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20120045248 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing an electrostatic image; a rotatable supporting member swingably supporting the rotatable supporting member, the rotatable supporting member being provided with a first gear portion and being rotatable while carrying a plurality of developing devices for developing the electrostatic image with toner; a drive transmission device for transmitting a rotational force to the rotatable supporting member, the drive transmission device being provided with a second gear portion engaged with first gear portion at an engagement position; and an opposing portion provided opposed to the rotatable supporting member with a gap therebetween which is smaller than an amount of engagement between the first gear portion and the second gear portion. | 02-23-2012 |
20120045264 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an openable cover, including a rotational shaft, capable of opening and closing an opening by being rotated about the rotational shaft relative to a main assembly of the image forming apparatus; an image forming portion for forming a toner image on a sheet; an opposing member, provided in the image forming portion, opposing the openable cover when the openable cover closes the opening; a contact member, provided on the openable cover, contactable to the opposing member; an urging member, provided on the openable cover, for urging the contact member toward the opposing member; and a locking member for locking the openable cover in a closed state relative to the main assembly. The image forming apparatus comprising a cam member, provided in the image forming portion, for moving the contact member toward and away from the opposing member by rotation of the cam member. The cam member has a shape such that when the contact member is contacted to the opposing member in a state in which the openable cover is not locked by the locking member, the cam member applies a force to the openable cover in a direction, in which the opening is open, by rotation thereof and then applies a force to the openable cover in a direction, in which the opening is closed, by rotation thereof. | 02-23-2012 |
20140356022 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an openable cover, including a rotational shaft, capable of opening and closing an opening by being rotated about the rotational shaft relative to a main assembly of the image forming apparatus; an image forming portion for forming a toner image on a sheet; an opposing member, provided in the image forming portion, opposing the openable cover when the openable cover closes the opening; a contact member, provided on the openable cover, contactable to the opposing member; an urging member, provided on the openable cover, for urging the contact member toward the opposing member; and a locking member for locking the openable cover in a closed state relative to the main assembly. The image forming apparatus comprising a cam member, provided in the image forming portion, for moving the contact member toward and away from the opposing member by rotation of the cam member. The cam member has a shape such that when the contact member is contacted to the opposing member in a state in which the openable cover is not locked by the locking member, the cam member applies a force to the openable cover in a direction, in which the opening is open, by rotation thereof and then applies a force to the openable cover in a direction, in which the opening is closed, by rotation thereof. | 12-04-2014 |
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20090005106 | TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for controlling the power of a signal transmitted between a base station and a mobile terminal which constitute a mobile communication system. At least one of the base station and the mobile terminal has functions to compare a predetermined reference value and a necessary transmission power obtained as a result of transmission power control in order to compensate for a signal intensity fluctuation occurring on a link between the base station and the mobile terminal, temporarily stopping the transmission if the necessary transmission power is larger than a predetermined permissible value, and transmit the signal if the necessary transmission power is equal to or smaller than the predetermined permissible value. | 01-01-2009 |
20090005107 | TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for controlling the power of a signal transmitted between a base station and a mobile terminal which constitute a mobile communication system. At least one of the base station and the mobile terminal has functions to compare a predetermined reference value and a necessary transmission power obtained as a result of transmission power control in order to compensate for a signal intensity fluctuation occurring on a link between the base station and the mobile terminal, temporarily stopping the transmission if the necessary transmission power is larger than a predetermined permissible value, and transmit the signal if the necessary transmission power is equal to or smaller than the predetermined permissible value. | 01-01-2009 |
20090245210 | CDMA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - In CDMA communications, a base station detects a difference between a reference phase of a spreading code and a phase of a received signal of each terminal station, and feeds a phase jump signal PJ-i representative of the phase difference back to each terminal station. After timing acquisition, the reception operation is performed using the reference phase, and a shift amount between the phase of a received signal and the reference phase is fed back to each terminal station as phase synchronization control information PC-i. Each terminal station coarsely adjusts the phase of the spreading code in accordance with the phase jump signal PJ-i, and thereafter finely adjusts the phase of its transmitting signal in accordance with the phase synchronization control information PC-i. It is therefore possible to synchronize the phases of the signals transmitted from terminal stations and received at the base station. Accordingly, an orthogonal code is used for spreading on the reverse links. | 10-01-2009 |
20100278148 | CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a mobile communication system using a code division multiple access (CDMA) method, spreading code detection and frame/slot timing synchronization (cell search) is conducted by using a long code masked symbol. The spreading factor of the long code masked symbol is set to a value lower than spreading factors of other ordinary symbols. As a result, it becomes possible to reduce the circuit scale and power dissipation of the mobile terminal and raise the speed of cell search. | 11-04-2010 |
20130077602 | CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a mobile communication system using a code division multiple access (CDMA) method, spreading code detection and frame/slot timing synchronization (cell search) is conducted by using a long code masked symbol. The spreading factor of the long code masked symbol is set to a value lower than spreading factors of other ordinary symbols. As a result, it becomes possible to reduce the circuit scale and power dissipation of the mobile terminal and raise the speed of cell search. | 03-28-2013 |
