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20100320951 | INVERTER DEVICE, ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE IN WHICH THE INVERTER DEVICE IS MOUNTED, AND HYBRID AUTOMOBILE IN WHICH THE INVERTER DEVICE IS MOUNTED - A torque limit section that applies limit to a torque instruction value of an electric motor such that a switching elements temperature is restricted to no more than an element upper limiting temperature includes a torque restriction section that finds a torque restriction value for restricting the torque of the electric motor in accordance with the said switching elements temperature; a torque restriction mitigation section that finds a torque restriction mitigation value for mitigating the torque limit value in accordance with the integrated value of the deviation of the element upper limiting temperature and the switching elements temperature; a first subtractor that finds a torque restriction value by subtracting the torque restriction mitigation value from the torque limit value; and a second subtractor that finds a limited torque instruction value obtained by subtracting the torque limit value from the torque instruction value and outputs this to the gate generating section. | 12-23-2010 |
20140085954 | SEMICONDUCTOR POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A semiconductor power conversion device includes n (where n is a natural number) mutually isolated inverse conversion devices that output three-level voltage; and an inverse conversion device, isolated from the inverse conversion devices, that employs as input DC voltage a voltage V | 03-27-2014 |
20140119068 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTING DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTING METHOD - In one embodiment, an electric power converting device includes a converter which converts a three-phase AC voltage output from a three-phase AC power source, into a DC voltage of each phase of a three-phase AC load, and an inverter which converts the DC voltage converted by the converter, into a single-phase AC voltage of each phase of the three-phase AC load. The converter includes for each phase of an electric power system a circuit which consists of a plurality of switching elements connected in series. The electric power converting device controls on/off of a switching element corresponding to one of phases of the electric power system in the converter such that a voltage which reduces fluctuation of a DC voltage applied between the converter and the inverter and corresponding to each phase of the three-phase AC load is output from the converter for each phase of the electric power system. | 05-01-2014 |
20140203632 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - A power conversion apparatus comprises a first converter connected to a second converter. The first converter includes a first capacitor and the second converter includes a second capacitor connected in series to a third capacitor. The capacitors are each connected in parallel with a respective resistor. The power conversion apparatus also includes a bypass switch connected in parallel to the first converter and in series to the second converter. A control module is configured to control a single-phase output voltage by operation of the first converter, the second converter, and the bypass switch. | 07-24-2014 |
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20090015081 | Cooling structure and cooling method of rotating electrical machine - A cooling structure of a rotating electrical machine including a stator and a rotor, the cooling structure including magnet accommodating holes provided in a rotor core of the rotor, the magnet accommodating holes extend between axial core end faces of the rotor core, wherein permanent magnets are accommodated in the magnet accommodating holes; a plurality of voids, which prevent leakage flux, in contact with the permanent magnets and extending between the axial core end faces; and a rotor cooling-liquid supply passage that supplies cooling liquid to one core end face, wherein the cooling liquid supplied from the rotor cooling-liquid supply passage is introduced into the voids to prevent leakage flux, and the permanent magnets are cooled by the cooling liquid flowing through the voids. | 01-15-2009 |
20110139522 | VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A vehicle drive device having two independent systems provided for two driving wheels, respectively, each system including a rotating electrical machine, an output member to be connected to a corresponding driving wheel, and a drive transmission system. The transmission also includes a counter deceleration mechanism, which connects the rotating electrical machine and the output member to each other. A case integrally accommodates the rotating electrical machines, the output members, and the drive transmission systems of the two systems. The rotation axes are provided so that their respective rotation axes are parallel to each other, and are positioned so as to overlap each other in the rotation axis direction. The rotating electrical machine of each system is provided with an output portion located on one side of the rotating electrical machine which is distal from the corresponding driving wheel in the rotation axis direction of the rotating electrical machine. | 06-16-2011 |
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20140160512 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A first service in a system in which a plurality of services cooperatively perform processing, comprises: a generation unit which generates authorization information to use a function provided by the first service and link information to call an input window of the authorization information; a holding unit which holds the link information and the authorization information in association with each other; a providing unit which provides the link information to a second service; a notification unit which notifies a user of the authorization information; a displaying unit which displays the input window corresponding to the link information when the user has designated the link information obtained from the second service; and a permission unit which permits use of the function provided by the first service when the user has input the notified authorization information to the displayed input window. | 06-12-2014 |
20140293361 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM STORING RECEIVED IMAGE DATA IN FOLDER, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system includes a memory unit configured to store an address book to be used for setting a transmission destination of image data, a receiving unit configured to receive the image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a name that is registered in the address book in association with information of a transmission source of the image data received by the receiving unit, a setting unit configured to set a folder path for a plurality of hierarchies which includes a folder with the name acquired by the acquisition unit, and a storage unit configured to store the image data received by the receiving unit in a folder indicated by the folder path that is set by the setting unit. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293362 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR SETTING FILENAME TO RECEIVED IMAGE DATA, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system includes a storage unit configured to store an address book to be used to set a transmission destination of image data, a reception unit configured to receive image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a name registered in the address book in association with transmission source information of the image data received by the reception unit, a setting unit configured to set a filename using the name acquired by the acquisition unit to the image data received by the reception unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to which the filename is set by the setting unit. | 10-02-2014 |
