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20150183307 | VEHICLE WITH TAIL GATE - A vehicle with a tail gate wherein the movement distance around the vehicle is reduced. In a vehicle with a tail gate, a tail gate is supported on a vehicle body such that a rear opening formed on the rear part of the vehicle body opens and closes. The tail gate has a sub opening formed on the tail gate, and a sub door for opening and closing the sub opening in the vehicle width direction. The width of the sub opening in the vehicle width direction is shorter than the width of the rear opening. One side border of the sub opening in the vehicle width direction is located in the vicinity of one edge of the tail gate in the vehicle width direction. The sub door is supported on the tail gate so as to begin to open from the side border of the opening. | 07-02-2015 |
20160039273 | VEHICLE - A vehicle having a rear opening formed across the entire rear surface of the vehicle body, a tailgate attached to the vehicle body so as to be capable of swinging up and down and so as to open and close the rear opening, a passenger opening formed in a portion of the tailgate in the vehicle width direction for allowing passengers to board, and a door attached to the tailgate so as to be capable of opening and closing the passenger opening. A door latch which maintains the door in a closed state is attached to the door. A release operation means which can release the door latch is provided on the surface of the door inside of the vehicle. | 02-11-2016 |
20160046177 | VEHICLE - In this vehicle, a rear opening is formed across the entire rear surface of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction, a tailgate capable of opening and closing the rear opening is attached to the vehicle body so as to be capable of swinging up and down, a passenger opening is formed that allows passengers to enter and exit through the tailgate, and a seat is provided adjacently to the rear surface. The passenger opening is formed in a portion of the rear surface in the vehicle width direction. One end of the seat in the vehicle width direction is positioned on one end of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction, and the other end of the seat in the vehicle width direction is positioned in a portion overlapping with the passenger opening in the vehicle width direction. | 02-18-2016 |
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20100185351 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes an engine that is an internal combustion engine, a motor generator that is a rotating electric machine used together with the engine for driving the vehicle, an output shaft transmitting power to a wheel, a transmission member coupled to the output shaft, a power split device splitting the output from the engine to the motor generator and transmission member, a detection device detecting irregularities on a road, and a control unit reducing, when the detected result by the detection device indicates generation of periodic torque variation at the output shaft, the output from the engine based on the detected result. Accordingly, a hybrid vehicle that does not require a torque limiter is provided. | 07-22-2010 |
20110156508 | ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE WITH COOLING MECHANISM - An electric rotating machine is provided which includes a stator in which a coil is so wound as to have an coil end and a coolant channel. The coolant channel has defined therein a flow path through which coolant flows and a flow separator disposed in the flow path and a first and a second coolant outlet. The flow separator works to separate a flow of the coolant into at least a first and a second coolant streams. The first coolant outlet communicates with the first coolant stream, while the second coolant outlet communicates with the second coolant stream. The first and second coolant outlets drain the coolant to different portions of the coil end, thereby cooling almost the whole of the coil end even when the electric rotating machine is tilted undesirably. | 06-30-2011 |
20110156509 | ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE WITH COOLING MECHANISM - An electric rotating machine includes a rotor, a stator in which a coil is so wound as to have an coil end, and a coolant supply pipe. The coolant supply pipe lies with a length thereof extending substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotor and is disposed above the stator in a direction of gravitational force. The coolant supply pipe has a first and a second coolant outlet through which coolant is to be emitted to the coil end. The first and the second coolant outlets are so oriented as to direct streams of the coolant to a first area and a second area of the coil end which are different in location from each other. This enables the coolant to be emitted to almost the whole of the coil end even when the electric rotating machine is titled in a direction in which the rotor turns. | 06-30-2011 |
20110221286 | ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - An electric rotating machine includes a stator, a rotor, and a housing. The stator includes a stator core and a stator coil formed by laminating magnetic steel sheets. Each of the magnetic steel sheets has through-holes that are formed to penetrate the magnetic steel sheet in the axial direction of the stator core. All of the magnetic steel sheets are divided into groups each of which includes axially-adjacent n of the magnetic steel sheets, where n is an integer not less than 2. For each of the groups, corresponding n of the through-holes of the n magnetic steel sheets of the group communicate with one other to form an inside coolant passage. The inside coolant passage fluidically connects an outside coolant passage, which is formed between the housing and the radially outer surface of the stator core, with a corresponding one of the slots of the stator core. | 09-15-2011 |
20110316367 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH IMPROVED COOLING CAPABILITY - In a rotary electric machine, a stator coil includes in-slot portions each contained in a corresponding one of slots of a stator core. The stator coil includes turn portions each connecting one end of a corresponding one of the in-slot portions projecting from one axial end of the stator core with one end of a corresponding alternative one of the in-slot portions projecting the one axial end of the stator core. The turn portions provide an end portion of the stator coil. A coolant guide is placed to cover a circumferential outer part of the end portion of the stator coil from radially outside thereof and provided with holes therethrough. The coolant guide guides a coolant therealong in a circumferential direction of the end portion of the stator coil while guiding, through the holes, a part of the coolant to the end portion of the stator coil. | 12-29-2011 |
20120223607 | ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - A rotor includes a rotor core and permanent magnets each of which is received in a corresponding slot of the rotor core with its magnetization direction being oblique to a radial direction of the rotor core. Each of the permanent magnets has a first corner portion positioned radially outermost and a second corner portion positioned radially innermost. For each of the permanent magnets, there are formed first and second gaps respectively between the first corner portion and the inner surface of the corresponding slot and between the second corner portion and the inner surface of the corresponding slot in a reference direction of the permanent magnet. The rotor core also has, for each of the permanent magnets, supporting portions each of which abuts and thereby supports, in the reference direction, a predetermined portion of the permanent magnet which is positioned away from both the first and second corner portions. | 09-06-2012 |