20130182684 | CDMA MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio communication system having a base station and a plurality of radio terminals, wherein each radio terminal having a transmission request transmits a reservation packet at arbitrary timing through a reservation channel in accordance with a CDMA scheme, and the base station assigns a traffic channel and a time slot to be used to each radio terminal requesting a reservation through a reply packet outputted onto a reply channel. On the reservation channel, a short spreading code corresponding to a matched filter is applied. | 07-18-2013 |
20140355571 | CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a mobile communication system using a code division multiple access (CDMA) method, spreading code detection and frame/slot timing synchronization (cell search) is conducted by using a long code masked symbol. The spreading factor of the long code masked symbol is set to a value lower than spreading factors of other ordinary symbols. As a result, it becomes possible to reduce the circuit scale and power dissipation of the mobile terminal and raise the speed of cell search. | 12-04-2014 |
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20120275545 | DISTORTION COMPENSATION APPARATUS AND DISTORTION COMPENSATION METHOD - A distortion compensation apparatus for performing distortion compensation processing by applying the inverse properties of distortion properties of said power amplifier to a transmission signal to be input to a power amplifier, includes a plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage units configured to store a plurality of distortion compensation coefficients used for said distortion compensation processing, an offset correction processing unit configured to subject said distortion compensation coefficient stored in each of said plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage units to offset correction processing, and to generate distortion compensation coefficients in the case that said offset correction processing has not been performed, corresponding to said plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage units, in a pseudo manner and a distortion compensation processing unit configured to subject said transmission signal to said distortion compensation processing based on said distortion compensation coefficients generated in a pseudo manner. | 11-01-2012 |
20120288030 | DISTORTION COMPENSATION DEVICE AND DISTORTION COMPENSATING METHOD - A distortion compensation device which reduces a distortion of an amplifier which is added to an output signal of the amplifier, the distortion compensation device including: a plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits which stores a plurality of distortion compensation coefficients and outputs the distortion compensation coefficients according to an amplitude of an input signal of the amplifier, a distortion compensating processing circuit which adds the distortion compensation coefficient output from each of the plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits to the input signal of the amplifier, and a distortion compensation coefficient updating circuit which performs weighting processing on the distortion compensation coefficient output from each of the plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits to reduce the distortion compensation coefficient and which calculates an update value of the distortion compensation coefficient by using the distortion compensation coefficient which is subjected to the weighting processing. | 11-15-2012 |
20130015917 | DISTORTION COMPENSATION APPARATUS, TRANSMITTER, AND DISTORTION COMPENSATION METHODAANM ISHIKAWA; HiroyoshiAACI YokohamaAACO JPAAGP ISHIKAWA; Hiroyoshi Yokohama JPAANM Nagatani; KazuoAACI YokohamaAACO JPAAGP Nagatani; Kazuo Yokohama JPAANM Fudaba; NobukazuAACI YokohamaAACO JPAAGP Fudaba; Nobukazu Yokohama JP - A distortion compensation apparatus includes an amplifying unit, a plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage units, a first address generating unit, a second address generating unit, and a distortion compensating unit. The amplifying unit amplifies an input signal. A plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage units store the distortion compensation coefficients for compensating for the distortion of the amplifying unit by being associated with two different addresses. The first address generating unit generates a first address based on the current input signal. The second address generating unit generates a second address different from the first address based on the previous input signal. The distortion compensating unit obtains the distortion compensation coefficient corresponding to a combination of the first and second addresses from each of the distortion compensation coefficient storage units and performs a pre-distortion processing for the current input signal to the amplifying unit using the obtained distortion compensation coefficient. | 01-17-2013 |
20130040587 | DISTORTION COMPENSATION DEVICE, DISTORTION COMPENSATION METHOD, AND RADIO TRANSMITTER - A distortion compensation device includes: a frequency-characteristic adding unit configured to add a frequency characteristic to an error signal to generate an added error signal, the error signal being a difference between an input signal input to an amplifier and an output signal output from the amplifier; a distortion-compensation-coefficient updating unit configured to update a distortion compensation coefficient for compensating for a distortion characteristic of the amplifier based on the added error signal; and a distortion compensation unit configured to perform distortion compensation on the input signal using the updated distortion compensation coefficient. | 02-14-2013 |
20140197885 | AMPLIFYING DEVICE, DISTORTION COMPENSATING DEVICE, AND AMPLIFYING METHOD - An amplifying device including: a first amplifier configured to generate a first output signal by amplifying an input signal, a second amplifier configured to generate a second output signal by amplifying the first output signal, and a processor configured to perform a first compensation by compensating a distortion for the second amplifier in accordance with the first output signal and the second output signal. | 07-17-2014 |
20140273875 | WIRELESS STATION AND TRANSMISSION POWER DETERMINATION METHOD - A wireless station includes: a receiver configured to receive information on a reception quality from a wireless communication apparatus that is connected to the wireless station; and a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to: calculate, based on the reception quality, an index value indicating a difference between a signal-to-interference ratio in the wireless communication apparatus and transmission power of the wireless station, calculate a statistical amount of the index value calculated with regard to each of the plurality of reception qualities, and determine the transmission power in accordance with the statistical amount. | 09-18-2014 |
