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20100182512 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND VIDEO SIGNAL OUTPUT CIRCUIT - In a semiconductor integrated circuit arranged to perform sag compensation for a video signal, an operational amplifier includes a non-inverted input terminal, an inverted input terminal, and an output terminal, in which a video signal is input to the non-inverted input terminal. A first resistor includes a first end connected to the inverted input terminal and a second end being grounded. The output terminal is connected to a first external terminal and the inverted input terminal is connected to a second external terminal. A second resistor includes a first end connected to the output terminal and a second end connected to the inverted input terminal. A first capacitor is disposed between the first external terminal and the second external terminal and connected in parallel to the second resistor, and the second resistor has a resistance value determined based on a capacitance value of the first capacitor. | 07-22-2010 |
20110187343 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND BATTERY PACK IN WHICH THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE IS PROVIDED - A communication device, includes a CMOS type inverter configured to transfer a signal, the signal being transferred and received between an electronic device and a control part able to communicate with the electronic device whose electric power supply is a rechargeable battery; and a regulator configured to generate a regulated voltage, the regulated voltage being formed by decreasing an electric power supply voltage of the electronic device, wherein the regulator includes a depletion type NMOS transistor where a drain is connected to a high electric potential side of the electric power supply voltage and a gate and a source are mutually connected, and a capacitive element having an electrode connected to the source side and another electrode connected to a low electric potential side of the electric power supply voltage, wherein a voltage of the capacitive element is supplied across both ends of the inverter. | 08-04-2011 |
20110206949 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND BATTERY PACK CONTAINING COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device includes a first JK flip-flop (FF) outputting a first output signal in response to a first input signal at a J-input and a reversed signal of the first input signal at a K-input, and a second JK FF outputting a second output signal in response to a second input signal at a J-input and a reversed signal of the second input signal at a K-input. A clock input to a NAND gate ( | 08-25-2011 |
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20100148803 | PASSAGE DETECTION APPARATUS OF OBJECT - A passage detection apparatus is configured to detect the change in the properties (propagation state of sound wave, dielectric constant, etc.) of a specific space, which changes according to the passage of an object in the specific space and the size of the object. The passage detection apparatus includes a pair of detection units and configured to transmit and receive signals to and from an external device. The specific space is formed by the space between the detection unit and the detection unit. The detection unit is supported by a first substrate. The detection unit is supported by a second substrate that is parallel to the first substrate, and arranged at the position corresponding to the detection unit supported by the first substrate. | 06-17-2010 |
20110070396 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A honeycomb structure | 03-24-2011 |
20110076443 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A honeycomb structure includes porous partition walls via which a plurality of cells constituting through channels for a fluid are partitioned; and an outer peripheral wall positioned in the outermost periphery of the structure. Open frontal areas of predetermined cells in an end face of the structure on a fluid inlet side thereof and open frontal areas of remaining cells in an end face of the structure on a fluid outlet side thereof have plugged portions. The outward end faces of the plugged portions are flat, the plugged portions do not have any bubble having a diameter of 0.3 mm or more, and a value obtained by dividing the standard deviation of the plugging depths of the plugged portions by the average plugging depth of the plugged portions is 0.15 or less. | 03-31-2011 |
20110229634 | HONEYCOMB FILTER PRODUCTION APPARATUS - A honeycomb filter production apparatus used for producing a honeycomb filter, the apparatus includes: a workpiece securing section for securing a base (workpiece) of a honeycomb filter; a powder transfer section for transferring a powder together with an air current by utilizing pressurized gas; an introduction section that is provided between the powder transfer section and the workpiece securing section, the powder transferred from the powder transfer section together with the air current being mixed with another gas in the introduction section, and introduced into the base (workpiece) secured by the workpiece securing section; and a suction section for sucking the gas that has passed through the base (workpiece) secured by the workpiece securing section by reducing pressure on the other side of the workpiece securing section as compared with the one side of the workpiece securing section using suction means. | 09-22-2011 |
20110229635 | HONEYCOMB FILTER PRODUCTION APPARATUS - A honeycomb filter production apparatus includes: a workpiece securing section for securing a base of a honeycomb filter; a powder transfer section for transferring a powder together with an air current by utilizing pressurized gas; an introduction section for introducing the powder that has transferred from the powder transfer section into the base secured by the workpiece securing section when the apparatus is used; a suction section for sucking the gas that has passed through the base secured by the workpiece securing section using suction means; a cleaning section for removing a surplus powder adhering to an end face of the base after the introduction of the powder; a judgment section for judging an amount of the powder adhering to the base; and a workpiece transfer section for transferring the base among the workpiece securing section, the cleaning section, and the judgment section. | 09-22-2011 |
20120060608 | PASSAGE DETECTION APPARATUS OF OBJECT - A passage detection apparatus is configured to detect the change in the properties (propagation state of sound wave, dielectric constant, etc.) of a specific space, which changes according to the passage of an object in the specific space and the size of the object. The passage detection apparatus includes a pair of detection units and configured to transmit and receive signals to and from an external device. The specific space is formed by the space between the detection unit and the detection unit. The detection unit is supported by a first substrate. The detection unit is supported by a second substrate that is parallel to the first substrate, and arranged at the position corresponding to the detection unit supported by the first substrate. | 03-15-2012 |
20130049268 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - The manufacturing method of the honeycomb structure includes a forming step of a honeycomb formed body with non-fired electrodes where there is performed twice a non-fired electrode forming operation in which an electrode paste is attached to a plate including a printing screen, a side surface of a honeycomb formed body, the side surface being a curved side surface, is brought into a pressed state by a squeegee via the printing screen of the plate, in the state, the body is rotated and the plate is linearly moved along the side surface of the body, and the squeegee allows the electrode paste to permeate the printing screen and coat the side surface of the body; and a forming step of the honeycomb structure where the body with the non-fired electrodes is fired to obtain the honeycomb structure. | 02-28-2013 |
20130255854 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - The manufacturing method of the honeycomb structure includes a step of coating a surface of each of releasing sheets with a paste for an electrode, to prepare electrode forming sheets in which the releasing sheets are provided with electrode paste films; a formed honeycomb body with the electrode forming sheets forming step of attaching the electrode forming sheets to a side surface of a tubular formed ceramic honeycomb body which is the curved surface to prepare a formed honeycomb body with the electrode forming sheets; and a honeycomb structure forming step of firing the formed honeycomb body, or removing releasing sheets from the formed honeycomb body to form the formed honeycomb body with the pastes for the electrodes, and then firing the formed honeycomb body with the pastes for the electrodes, to obtain a honeycomb structure having a side surface provided with the electrodes. | 10-03-2013 |
20130260029 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HONEYCOMB FILTER - A method of producing a honeycomb filter using a production apparatus that includes: a workpiece securing section for securing a base of a honeycomb filter; a powder transfer section for transferring a powder together with a pressurized gas (e.g., air); an introduction section for introducing the powder that has transferred from the powder transfer section into the base secured by the workpiece securing section when the apparatus is used; a suction section for sucking the gas that has passed through the base secured by the workpiece securing section using suction means; a cleaning section for removing a surplus powder adhering to an end face of the base after the introduction of the powder; a judgment section for judging an amount of the powder adhering to the base; and a workpiece transfer section for transferring the base among the workpiece securing section, the cleaning section, and the judgment section. | 10-03-2013 |
