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Motofumi Baba, Ebina-Shi JP
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20090263168 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The fixing apparatus includes: a fixing member having base and conductive layers and fixing a toner onto a recording medium when the conductive layer is heated by electromagnetic induction; a magnetic field generating member generating an alternating-current magnetic field crossing the conductive layer; and a magnetic field inducing member arranged so as to face the magnetic field generating member across the fixing member, and inducing the magnetic field into itself or allowing the magnetic field to go through the member. The base layer and the magnetic field inducing member each contain a material having a magnetic permeability change onset temperature in a range from not less than a heating preset temperature of the fixing member to not more than a heatproof temperature of the fixing member. A thickness of the base layer is smaller than a skin depth of the layer at the heating preset temperature of the fixing member. | 10-22-2009 |
20100215390 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The fixing device includes: a fixing member including a conductive layer capable of self-heating by electromagnetic induction; a drive unit rotationally driving the fixing member; a magnetic field generating member generating an alternate-current magnetic field intersecting with the conductive layer; a fixation pressing member movable so as to come into pressure contact with an outer circumferential surface of the fixing member and to separate from the outer circumferential surface; and a temperature measurement unit that includes a temperature detector and a support portion, that measures temperature of the fixing member with the temperature detector which is pressed by the support portion to be brought into contact with an inner circumferential surface of the fixing member, and that holds a contact state between the temperature detector and the inner circumferential surface in every state where the fixing member is displaced in accordance with movement of the fixation pressing member. | 08-26-2010 |
20100215414 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATING DEVICE - The fixing device includes: a fixing member that includes a conductive layer capable of heating by electromagnetic induction; a magnetic field generating member that generates an alternate-current magnetic field intersecting with the conductive layer of the fixing member; plural magnetic path forming members that form a magnetic path of the alternate-current magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating member; a support member that supports the magnetic field generating member; an elastic support member that is arranged between the magnetic field generating member and the plural magnetic path forming members so as to be in contact with the plural magnetic path forming members; and a pressing member that presses the plural magnetic path forming members toward the magnetic field generating member. | 08-26-2010 |
20100239339 | HEATING ROTATOR, FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A heating rotator that is used for heating a developer on a recording medium has a cylindrical body that is made of a metal and both end portions of the cylindrical body is rotatably supported. The cylindrical body has a thick-walled portion at both end portions that is thicker than a center portion in an axial direction of the cylindrical body, and a cross-sectional shape of the heating rotator changes from the end portions toward the center portion in a pressure area of an outer peripheral surface to which pressure is applied by a pressure rotator. | 09-23-2010 |
20100247185 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The fixing device includes: a fixing member including a conductive layer, and fixing toner on a recording medium by heat generation of the conductive layer by electromagnetic induction; a magnetic field generating member generating an alternate-current magnetic field intersecting with the conductive layer; and a magnetic path forming member that has an outer circumferential surface arranged to be in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the fixing member, that forms a magnetic path of the alternate-current magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating member, and that includes: a magnetic layer having a changing range within a temperature range of about 20 degrees C., the changing range allowing a magnetic property of the magnetic layer to change between ferromagnetic and a paramagnetic properties in accordance with temperature; and an outer circumferential layer made of any one of or both chromium nitride as CrN and chromium nitride as Cr | 09-30-2010 |
20110135355 | HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A heating device includes: a heating member heating a recording medium by being heated through electromagnetic induction; a pressure member configured to come into contact with and separate from the heating member, and forming a nip portion between the pressure member and the heating member by pressing and coming into contact with the heating member; a first elastic member arranged inside the heating member, and elastically deformed at the nip portion by the pressure member; and any one of a second elastic member and a support member. The second elastic member is arranged between the first elastic member and the heating member while being fixed thereto, and has a larger elastic deformation ratio at the nip portion than the first elastic member. The support member supports the heating member and the first elastic member so as to form a gap therebetween, and rotates them with a rotational drive force. | 06-09-2011 |