20140364125 | BASE STATION AND HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD - A base station serving terminals, the base station including: a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: select a terminal among the served terminals based on reception powers or reception qualities at the served terminals, when a number of the served terminals exceeds a threshold, determine an amount of change in transmission parameter so that a reception quality at the selected terminal from another base station satisfies a certain condition in case where a handover of the selected terminal to the other base station is performed, the other base station being selected based on the reception powers or the reception qualities, perform the handover of the selected terminal to the other base station, and change the transmission parameter by the determined amount of change. | 12-11-2014 |
20150208312 | BASE STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROL METHOD - A base station includes an acquiring unit, a deciding unit, and a control unit. The acquiring unit acquires measurement information related to wireless communication quality of a mobile station. The deciding unit decides, by using the measurement information acquired by the acquiring unit and information that is used to control priority of a handover destination cell indicated by a control station, a cell to which the mobile station is handed over. The control unit hands over the mobile station to the cell decided by the deciding unit. | 07-23-2015 |
20150296432 | BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BASE STATION - A base station includes a first determination unit, a calculation unit, and a control unit. The first determination unit determines whether a terminal in connection with the base station is a terminal passing a cell of the base station. The calculation unit calculates handover frequency of the terminal determined as the passing terminal by the first determination unit. The control unit controls transmission power in accordance with the frequency calculated by the calculation unit. | 10-15-2015 |
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20090202957 | Gas heating method, and gas-heating piping member - Provided are a heating method making it possible that when a gas inside the body of a piping member, such as a pipe, is heated, the heating efficiency is improved; and a gas-heating piping member making it possible to perform such a heating method easily. | 08-13-2009 |
20090326719 | METHOD FOR DETECTING ABNORMALITY IN FLUID SUPPLY LINE USING FLUID CONTROL APPARATUS WITH PRESSURE SENSOR - A method for detecting abnormality in a fluid supply line is provided that uses a fluid control apparatus with a pressure sensor so that abnormality of malfunction and sheet leaks of a plurality of valves incorporated into the fluid supply line can be checked easily, promptly and accurately by operating the flow rate control apparatus possessing the pressure sensor. Specifically, using a fluid supply line provided with the flow rate control apparatus possessing the pressure sensor equipped with a flow rate setting mechanism, a flow rate/pressure display mechanism, and/or a flow rate self-diagnosis mechanism, abnormality of the control valves, installed with the flow rate control apparatus and on the upstream side and downstream side thereof. is detected by using the pressure value displayed and/or the value diagnosed with a self-diagnosis mechanism of the flow rate control apparatus. | 12-31-2009 |
20130025718 | MIXED GAS SUPPLY APPARATUS - A mixed gas supply device includes a plurality of gas supply lines arranged in parallel that include flow rate control devices and outlet side switching valves, wherein gas outlets of respective outlet side switching valves communicate with a manifold, and another gas supply line at a position close to a mixed gas outlet of the manifold supplies a low flow rate gas, wherein an outlet side of the flow rate control device and an inlet side of the outlet side switching valve are hermetically connected via an outlet side connecting fitting of the flow rate control device and a mounting table having a gas passage, wherein a small hole portion is provided at a part of a flow passage at the outlet side connecting fitting and/or a flow passage, which makes the outlet side switching valve and a mixed gas flow passage in the manifold communicate with one another. | 01-31-2013 |
20130319551 | OPENING DEGREE DETECTION DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY OPERATED VALVE - To provide an opening degree detection device for an automatically operated valve which is easily assembled into an automatically operated valve, makes it easy to ensure detection accuracy at the time of assembling the opening degree detection device, and is easily applicable to an existing automatically operated valve. The opening degree detection device includes: a base plate | 12-05-2013 |
20130333777 | OPENING DEGREE DETECTION DEVICE FOR MANUAL VALVE | 12-19-2013 |
20140162094 | ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electrochemical element to which a high-concentration and high-viscosity electrolyte is supplied. The electrolyte is dispersed and supplied instantaneously to the electrochemical element in a small fixed quantity. | 06-12-2014 |
20150143876 | LEAKAGE DETECTION DEVICE AND FLUID CONTROLLER INCLUDING SAME - There is provided a leakage detection device which can be reduced in size and attached to a leakage detection target member, such as a fluid controller, all the time, and thus, can monitor leakage of fluid all the time, and a fluid controller having the same. A fluid controller is configured by a fluid controller main body and a leakage detection device which is attached to the fluid controller main body. In the fluid controller main body, a leakage port for detecting the leakage is provided. The leakage detection device includes a sensor holding body which is attached to the fluid controller main body; an ultrasonic sensor which is held by the sensor holding body to face the leakage port; an ultrasonic passage provided between a sensor surface of the ultrasonic sensor and the leakage port; and a processing circuit for processing an ultrasonic wave obtained by the ultrasonic sensor. | 05-28-2015 |
20150362105 | GASKET-INTEGRATED CERAMIC ORIFICE PLATE - Gasket-integrated orifice plates including a first orifice base ( | 12-17-2015 |
20160053925 | STRUCTURE FOR ATTACHING PRESSURE DETECTOR - An attachment structure for a pressure detector that is such that the pressure detector is attached in an airtight manner within an insertion hole of an attachment tool main body attached to a mechanical device or pipelines, with a pipe, a gasket presser, a gasket, a split ring, and a bonnet. The configuration is such that the gasket presser and the split ring are inserted into the insertion hole of the attachment tool main body, the bonnet is inserted into the insertion hole, the bonnet is fastened to the attachment tool main body side, the gasket presser and the gasket are pressed by the split ring, and sealing portions are formed between the bottom surface of the insertion hole and one end surface of the gasket and between the tip end surface of the gasket restraint and the other end surface of the gasket. | 02-25-2016 |