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20110286765 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive member; a first frame for supporting the photosensitive member; a developer carrying member for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive member; an opening, provided in the first frame, through which the photosensitive member is exposed; a shutter, provided on the first frame, movable between an open position in which the opening is uncovered and a closed position in which the opening is covered; and a spacer member movably provided on the shutter. When the shutter is located at the closed position, the spacer member is movable to a spacing position in which the spacer member is between the photosensitive member and the developer carrying member to provide a spacing between the photosensitive member and the developer carrying member, and a retracted position in which the opening is covered with the spacer member. | 11-24-2011 |
20140086620 | DEVELOPER ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER, DEVELOPING CATRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer accommodating container for accommodating a developer includes: a toner seal member for unsealably sealing an opening of the developer accommodating container; an unsealing member, connected to an end portion of the toner seal member, for unsealing the opening by moving at least a part of the toner seal member; and an auxiliary unsealing member for assisting unsealing by changing a pulling direction of the toner seal member by the unsealing member. The auxiliary unsealing member includes a shaft portion or a projected portion. The shaft portion or the projected portion extends in a longitudinal direction of the developer accommodating container. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086621 | CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cartridge includes: a toner chamber; and a toner supplying chamber for supplying a toner through a developer supply opening communicating with the toner chamber. The toner chamber includes: a feeding portion, including a rotatable member and a feeding sheet connected with the rotatable member, for feeding the toner from the toner chamber to the toner supplying chamber; and a toner seal member, including a first end portion and a second end portion, for unsealing the toner supply opening by being wound up by the rotatable member. During start of unsealing of the toner supply opening, the feeding portion is located below a powder surface of the toner with respect to a direction of gravitation, and the feeding sheet is located in a position where the feeding sheet is contactable to an inner wall of the toner chamber. | 03-27-2014 |
20140093272 | CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cartridge includes: a toner accommodating frame including a toner feeding opening communicating with a toner feeding chamber and a toner filling port; a rotatable member; and a toner seal member. The toner seal member includes a first fixed portion and a second fixed portion which are fixed on the toner accommodating frame at an edge of the toner feeding opening along a longitudinal direction of the toner feeding opening, and includes a third fixed portion fixed on the rotatable member. With rotation of the rotatable member, the first fixed portion of the toner seal member is peeled off from a fixing portion to open the toner feeding opening. The toner is filled into said toner accommodating frame through the toner filling port such that the toner is first filled into a recess defined by said toner seal member. | 04-03-2014 |
20140126928 | CARTRIDGE, DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cartridge includes: a toner chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating a toner; and a seal member including a sealing portion, elongated in a longitudinal direction of the cartridge, for unsealably sealing the opening and a mounting portion for being mounted on an unsealing member to unseal the opening. The sealing portion includes a first sealing portion located at a longitudinal end portion and a second sealing portion located at a longitudinal central portion. With respect to a direction crossing the longitudinal direction, a length between the first sealing portion and the mounting portion of the seal member is shorter than a length between the second sealing portion and the mounting portion. | 05-08-2014 |
20140212166 | ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An accommodating container includes: an accommodating chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating a developer; a seal member for unsealably sealing the opening; and a rotatable member rotatably supported inside the accommodating chamber. The seal member includes a sealing portion for sealing the opening, a connecting portion connected with the rotatable member, and at least one hole provided between the sealing portion and the connecting portion. The rotatable member includes a shaft portion and at least one projection extending in a direction of being spaced from the shaft portion. The hole and the projection are provided to establish a non-overlapping positional relationship with respect to a direction along the shaft portion. | 07-31-2014 |
20140348535 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer container includes: a developer chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating a developer; a rotatable member rotatably supported in the developer chamber; and a sealing member for being removed at the opening by being wound up by the rotatable member, wherein the sealing member is provided in the developer chamber and includes a first end portion connected to the rotatable member and a second end portion sealing the opening. Sealing of the opening is made by bonding the sealing member along an edge of the opening. The developer container includes a first bonding portion provided upstream of the opening and a second bonding portion provided downstream of the opening with respect to an unsealing direction of the sealing member. A peeling-off force for peeling off the sealing member at a predetermined angle is larger at the first bonding portion than at the second bonding portion. | 11-27-2014 |