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20080261104 | FUEL CELL - Auxiliary seals are provided on a surface of a first metal separator, between load receivers and an oxygen-containing gas supply passage, a fuel gas supply passage, an oxygen-containing gas discharge passage, and a fuel gas discharge passage, in relatively wide areas. The cross sectional shape of the auxiliary seal is the same as those of a flow field seal and ring-like seals, and the auxiliary seals are formed independently from the flow field seal and the ring-like seals. | 10-23-2008 |
20090130524 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, and first and second separators. A first insulating bushing is attached to a first positioning hole of a first separator, and a second insulating bushing is attached to a second positioning hole of the second separator. An inner wall of the first insulating bushing is fitted to an outer wall of the second insulating bushing for positioning the first and second separators such that the first and second separators are insulated from each other. | 05-21-2009 |
20100035108 | FUEL CELL WITH TRIANGULAR BUFFERS - An oxygen-containing gas flow field for supplying an oxygen-containing gas from an oxygen-containing gas supply passage to an oxygen-containing gas discharge passage is formed on a first metal plate. The oxygen-containing gas flow field includes oxygen-containing gas flow grooves as serpentine flow grooves having two turn regions T | 02-11-2010 |
20110097641 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack. A fuel cell stack, an example of the fuel cell stack, is configured by alternately overlaying first electricity generating units and second electricity generating units in the horizontal direction. The first electricity units each provided with a first fuel gas flow path, a first oxidant gas flow path, a second fuel gas flow path, and a second oxidant gas flow path, and the flow paths are set to the same phase in the overlaying direction. The second electricity generating units are each provided with a first fuel gas flow path, a first oxidant gas flow path, a second fuel gas flow path, and a second oxidant gas flow path which are set to the same phase in the overlaying direction and are set to a phase different from the phase of the flow paths of the first electricity generating units. | 04-28-2011 |
20120183881 | FUEL CELL WITH PROTRUDED GAS DIFFUSION LAYER - An assembling operation of a fuel cell is effectively simplified. With the simple and economical structure, the desired sealing function is achieved. The fuel cell ( | 07-19-2012 |
20120258377 | FUEL CELL - A cell unit of a fuel cell includes a first membrane electrode assembly, a first metal separator, a second membrane electrode assembly, and a second metal separator. Frames are provided at outer circumferences of the first and second membrane electrode assemblies. An oxygen-containing gas supply passage and a fuel gas supply passage, and an oxygen-containing gas discharge passage and a fuel gas discharge passage are provided in one pair of opposite sides of the frames, and a pair of coolant supply passages and a pair of coolant discharge passages are provided in the other pair of opposite sides of the frames at distances from one another. | 10-11-2012 |
20120258378 | FUEL CELL - A cell unit of a fuel cell includes a first membrane electrode assembly, a first metal separator, a second membrane electrode assembly, and a second metal separator. A resin frame member is provided integrally with an outer circumference of the first membrane electrode assembly. An oxygen-containing gas supply passage, a fuel gas supply passage, a coolant supply passage, an oxygen-containing gas discharge passage, a fuel gas discharge passage, and a coolant discharge passage extend through the resin frame member in a stacking direction. At each of both ends of the resin frame member in a longitudinal direction, a pair of projections are provided. The projections protrude toward both sides in a lateral direction. | 10-11-2012 |
20120295177 | FUEL CELL - A cell unit of a fuel cell includes a first membrane electrode assembly, a first metal separator, a second membrane electrode assembly, and a second metal separator. Resin frame members are provided at the outer ends of the first and second membrane electrode assemblies. Coolant connection channels including a plurality of grooves is formed in each of the resin frame members. The grooves of the coolant connection channels of the cell unit and grooves of coolant connection channels of a cell unit that is adjacent to the cell unit in the stacking direction are offset from each other, and are not overlapped with each other in the stacking direction. | 11-22-2012 |
20120321980 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell unit configuring a fuel cell is provided with a first separator, a first electrolyte film/electrode body, a second separator, a second electrolyte film/electrode body, and a third separator. Resin guide members are provided on the outer periphery of the first separator, the second separator, and the third separator. The resin guide members have outer peripheral ends which protrude outwards, and in the aforementioned resin guide members are formed concave reliefs which are spaced inwards from the aforementioned outer peripheral ends. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321987 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, and a first separator and a second separator sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly. The membrane electrode assembly has a resin frame member, and an inlet buffer is provided on the resin frame member adjacent to the fuel gas supply passage. The inlet buffer includes a first buffer area adjacent to the fuel gas supply passage and a second buffer area adjacent to a fuel gas flow field. The opening dimension of the first buffer area in a stacking direction is larger than the opening dimension of the second buffer area in the stacking direction. | 12-20-2012 |
20130244134 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell is formed by sandwiching a membrane electrode assembly between a first separator and a second separator. An outlet connection channel connecting a fuel gas flow field with a fuel gas discharge passage is provided in the first separator. The outlet connection channel has a plurality of discharge holes extending through the first separator. The discharge holes are arranged in the direction of gravity. The discharge hole at the lowermost position has an opening elongated downward to have an opening area larger than opening areas of the other discharge holes above and adjacent to the discharge hole at the lowermost position. | 09-19-2013 |
20130337359 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, a first separator, and a second separator. The second separator has a fuel gas flow field connected to a fuel gas supply passage and a fuel gas discharge passage. The fuel gas flow field includes a plurality of corrugated flow grooves and a flat flow field. The corrugated flow grooves extend in the horizontal direction, respectively, and are arranged in the direction of the gravity. The flat flow field is provided within a power generation area, at the lowermost position in the direction of the gravity, and extends in the horizontal direction. | 12-19-2013 |
20140322627 | FUEL CELL - A power generation unit of a fuel cell includes a first metal separator, a first membrane electrode assembly, a second metal separator, a second membrane electrode assembly, and a third metal separator. The first metal separator includes first ridges for positioning the first membrane electrode assembly. The second metal separator includes second ridges for limiting movement of the first membrane electrode assembly. | 10-30-2014 |
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20090052068 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel has an elastically deformable moving frame which is a cylindrical frame member having a first groove group, in which a plurality of grooves formed in the circumferential direction are arranged in the optical axis direction, at the outer periphery thereof, and an elastically deformable rotating frame which is a cylindrical frame member engaging with the outer periphery of the moving frame and having a second groove group, in which a plurality of grooves formed in the circumferential direction are arranged in the optical axis direction so as to face to the first groove group, at the inner periphery thereof, the rotating frame being movable relative to the moving frame without interference of the second groove group with the first groove group during the ordinary operation. | 02-26-2009 |
20090052069 | CAM FOLLOWER FOR LENS BARREL AND LENS BARREL - A lens barrel has a first group frame, cam followers each having a shaft portion having a straight hollow hole and a slidably contacting portion integral with the shaft portion, which are fixed to the first group frame and a rotating frame having a cam groove with which the cam followers are in slidable contact, which moves relatively to the first group frame. The hollow hole of the cam follower reaches the inside portion of the slidably contacting portion. The shaft portion is press-fit fixed in the shaft hole of the first group frame when an impact force is applied to the lens barrel, the possibility of damaging the frame member is little. | 02-26-2009 |
20090135298 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera of the present invention has: an optical housing having a bending optical system for reflecting photographic object light entering along a first optical axis to a second optical axis direction perpendicular to the first optical axis to form an image on an image pickup device; a camera main body having a containing portion for containing the optical housing slidably only in the second optical axis direction and having support portions for supporting the optical housing provided on each of both side surfaces of the containing portion across the second optical axis of the bending optical system; and shock absorbing means provided between an inner surface of the containing portion of the camera main body in which the support portions are not provided and an outer surface of the optical housing facing thereto. | 05-28-2009 |
