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20080205880 | DIAPHRAGM BLADE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIGHT QUANTITY CONTROLLER HAVING THE SAME - A diaphragm blade includes a light-shielding, thin-plate blade base made of laser absorptive resin to regulate an aperture, and a first shaft portion made of laser transmissive resin and provided on one surface of the blade base. The first shaft portion includes a cylindrical member which is welded to the protruding weld portion, a protruding weld portion integrally formed with the blade base, and a recess formed at the back side of the protruding weld portion. The cylindrical member has a first recess defined at one end thereof near the blade base and coming into contact with the protruding weld portion, and a second recess defined at the other end. A contact surface of the protruding weld portion is melted with laser beam transmitted through the cylindrical member, whereby the protruding weld portion is welded to the cylindrical member. | 08-28-2008 |
20090175611 | FOCUS CONTROLLER, OPTICAL APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD - A focus controller configured to control focus of an optical system that has a focus lens includes a switching circuit configured to select a first driver for the electrization to a coil of a motor in performing focus control using a first focus detector, and to select a second driver in an electrization to the coil of the motor in performing focus control using a second focus detector. The first driver is configured to switch an electrization to the coil in the motor according to an output of the position sensor. The second driver is configured to switch an electrization to the coil of the motor according to a determined time interval. | 07-09-2009 |
20090189990 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical apparatus having a recording mode that is switchable between motion picture recording and still picture recording includes an optical element, a motor that includes a rotor having a magnet, and a stator having a coil configured to provide a rotational force to the magnet, the motor being configured to drive the optical element, a position sensor configured to detect a position of the rotor of the motor, and a driving circuit configured to select, in accordance with the recording mode, first driving configured to switch an electrization to the coil in the motor in accordance with a determined time interval, or second driving configured to switch an electrization to the coil in the motor in accordance with an output of the position senor. | 07-30-2009 |
20090190910 | FOCUS CONTROLLER AND OPTICAL APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A focus controller configured to control focus of an optical element includes a focus state detector configured to detect a focus state based on a contrast value of an image formed by the optical element, and a driving mechanism that moves the optical element including a motor, a position sensor configured to detect a position of a rotor in the motor, and a driving controller configured to select, in accordance with the contrast value, first driving configured to switch an electrization to a coil in accordance with an output of the position senor, or second driving configured to switch the electrization to the coil in the motor in accordance with a determined time interval. | 07-30-2009 |
20090200972 | BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A brushless DC motor configured to drive a driven member includes a rotor having a magnet, a stator having a coil configured to provide a rotational force to the magnet, a position detector configured to output a first signal that is periodic, in accordance with a rotating position of the rotor, a signal generator configured to generate a second signal by adding a lead angle to a phase of the first signal output from the position detector, an excitation switch configured to select an excitation to the coil in accordance with the second signal, and a phase change part configured to change the lead angle in accordance with at least one of a position and a moving direction of the driven member. | 08-13-2009 |
20100097020 | DRIVE APPARATUS - A drive apparatus includes a magnet rotor having a plurality of magnetic poles that are magnetized, a stator having a magnetic pole portion that opposes each pole of the magnet rotor, a coil configured to excite the magnetic pole portion, a position detector configured to detect a position of the magnet rotor, a first driver configured to switch an electrification state of the coil in accordance with a preset time interval, a second driver configured to switch an electrification state of the coil in accordance with an output of the position detector, and a controller configured to select the first driver when the output of the position detector is less than a first threshold, and to select the second driver when the output of the position detector is equal to or larger than the first threshold. | 04-22-2010 |
20120063005 | MOTOR HAVING SMALL SIZE AND HIGH OUTPUT, AND LIGHT AMOUNT ADJUSTMENT DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE MOTOR - A light amount adjustment device including a motor which can be reduced in size by reducing radial and axial dimensions and makes it possible to increase the motor output. The device has a stator of a motor drive mechanism formed integrally with a holding member fixed to a cam member with aperture blades and a rotary member for driving them sandwiched therebetween. A stator includes a support portion, and first and second magnetic pole portions. The first and second magnetic pole portions extend toward an outer periphery of the rotor and coils are inserted thereon from respective extending ends. The extending ends are disposed in a manner opposed to the outer periphery of the rotor. The two portions are disposed with an angle therebetween such that respective lines extending in the extending directions intersect with each other. | 03-15-2012 |
20120319633 | DRIVE APPARATUS - A drive apparatus includes a magnet rotor having a plurality of magnetic poles that are magnetized, a stator having a magnetic pole portion that opposes each pole of the magnet rotor, a coil configured to excite the magnetic pole portion, a position detector configured to detect a position of the magnet rotor, a first driver configured to switch an electrification state of the coil in accordance with a preset time interval, a second driver configured to switch an electrification state of the coil in accordance with an output of the position detector, and a controller configured to select the first driver when the output of the position detector is less than a first threshold, and to select the second driver when the output of the position detector is equal to or larger than the first threshold. | 12-20-2012 |
