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20080198889 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE - A semiconductor laser device has a front surface electrode formed by Au plating, a rear surface electrode formed by Au plating, an anti-adhesive film on the front surface electrode or the rear surface electrode and made of a material that does not react with Au, and a coating film that covers an end face on a light emitting side and an end face opposite the light emitting side. The anti-adhesive films may be located at least at the four corners of the front or rear surface electrode. | 08-21-2008 |
20090253264 | THIN FILM FORMATION METHOD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of forming a thin film including a first portion having a first film thickness and a second portion having a second film thickness thinner than the first film thickness. A thin film having the first film thickness is formed on a substrate, an interference waveform upon film formation from reflected light by irradiating with laser light is acquired, the second portion of the thin film is etched, an interference waveform upon etching is acquired by irradiating, with laser light, the second portion, and calculating an interference waveform upon target etching on condition that the second portion has the second film thickness, based on the interference waveform upon film formation. The etching is stopped when the interference waveform upon etching becomes the same as the interference waveform upon target etching. | 10-08-2009 |
20090317976 | ETCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An etching system includes: a vacuum chamber; a stage for mounting a workpiece, the stage being disposed within the vacuum chamber; a first electrode located within the vacuum chamber and above the stage; a second located between the first electrode and a ceiling of the vacuum chamber; a gas supply for introducing a process gas into the vacuum chamber; a variable capacitance element connected to the second electrode; and a radio frequency power supply connected to the first electrode and connected through the variable capacitance element to the second electrode. The radio frequency power supply supplies radio frequency power to the first and second electrodes to produce an inductively coupled plasma in the process gas within the vacuum chamber. | 12-24-2009 |
20100244074 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor light-emitting device and a manufacturing method are provided, in which a metal film is deposited with positional differences between edges of an insulating film and the metal film, opposite a ridge waveguide top face, utilizing an overhanging-shaped resist pattern. An opening through the insulating film is extended in width without another masking step by etching the insulation film on the ridge waveguide top face, using the metal film as a mask. The contact area between a p-side electrode and a p-type contact layer is increased and operating voltage of the semiconductor light-emitting device is reduced. | 09-30-2010 |
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20100034564 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developer carrying member to which a developing bias is applied. A frequency f of a developing bias waveform, a developing area S1 which is a time-integrated value of a difference between a voltage value of the developing bias and a solid electrostatic image potential VL in a developing period of the developing bias, a collecting area S2 which is a time-integrated value of a difference between the voltage value of the developing bias and VL in a collecting period of the developing bias, and a developing contrast value Vcon are used for defining a range of a value of the developing bias frequency f, a range of a value of a voltage change rate α at VL during transition of the developing bias voltage value from a developing-side voltage to a collecting-side voltage, and a range of a value represented by the formula: | 02-11-2010 |
20100159382 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT CARRIER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE-FORMING METHOD USING THE TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER - A carrier has an impedance Z having a frequency dependence, obtained by alternating current impedance measurement. When the frequency dependence is fitted by a fitting function, parameter α lies in a range of 0.70 to 0.90 in an electric field of 10 | 06-24-2010 |
20100209147 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A duty ratio Du (%), denoted by (T | 08-19-2010 |
20110111337 | MAGNETIC CARRIER - In the formation of images by a two-component development system, provided is a magnetic carrier that can be used to output an image which has sufficient density, in which few white spots are present in a low-density portion located near the boundary between a high-density region and a low-density region, and in which the low-density portion has good graininess. The magnetic carrier contains magnetic carrier particles each of which has resin and a magnetic particle. The magnetic particle contains ferrite phases and phases comprising a perovskite-structured compound. The ferrite phases and phases comprising a perovskite-structured compound are combined. | 05-12-2011 |
20130052580 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method using a two component developing system is provided in which a print speed is not less than 300 mm/s, a peak-to-peak voltage of an AC component in a developing bias is not more than 1.3 kV, a sufficient image density can be ensured, and a recorded image having a small amount of magnetic carrier remains on the image and having high image quality can be obtained. A magnetic carrier that forms a two component developer contains a magnetic core and a resin. The magnetic core is a ferrite containing Sr and Ca inside thereof at the same time, having a small crystal grain diameter, a high density crystal-grain boundary structure, and an extremely large capacitance of the grain boundary. Use of the ferrite can provide the above method. | 02-28-2013 |
