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20140102527 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE - A photovoltaic device may be provided having a semiconductor substrate, an i-type amorphous layer or an i-type amorphous layer formed over a front surface or a back surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a p-type amorphous layer or an n-type amorphous layer formed over the i-type amorphous layer or the i-type amorphous layer. The i-type amorphous layer or the i-type amorphous layer has an oxygen concentration profile in which a concentration is reduced in a step-shape from a region near an interface with the semiconductor substrate and along a thickness direction. | 04-17-2014 |
20140102528 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE - A photovoltaic device is provided having a semiconductor substrate, an i-type amorphous layer formed over a front surface of the semiconductor substrate, a p-type amorphous layer formed over the i-type amorphous layer, an i-type amorphous layer formed over aback surface of the semiconductor substrate, and an n-type amorphous layer formed over the i-type amorphous layer. The i-type amorphous layer and the i-type amorphous layer have oxygen concentration profiles in which concentrations are reduced in a step-shape from regions near interfaces with the semiconductor substrate and along a thickness direction, and an oxygen concentration in the step-shape portion of the i-type amorphous layer is higher than an oxygen concentration in the step-shape portion of the i-type amorphous layer. | 04-17-2014 |
20140360577 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE - This photovoltaic device is provided with a crystalline semiconductor substrate, and a first amorphous layer formed on the main surface of the substrate. At the interface between the substrate and the first amorphous layer, electrical conductivity can be improved while suppressing an increase in recombination centers, and power generation efficiency can be improved by having a p-type dopant density profile that decreases stepwise in the film thickness direction from the vicinity of the interface with the substrate. | 12-11-2014 |
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20110233800 | PLASTICS MOLDING SYSTEM AND OPTICAL ELEMENT FORMED BY THE SAME - A molding method of a plastic molded product includes preparing at least one mold including a high-precision surface; preparing a plurality of molds having a low-precision surface; sequentially supplying molten resin to one of the plurality of molds having low-precision surface; sequentially cooling, for a predetermined length of time, the molds supplied with the molten resin while applying pressure, taking out a molded member from the cooled mold, setting the molded member which has been taken out in the mold having the high-precision surface, and melting only a surface of the molded member while pressing the high-precision surface against the surface to form a plastic molded product. | 09-29-2011 |
20120061865 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL COMPONENT AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL COMPONENT - A method of manufacturing an optical component includes, bringing a mold including at least one portion made of an infrared transmitting material into tight contact with a substrate, heating the substrate by irradiating the substrate with an infrared ray in a state that a gap is present between the substrate and the mold, and placing the mold and the substrate into tight contact with each other. | 03-15-2012 |
20130188255 | METHOD OF PRODUCING HOLLOW MAGNESIUM FLUORIDE PARTICLES, AND ANTIREFLECTION COATING, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM HAVING THE PARTICLES - The present invention provides a method of producing hollow magnesium fluoride particles by performing polymerization at the interface of micelle constituted of a hydrophobic solvent, a hydrophilic solvent, and a surfactant. The invention further provides an antireflection coating having a low refractive index due to the coating by the hollow magnesium fluoride particles and also provides an optical device coated with the antireflection coating and an imaging optical system having the optical device. In the method, micelle is formed from a hydrophobic solvent, a hydrophilic solvent, and a surfactant, and then a fluorine compound and a magnesium compound are dissolved in the micelle solution to polymerize magnesium fluoride at the interface of the micelle. | 07-25-2013 |
20130222916 | ANTIREFLECTION FILM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An antireflection film, comprising a film including: hollow particles; and a binder bonding the particles, wherein: the binder contains voids; and the binder contains 10 or less voids each having a cross-sectional area of 1,000 nm | 08-29-2013 |
20140153099 | OPTICAL MEMBER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided are an optical member having abrasion resistance and transparency and a method of producing the optical member. The method of producing the optical member includes coating a coating material containing hollow particles and a solvent on a substrate and further coating a coating material containing a binder and a solvent to form a film in which the binder lies between the hollow particles; and then drying the film. | 06-05-2014 |