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20110080673 | METHOD MANUFACTURING OF FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING USING CUTTING TOOL THAT PERFORMS MICRO ALTERNATING DRIVE, FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING MANUFACTURED BY USING THE METHOD, AND DISK DRIVE DEVICE USING THE BEARING - A method manufacturing of a fluid dynamic bearing includes: forming a substantially linear groove having a length corresponding to a circumferential direction width of the dynamic pressure groove formed on the inner circumferential surface of a shaft housing hole portion, along the circumferential direction of a surface orthogonal to a first processing direction along the central axis direction of a work, by a byte that performs a micro alternating drive in a second processing direction orthogonal to the first processing direction; and extending the dynamic pressure groove that extends in the first processing direction by continuously forming the substantially linear grooves in the first processing direction by displacing the relative positions of the work and the byte in the first processing direction. | 04-07-2011 |
20130148918 | METHOD MANUFACTURING OF FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING USING CUTTING TOOL THAT PERFORMS MICRO ALTERNATING DRIVE, FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING MANUFACTURED BY USING THE METHOD, AND DISK DRIVE DEVICE USING THE BEARING - A method manufacturing of a fluid dynamic bearing includes: forming a substantially linear groove having a length corresponding to a circumferential direction width of the dynamic pressure groove formed on the inner circumferential surface of a shaft housing hole portion, along the circumferential direction of a surface orthogonal to a first processing direction along the central axis direction of a work, by a byte that performs a micro alternating drive in a second processing direction orthogonal to the first processing direction; and extending the dynamic pressure groove that extends in the first processing direction by continuously forming the substantially linear grooves in the first processing direction by displacing the relative positions of the work and the byte in the first processing direction. | 06-13-2013 |
20140317911 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISK DRIVE UNIT - A method manufactures a disk drive unit that includes a rotor to rotate a disk set thereon, and a fixed body to rotatably support the rotor via a lubricant, by cutting the rotor integrally including a sleeve surrounding a shaft of the fixed body and a hub on which the disk is set, by a wavy cutting process to form a dynamic pressure generating groove to generate a dynamic pressure in the lubricant and having wavy undulations at a bottom part thereof, and cutting a surface of the rotor opposing a ring-shaped member that is included in the fixed body and covers a gas-liquid interface of the lubricant provided between the rotor and the fixed body, by a wavy cutting process to form an air flow generating groove to generate an air flow between the rotor and the ring-shaped member and having wavy undulations at a bottom part thereof. | 10-30-2014 |
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20100284416 | Network relay device and ring network - A network relay device constituting a network includes a transmit/receive unit having plural ports; an FDB for storing as its registered contents at least a port identifier for identifying each of the plural ports, or an LAG port into which are grouped a specified number of the plural ports, a terminal identifier for identifying a terminal, and an FDB_ID for being associated with both the port identifier and the terminal identifier; and an FDB_ID table for storing the FDB_ID associated with the port identifier. When the registered contents of a specified port or LAG port stored in the FDB are erased, the stored FDB_ID associated with the port identifier identifying that port or LAG port is rewritten as another value. | 11-11-2010 |
20110051732 | Switching hub and ring network - A switching hub for processing a VLAN frame transmitted through a transmission line of a ring network includes two ring ports connected to the transmission line of the ring network, and a forwarding processing mechanism for, when one of the two ring ports receives the frame and when a VLAN in which the received frame belongs is a VLAN only through both the ring ports, forwarding the frame to the other ring port without performing FDB learning on the frame. | 03-03-2011 |
20130272112 | NETWORK SWITCH - A network switch is provided which can shorten a time required for switching-over to a backup route when a failure has occurred in a port for which an LAG is set. The network switch includes a failure detection unit for detecting a port failure, and a forced transfer processing unit for, when a failure is detected in a port at a transfer destination as a target in trying to transfer a received unicast frame and when an link aggregation group is set for a plurality of ports including the relevant port at the transfer destination, forcibly transferring the received unicast frame to another port for which the same link aggregation group as that set for the relevant port at the transfer destination is set. | 10-17-2013 |
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20120276392 | THERMOSETTING RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN COMPOSITION VARNISH, PREPREG AND LAMINATE - Discloses are a thermosetting resin composition containing a maleimide compound including an unsaturated maleimide compound having a specified chemical structure, a thermosetting resin, an inorganic filler, and a molybdenum compound; a laminate plate for wiring boards obtained by coating a base material with a thermosetting resin composition containing a thermosetting resin, silica, and a specified molybdenum compound and then performing semi-curing to form a prepreg, and laminating and molding the prepreg; and a method for manufacturing a resin composition varnish including specified steps. According to the present invention, electronic components having low thermal expansion properties and excellent drilling processability and heat resistance, for example, a prepreg, a laminate plate, an interposer, etc., can be provided. | 11-01-2012 |
