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20080211437 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR DRIVING ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - An electric power supply system for driving an electric rotating machine has a generator supplied with driving power from an engine to generate alternating-current electric power and a matrix converter as an alternating-current to alternating-current direct converter supplied with the alternating-current electric power to output arbitrary alternating-current electric power. By driving a motor with the alternating-current electric power supplied from the matrix converter, only one time electric power conversion is carried out to provide high efficiency in the whole system. In addition, electric power loss can be reduced so as to enhance a motor output when the system is applied to a vehicle power supply system. | 09-04-2008 |
20130207637 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - With a power conversion device, it is possible to lengthen the lifespan of a mechanical switch by preventing an absorption by the mechanical switch of induction energy accumulated in a reactor when there is a problem. When a mechanical switch is turned off when there is a problem, an absorption by the mechanical switch of induction energy accumulated in a reactor is prevented by the energy accumulated in the reactor being released to a capacitor via a diode, thus enabling a lengthening of the lifespan of the mechanical switch. | 08-15-2013 |
20140184188 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - In some aspects of the invention, a power conversion device includes a semiconductor switch series circuit configured by connecting semiconductor switches in series, a capacitor series circuit configured by connecting capacitors in series, a reactor L connected between the series connection point of the semiconductor switches and the series connection point of the capacitors and a direct current power source connected in parallel to the capacitor. The semiconductor switch series circuit and capacitor series circuit are connected in parallel, a load is connected between the parallel connection points of the two circuits and the semiconductor switches are turned on and off, thereby raising a direct current power source voltage and supplying it to the load. By way of some aspects of the invention, it is possible to reduce the size and cost of a device. | 07-03-2014 |
20150381101 | POWER CONVERTER - A method for a power conversion apparatus to drive an electric motor using a power semiconductor device. The method includes detecting or estimating a temperature of the power semiconductor device to thereby obtain a detected or estimated temperature value, adjusting a torque command of the electric motor, so that the temperature of the power semiconductor device matches a preset temperature when the detected or estimated temperature value is equal to or higher than the preset temperature, and controlling the power semiconductor device using the adjusted torque command. | 12-31-2015 |
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20090130418 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD AND SPUTTERING TARGET USED FOR ITS PRODUCTION - Providing a tin oxide target suitable for the formation of a transparent conductive film by DC sputtering method, DC pulse sputtering method or AC sputtering method. | 05-21-2009 |
20090153972 | TRANSLUCENT SUBSTRATE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, ORGANIC LED ELEMENT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides an organic LED element in which the extraction efficiency is improved up to 80% of emitted light. Further, the invention relates to an electrode-attached translucent substrate having a translucent substrate, a scattering layer formed over the glass substrate and containing a base material having a first refractive index for at least one wavelength of wavelengths of emitted light of an organic LED element and a plurality of scattering materials positioned in the base material and having a second refractive index different from that of the base material, and a translucent electrode formed over the scattering layer and having a third refractive index equal to or lower than the first refractive index, in which distribution of the scattering materials in the scattering layer decreases from the inside of the scattering layer toward the translucent electrode. | 06-18-2009 |
20110284907 | TRANSLUCENT SUBSTRATE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, ORGANIC LED ELEMENT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides an organic LED element in which the extraction efficiency is improved up to 80% of emitted light. Further, the invention relates to an electrode-attached translucent substrate having a translucent substrate, a scattering layer formed over the glass substrate and containing a base material having a first refractive index for at least one wavelength of wavelengths of emitted light of an organic LED element and a plurality of scattering materials positioned in the base material and having a second refractive index different from that of the base material, and a translucent electrode formed over the scattering layer and having a third refractive index equal to or lower than the first refractive index, in which distribution of the scattering materials in the scattering layer decreases from the inside of the scattering layer toward the translucent electrode. | 11-24-2011 |