20130216263 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member; an electrostatic image forming device; and a developer carrying member. The developer carrying member is provided so as to be rotated in a direction opposite to a rotational direction of the image bearing member at a peripheral speed higher than that of the image bearing member. When the peripheral speed of the image bearing member is Vp (m/sec), the peripheral speed of the developer carrying member is Vs (m/sec), and a time, of movement of the developer from the surface of the developer carrying member to the image bearing member, actually measured in a gap between the image bearing member and the developer carrying member is Tsd (sec), the peripheral speeds Vp and Vs and the time Tsd satisfy the following relationship: (Vs−Vp)×Tsd<3×10 | 08-22-2013 |
20130223861 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum; a first sleeve for carrying a developer containing toner and a carrier having a volume resistivity lower than that of the toner and for developing an image on the drum by rubbing the drum with the developer; a second sleeve for carrying the developer received from the first sleeve and for developing the image by rubbing the drum with the developer carried on the second sleeve; a voltage source for applying a developing bias voltage including a DC voltage component and an AC voltage component to the first sleeve and second sleeve; and a driving device for rotating the first sleeve at a peripheral speed higher than the drum and for rotating the second sleeve at a peripheral speed which is higher than the drum and which is lower than the first sleeve. | 08-29-2013 |
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20080263414 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - The test design cost of a circuit capable of accessing an external memory is reduced. There is included a built-in self-test circuit for use in testing an external memory separately from a memory controller for performing memory control in response to an access request to the external memory capable of being coupled to a memory interface, and a TAP controller is used to control the built-in self-test circuit and referring to a test result. There is adopted a multiplexer for switchably selecting the memory controller or the built-in self-test circuit as a circuit for coupling to the memory interface in accordance with control information externally inputted through the TAP controller. The built-in self-test circuit programmably generates and outputs a pattern for a memory test in accordance with an instruction inputted through the TAP controller, and compares data read from the external memory with an expected value. | 10-23-2008 |
20130137522 | VIDEO GAME SYSTEM FOR FLEXIBLY GROUPING COOPERATIVE PLAYERS - In the present invention, a game system includes a game program storage unit, a group information management unit, a play history storage unit, and a group information update unit. The game program storage unit stores a game program for executing a game to be provided to a plurality of terminal devices. The group information management unit stores player identification information identifying each of a plurality of players of the game and group identification information identifying a group which includes the player, in association with each other. The play history storage unit stores a play history of each of the plurality of players for the game. The group information update unit changes an association stored in the group information management unit between player identification information identifying a first player among the plurality of players and group identification information, at least partially in accordance with the play history of the first player. | 05-30-2013 |
20140323228 | VIDEO GAME SYSTEM FOR FLEXIBLY GROUPING COOPERATIVE PLAYERS - In the present invention, a game system includes a game program storage unit, a group information management unit, a play history storage unit, and a group information update unit. The game program storage unit stores a game program for executing a game to be provided to a plurality of terminal devices. The group information management unit stores player identification information identifying each of a plurality of players of the game and group identification information identifying a group which includes the player, in association with each other. The play history storage unit stores a play history of each of the plurality of players for the game. The group information update unit changes an association stored in the group information management unit between player identification information identifying a first player among the plurality of players and group identification information, at least partially in accordance with the play history of the first player. | 10-30-2014 |
20140357356 | CHARACTER BATTLE SYSTEM CONTROLLED BY USER'S FLICK MOTION - A turn-based battle video game that utilizes a touchscreen to receive inputs from a user. An environment and first character are displayed. A status indicator is displayed adjacent to the first character. An input is received, where the input extends from a first point of the touchscreen corresponding to a position on the status indicator and extends to a second point on the touchscreen, the input having a direction component and a length component, the direction component corresponding to a first direction. A movement of the first character is caused, the movement corresponding to the input. | 12-04-2014 |