20130112459 | LAMINATE BODY, LAMINATE PLATE, MULTILAYER LAMINATE PLATE, PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF LAMINATE PLATE - A laminate body containing at least two glass substrate layers and at least one inner resin composition layer existing between the adjacent two glass substrate layers, wherein the inner resin composition layer comprises an inner resin composition that contains a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler. A laminate plate containing at least two glass substrate layers and at least one inner cured resin layer existing between the adjacent two glass substrate layers, wherein the inner cured resin layer comprises a cured product of an inner resin composition that contains a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler. A printed wiring board having the laminate plate and a wiring provided on the surface of the laminate plate. A method for producing the laminate plate, which comprises a cured resin layer forming step of forming a cured resin layer on the surface of a glass substrate. | 05-09-2013 |
20130112460 | LAMINATE BODY, LAMINATE PLATE, MULTILAYER LAMINATE PLATE, PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF LAMINATE PLATE - A laminate body containing at least one resin composition layer and at least one glass substrate layer, wherein the resin composition layer comprises a resin composition containing a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler and the glass substrate layer accounts for from 10 to 95% by volume of the entire laminate body. A laminate plate containing at least one cured resin layer and at least one glass substrate layer, wherein the cured resin layer comprises a cured product of a resin composition that contains a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler and the glass substrate layer accounts for from 10 to 95% by volume of the entire laminate plate. A printed wiring board having the laminate plate and a wiring provided on the surface of the laminate plate. A method for producing the laminate plate comprising a cured resin layer forming step of forming a cured resin layer on the surface of a glass substrate. | 05-09-2013 |
20130180760 | LAMINATE BODY, LAMINATE PLATE, MULTILAYER LAMINATE PLATE, PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF LAMINATE PLATE - A laminate body containing at least one resin composition layer and at least one glass substrate layer, wherein the resin composition layer comprises a resin composition containing a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler. A laminate plate containing at least one cured resin layer and at least one glass substrate layer, wherein the cured resin layer comprises a cured product of a resin composition that contains a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler. A printed wiring board having the laminate plate and a wiring provided on the surface of the laminate plate. A method for producing a laminate plate containing at least one cured resin layer comprising a cured product of a resin composition containing a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler, and at least one glass substrate layer, which comprises a cured resin layer forming step of forming a cured resin layer on the surface of a glass substrate. | 07-18-2013 |
20130180765 | LAMINATE BODY, LAMINATE PLATE, MULTILAYER LAMINATE PLATE, PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF LAMINATE PLATE - A laminate body containing one or more resin composition layers and two or more glass substrate layers, wherein at least one layer of those resin composition layers is between glass substrate layers, and is a fiber-containing resin composition layer of a composition that contains a thermosetting resin and a fibrous base material. A laminate plate containing one or more cured resin layers and two or more glass substrate layers, wherein at least one layer of those cured resin layers is between glass substrate layers, and is a fiber-containing cured resin layer of the fiber-containing resin composition. A printed wiring board having the above-mentioned laminate plate and a wiring provided on the surface thereof. A method for producing the laminate plate. | 07-18-2013 |
20130180769 | LAMINATE BODY, LAMINATE PLATE, MULTILAYER LAMINATE PLATE, PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF LAMINATE PLATE - A laminate body containing at least one resin composition layer and at least one glass substrate layer, wherein the resin composition layer comprises a resin composition containing a thermosetting resin and a fibrous base material and wherein the glass substrate layer accounts for from 10 to 70% by volume relative to the entire laminate body. A laminate plate containing at least one cured resin layer of the resin composition and at least one glass substrate layer, wherein the glass substrate layer accounts for from 10 to 70% by volume relative to the entire laminate plate. A printed wiring board having the laminate plate and a wiring provided on the surface thereof. A method for producing the laminate plate, which comprises forming a fiber-containing cured resin layer on the surface of a glass substrate. | 07-18-2013 |
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20130168845 | SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - A semiconductor module includes a semiconductor device, a first conductive member, a second conductive member, a cylinder, and a cover. The first conductive member is in contact with a first electrode of the semiconductor device. The second conductive member is in contact with a second electrode of the semiconductor device. The cylinder encompasses the semiconductor device and is fixed to the first conductive member, and a first thread groove is formed on the cylinder. A second thread groove is formed on the cover. The cover is fixed to the cylinder by an engagement of the second thread groove with the first thread groove. The semiconductor device and the second conductive member are fixed by being sandwiched between the first conductive member and the cover. The second conductive member includes a portion extending from inside to outside the cylinder by penetrating an outer peripheral wall of the cylinder. | 07-04-2013 |
20140239467 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a lead frame, a semiconductor chip soldered to the lead frame, and a metal bar. The metal bar is arranged inside a solder layer so as to extend along one side of the semiconductor chip. When viewed in a stacking direction of the lead frame and the semiconductor chip, the metal bar is arranged so that a part of the metal bar overlaps the semiconductor chip, and the rest of the metal bar does not overlap the semiconductor chip. Then, in a section of the metal bar in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the metal bar, an outline of the metal bar on a side of a center of the semiconductor chip is curved so as to project on the side of the center of the semiconductor chip. | 08-28-2014 |