20130087187 | CIGS TYPE SOLAR CELL AND SUBSTRATE FOR CIGS TYPE SOLAR CELL - A GIGS type solar cell comprising; an insulative supporting substrate; a rear surface electrode layer provided on the insulative supporting substrate; a GIGS layer provided on the rear surface electrode layer; a buffer layer provided on the GIGS layer; and a transparent front surface electrode layer provided on the buffer layer; the solar cell further comprising an alkali metal supply layer provided between the insulative supporting substrate and the rear surface electrode layer or provided between the rear surface electrode layer and the GIGS layer, or between the insulative supporting substrate and the rear surface electrode layer and between the rear surface electrode layer and the GIGS layer; and the alkali metal supply layer containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a LiNbO | 04-11-2013 |
20130118575 | CIGS TYPE SOLAR CELL AND ELECTRODE-ATTACHED GLASS SUBSTRATE THEREFOR - To provide a CIGS type solar cell capable of diffusing an alkali metal in a CIGS layer without increasing steps of its manufacturing process or complicating its layer structure. A CIGS type solar cell comprising a glass substrate, a rear surface electrode layer provided on the glass substrate, a CIGS layer provided on the rear surface electrode layer, a buffer layer provided on the CIGS layer and a transparent front surface electrode layer provided on the buffer layer, wherein the rear surface electrode layer contains Mo (molybdenum) and W (tungsten), and the total W content in the rear surface electrode layer is at most 50 mol %. | 05-16-2013 |
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20080227910 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC POLYMER HAVING TRIMETHOXYSILYL TERMINUS - The object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an organic polymer having a terminal trimethoxy silyl group. In the method, the exchange reaction into a methoxy group can proceed within a short time even with a small amount of a catalyst, and viscosity increase caused by a side reaction during the methoxy exchange reaction can be reduced. Obtained polymer has an excellent stability, and viscosity increase during the storage of the polymer after the exchange into a trimethoxysilyl group can be reduced. The present invention provides a method comprising the steps of allowing an organic polymer having a silicon atom at a molecular terminus to react with methanol in the presence of a catalyst removable from an organic polymer and/or a deactivatable catalyst, wherein three hydrolyzable groups are bonded to the silicon atom, with the proviso that at least one of the three groups is a functional group other than methoxy group; and then removing the catalyst from the reaction mixture and/or deactivating the catalyst in the reaction mixture, to give the organic polymer having a terminal trimethoxysilyl group. | 09-18-2008 |
20110028682 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYALKYLENE OXIDE - The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a polyalkylene oxide, which is capable of improving reduction in reactivity of a double metal cyanide complex catalyst in the case that a low molecular weight initiator is used, and producing the polyalkylene oxide with high productivity at low cost. The method for producing a polyalkylene oxide comprises carrying out a ring-opening addition reaction of an alkylene oxide with an initiator having at least one hydroxy group and having a molecular weight of not more than 300 per hydroxy group in the presence of a double metal cyanide complex catalyst in an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent is used in an amount of 500 to 1,500 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the alkylene oxide used at the start of the reaction. | 02-03-2011 |
20110098410 | ROOM TEMPERATURE-CURABLE COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT THEREOF - The present invention provides a novel acrylic/modified silicone room temperature-curable resin composition that serves as a material for sealants having high modulus and high strength after curing, and a cured product thereof. The room temperature-curable composition includes: a (meth)acrylate ester polymer (A) having a specific silicon-containing functional group and having an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester monomer unit in its molecular chain; and a polyoxyalkylene polymer (B) having a specific silicon functional group. | 04-28-2011 |
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20120125671 | Insulating Resin Film, Bonded Structure Using Insulating Resin Film, and Production Method of Bonded Structure - To provide an insulating resin film, which contains: a first adhesive layer, and a second adhesive layer, wherein the insulating resin film is configured to bond a substrate and an electronic part together, and the first adhesive layer is provided at a side of the substrate and the second adhesive layer is provided at a side of the electronic part, wherein the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer each contain inorganic filler, wherein the second adhesive layer has a DSC exothermic peak temperature that is higher than a DSC exothermic peak temperature of the first adhesive layer, and wherein a thickness of the first adhesive layer is 50% to 90% of a total thickness of the insulating resin film. | 05-24-2012 |