20160061704 | Raw Material Fluid Density Detector - This invention is related to an optical-analysis-type raw material fluid density detector including a detector main body and a light oscillation unit and a light detection unit that are provided on the upper surface or the under surface of the detector main body, in which the detector main body has at least one recess formed in the upper surface and the under surface, a fluid flow path connecting a fluid inlet of the detector main body to the recess, a fluid flow path connecting the recesses to each other, and a fluid flow path connecting the recess to a fluid outlet of the detector main body; the light oscillation unit is disposed in the recess that is closest to the inlet; and light detection units are disposed in the remaining recesses. | 03-03-2016 |
20160070271 | MULTI-HOLE ORIFICE PLATE FOR FLOW CONTROL, AND FLOW CONTROLLER USING THE SAME - A multi-hole orifice plate for flow control includes an orifice plate for controlling the flow rate of a fluid, wherein the opening area of one orifice necessary for the passage of a predetermined flow rate of fluid is divided to provide a plurality of orifices having a total opening area equal to said opening area. | 03-10-2016 |
20160084700 | FASTENING STRUCTURE FOR BRITTLE-FRACTURABLE PANEL, AND METHOD FOR FASTENING LIGHT TRANSMISSION WINDOW PANEL COMPRISING BRITTLE-FRACTURABLE PANEL EMPLOYING SAME - A fastening structure of a brittle-fracturable panel material includes a first fastening flange, a second fastening flange, and a light transmission window panel made of a brittle-fracturable panel material, wherein the light transmission window panel is nipped between the first fastening flange and the second fastening flange, and both fastening flanges are air-tightly fitted and fastened. | 03-24-2016 |
20160123497 | DIAPHRAGM VALVE - There is provided a diaphragm valve capable of reliably detecting damage to a diaphragm before breakage of the diaphragm in spite of the simple structure. A diaphragm includes a plurality of diaphragm layers. The uppermost diaphragm layer is provided with wiring. An abnormality of the diaphragm is detected by detecting breakage of the wiring. | 05-05-2016 |
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20100003869 | CONTACT AND CONNECTOR INCLUDING THE CONTACT - A contact capable of facilitating adjustment of impedance and ensuring a high holding force when held in a housing. To a contact portion capable of being brought into contact with a pad on a module substrate, a spring portion is connected for pressing the contact portion against the pad. A press-fitting portion that is press-fitted into the housing is connected to the spring portion, and has a connecting portion connected thereto. A terminal portion to be connected to a pad on a motherboard is connected to the connecting portion. The spring portion is bent in a manner folded back from the rear end of the press-fitting portion in the inserting direction, toward a front side in the inserting direction. The connecting portion extends from the rear end of the press-fitting portion in the inserting direction, toward a rear side in the inserting direction. | 01-07-2010 |
20100226126 | Wiring board contributable to reduction in thickness of light emitting apparatus and having high versatility - The wiring board comprises an FFC and a through-hole portion as a segmenting portion. The through-hole portion segments the conductive pattern of the FFC into a plurality of conductive pattern segments. The conductive pattern segments connect the light emitting elements to thereby connect the light emitting elements in series to one another. | 09-09-2010 |
20110021055 | Connector - A connector has a housing, an insertion slot, an actuator and a biasing member. Into the insertion slot, a connection target is inserted along an insertion direction. The actuator has a pusher. The actuator is held on the housing so as to be turnable between an open position and a close position. The actuator allows the connection target to be inserted into the insertion slot when the actuator is positioned at the open position. The pusher pushes the inserted connection target along a thickness direction of the connection target when the actuator is turned to the close position after the connection target is inserted into the insertion slot. The thickness direction is perpendicular to the insertion direction. The biasing member is operable to bias the pusher toward the inserted connection target when the actuator is located at the close position. | 01-27-2011 |
20110028018 | Connector - A connector has a housing, an insertion slot into which a connection target is inserted, an actuator and a contact. The actuator has a pusher. The actuator is held on the housing so as to be turnable between an open position and a close position. The actuator allows the connection target to be inserted into the insertion slot when the actuator is positioned at the open position. The pusher pushes the inserted connection target when the actuator is positioned at the close position. The contact is held by the housing. The contact includes a spring section and a supported section supported by the spring section. The supported section includes a press section and a contacting section. The press section presses the pusher against the inserted connection target and receives, from the pusher, a reaction force directed away from the connection target when the actuator is located at the close position. The contacting section is brought into contact with the connection target when the press section is moved away from the connection target by the reaction force. | 02-03-2011 |
20120178278 | CONNECTOR - Disclosed is a connector wherein a stationary separator portion ( | 07-12-2012 |
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20140370726 | Electric Connector - Provided is an electric connector mounted on a circuit board, including: a housing including a fitting portion fitted to a mating connector; a plurality of terminals disposed on the fitting portion; and lock metal fittings including an elastic portion and preventing separation of the mating connector, wherein the housing includes accommodating portions at both ends of the housing in the arrangement direction of the terminals to accommodate the lock metal fittings in the accommodating portions, and each of the lock metal fittings includes a fixed portion formed at one end of the lock metal fitting and fixed to the circuit board, a preventing surface formed at the other end of the lock metal fitting and preventing separation of the mating connector, a first folded portion extended from the preventing surface and folded in a substantially U shape, a second folded portion extended in the separation direction of the mating connector from the fixed portion, folded in a substantially U shape, and coming into contact with the first folded portion in the process of fitting of the mating connector, and a pair of projecting portions provided at the distal end of the first folded portion or in the vicinity of the distal end of the first folded portion, projecting in a direction crossing the arrangement direction of the terminals, and coming into contact with contact surfaces formed on the accommodating portion of the housing on the side in the separation direction of the mating connector. | 12-18-2014 |