20140353834 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an endothermic layer. The first electrode, the second electrode and the endothermic layer are formed on a semiconductor substrate. The first electrode is electrically conductive with an element formed inside of the semiconductor substrate. The endothermic layer is in contact with the first electrode and has electric conductivity. The second electrode is in contact with at least one of the first electrode and the endothermic layer and soldered to a metal electric conductor. Herein, at least one of a work function and contact resistivity of the first electrode is smaller than that of the endothermic layer. A heat of melting of the endothermic layer is larger than that of the first electrode. Solder joinability of the second electrode is higher than that of the endothermic layer. | 12-04-2014 |
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20090277246 | THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASURING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND GAS COMPONENT RATIO MEASURING APPARATUS - A heat radiation coefficient C [=Ph/(Th−To)] from a microheater is calculated in accordance with a power Ph applied to the microheater which is supported in air and provided in an ambient gas, a heater temperature Th, and an ambient temperature To at this moment. Further, a thermal conductivity λ | 11-12-2009 |
20100064798 | FLOW METER AND FLOW CONTROLLING DEVICE - To provide a highly accurate flow meter. A Flow meter comprising an inflow opening into which a measurement fluid flows, an outflow opening from which a measurement fluid flows, and a flow path connecting the inflow opening and the outflow opening, wherein the flow path is bent at a first bend portion, wherein: a first porous plate is disposed in the first bend portion of the flow path at an angle relative to the direction in which the flow path extends before and after the first bend portion, and a flow sensor for detecting the flow speed or flow volume of a measurement fluid that flows in the flow path, disposed on the inner wall of the flow path on the outflow opening side of the first bend portion. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070095 | FLOW METER AND FLOW VOLUME CONTROLLING DEVICE - To provide a flow meter, and a flow volume controlling device equipped therewith, capable of reducing pressure loss while obtaining a flow rectifying effect in a measurement fluid. A flow meter for measuring the flow volume of a measurement fluid, equipped with a flow path wherein the measuring fluid flows, and a flow rectifier that is disposed within the flow path, where the flow rectifier has holes for rectifying the flow of a measurement fluid, and has an area that is wider than the flow path cross-sectional area in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction in which the flow path extends. The flow volume controlling device is provided with the flow meter, a controlling valve, and controlling means for adjusting the flow volume of a fluid that flows through the flow path of the flow meter through controlling the controlling valves based on information regarding the flow volume detected by the flow meter. | 03-18-2010 |
20100089146 | FLOW SENSOR - A package is configured by stacking a flat board whereupon a rectangular hole for storing a sensor chip is formed, a flat board whereupon a hole section to be a package inner channel for introducing a measurement target gas into the sensor chip is formed, and a flat board whereupon hole sections which communicate with the package inner channel as an inlet and an outlet of the measurement target gas on the same end surface of the package are formed. | 04-15-2010 |
20100139389 | SENSOR, SENSOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD AND ABNORMALITY RECOVERY METHOD - A heater pattern is arranged on at least one substrate among substrates configuring a package, and a temperature in the package is controlled by controlling a quantity of electricity carried to the heater pattern corresponding to the ambient temperature of a sensor chip in the package. | 06-10-2010 |
20110185789 | CALORIFIC VALUE CALCULATION FORMULA GENERATING SYSTEM, CALORIFIC VALUE CALCULATION FORMULA GENERATING METHOD, CALORIFIC VALUE CALCULATING SYSTEM, AND CALORIFIC VALUE CALCULATING METHOD - A calorific value calculation formula generating system is equipped with a measuring mechanism for measuring heat dissipation constant values or thermal conductivity values of each of plural mixed gases each containing plural kinds of gas components at plural temperatures; and a formula generation module for generating a calorific value calculation formula having heat dissipation constant or thermal conductivities at the plural temperatures as independent variables and a calorific value as a dependent variable on the basis of calorific value values of the plural mixed gases and the heat dissipation constant values or the thermal conductivity values measured at the plural temperatures. | 08-04-2011 |
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20130035448 | BIOMASS-RESOURCE -DERIVED POLYURETHANE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND BIOMASS-RESOURCE-DERIVED POLYESTER POLYOL - The invention relates to a method for producing a biomass-resource-derived polyurethane, which comprises: reacting a dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diol to produce a polyester polyol; and reacting the polyester polyol and a polyisocyanate compound, wherein the dicarboxylic acid contains at least one component derived from biomass resources, a content of an organic acid in the dicarboxylic acid is more than 0 ppm and not more than 1,000 ppm relative to the dicarboxylic acid, and a pKa value of the organic acid at 25° C. is not more than 3.7. | 02-07-2013 |
20130338395 | BIOMASS-RESOURCE-DERIVED POLYURETHANE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND BIOMASS-RESOURCE-DERIVED POLYESTER POLYOL - The invention relates to a method for producing a biomass-resource-derived polyurethane, which comprises: reacting a dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diol to produce a polyester polyol; and reacting the polyester polyol and a polyisocyanate compound, wherein the dicarboxylic acid contains at least one component derived from biomass resources, a content of an organic acid in the dicarboxylic acid is more than 0 ppm and not more than 1,000 ppm relative to the dicarboxylic acid, and a pKa value of the organic acid at 25° C. is not more than 3.7. | 12-19-2013 |
20150024284 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION AND NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE BATTERY EMPLOYING THE SAME - The present invention is to provide: a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery excellent in terms of safety during overcharge and high-temperature storability; and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which gives the battery. The present invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent, wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprises at least one of specific compounds. | 01-22-2015 |
