also includes a first temperature detection unit and a second temperature detection unit. Based on values detected by these temperature detection units, a degree of superheat of the first heat exchanger during the defrost operation is computed. When the heating operation is switched to the defrost operation, the heat pump apparatus increases a circulation amount of the refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant circuit by opening the on-off valve, and also controls an operation frequency of the compressor such that the degree of superheat is at a predetermined target value. | 05-10-2012 |
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20100245432 | Inkjet Recording Apparatus - An inkjet recording apparatus includes at least one inkjet head having an ejection surface, a feeding mechanism which includes a feed member having a feed surface that is opposed to the ejection surface and which drives the feed member to feed a recording medium on the feed surface in a feeding direction, a wiper blade which removes ink that is adhered to the feed surface by contacting the feed surface, a judging portion which judges whether cleaning of the feed surface is necessary, and a controller which controls the at least one inkjet head and the feeding mechanism, in a case where the judging portion judges that the cleaning of the feed surface is necessary, to perform a first operation in which ink is ejected to the feed surface and a second operation in which the feed member is driven. | 09-30-2010 |
20110242152 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, CONTROLLER USED FOR THE IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR THE CONTROLLER - An image recording apparatus includes: a recording portion; a conveying member having a surface opposed to the recording portion and which conveys the recording medium in a conveying direction; a wiper having an end portion which is contactable with the surface of the conveying member and which removes a foreign matter on the surface of the conveying member; and a wiping operation executing portion which executes a wiping operation in which at least one of the wiper and the conveying member is driven such that, after the end portion of the wiper distant from the surface of the conveying member comes into contact with a clean area of the surface of the conveying member, the end portion of the wiper reaches outside of the clean area. | 10-06-2011 |
20110292100 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus including: a head; a conveying member having a support face and configured to convey a recording medium in a conveying direction; a first wiper extending in a direction intersecting the conveying direction; a second wiper extending at least in the conveying direction; a first-wiping driving portion configured to drive the first wiper and the conveying member to perform a first wiping operation; and a second-wiping driving portion configured to drive the second wiper and the conveying member to perform a second wiping operation; and a controller; wherein the controller controls the first-wiping driving portion and the second-wiping driving portion to perform a first cleaning operation including the first wiping operation and the second wiping operation; and wherein the controller controls the second-wiping driving portion such that the second wiper wipes foreign materials remaining on the support face when the first wiper is released from the support face in the first wiping operation. | 12-01-2011 |
20110292101 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus, including: a recording head; a conveying member for conveying a recording medium in a conveyance direction; a wiper whose distal end is to come into contact with and separate away from the surface; a wiper driving mechanism for driving the wiper to conduct a wiping operation in which the distal end is brought into contact with the surface and the wiper is moved relative to the surface in an intersecting direction that intersects the conveyance direction for wiping the surface; a retainer for giving, to the conveying member, a retaining force for preventing a movement of the conveying member in the intersecting direction; and a controller for controlling the retainer to give the retaining force to the conveying member and for controlling the driving mechanism to conduct the wiping operation, in a state in which the movement of the conveying member in the conveyance direction is halted. | 12-01-2011 |
20120001984 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a record head having an ejection surface and a conveyance mechanism having a conveyance surface which passes through a position facing the ejection surface. The inkjet recording apparatus further includes: a capping mechanism which has a annular component provided around the record head to circumscribe the record head and is able to achieve capping such that the ejection surface is covered with the conveyance surface and the annular component as the annular component is caused to contact the conveyance surface; a recognition unit which recognizes a position of a first region on the conveyance surface, the first region being not smaller than an enclosed range on the conveyance surface which range is circumscribed by the annular component and being a region in which a predetermined amount or less ink adheres to an arbitrary range which is within the first region and is identical in size with the enclosed range; and a control unit which controls the capping mechanism and the conveyance mechanism so that the capping is achieved in such a way that the first region of the conveyance surface recognized by the recognition unit contacts the annular component. | 01-05-2012 |
