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20100260513 | Temperature Control Unit For Electrophotographic Photoconductor Substrate - There is provided a temperature control unit for an electrophotographic photoconductor substrate, containing a stretchable membrane member which is detachably disposed in a hollow space of the cylindrical substrate, wherein the membrane member is configured to sequentially stretch until reaching the deepest part of the hollow space of the cylindrical substrate as a result of an introduction of a refrigerant therein to closely contact with an entire inner wall of the cylindrical substrate, and to sequentially shrink to the original shape thereof as a result of a release of the refrigerant therefrom, so that the membrane member is detachably disposed in the hollow space, and wherein the membrane member is configured to make a heat transfer between a surface of the cylindrical substrate and the refrigerant via the membrane member closely contacted with the inner surface of the cylindrical substrate, to control a surface temperature of the cylindrical substrate. | 10-14-2010 |
20110170884 | Image carrier deterioration degree evaluating device, image carrier failure predicting device, and image forming apparatus - An image carrier deterioration degree evaluating apparatus for evaluating a degree of deterioration of an image carrier of an image forming apparatus, the image carrier deterioration degree evaluating apparatus including: an image deletion detecting unit that detects image deletion by obtaining latent image information written on the image carrier; an image deletion reducing unit that performs a process of reducing image deletion when the image deletion detecting unit detects image deletion, and an image carrier deterioration degree evaluating unit that drives the image deletion detecting unit and the image deletion reducing unit alternately one or more times each, and evaluates a degree of deterioration of the image carrier by using the latent image information obtained one or more times by the image deletion detecting unit. | 07-14-2011 |
20110286777 | LUBRICANT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING SAME - A lubricant for use in an image forming apparatus, which contains a lubricant material and at least one of diamine compounds represented by chemical structure 1, 2, and 3, | 11-24-2011 |
20130059242 | PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate; a photosensitive layer on the electroconductive substrate; and a protection layer on the photosensitive layer, wherein the protection layer includes a radical polymerizable compound having three or more radical polymerizable groups without a charge transportable group, a monofunctional radical polymerizable compound having a specific charge transportable group and a non-radical polymerizable compound having a specific charge transportable group. | 03-07-2013 |
20130243483 | PHOTORECEPTOR, METHOD FOR PREPARING PHOTORECEPTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE PHOTORECEPTOR - In a photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate; a photosensitive layer; and a protective layer, the protective layer includes a crosslinked resin having a residual group of a polycarboxylic acid compound and a group having the below-mentioned formula (10), and at least one of a compound having the below-mentioned formula (2) and a compound having the below-mentioned formula (3). | 09-19-2013 |
20130251401 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus, including a photoreceptor; a charger; an irradiator; an image developer; a transferer; a fixer; and a cleaning blade formed of a strip-shaped elastic blade, removing a powder from the surface of the photoreceptor passing an edge line of the blade while contacting thereto, wherein the photoreceptor includes a crosslinked resin surface layer formed of at least one of an acrylic resin and a methacrylic resin, and the cleaning blade includes a contact point with the photoreceptor, including a substrate; a mixed layer formed of at least one of an acrylic resin and a methacrylic resin, located at the surface of the substrate; and a surface layer formed of at least one of an acrylic resin and a methacrylic resin, located on the surface of the substrate. | 09-26-2013 |
20130330104 | PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A photoreceptor includes an electroconductive substrate, and a laminate structure formed of at least a charge generating layer and a charge transport layer and provided overlying the electroconductive substrate, wherein the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material, a compound represented by the following formula 1 and a compound represented by the following formula 2: | 12-12-2013 |
20140234763 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member having a photosensitive layer and a sub-surface layer having a charge transportability, overlying the photosensitive layer
| 08-21-2014 |
20150227063 | PHOTOCONDUCTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A photoconductor, including an electroconductive substrate; an intermediate layer overlying the electroconductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer overlying the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer includes a metal oxide and a binder resin, and has a WRa (LLH) less than 0.12 μm and WRa (LHH) of from 0.03 to 0.2 μm in a curve. | 08-13-2015 |
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20080223455 | Gas supply unit - To provide a gas supply unit capable of stabilizing a gas supply amount, the gas supply unit includes a mass flow controller, a first fluid control valve connected to the mass flow controller, a second fluid control valve connected in parallel to the first fluid control valve, and a third fluid control valve placed on a secondary side of the second fluid control valve. An opening degree of the third fluid control valve is adjusted based on a pressure difference between secondary pressure of the first fluid control valve and secondary pressure of the second fluid control valve. | 09-18-2008 |
