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20100120985 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYMERIC OBJECT HAVING MICROPHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURE AND POLYMERIC OBJECT HAVING MICROPHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURE - A process for producing a polymeric object having a microphase-separated structure that can improve the degree of freedom for the structure to be formed is provided. A block copolymer composed of two or more segments and having a first segment composed of a monomer unit having a first functional group capable of forming an ionic bond and/or a hydrogen bond and a second segment incompatible with the first segment, and a polymer having, at other than the terminals of its polymer chain, a second functional group capable of forming an ionic bond and/or a hydrogen bond with the first functional group are mixed. Then, allowing the first segment to be associated with the polymer at many points by an ionic bond and/or a hydrogen bond, the mixture of the copolymer and the polymer is microphase separated. As a result, a polymeric object is formed including a region including the first segment and the polymer that have been associated with each other, and a region including the second segment. | 05-13-2010 |
20120252912 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MICROPOROUS POLYMERIC OBJECT, AND MICROPOROUS POLYMERIC OBJECT AND SEPARATION MEMBRANE - A process for producing a microporous polymeric object to improve the degree of freedom for its various properties, compared to conventional processes, includes: mixing a block copolymer made of three or more kinds of segments with a polymer, wherein one or more of the segments are made of monomer units having a first functional group forming ionic and/or hydrogen bond, the segments constitute a co-continuous structure having mutually-independent and continuous regions due to a phase separation based on incompatibility between the segments, and the polymer has, at other than polymer chain terminals, a second functional group forming such bond with the first functional group, thereby allowing the segments to associate with the polymer at many points; forming a co-continuous structure including a region composed of the polymer and the segments due to the phase separation; and removing the polymer from the region by weakening the bond between the functional groups. | 10-04-2012 |
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20090021109 | UNDER BUMP METAL FILM, METHOD FOR FORMING SAME, AND SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE - An under bump metal film formed on a substrate includes a diffusion-resistant barrier layer made of a platinum group metal film, and an aluminum-based stress relaxation layer formed under the diffusion-resistant barrier layer. | 01-22-2009 |
20090051245 | Surface Acoustic Wave Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate and a lid spaced apart from each other oppositely by a specific interval. A comb electrode and a pad electrode are provided to the piezoelectric substrate on a main surface on the lid side, and an external terminal is provided to the lid on a surface on the opposite side to the piezoelectric substrate. Further, the surface acoustic wave device includes a connection electrode that electrically connects the pad electrode and the external terminal, and an insulator interposed between at least one of the main surface of the piezoelectric substrate and the pad electrode and the lid. | 02-26-2009 |
20090071711 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT PACKAGE - An electronic component package comprises: an electronic component where device elements are mounted inside cavities formed between a component substrate and a component cover that covers the component substrate; and a mounting substrate. The component cover is placed on the mounting substrate, and the electronic component is mounted on the mounting substrate and molded by a resin. At least one of a ground electrode and a dummy electrode is provided on a surface of the component cover, the surface being placed on the mounting substrate. At least one of the ground electrode and the dummy electrode is provided in a position opposed to at least part of the cavities. | 03-19-2009 |
20090194325 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT PACKAGE - The strength of an electronic component package against an external pressure is improved. According to the invention, in order to realize this, in an electronic component package in which an electronic component mounted on a mounting substrate via external electrodes placed on the mounting substrate is covered by a mold resin, the electronic component has a component cover which covers elements placed on the lower face of a component substrate, and which forms cavities, and a protective member which is lower in elastic modulus than the mold resin is disposed in a portion which excludes portions joined with the external electrodes in a lower face of the component cover, and which is opposed to the cavities. | 08-06-2009 |
20120280768 | ELASTIC WAVE DEVICE - An elastic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, an IDT electrode disposed on the piezoelectric substrate, a wiring electrode disposed on the piezoelectric substrate and connected to the IDT electrode, a first insulator disposed on the piezoelectric substrate to seal the IDT electrode and the wiring electrode, a resin layer provided on the first insulator, an inductor electrode disposed on the resin layer, a second insulator disposed on the resin layer to cover the inductor electrode, a terminal electrode disposed on the second insulator, and a connecting electrode passing through the first insulator, the second insulator, and the resin layer to electrically connect the wiring electrode, the terminal electrode, and the inductor electrode. The first insulator includes a resin and filler dispersed in the resin. A density of filler in the resin layer is smaller than an average density of the filler in the first insulator. This elastic wave device has excellent characteristics of the inductor while reducing variations of the characteristics. | 11-08-2012 |
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20130147424 | BATTERY CHARGING CONTROL DEVICE - When warming-up of a battery is in progress (S | 06-13-2013 |
20130162027 | CHARGE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - When completion of timer charge before elapse of a designated time is designated by a timer charge reservation means for allowing a user to designate a predetermined charge time zone and a target amount of electric power to be charged to the battery, a timer charge start time is determined. Upon carrying out the timer charge, when it is predicted that the timer charge and battery heating are simultaneously carried out, a required amount of extension of a charge time period is determined so as to complete charge of the battery by the designated time, and starts charge of the battery at a time advanced relative to the timer charge start time by the required amount of extension of a charge time period. With this control, charge of the battery can be completed at a predetermined time without unnecessary enhancement in a required capacity of a battery heater. | 06-27-2013 |