20140356020 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer container includes: a developer accommodating chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating a developer; a sealing member bonded to the developer accommodating container so as to block the opening; and a rotatable member, having a connecting surface where the sealing member is connected thereto, for peeling off the sealing member from the opening by rotation thereof. The connecting surface has a rectangular shape which has a long side with respect to a rotational axis direction of the rotatable member and which is twisted in a rotational direction of the rotatable member. | 12-04-2014 |
20150212480 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main-body to and from which a process cartridge can be attached and detached. The process cartridge includes an image carrying member to carry an image, a charging member to charge the image carrying member, a cleaning member to clean the charging member by contacting it, and a force receiving unit to receive a force for moving the cleaning member in a longitudinal direction of the image carrying member. The apparatus main-body includes a slope portion which slopes in a direction in which the process cartridge is attached and contacts the force receiving unit to apply the force in a process where the process cartridge is attached to the apparatus main-body, and the slope portion applies the force to the force receiving unit to move the cleaning member from an inside to an outside of a region where an image can be formed. | 07-30-2015 |
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20090016651 | HYDROSTATIC BEARING AND STAGE APPARATUS - A hydrostatic bearing configured to slide along a sliding surface of a structural body in a non-contact manner, the hydrostatic bearing includes a jetting part having a jetting surface configured to jet air onto the sliding surface; and a suction part having a suction surface configured to suction the air jetted from the jetting surface onto the sliding surface. The suction surface is situated at one of an internal circumferential side and an external circumferential side of the jetting part and is positioned higher than a lower end of the jetting part. | 01-15-2009 |
20090245980 | Stage device - The vibrations of a second table supported on a first table that is movable in one horizontal direction can be controlled. A stage device includes an XY axis table movable in the X-direction, a Z-axis table supported by a support portion on the XY axis table, a pair of scales that are arranged apart from each other in the X-direction and detect the Z-direction velocity on the Z-axis table, a pair of motors that are arranged apart from each other in the X-direction and drive the Z-axis table in a vertical direction on the Z-axis-table, and a controller controls the drives of the motors based on the Z-direction velocity detected, in which the behavior of pitching vibrations in the Z-axis table is determined by detecting the Z-direction velocity with the scales, and the motors are driven and then the Z-axis table is rotated in a pitching direction so that the pitching vibrations are cancelled. | 10-01-2009 |
20100250004 | XY STAGE DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND SEMICONDUCTOR EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An XY stage device having an X-axis movable body which moves in the X-axis direction on a platen, and a Y-axis movable body which moves in the Y-axis direction on the platen and guides the movement of the X-axis movable body in the X-axis direction. The XY stage device includes a pair of actuators which can be provided so as to be separated from each other in the X-axis direction, and drives the Y-axis movable body in the Y-axis direction, a detector which detects the yawing angle that can be the angle of the Y-axis movable body in a rotational direction around the Z-axis, a controller which controls the driving of the pair of actuators on the basis of the yawing angle detected by the detector, and a pair of supporters which supports the Y-axis movable body on the platen. One of the pair of supporters can be a rolling guide which guides the movement of the Y-axis movable body in the Y-axis direction, and the other of the pair of supporters can be an air pad which supports the Y-axis movable body in non-contact with the platen. | 09-30-2010 |
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20100064813 | VIBRATORY SENSOR - A vibratory sensor includes a resonator element including (i) a first base portion and a second base portion, each of the first and the second base portions having an upper main surface and a lower main surface, (ii) a resonating arm extended in a beam shape between the first and the second base portions to be vibrated at a predetermined resonance frequency, (iii) a first narrow portion formed by reducing a width of a portion extended from the first base portion to be smaller than a width of the first base portion in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the resonating arm, (iv) a second narrow portion formed by reducing a width of a portion extended from the second base portion to be smaller than a width of the second base portion in the direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the resonating arm, (v) a first support portion extended from the first narrow portion in a direction opposite to the first base portion, and (vi) a second support portion extended from the second narrow portion in a direction opposite to the second base portion, a length ratio of the first narrow portion versus the first base portion in the extending direction of the resonating arm and a length ratio of the second narrow portion versus the second base portion in the extending direction of the resonating arm being in a range of 50 to 200% inclusive; and a base supporting the resonator element, the base being connected to one of upper and lower main surfaces of each of the first and the second support portions included in the resonator element. | 03-18-2010 |
20110140575 | VIBRATING REED, VIBRATOR, PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A resonator element includes: a base part; plural vibrating arms extended from the base part, each having a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposed to each other and a first side surface and a second side surface connecting the first principal surface and the second principal surface and opposed to each other, the first side surface of at least one vibrating arm of the plural vibrating arms having a first step part provided from the first principal surface side and a second step part provided from the second principal surface side; a first electrode provided on the second side surface of the vibrating arm; a second electrode provided in a position opposed to the first electrode of the first step part; and a third electrode provided in a position opposed to the first electrode of the second step part. | 06-16-2011 |
20110221312 | VIBRATOR ELEMENT, VIBRATOR, SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A vibrator element includes: a base portion; a vibrating arm that extends in a first direction from the base portion, has a width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the plan view, and has a thickness in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction; and an inter digital transducer, in which electrode fingers are arranged in the first direction, disposed at least one of a first surface, which is perpendicular to the third direction, and a second surface, which faces the first surface, of the vibrating arm, wherein the vibrating arm is vibrated in the third direction by stretching or contacting the vibrating arm in the first direction by using an electric field in the first direction that is generated by the inter digital transducer. | 09-15-2011 |