20140251537 | Insulating Resin Film, Bonded Structure Using Insulating Resin Film, and Production Method of Bonded Structure - To provide an insulating resin film, which contains: a first adhesive layer; and a second adhesive layer, wherein the insulating resin film is configured to bond a substrate and an electronic part together, and the first adhesive layer is provided at a side of the substrate and the second adhesive layer is provided at a side of the electronic part, wherein the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer each contain inorganic filler, wherein the second adhesive layer has a DSC exothermic peak temperature that is higher than a DSC exothermic peak temperature of the first adhesive layer, and wherein a thickness of the first adhesive layer is 50% to 90% of a total thickness of the insulating resin film. | 09-11-2014 |
20140318709 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE AGENT, AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - There are provided an electrically conductive adhesive agent capable of providing good electrical continuity to a substrate to which a preflux treatment has been applied, and a method for connecting electronic components. The electrically conductive adhesive agent to be used includes a polymerizable acrylic compound, an organic peroxide, and the solder particles, the organic peroxide having a one minute half-life temperature lower than the solidus temperature of the solder particles. At the time of thermocompression bonding, the solder particles are crushed and an oxide film is removed, and a preflux layer on the surface of a bump is also removed by melting and flowing thereof, whereby electrical continuity is secured, and then an adhesive component is completely cured. | 10-30-2014 |
20140352888 | ADHESIVE AGENT, AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - Provided are an adhesive agent capable of providing sufficient electrical continuity to a substrate to which a preflux treatment has been applied and a method for connecting electronic components. There is used an adhesive agent including a (meth)acrylate having an epoxy group in one molecule and a radical polymerization initiator having a one minute half-life temperature of 110 degrees C. or more. A surplus adhesive agent component between terminals flows, whereby an imidazole component in a preflux, the component binding to an epoxy group of an epoxy group-containing acrylate, is drawn out thereby to be removed from a surface of the terminal. | 12-04-2014 |
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20080257092 | PARALLEL-LINK OPERATIONAL DEVICE - A parallel-link operational device in which links of a link mechanism connecting rotary actuators and a movable member do not protrude outside an area of a base. Six flat rotary actuators driven to control position and posture of the movable member are provided on the base, rotary output shafts of which are disposed radially pointing toward the center of the base. The links fixedly mounted on the rotary output shafts of the actuators are connected by joints to one end of rods, and the other end of the rods are connected to the movable member by joints. An end effector mounted on the movable member is rotated by an actuator for posture control mounted on the base via a rotational-force transmission mechanism composed of joints, spline couplings, etc. The links rotate in planes parallel to the sides of the base without protruding beyond the area covered by the base. | 10-23-2008 |
20100148801 | CAPACITANCE-TYPE ENCODER - A capacitance-type encoder capable of obtaining position data of a movable element with low power-consumption. The capacitance-type encoder comprises a stator, a movable element arranged to confront the stator, an excitation device and a signal processing device. The stator has at least three excitation-electrode sets electrically independent from each other, each set constituted of excitation electrodes arranged cyclically and electrically connected with each other so that a predetermined number of excitation-electrode groups are formed. The movable element has connection electrodes having the same number as the excitation-electrode groups. The excitation device applies excitation signals to the excitation-electrode sets periodically in a predetermined sequence. The signal processing device determines which one of divided regions of one cycle of arrangement of the excitation electrodes the movable element is positioned in based on a combination pattern of detection signals generated in the connection electrodes. | 06-17-2010 |