20140370749 | Electric Connector - Provided is an electric connector, including: a housing placed on a circuit board and including a receiving concave portion formed by a substantially square-cylindrical-shaped inner wall surface and receiving a mating connector, and a center convex portion disposed between a pair of opposed walls forming the receiving concave portion; a plurality of terminals accommodated in a plurality of terminal grooves formed in each of the pair of the opposed walls, and contacting mating terminals of the mating connector; and a ground metal fitting connecting with a plate-shaped ground plate included in the mating connector, wherein the housing includes a space accommodating the ground metal fitting, which space is disposed in the central area between the pair of the opposed walls and extends in the arrangement direction of the terminals, the upper part of the space communicates with an opening formed in the center convex portion, extending in the arrangement direction of the terminals, and receiving the mating ground plate, the ground metal fitting includes a first connecting portion extending in the arrangement direction of the terminals, a second connecting portion extending in the arrangement direction of the terminals, and a connecting portion connecting the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion on the circuit board side such that the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion face to each other, and each of the lower ends of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion is mounted on the circuit board. | 12-18-2014 |
20140378001 | Connector, Method of Manufacturing Connector, and Flat Cable with Connector - In a connector including: a housing having a first fitting portion and a second fitting portion to which a flat cable and mating connector are fitted, respectively; and a contact held in the housing and having a first contacting portion a second contacting portion making contact with the flat cable and mating connector, respectively, the contact has first and second arm portions, one end of the first arm portion connects to one end of the second arm portion with a U-shaped portion, a non-connection sides of the first and arm portions interpose the flat cable, the first contacting portion is provided at or in the vicinity of a tip of the first arm portion, and the second contacting portion is formed on at least one of the first and second arm portions and is positioned between the U-shaped portion and the tips of the first and second arm portions. | 12-25-2014 |
20150255911 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR - An electric connector includes a first connector | 09-10-2015 |
20150311619 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a contact including a contact point to be electrically connected to an external apparatus when a connecting terminal of the external apparatus is pressed against the contact point, a protection member for protecting the contact point, and a base body storing the contact and the protection member. The protection member includes an opening for projecting the contact point on the external apparatus side from a surface on which the external apparatus is pressed. The protection member is movable between a first position and a second position with movement of the external apparatus. At the first position, the contact point is arranged so as to project on the external apparatus side from the opening. At the second position, the contact point is arranged on the same plane as the surface of the protection member on which the external apparatus is pressed. | 10-29-2015 |
20160036176 | CONNECTOR - Provided is a connector including a case having an opposing surface facing external device and a flat plate-shaped contact built in the case. The case includes a first opening which is formed at the opposing surface and through which a contact point of the contact to be connected to a connection terminal of the external device protrudes from the opposing surface, a receiver configured to receive a connector for external connection, and a holder configured to hold the contact. The contact includes the contact point which is disposed in the first opening and which is to contact with the connection terminal of the external device, an elastic portion which is disposed in the case and which moves the contact point in a substantially perpendicular direction relative to the opposing surface, a contact portion which is disposed in the receiver and which is to contact with a connection terminal of the connector for external connection, a held portion which is formed between the elastic portion and the contact portion and which is held by the holder in the case, and a connection portion which is formed between the elastic portion and the contact portion and which connects between the contact point and the contact portion in the case. | 02-04-2016 |
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20110293972 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a secondary battery, an oxidizing gas supplier, a gas supply flow regulator, an oxidizing gas supply path, a cathode off-gas exhaust path, a bypass flow path, a flow regulator, an available power output acquirer, and an operation controller, wherein the gas supply flow regulator regulates the gas supply flow rate to cause the oxidizing gas supplier to supply an excess gas flow rate, which is set to be greater than a target fuel gas-requiring gas flow rate, wherein the target fuel gas-requiring gas flow rate is the fuel cell-requiring gas flow rate to be supplied to the fuel cell in order to achieve the target current value, when the available power output is less than a minimum amount of electric power required for the oxidizing gas supplier to increase the gas supply flow rate from 0 to a preset gas flow rate within a preset time period, and the operation controller controls the flow regulator to make the bypass flow rate equal to a difference gas flow rate between the excess gas flow rate and the target fuel cell-requiring gas flow rate. | 12-01-2011 |
20120003557 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND START-UP CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An object is to suppress the degradation of durability due to a heat concentration while performing a rapid warm-up operation as necessary, when starting a fuel cell system at temperatures below freezing point. In order to achieve such an object, the present invention stores in a memory an operation termination condition of the last operation of the system, data such as the start-up temperature, or the remaining amount of product water at the time of the last scavenging; calculates the remaining amount of product water based on data read out from the memory at the time of starting the system to make judgments, from the remaining amount and the start-up temperature, on whether or not a rapid warm-up of the system is necessary and whether to start without circulating the cooling water when a rapid warm-up is necessary; and conducts, based on the judgment result provided by the judgment means, with or without circulating the cooling water, a low-efficiency power generation where a reactant gas to be supplied to the fuel cell is less than that in a normal power generation and an electronic power loss is larger than that in a normal power generation. The data includes, for example, an impedance, a temperature of the fuel cell and a scavenging air amount at the last termination of the operation of the fuel cell. | 01-05-2012 |