20100188516 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CAMERA SHAKE CORRECTING APPARATUS APPLIED TO IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a lens barrel unit having a photographing optical system, an image pickup unit that is displaced two-dimensionally to correct camera shake, a FPC that has a first extending section connected to the image pickup device and extending on a surface of the lens barrel unit and a second extending section that is bent at an end of the first extending section and fixed to the surface of the lens barrel unit, and a guide plate that guides the first extending section on the surface of the lens barrel unit, wherein when the image pickup unit moves in an X direction, a bent section is bent to absorb an amount of movement in the X direction, and when the image pickup unit moves in a Y direction, the first extending section bends to absorb an amount of movement in the Y direction. | 07-29-2010 |
20120081561 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera of the present invention has: an optical housing having a bending optical system for reflecting photographic object light entering along a first optical axis to a second optical axis direction perpendicular to the first optical axis to form an image on an image pickup device; a camera main body having a containing portion for containing the optical housing slidably only in the second optical axis direction and having support portions for supporting the optical housing provided on each of both sides surfaces of the containing portion across the second optical axis of the bending optical system; and a shock absorbing unit provided between an inner surface of the containing portion of the camera main body in which the support portions are not provided and an outer surface of the optical housing facing thereto. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081562 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera of the present invention has: an optical housing having a bending optical system for reflecting photographic object light entering along a first optical axis to a second optical axis direction perpendicular to the first optical axis to form an image on an image pickup device; a camera main body having a containing portion for containing the optical housing slidably only in the second optical axis direction and having support portions for supporting the optical housing provided on each of both sides surfaces of the containing portion across the second optical axis of the bending optical system; and a shock absorbing unit provided between an inner surface of the containing portion of the camera main body in which the support portions are not provided and an outer surface of the optical housing facing thereto. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081599 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera of the present invention has: an optical housing having a bending optical system for reflecting photographic object light entering along a first optical axis to a second optical axis direction perpendicular to the first optical axis to form an image on an image pickup device; a camera main body having a containing portion for containing the optical housing slidably only in the second optical axis direction and having support portions for supporting the optical housing provided on each of both sides surfaces of the containing portion across the second optical axis of the bending optical system; and a shock absorbing unit provided between an inner surface of the containing portion of the camera main body in which the support portions are not provided and an outer surface of the optical housing facing thereto. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081600 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera of the present invention has: an optical housing having a bending optical system for reflecting photographic object light entering along a first optical axis to a second optical axis direction perpendicular to the first optical axis to form an image on an image pickup device; a camera main body having a containing portion for containing the optical housing slidably only in the second optical axis direction and having support portions for supporting the optical housing provided on each of both sides surfaces of the containing portion across the second optical axis of the bending optical system; and a shock absorbing unit provided between an inner surface of the containing portion of the camera main body in which the support portions are not provided and an outer surface of the optical housing facing thereto. | 04-05-2012 |
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20110199145 | SWITCHING CONTROL CIRCUIT - A switching-control circuit to control switching of a transistor whose input electrode is applied with an input voltage, and turn off the transistor, when an output current from the transistor is greater than a reference current, includes: a reference-voltage-generating circuit to generate such a first-reference voltage that the reference current is reduced with reduction in an output voltage; a comparing circuit to compare a voltage corresponding to the output current with the first-reference voltage; and a driving circuit to turn on/off the transistor based on a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage and a second reference voltage corresponding to a target level so that the output voltage reaches the target level, when the comparing circuit determines that the output current is smaller than the reference current, and turn off the transistor when the comparing circuit determines that the output current is greater than the reference current. | 08-18-2011 |
20110298395 | CONTROL CIRCUIT OF LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - A control circuit of a light-emitting element comprises a rectifying unit which full-wave rectifies an alternating current power supply, a clock generator which generates and outputs a clock signal (CLK), a first comparator which compares a comparison voltage (CS) corresponding to a current flowing to the light-emitting element and a reference voltage (REF), and a switching element which is set to an ON state in synchronization with the clock signal (CLK) and which is set to an OFF state when the comparison voltage (CS) becomes greater than the reference voltage (REF) at the first comparator, to switch the current flowing to the light-emitting element. In this structure, a period of the clock signal (CLK) generated in the clock generator is varied, to reduce or inhibit noise. | 12-08-2011 |
20120249000 | LED DIMMER CIRCUIT - A TRIAC dimmer gates an AC waveform from an AC power source in proportion to a control signal and outputs a TRIAC pulse having part of the waveform missing. The TRIAC pulse is rectified and is applied to an LED array and the drive current flowing to the LED array is detected at a current detection resistor. The drive current value and a predetermined value are compared at a comparator and in accordance with the comparison result thereof the control transistor is turned off. Then, the TRIAC pulse is converted to a DC voltage signal and in accordance with the obtained DC voltage signal the drive current value or the predetermined value input by the comparator are changed. Furthermore, instead of the TRIAC pulse, a PWM pulse supplied from an external source may also be utilized. | 10-04-2012 |
20130002161 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT DRIVING CIRCUIT - A light emitting element driving circuit comprising: a rectifying circuit; a voltage-dividing circuit; a transistor increasing or reducing a driving current of a light emitting element according to turning on or off a rectified voltage; a control circuit bringing the transistor to an on or off state at predetermined intervals and bringing the transistor to the other state when a voltage according to a current flowing through the transistor increases and becomes the reference voltage being divided voltage obtained by dividing the rectified voltage; and a voltage-dividing ratio adjustment circuit to set a voltage-dividing ratio of the voltage dividing circuit as a first voltage-dividing ratio to reduce the reference voltage when an amplitude of the rectified voltage is larger than predetermined amplitude and to set the voltage-dividing ratio as a second voltage-dividing ratio to increase the reference voltage when an amplitude of the rectified voltage is smaller than predetermined amplitude. | 01-03-2013 |
20130038229 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE CONTROL CIRCUIT - In a control circuit for a light-emitting device, a reference voltage generation circuit detects a full-wave rectified voltage and generates a first voltage as well as generating a second voltage by converting the rectified voltage into a DC voltage. A voltage corresponding to a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage or a voltage corresponding to a ratio of the first voltage to the second voltage is generated as a reference voltage by a subtraction circuit or by a division circuit, respectively. As a result, a change in amplitude of the reference voltage can be suppressed when amplitude of the rectified voltage is varied due to a variation in an AC input voltage supplied from an AC power supply. | 02-14-2013 |
20140327367 | CONTROL CIRCUIT OF LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - A control circuit of a light-emitting element comprises a rectifying unit which full-wave rectifies an alternating current power supply, a clock generator which generates and outputs a clock signal (CLK), a first comparator which compares a comparison voltage (CS) corresponding to a current flowing to the light-emitting element and a reference voltage (REF), and a switching element which is set to an ON state in synchronization with the clock signal (CLK) and which is set to an OFF state when the comparison voltage (CS) becomes greater than the reference voltage (REF) at the first comparator, to switch the current flowing to the light-emitting element. In this structure, a period of the clock signal (CLK) generated in the clock generator is varied, to reduce or inhibit noise. | 11-06-2014 |