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20100137530 | PHOTOCURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR SEALING ORGANIC EL DEVICE - A photocurable resin composition for sealing an organic EL device is provided, which can seal the organic EL device without exerting any bad influence on the device, thereby suppress the formation and growth of dark spots positively, and which can ensure a high transmittance of light, thereby maintain a stable light emitting characteristic over a long period of time. The composition comprises (A) an epoxy resin containing at least two glycidyl groups in each molecule thereof and having a molecular weight of 200 to 7000, (B) an epoxy resin containing at least one glycidyl group in each molecule thereof and having a molecular weight of 20000 to 100000, (C) a latent acid photo catalyst adapted to be activated and produce an acid upon being irradiated with energy beam, and (D) a silane coupling agent containing a glycidyl group in each molecule thereof, the composition exhibiting non-fluidity at 25° C., but exhibiting fluidity in a temperature range of 50° to 100° C. | 06-03-2010 |
20100253825 | CAMERA - The camera according to this invention comprises an L-shaped frame that is capable of changing the size or aspect ratio of the viewfinder by relative movement, a back-face image-pickup device for photographing an image of the eye of the photographer, and a photographing optical system for forming the image of the subject image to the internal CCD, analyzes the image captured by the back-face image-pickup device and calculates the distance and direction to the eye of the photographer from the center of the viewfinder, and based on the calculated information and the size or aspect ratio information of the viewfinder, the photographer performs optical zooming or shifting of the photographing optical system, or performs electronic zooming or shifting by cropping the taken image by use of the CCD, in order for the range that the photographer observed via the viewfinder to become the photographing range. | 10-07-2010 |
20110206869 | PHOTOCURABLE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION - Provided is a photocurable adhesive composition which causes no damage to adherends during bonding and which, when used in bonding rugged adherends, can bond the adherends without forming a gap therebetween. The photocurable adhesive composition of the present invention comprises (A) 100 parts by mass of a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer having a weight-average molecular weight of 20,000 to 100,000, (B) 5 parts to 70 parts by mass of a phenoxy resin, and (C) 0.1 parts to 10 parts by mass of a photopolymerization initiator. The uncured composition has a loss tangent (loss modulus/storage modulus) of less than 1 at 25° C. and the temperature at which the loss tangent of the uncured composition reaches 1 or more is 80° C. or less. | 08-25-2011 |
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20110263338 | GAME DEVICE AND GAME CONTROL METHOD - To provide a game device that can reduce the size of the device and can execute the simulation of a match game scene based on an operation input by a game player. | 10-27-2011 |
20120108304 | GAME DEVICE AND GAME CONTROL METHOD - A game device is provided that can reduce the size of the device and can execute the simulation of a match game scene based on an operation input by a game player. The game device includes a field panel imitating a field of a sporting event, card holding stages that are arranged in the locations indicating the positions of players in the sporting event on the field panel, and holding card in a raised state, a card information reading means for reading card information recorded on the cards held by the card holding stages, and a game execution control means for controlling the execution of a game. | 05-03-2012 |
20120108718 | ORGANOSILICON COMPOUND AS WELL AS RUBBER COMPOSITION, TIRE PRIMER COMPOSITION, PAINT COMPOSITION AND ADHESIVE USING THE SAME - This invention relates to an organosilicon compound having a cyclic structure with nitrogen atom and silicon atom, and one or more sulfur atoms in its molecule, and having a bonding side of one or more groups having as small steric hindrance to silicon atom, a rubber composition formed by compounding an inorganic filler (B) and the organosilicon compound (C) into a rubber component (A) consisting of natural rubber and/or diene-based synthetic rubber, and a tire using such a rubber composition. | 05-03-2012 |
20130217802 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RUBBER COMPOSITION - A method for producing a rubber composition containing a rubber component (A) of at least one selected from natural rubbers and synthetic dienic rubbers, a filler containing an inorganic filler (B), and a silane coupling agent (C) of a compound having a mercapto group, wherein the rubber composition is kneaded in multiple stages, in the first stage of kneading, the rubber component (A), all or a part of the inorganic filler (B), and all or a part of the silane coupling agent (C) are kneaded, then in the first stage or in the subsequent kneading stage, at least one compound selected from an acidic compound (D) and a basic compound (E) is added, and the highest temperature of the rubber composition in the final stage of kneading is from 60 to 120° C. | 08-22-2013 |
20130237637 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RUBBER COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a method for producing a rubber composition containing a rubber component (A) of at least one selected from natural rubbers and synthetic dienic rubbers, an inorganic filler (B), a silane coupling agent (C) and an acidic compound (D), wherein the rubber composition is kneaded in multiple stages, and in the final stage of kneading, the acidic compound (D) is added, and the highest temperature of the rubber composition in the final stage of kneading is from 60 to 120° C. The production method enables production of a rubber composition having a low-heat-generation property while successfully preventing the coupling function activity of the silane coupling agent from lowering. | 09-12-2013 |