20110226057 | VIBRATION GYRO ELEMENT, VIBRATION GYRO SENSOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DETECTING PHYSICAL QUANTITY OF VIBRATION - A vibration gyro element includes: a base section; a detection arm extending from the base section in a first direction; a joint section disposed at an end portion of the base section; a first drive arm extending from the joint section in a second direction intersecting with the first direction in a plan view; a second drive arm extending from the joint section in a direction opposite to the extending direction of the first drive arm; a first set of drive electrodes provided to the first drive arm; a second set of drive electrodes provided to the second drive arm; and a set of detection electrodes provided to the detection arm, wherein the first drive arm vibrates in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, the second drive arm vibrates in a same direction as the first drive arm. | 09-22-2011 |
20110227657 | VIBRATOR ELEMENT, SENSOR DEVICE, SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A vibrator element includes: a base part; and a vibrating arm extended from the base part in a first direction, the vibrating arm including a first region, a second region, and a third region sequentially arranged from the base part side in the first direction, the first region to the third region including first electrodes and second electrodes that generate electric fields in second directions perpendicular to the first direction in a plan view and are electrically independent from each other, wherein electric field directions of the first region and the third region and an electric field direction of the second region are opposite to each other, and the vibrating arm is expanded and contracted in the first direction by the electric fields in the second directions, and the vibrating arm is vibrated in third directions as directions perpendicular to the respective first direction and second directions. | 09-22-2011 |
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20090205687 | WASHING TUBE AND ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND DISINFECTING APPARATUS - A washing tube of the present invention is a washing tube for supplying a washing and disinfecting fluid to an endoscope conduit of an endoscope placed in an endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus, includes: a tube body, one end of which is connected to fluid supply sections of the endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus for sending a fluid, a connector section disposed at the other end of the tube body and loosely and detachably fitted to a base of the endoscope conduit, a sealing member that is provided inside the connector section and comes into close contact with the base to keep the base and the connector section connected in a watertight manner, a valve body that moves forward by a liquid sending pressure of the supplied fluid and a biasing member provided inside the connector section for biasing the valve body backward. | 08-20-2009 |
20100022839 | ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND DISINFECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF WASHING ENDOSCOPE USING ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND DISINFECTING APPARATUS - An endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus of the present invention includes an air pump supplying a gas to an endoscope channel included by an endoscope, a faucet supplying a liquid into the endoscope channel, a channel connectable to a mouthpiece of the endoscope channel included by the endoscope and supplying at least one of a gas or a liquid to the endoscope channel, and an injector converting the liquid into a liquid droplet, mixing the liquid droplet into the gas flowing in the channel with the size of the liquid droplet changeable, and thereby supplying gas-liquid two-phase flow in which the liquid droplet is mixed at a set ratio into the gas into the endoscope channel through the channel. | 01-28-2010 |
20100252074 | ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING METHOD - An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus for processing an endoscope in a cleaning tank using a diluted chemical obtained by diluting a chemical with hot water in a dilution tank of the present invention introduces the hot water into the cleaning tank immediately before processing, introduces the hot water into the dilution tank after the temperature of the hot water introduced into the cleaning tank falls within a specified temperature range, generates the diluted chemical, introduces the diluted chemical into the cleaning tank and processes the endoscope. | 10-07-2010 |
20110097248 | ENDOSCOPE AUTOMATIC CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS - A control section reads data such as a conduit diameter and a conduit length of an endoscope and a cleaning profile which are separately recorded in a storage section based on type information of the endoscope registered in the storage section. A cleaning degree suited to the endoscope is estimated by calculation based on a pressure value and a flow rate value which are measured, the diameter and the length of the conduit to be cleaned, and the cleaning profile. | 04-28-2011 |
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20120258358 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR A LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND A LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - [Summary] Provided is a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery having a layered rock salt structure, including a secondary grain formed of a large number of primary grains each having an average grain size of 0.01 μm or more and 5 μm or less, in which the secondary grain has the following characteristics: a (003) plane orientation degree of 60% or more; an average grain size of 1 μm or more and 100 μm or less; an aspect ratio of 1.0 or more and less than 2; a voidage of 3% or more and 30% or less; an average pore size of 0.1 μm or more and 5 μm or less; and a value obtained by dividing the average grain size of each of the primary grains by the average pore size of 0.1 or more and 5 or less. | 10-11-2012 |
20120264021 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, which can achieve both of excellent rate characteristic and practically sufficient durability (cycle characteristic) in the lithium secondary battery. The cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes therein pores. A particle or film of the cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery has formed therein a large number of pores. The inner wall of each of such pores is coated with a conductive film. | 10-18-2012 |