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20090317138 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotary for changing an attitude of a developing device to a first attitude in which developer in a developer accommodating chamber is feedable to a developer feeding member and to a second attitude in which the developer having been located above a nip between the developer feeding member and a developing roller drops from the nip. In the image attitude of the developing device, an electrostatic latent image is developed. In the second attitude of the developing device, detection of a remaining amount of the developer is carried out. | 12-24-2009 |
20100054778 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a rotary-type image forming apparatus, rotation of a rotary is temporarily stopped at a position where a coupling member and a drive transmission member are engageable with each other, and a developing roller is set in a rotating state. Subsequently, the rotary is rotated so as to bring the developing roller into contact with a surface of a photosensitive drum. | 03-04-2010 |
20100054803 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member; a plurality of rotatable developer carrying members contactable to a surface of the image bearing member to supply developers to electrostatic latent images formed on the surface, respectively; a plurality of developing devices in each of which the developer carrying member is provided; a developing device supporting member rotatable codirectionally with a rotational direction of the image bearing member and integrally supporting the plurality of such developing devices, wherein the developer carrying members is capable of contacting to and spacing from the surface of the image bearing member sequentially by rotation of the developing device supporting member; a peripheral speed of the developing device supporting member divided by a peripheral speed of the image bearing member at the time when the developer carrying member departs from the surface of the developer carrying member after contact of the developer carrying member to the surface of the image bearing member and subsequent development of the electrostatic latent image is larger than 0 and smaller than 1. | 03-04-2010 |
20100239289 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus of a rotary type, when a pause is made during continuous image formation, the time taken to restart image formation after the pause is shortened so as to reduce stress on the user. In the image forming apparatus, it is determined beforehand whether the next image formation mode is a color mode or a mono mode, and a developing device to be first used in the next image formation mode is moved to a developing standby position. | 09-23-2010 |
20110217060 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When toner on an intermediate transfer member is picked up by a cleaning unit by transferring the toner to an image bearing member in a recovery operation, pickup conditions are controlled to be changed on the basis of the ambience detected in performing the recovery operation and such that the toner on the intermediate transfer member is picked up by the cleaning unit while being temporarily retained by a secondary transfer roller. | 09-08-2011 |
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20110042927 | AIRBAG DEVICE - Gas supplied from gas discharge ports is guided without providing a metal guide tube on the inflator of an airbag device, and the airbag is protected from the gas. An inner tube ( | 02-24-2011 |
20110101658 | AIRBAG DEVICE - An airbag is quickly inflated and deployed along an inner side wall of a vehicle while suppressing variations of the deployment direction of the airbag inflated and deployed from an upper part of the vehicle. An upper edge side of an airbag ( | 05-05-2011 |
20130087999 | AIR BAG DEVICE - An air bag device includes an inflator configured to supply a gas, and an air bag folded into an elongated shape and configured to inflate and deploy upon supply of the gas from the inflator. An elongated holder such as an adhesive tape is wound around the air bag. A part of the elongated holder extends outwardly from an outer periphery of the air bag and is configured as a mark for twist identification. | 04-11-2013 |
20130257026 | AIRBAG DEVICE - An airbag is mounted to a vehicle with a predetermined torque, using mounting brackets. | 10-03-2013 |
20140110923 | AIRBAG DEVICE - An action of once strongly pressing an airbag against a pillar trim at the initial stage of deployment is omitted to enable the airbag to be quickly inflated and deployed without reducing the deployment speed thereof. An airbag device includes a folded airbag ( | 04-24-2014 |
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20120161529 | POWER FEEDING DEVICE, POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, AND WIRELESS POWER FEED SYSTEM - A wireless power feed system with high transfer efficiency of electric power is disclosed. The wireless power feed system includes a power feeding device and a power receiving device, wherein the power feeding device includes a first electromagnetic coupling coil that is connected to an AC power source via a directional coupler; a first resonant coil; a switch connected to the opposite ends of the first resonant coil; a control circuit which conducts switching on/off of the switch based on a parameter of an amplitude of a reflective wave detected by the directional coupler; and an analog-digital converter provided between the first electromagnetic coupling coil and the control circuit; and the power receiving device includes a second resonant coil; and a second electromagnetic coupling coil, and wherein the first electromagnetic coupling coil is provided between the first resonant coil and the second resonant. | 06-28-2012 |
20120187771 | POWER FEEDING DEVICE AND WIRELESS POWER FEEDING SYSTEM - A resonant power feeding system that can provide high power transmission efficiency between a power feeding device and a power reception device without dynamically controlling the oscillation frequency in accordance with the distance between the power feeding device and the power reception device. High power transmission efficiency between the power feeding device and the power reception device is obtained by addition of a structure for adjusting the matching condition to both the power reception device and the power feeding device. Specifically, a transmission-reception circuit and a matching circuit are provided in both the power reception device and the power feeding device, and wireless signals for adjusting the matching circuit are transmitted and received through a resonant coil. Thus, the power feeding device can efficiently supply power to the power reception device without adjusting the oscillation frequency. | 07-26-2012 |
20130154385 | POWER RECEIVING DEVICE AND POWER FEEDING SYSTEM - The invented power feeding system includes power transmitting and power receiving devices. The power transmitting device includes an AC power source, a first electromagnetic induction coil, a first resonant coil, and a first capacitor. The power receiving device includes an antenna unit including a second resonant coil, a second capacitor, and a second electromagnetic induction coil; a charging circuit unit including a rectifier circuit, a power storage device, a current detection circuit for detecting a current value supplied to the power storage device, and a voltage detection circuit for detecting a voltage value applied to the power storage device; and a communication control unit including a control circuit for generating a selection signal based on the detected current value and the detected current voltage, a plurality of switches to be turned on or off by the selection signal, and passive elements electrically connected to the plurality of switches. | 06-20-2013 |
20130154556 | DC-DC CONVERTER, POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, AND POWER FEEDING SYSTEM - A circuit capable of keeping input impedance constant is provided. Further, a circuit which can contribute to improvement in power feeding efficiency in power feeding by a magnetic resonance method is provided. A voltage (a former voltage) proportional to a direct-current voltage input to a DC-DC converter from the outside and a voltage (a latter voltage) proportional to a current input from the outside are detected, and the ratio of the former voltage and the latter voltage are held constant. Accordingly, input impedance can be kept constant. Further, impedance conversion is performed in the DC-DC converter. Thus, even when the battery in which power feeding is performed exists on an output side of the DC-DC converter, input impedance can be kept constant. Consequently, power can be supplied to a power receiving device including the DC-DC converter and the battery with high power feeding efficiency by a magnetic resonance method. | 06-20-2013 |
20130241301 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND POWER FEEDING SYSTEM - There is provided a power transmission device which includes an antenna receiving a reflected power from a power receiving device, a power detection unit detecting a value of the reflected power received by the antenna, a control circuit determining a power adjustment value in accordance with the value of the reflected power, a power adjustment unit to which the reflected power whose value is detected is input and which adjusts impedance in accordance with the power adjustment value determined by the control circuit, and a demodulation circuit to which the reflected power having the power adjustment value determined by the control circuit is input via the power adjustment unit having the adjusted impedance, and relates to a power feeding system including the power transmission device. | 09-19-2013 |