20150225569 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW PARTICLES, HOLLOW PARTICLES, ANTIREFLECTION COATING, AND OPTICAL ELEMENT - A hollow particle and a method for producing hollow particles are provided. The shell of the particle(s) is a continuous layer containing magnesium fluoride and thus is strong. | 08-13-2015 |
20150259569 | ANTIREFLECTION FILM, OPTICAL MEMBER, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING OPTICAL MEMBER - An antireflection film includes a first layer including hollow particles. The first layer includes the hollow particles, a binder, and a fluorine compound; has a refractive index of 1.22 to 1.30; and has a contact angle between the surface thereof and n-hexadecane of 50° to 70°. | 09-17-2015 |
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20130118664 | HEAVY DUTY TIRE - In a pneumatic tire | 05-16-2013 |
20150151590 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A tire is a tire in which circumferential grooves, and lug grooves comprising opening portion in tread end and which extend in the tread width direction from the tread end to the circumferential groove, are formed. Projection parts are provided in the groove bottom of the circumferential grooves. The projection parts extend from one side wall forming a circumferential groove to the other side wall opposite the one side wall. Multiple lug grooves are formed at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction. In the tread surface view of the tire, given points of intersection as the points at which a circumferential groove extension that passes through a circumferential groove intersects with a lug groove extension that passes through a lug groove, the projection parts are provided between a first point of intersection and a second point of intersection adjacent to the first point of intersection in the circumferential direction. | 06-04-2015 |
20150191048 | TIRE | 07-09-2015 |
20150321521 | TIRE - A groove bottom of a groove in a tire is provided with multiple protrusions. The protrusions extend from one side wall to the other side wall opposed to the one side wall, the side walls forming the groove. The protrusions are disposed at predetermined intervals in the groove. If the length of the protrusion is denoted as L, and the predetermined intervals are denoted as P, the relationship 0.75 L≦P≦10 L is satisfied. Lateral grooves, which extend from the groove portion to a buttress and have openings, are formed in the buttress. In a tread surface view of the tire, the lateral grooves extend on an angle with respect to a tread width direction (twd), and the angle of the lateral grooves with respect to the tread width direction is 15 degrees to 60 degrees. | 11-12-2015 |
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20110223463 | BATTERY UNIT COOLING APPARATUS - There is provided a battery unit cooling apparatus installed in a vehicle which can run on power from an electric motor driven by a battery unit as a power supply, comprising a cooling air generating unit for generating cooling air to cool the battery unit and an air volume control unit for controlling, when decelerating the vehicle which is set to operate in a high recovery efficiency mode of two modes which differ in recovery efficiency with which regenerative energy obtained from the electric motor when the vehicle is decelerated is recovered to the battery, the cooling air generating unit so as to generate a larger volume of cooling air than a volume of cooling air generated when the vehicle is set to operate in a low recovery efficiency mode. Consequently, sufficient cooling air can be supplied to the battery unit when the vehicle is decelerated which is set to operate in the high regenerative energy recovery efficiency. | 09-15-2011 |
20110288708 | BATTERY UNIT HEATING APPARATUS - A battery unit heating apparatus installed in a vehicle which drive by power from at least one of an internal combustion engine and an electric motor which is driven by a battery unit as a power supply, includes: an induction unit for drawing in air for heating the battery unit; and an induction control unit for controlling the induction unit, when a temperature of the battery unit is lower than a first predetermined value, so as to generate a drawing force larger than a drawing force resulting when the vehicle is set to the other mode of two modes having different drive ratios of the internal combustion engine to the electric motor while the vehicle is running in such a state that the vehicle is set to one of the two modes in which the electric motor is employed more positively than the internal combustion engine. | 11-24-2011 |