20120015272 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system suppresses the deterioration of an electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell. The fuel cell system comprises: a temperature rise speed calculation unit for calculating a target temperature rise speed of the fuel cell using a temperature of the fuel cell and a water content of the fuel cell; and a drive control unit for controlling a drive of the cooling water pump using the temperature rise speed of the fuel cell and the target temperature rise speed calculated by the temperature rise speed calculation unit. The drive control unit controls the drive of the cooling water pump such that a circulation amount of the cooling water is decreased when the temperature rise speed of the fuel cell is below the target temperature rise speed and controls the drive of the cooling water pump such that the circulation amount of the cooling water is increased when the temperature rise speed of the fuel cell is equal to or greater than the target temperature rise speed. | 01-19-2012 |
20130040219 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, an operation controller and an air-conditioning mechanism. In response to a heating request for the air-conditioning mechanism during ordinary operation where the fuel cell is operated at an operating point on a current-voltage characteristic curve of the fuel cell, the operation controller compares a heat value-based required current value that is a current value of an operating point that is located on the current-voltage characteristic curve and satisfies a required heat value for the fuel cell with an output-based required current value that is a current value of an operating point that is located on the current-voltage characteristic curve and satisfies a required output for the fuel cell. When the output-based required current value is equal to or greater than the heat value-based required current value, the operation controller causes the fuel cell to be operated at an operating point on the current-voltage characteristic curve. When the output-based required current value is smaller than the heat value-based required current value, the operation controller controls the operating point of the fuel cell to an operating point of lower power generation efficiency than that of the operating point on the current-voltage characteristic curve. | 02-14-2013 |
20130089801 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system is equipped with an airflow meter that measures an amount of a supplied cathode gas, and a hydrogen circulation pump. A controller instructs the fuel cell to perform a preset reference operation, measures the power consumed by the hydrogen circulation pump, and determines the amount of the supplied cathode gas appropriate for the amount of power consumed by the hydrogen circulation pump. The controller then calculates, the measurement error in the airflow meter and correction value for the measurement error. The controller controls the amount of the supplied cathode gas based on the value measured by the airflow meter after being corrected with the correction value. | 04-11-2013 |
20140335435 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell supplied with fuel gas for power generation; a fuel supply flow passage flowing fuel gas, supplied from a fuel supply source, to the fuel cell; a pressure regulating valve regulating a pressure of fuel gas flowing through the fuel supply flow passage; a fuel circulation flow passage returning gas, emitted from the fuel cell, to the fuel supply flow passage; a circulation pump delivering gas in the fuel circulation flow passage to the fuel supply flow passage; an emission valve emitting gas in the fuel circulation flow passage to an outside; and a control device controlling the pressure regulating valve, the circulation pump and the emission valve such that the sum of losses of crossover hydrogen, circulation pump power and purge hydrogen is minimum while a hydrogen stoichiometric ratio required for power generation of the fuel cell is ensured. | 11-13-2014 |
20150017561 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system suppresses the deterioration of an electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell. The fuel cell system comprises: a temperature rise speed calculation unit for calculating a target temperature rise speed of the fuel cell using a temperature of the fuel cell and a water content of the fuel cell; and a drive control unit for controlling a drive of the cooling water pump using the temperature rise speed of the fuel cell and the target temperature rise speed calculated by the temperature rise speed calculation unit. The drive control unit controls the drive of the cooling water pump such that a circulation amount of the cooling water is decreased when the temperature rise speed of the fuel cell is below the target temperature rise speed and controls the drive of the cooling water pump such that the circulation amount of the cooling water is increased when the temperature rise speed of the fuel cell is equal to or greater than the target temperature rise speed. | 01-15-2015 |
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20130005558 | CELL REMOVAL METHOD, CELL REMOVAL SYSTEM, AND WHITE BLOOD CELL REMOVAL METHOD - In the removal of white blood cells from blood, the efficiency of white blood cell removal by a filter is improved. Centrifugal force is applied to blood placed in a blood bag by centrifugal separation to form a plurality of separation layers having a concentration gradient of white blood cells. The separation layers are passed through a filter in ascending order of white blood cell concentration to remove the white blood cells from the separation layers. The separation layers from which the white blood cells have been removed are received in a first blood component bag. | 01-03-2013 |
20150328391 | CELL REMOVAL METHOD, CELL REMOVAL SYSTEM, AND WHITE BLOOD CELL REMOVAL METHOD - In the removal of white blood cells from blood, the efficiency of white blood cell removal by a filter is improved. Centrifugal force is applied to blood placed in a blood bag by centrifugal separation to form a plurality of separation layers having a concentration gradient of white blood cells. The separation layers are passed through a filter in ascending order of white blood cell concentration to remove the white blood cells from the separation layers. The separation layers from which the white blood cells have been removed are received in a first blood component bag. | 11-19-2015 |