20130071553 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery. The manufacturing method according to the present invention is characterized by including: (1) an intermediate generation process, wherein an intermediate which is powder or a shaped object containing the first material compound which is a compound of the transition metal other than lithium, which constitutes said lithium composite oxide, is generated, (2) a lithium source compound addition process, wherein the second material compound which is a lithium compound is added so that the second material compound in the shape of film may adhere to the surface of said intermediate, and (3) a sintering process, wherein lithium composite oxide is generated by sintering said intermediate in the state where said second material compound has adhered to its surface. | 03-21-2013 |
20130071748 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PRECURSOR PARTICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THEREOF AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A cathode active material precursor particle, a method for producing thereof and a method for producing cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery. The cathode active material precursor particle is capable of forming a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a lithium composite oxide having a layered rock salt structure through lithium incorporation. The particles are characterized by the cathode active material precursor particle being formed into a substantially spherical shape and includes therein a large number of voids in a substantially uniform manner; and the cathode active material precursor particle has: an average particle diameter D50 of 0.5 to 5 μm; a specific surface area of 3 to 25 m | 03-21-2013 |
20130252087 | CATHODE AND A CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PLATE FOR A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THESE - The present invention relates to a cathode and a cathode active material plate for a lithium secondary battery, and the production method thereof. There is a feature of the present invention in that grooves consisting of a concave portion and having an infinite form (for example, an infinite cell-like shape) in a planar view are formed in a principal surface of the cathode active material plate. | 09-26-2013 |
20140087265 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR A LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND A LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, includes secondary particles, each being formed of a large number of primary particles whose mean particle size is equal to or larger than 0.01 μm and equal to or smaller than 5 μm, and includes the following features. An oriented ratio of a (003) plane is equal to or larger than 60%. A mean particle size is equal to or larger than 1 μm and equal to or smaller than 100 μm. An aspect ratio is equal to or larger than 1.0 and is smaller than 2. A voidage is equal to or larger than 3% and equal to or smaller than 30%. A ratio of opened pore is equal to or larger than 70%. A mean pore size of the opened pore is equal to or larger than 0.1 μm and equal to or smaller than 5 μm. | 03-27-2014 |
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20100159325 | PLATE-LIKE PARTICLE FOR CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL OF A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, A CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FILM OF A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - An object of the present invention is to provide a multi-component system (cobalt-nickel-manganese three-component system) cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery which has improved characteristic as compared with conventional lithium secondary batteries and a layered rock salt structure. A plate-like particle or a film for a lithium secondary battery cathode active material is represented by the following general formula: | 06-24-2010 |
20100159326 | PLATE-LIKE PARTICLE FOR CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL OF A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, A CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FILM OF A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - An object of the present invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery which has improved capacity, durability, and rate characteristic as compared with conventional lithium secondary batteries. A plate-like particle or a film for a lithium secondary battery cathode active material is represented by the following general formula: | 06-24-2010 |
20100159329 | PLATE-LIKE PARTICLE FOR CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL OF A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, A CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FILM OF A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - An object of the present invention is to improve the characteristics such as cell capacity, by raising the exposure of a crystal plane (a plane other than the (003) plane: e.g., (101) plane and (104) plane), through which lithium ions are favorably intercalated and deintercalated, to an electrolyte. A plate-like particle or a film for a lithium secondary battery cathode active material has a layered rock salt structure. A plane other than the (003) plane is oriented in parallel with the plate surface (a surface orthogonal to a thickness direction) and step-like structures are two-dimensionally formed along the plate surface. | 06-24-2010 |
20100159330 | PLATE-LIKE PARTICLE FOR CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL OF A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, A CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FILM OF A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - An object of the present invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery which has improved capacity, durability, and the other characteristic as compared with conventional lithium secondary batteries. | 06-24-2010 |
20100159332 | PLATE-LIKE PARTICLE FOR CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FILM FOR LITHIUM SECONDERY BATTERY, METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE PARTICLE AND FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - An object of the present invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery which has improved capacity, durability, and rate characteristic as compared with conventional lithium secondary batteries. A plate-like particle or a film for a lithium secondary battery cathode active material has a layered rock salt structure. The (003) plane is oriented in a direction intersecting the direction of the plate surface of the particle or film. | 06-24-2010 |
20100159333 | PLATE-LIKE PARTICLE FOR CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL OF A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - By exposing the crystal plane (a plane other than the (003) plane: e.g., the (101) plane and (104) plane) through which lithium ions are favorably intercalated and deintercalated, more to an electrolyte, characteristics such as cell capacity is improved. The present invention relates a plate-like particle for a lithium secondary battery cathode active material. The particle has a layered rock salt structure. The (003) plane is oriented in a direction intersecting a particle plate surface. The porosity is 10% or less. The ratio of an observed surface area (β) determined from a measured value of a BET specific surface area to a virtual surface area (α) of the particle which is defined by the planar shape and thickness of the particle on the assumption that the plate surface is smooth, β/α is 3 or more and 10 or less | 06-24-2010 |