20120176444 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, CONTROLLER THEREFOR, NONVOLATILE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO BE EXECUTED BY THE APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus including: a head having an ejection face having openings through which recording liquid is ejected; a conveyance member having a face that is disposed so as to be opposed to the ejection face and that is moved while supporting a recording medium to convey the recording medium; a cleaning-liquid supply portion configured to supply cleaning liquid onto the face; a wiper movable relative to the face while contacting the face to remove the recording liquid on the face; and a cleaning-operation executing section configured to execute a first cleaning operation including a first operation for reducing an amount of the recording liquid on the face and a second operation in which the cleaning liquid is supplied onto the face after the first operation, and then the recording liquid and the cleaning liquid on the face are removed by the wiper. | 07-12-2012 |
20120194603 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus, including: an endless belt having first and second areas each defined by two rollers and looped over rollers including at least one tension roller and at least one drive roller; a recording head opposed to the first area; and a first cleaning member, wherein, in a cleaning mode in which the first cleaning member cleans the belt, a controller is configured to have the first cleaning member be held in contact with the second area and to drive at least one of the at least one drive roller such that the second area is located on a downstream side of the at least one tension roller and on an upstream side of the at least one of the at least one drive roller in a running direction of the belt. | 08-02-2012 |
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20100141752 | Microscope System, Specimen Observing Method, and Computer Program Product - A microscope system includes an image acquiring unit that acquires a specimen image formed by capturing a specimen multi-stained by a plurality of pigments using a microscope; a pigment amount acquiring unit that acquires a pigment amount of each pigment staining a corresponding position on the specimen, for each pixel of the specimen image; and a pigment selecting unit that selects a display target pigment from the plurality of pigments. The system also includes a display image generating unit that generates a display image where a staining state of the specimen by the display target pigment is displayed, on the basis of the pigment amount of the display target pigment in each pixel of the specimen image; and a display processing unit that displays the display image on a display unit. | 06-10-2010 |
20100272334 | Microscope System, Specimen Observation Method, and Computer Program Product - A microscope system includes an image acquisition unit for acquiring a spectral image of a specimen by using a microscope, a structure specifying unit for specifying an extraction target structure in the specimen, a display method specifying unit for specifying a display method of the extraction target structure, a structure extraction unit for extracting an area of the extraction target structure in the spectral image by using a reference spectrum of the extraction target structure on the basis of pixel values of each pixel included in the spectral image, a display image generator for generating a display image that represents the extraction target structure in the specimen by the display method specified by the display method specifying unit on the basis of an extraction result of the structure extraction unit, and a display processing unit for performing process for displaying the display image on a display unit. | 10-28-2010 |
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20110212486 | Microscope System, Specimen Observation Method, and Computer Program Product - A microscope system includes an acquisition unit that obtains a specimen image acquired by capturing the specimen stained by an element identification dye that visualizes a predetermined cell constituent element and a molecule target dye that visualizes a predetermined target molecule by using a microscope; a dye amount unit that obtains dye amounts of the element identification dye and the molecule target dye that stain corresponding positions on the specimen for each pixel of the image; an element area identification unit that identifies an area of the cell constituent element based on the dye amount of the element identification dye; a condition setting unit that sets the presence or absence of the predetermined target molecule on the cell constituent element as a condition; and an extraction unit that extracts an area of a target portion that satisfies the condition based on the dye amount of the molecule target dye. | 09-01-2011 |