20120098497 | BATTERY CHARGE/DISCHARGE CONTROL APPARATUS - A battery charge/discharge control apparatus for a vehicle capable of driving an electric motor by a battery is provided. Temperature of the battery is detected, temperature history distribution of the battery after start of temperature detection is calculated, and a lifetime workload of the battery is calculated on the basis of this temperature history distribution of the battery. A permissible value of a workload increase rate indicating a workload to increase per unit distance is calculated on the basis of the lifetime workload of the battery and a travel distance of the vehicle. An actual workload increase rate of the battery is compared with the permissible value of the workload increase rate. In the case where the actual workload increase rate is larger than the permissible value of the workload increase rate, an output is restricted from the output of the battery restricted in a normal driving mode if necessary by a restricted value based upon a difference between the actual workload increase rate and the permissible value of the workload increase rate. This makes it possible to carry out lifetime prolonging control for the battery more accurately by setting up an appropriate charge/discharge permissible amount in accordance with temperature change of the battery in the past. | 04-26-2012 |
20120133332 | STORAGE CAPACITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A storage capacity management system includes an upper limit terminal voltage inducing part for inducing an upper limit terminal voltage which is a terminal voltage when the storage capacity of the battery is an upper limit storage capacity, a lower limit terminal voltage inducing part for inducing a lower limit terminal voltage which is a terminal voltage when the storage capacity of the battery is a lower limit storage capacity, an upper and lower limit voltage width calculating part for calculating an upper and lower limit voltage width by subtracting the lower limit terminal voltage from the upper limit terminal voltage, an intermediate voltage difference calculating part for calculating an intermediate voltage difference by subtracting the lower limit terminal voltage from a terminal voltage of the battery, an upper and lower limit voltage ratio calculating part for calculating an upper and lower limit voltage difference which is a ratio of the intermediate voltage difference to the upper and lower limit voltage width, an intermediate determination voltage ratio inducing part for inducing an intermediate determination voltage ratio according to upper and lower limit capacities of the battery, a voltage ratio comparing part for comparing the upper and lower voltage ratio with the intermediate determination voltage ratio, and an intermediate storage capacity inducing part for inducing an intermediate storage capacity based on the upper limit storage capacity, the lower limit storage capacity and the intermediate determination voltage ratio when the results of the comparison by the voltage ratio comparing part satisfy a predetermined condition. Consequently, the storage capacity of the battery can be managed with high accuracy. | 05-31-2012 |
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20090227746 | Processes for producing a catalyst component for addition polymerization, a catalyst and an addition polymer - A production process of a polymerization catalyst component includes contacting compound (a) such as diethyl zinc represented by the defined formula [1], a compound (b) such as pentafluorophenol, represented by the defined formula [2], a compound (c) such as water, represented by the defined formula [3], and particles (d), such as silica, with one another in a hydrocarbon solvent under an agitator power of 0.05 kW/m | 09-10-2009 |
20100280197 | MODIFIED PARTICLE, SUPPORT, CATALYST COMPONENT FOR ADDITION POLYMERIZATION, CATALYST FOR ADDITION POLYMERIZATION, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ADDITION POLYMER - A process for producing a modified particle, which involves the step of contacting with one another compounds (a), (b) and (c) represented by the defined general formulas M | 11-04-2010 |
20110009579 | Processes For Producing A Catalyst Component For Addition Polymerization, A Catalyst And An Addition Polymer - A production process of a polymerization catalyst component includes contacting compound (a) such as diethyl zinc represented by the defined formula [1], a compound (b) such as pentafluorophenol, represented by the defined formula [2], a compound (c) such as water, represented by the defined formula [3], and particles (d), such as silica, with one another in a hydrocarbon solvent under an agitator power of 0.05 kW/m | 01-13-2011 |
20110245438 | PRODUCTION PROCESS OF PRE-POLYMERIZED POLYMERIZATION CATALYST COMPONENT AND ADDITION POLYMER - A production process of a pre-polymerized catalyst component, comprising steps of (i) contacting a transition metal compound defined by formula [1], an activation agent, an organometallic compound defined by formula [2], and an optional organoaluminum compound with one another, thereby forming a primary polymerization catalyst, and (ii) pre-polymerizing an olefin in the presence of the primary polymerization catalyst; and a process for producing an addition polymer, comprising a step of polymerizing an addition polymerizable monomer in the presence of a pre-polymerized catalyst component produced by the above production process, or in the presence of the pre-polymerized catalyst component and an organoaluminum compound. | 10-06-2011 |