20100173204 | PLATE-LIKE PARTICLE FOR CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL OF A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, A CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FILM OF A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL OF A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - An object of the present invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery which has improved capacity, durability, and rate characteristic as compared with conventional lithium secondary batteries. A plate-like particle or a film for a lithium secondary battery cathode active material contains cobalt and lithium and has a layered rock salt structure. The (003) plane is oriented so as to intersect the plate surface of the particle or film. | 07-08-2010 |
20110309291 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The method for producing a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery is characterized by including (1) a forming step of forming a sheet-form compact containing, as raw substances, a lithium compound serving as a first ingredient, a compound of a transition metal other than lithium serving as a second ingredient, and at least one of boron oxide and vanadium oxide serving as a third ingredient; and (2) a firing step of firing the compact at 700 to 1,300° C. | 12-22-2011 |
20110311437 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SPINEL-TYPE LITHIUM MANGANATE - The production method of the present invention includes (A) a forming step of forming into a sheet-like compact a raw material containing at least a manganese compound and not containing a lithium compound; (B) a first firing step of firing the sheet-like compact formed through the forming step; and (C) a second firing step of firing a mixture of the fired compact obtained through the first firing step and a lithium compound at a temperature lower than the firing temperature employed in the first firing step. | 12-22-2011 |
20110318640 | PLATE-LIKE PARTICLE OF CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, CATHODE OF THE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a lithium secondary battery which has high capacity while maintaining excellent charge-discharge characteristic, and to provide a cathode of the lithium secondary battery and a plate-like particle for cathode active material to be contained in the cathode. The plate-like particle of cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery of the present invention has a layered rock salt structure, a thickness of 5 μm or more and less than 30 μm, 2 or less of [003]/[104] which is a ratio of intensity of X-ray diffraction by the (003) plane to intensity of X-ray diffraction by the (104) plane, a mean pore size of 0.1 to 5 μm, and a voidage of 3% or more and less than 15% | 12-29-2011 |
20110318641 | PLATE-LIKE PARTICLE OF CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, CATHODE OF THE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a lithium secondary battery which has high capacity while maintaining excellent charge-discharge characteristic, and to provide a cathode of the lithium secondary battery and a plate-like particle for cathode active material to be contained in the cathode. The plate-like particle of cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery of the present invention has a layered rock salt structure, a thickness of 5 μm or more and less than 30 μm, 2 or less of [003]/[104] which is a ratio of intensity of X-ray diffraction by the (003) plane to intensity of X-ray diffraction by the (104) plane, a voidage of 3% or more and less than 30%, and an open pore ratio of 70% or higher. | 12-29-2011 |
20120009470 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND CATHODE OF THE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a lithium secondary battery which has high capacity while maintaining excellent cycle characteristic. The lithium secondary battery cathode of the present invention includes a cathode collector formed of a conductive substance, and a cathode active material layer formed of a sintered lithium composite oxide sheet. The cathode active material layer is bonded to the cathode collector by the mediation of a conductive bonding layer. A characteristic feature of the present invention resides in that the cathode active material layer has a thickness of 30 μm or more, a mean pore size of 0.1 to 5 μm, and a voidage of 3% or more and less than 15%. | 01-12-2012 |
20120009471 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND CATHODE OF THE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a lithium secondary battery which has high capacity while maintaining excellent cycle characteristic. The lithium secondary battery cathode of the present invention includes a cathode collector formed of a conductive substance, and a cathode active material layer formed of a sintered lithium composite oxide sheet. The cathode active material layer is bonded to the cathode collector by the mediation of a conductive bonding layer. A characteristic feature of the present invention resides in that the cathode active material layer has a thickness of 30 μm or more, a voidage of 3 to 30%, and an open pore ratio of 70% or higher. | 01-12-2012 |
20120258365 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PRECURSOR PARTICLE, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PARTICLE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The invention provides lithium secondary battery cathode active material particle, which is formed as a secondary particle that is a mass of a plurality of single-crystal primary particles of a lithium-nickel-based complex oxide having a layered rock salt structure, wherein the primary particles have a mean particle size of 0.01 to 5 μm, and the secondary particle has an aspect ratio, which is a ratio of long axis diameter to short axis diameter, of 1.0 or more and less than 2 and a mean particle size of 1 to 100 μm, wherein the ( | 10-11-2012 |
20130045424 | PLATE-LIKE PARTICLE FOR CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FILM FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE PARTICLE AND FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - An object of the present invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery which has improved capacity, durability, and rate characteristic as compared with conventional lithium secondary batteries. A plate-like particle or a film for a lithium secondary battery cathode active material has a layered rock salt structure. The (003) plane is oriented in a direction intersecting the direction of the plate surface of the particle or film. | 02-21-2013 |