20110135356 | HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A heating device includes: a heating member including a heat generation layer that generates heat by electromagnetic induction, and heating a recording medium by electromagnetic induction heating of the heat generation layer; and a pressure member configured to be movable in a direction approaching or away from the heating member, and forming a nip portion with the heating member therebetween, through which the recording medium passes, the pressure member being configured to include: a nip forming portion that forms the nip portion with the heating member therebetween in a state where the pressure member is set at a position in contact with the heating member while pressing; and a driving force transmission portion that is in contact with the heating member in a state where the nip forming portion is set at a position separated from the heating member and transmits a rotational driving force to the heating member. | 06-09-2011 |
Motofumi Ikeda, Chuo-Shi JP
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20100245303 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device in which a sustain pulse having a leading period is applied between row electrodes forming each row electrode pair by a number of times previously determined for each subfield, in a sustain period, and a length of the leading period of the sustain pulse is set in accordance with an accumulated light emission time or an accumulated use time of the plasma display panel. | 09-30-2010 |
Motofumi Itawaki, Kanagawa JP
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20140236928 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes: storing means for storing audio data and related information corresponding to the audio data; receiving means for acquiring electronic program guide information indicating programs scheduled to be broadcasted; and program selecting means for executing comparison processing for comparing predetermined related information corresponding to predetermined audio data among the audio data and the electronic program guide information and selecting, on the basis of a result of the comparison processing, a predetermined program from the broadcast-scheduled programs indicated by the electronic program guide information. | 08-21-2014 |
20140369667 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a display control section configured to display on a display section a picture based on a video signal and a caption synchronized with the picture and based on caption information attached to the video signal; and a character string information acquisition section configured to acquire character string information common to the caption information and to information related to music contents stored in a storage section, by comparing the caption information with the related information. The display control section displays on the display section the caption in which the common character string information acquired by the character string information acquisition section is highlighted in a predetermined manner. | 12-18-2014 |
Motofumi Kataoka, Isehara-Shi JP
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20150362342 | DISPLACEMENT DETECTING DEVICE - To provide a displacement detecting device capable of achieving an improvement in a measurement range without being restricted by an origin mark or an origin signal. A displacement detecting device | 12-17-2015 |
Motofumi Kato, Makinohara-Shi JP
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20120309239 | PROTECTIVE CAP FOR PREVENTION OF OBLIQUE TIGHTENING OF FUSIBLE LINK DIRECTLY MOUNTED ON BATTERY - A protective cap protects a fusible link formed with a connection hole. A protective cap part is disposed on an extension of an axis of a stud bolt of a power source. The protective cap part is formed with a tool insertion hole into which a tool used for fitting a nut with the stud bolt is inserted. The stud bolt is inserted through the connection hole. A nut holder is provided inside the protective cap part. The nut holder holds the nut in a state where an axis of the nut is parallel to the axis of the stud bolt. | 12-06-2012 |
20140306795 | BUS BAR FORMING DIE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BUS BAR USING THE SAME - A bus bar forming die ( | 10-16-2014 |
Motofumi Koyuba, Yamaguchi JP
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20090250146 | High Strength Thick-Gauge Electric-Resistance Welded Steel Pipe Excellent in Hardenability, Hot Workability and Fatigue Strength and Method of Production of the Same - The present invention provides high strength thick-gauge electric-resistance welded steel pipe excellent in hardenability, hot workability, and fatigue strength and a method of production of the same, that is, thick-gauge electric-resistance welded steel pipe containing, by mass %, C: 0.25 to 0.4%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.8 to 1.5%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.05% or less, Al: 0.05% or less, Ti: 0.005 to 0.05%, B: 0.0005 to 0.01%, N: 0.001 to 0.05%, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, having a critical cooling rate V | 10-08-2009 |