20090063059 | Flow verification system and flow verification method - A flow verification system is adapted to verify flow characteristics just after a flow control device starts flow control by verifying a flow rate in a gas piping system which includes a first cutoff valve, the flow control device installed downstream from the first cutoff valve, and a pressure sensor for measuring pressure downstream from the flow control device, flow verification is made based on the pressure measured by the pressure sensor. The flow verification system further comprising a benchmark storage device for storing a benchmark which is calculated by integrating the pressure values measured by the pressure sensor during a normal flow control operation, and an abnormality detection device for detecting an abnormal flow of process gas by integrating the pressure values measured by the pressure sensor to calculate a pressure integrated value and comparing the pressure integrated value with the benchmark when the process gas is supplied to the flow control device through the first cutoff valve, controlled in a flow rate by the flow control device, and supplied to the pressure sensor. | 03-05-2009 |
20090095364 | Fluid flow distribution and supply unit and flow distribution control program - A fluid flow distribution and supply unit for distributing and supplying a fluid is adapted to immediately control a flow rate of a fluid to be distributed and promptly output the fluid at a predetermined flow distribution ratio. The fluid flow distribution and supply unit comprises a flow rate control device for controlling a flow rate of the fluid and a plurality of on/off valves connected to a secondary side of the flow rate control device. The on/off valves are duty controlled to open and close by determining one cycle corresponding to an operation period of the on/off valves and time-dividing the one cycle at the flow distribution ratio. | 04-16-2009 |
20090112491 | Flow rate verification failure diagnosis apparatus, flow rate verification failure diagnosis system, flow rate verification failure diagnosis method, and control program product for flow rate verification failure diagnosis - A flow rate verification failure diagnosis apparatus is applied to a gas supply pipe system including flow rate control devices and a flow rate verification unit for detecting flow rate abnormality by measuring flow rate of each of the flow rate control devices on the basis of pressure measured by a pressure measurement device. The flow rate verification failure diagnosis apparatus comprises a failure diagnosis device having a mode to diagnose a failure in the pressure measurement device at a time of the flow rate verification unit detecting the flow rate abnormality, thereby the reliability of flow rate verification can be enhanced. | 04-30-2009 |
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20080240015 | Repeater device and repeater system - A repeater device that is placed between a transmission device connected to a server device and a reception device connected to a console device that controls the server device. The repeater device repeats a signal between the transmission device and the reception device, and includes an equalizer amplifier that amplifies a signal that is received from the transmission device or another repeater device. | 10-02-2008 |
20080244286 | Starting device - A starting device includes a first transform device that restores a first transfer signal, which is converted from an input signal supplied from an input device, to the input signal, and outputs the input signal to a computer, and a power connecting device that starts the computer when the input signal restored by the first transform device includes a starting signal. | 10-02-2008 |
20100053454 | Receiver and signal transmission system - A receiver includes: an adjustment circuit that adjusts an electric potential of a midpoint provided on a side of the receiver such that the electric potential of the midpoint provided between a pair of signal lines and on the side of the receiver is identical with an electric potential of a midpoint provided between the pair of signal lines and on a side of the transmitter, the transmitter transmitting a plurality of image signals, a vertical synchronizing signal, and a horizontal synchronizing signal, and transmitting and receiving differential signals on the pair of signal lines; a control circuit that controls the velocity of rise and decay of the differential signals which flow on the pair of signal lines; and a cancel circuit that cancels crosstalk by the vertical synchronizing signal generated on the horizontal synchronizing signal by inputting the vertical synchronizing signal. | 03-04-2010 |
20100189185 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND RECEIVING APPARATUS - A digital audio signal, a channel clock, and a bit clock are transmitted to the receiving apparatus via a pair of signal lines. The digital audio signal is input to a D/A converter via a first comparator. The channel clock and the bit clock are received, separated with first and second separation circuits, and input to the D/A converter via the second and third comparators. A reference electrical potential of the second comparator is corrected such that it becomes half or approximately half of an amplitude of the channel clock depending on an electrical potential change of the output of a second differential signal receiving circuit. A system clock is generated based on the bit clock. The digital audio signal is converted into the analog audio signal based on the channel clock, the bit clock, and the system clock, and then the converted analog audio signal is output. | 07-29-2010 |
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20110292033 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A hand-held electronic device ( | 12-01-2011 |
20120108328 | HANDHELD INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND HANDHELD GAME APPARATUS - A game apparatus includes a stereoscopic image display device configured to display a stereoscopic image, which is stereoscopically visible by the naked eye, and a planar image display device configured to display a planar image. A touch panel is provided on a screen of the planar image display device. An image of a silhouette of an object in a virtual space is displayed on the planar image display device. The game apparatus causes the object in the virtual space to move according to a touch operation performed on the image of the silhouette displayed on the screen of the planar image display device, and stereoscopically displays the object on the stereoscopic image display device. | 05-03-2012 |
20120113228 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A hand-held image display apparatus includes a touch panel, a stereoscopic display apparatus, a first imaging section, and a second imaging section. The hand-held image display apparatus detects a marker from a real world image shot by at least one of the first imaging section and the second imaging section, and determines the relative positions of a virtual object and a pair of virtual cameras with respect to each other in a virtual space, based on the result of the detection. Then, the hand-held image display apparatus superimposes virtual space images drawn based on the first virtual camera and the second virtual camera, onto the real world images shot by the first imaging section and the second imaging section, and displays images that are stereoscopically visible by naked eyes, on the stereoscopic display apparatus. | 05-10-2012 |