20100148802 | CAPACITANCE-TYPE ENCODER - A capacitance-type encoder comprising a stator, a movable element, an excitation device and a signal processing device to obtain position data with low power-consumption. The stator has excitation-electrode sets electrically independent and displaced to have phase differences from each other to form a predetermined number of excitation-electrode groups. The movable element has connection electrodes having the same number as the excitation-electrode groups. The excitation device simultaneously applies a first pair of positive and negative pulse voltages respectively to two of the excitation-electrode sets having a phase difference of 180 degrees, and then simultaneously applies a second set of positive and negative pulse voltages respectively to the rest of the excitation-electrode sets. The signal processing device determines which one of four divided regions the movable element is positioned in based on a combination of detection signals when the first and second pairs of pulse voltages are applied respectively. | 06-17-2010 |
20100225333 | EXCITATION PHASE DETECTING CAPACITANCE-TYPE POSITION TRANSDUCER - An excitation phase detecting capacitance-type position transducer comprises a stationary part having a plurality of excitation electrode groups and a movable part having a plurality of coupling electrodes. The capacitance-type position transducer detects a signal of which phase varies according to the relative positions of the movable part with respect to the stationary par and calculates an intra-period phase angle φ from two excitation signals having a phase difference of 90° captured at a zero-cross point of the detection signal. | 09-09-2010 |
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20080251159 | Methods for Producing Raw Material Alloy for Rare Earth Magnet, Powder and Sintered Magnet - A method of making a material alloy for an R-T-Q based rare-earth magnet according to the present invention includes the steps of: preparing a melt of an R-T-Q based rare-earth alloy, where R is rare-earth elements, T is a transition metal element, Q is at least one element selected from the group consisting of B, C, N, Al, Si and P, and the rare-earth elements R include at least one element R | 10-16-2008 |
20080286595 | R-Fe-B Rare Earth Sintered Magnet and Method for Producing Same - In a method for producing an R—Fe—B based rare-earth sintered magnet according to the present invention, first, provided is an R—Fe—B based rare-earth sintered magnet body including, as a main phase, crystal grains of an R | 11-20-2008 |
20090053094 | RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A rare-earth sintered magnet includes 12.0 at % to 15.0 at % of rare-earth element(s), which is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nd, Pr, Gd, Tb, Dy and Ho and at least 50% of which is Nd and/or Pr; 5.5 at % to 8.5 at % of boron (B); a predetermined percentage of additive metal A; and iron (Fe) and inevitably contained impurities as the balance. The predetermined percentage of additive metal A includes at least one of 0.005 at % to 0.30 at % of silver (Ag), 0.005 at % to 0.40 at % of nickel (Ni), and 0.005 at % to 0.20 at % of gold (Au). | 02-26-2009 |
20100148897 | RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A sintered rare-earth magnet includes an Nd | 06-17-2010 |
20100182113 | R-Fe-B TYPE RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME - In an R—Fe—B based rare-earth sintered magnet according to the present invention, at a depth of 20 μm under the surface of its magnet body, crystal grains of an R | 07-22-2010 |
20100231338 | R-Fe-B RARE-EARTH SINTERED MAGNET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - First, an R—Fe—B based rare-earth sintered magnet body including, as a main phase, crystal grains of an R | 09-16-2010 |
20110012699 | R-Fe-B RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET - An R—Fe—B based rare-earth sintered magnet according to the present invention includes, as a main phase, crystal grains of an R | 01-20-2011 |
20110205006 | R-Fe-B ANISOTROPIC SINTERED MAGNET - An R—Fe—B based anisotropic sintered magnet according to the present invention has, as a main phase, an R | 08-25-2011 |
20110260816 | R-Fe-B RARE-EARTH SINTERED MAGNET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - First, an R—Fe—B based rare-earth sintered magnet body including, as a main phase, crystal grains of an R | 10-27-2011 |
20120114844 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF R-Fe-B-BASED RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET, AND STEAM CONTROL MEMBER - A sintered R—Fe—B based rare-earth magnet body | 05-10-2012 |
20120206227 | R-Fe-B TYPE RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME - In an R—Fe—B based rare-earth sintered magnet according to the present invention, at a depth of 20 μm under the surface of its magnet body, crystal grains of an R | 08-16-2012 |
20120229240 | R-Fe-B RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - In a method for producing an R—Fe—B based rare-earth sintered magnet according to the present invention, first, provided is an R—Fe—B based rare-earth sintered magnet body including, as a main phase, crystal grains of an R | 09-13-2012 |
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20080307075 | Sensor-net system and sensor node - A sensor-Net system includes sensor nodes which are in intermittent operation so as to save power by repeating activated state and inactivated state at a regular interval. Synchronization of time in the system is executed by aligning to the intermittent operation of the sensor nodes. A management server issues a setTime command for configuring the time to each gateway node at a specified interval. Each router node sets or corrects the time of it based on the time received from the gateway node and thereafter turns ON the time configuration flag for each sensor node in order to expand the setTime command to all of its sibling sensor nodes. The router node, upon reception of a polling, which is a command request, from the sensor node, obtains the time at that time, then uses the time to generate a setTime command to transmit to that sensor node. | 12-11-2008 |