20130102006 | DETECTION METHOD FOR NOVEL ROS1 FUSIONS - Polynucleotides which are novel causative genes for cancer are elucidated, and a detection method of the polynucleotides or polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides, and a kit and a primer set for detection are provided, based on the knowledge gained by the elucidation. In the detection method, a fusion gene comprising part of an SDC4, CD74, EZR, SLC34A2, LRIG3, or TPM3 gene and part of a ROS1 gene, or a fusion protein encoded by the fusion gene is detected. The primer set or the detection kit comprises a sense primer designed based on a portion encoding SDC4, CD74, EZR, SLC34A2, LRIG3, or TPM3 and an antisense primer designed based on a portion encoding ROS1. | 04-25-2013 |
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20080232064 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION DEVICE - To cool a blade type server disposed in an air-conditioned room, the following arrangements are made. The first is at least one shell having a ventilation passage disposed in the air-conditioned room. The second is, the following are disposed in a ventilation passage: racks, in which blade type servers each composed of a case with slim boards housed therein are stacked; cooling coils each having a coolant passage and a cooling fin and cooling a passing air; and at least one fan unit having axial-flow fans placed therein and producing air currents in one direction. The third is the fan unit forces a cooling air to flow in one direction in the ventilation passage thereby to cool the servers in the racks. The cooling coils and racks are disposed alternately so that warmed cooling air after passing through the rack is cooled by the cooling coil and then cools the next rack. | 09-25-2008 |
20090242233 | CABLE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CABLES OF AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A cable management apparatus for holding a cable. The cable management apparatus includes a first hinge member supported by a first hinge shaft in a rotatable manner around the first hinge shaft and a coupling member separably fixed to the first hinge member. The coupling member includes a second hinge shaft parallel to the first hinge shaft and disposed at a position apart from the first hinge shaft. The second hinge member is rotatably connected to a third hinge shaft parallel to the first hinge shaft at a connecting edge. The second hinge member includes a fourth hinge shaft parallel to the first hinge shaft and disposed at a position apart from the third hinge shaft. A middle connecting member is connected to the second hinge shaft at a first connecting edge and to the fourth hinge shaft at a second connecting edge. | 10-01-2009 |
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20080220145 | Method of producing parboiled rice and parboiled rice produced by the method - A method of producing parboiled rice that does not require waste water treatment equipment and that enriches the amount of γ-aminobutyric acid contained in the parboiled rice. The method includes partially milling raw material brown rice, wetting the partially milled rice grains by forced-air using moist air or mist, moisture-tempering the wetted rice grains, steam-boiling the water-tempered rice grains at normal pressure to heat the rice grains with steam, steam-boiling the rice grains heated in the normal pressure steam-boiling process using pressurized steam, cooling the rice grains steamed under pressure in the pressurized steam-boiling step to cool at least a surface of the rice grains, finish milling the rice grains cooled in the cooling step, and drying the finish-milled rice grains. | 09-11-2008 |
20140010500 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR, METHOD FOR ALIGNING MULTI-CORE FIBER WITH BUNDLE STRUCTURE, AND FIBER ARRANGEMENT CONVERSION MEMBER - An optical connector is structured so as to include a fiber connection structure therein. A multi-core fiber is included inside a ferrule, and affixed to the ferrule substrate. One end surface of the multi-core fiber is exposed to an end surface of the ferrule. The other end of the multi-core fiber passes through and is affixed to a capillary. A plurality of optical fiber pass through a capillary that faces the capillary, and are affixed thereto the capillary in the same manner. Seven optical fiber cores of the same diameter are joined in a close-packed arrangement in the fiber connection structure. | 01-09-2014 |