20120133641 | HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An upper LCD capable of displaying an image which is stereoscopically visible with naked eyes is provided on an upper housing of a hand-held electronic device. A 3D adjustment switch for adjusting a parallax of a stereoscopic image is provided on the upper housing. When a slider of the 3D adjustment switch is within a predetermined range between an uppermost position and a position slightly above a lowermost position, the stereoscopic effect of the stereoscopic image is adjusted based on the position of the slider. When the slider of the 3D adjustment switch is at the lowermost position, a planar image corresponding to the stereoscopic image is displayed on the upper LCD. | 05-31-2012 |
20120133642 | HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A hand-held electronic device includes an upper housing and a lower housing which are foldable. An upper LCD capable of displaying an image which is stereoscopically visible with naked eyes is provided on an inner side surface of the upper housing. In addition, a 3D adjustment switch for adjusting a parallax of a stereoscopic image is provided on the upper housing. | 05-31-2012 |
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20130201293 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A hand-held image display apparatus includes a touch panel, a stereoscopic display apparatus, a first imaging section, and a second imaging section. The hand-held image display apparatus detects a marker from a real world image shot by at least one of the first imaging section and the second imaging section, and determines the relative positions of a virtual object and a pair of virtual cameras with respect to each other in a virtual space, based on the result of the detection. Then, the hand-held image display apparatus superimposes virtual space images drawn based on the first virtual camera and the second virtual camera, onto the real world images shot by the first imaging section and the second imaging section, and displays images that are stereoscopically visible by naked eyes, on the stereoscopic display apparatus. | 08-08-2013 |
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20090193181 | Control Unit, Image Processing Apparatus and Computer-Readable Storage Medium - A memory information storage control method is executed by a control unit which carries out a memory information storage process to generate memory information related to a program being executed by the control unit and to store the memory information. The memory information storage control method includes an interface process to register a storage location of the memory information generated by the memory information storage process, a registering process to register a portable storage device as the storage location of the memory information using the interface process, and an executing process to confirm coupling of the portable storage device to the control unit and to register the storage location of the memory information in the detachably coupled portable storage device by the registering process. | 07-30-2009 |
20110063645 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMATION SUPPORTING METHOD - When an initial communication program is started, a handheld device searches for image forming apparatuses within its communicable range. Then, upon receiving a response of that inquiry from an image forming apparatus, the handheld device requests the image forming apparatus for an image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices according to a predetermined determination condition. The image forming apparatus then responds to the inquiry from the handheld device and sends to the handheld device the image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices that has been stored in a memory device. Upon receiving the image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices, the handheld device stores it in a memory unit, terminates the execution of the initial communication program, and executes the image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices. | 03-17-2011 |
20140022599 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMATION SUPPORTING METHOD - When an initial communication program is started, a handheld device searches for image forming apparatuses within its communicable range. Then, upon receiving a response of that inquiry from an image forming apparatus, the handheld device requests the image forming apparatus for an image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices according to a predetermined determination condition. The image forming apparatus then responds to the inquiry from the handheld device and sends to the handheld device the image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices that has been stored in a memory device. Upon receiving the image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices, the handheld device stores it in a memory unit, terminates the execution of the initial communication program, and executes the image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices. | 01-23-2014 |
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20090200798 | Tubular threaded joint - A tubular threaded joint which has excellent resistance to compression and which permits easy tightening operation in the field in a vertical state comprises a pin having a male threaded zone and a box having a female threaded zone. The pin or the box has an end shoulder surface on its end, and the other member has a shoulder surface which abuts against the end shoulder surface. The screw threads of the male threaded zone and the female threaded zone are trapezoidal threads having a crest, a load flank, and a stabbing flank. The lip length, which is the distance in the axial direction of a member having an end shoulder surface between the end shoulder surface and the closest engaged thread to that surface, is at least 140 times the stabbing flank clearance, which is the distance in the axial direction between the stabbing flanks of the male thread and the female thread when the load flanks of the male and female threads contact each other. The stabbing flank of the male thread is preferably chamfered. | 08-13-2009 |