20090018899 | User collaboration system and server - There is provided a facile sound communication tool that can quickly communicate with a necessary partner when needed. The real-time contexts of users are detected from sensors that are worn by the users, and diverse sensors that are located around the respective users to obtain data. The data is transmitted to a server. A context analyzer of a processor in the server determines the busyness of the respective users on the basis of the data, and a collaboration controller controls a communication between the respective users on the basis of the busyness. | 01-15-2009 |
20100085202 | SENSOR DRIVE CONTROL METHOD AND SENSOR-EQUIPPED RADIO TERMINAL DEVICE - A network system including: a first sensor device which includes a first sensor unit which detects an action of a detection object; and a first transmission unit which transmits first data regarding the action and first identification information to a server via a first base station: a second sensor device which includes; a second sensor unit which obtains sensing data; and a second transmission unit which transmits second data including the sensing data and second identification information to the server via a second base station; wherein the server is configured to: associate the first and second data based on the detection of the action; to access predetermined normal data correlating data; and, detect an abnormal condition if a combination of the action detected via the first sensor unit and the sensing data obtained by the second sensor unit conflict with the correlated normal data. | 04-08-2010 |
20100161630 | Sensor Net System, Sensor Net System Data Managing Method, and Sensor Net System Data Managing Program - In order to easily provide data successively generated from a real world sensor network in a time series to a user, a unit for generally and flexibly performing mapping between a source for generating physical electronic information (for example, a tiny sensor node) and sensing data to be provided to the user is provided. Therefore, a manager of the sensor network is composed of a device management table for mapping among a wireless sensor node, a wireless base station, and a data managing server, a real world model table capable of including device information and giving plural attributes, a registration/search processing unit for registering/searching that information, and a data manager for data mapping between the tables. | 06-24-2010 |
20100183000 | VIDEO DELIVERING SYSTEM, VIDEO DELIVERING DEVICE, AND SYNCHRONIZATION CORRECTING DEVICE - The video receiving device delivers reproducible video streams by synchronizing video images. The video delivering device determines the delivery time for each RTP packet based on the time information for plural video streams corresponding to plural contents, adds the determined delivery time (timestamp) to each RTP packet, and delivers RTP packets by using the counter common among plural contents. The video relaying device corrects the transfer timing for RTP packets based on the counter common among plural contents and the delivery time (timestamp) and sends them to the video receiving device. The video receiving device plays back the video images from the received RTP packets. | 07-22-2010 |
20100194894 | DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE - A transmit-side transmission control device for sending data generated by a data generator device to a data utilization point receives and retains notification of the allowable data transmission quantity from a receive-side transmission control device, and adjusts the data quantity sent from the data generator device so as to fit within that allowable data transmission quantity range, and/or when a request is issued to change that data transmission quantity, the receive-side transmission control device is notified of that allowable data transmission quantity change request. The receive-side transmission control device retains the respective allowable data transmission quantities for transmit-side transmission control device, and when a change request is issued, reallocates the allowable data transmission quantities for all transmit-side transmission control devices to fit within the data processing load range stored beforehand within the data utilization point, and notifies the corresponding transmit-side transmission control device of these reallocated allowable data transmission quantities. | 08-05-2010 |
20110182196 | NETWORK SYSTEMS, NETWORK INTERCONNECTION DEVICES, AND DATA TRANSMISSION SCHEME - A network system includes one or more terminals which transmit acquired data to a first network, a network interconnection device which is connected to the terminal via the first network and which receives the data from the terminal, and a management server which is connected to the network interconnection device via a second network and which receives the data from the network interconnection device; the terminal transmits the same data to the network interconnection device via the first network by a frequency corresponding to redundancy; the data contains the priority according to the contents of the data; and the network interconnection device acquires the communication quality of the second network and instructs the terminal to transmit the data according to redundancy determined based upon the acquired communication quality and the priority. | 07-28-2011 |