20130249309 | POWER RECEIVING DEVICE AND POWER FEEDING SYSTEM - A power receiving device and a power feeding system which are capable of performing communication and power feeding at the same time are provided. Further, a power receiving device and a power feeding system which are capable of stably performing communication during power feeding are provided. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a power receiving device which includes an antenna for communication and power feeding that receives AC power, a rectifier circuit that rectifies the received AC power including the modulation signal into DC power, a smoothing circuit that smoothes the resulting DC power, a power storage device that stores the smoothed DC power, a communication control unit that analyzes the modulation signal included in the AC power, and a transformer that is positioned between the antenna and the rectifier circuit and changes a reference potential of the AC power, and a power feeding device. | 09-26-2013 |
20130285464 | POWER FEEDING SYSTEM AND POWER FEEDING METHOD - To provide a power feeding system and the like with which charging can be performed without a decrease in the power supply efficiency. To provide a power feeding system and the like with which can offer a power feeding service which is efficient to both a power feeding user and a power feeding provider. The power transmission state in each of power transmitting portions is monitored, the power transmitting portion having the highest power transmission efficiency is selected based on positional advantage, and the power transmitting resonance coil included in the selected power transmitting portion is kept at a first resonance frequency, whereby power transmission continues. The resonance frequency of the power transmitting resonance coil included in the non-selected power transmitting portion (the number of the non-selected power transmitting portions may be plural) is set to a second resonance frequency, whereby power transmission is stopped. | 10-31-2013 |
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20090301421 | Engine air intake system for engine-powered walk-behind working machine - An engine air intake system for an engine-powered working machine includes a lever cover which covers at least a base portion of an operation control lever mounted on an operation handle for operation by a human operator to control operation of at least one of the working machine and an engine of the working machine, a lower cover disposed inside the lever cover so as to define jointly with the lever cover a hollow space, an air intake portion having an air inlet opening and disposed in the lever cover such that at least the air inlet opening is disposed within the hollow space, and a fresh air guide hose interconnecting the air intake portion and the interior of an air-cleaner case. | 12-10-2009 |
20100307123 | LAWNMOWER - A lawnmower capable of being switched between a bagging mode and a mulching mode is disclosed. The lawnmower includes a shutter mechanism provided on an internal peripheral surface of a housing which opens downward for storing a cutting blade. The shutter mechanism is switched, by the operation of the shutter mechanism, between a bagging mode for delivering cut grass from the housing to a cut grass storage container and a mulching mode for discharging the cut grass out below the housing. The shutter mechanism has a kicker on a shutter body positioned in the interior of the housing. The kicker guides the cut grass to the bottom of the housing during the mulching mode. | 12-09-2010 |
20110239608 | WALK-BEHIND WORK MACHINE - A walk-behind work machine in which vibration produced by the driving of an engine is not readily transmitted to an operating handle. The work machine includes a work-machine body having a plurality of mounting parts to which an engine is joined. The mounting parts include a high-rigidity mounting part positioned at a maximally rigid part on the work-machine body, and other mounting parts exclusive of the high-rigidity mounting part. The engine is joined securely to the other mounting parts and is joined more loosely to the high-rigidity mounting part than to the other mounting parts. | 10-06-2011 |
20110239611 | LAWNMOWER - A walk-behind lawnmower is provided with a height adjusting mechanism for adjusting the height of a housing above the ground. The height adjusting mechanism includes a front wheel supporting member and a rear wheel supporting member that are attached to the housing so as to be capable of swinging up and down; a linking member for linking the front and rear wheel supporting members so as to be capable of associated motion; and a locking mechanism for restricting and releasing displacement of the linking member in the forward and backward direction. The front wheel supporting member or the rear wheel supporting member has an arcuate part, the arcuate part having on an arcuately shaped outer circumferential surface a display part for displaying the height of the blade. The display part is viewed through a peephole formed in the housing. | 10-06-2011 |
20110239615 | WALK-BEHIND LAWNMOWER - A walk-behind lawnmower having a rear shield is disclosed. The rear shield extends downward from a rear end part of a housing and is in the form of an elastic sheet. The sheet has a thin-walled part formed in a central site in a heightwise direction between an upper end part and a lower end part, the upper end part being attached to the rear end part of the housing. The thin-walled part has a thickness set to be smaller than a thickness of other parts. | 10-06-2011 |
20120096826 | WALK-BEHIND LAWN MOWER - A walk-behind lawn mower includes a cutter and a housing covering the cutter for allowing rotation of the cutter to cut grass. The housing includes a front wall portion covering a front part of the cutter and a portion other than the front wall portion. The front wall portion extends laterally of the housing. The front wall portion has a thickness more than twice a thickness of the portion other than the front wall portion. The front wall portion has a downwardly convex bottom surface, and serves as a handle for use in lifting up the lawn mower. | 04-26-2012 |
20130205736 | LAWN MOWER - In a lawn mower for mowing lawns on a ground having a drive shaft adapted to transmit a rotational driving force of a operating motor (prime mover), three blades and a connecting member having a blade disk adapted to connect the blades with the drive shaft, a fan is integrally formed at the connecting member. The blades are attached to the connecting member at a circumference of the connecting member and to be movable relative to the connecting member in a radial direction of the connecting member. | 08-15-2013 |
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20110217501 | DICING DIE-BONDING FILM - A dicing die-bonding film with excellent peeling property when a diced semiconductor chip and its die-bonding film are, without deteriorating a holding force during dicing a semiconductor wafer even if it is thin. A dicing die-bonding film, comprising a dicing film having at least a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on a supporting base material, and a die-bonding film formed on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the thickness of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is 5 to 80 μm, and when the dicing film is peeled off from the die-bonding film after dicing from the side of the die-bonding film to a part of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the maximum value of a peeling force in the vicinity of the cut surface is 0.7 N/10 mm or less under the conditions of a temperature of 23° C., a peeling angle of 180°, and a peeling point moving rate of 10 mm/min. | 09-08-2011 |
20120003470 | ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE FOR RE-RELEASE AND DICING DIE-BONDING FILM - Provided is an active energy ray-curable pressure-sensitive adhesive for re-release, which has a small influence on an environment or a human body, can be easily handled, can largely change its pressure-sensitive adhesiveness before and after irradiation with an active energy ray, and can express high pressure-sensitive adhesiveness before the irradiation with the active energy ray and express high releasability after the irradiation with the active energy ray. The active energy ray-curable pressure-sensitive adhesive for re-release includes an active energy ray-curable polymer (P), in which the polymer (P) includes one of a polymer obtained by causing a carboxyl group-containing polymer (P3) and an oxazoline group-containing monomer (m3) to react with each other, and a polymer obtained by causing an oxazoline group-containing polymer (P4) and a carboxyl group-containing monomer (m2) to react with each other. | 01-05-2012 |
20120070960 | DICING DIE BOND FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DICING DIE BOND FILM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention aims to provide a dicing die bond film that is capable of suppressing peeling of the dicing die bond film from a dicing ring. The present invention provides a dicing die bond film in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains a polymer formed by performing an addition reaction on a specific acrylic polymer with a specific isocyanate compound, and a specific crosslinking agent, and the specific peeling adhesive power of a portion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer where the dicing ring is pasted is 1.0 N/20 mm tape width or more and 10.0 N/20 mm tape width or less, the tensile storage modulus at 23° C. of the portion where the dicing ring is pasted is 0.05 MPa or more and less than 0.4 MPa, and the die bond film is pasted to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer after irradiation with an ultraviolet ray. | 03-22-2012 |