20130261242 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RUBBER COMPOSITION - The present invention is a method for producing a rubber composition containing a rubber component (A) of at least one selected from natural rubbers and synthetic dienic rubbers, a filler containing an inorganic filler (B), a silane coupling agent (C), at least one vulcanization accelerator (D) selected from guanidines, sulfenamides and thiazoles, and an organic acid compound (E), wherein the rubber composition is kneaded in plural stages, the rubber component (A), all or a part of the inorganic filler (B), all or a part of the silane coupling agent (C), the vulcanization accelerator (D) and the organic acid compound (E) are kneaded in the first stage of kneading, and the number of molecules X of the organic acid compound (E) in the rubber composition in the first stage is in a relation of the following formula [1] relative to the number of molecules Y of the vulcanization accelerator (D) therein. The production method enables production of a rubber composition having a low-heat-generation property while successfully preventing the coupling function activity of the silane coupling agent from lowering. | 10-03-2013 |
20130267638 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RUBBER COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a method for producing a rubber composition containing a rubber component (A) of at least one selected from natural rubbers and synthetic dienic rubbers, a filler containing an inorganic filler (B), a silane coupling agent (C) and a vulcanization promoter (D), wherein the rubber composition is kneaded in multiple stages, and in the first stage of kneading, the rubber component (A), all or a part of the inorganic filler (B), and all or a part of the silane coupling agent (C) are kneaded, and then on the way of the first stage, the vulcanization promoter (D) is added and further kneaded. The production method enables production of a rubber composition having a low-heat-generation property while successfully preventing the coupling function activity of the silane coupling agent from lowering. | 10-10-2013 |
20130296463 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RUBBER COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a method for producing a rubber composition containing a rubber component (A) of at least one selected from natural rubbers and synthetic dienic rubbers, a filler containing an inorganic filler (B), a silane coupling agent (C) and at least one vulcanization promoter (D) selected from guanidines, sulfenamides, thiazoles, thiurams, dithiocarbamate salts, thioureas and xanthate salts, wherein the rubber composition is kneaded in at least three stages, in the first stage (X) of kneading, the rubber component (A), all or a part of the inorganic filler (B), and all or a part of the silane coupling agent (C) are kneaded, then in the stage (Y) on and after the second stage of kneading but before the final stage, the vulcanization promoter (D) is added and kneaded, and in the final stage (Z) of kneading, a vulcanizing agent is added and kneaded. | 11-07-2013 |
20140051791 | RUBBER COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a rubber composition containing: (A) a rubber component containing 10% by mass or more of at least one kind of rubber selected from diene rubber synthesized by emulsion polymerization and natural rubber and 90% by mass or less of another kind of diene rubber; (B) silica having a n-hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) adsorption specific surface area of not less than 180 m | 02-20-2014 |
20140051792 | RUBBER COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a rubber composition containing: (A) a rubber component containing from 90 to 100% by mass of at least one kind of diene rubber synthesized by solution polymerization and from 0 to 10% by mass of another kind of diene rubber; (B) a silica having a n-hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) adsorption specific surface area of 180 m | 02-20-2014 |
20140051793 | RUBBER COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a rubber composition containing: (A) a rubber component containing 10% by mass or more of at least one kind of rubber selected from diene rubber synthesized by emulsion polymerization and natural rubber and 90% by mass or less of another kind of diene rubber; (B) silica having a n-hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) adsorption specific surface area of less than 140 m | 02-20-2014 |
20140142235 | RUBBER COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a rubber composition containing: (A) a rubber component containing from 90 to 100% by mass of at least one kind of diene rubber synthesized by solution polymerization and from 0 to 10% by mass of another kind of diene rubber; (B) silica having a n-hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) adsorption specific surface area of 140 m | 05-22-2014 |
20140142236 | RUBBER COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a rubber composition containing: (A) a rubber component containing 10% by mass or more of at least one kind of rubber selected from diene rubber synthesized by emulsion polymerization and natural rubber and 90% by mass or less of another kind of diene rubber; (B) silica having a n-hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) adsorption specific surface area of 140 m | 05-22-2014 |