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20110272096 | PATTERN SHAPE INSPECTION INSTRUMENT AND PATTERN SHAPE INSPECTION METHOD, INSTRUMENT FOR INSPECTING STAMPER FOR PATTERNED MEDIA AND METHOD OF INSPECTING STAMPER FOR PATTERNED MEDIA, AND PATTERNED MEDIA DISK MANUFACTURING LINE - The present invention specifies a stamper that causes a defect at an early stage by inspecting a surface of a patterned medium and failure in molding of a pattern shape of a stamper at high speed or extracting a defect resulting from the stamper based upon a defect of a pattern on a disk so as to prevent the occurrence of a large quantity of failure beforehand. In the present invention, in order to inspect a pattern shape, wide-band light including a deep ultraviolet ray is radiated onto an inspected object, reflected light generated from the inspected object irradiated by an radiating optical system is detected, and it is judged whether the channel spectral data having fixed wavelength width of the detected reflected light exists within set limit or not. Similarly, the stamper is judged defective when the reflected light is diffracted and detected, detected spectral reflectance waveform data is compared with reference data, a defective area of a pattern of a resist film is extracted and the defective area acquired in the inspection data of the current inspection is the same as defective areas acquired in the inspection data of plural substrates inspected using the same stamper. | 11-10-2011 |
20120075624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING MAGNETIC DISK - In magnetic disk inspection, it is made possible to perform the total operation in which magnetic disks taken out from a cassette are inspected on both surfaces thereof, classified by the grades according to the inspection results and returned again to corresponding cassettes, while maintaining high throughput. To achieve such inspection, a plurality of uninspected boards are put on a plurality of corresponding rotation-drive portions at a plurality of corresponding board taking-out and supply positions in a magnetic disk inspection apparatus and are transferred to a plurality of corresponding inspection positions. The boards are optically inspected while rotating. The optically inspected boards are transferred to the plurality of corresponding board taking-out and supply positions and the plurality of transferred boards are taken out. The taken-out boards are sorted according to the optical inspection results and stored in the corresponding cassettes into which inspected boards are stored. | 03-29-2012 |
20120087040 | MAGNETIC DISK INSPECTING METHOD AND ITS SYSTEM - The present invention provides a magnetic disk inspection method and its system suitable to supply magnetic disks stored in a cassette to a plurality of inspection devices and collects inspected magnetic disks from the inspection devices. The cassette in which uninspected magnetic disks are stored is taken out from a cassette housing unit and transferred to any one of a plurality of optical inspection units. The optical disk inspection unit to which the cassette with the uninspected magnetic disks stored therein is transferred, takes out an uninspected magnetic disk and inspects both surfaces thereof. The magnetic disk whose both surfaces are inspected and which is determined as a non-defective product is stored in a cassette for collecting non-defective magnetic disks. The cassette is transferred from the optical inspection unit to the cassette housing unit. The transferred cassette is housed in the cassette housing unit. | 04-12-2012 |
20120154798 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING PATTERNED MEDIA DISK - In an inspection apparatus that inspects both surfaces of a patterned media disk, to perform inspection while maintaining a high level of throughput, a patterned media disk inspection apparatus of the present invention includes an optical inspection unit, a table unit that includes plural substrate rotation drive units on which a substrate is mounted and rotated and rotates and conveys the substrates mounted on the substrate rotation drive units between a position at which the substrate is inspected by the optical inspection unit and a position at which the substrate is taken out and supplied, a substrate reversing unit, a cassette unit that accommodates substrates, and a substrate handling unit that takes out an uninspected substrate from the cassette unit and supplies the uninspected substrate to the table unit, and further stores a substrate, both surfaces of which have already been inspected, in the cassette unit. | 06-21-2012 |
20120320367 | INSPECTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SAME - In order to rapidly inspect shape defects in the object of inspection that is the minute pattern on a magnetic recording medium formed from patterned media, in the disclosed patterned media defect inspection method detected spectral waveform data is compared with reference-standard spectral reflectance waveform data, which is stored in a database and the pattern-shape of which is known, and defects are detected. The type of the defects is determined on the basis of the disparity, for each detected wavelength, between the spectral waveform data of the detected defects, and the reference-standard spectral reflectance waveform data. | 12-20-2012 |
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20130163414 | DISTRIBUTION ROUTE CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A distribution route construction method includes: transmitting, in a data distribution system, at least one check packet to a plurality of terminals within a network from a check packet transmission terminal; checking a reply packet from the plurality of terminals; grouping the plurality of terminals into a first terminal group including a first terminal whose reply packet reaches the check packet transmission terminal and a second terminal group including a second terminal whose reply packet does not reach the check packet transmission terminal; changing a designation terminal for data communication to reduce communication data traffic between the first terminal group and the second terminal group; and reconstructing distribution routes based on the checking and the changing. | 06-27-2013 |
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20140362823 | CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A control method includes: acquiring information that indicates a predicted position of a mobile terminal that requests data that is able to be received from a first communication device; identifying, based on the acquired information, a second communication device that is able to communicate with the mobile terminal located at the predicted position; and causing, by a processor, the second communication device to start receiving the data from the first communication device before the identified second communication device becomes able to communicate with the mobile terminal, and to transmit the received data to the mobile terminal after the second communication device becomes able to communicate with the mobile terminal. | 12-11-2014 |
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20150154725 | INFORMATION EMBEDDING DEVICE, INFORMATION DETECTING DEVICE, INFORMATION EMBEDDING METHOD, AND INFORMATION DETECTING METHOD - A memory stores first video information displayed on a display screen. A processor generates embedded information varying temporally and superimposes the embedded information on an image part at least corresponding to an edge of the display screen in the first video information so as to generate second video information on which the embedded information is superimposed. An output interface outputs the second video information. | 06-04-2015 |