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20140240819 | MULTI-CORE AMPLIFICATION OPTICAL FIBER AND MULTI-CORE OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIER - A multi-core amplification optical fiber includes a plurality of rare-earth-doped core portions and a cladding portion positioned at an outer periphery of the core portions and having refractive index lower than those of the core portions. When a doping concentration of the rare-earth of each of the core portions is 250 ppm to 2000 ppm, a relative refractive index difference of each of the core portions relative to the cladding portion is 0.5% to 2% at a wavelength of 1550 nm, and a core diameter of each of the core portions is 1 μm to 5 μm, a separation distance between each of the core portions and adjacent one of the core portions is set at equal to or larger than 30 μm and at equal to or smaller than 60 μm so that a light-crosstalk between the adjacent core portions is equal to or lower than −30 dB. | 08-28-2014 |
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20100170565 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A photovoltaic device having improved conversion efficiency as a result of an increase in the open-circuit voltage is provided. The photovoltaic device comprises a photovoltaic layer having a stacked p-layer, i-layer and n-layer, wherein the p-layer is a nitrogen-containing layer comprising nitrogen atoms at an atomic concentration of not less than 1% and not more than 25%, and the crystallization ratio of the p-layer is not less than 0 but less than 3. Alternatively, the n-layer may be a nitrogen-containing layer comprising nitrogen atoms at an atomic concentration of not less than 1% and not more than 20%, wherein the crystallization ratio of the n-layer is not less than 0 but less than 3. Alternatively, an interface layer may be formed at the interface between the p-layer and the i-layer, wherein the interface layer is a nitrogen-containing layer comprising nitrogen atoms at an atomic concentration of not less than 1% and not more than 30%. Alternatively, an interface layer may be formed at the interface between the n-layer and the i-layer, wherein the interface layer is a nitrogen-containing layer comprising nitrogen atoms at an atomic concentration of not less than 1% and not more than 20%. | 07-08-2010 |
20110019190 | RESISTIVITY TESTING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR - An object is to efficiently measure the resistivity of a transparent conductive film with high accuracy in a non-destructive and non-contact manner. Provided is a resistivity testing device that includes a light emitting device that emits p-polarized emission light having a wavelength selected by a preliminarily performed test-condition selecting method toward a transparent conductive film, formed on a light-transmissive substrate conveyed along a manufacturing line, from a film-surface side at an incidence angle selected by the method; a light detecting device that detects reflected light reflected at the transparent conductive film; and an information processor that calculates an evaluation value related to the amount of light of the reflected light with respect to the wavelength on the basis of the intensity of the detected light and obtains a resistivity from the calculated evaluation value by using a correlation characteristic in which the evaluation value and the resistivity are associated with each other in advance. | 01-27-2011 |
20110111551 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - Provided is a photoelectric conversion device fabrication method that realizes both high productivity and high conversion efficiency by rapidly forming an n-layer having good coverage. The fabrication method for a photoelectric conversion device includes a step of forming a silicon photoelectric conversion layer on a substrate by a plasma CVD method. In the fabrication method for the photoelectric conversion device, the step of forming the photoelectric conversion layer includes a step of forming an i-layer formed of crystalline silicon and a step of forming, on the i-layer, an n-layer under a condition with a hydrogen dilution ratio of 0 to 10, inclusive. | 05-12-2011 |
20110120521 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - Provided is a photoelectric conversion device in which the conductivity after hydrogen-plasma exposure is set within an appropriate range, thereby suppressing the leakage current and improving the conversion efficiency. A photoelectric conversion device includes, on a substrate, a photoelectric conversion layer having at least two power generation cell layers, and an intermediate contact layer provided between the power generation cell layers. The intermediate contact layer mainly contains a compound represented by Zn | 05-26-2011 |
20110194113 | THIN-FILM INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD - An object is to reduce the effect of a film thickness variation on the substrate surface of a thin film and improve the measuring accuracy. Provided are a light source that radiates single-wavelength light to an inspection-target substrate (W), which is formed by forming a thin film on a glass substrate from the glass substrate side; a light receiving element that is disposed such that the light receiving axis intersects with the optical axis of illumination light emitted from the light source at a predetermined inclination angle and that receives diffused transmitted light that has been transmitted through the inspection-target substrate W; and a computer ( | 08-11-2011 |