20100078936 | THREADED JOINT FOR STEEL PIPES - A threaded joint for steel pipes constituted by a pin having male threads and a box having female threads is improved with respect to ease of insertion of the pin and galling resistance of the threaded portions. The stabbing flanks of the threads in a complete thread portion of one of the pin and a box has a two-step stabbing shape having a chamfer. The two-step stabbing shape has a stabbing flank angle α of 5-45° and a chamfer angle β of 20-60°. The ratio h/H of the chamfer height h to the thread height H of the pin is 0.25-0.50, or the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the chamfered portion to the overall cross-sectional area of the stabbing flank is made at least a value corresponding to a chamfer height ratio h/H of 0.25 and at most a value corresponding to a chamfer height ratio of 0.50. | 04-01-2010 |
20100270793 | THREADED JOINT FOR STEEL PIPES - A threaded joint for steel pipes comprising a pin | 10-28-2010 |
20110241340 | THREADED JOINT FOR STEEL PIPES - In a threaded joint for steel pipes comprising a pin ( | 10-06-2011 |
20120235406 | THREADED JOINT FOR STEEL PIPES - The galling resistance of a threaded joint for steel pipes which satisfies the standards for an API round threaded joint and which has a pin with triangular male threads and a box with triangular female threads which threadingly engage with the male threads and an unthreaded sleeve positioned at the end of the box is improved. The unthreaded sleeve is shortened or removed so that the length of the unthreaded sleeve in the axial direction of the box becomes at most ½ (including 0) of the value specified by the above standards. The shape of the box specified by the above standards may be modified by providing a swoosh portion at the end of the box and/or by making the bevel angle at the end of the female threads ±15 degrees of the flank angle of the female threads. | 09-20-2012 |
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20090080168 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, FABRICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A printed circuit board includes a mounted a first electronic component. The printed circuit board includes a first through holes extending from a mounting surface on which the electronic component is mounted The printed circuit board includes a second through holes extending from a surface opposite the mounting surface and aligned with the first through holes. A second electronic component may be longitudinally between the first through holes and the second through holes. The first and second through holes may be electrically connected with the second electronic component. | 03-26-2009 |
20100212938 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED BOARD - A flexible printed board includes a base material, first conductive pads arranged along an imaginary line on the base material and extending with a first width from front end to rear end on a front side of the imaginary line, second conductive pads arranged along the imaginary line and extending with a second width from front end on a rear side of the imaginary line to rear end, first wiring patterns provided between the second conductive pads, and extending with a third width to front end connected to the rear ends of the first conductive pads, and a reinforcing layer for reinforcing a reinforcing area over the first conductive pads and the first wiring patterns, and having a front edge on a front side of rear ends of the first conductive pads and a rear edge on a rear side of the rear ends of the second conductive pads. | 08-26-2010 |
20110132654 | MULTILAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method for manufacturing a multilayer printed circuit board, and a printed circuit board manufactured according to the method, includes laterally-aligning a first inner substrate in which first insulation layers and first conductor layers are alternately laminated and a second inner substrate in which second insulation layers and second conductor layers are alternately laminated. The second inner substrate has a lager number of layers than the first inner substrate. The laterally-aligned first inner substrate and second inner substrate are placed between a pair of third insulation layers in a thickness direction. The pair of the third insulation layer are heated under pressure in the thickness direction. A conductor pattern is formed on surfaces of the pair of the third insulation layers. | 06-09-2011 |
20110286188 | MULTILAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD USING FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A multilayer printed circuit board includes an interior interconnect layer, and a semiconductor package including a flexible interconnect structure whose distal end is a free end, wherein the flexible interconnect structure and the interior interconnect layer are electrically connected to each other. | 11-24-2011 |
20120312586 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED BOARD - A flexible printed board includes a base material, first conductive pads arranged along an imaginary line on the base material and extending with a first width from front end to rear end on a front side of the imaginary line, second conductive pads arranged along the imaginary line and extending with a second width from front end on a rear side of the imaginary line to rear end, first wiring patterns provided between the second conductive pads, and extending with a third width to front end connected to the rear ends of the first conductive pads, and a reinforcing layer for reinforcing a reinforcing area over the first conductive pads and the first wiring patterns, and having a front edge on a front side of rear ends of the first conductive pads and a rear edge on a rear side of the rear ends of the second conductive pads. | 12-13-2012 |
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20110009226 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes a first single-pinion planetary gear mechanism including a first sun gear, a first ring gear, and a first carrier that each correspond to one of first to third elements in a velocity diagram. The second element is connected to the input shaft. A second single-pinion planetary gear mechanism including a second sun gear, a second ring gear, and a second carrier that each correspond to one of fourth to sixth elements in a velocity diagram. The fourth element is connected to the first element to form a first connected body. A double-pinion third planetary gear mechanism includes a third sun gear, a third ring gear, and a third carrier that each correspond to one of seventh to ninth elements in a velocity diagram. The eighth element is connected to the fifth element to form a second connected body that is connected to the output member. | 01-13-2011 |