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20090171550 | CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An engine has cylinders respectively connected to branch pipes branched from a main pipe as an intake manifold. Fuel injection valves are attached to branch pipes, respectively. Further, branch pipes are connected to branch pipes branched from an EGR pipe on a downstream side of EGR valve, and exhaust gas introduced from EGR valve is fed to each of branch pipes. ECU detects imbalance of air-fuel ratio among cylinders, based on cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio detected by air-fuel ratio sensors provided on branch pipes as an exhaust manifold. If there is an imbalance in air-fuel ratio among cylinders, EGR valve is closed and imbalance in air-fuel ratio among cylinders is again detected. | 07-02-2009 |
20100044131 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a charging unit for externally charging a power storage unit with electric power received from an external power supply, and an electric power generation unit capable of generating electric power from drive force received from an engine. The power storage unit is configured to be internally chargeable with electric power received from the electric power generation unit. The vehicle travels in selected one of EV priority mode restricting internal charging of the power storage unit and HV priority mode controlling internal charging such that a state of charge of the power storage unit is kept within a predetermined range. When a predetermined operating condition is satisfied while the vehicle is traveling, a control apparatus generates an operation request to the engine. The control apparatus changes the operating condition of the engine depending on whether the mode is EV priority mode or HV priority mode. | 02-25-2010 |
20110120789 | HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLE - A hybrid motor vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine that outputs motive power for vehicle traction; an engine-motoring electric motor that motors the internal combustion engine; a vehicle traction electric motor that outputs motive power for vehicle traction; a secondary battery that supplies electric power to the engine-motoring electric motor and to the vehicle traction electric motor; and a pre-engine-start control device that controls the internal combustion engine and the engine-motoring electric motor so as to motor the internal combustion engine in a reverse rotation direction without performing fuel injection or ignition when the hybrid motor vehicle is traveling on motive power from the vehicle traction electric motor without operating the internal combustion engine, after a system of the hybrid motor vehicle is started. | 05-26-2011 |
20110276211 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - When there is a request to set the output of an engine to correspond to the load of the engine during catalyst warm-up control by which the engine ignition timing is retarded, ECU sets the engine operation line as an emission line to control the engine using the set emission line. The emission line corresponds to a line for controlling the engine to be operated at a relatively high revolution speed and at a relatively low torque as compared with the case of the normal line that is set at the time when catalyst warm-up control is not being performed. The emission line is obtained in advance by experiments and the like in consideration of the amount of retarding the ignition timing during catalyst warm-up control, and the like. | 11-10-2011 |
20130103243 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, HYBRID VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A purge control implementation determination unit determines whether or not to implement purge control in accordance with predetermined implementation conditions. If it is determined to implement the purge control, a purge control unit actually implements the purge control. A throttle opening degree upper limit switching unit switches an upper limit value of an opening degree of a throttle based on a determination result of the purge control implementation determination unit. A throttle opening degree control unit controls the opening degree of the throttle so as not to exceed the upper limit value set by the throttle opening degree upper limit switching unit. | 04-25-2013 |
20130239910 | ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE AND ENGINE CONTROL METHOD - A control device is provided for an engine equipped with an electric oil pump for circulating coolant, and having a flow rate of the coolant restricted, when a temperature of the coolant is lower than a threshold value, as compared to a case where the temperature of the coolant is equal to or higher than the threshold value, and the engine control device includes a coolant temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the coolant, and a control unit stopping the engine in accordance with the temperature to be detected by the coolant temperature sensor after the pump is driven so as to increase the flow rate of the coolant, in a case where the flow rate of the coolant is restricted. | 09-19-2013 |
20130255600 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A vehicle includes an engine capable of being intermittently stopped after it is started; a water pump for circulating cooling water, and an ECU. When the cooling water has low temperature the ECU controls the water pump to limit the flow rate of the cooling water to be smaller than when the cooling water has high temperature. When the cooling water has a limited flow rate the ECU sets lower a threshold value of the cooling water's temperature for permitting intermittently stopping the engine than when the cooling water does not have a limited flow rate. When the cooling water has a limited flow rate the engine can nonetheless be intermittently stopped at an appropriate time. | 10-03-2013 |
20140343781 | HYBRID VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - The hybrid vehicle control device of the invention suppresses the decrease of the output torque and the increase of the fuel consumption when the engine operation is started as possible in case that the temperature of the engine compartment is increased by the heat radiating from the engine and the like while the engine operation is stopped during the intermittent engine operation. The device performs an engine motoring without performing a fuel injection in the engine in case that the intake temperature increases when the engine operation is required to be started during the intermittent engine operation. | 11-20-2014 |
20150175147 | HYBRID VEHICLE - An engine has a variable valve actuation device for controlling an actuation characteristic of an intake valve that is an amount of lifting the intake valve and/or a working angle on the intake valve. When the intake valve having the actuation characteristic (or lifted in an amount and/or worked by a working angle) controlled by the variable valve actuation device has the actuation characteristic (or the amount and/or the angle) fixed, intermittently operating the engine is not unconditionally stopped, and when a power storage device is not limited in chargeability and dischargeability and a cranking torque is ensured to ensure that the engine is startable, intermittently stopping the engine is permitted. | 06-25-2015 |