Motofumi Koyuba, Chiyoda-Ku JP
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20150176101 | HOLLOW STABILIZER, AND STEEL PIPE FOR HOLLOW STABILIZERS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A hollow stabilizer having an excellent fatigue property and higher strength compared to the conventional ones has a chemical composition containing 0.26% to 0.30% of C, 0.05% to 0.35% of Si, 0.5% to 1.0% of Mn, 0.05% to 1.0% of Cr, 0.005% to 0.05% of Ti, 0.0005% to 0.005% of B, and 0.0005% to 0.005% of Ca, wherein; Al, P, S, N, and O are limited to 0.08% or less, 0.05% or less, less than 0.0030%, 0.006% or less, and 0.004% or less, respectively, a remainder of the chemical composition consists of Fe and unavoidable impurities, a value of a product of the Mn content and the S content is 0.0025 or less, and a critical cooling rate Vc90 represented by a predetermined equation is 40° C./s or less; and wherein a metallic structure comprises a tempered martensite, a length of elongated MnS present at a center part in a thickness direction of the hollow stabilizer is 150 μm or less, a HRC is from 40 to 50, a thickness to outer diameter ratio is 0.14 or more, and a depth of a decarburized layer at an inner surface part is 20 μm or less from the inner surface; and a steel pipe for hollow stabilizers used as a material for the hollow stabilizer. | 06-25-2015 |
Motofumi Koyuba, Tokyo JP
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20100119860 | STEEL PIPE EXCELLENT IN DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention provides a steel pipe excellent in deformation characteristics, most notably a steel pipe for expandable-pipe oil well and a low-yield-ratio line pipe, and a method of producing the same without conducting water cooling requiring large-scale heat treatment equipment, namely a method of producing a steel pipe excellent in deformation characteristics whose microstructure is a two-phase structure including a martensite-austenite constituent at an area fraction of 2 to 10% and a soft phase, which method comprises: heating at Ac | 05-13-2010 |
Motofumi Matsuda, Kobe-Shi, Hyogo JP
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20150361567 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE CATALYST AND DEVICE - A positive electrode catalyst, for use in a positive electrode in a device provided with the positive electrode and a negative electrode, in which a reaction represented by 4 OH | 12-17-2015 |
Motofumi Matsuda, Kobe-Shi JP
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20120328971 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, FUEL BATTERY CELL, AND FUEL BATTERY - Provided are a solid electrolyte membrane useful in achieving strong electromotive force in a fuel battery, and a fuel battery cell produced with this membrane. The solid electrolyte membrane includes a substrate made of a sheet material and having a plurality of openings penetrating the substrate in its thickness direction, and a solid electrolyte layer provided on at least one of the faces of the substrate. The fuel battery cell includes a solid electrolyte membrane having the solid electrolyte layer on one of the faces of the substrate, and a catalyst layer containing a precious metal and provided on the other of the faces of the substrate, with the solid electrolyte layer and the catalyst layer being in contact with each other in the openings of the substrate. | 12-27-2012 |
20140162174 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE, SOLID ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, FUEL BATTERY CELL, AND FUEL BATTERY - Provided is solid electrolyte utilizing a composite oxide of a RP-type structure, that is useful for achieving strong electromotive force and enhanced current-voltage characteristics of a fuel battery, has enhanced ion conductivity and sufficiently inhibited electronic conductivity, and is capable of intercalation of a large amount of water or hydrogen groups, as well as a solid electrolyte membrane, a fuel battery cell, and a fuel battery. The solid electrolyte and the solid electrolyte membrane of the present invention has been obtained by subjecting a particular composite oxide of a RP-type structure or a membrane thereof to a treatment of at least one of hydroxylation and hydration, and has a property that the mass determined by TG measurement at 400° C. is less than that at 250° C. by not less than 4.0%. | 06-12-2014 |
Motofumi Mizutani, Chuo-Ku JP
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20150140053 | PESTICIDAL COMPOSITION IN THE FORM OF AQUEOUS EMULSION - A pesticidal composition in the form of an aqueous emulsion contains: (a) an agriculturally active ingredient in which a retention rate is 50% or more after irradiation with xenon light (290 nm cutoff) at an intensity of 0.68 W/m | 05-21-2015 |
Motofumi Mizutani, Kobe-Shi JP
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20140128266 | HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION - In a herbicidal composition containing a sulfonylurea compound of the formula (I): | 05-08-2014 |
Motofumi Nakanishi, Muko-Shi JP