20110009227 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes a first single-pinion planetary gear mechanism including a first sun gear, a first ring gear, and a first carrier that respectively correspond to first to third elements in a velocity diagram. A second single-pinion planetary gear mechanism includes a second sun gear, a second ring gear, and a second carrier that respectively correspond to fourth to sixth elements in a velocity diagram. The fourth element is connected to the first element to form a first connected body. A double-pinion third planetary gear mechanism includes a third sun gear, a third ring gear, and a third carrier that respectively correspond to seventh to ninth elements in a velocity diagram. The ninth element is connected to the third element to form a second connected body. The eighth element is connected to the fifth element to form a third connected body. | 01-13-2011 |
20110009230 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes a single-pinion first planetary gear mechanism including a first sun gear, a first ring gear, and a first carrier that each correspond to one of first to third elements in a velocity diagram. A double-pinion second planetary gear mechanism includes a second sun gear, a second ring gear, and a second carrier that each correspond to one of fourth to sixth elements in a velocity diagram. The fifth element is connected to the second element to form a first connected body that is connected to an input shaft. A single-pinion third planetary gear mechanism includes a third sun gear, a third ring gear, and a third carrier that each correspond to one of seventh to ninth elements in a velocity diagram. The eighth element is connected to an output member, and the ninth element is connected to the third element to form a second connected body. | 01-13-2011 |
20110124463 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes an input shaft rotatable by power from a driving source. A transmission unit is capable of changing a speed of rotation of the input shaft to any one of speeds at gears. The transmission unit includes at least one planetary gear mechanism having three elements. An output member outputs the transferred power with a speed changed by the transmission unit. A transfer mechanism switches between a transfer state of power between a motor connection element and the output member and an open state of no transfer of power. The transfer mechanism is in the transfer state in a low-speed gear range and in the open state in a high-speed gear range. | 05-26-2011 |
20120108382 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes an input shaft, an output member, a first planetary gear system, a second planetary gear system, a third planetary gear system, a fourth planetary gear system, and an engagement mechanism. The input shaft is configured to be rotated with power of a driving source relative to the transmission case. The output member is to output rotation of the input shaft using multiple gear-shifting. The multiple gear-shifting is provided by setting at least three of first to third clutches and first to third brakes in a connection state. | 05-03-2012 |
20120108383 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes an input shaft, an output member, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, and an engagement mechanism. Each of a plurality of gear ratios is provided by setting at least three of first to third clutches and first to third brakes in a connection state. | 05-03-2012 |
20120115670 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes an input shaft, an output member, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, and an engagement mechanism. The engagement mechanism includes first to sixth engagement assemblies. Each of a plurality of gear ratios is provided by setting three of the first to sixth engagement assemblies in a engagement state. | 05-10-2012 |
20130244822 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes an input shaft, first to fourth planetary gear mechanisms and first to seventh engagement devices. Ten forward gears of the automatic transmission are established by bringing at least three of the first to seventh engagement devices into an engagement state. | 09-19-2013 |
20130244823 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes an input shaft, a first planetary gear mechanism, a second planetary gear mechanism, a third planetary gear mechanism, a fourth planetary gear mechanism, a first engagement device, a second engagement device, a third engagement device, a fourth engagement device, a fifth engagement device, a sixth engagement device, and a seventh engagement device. Ten forward gears of the automatic transmission are established by bringing at least three of the first to seventh engagement devices into the engagement state. | 09-19-2013 |
20130244826 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes an input shaft, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, and an engagement mechanism. The engagement mechanism includes first to seventh engagement devices. Nine or more forward transmission gear ratios are established by setting each of at least three engagement devices among the first to seventh engagement devices in an engagement mode. | 09-19-2013 |
20140213408 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes an input shaft, first, second, third, and fourth planetary gear sets, a plurality of engagement mechanisms, and an output member. The input shaft is rotatably supported inside a transmission case to be rotated by a driving force received from a drive source. The first, second, third, and fourth planetary gear sets are arranged in sequence along an axis line of the input shaft and each include three elements having a sun gear, a carrier, and a ring gear. The plurality of engagement mechanisms each releasably connect two of the three elements with each other or releasably connect one of the three elements to the transmission case. The output member is disposed on outer circumferences of the second and third planetary gear sets and connected to the ring gear of one of the second and third planetary gear sets to output rotation of the input shaft. | 07-31-2014 |