20110201145 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND DEPOSITION APPARATUS - A process for producing a high-performance photovoltaic device by depositing a high-quality crystalline silicon layer, and a deposition apparatus for depositing the high-quality crystalline silicon layer. A process for producing a photovoltaic device that comprises forming a crystalline silicon-based photovoltaic layer comprising an i-layer on a substrate using a plasma-enhanced CVD method, wherein formation of the i-layer comprises an initial layer deposition stage and a bulk i-layer deposition stage, and the initial layer deposition stage comprises depositing the initial layer using a silane-based gas flow rate during the initial layer deposition stage that is lower than the silane-based gas flow rate during the bulk i-layer deposition stage, with the deposition time for the initial layer deposition stage set to not less than 0.5% and not more than 20% of the total deposition time for the i-layer, and with the SiH* emission intensity during the initial layer deposition stage not, more than 80% of the stabilized SiH* emission intensity during the bulk i-layer deposition stage. | 08-18-2011 |
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20080196761 | Photovoltaic device and process for producing same - A photovoltaic device and a process for producing the photovoltaic device that combine a high photovoltaic conversion efficiency with a high level of productivity. The photovoltaic device includes at least a transparent electrode-bearing substrate, prepared by providing a transparent electrode layer on a transparent, electrically insulating substrate, and a photovoltaic layer containing mainly crystalline silicon-based semiconductors and a back electrode layer formed sequentially on the transparent electrode layer of the transparent electrode-bearing substrate, wherein the surface of the transparent electrode layer of the transparent electrode-bearing substrate has a shape that contains a mixture of coarse and fine roughness, and exhibits a spectral haze ratio of 20% or greater for wavelengths of from 550 nm to 800 nm, and the photovoltaic layer containing mainly crystalline silicon-based semiconductors has a film thickness of from 1.2 μm to 2 μm, and a Raman ratio of from 3.0 to 8.0. | 08-21-2008 |
20110100444 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE - A photovoltaic device that exhibits increased open-circuit voltage and an improved fill factor due to an improvement in the contact properties between the n-layer and a back-side transparent electrode layer or intermediate contact layer, and a process for producing the photovoltaic device. The photovoltaic device comprises a photovoltaic layer having a p-layer, an i-layer and an n-layer stacked on top of a substrate, wherein the n-layer comprises a nitrogen-containing n-layer and an interface treatment layer formed on the opposite surface of the nitrogen-containing n-layer to the substrate, the nitrogen-containing n-layer comprises nitrogen atoms at an atomic concentration of not less than 1% and not more than 20%, and has a crystallization ratio of not less than 0 but less than 3, and the interface treatment layer has a crystallization ratio of not less than 1 and not more than 6. | 05-05-2011 |
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20110009554 | AQUEOUS PIGMENT DISPERSION AND AQUEOUS PIGMENT INK FOR INKJET RECORDING - An aqueous pigment dispersion capable of easily preparing an aqueous pigment ink for inkjet recording, from which is obtained a colored image which is excellent in scratch fastness and excellent in properties on any recording media such as color development on plain papers and gloss on dedicated papers, is provided. An aqueous pigment dispersion containing carbon black or an organic pigment (P), a (meth)acrylic copolymer (A), a polyoxyethylene/polyoxypropylene block copolymer (B) represented by the following general formula (1), a polyether based polyurethane (C), a basic material and water, wherein a mass ratio of the total of nonvolatile contents of (A), (B) and (C) to (P), (A+B+C)/P, is from 0.3 to 1.6; and a mass ratio of A/(A+B+C) is from 0.05 to 0.45, is provided. | 01-13-2011 |
20140011917 | AQUEOUS PIGMENT DISPERSION USED FOR PREPARING INK JET RECORDING AQUEOUS INK, AND INK JET RECORDING AQUEOUS INK - An aqueous pigment dispersion used for preparing an ink jet recording aqueous ink comprises an anionic group-containing organic polymeric compound, an organic pigment, an organic pigment derivative, and the water, wherein the polymeric compound, the organic pigment, and the organic pigment derivative are dispersed in water, the organic pigment and the organic pigment derivative are a diketopyrrolopyrrole-based red pigment and a phthalimidoalkylated quinacridone, respectively, and the phthalimidoalkylated quinacridone content is in the range of 1.6 to 3.8% relative to the total (100%) of the diketopyrrolopyrrole-based red pigment and the phthalimidoalkylated quinacridone on a mass basis. Furthermore, there is provided an ink jet recording aqueous ink containing such an aqueous pigment dispersion, wherein the aqueous pigment dispersion is diluted such that the total of the organic pigment content and the organic pigment derivative content is from 1 to 8% on a mass basis. | 01-09-2014 |