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20090274474 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WHICH EMPLOY THE SAME - An electrostatic charging apparatus, includes: an endless-shaped electrostatic charging belt having electrical conductivity, the electrostatic charging belt being arranged in a state of having a predetermined contact zone being in contact with a moving to-be-charged body and moving in the same direction as a moving direction of the to-be-charged body; and plural electrode members including at least a first electrode member and a second electrode member, the plural electrode members being provided inside the electrostatic charging belt, and the first and second electrode members being provided on both sides of the contact zone of the electrostatic charging belt in the moving direction thereof so as to press the electrostatic charging belt against the to-be-charged body and forming gaps that permit electric discharge between the to-be-charged body and the electrostatic charging belt, the gaps being adjacent to the respective sides of the contact zone of the electrostatic charging belt. | 11-05-2009 |
20100074652 | CHARGE DEVICE, IMAGE FORMATION ASSEMBLY USING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A charge device includes a charging belt, an electrode member, a bias supplying unit and a discharge region forming member. The belt comes into contact with a charged body. The electrode member is in contact with a part of an inner peripheral surface of the charging belt. The electrode member faces the charged body across the charging belt between the electrode member and the charged body. A downstream-side portion of the charging belt is located downstream of a position where the charged body faces the electrode member, in a moving direction of the charged body. The discharge region forming member brings the downstream-side portion into contact with the electrode member to form a discharge region in which discharge occurs between the downstream-side portion and the charged body. | 03-25-2010 |
20100215403 | PROTECTIVE SHEET, IMAGE FORMING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An aspect of the present invention is a protective sheet including: a protective portion that can be inserted between a charging member which is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of a latent image carrier and the latent image carrier, and that can cover an image forming area formed on the outer peripheral surface of the latent image carrier; and a high friction portion that is connected to an end portion of the protective portion, that can be inserted between a pressing portion for being pressed against a background area formed on the outer peripheral surface of the latent image carrier and the background area of the latent image carrier, and whose dynamic frictional force when pulled out from the latent image carrier is higher than that of the protective portion. | 08-26-2010 |
20110236095 | CLEANING BLADE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning blade includes a cleaning layer to face a image holding body and a back layer to be disposed at a side opposite to the image holding body and removes discharge products and developer residues that are stuck to a surface of the image holding body in such a manner that an edge of the cleaning layer comes into contact with the surface of the image holding body, and the back layer and the cleaning layer are molded integrally and a surface roughness Ra of the cleaning layer is lower than or equal to 0.12 μm. | 09-29-2011 |
20130164003 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a body, a developer recovery container, a detecting section, a power supply, a detection object part, a pair of wires, a conducting section, a drive section, and a determining section. The determining section determines the developer recovery container to have been used in a case where the developer is determined to be not present in the detection object part on the basis of information from the detecting section, and in a case where the developer is determined to be present in the detection object part, checks the information from the detecting section again after driving the drive section, and determines the recovery container to have not been used when the developer is determined to be not present in the detection object part and determines the recovery container to have been used when the developer is determined to be present in the detection object part. | 06-27-2013 |
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20090157699 | METHOD AND PROGRAM OF COLLECTING PERFORMANCE DATA FOR STORAGE NETWORK - In a storage network including at least a computer system, at least an external storage and at least a network system for communication of input/output data between the computer system and the external storage, a method of collecting the performance data on the network system and the software operated on the network system, in which the range or degree of data collection is automatically adjusted as required based on the performance data collected. | 06-18-2009 |
20110145535 | METHOD FOR REARRANGING LOGICAL VOLUME - A method for rearranging a logical volume including arranging a logical volume rearranging program on a particular server and using the logical volume rearranging program to acquire server/storage mapping information from each server and performance information from each storage subsystem. Moreover, the logical volume rearranging program acquires request I/O performance and a rearranging rule for each application set by a user. Furthermore, the logical volume rearranging program determines a destination by using the logical volume rearranging destination parity group specified by the user according to the aforementioned information, and rearranges the logical volume according to the storage subsystem performance and the request I/O performance of each application. | 06-16-2011 |
20120011173 | METHOD AND PROGRAM OF COLLECTING PERFORMANCE DATA FOR STORAGE NETWORK - In a storage network including at least a computer system, at least an external storage and at least a network system for communication of input/output data between the computer system and the external storage, a method of collecting the performance data on the network system and the software operated on the network system, in which the range or degree of data collection is automatically adjusted as required based on the performance data collected. | 01-12-2012 |
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20080201341 | CONTENTS MANAGEMENT METHOD - An increase in the amount of resources necessary for storing contents is prevented, and a wait time taken from issuance of a content read request from a client to start of replay of the content is shortened. A file server stores header parts of contents cut off from heads of the contents in a content cache which can read the contents at a speed higher than a storage. When accepting the content read request from a client, the file server first returns the header part of the content stored in the content cache to the client. During replay of the content in the client, the file server reads out remaining parts of the content in the storage subsequent to the returned header part of the content, and returns them to the client. | 08-21-2008 |