20140303860 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes an input member, a planetary gear set, a plurality of engagement mechanisms, an output member, a shift position detecting unit, an input rotational speed detecting unit, a control unit, and a switching mechanism. When a shift position is changed from a forward drive range to a reverse drive range, the control unit performs a reverse preparation mode in which a rotational speed of an element to be fixed by the switching mechanism is lower than or equal to a predetermined speed by setting an engagement mechanism in one of a connection mode and a fixed mode. Upon performing the reverse preparation mode, the control unit engages the engagement mechanism that connects the element fixed by the switching mechanism to the input member and, thereafter, engages the engagement mechanism that makes the rotational speed of the input member lower than or equal to the predetermined speed. | 10-09-2014 |
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20090192002 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A second clutch (C | 07-30-2009 |
20100227726 | TRANSMISSION - In a transmission including a multiple planetary mechanism into which power from a driving source is inputted through an input shaft, clutches are provided respectively for three components among a plurality of components included in the multiple planetary mechanism and are respectively disposed and capable of switching between connection and disconnection of transmission of power between the input shaft and the three components. Brakes are respectively provided between a transmission case and components among the plurality of components. The brakes are configured to make the components stationary relative to the transmission case. Two transmission mechanisms different from each other in speed reduction ratio are provided between an output shaft, which is parallel with the input shaft, and two components among the plurality of components. The two transmission mechanisms are provided in such a manner as to be capable of selectively switching transmission of the power to the output shaft side. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a transmission whose controllability of transmission is enhanced, and whose efficiency is improved by reducing the friction. | 09-09-2010 |
20100298086 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - Provided is an automatic transmission capable of reducing friction loss. The automatic transmission is provided with an input shaft ( | 11-25-2010 |
20130040773 | HYBRID VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM - In a driving apparatus for a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine and first and second electric rotating machines, it is configured to have a speed increasing mechanism that increases speed of an output of the engine inputted through an input shaft and transmits it to the first electric rotating machine; a speed reducing mechanism that reduces speed of an output of the second electric rotating machine and transmits it to an output shaft; a first clutch adapted to connect and disconnect a first driving force transmission path coupling the speed increasing mechanism and the output shaft; and a second clutch adapted to connect and disconnect a second driving force transmission path coupling the engine and the output shaft. | 02-14-2013 |
20130210571 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - Provided is an automatic transmission capable of reducing friction loss. The automatic transmission is provided with an input shaft ( | 08-15-2013 |
20140287866 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - In an automatic transmission, a connection member which connects a carrier of a planetary gear mechanism PGSa to a clutch hub of a clutch is made to abut on the carrier of the planetary gear mechanism PGSa in an abutting portion, a thrust bearing T | 09-25-2014 |
20140287867 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes a thrust bearing A disposed between a third sun gear of a third planetary gear mechanism and a second sun gear of a second planetary gear mechanism. Accordingly, transmitting a thrust load acting on the second sun gear of the second planetary gear mechanism from the thrust bearing to an input shaft via the third sun gear of the third planetary gear mechanism can avoid, as much as possible, a case where the thrust load is transmitted from the third planetary gear mechanism to the input shaft via a fourth planetary gear mechanism, and reduce friction loss of multiple thrust bearings interposed among elements or the like of the third planetary gear mechanism and the fourth planetary gear mechanism. | 09-25-2014 |
20150192193 | VEHICULAR POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A selector device disposed between a transmission and a differential gear includes a first output shaft connected to the transmission, a second output shaft connected to the differential gear, a third output shaft relatively rotatably fitted on an outer periphery of the second output shaft, a planetary gear mechanism having a sun gear connected to the third output shaft and a ring gear connected to the differential gear, a first meshing switching mechanism that is capable of switching between a state in which the first and third output shafts are joined and the second output shaft is detached and a state in which the first to third output shafts are joined, and a second meshing switching mechanism that is capable of joining a carrier of the planetary gear mechanism to a casing. | 07-09-2015 |
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20090110461 | Printing apparatus - A printing apparatus includes a transfer mechanism that transfers a print medium, a printing device that prints on the print medium, a stationary blade that is provided on a downstream side in a transfer direction of the print medium further than the printing device to cut the print medium, a movable blade that is provided on a downstream side in a transfer direction of the print medium further than the printing device and that cut the print medium, and a step portion that is provided on a reverse face of the downstream blade which is located on downstream side in transferring of the print medium, the reverse face being reverse of a slide face of the downstream blade sliding on the upstream blade which is located on upstream side in transferring of the print medium, and that projects along a thickness direction of the downstream blade. | 04-30-2009 |
20110211894 | TAPE CASSETTE - A tape cassette includes a first guide member provided between a feed portion and a discharge slot, and positioned on or immediately before the discharge slot, on an upstream side in a travel direction of a ink ribbon, wherein the first guide member bends and guides travel of the ink ribbon in the predetermined direction while making contact with a reverse side of a inked surface of the ink ribbon and a second guide member provided between the feed portion and the discharge slot, and positioned on an upstream side in the travel direction of the ink ribbon with respect to the first guide member, wherein the second guide member bends and guides the travel of the ink ribbon in the predetermined direction while making contact with the reverse side of the inked surface of the ink ribbon. | 09-01-2011 |