20110196955 | Sensor Network System for Managing the Latest Data and History Data - In a sensor network system comprising a sensor terminal and a management server, the sensor terminal transmits observation data acquired using the sensor, the management server has a latest data storage manager which manages the latest observation data among observation data received from the sensor terminal, a history data storage manager which manages the history of the observation data from any time when data was received from the sensor terminal to the latest observation data, and a missing data manager which manages missing history data, and compensates the missing history data based on a predetermined rule, and when a request for such observation data is received, at least one of the latest observation data managed by the latest data storage manager, and history data wherein the missing data has been compensated and managed by the history data storage manager, is output according to the type of request. | 08-11-2011 |
20140161456 | NETWORK SYSTEM, STATION-SIDE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATIONS - An aspect of this invention is a network system including subscriber apparatuses and a station-side apparatus for communicating with the subscriber apparatuses. The station-side apparatus communicates with the subscriber apparatuses using wavelengths. The station-side apparatus determines a wavelength to be used by each of at least one subscriber apparatus of the subscriber apparatuses based on effective transmission rates used by the subscriber apparatuses in communications with the station-side apparatus. | 06-12-2014 |
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20120112474 | VEHICLE DOOR FIXING APPARATUS AND MOVABLE WEDGE DEVICE OF SAME - A movable wedge device of a vehicle door fixing apparatus, includes a base plate fixedly attached to one of a vehicle body panel and a door panel, a movable wedge slidably provided at the base plate and pushed against a fixed wedge provided at the other one of the vehicle body panel and the door panel, a biasing member positioned between the base plate and the movable wedge and biasing the movable wedge toward the fixed wedge, a guide rail provided at one of the base plate and the movable wedge, a guide groove which is provided at the other one of the base plate and the movable wedge and with which the guide rail engages for allowing the movable wedge to slide, and an elastic member provided in a compressed state between a surface of the guide rail and a wall of the guide groove. | 05-10-2012 |
20120112477 | MOVABLE WEDGE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE DOOR FIXING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE DOOR FIXING APPARATUS - A movable wedge device for a vehicle door fixing apparatus includes a base plate configured to be fixed to one of a vehicle body panel and a door panel, a mounting hole formed on the base plate and configured to be inserted with a mounting member, a movable wedge provided at the base plate to be movable between a position where the movable wedge covers the mounting hole and a position where the mounting hole is exposed, the movable wedge configured to press onto a fixed wedge configured to be provided at the other of the vehicle body panel and the door panel, a biasing member biasing the movable wedge towards the position where the movable wedge covers the mounting hole, and a hold member detachably provided for stopping a sliding movement of the movable wedge and retaining the movable wedge at the position where the mounting hole is exposed. | 05-10-2012 |
20120161454 | VEHICLE DOOR FIXING APPARATUS - A vehicle door fixing apparatus, a fixed wedge configured to be fixedly attached to one of a vehicle body panel and a door panel, a base plate configured to be fixedly attached to the other one of the vehicle body panel and the door panel, a movable wedge slidably provided at the base plate, a biasing member biasing the movable wedge toward the fixed wedge, and a cover fixedly attached to the base plate and covering around the biasing member. | 06-28-2012 |
20120311819 | RETAINING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE DOOR - A vehicle door locking apparatus is equipped with a movable wedge, a fixed wedge, and an elastic member. The movable wedge is movable in the open/close direction of the vehicle door towards the vehicle body opening. The elastic member impels the movable wedge toward the fixed wedge. A slanted surface on the movable wedge and a slanted surface on the fixed wedge are configured to come into contact when the door is closed. The movable wedge is assembled on the end surface on the vehicle body opening side along with the base plate of a door lock striker that is assembled on the end surface on the vehicle body opening side. The fixed wedge is immovably assembled on the mounting section of the end surface on the vehicle door side, which is involved in a door lock assembly that is assembled on the end surface on the vehicle door side. | 12-13-2012 |