20110153917 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - Proposed are a storage apparatus and its control method capable of performing power saving operations while covering the shortcomings of a flash memory such as the life being short and much time being required for rewriting data. This storage apparatus manages the storage areas provided by each of multiple nonvolatile memories as a pool, provides a virtual volume to a host computer, dynamically allocates the storage area from a virtual pool to the virtual volume according to a data write request from the host computer for writing data into the virtual volume, and places the data in the allocated storage area. In addition, the storage apparatus centralizes the placement destination of data from the host computer to a storage area provided by certain nonvolatile memories and stop the power supply to the nonvolatile memories that are unused, monitors the data rewrite count and/or access frequency to storage areas provided by the nonvolatile memories that are active, migrates data to another storage area if the data rewrite count increases, and distributes the data placement destination if the access frequency becomes excessive. | 06-23-2011 |
20120089548 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING MIGRATION DESTINATION DECISION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Each time data is migrated, a management system stores information denoting a migration history related to the migration of the data, in history management information. The management system receives an input of an administrator-desired attribute condition combination for a migration-destination storage device, identifies all device attribute combinations conforming to this attribute condition combination, and calculates multiple migration trends based on each device attribute combination and the history management information. The management system identifies, from among the multiple migration trends, a migration trend to which a specified migration-source storage device belongs, and displays information denoting at least this identified migration trend. | 04-12-2012 |
20120246430 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND DATA RELOCATION CONTROL DEVICE - The present invention achieves data relocation in accordance with a user's policies, in an environment where a plurality of storage devices coexist. The volumes belonging to storage devices A-D are managed virtually integrally. A host recognizes a plurality of storage devices A-D as a single virtual storage device. The user is able to group arbitrarily each volume belonging to the storage system, as a plurality of storage layers | 09-27-2012 |
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20090284893 | Electrostatic chuck - An electrostatic chuck of the invention includes a ceramic dielectric made of a sintered body containing alumina and titanium oxide, with maximum particle size of segregation bodies of titanium compounds being smaller than average particle size of alumina, the ceramic dielectric having a volume resistivity of 10 | 11-19-2009 |
20130201597 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK - An electrostatic chuck comprises: a dielectric substrate having a protrusion and a planar surface part. The protrusion is formed on a major surface of the dielectric substrate. An adsorption target material is mounted on the major surface. The planar surface part is formed in a periphery of the protrusion. The dielectric substrate is formed from a polycrystalline ceramics sintered body. A top face of the protrusion is a curved surface, and a first recess is formed in the top face to correspond to crystal grains that appear on the surface. The planar surface part has a flat part, and a second recess is formed in the flat part. A depth dimension of the first recess is greater than a depth dimension of the second recess. The electrostatic chuck can suppress the generation of particles and can easily recover a clean state of the electrostatic chuck surface. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201598 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK - An electrostatic chuck comprises: a dielectric substrate having a protrusion and a planar surface part. The protrusion is formed on a major surface of the dielectric substrate. An adsorption target material is mounted on the major surface. The planar surface part is formed in a periphery of the protrusion. The dielectric substrate is formed from a polycrystalline ceramics sintered body. A top face of the protrusion is a curved surface, and a first recess is formed in the top face to correspond to crystal grains that appear on the surface. The planar surface part has a flat part, and a second recess is formed in the flat part. A depth dimension of the first recess is greater than a depth dimension of the second recess. The electrostatic chuck can suppress the generation of particles and a method for manufacturing the electrostatic chuck is provided. | 08-08-2013 |
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20140042973 | ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE - An electric storage device includes an assembled battery including a plurality of electric cells connected in series; an assembled battery control unit that estimates internal resistances of the plurality of electric cells, or a magnitude relationship of the internal resistances of the plurality of electric cells; an assembled battery control unit that calculates such a discharge quantity that an SOC after the electric cells have been discharged becomes lower as the internal resistance of the electric cells, which is estimated by the assembled battery control unit, is larger, or as the magnitude relationship of the internal resistances of the electric cells is estimated to be larger by the assembled battery control unit, for each of the electric cells; and electric cell control units that discharge each of the plurality of electric cells on the basis of the discharge quantity calculated by the assembled battery control unit. | 02-13-2014 |
20140184169 | BATTERY CONTROL APPARATUS - A battery control apparatus is provided which can keep an inter-terminal voltage of each single cell within a permitted range while permitted power is controlled in units of a battery pack. The battery control apparatus of the invention restricts the permitted power of the battery pack according to a degree of closeness of a close circuit voltage of the single cell to an upper limit or a lower limit of the permitted range. | 07-03-2014 |