20120080550 | TAPE CASSETTE - A tape cassette that includes a box-shaped cassette case whose outline being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall, and a side wall and including a plurality of corner portions, at least one tape contained within a tape containment area defined within the outline, a pair of cavities extending from the bottom wall and being provided between the tape containment area and the outline at opposite ends of a diagonal line connecting one of the corner portions to another of the corner portions, and a side face indicator portion provided in the side wall, indicating a type of the tape, and including a plurality of indicator portions disposed in a pattern in accordance with the type of the tape, each of the indicator portions being one of a switch hole and a surface portion. | 04-05-2012 |
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20130228322 | BRAZING METHOD AND BRAZED STRUCTURE - In this brazing method, which brazes an insulating substrate and a top plate that configure an HV inverter cooler, the insulating substrate is disposed on the top plate with a brazing material layer therebetween, and then, by means of laser irradiation, laser welding is performed at an arbitrary plurality of positions at the joining section between the top plate and the insulating substrate, thus provisionally affixing the insulating substrate to the top plate. Thereafter, by means of heating and melting the brazing material layer, the insulating substrate is brazed onto the top plate with the plurality of laser-welded positions as the brazing start points. After brazing, a power semiconductor is joined onto the insulating substrate corresponding to the center portion of the region surrounded by the plurality of brazing start points. | 09-05-2013 |
20140158330 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger has a clad thin sheet material, a clad thick sheet material that is disposed so as to define a passage between the clad thick sheet material and the clad thin sheet material, and that has a sheet thickness greater than that of the clad thin sheet material, and an inner fin held between the clad materials. The clad thick sheet material and the clad thin sheet material have Zn-containing brazing filler metal layers on their passage sides, respectively, and the post-brazing surface Zn amounts are set so as to satisfy specific conditions. Further, certain conditions concerning the compositions of each of the layers that constitute the clad materials, and the inner fin are set. | 06-12-2014 |
20140158335 | CLAD MATERIAL FOR COOLER, COOLER FOR HEAT-GENERATING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING COOLER FOR HEAT-GENERATING DEVICE - A clad material for a cooler is provided by executing production of a tensile strain of 3 to 10% or rolling at a finish rolling ratio of 10 to 25%, and optionally performing a heat treatment for 1 to 8 hours at a temperature within a range from 150 to 400° C., on a clad raw material having a three layer structure of a core material, a first brazing filler metal layer that covers one side (the surface on the side of a cooling water passage) of this core material, and a second brazing filler metal layer that covers the other side (the surface on the opposite side from the cooling water passage). Specific ranges are prescribed for certain properties before and after brazing. | 06-12-2014 |
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20100323197 | ACRYLIC VISCOELASTIC COMPOSITION AND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE OR SHEET - The present invention relates to an acrylic viscoelastic composition including an acrylic polymer A obtained by polymerizing an acrylic monomer mixture containing an alkyl (meth)acrylate (a) and a terpene-based (meth)acrylate (b), the terpene-based (meth)acrylate (b) being contained in an amount of 5 to 70% by weight based on the total monomer components of the acrylic monomer mixture; and a tackifying component B having a weight average molecular weight of 2,000 to 20,000. | 12-23-2010 |
20120015160 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYMER MEMBER AND POLYMER MEMBER - Provided is a polymer member that demands no volatile component such as solvent during production, in which distribution of its immiscible material is controlled. | 01-19-2012 |
20120244293 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER SHEET HAVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PATTERN ON SURFACE - Provided is a method for simply producing a polymer sheet having a three-dimensional pattern on surface. The method produces such a polymer sheet having a three-dimensional pattern on surface by applying a polymerizable composition to one surface of a polymer sheet and allowing the surface to have a three-dimensionally altered shape; and thereafter performing polymerization/curing to form a three-dimensional pattern on the surface of the polymer sheet. The polymerizable composition includes a monomer mixture including at least one polymerizable monomer absorbable by the polymer sheet, or a partial polymer of the monomer mixture as an essential component. | 09-27-2012 |
20130040131 | FLAME-RETARDANT POLYMER MEMBER, FLAME-RETARDANT ARTICLE, AND FLAME-RETARDING METHOD - Provided is a flame-retardant member having flexibility and a high degree of flame retardancy. A flame-retardant polymer member of the present invention is a flame-retardant polymer member having a polymer layer (B) and a flame-retardant layer (A) on at least one surface of the polymer layer (B), in which the flame-retardant layer (A) is a layer containing a layered inorganic compound (f) in a polymer (X). | 02-14-2013 |