20130273361 | Active Energy Ray-Curable Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive for Re-Release and Dicing Die-Bonding Film - Provided is an active energy ray-curable pressure-sensitive adhesive for re-release, which has a small influence on an environment or a human body, can be easily handled, can largely change its pressure-sensitive adhesiveness before and after irradiation with an active energy ray, and can express high pressure-sensitive adhesiveness before the irradiation with the active energy ray and express high releasability after the irradiation with the active energy ray. The active energy ray-curable pressure-sensitive adhesive for re-release includes an active energy ray-curable polymer (P), in which the polymer (P) includes one of a polymer obtained by causing a carboxyl group-containing polymer (P | 10-17-2013 |
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20110004638 | ATTRIBUTED KEY-VALUE-STORE DATABASE SYSTEM - It is a problem of this invention to offer the means to construct a more advanced, more complex system from which it is requested to unite a key-value structural data effectively, and to correspond to a dynamic change in the data structure and volume of data flexibly. In this invention, ‘Reference mechanism to refer to the attribute’ and ‘Referred mechanism because of the reference as the attribute’ add to a key-value structural data. This Key-Value structural data refers to another one to which ‘Reference mechanism to refer to the attribute’ and ‘Referred mechanism because of the reference as the attribute’ are added as an attribute, and this data is referred to from another one to which ‘Reference mechanism to refer to the attribute’ and ‘Referred mechanism because of the reference as the attribute’ are added as the attribute. The problem is solved by such a mechanism's being offered. | 01-06-2011 |
20110010338 | Distributed Database System - This invention is a distributed database system, which comprises a plurality of database domains which include one or more databases, and each of database domains is administered by a topology administration server. This topology administration server may have information of database in the database domain, such as data dictionaries, locking information, or data integrity information at join operation, and are transformer to the other topology administration server in the other database domain on the network by peer to peer. This invention makes join overhead such as a two phases commit or replication decrease, and achieve realization of multi instance real time updatable distributed database environment. | 01-13-2011 |
20120109918 | MULTI TRANSACTION CONTROL SYSTEM WITH UPDATE ACCESS COUNTER OWNED BY THE TRANSACTION PROCESS AT THE START POINT TO KEEP TRANSACTION CONSISTENCY - To achieve a multi-transaction processing system which assumes real-time update having practical throughput being a requirement, in multi-transaction processing in which consistency should be maintained. An update access-counter technology is applied which assumes a time when a counter is returned to an initial value depending on the up-down counting of the counter identified by a process ID of a process that is a starting point of multi-transaction processing being the completion of one multi-transaction processing, thus solving the problem. | 05-03-2012 |
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20110205366 | AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an air conditioning control system is connected to a camera device, which is installed in an interior as an inside of a room and an air conditioning control target, and to an air conditioner that performs air conditioning for the interior as the air conditioning target, the air conditioning control system includes: | 08-25-2011 |
20110205371 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus connected to a camera device that images a processing target includes: an image information acquisition unit; an accumulation subtraction image information creation unit; a feature amount information creation unit; and an action content identification unit. The image information acquisition unit sequentially acquires, from the camera device, image information formed by imaging the processing target thereby. Based on a temporal change of the image information acquired by the image information acquisition unit, the accumulation subtraction image information creation unit accumulates subtraction information for a predetermined period, which is made by motions of a person present in a room, and creates multivalued accumulation subtraction image information. The feature amount information creation unit creates feature amount information in the accumulation subtraction image information, which is created by the accumulation subtraction image information creation unit, from a region where there is a density gradient in the accumulation subtraction image information. The action content identification unit identifies an action content of the person present in the room from the feature amount information created by the feature amount information creation unit. | 08-25-2011 |
20120065800 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER CONTROL - According to one embodiment, a power control apparatus includes a receiving unit, an environment-data acquiring unit, and a calculation unit. The receiving unit receives, from a power supplying side, a power-consumption reduction request for reducing power consumption at a power demanding side. The environmental data acquiring unit acquires, from the power demanding side, environmental data representing environmental state of the power demanding side. The calculating unit calculates a power-reduction value based on the environmental data, in response to the power-consumption reduction request. | 03-15-2012 |
20120239213 | ENERGY DEMAND PREDICTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An energy demand prediction apparatus according to an embodiment includes an image analysis unit and a prediction unit. The image analysis unit generates analysis data including at least one of human information and environment information of a prediction target area based on image data acquired by an image sensor. The prediction unit generates prediction data by executing an energy demand prediction based on the analysis data and an energy demand prediction model generated using previous data corresponding to the analysis data. | 09-20-2012 |
20120310417 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, system controls electrical apparatus installed in target area. This system includes image sensor and server. Image sensor senses target area, acquires, from sensed image of area, human information representing state of person in area and environmental information concerning environment of area for each of divided areas obtained by dividing area, and outputs human information and environmental information. Server is connected to image sensor via communication network and executes task-ambient control for electrical apparatus based on human information and environmental information for each of areas output from image sensor. | 12-06-2012 |
20140217823 | Method and Apparatus for Power Control - According to one embodiment, a power control apparatus includes a receiving unit, an environment-data acquiring unit, and a calculation unit. The receiving unit receives, from a power supplying side, a power-consumption reduction request for reducing power consumption at a power demanding side. The environmental data acquiring unit acquires, from the power demanding side, environmental data representing environmental state of the power demanding side. The calculating unit calculates a power-reduction value based on the environmental data, in response to the power-consumption reduction request. | 08-07-2014 |
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20100003821 | WETTING AGENT FOR SEMICONDUCTORS, AND POLISHING COMPOSITION AND POLISHING METHOD EMPLOYING IT - To provide a wetting agent for semiconductors and a polishing composition whereby the wettability of a semiconductor substrate surface can be improved, and microdefects such as particle attachments can be remarkably reduced. | 01-07-2010 |
20130181159 | SURFACE TREATMENT COMPOSITION AND SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD USING SAME - A surface treatment composition of the present invention contains a first surfactant, a second surfactant, a basic compound, and water. The surface treatment composition has a pH of 8 or more. The second surfactant has a weight-average molecular weight one-half or less that of the first surfactant. The sum of the content of the first surfactant and the content of the second surfactant is 0.00001 to 0.1% by mass. | 07-18-2013 |
20130183826 | COMPOSITION FOR POLISHING AND COMPOSITION FOR RINSING - A polishing composition for a silicon wafer and a rinsing composition for a silicon wafer according to the present invention contain a nonionic surfactant of a polyoxyethylene adduct. The HLB value of the polyoxyethylene adduct is 8 to 15. The weight-average molecular weight of the polyoxyethylene adduct is 1400 or less. The average number of moles of oxyethylene added in the polyoxyethylene adduct is 13 or less. The content of the polyoxyethylene adduct in each of the polishing composition and the rinsing composition is 0.00001 to 0.1% by mass. | 07-18-2013 |
20130260650 | COMPOSITION FOR POLISHING AND METHOD OF POLISHING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE USING SAME - Provided is a polishing composition containing abrasive grains, at least one type of alcohol compound selected from the group consisting of aliphatic alcohols with 2 to 6 carbon atoms and glycol ethers with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, at least one type of basic compound selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium salts and alkali metal salts, and water. The average primary particle diameter of the abrasive grains is 5 to 50 nm. The content of the alcohol compound in the polishing composition is 0.01 to 1% by mass. The polishing composition is mainly used in an application of polishing a semiconductor substrate surface. | 10-03-2013 |