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20140200857 | BODY MOVEMENT AMOUNT MEASURING APPARATUS - An activity meter includes a body movement detecting unit, a display unit, a target activity amount acquiring unit, an accumulated activity amount calculation unit, an excess activity amount calculation unit, a converted value calculation unit that calculates a converted value representing an excess amount of activity by dividing burned calories corresponding to the excess amount of activity by a unit calorie count, where a standard calorie count of a predetermined food is the unit calorie count, and a display operation control unit that controls a display operation of the display unit such that the display unit displays a measurement result using the converted value. | 07-17-2014 |
Motofumi Nakano, Kawachinagano-Shi JP
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20130267564 | BENZYLOXYPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE, AGRICULTURAL/ HORTICULTURAL INSECTICIDE COMPRISING DERIVATIVE AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A benzyloxypyrimidine derivative represented by the formula (I) | 10-10-2013 |
Motofumi Suzuki, Kyoto-Shi JP
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20090279084 | Optical Sensor and Method for Manufacturing the Same - An optical sensor according to the present invention significantly enhances the sensitivity of an optical sensor for molecular measurement using light such as Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering and Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy utilizing the local plasmon's excitation of a noble metal. By using a transparent substance deposition step for forming a large number of anisotropic nano-columns having a predetermined aspect ratio, with their longitudinal direction and transverse direction aligned, by depositing a transparent substance onto a substrate from an oblique position while periodically inverting the position and a noble metal deposition step for depositing a noble metal onto surfaces of the formed anisotropic nano-columns, it is possible to manufacture an optical sensor with very high sensitivity at very low cost. | 11-12-2009 |
Motofumi Tanaka, Yokohma-Shi JP
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20120280500 | WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A wind power generation system | 11-08-2012 |
Motofumi Tanaka, Tokyo JP
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20100116597 | ELEVATOR - An elevator includes a car that ascends and descends in an elevation path, and at least one airflow generation device that is set on a surface of a top end part of at least one of upper and lower end parts of the car, the surface facing a platform of the elevation path, and suppresses a separation flow generated at the top end of the car during running, thereby to generate an airflow for rectifying an airflow flowing into a front side of the car. | 05-13-2010 |
Motofumi Yamaguchi, Osaka-Shi JP
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20080224932 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - A portable terminal device can suppress/reduce a noise radiated from the portable terminal device, especially more effectively can suppress/reduce adverse effects of a high-frequency noise in VHF/UHF band or higher, so that reception sensitivity of its antenna can be improved effectively. The portable terminal device is arranged such that a sheet member includes at least one of a conductive sheet and a metal deposition sheet inside a housing, an electronic circuit substrate is provided inside the sheet material, and an antenna member is provided outside the sheet member. | 09-18-2008 |
Motofumi Yoshino, Ogura-Cho Uji JP
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20090014522 | ENABLING HOLOGRAPHIC MEDIA BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY WITH DUAL-USE MEDIA CARD CONNECTOR - A holographic read only memory card which can be coupled to and read by a card reader to which electronic read only memory cards can also be coupled to and read by the card reader is disclosed. The holographic read only memory card comprises: a housing having a compartment for receiving a holographic storage medium; a holographic storage medium having stored thereon holographic data; and optionally a an electronics panel member having an electronic memory component which can be read by the card reader when the holographic read only memory card is coupled to the electronic card reader. The housing comprises one or more card locating members to thereby repeatedly position the holographic read only memory card each time the holographic read only memory card is coupled to the electronic card reader so that the holographic data can be read. | 01-15-2009 |
20090017687 | DUAL-USE MEDIA CARD CONNECTOR FOR BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE HOLOGRAPHIC MEDIA CARD - A card connector which can interchangeably couple a holographic memory card or an electronic memory card to a card reader and/or writer which can then read and/or write to the coupled holographic memory card or electronic memory card. The card connector comprises: a memory card receiving section which can interchangeably receive the holographic memory card or the electronic memory card; and one or more card positioning members which cooperate with one or more card locating members on the coupled holographic memory card or the coupled electronic memory card to thereby repeatedly position the coupled holographic memory card or the coupled electronic memory card each time the holographic memory card or the electronic memory card is coupled to the card reader and/or writer, and is in a fully inserted card position, so that data can be read from and/or written to the coupled holographic memory card or the coupled electronic memory card. | 01-15-2009 |