20130183554 | BATTERY TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE - Even when temperature sensors ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130288089 | BATTERY TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a battery temperature control device configured to automatically heat a battery with a battery-driven heater so that the battery does not freeze at a minimum electric power consumption when the battery is out of use. The battery temperature control device predicts, based on a combination of a battery temperature and an outside air temperature, a predictive time that the battery temperature is likely to be less than a first set temperature, while the battery temperature is higher than or equal to the first set temperature at which there is no risk of freezing, and sets the predictive time as the next controller startup time, and determines whether or not the battery temperature has fallen to below the first set temperature with a control program wakeup when the predictive time has expired, and battery-drives the heater when the battery temperature fall has occurred, to heat the battery. | 10-31-2013 |
20130302658 | BATTERY TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE - At a timing of time t | 11-14-2013 |
20130342015 | BATTERY CHARGING CONTROL DEVICE - When warming-up of a battery is in progress (S | 12-26-2013 |
20150054449 | CHARGING DEVICE FOR STORAGE BATTERY, AND CHARGING METHOD FOR STORAGE BATTERY - A charging device for a storage battery includes: a charging power source for supplying electric power to a storage battery; a charging electric power detecting device adapted to detect electric power charged to the storage battery; a full charge determining device adapted to make a full charge determination based on a detected value of the charging electric power detecting device; and a charging controlling device adapted to conduct charging control by charging the storage battery until the full charge determination is made, stopping charging when the full charge determination is made, restarting charging after a prescribed time period elapses from the stop of charging, and continuing charging until the full charge determination is made again. The charging device further includes a temperature detecting device adapted to detect a temperature of the storage battery; and a stop time setting device adapted to set a stop time based on at least the temperature of the storage battery at the full charge determination. The stop time setting device sets the stop time to be longer as the detected temperature of the temperature detecting device becomes lower. | 02-26-2015 |
20150134282 | BATTERY RESIDUAL CAPACITANCE CALCULATION DEVICE AND BATTERY RESIDUAL CAPACITANCE CALCULATION METHOD - A residual capacity calculation apparatus for a battery includes: a current detection device to detect a charge/discharge current of the battery; a voltage detection device to detect a terminal voltage of the battery; a first residual capacity calculation unit to calculate a first residual capacity based on an integrated value of the charge/discharge current of the battery; a second residual capacity calculation unit to calculate a second residual capacity based on an open circuit voltage of the battery; a blend rate setting unit to determine a blend rate of the second residual capacity based on a deviation between the first residual capacity and the second residual capacity; and a third residual capacity calculation unit to calculate a post-combination residual capacity by subjecting the first residual capacity and the second residual capacity to weighted combination with use of the blend rate, in which the blend rate setting unit is configured to increase the blend rate as the deviation between the first residual capacity and the second residual capacity increases. | 05-14-2015 |
20150212161 | CHARGE STATE CALCULATION DEVICE AND CHARGE STATE CALCULATION METHOD - A charge state calculation device includes a detection means for detecting the voltage and/or the current of a battery, a charge state calculation means for calculating the charge state of the battery, a full charge detection means for detecting the full charge of the battery, a correction value calculation means for calculating, when the full charge of the battery is detected, a correction value for correcting the charge state to the charge state of 100%, a correction means for correcting a charge state by the correction value, and a display means for displaying the charge state thus corrected by the correction means. The correction value calculation means updates the correction value only when the full charge of the battery is detected, and maintains the updated correction value until next time the full charge of the battery will be detected. | 07-30-2015 |
20150236523 | CHARGE CONTROL DEVICE AND CHARGE TIME CALCULATION METHOD - A charge control device that charges a battery using a power output from a charger has detecting means for detecting a voltage and current of the battery, charge state (SOC) calculation means for calculating the SOC of the battery using the detected values of the detecting means, and charge time calculation means for calculating, on the basis of the SOC calculated by the SOC calculation means, the remaining charge time of the battery till the SOC of the battery reaches a prescribed SOC. When the charge current falls below a predetermined current threshold, the charge time calculation means calculates the remaining charge time by subtracting from the charge time calculated when the charge current has fallen below the current threshold a value reflecting an elapsed time from when the charge current falls below the current threshold value. | 08-20-2015 |
20150236524 | CHARGE CONTROL DEVICE AND CHARGE CONTROL METHOD - A charge control device that charges a battery to a predetermined charging rate using an output power from a charger includes a charger control means that controls the output power of the charger based on a first map indicative of the relationship of the charge power with respect to the state of the battery and the charge time of the battery, and an allowable charge time calculation means that calculates the allowable charge time of the battery charge time. The charge control device refers to the first map for calculating the charge power with which to charge the battery in the allowable charge time, and controls the output power of the charger according to the charge power calculated based on the allowable charge time. | 08-20-2015 |
20150236541 | CHARGING DEVICE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND CHARGING METHOD FOR SECONDARY BATTERY - A charging device includes charging power detection unit and full charge determination unit. The charging device further includes charging control unit adapted to repeatedly execute a additional charging control until the number of times of the full charge determination reaches a predetermined full charge determination count. The charging device further includes unit adapted to detect the temperature of the secondary battery, and full charge determination count setting unit adapted to set a larger full charge determination count as the temperature decreases at least based on the temperature of the secondary battery when the full charge determination is made. | 08-20-2015 |
20150249355 | CHARGE CONTROL DEVICE AND CHARGE TIME CALCULATION METHOD - A charge control device includes a charge state (SOC) calculation means that calculates the SOC using the voltage and current detected by a detecting means. A chargeable power calculation means calculates the power with which to charge the battery and a charge power calculation means calculates the charge power to be supplied from the charger. A charge time calculation uses a map of a relationship of the charge time with respect to the charge state and charge power when the chargeable power is greater than the outputtable power and calculates the remaining charge time for the battery until the charge state of the battery reaches a predetermined charge state. When the chargeable power for charging is less than the outputtable power, the charge time calculation means calculates the remaining charge time by subtracting the time according to the charge state from the remaining charge time calculated using the map. | 09-03-2015 |