20130047373 | VEHICLE DOOR FIXING APPARATUS - A vehicle door fixing apparatus includes a fixed wedge configured to be provided at one of a vehicle body panel and a door panel, and a movable wedge configured to be provided at the other one of the vehicle body panel and the door panel, wherein the movable wedge is configured to be assembled together with a base plate of a door lock striker or with a door lock assembly that is engageable with a shaft of the door lock striker, the movable wedge includes a strength member, the movable wedge includes a contact member fixedly attached to the strength member and configured to be in pressure contact with the fixed wedge, and the strength member includes a rigidity that is higher than a rigidity of the contact member. | 02-28-2013 |
20130047374 | VEHICLE DOOR FIXING APPARATUS AND FIXED WEDGE OF SAME - A vehicle door fixing apparatus includes a fixed wedge configured to be fixed to one of a vehicle body panel and a door panel, and a wedge device configured to be fixed to the other of the vehicle body panel and the door panel, the fixed wedge including an attachment member configured to be attached to the vehicle body panel or the door panel, and a wedge member provided to be pressure contactable with the wedge device and being attachable and removable relative to the attachment member, the wedge member forming a design surface of the fixed wedge. | 02-28-2013 |
20140070546 | VEHICLE DOOR FIXING APPARATUS AND FASTENING MEMBER - A vehicle door fixing apparatus includes a door lock striker configured to be provided at one of a vehicle body panel and a door panel, a door lock assembly configured to be provided at the other one of the vehicle body panel and the door panel, a latch mechanism, a wedge member, and a fastening member including a fastening member head portion configured to protrude from a panel surface, the fastening member fastening the door lock assembly, the fastening member head portion including a contact portion which comes in contact with an inclined surface of the wedge member in response to a closing operation of the vehicle door, wherein a vehicle door is fixed in a closed state in a case where the door lock striker engages with the latch mechanism in response to the closing operation of the vehicle door. | 03-13-2014 |
20150159409 | AFFIXATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE DOOR - A vehicle door fixing device is provided with a door lock striker arranged in a first panel that is one of a vehicle body panel and a door panel, and a latch mechanism arranged in a second panel that is the other of the vehicle body panel and the door panel. The latch mechanism is capable of holding the vehicle door in a closed state by being engaged with the door lock striker. A wedge and an urging member are arranged in the second panel. An inclined surface arranged in the wedge contacts the door lock striker by a closing operation of the vehicle door. A contact portion arranged in the door lock striker contacts the inclined surface of the wedge. The urging member presses the wedge in the direction in which the inclined surface of the wedge is pressed against the contact portion of the door lock striker. | 06-11-2015 |
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20130243464 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR FIXING HEATER - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device including a heating roller heated by a fixing heater, a DUTY storage portion, a heater control portion, a number-of-times counting portion, a number-of-times determining portion, and a modifying portion. The DUTY storage portion stores a first DUTY table and a second DUTY table. The heater control portion reduces the consumption current of the fixing heater based on the first DUTY table when a total consumption current exceeds a setting current. The number-of-times counting portion counts the number of times the total consumption current has exceeded the setting current. The modifying portion causes the heater control portion to control the energization of the fixing heater based on the second DUTY table when the number-of-times determining portion determines that the number of times of excess exceeds a setting number of times. | 09-19-2013 |
20140199086 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An image forming apparatus includes: an image formation portion; a fixing portion that includes an exciting coil for inductively heating member and a temperature detection member: a main control portion that stops a printing operation when a temperature abnormality is recognized; a notification portion; a power supply portion that supplies power to the exciting coil; and a heating control portion that controls power supply to the exciting coil and detects the power abnormality. When the heating control portion detects a power abnormality, the heating control portion stops the induction heating, provides stop notice; when the main control portion determines, based on the history of the stop notice, whether the temperature abnormality is due to the stop of the induction heating or is not due to the stop of the induction heating. | 07-17-2014 |
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