20130302984 | POLISHING COMPOSITION, POLISHING METHOD USING SAME, AND SUBSTRATE PRODUCTION METHOD - Provided is a polishing composition characterized by: including at least one of either organic acid or organic salt and including a composition (A) including hydroxyethyl cellulose, ammonia, abrasive grains, and water. The electrical conductivity of the polishing composition is 1.2 to 8 times the electrical conductivity of the composition (A). The polishing composition is mainly used in substrate surface polishing applications. | 11-14-2013 |
20140302752 | COMPOSITION FOR POLISHING PURPOSES, POLISHING METHOD USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUBSTRATE - Provided is a polishing composition, which comprises abrasive grains, a water-soluble polymer, an aggregation inhibitor and water. The ratio R1/R2 is 1.3 or less, where R1 represents the average particle diameter of the particles present in the polishing composition and R2 represents the average particle diameter of the abrasive grains when the abrasive grains are dispersed in water at the same concentration as that of the abrasive grains in the polishing composition. The polishing composition can be used mainly for polishing the surface of a silicon substrate. | 10-09-2014 |
20150014579 | POLISHING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A polishing composition contains: silicon dioxide having an average primary particle diameter of 40 nm or more as calculated from the specific surface area determined by the BET method; a nitrogen-containing water-soluble polymer; and a basic compound. The value of B/A is 1 or more and less than 7,000 and the value of C/A is 5,000 or more and less than 1,500,000 when in one liter of the polishing composition, A is defined as the number of silicon dioxide, B is defined as the number of monomer units of the nitrogen-containing water-soluble polymer, and C is defined as the number of molecules of the basic compound. Alternatively, the value of B/A is 1 or more and less than 7,000 and the value of C/A is 5,000 or more and less than 100,000. The polishing composition is used, for example, for polishing a semiconductor substrate. | 01-15-2015 |
20150056122 | POLISHING COMPOSITION, MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREFOR, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SILICON SUBSTRATE, AND SILICON SUBSTRATE - A polishing composition is composed of a filtered diluted liquid obtained through an undiluted liquid-preparing step, an undiluted liquid-filtering step, a diluting step, and a diluted liquid-filtering step. In the undiluted liquid-preparing step, an undiluted liquid is prepared by mixing raw materials for the polishing composition. In the undiluted liquid-filtering step, the undiluted liquid is filtered. In the diluting step, the filtered undiluted liquid is diluted to obtain a diluted liquid. In the diluted liquid-filtering step, the diluted liquid is filtered. The polishing composition is used, for example, for polishing a silicon substrate material to produce a silicon substrate. | 02-26-2015 |
20150079789 | ABRASIVE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - The polishing composition has a pH of 7 or more and is used in applications for polishing a silicon substrate. The polishing composition contains abrasive grains and a water-soluble polymer. The water-soluble polymer is a copolymer including a first monomer unit having a characteristic value P of 50-100 inclusive, and a second monomer unit having a characteristic value P of at least −100 and less than 50. The characteristic value P is the result of subtracting an adsorption coefficient S2 of the abrasive grains obtained through a specific standard test B from a wettability coefficient S1 of the silicon substrate obtained through a specific standard test A. | 03-19-2015 |
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20080278411 | Method of Driving Information Display Device - When information of one frame such as an image is displayed by performing a scanning operation with respect to line electrodes consisting of a plurality of electrodes extending in a line direction on one substrate and column electrodes consisting of a plurality electrodes extending in a column direction on the other substrate in such a manner that a voltage is applied to the line electrodes from one end to the other end, a voltage for generating a cross-talk in the first color and a voltage for generating a cross-talk in the second color are applied to all the cells of a display portion once or more times respectively after one frame is displayed. Specifically, two or more lines are added at the end of the scanning operation, and a drive, in which a display of the first color and a display of the second color are performed one or more times respectively, is performed after one scanning operation is finished (first aspect). Moreover, as a driving voltage applied to the electrodes for generating an electrostatic field, use is made of a pulse voltage which is composed of a plurality of voltages consisting of a driving voltage generating an ON state and a voltage of not larger than a threshold value, at which the display media start to move, generating an OFF state (second aspect). Further, when a pixel rewriting operation is performed once, a plurality of pulses are applied, and, during the one pixel rewriting operation, a driving waveform is adjusted in such a manner that a polarity of a cross-talk voltage applied to a non-rewriting pixel is not changed (third aspect). | 11-13-2008 |
20110234575 | Method of Driving Information Display Device - When information of one frame such as an image is displayed by performing a scanning operation with respect to line electrodes consisting of a plurality of electrodes extending in a line direction on one substrate and column electrodes consisting of a plurality electrodes extending in a column direction on the other substrate in such a manner that a voltage is applied to the line electrodes from one end to the other end, a voltage for generating a cross-talk in the first color and a voltage for generating a cross-talk in the second color are applied to all the cells of a display portion once or more times respectively after one frame is displayed. Specifically, two or more lines are added at the end of the scanning operation, and a drive, in which a display of the first color and a display of the second color are performed one or more times respectively, is performed after one scanning operation is finished (first aspect). Moreover, as a driving voltage applied to the electrodes for generating an electrostatic field, use is made of a pulse voltage which is composed of a plurality of voltages consisting of a driving voltage generating an ON state and a voltage of not larger than a threshold value, at which the display media start to move, generating an OFF state (second aspect). Further, when a pixel rewriting operation is performed once, a plurality of pulses are applied, and, during the one pixel rewriting operation, a driving waveform is adjusted in such a manner that a polarity of a cross-talk voltage applied to a non-rewriting pixel is not changed (third aspect). | 09-29-2011 |
20110234576 | Method of Driving Information Display Device - A method of driving an information display device including displaying information of one frame by performing a scanning operation with respect to line electrodes on one substrate and column electrodes on another substrate, such that a voltage is applied to the line electrodes from one end to the other end. Then, a voltage for generating a cross-talk in the first color and a voltage for generating a cross-talk in the second color is applied to all cells one or more times respectively after the one frame is displayed. The information of the one frame is an image, and two or more lines of line electrodes are added at the end of the scanning operation, and a drive, in which a display of the first color and a display of the second color are performed one or more times respectively, is performed after the scanning operation is finished. | 09-29-2011 |
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20120056947 | INKJET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An inkjet head including: a nozzle plate including: a nozzle configured to eject ink; a first electrode formed to surround the nozzle; a piezoelectric film provided to surround the nozzle and in contact with the first electrode; and a second electrode formed in contact with the piezoelectric film and made of a metal material forming the nozzle; and an ink supply path for supplying the ink to the nozzle. | 03-08-2012 |
20130235123 | INK-JET HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - According to embodiments, a manufacturing method for an ink-jet head is disclosed. The method comprises forming an ink pressure chamber, forming an oscillating plate, and forming, on the oscillating plate, a first electrode having a predetermined footprint. The method further comprises forming, on the oscillating plate and on the first electrode, a piezoelectric film having a footprint that is geometrically similar to the predetermined footprint, forming, on the oscillating plate and the piezoelectric film, a second electrode having a footprint that is geometrically similar to the predetermined footprint, and forming a nozzle in the oscillating plate. | 09-12-2013 |
20140071204 | INK JET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an ink jet head includes an ink pressure chamber, a nozzle hole, a vibrating plate, an actuator, and electrodes. The ink pressure chamber stores ink which is discharged through the nozzle hole. The vibrating plate is formed to surround the nozzle hole. The actuator drives the vibrating plate. The electrodes are formed to be axially symmetrical with respect to the nozzle hole and drive the actuator. | 03-13-2014 |