20150328392 | CELL REMOVAL METHOD, CELL REMOVAL SYSTEM, AND WHITE BLOOD CELL REMOVAL METHOD - In the removal of white blood cells from blood, the efficiency of white blood cell removal by a filter is improved. Centrifugal force is applied to blood placed in a blood bag by centrifugal separation to form a plurality of separation layers having a concentration gradient of white blood cells. The separation layers are passed through a filter in ascending order of white blood cell concentration to remove the white blood cells from the separation layers. The separation layers from which the white blood cells have been removed are received in a first blood component bag. | 11-19-2015 |
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20090136077 | SPEAKER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SPEAKER - A speaker apparatus includes an acoustic vibration plate, and an actuator mounted to the acoustic vibration plate such that one end and the other end thereof, in a driving axis direction, exist in a plate surface of the acoustic vibration plate. The actuator applies vibration to the acoustic vibration plate to play back sound. The speaker apparatus enables a sound image to uniformly spread over the entire plate surface of the acoustic vibration plate. In addition, the entire speaker apparatus can be made compact. | 05-28-2009 |
20090175471 | LOUDSPEAKER APPARATUS - A loudspeaker apparatus includes an acoustic diaphragm; a support member having a housing, which is a hole in a surface of the support member facing the acoustic diaphragm; a magnetostrictive actuator having a magnetostrictor and a drive rod coupled to an end of the magnetostrictor, the magnetostrictive actuator being inserted into the housing such that the drive rod contacts the acoustic diaphragm, the magnetostrictive actuator applying vibration to the acoustic diaphragm; and a spring inserted into the housing from a position opposite to a position of the drive rod of the magnetostrictive actuator, the spring pressing the magnetostrictive actuator toward the acoustic diaphragm and applying a load to the magnetostrictor. | 07-09-2009 |
20100067726 | SPEAKER SYSTEM AND SPEAKER DRIVING METHOD - A speaker system includes: a display panel having a display screen; a structure having a plate part functioning as an acoustic diaphragm located outside of a perimeter of the display screen and being supported by the display panel; and an actuator attached to the structure so that a displacement direction of the actuator may be a direction of a plate surface of the plate part. | 03-18-2010 |
20100284555 | SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device includes: an acoustic diaphragm; a vibration transfer member provided in a state of touching the acoustic diaphragm over a given length, which is configured to transfer vibration to the acoustic diaphragm; and an actuator configured to add vibration corresponding to an audio signal to be reproduced to the vibration transfer member to thereby transfer vibration to the acoustic diaphragm through the vibration transfer member and to generate sound. | 11-11-2010 |
20110025927 | Display device and audio output device - A display device includes a display portion that displays video, a first audio output portion that outputs stereo audio of a high frequency range, and that is a surface sound source positioned on a rear surface of the display portion, on one of an upper section and a lower section of the display portion, a second audio output portion that outputs stereo audio of a lower frequency range, and that is one of a surface sound source and a point sound source positioned on the rear surface of the display portion, on which the first audio output portion is not positioned, and a delaying portion that delays output of the second audio output portion to be later than output of the first audio output portion. | 02-03-2011 |
20110238193 | AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE, VIDEO AND AUDIO REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND AUDIO OUTPUT METHOD - An audio output device includes a division unit for dividing an input audio signal into a first audio signal and a second audio signal, a delay processing unit for outputting the first audio signal after delaying the first audio signal from the second audio signal by a predetermined amount, a frequency adjustment unit for adjusting a frequency band of the second audio signal to be a high frequency band of the first audio signal or a frequency band higher than the first audio signal, first output units provided above or below a screen of a display unit for displaying an image, for outputting the first audio signal input from the delay processing unit, and second output units provided above a middle height of the screen of the display unit, for outputting the second audio signal adjusted by the frequency adjustment unit. | 09-29-2011 |
20110249832 | SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device includes: a casing having a cylindrical shape which opens at one end side; and a sounding body arranged at the other end side of the casing and driven based on an audio signal, wherein a sealed space is formed by the casing and a setting surface when the casing is set, which functions as a cabinet. | 10-13-2011 |
20120008818 | SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device includes: an acoustic diaphragm having a given shape and made of a material having physical anisotropy; and an excitation means attached to the acoustic diaphragm for exciting vibration components in consideration of a direction corresponding to the physical anisotropy. | 01-12-2012 |
20120063633 | SPEAKER - A speaker has an acoustic diaphragm, and an actuator that is driven based on a first acoustic signal. The actuator has a transmission portion that is directly or indirectly attached to the acoustic diaphragm and transmits a displacement output of the actuator to the acoustic diaphragm. The speaker also has a sounding body that is driven based on a second acoustic signal that is identical to or different from the first acoustic signal. | 03-15-2012 |
20120106773 | SPEAKER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device which can form an ideal cylindrical wave as sound traveling nondirectionally in a horizontal direction toward a listener. A vibration transmitting member is supported at one end thereof to the vertex of a conical diaphragm, and vibration generated by a vibrating element according to an acoustic signal is applied to the other end of the vibration transmitting member. The angle θ between the perpendicular dropped from the vertex of the conical diaphragm to the base thereof and the side surface of the conical diaphragm is set according to the sound velocity in the air and the sound velocity in the conical diaphragm so that the distance traveled by a sound radiated from the vertex is equal to the distance traveled by a sound radiated from an end of the side surface of the conical diaphragm farthest from the vertex. | 05-03-2012 |