20140171580 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RUBBER COMPOSITION - Process for producing a rubber composition comprising a rubber component (A) comprising at least one selected from natural rubbers and synthetic diene rubbers, a filler containing an inorganic filler (B), a silane coupling agent (C), and at least two kinds of chemical agents (D) and (E) selected from guanidines, sulfenamides, thiazoles, thiurams, dithiocarbamates, thioureas, and xanthates, wherein the rubber composition is kneaded in a plurality of stages wherein, in the first stage (X) of kneading, the rubber component (A), all or a portion of the inorganic filler (B), all or a portion of the silane coupling agent (C), and at least two kinds of the chemical agents (D) and (E) are added and kneaded. | 06-19-2014 |
20140329946 | RUBBER COMPOSITION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - The present invention is a rubber composition containing a rubber component, a specific hydroxy group-having thiourea derivative, a thioamide compound, an acidic compound, a combination of a nucleophilic reagent except guanidine compounds and a guanidine compound, a compound selected from a phosphorous acid compound and a salt of a phosphorous acid compound, and a filler containing an inorganic filler, and a method for the rubber composition, providing the rubber composition having an improved low-heat-generation property and its production method. | 11-06-2014 |
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20090169139 | MOTION GUIDE DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING MOTION GUIDE DEVICE - A motion guide device is provided which is able to damp the moving block from vibrating in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the raceway rail. | 07-02-2009 |
20090304312 | MOTION GUIDE DEVICE AND ATTACHMENT FOR MOTION GUIDE DEVICE - Provided is a motion guide device having a lubricating path usable for both of grease lubrication and oil lubrication. | 12-10-2009 |
20140301677 | MOTION GUIDE DEVICE - Provided is a motion guide device capable of suppressing generation of a gap between a first seal member and a second seal member, which are fixed to a moving block, and preventing foreign matters from entering the moving block, to thereby achieve a smooth motion of the moving block with respect to a track rail. The motion guide device includes: a track shaft having a rolling surface; a moving member freely movable along the track shaft; the first seal member that comes into sliding contact with a surface of the track shaft so as to close a gap between the track shaft and the moving member; and the second seal member that is provided along the rolling surface of the track shaft and closes the gap between the track shaft and the moving member. The second seal member includes: a fixing substrate locked to the moving member; and a seal portion that is firmly fixed to the fixing substrate along the rolling surface of the track shaft and includes a seal lip portion that comes into sliding contact with the surface of the track shaft and an extended seal portion that comes into close contact with the first seal member while being compressed by the first seal member under the state in which the first seal member is fixed to the moving member. | 10-09-2014 |
20150016759 | ROLLING GUIDE DEVICE - A rolling guide device is capable of facilitating smooth circulation of rolling elements in an endless circulation path, and enhancing the accuracy of motion of a moving member relative to a track member. The moving member includes: a main body member having load rolling surfaces and return paths for the rolling elements; direction change pipes incorporating inner direction change paths and having inner peripheral guide surfaces of outer direction change paths, respectively; and lid members each being mounted on the main body member and having outer peripheral guide surfaces of the outer direction change paths. The main body member has position reference holes formed therein so as to serve as position references for the direction change pipes, respectively, whereas the direction change pipes have positioning protrusions formed thereon so as to be press-fitted into the position reference holes, respectively. Further, the direction change pipes include rotation restriction protruding portions. | 01-15-2015 |
20150036953 | MOTION DEVICE - A motion device includes a track rail, a moving body, rolling elements, fixing members each fixed to an end surface of the moving body, and rolling element circulation members arranged between the moving body and the fixing members. The rolling element circulation members each have a connection section connected to the moving body so as to be rotatable about a Y direction, and a pair of first outside surfaces. The fixing members each have accommodation sections to accommodate the rolling element circulation members, and a pair of first inside surfaces closely contact with the pair of first outside surfaces. The respective rolling element circulation members and the accommodation sections are provided at both sides of the track rail interposed there between. | 02-05-2015 |
20150043843 | ROLLING GUIDANCE DEVICE - A rolling guide device is capable of preventing a scooping piece formed on a circulation path module from being deformed along with use over time, and enhancing the durability of the scooping piece, thereby achieving smooth motion of a moving member relative to a track member. A moving member includes: a main body member having load rolling surfaces and return paths for rolling elements; direction change pipes having formed therein inner direction change paths and having inner peripheral guide surfaces of outer direction change paths, respectively; and lid members each being mounted on the main body member and having outer peripheral guide surfaces of the outer direction change paths. Each of the direction change pipes includes: a first half circulation segment and a second half circulation segment; and a scooping portion for guiding the rolling elements into each of the inner direction change paths. | 02-12-2015 |