20140117748 | ROTARY PUMP AND BRAKING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A rotary pump has a linear groove formed on an end surface of a second side plate of an outer rotor. Thereby, it becomes possible to generate a force for pushing back the outer rotor to a sealing member side, and thus it becomes possible to reduce load applied to the second side plate. As a result, contact resistance between the outer rotor and the second side plate becomes smaller, and smoother pumping operation becomes possible. Further, since the force for pushing back the outer rotor to the first sealing member side is generated in the linear groove, it is possible to reduce an amount of decrease in a contacting area with the outer rotor and the second side plate, thereby reducing an amount of wear of the outer rotor and the second side plate. | 05-01-2014 |
20140152084 | ROTATING PUMP AND BRAKE SYSTEM USING SAME - A rotating pump includes an outer rotor and an inner rotor. The inner and outer rotors are rotated by a drive shaft between a first side plate and a second side plate to pump put fluid. The first side plate faces the inner and outer rotors and has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is inclined to an axial direction of the drive shaft to create a wedge-shaped gap between itself and one of the inner and outer rotor. The second surface extends more parallel to a direction perpendicular to the axis direction of the drive shaft than the first surface does. The geometric configurations of the first and second surfaces serve to minimize the leakage of the brake fluid without sacrificing a reduction in resistance to sliding motion of the inner rotor and the outer rotor on the second side plate. | 06-05-2014 |
20150152865 | COMPACT STRUCTURE OF GEAR PUMP DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE LOSS OF PUMPING TORQUE - A gear pump apparatus is equipped with a pump and a sealing mechanism which is made up of an outer member, an inner member, and a rubber member fit between the outer and inner members. The inner member has a pressure-exerted surface to which pressure, as produced by contact of the rubber member with the inner member arising from application of discharge pressure of the pump, is applied. The pressure-exerted surface has a flange which creates thrust to move the inner member away from the gear pump, thereby bringing the inner member against an inner wall of a pump casing to develop a hermetical seal between a high-pressure region and a low-pressure region within the pump casing. This eliminates the leakage of pressure and ensures torque required for a pumping operation of the pump. | 06-04-2015 |
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20090258145 | INK JET INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - The invention provides provide an ink jet ink exhibiting such an excellent ejection property that when an ink containing a polymer capable of improving the scratch resistance of a recorded article is used, the deviation of the ink-droplet impact point on a recording medium is prevented. The ink jet ink contains a polymer and a surfactant, wherein the acid value of the polymer is from 100 mg KOH/g or more to 220 mg KOH/g or less, the weight-average molecular weight of the polymer is from 3,000 or more to 10,000 or less, and the surfactant has a structure represented by the following formula (1) | 10-15-2009 |
20110057993 | LIQUID COMPOSITION, SET, LIQUID CARTRIDGE, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A liquid composition used in combination with an ink containing a coloring material is ejected by the action of thermal energy from a recording head including a heating resistor having a protecting layer that contains at least one of a metal and a metal oxide and that is to come into contact with the liquid composition. The liquid composition contains an organic acid having a carboxy group, an alkali metal ion, an organic acid having a sulfonate group, a polyvalent metal ion, and water. | 03-10-2011 |
20110057994 | LIQUID COMPOSITION, SET, LIQUID CARTRIDGE, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A liquid composition used in combination with an ink containing a coloring material is ejected by the action of thermal energy from a recording head including a heating resistor having a protecting layer that is to come into contact with the liquid composition and that contains at least one of a metal and a metal oxide. The liquid composition contains at least either an organic compound having a carboxy group and an amino group or an amine oxide compound, an organic acid having a carboxy group, and water. | 03-10-2011 |
20130300805 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An ink used for an inkjet recording method for discharging the ink from a recording head by an action of thermal energy contains self-dispersing carbon black, a polyurethane polymer having an acid value of 40 mg KOH/g or more, and an acryl polymer having an acid value of 100 mg KOH/g or more and 200 mg KOH/g or less. | 11-14-2013 |
20130300810 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An ink used for an inkjet recording method for discharging the ink from a recording head by an action of thermal energy contains self-dispersing carbon black, a polyurethane polymer having an acid value of 40 mg KOH/g or more, and polyethylene glycol. | 11-14-2013 |
20130342604 | INK SET AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink set for an aqueous ink jet includes a first ink and a second ink, in which the first ink satisfies requirement 1 and requirement 2 described below:
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20100220346 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER - A power supply method for an image forming apparatus according to the invention includes: calculating a frequency of use of an associated unit that shares a power source with an image forming unit, for each associated unit; setting power supply to the associated unit from the power source to ON-setting or OFF-setting for each associated unit in accordance with the frequency of use; and controlling the power supply to the associated unit for each associated unit in accordance with the ON-setting or the OFF-setting at the time of starting the image forming unit. | 09-02-2010 |
20120038943 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT SIZE DETERMINING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a document reading apparatus includes plural sensors that are arranged to face a document table and detect a document placed on the document table, a sensor drive unit to power on a first sensor among the plural sensors and to power on a next sensor in a previously set sequence according to a detection result of the first sensor, a size determination unit to determine a size of the document based on a detection result of the document obtained by the powered-on sensor, and a control unit that, when the size of the document can be determined before all of the plural sensors are powered on, stops power supply to a remaining sensor. | 02-16-2012 |
20150112876 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING WASTE SORTING INFORMATION - According to an embodiment, a method for providing information related to a product comprises receiving an input including information regarding a product purchased by a customer, and detecting a type of the product purchased by the customer. The method further comprises acquiring information related to how to dispose of the product in accordance with the detected type, and outputting the information. | 04-23-2015 |