20130115424 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYMER MEMBER WITH RUGGED SURFACE STRUCTURE, AND POLYMER MEMBER - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a process for polymer member production in which a rugged surface structure is easy to control, and a polymer member obtained by the process. This process for producing a polymer member ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130189516 | FLAME-RETARDANT POLYMER MEMBER WITH ENVIRONMENTAL RESISTANCE AND FLAME-RETARDANT POLYMER MEMBER WITH HYGIENIC PROPERTY - The present invention aims to provide a flame-retardant member having environment-resistant functionality or hygienic functionality, flexibility, and a high degree of flame retardancy. An environment-resistant functional flame-retardant polymer member of the present invention is an environment-resistant functional flame-retardant polymer member including a polymer layer (B), a flame-retardant layer (A), and an environment-resistant functional layer (L) in the stated order, in which the flame-retardant layer (A) is a layer containing a layered inorganic compound (f) in a polymer. A hygienic functional flame-retardant polymer member of the present invention is a hygienic functional flame-retardant polymer member including a polymer layer (B), a flame-retardant layer (A), and a hygienic functional layer (L) in the stated order, in which the flame-retardant layer (A) is a layer containing a layered inorganic compound (f) in a polymer. | 07-25-2013 |
20130196150 | PHYSICALLY FUNCTIONAL FLAME-RETARDANT POLYMER MEMBER AND CHEMICALLY FUNCTIONAL FLAME-RETARDANT POLYMER MEMBER - Provided is a flame-retardant member having physical functionality or chemical functionality, flexibility, and a high level of flame retardancy. The physically functional flame-retardant polymer member includes a polymer layer (B), a flame-retardant layer (A), and a physically functional layer (L) in the stated order, in which the flame-retardant layer (A) includes a layer containing a layered inorganic compound (f) in a polymer. The chemically functional flame-retardant polymer member includes a polymer layer (B), a flame-retardant layer (A), and a chemically functional layer (L) in the stated order, in which the flame-retardant layer (A) includes a layer containing a layered inorganic compound (f) in a polymer. | 08-01-2013 |
20130210303 | HIGHLY FLAME-RETARDANT POLYMER MEMBER, FLAME-RETARDANT ARTICLE, AND FLAME-RETARDING METHOD - Provided is a flame-retardant member having transparency, flexibility, and a high level of flame retardancy. A highly flame-retardant polymer member of the present invention is a highly flame-retardant polymer member including a polymer layer (B), an inorganic base material (L), and a flame-retardant layer (A) in the stated order, in which the flame-retardant layer (A) is a layer containing a layered inorganic compound (f) in a polymer. | 08-15-2013 |
20130251987 | POLYMER MEMBER HAVING RESISTANCE TO CIGARETTE BURNS, ARTICLE WITH RESISTANCE TO CIGARETTE BURNS, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RESISTANCE TO CIGARETTE BURNS - Provided is a member which is excellent in transparency and flexibility, and can impart a resistance to cigarette burns to various adherends by being attached to the various adherends. Specifically provided is a polymer member with a resistance to cigarette burns, including a polymer layer, in which: the polymer layer contains a layered inorganic compound (f) in a polymer (X); and the polymer (X) contains a cross-linked polymer. | 09-26-2013 |
20130309482 | THERMALLY FUNCTIONAL FLAME-RETARDANT POLYMER MEMBER - Provided is a flame-retardant member having thermal functionality, flexibility, and a high level of flame retardancy. The thermally functional flame-retardant polymer member includes a polymer layer (B), a flame-retardant layer (A), and a thermally functional layer (L) in the stated order, in which the flame-retardant layer (A) includes a layer containing a layered inorganic compound (f) in a polymer. | 11-21-2013 |
20130309487 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE AGENT CONVERTIBLE INTO ADHESIVE AGENT - Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive agent convertible into an adhesive agent, which allows adherends to be instantly fixed to each other, allows the adherends to be reattached to each other, is excellent in processability such as being able to be cut into a sheet shape, and is not peeled from the adherends even when exposed to a high-temperature atmosphere such as one in a fire. The pressure-sensitive adhesive agent convertible into an adhesive agent has pressure-sensitive adhesive property before being sintered, and has adhesive property after being sintered. | 11-21-2013 |
20140004331 | SHATTERPROOFING MEMBER WITH HARDENABLE PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE LAYER | 01-02-2014 |
20140135417 | TRANSPARENT ADHESIVE/BONDING AGENT AND HIGH-TEMPERATURE MAINTAINING STICKY AGENT - Provided is a transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive agent convertible into an adhesive agent that allows adherends to be instantly fixed to each other, allows the adherends to be reattached to each other, is excellent in processability such as being able to be cut into a sheet shape, is not peeled from the adherends even when exposed to a high-temperature atmosphere such as one in a fire, and has such transparency as to hardly impair the designs of the adherends. The transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive agent convertible into an adhesive agent has pressure-sensitive adhesive property before being sintered, and has adhesive property after being sintered. | 05-15-2014 |
20140287225 | TRANSPARENT HEAT-RESISTANT FLAME-RETARDANT FILM - The present invention provides a transparent heat-resistant non-flammable film that has high transparency, heat resistance, and flame retardancy. The transparent heat-resistant non-flammable film according to the present invention includes a transparent heat-resistant protective layer comprising a polysiloxane resin containing a particulate inorganic oxide as a crosslinking agent on at least one surface of a transparent amorphous thermoplastic resin film having a heat distortion temperature of 250° C. or less. The transparent heat-resistant protective layer preferably has a refractive index in the range of 1.40 to 1.43. The transparent heat-resistant protective layer preferably has a thickness in the range of 1 to 100 μm. | 09-25-2014 |
20140301090 | FLAME-RESISTANT COMPOSITE MEMBER - There is provided a flame-resistant composite member exhibiting remarkably high flame resistance even if having a flammable base material. The flame-resistant composite member according to the present invention has a film formed of a silicone resin composition (C) containing at least an inorganic oxide particle-containing condensation-reactive silicone resin on at least one surface of a base material. The inorganic oxide particle-containing condensation-reactive silicone resin may be a condensation-reactive silicone resin (A) including a crosslinked structural body wherein an inorganic oxide particle dispersed in a polysiloxane resin having a condensation-reactive group and the polysiloxane resin are crosslinked through a chemical bond. The silicone resin composition (C) may contain the condensation-reactive silicone resin (A) and an inorganic particle (B). | 10-09-2014 |