20150093055 | MOTION GUIDE DEVICE - A motion guide device includes a plurality of rolling element guide members provided along the entire length of a rolling element rolling surface so as to guide the unloaded side of a plurality of rolling elements that perform a rolling movement under load between the rolling element rolling surface and a loaded rolling element rolling surface. The rolling element guide member includes a beam member an outer member including a rolling element guide surface for guiding the unloaded side of the rolling elements, and the beam member and the outer member are insert-molded. Such a structure provides the motion guide device including the rolling element guide member that enables low cost manufacturing of a complex shape and capability of secure installation and guidance of the rolling elements with no deflection and can be adapted for use in various types by optionally selecting a connecting means. | 04-02-2015 |
20150104122 | MOTION DEVICE - A motion device ( | 04-16-2015 |
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20090092023 | CLEANING TAPE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - A cleaning tape has a base tape made of a synthetic resin and a cleaning layer formed on a surface of this base tape. The cleaning layer has a binding agent and a large number of spherical particles dispersed in the binding agent in a single particle layer. Such a cleaning tape is capable of removing very small unwanted protrusions and particles on the surface of a target object such as a magnetic hard disk without forming scratches. | 04-09-2009 |
20090163117 | METHOD OF PRODUCING GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING DISK - A glass substrate for perpendicular magnetic recording, having a surface with an average surface roughness of 2.0 Å or less and surface height variations of 1 Å or less with wavelengths in the range of 0.05 mm-0.5 mm in both radial and circumferential directions, is produced by rotating a glass substrate, supplying polishing slurry containing a specified amount of abrading particles of artificial diamond on its surface, pressing a polishing tape on the surface and causing this polishing tape to travel in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the glass substrate. | 06-25-2009 |
20090163122 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POLISHING SURFACE OF TAPE-LIKE METALLIC BASE MATERIAL - A polishing system and a method are presented for uniformly polishing efficiently at a fast rate the surface of a tape-like metallic base material of several hundred meters in length. The polishing system is provided not only with devices for causing the base material to travel continuously and applying a specified tension in the base material but also with a first polishing device for randomly polishing the target surface and a second polishing device for carrying out a final polishing on the target surface in the direction of travel of the base material. Polishing marks are formed in the direction of travel on the target surface by the final polishing. | 06-25-2009 |
20090188170 | METHOD OF PRODUCING POLISHING MATERIAL COMPRISING DIAMOND CLUSTERS - Diamond clusters are used as a polishing material of free abrading particles, each being a combination of artificial diamond particles having primary particle diameters of 20 nm or less and impurities that are attached around these diamond particles. The density of non-diamond carbon contained in the impurities is in the range of 95% or more and 99% or less, and the density of chlorine contained in other than non-diamond carbon in the impurities is 0.5% or more and preferably 3.5% or less. The diameters of these diamond clusters are in the range of 30 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and their average diameter is in the range of 30 nm or more and 200 nm or less. Such polishing material is produced first by an explosion shock method to obtain diamond clusters and then removing the impurities such that density of non-diamond carbon contained in the impurities and density of chlorine contained in other than non-diamond carbon in the impurities become adjusted. | 07-30-2009 |
20100016169 | METHOD FOR POLISHING TAPE-SHAPED SUBSTRATE FOR OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTOR, OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTOR, AND BASE MATERIAL FOR OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTOR - An oxide superconductor member is composed of a tape-shaped substrate, an intermediate layer formed on this substrate and an oxide superconductor thin film layer formed on this intermediate layer. A surface of the tape-shaped substrate is polished by continuously running the tape-shaped substrate. The polishing step includes initial polishing process and finishing process which are carried out such that the average surface roughness Ra of the substrate becomes 2 nanometers or less and the in-plane directionality of the intermediate layer becomes 5° or less after the polishing step. | 01-21-2010 |
20100160170 | METHOD FOR POLISHING TAPE-SHAPED SUBSTRATE FOR OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTOR, OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTOR, AND BASE MATERIAL FOR OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTOR - A surface polishing method for enhancing crystal orientation on the surface of a tapelike metal substrate in order to enhance the critical current of a superconducting thin film. In an oxide superconductor comprising a tapelike substrate, an intermediate layer formed on the tapelike substrate, and an oxide superconducting thin film layer formed on the intermediate layer, the method for polishing a surface to be polished of the tapelike substrate comprises a step for polishing the surface to be polished while traveling the tapelike substrate continuously, wherein an initial polishing step and a finish polishing step are included. Ultimately, the average surface roughness Ra of the polished surface is 2 nanometer or less and the in-plane orientation Δφ is 5° or less. | 06-24-2010 |