20140253639 | INK JET HEAD AND INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An ink jet head includes a pressure chamber formed to hold ink, and a nozzle plate including a vibrating plate forming a bottom wall of the pressure chamber, a driving element that is provided on a surface of the vibrating plate and configured to cause a volume of the pressure chamber to be changed by deforming the vibrating plate upon application of voltage to the driving element, an opening through which the ink held in the pressure chamber is discharged in response to the change of the volume of the pressure chamber, and an insulating layer disposed between the driving element and the opening. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253640 | INK JET HEAD AND INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An ink jet head includes a chamber unit including a pressure chamber formed to hold ink, and a nozzle plate unit. The nozzle plate includes a vibrating plate forming a bottom wall of the pressure chamber, a driving element that is provided on a bottom surface of the vibrating plate and configured to cause a volume of the pressure chamber to be changed by deforming the vibrating plate upon application of voltage to the driving element, and a protective layer disposed on a bottom surface of the vibrating plate and a bottom surface of the driving element. The protective layer has a first thickness between a bottom surface thereof and the bottom surface of the vibrating plate and second thickness between a bottom surface thereof and the bottom surface of the driving element, and the first thickness is greater than the second thickness. | 09-11-2014 |
20140267498 | INK JET HEAD AND INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An ink jet head includes a pressure chamber formed to hold ink, a vibrating plate, a driving element, and a protective film covering the driving element. The vibrating plate is provided at one end of the pressure chamber, and has a first opening through which the ink held in the pressure chamber is discharged. The driving element is provided on a surface of the vibrating plate and is configured to cause a volume of the pressure chamber to be changed by deforming the vibrating plate upon application of voltage to the driving element. The protective film has a second opening aligned with the first opening and through which the ink held in the pressure chamber is discharged. | 09-18-2014 |
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20090108741 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic EL display device includes a first organic EL element which emits light of a first color and a second organic EL element which emits light of a second color that differs from the first color, the first organic EL element and the second organic EL element being arranged on a substrate, wherein each of the first organic EL element and the second organic EL element includes a first electrode, a second electrode which is opposed to the first electrode, and an organic layer which is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer of the first organic EL element and the organic layer of the second organic EL element are formed of an identical material, and a light emission function of the first color is substantially lost in the organic layer of the second organic EL element. | 04-30-2009 |
20090243466 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic EL display device includes a first light emission layer which includes a first dopant material having a first absorbance peak in absorbance spectrum characteristics and a first host material having a first absorbance bottom on a shorter wavelength side than the first absorbance peak, the first light emission layer extending over the first to third organic EL elements and being disposed above pixel electrodes of the first to third organic EL elements, and a second light emission layer which includes a second dopant material having a second absorbance peak in absorbance spectrum characteristics and a second host material having a second absorbance bottom on a shorter wavelength side than the first absorbance peak and than the second absorbance peak, the second light emission layer extending over the first to third organic EL elements and being disposed above the first light emission layer. | 10-01-2009 |
20100078629 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic EL display device includes a pixel electrode which is disposed in each of first to third organic EL elements, a first light emission layer which includes a first dopant material having a first absorbance peak, the first light emission layer extending over the first to third organic EL elements and being disposed above the pixel electrode, a second light emission layer which includes a second dopant material having a second absorbance peak and is disposed above the first light emission layer, a third light emission layer which is disposed above the second light emission layer, a counter-electrode which is disposed above the third light emission layer, and a hole transport layer which is formed of a material having an absorbance bottom on a shorter wavelength side than the first absorbance peak and the second absorbance peak in absorbance spectrum characteristics of the hole transport layer. | 04-01-2010 |
20100176412 | ORGANIC EL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic EL device includes an insulative film, a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode which are disposed on the insulative film, a first light emission layer which is commonly disposed above the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, a second light emission layer which is disposed above the first light emission layer, a counter-electrode which is disposed above the second light emission layer, and an exciton block layer which is disposed between the first light emission layer and the second light emission layer. | 07-15-2010 |
20110089816 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic EL display device includes a first light emission layer which includes a first dopant material having a first absorbance peak in absorbance spectrum characteristics and a first host material having a first absorbance bottom on a shorter wavelength side than the first absorbance peak, the first light emission layer extending over the first to third organic EL elements and being disposed above pixel electrodes of the first to third organic EL elements, and a second light emission layer which includes a second dopant material having a second absorbance peak in absorbance spectrum characteristics and a second host material having a second absorbance bottom on a shorter wavelength side than the first absorbance peak and than the second absorbance peak, the second light emission layer extending over the first to third organic EL elements and being disposed above the first light emission layer. | 04-21-2011 |
20110108812 | ORGANIC EL DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an organic EL device includes an insulating substrate, switching elements arranged two-dimensionally above the insulating substrate, an insulating layer positioned above the switching elements and provided with contact holes communicating with the switching elements, respectively, pixel electrodes arranged correspondingly with the switching elements, cover members arranged correspondingly with the contact holes, an organic layer extending over the pixel electrodes, the cover members and a portion of the insulating layer positioned below a region between the pixel electrodes, and a counter electrode positioned above the organic layer. Each pixel electrode includes an electrode body positioned above the insulating layer and a contact section extending in the contact hole and electrically connects the electrode body to the switching element. Each cover member covers the contact section and is made of an insulating material. | 05-12-2011 |
20110121719 | ORGANIC EL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, an organic EL device includes an insulative substrate, a switching element above the insulative substrate, an insulation film above the switching element and includes a contact hole reaching the switching element, a pixel electrode above the insulation film and includes a contact portion extending into the contact hole and electrically connected to the switching element, an organic layer extending over the pixel electrode including the contact portion, and extending over the insulation film in a vicinity of the pixel electrode, and a counter-electrode above the organic layer. | 05-26-2011 |
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20110315970 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic EL display device includes a first organic EL element which emits light of a first color and a second organic EL element which emits light of a second color that differs from the first color, the first organic EL element and the second organic EL element being arranged on a substrate, wherein each of the first organic EL element and the second organic EL element includes a first electrode, a second electrode which is opposed to the first electrode, and an organic layer which is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer of the first organic EL element and the organic layer of the second organic EL element are formed of an identical material, and a light emission function of the first color is substantially lost in the organic layer of the second organic EL element. | 12-29-2011 |
20120107986 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic EL display device includes a pixel electrode which is disposed in each of first to third organic EL elements, a first light emission layer which includes a first dopant material having a first absorbance peak, the first light emission layer extending over the first to third organic EL elements and being disposed above the pixel electrode, a second light emission layer which includes a second dopant material having a second absorbance peak and is disposed above the first light emission layer, a third light emission layer which is disposed above the second light emission layer, a counter-electrode which is disposed above the third light emission layer, and a hole transport layer which is formed of a material having an absorbance bottom on a shorter wavelength side than the first absorbance peak and the second absorbance peak in absorbance spectrum characteristics of the hole transport layer. | 05-03-2012 |