20140368206 | BATTERY CONTROL DEVICE - A battery control device includes an acquisition portion that acquires measured values on the battery state every predetermined period, and a determination processing portion that determines the battery state. The determination processing portion determines that the battery state is abnormal when the number of times the measured value is out of a given range reaches a threshold until the measured value is acquired a predetermined standard number of times. If the number of times the measured value is out of range is less than the threshold when the measured number is acquired the standard number of times, the determination of the battery state is performed for an extended period until the number of times the measured value is out of the range reaches the threshold, or until the measured number is within the range, based on the measured value acquired more than the standard number of times. | 12-18-2014 |
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20100244886 | State Detection Device for Power Supply System - A state detection device for power supply system comprises: a measurement unit that obtains current, voltage, and temperature at a chargeable and dischargeable power storage unit as measurement values; a storage unit that stores property information of the power storage unit; an arithmetic unit that uses different methods to calculate first and second states of charge for the power storage unit based upon the measurement values and the property information; a conflict detection unit that detects a conflict in an event that a difference between the first state of charge and the second state of charge is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold; and a correction unit that corrects the property information during charging or discharging of the power storage unit in response to the conflict having been detected by the conflict detection unit. | 09-30-2010 |
20100264878 | Vehicle Battery Control System - A vehicle battery control system includes: a battery module that is constituted with a plurality of cells that are connected in series; a cell controller that detects each voltage at the plurality of cells; and a battery control unit that detects a total voltage of the battery module based on a signal from a voltage sensor disposed between a contactor connected to the battery module and an inverter equipment connected to the contactor and calculates a battery state of the battery module based upon the detected total voltage. And the battery control unit calculates the battery state based upon a total value of voltages at the plurality of cells detected by the cell controller in place of the total voltage when the contactor is in an open state. | 10-21-2010 |
20110193413 | Battery Control Device and Battery System - A battery control device for a battery module includes a plurality of integrated circuits. Each integrated circuit includes: a constant voltage circuit that lowers a total voltage of a battery cell group corresponding to the integrated circuit to an integrated circuit internal voltage; a signal generation circuit that generates, based upon a first signal provided by a higher-order control circuit, a second signal assuming a wave height value different from a wave height value of the first signal and outputs the second signal; and a startup circuit that includes a first comparator assuming a first decision-making threshold value corresponding to the first signal and a second comparator assuming a second decision-making threshold value corresponding to the second signal, and starts up the constant voltage circuit in response to a change in an output from at least either the first comparator or the second comparator. | 08-11-2011 |
20120223722 | Voltage Measurement Device and Voltage Measurement System - A voltage measurement device, includes: a multiplexer that includes a plurality of input terminals at which voltage signals are inputted; a control circuit that performs voltage measurement by acquiring the voltage signal at a selected input terminal from the multiplexer; and a decision circuit that makes a decision as to whether or not an abnormality has occurred, based upon voltage values measured by the control circuit, wherein: the plurality of input terminals include input terminals at which voltage signals from a plurality of subjects of measurement are inputted, and an input terminal at which a potential for diagnosis is inputted; the control circuit, when performing voltage measurement for the plurality of subjects of measurement, measures voltages at the input terminals at which the voltage signals from the plurality of subjects of measurement are inputted, and a voltage at the input terminal at which the potential for diagnosis is inputted. | 09-06-2012 |
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20100136390 | Battery Storage System - A battery storage system includes: a plurality of battery modules that are electrically connected in series and in parallel, each comprising a plurality of battery cells; a plurality of sensors provided to each of the plurality of battery modules, that output at least signals corresponding to voltage and current of the each of the battery modules; a plurality of first control devices each of which is provided to the each of the plurality of battery modules, and obtains a power that can be inputted and outputted to and from the each of the battery modules based upon the voltage and current obtained from the output signals of the sensors of the each of the battery modules; and a second control device that performs overall control of the plurality of first control devices, and if a fault of a sensor in any one of the plurality of battery modules has occurred, the second control device obtains a total power that can be inputted and outputted to and from the all of the battery modules, based upon powers each of which can be inputted and outputted to and from each of other battery modules than a battery module in which the sensor has detected the fault, and outputs information of the total power. | 06-03-2010 |
20100185405 | Battery Control Device - A plurality of resistance value tables of a battery group with respect to temperature and SOC of the assembled battery, which are measured in advance when currents of different change patterns flow in the assembled battery, are stored. A resistance value for the assembled battery is calculated, based upon its voltage and current. From among the plurality of resistance value tables, a resistance value table is selected so that it corresponds to the change pattern of the current flowing in the assembled battery when the voltage and the current of the assembled battery were measured, and a resistance value is searched for from that resistance value table corresponding to the temperature and the SOC of the assembled battery. Then the calculated resistance value and the one from the table are compared to determine the life of the assembled battery. | 07-22-2010 |