20120114150 | SPEAKER APPARATUS - A speaker apparatus includes: an actuator serving as a source of vibration; a vibration transmitting member connected to the actuator; and two sheet-like diaphragms provided opposite to each other in the thickness direction thereof with the vibration transmitting member and disposed in contact with the vibration transmitting member, wherein vibration generated at the actuator is transmitted to each of the two diaphragms through the vibration transmitting member to output sounds. | 05-10-2012 |
20120230499 | SPEAKER APPARATUS - A speaker apparatus includes: a diaphragm vibrating to output sounds and being formed in an annular shape having a center hole in the middle thereof; a driving section causing the diaphragm to vibrate; a light emitting member emitting light; and a heat controlling member radiating heat generated when the light emitting member emits light or conducting the heat to a heat radiating section, wherein at least a part of the heat controlling member is provided on an axis including the center axis of the diaphragm, and the light emitting member is disposed on an end face of the heat controlling member. | 09-13-2012 |
20130028458 | SPEAKER APPARATUS AND AUDIO OUTPUT METHOD - The present invention allows for the further enhancement of a low pitch range with a simple structure without increasing the size. The present invention is provided with: a pipe ( | 01-31-2013 |
20160105740 | SOUND OUTPUT APPARATUS, SOUND OUTPUT METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A sound output apparatus includes a diaphragm having a predetermined plane positioned at a rear surface side of a light provision unit, and a vibrator for providing vibration in a direction substantially orthogonal to the predetermined plane. | 04-14-2016 |
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20130250318 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a measuring unit, an adjustment image forming unit, a density value calculating unit, and a transfer parameter determining unit. The measuring unit measures colors of an image formed on a recording medium. The adjustment image forming unit forms an adjustment image including a combination color which is produced by superimposing colorants of two or more component colors. The density value calculating unit calculates, in accordance with a measurement result obtained by measuring the combination color included in the adjustment image by the measuring unit, a density value of a component color of a colorant that is formed in an uppermost layer on the recording medium among the two or more component colors. The transfer parameter determining unit determines a value of a transfer parameter in accordance with the calculated density value, the transfer parameter defining an operation condition used for performing transfer. | 09-26-2013 |
20150110505 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording material; a cause ascertaining unit that ascertains a cause of a streaked image that is generated in the image that is formed on the recording material by the image forming unit; and an outputting unit that outputs information regarding the cause ascertained by the cause ascertaining unit. | 04-23-2015 |
20150262045 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a first detection unit, a first determination unit, a second detection unit, a second determination unit, a correction unit, and a transmitting unit. The acquisition unit acquires image information having multiple pixels. The first detection unit detects sub-scanning-direction boundary pixels in accordance with the image information. The first determination unit determines whether or not a development-related defect occurs in a preset number of pixels downstream of the sub-scanning-direction boundary pixels in the sub-scanning direction. The second detection unit detects an end pixel in the main scanning direction. The second determination unit determines whether or not each of sub-scanning-direction boundary pixels arranged in the main scanning direction is close to the end pixel in the main scanning direction. The correction unit corrects the image information. The transmitting unit transmits the image information corrected by the correction unit to an image forming apparatus. | 09-17-2015 |
20150264190 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image processing apparatus including an acquisition unit that acquires first image information which is image information configured of plural pixels and which includes density information for each pixel, a first correction unit that corrects pixel density based on the first image information, a storage unit that stores image information obtained after the first correction unit performs the correction as second image information, a second correction unit that performs a reverse correction so as to cancel the correction by the first correction unit based on density of a pixel of the second image information, a display unit that displays an image on a display section based on third image information which is image information obtained after the second correction unit performs the reverse correction, and a transmission unit that transmits the second image information to an image forming apparatus. | 09-17-2015 |
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20100044162 | DESTINATION FLOOR INDICATION DEVICE OF ELEVATOR - A destination floor indication device that enables elevator users to get to know destination floors that have already been registered easily and in a short time. For this purpose, a destination floor indication device installed in a hall or car of the elevator includes an indication part that indicates registered destination floors to elevator users, and indication contents of this indication part are controlled by an indication control part. It is ensured through the control by the indication control part that when the number of indications of registered destination floors exceeds a prescribed specified value, the size of indications of destination floors is made smaller than when the specified value is not exceeded, whereby all registered destination floors are caused to be indicated in the indication part. | 02-25-2010 |
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20150183618 | ELEVATOR-LANDING DEVICE - An elevator-landing device that can register a floor which is daily used as a destination floor without a button operation, and register another floor as a destination floor in accordance with necessity. The elevator-landing device includes a hall operating panel to which a user can input a destination floor, a reading part which reads identification information from an information recording medium carried by a user in the hall, by radio communication, a storage part which stores identification information associated with a destination floor, a temporary registration part which obtains the destination floor associated with the identification information and temporarily registers a call to the obtained destination floor, and a determination part which determines whether or not a predetermined destination floor establishment condition is established, when it is determined that the predetermined destination floor establishment condition is established by the determination part. | 07-02-2015 |