20100244847 | Battery Monitoring System - A battery monitoring system, comprises a battery state detection circuit that detects battery states of a plurality of battery cells that are connected in series, based on respective cell voltages of the plurality of battery cells, and a control circuit that monitors state of a battery cell, based on each cell voltage of the plurality of battery cells. The control circuit inputs pseudo voltage information to the battery state detection circuit, and thereby diagnoses whether or not the battery state detection circuit is operating normally. | 09-30-2010 |
20140159739 | Battery Monitoring System - A battery monitoring system, comprises a battery state detection circuit that detects battery states of a plurality of battery cells that are connected in series, based on respective cell voltages of the plurality of battery cells, and a control circuit that monitors state of a battery cell, based on each cell voltage of the plurality of battery cells. The control circuit inputs pseudo voltage information to the battery state detection circuit, and thereby diagnoses whether or not the battery state detection circuit is operating normally. | 06-12-2014 |
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20110064957 | INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS AND LAMINATED GLASS - The invention provides an interlayer film for a laminated glass and a laminated glass, which are protected against a slump in TL value through attenuation of said coincidence effect and adapted to display an outstanding sound insulation performance over a broad temperature range. An interlayer film for a laminated glass comprising a plasticizer and a polyacetal resin, which is a blend of a polyacetal resin having an average polymerization degree of 1,000 to 3,000 and a polyacetal resin having an average polymerization degree of 3,000 to 5,000, and which has an acetalization degree of 60 to 85 mol % and an acetyl group content of 8 to 30 mol %. An interlayer film for a laminated glass which shows a temperature dependence of loss tangent in which the lowest-temperature side maximum of loss tangent appears at 30° C. or lower when examined for dynamic viscoelasticity. | 03-17-2011 |
20120003482 | INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS AND LAMINATED GLASS - The invention provides an interlayer film for a laminated glass and a laminated glass, which are protected against a slump in TL value through attenuation of said coincidence effect and adapted to display an outstanding sound insulation performance over a broad temperature range. An interlayer film for a laminated glass comprising a plasticizer and a polyacetal resin, which is a blend of a polyacetal resin having an average polymerization degree of 1,000 to 3,000 and a polyacetal resin having an average polymerization degree of 3,000 to 5,000, and which has an acetalization degree of 60 to 85 mol % and an acetyl group content of 8 to 30 mol %. An interlayer film for a laminated glass which shows a temperature dependence of loss tangent in which the lowest-temperature side maximum of loss tangent appears at 30° C. or lower when examined for dynamic viscoelasticity. | 01-05-2012 |
20120325396 | INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS AND LAMINATED GLASS - The invention provides an interlayer film for a laminated glass and a laminated glass, which are protected against a slump in TL value through attenuation of said coincidence effect and adapted to display an outstanding sound insulation performance over a broad temperature range. An interlayer film for a laminated glass comprising a plasticizer and a polyacetal resin, which is a blend of a polyacetal resin having an average polymerization degree of 1,000 to 3,000 and a polyacetal resin having an average polymerization degree of 3,000 to 5,000, and which has an acetalization degree of 60 to 85 mol % and an acetyl group content of 8 to 30 mol %. An interlayer film for a laminated glass which shows a temperature dependence of loss tangent in which the lowest-temperature side maximum of loss tangent appears at 30° C. or lower when examined for dynamic viscoelasticity. | 12-27-2012 |
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20110150597 | CLIP - A plurality of pin legs descends from a pin flange, pin leg through holes and pin acceptance cavities are formed in a bushing flange and bushing leg, leg spreaders are formed in the tip ends of the bushing leg, first locks are formed in the tip ends of the pin legs, for latching on permanent fastening projections of the leg spreaders so as to maintain the pin legs that have been diametrically spread by the leg spreaders in a permanently coupled condition, and second locks are formed at positions different from those of the first locks, for latching on temporary fastening projections in the bushing leg, whereupon the pin leg through holes restrain the diametrical spreading of the pin legs in the radial direction so that the tip ends of the pin legs can be inserted into the attachment holes of the members being attached to. | 06-23-2011 |
20110260025 | CARPET CLAMP - The tang portion of a clamp member of the carpet clamp deforms elastically, and thus the portion which holds a wire harness can be moved. Further, the tang portion is pressed (deformed) in the direction of a bottom wall by a groove portion. Thus the tang portion fits to the wire harnesses having different diameters. Further, in the case where the wire harness has a small diameter, the tang portion of the clamp member deforms elastically, and thus the portion which holds the wire harness is moved, and thus the outside dimension of the carpet clamp becomes substantially small in accordance with the wire harness having a small diameter. The carpet clamp has a height which is smaller by a dimension than in the case where the wire harness has a large diameter. | 10-27-2011 |
20130313259 | HOLE COVER - A hole cover mountable in a hole in a panel without exceeding the specified value for the insertion load, and which is capable of remaining secure after mounting. The relative movement between locking claws and a panel from the start of the hole cover insertion until mounting is complete is indicated by the movement strokes upward from a reference line R on the panel. The magnitude of the insertion load with respect to each stroke is determined by the shapes of the respective inclined surfaces. The peak load-generating stroke position (dash-dot-dot line) at the time of panel insertion is controlled by giving the inclined surfaces on the locking claws of the hole cover different shapes, thereby keeping the insertion load peak value for the hole cover product as a whole within the specified value for the insertion load. | 11-28-2013 |