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20090032298 | SUBSTRATE STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A substrate structure capable of miniaturizing and thinning a housing of a portable terminal is provided. | 02-05-2009 |
20090310316 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A circuit board in which the attachment strength of a frame member to a substrate can be improved, and a mobile electronic apparatus are provided. | 12-17-2009 |
20090311884 | CIRCUIT DEVICE, CIRCUIT DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND CONNECTING MEMBER - A circuit device which can form terminal portions at narrow pitches a manufacturing method of the circuit device, and a connecting member are provided. A circuit device | 12-17-2009 |
20100020497 | SUBSTRATE STRUCTURE - It is intended to provide a substrate structure ensuring a shielding property and a heat discharge property of a resin part that collectively covers a plurality of electronic components and capable of downsizing, thinning, and a reduction in number of components. The substrate structure | 01-28-2010 |
20110124384 | FOLDABLE PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - Orientation of display of an operation portion can be changed according to a screen of a display portion in a portable terminal apparatus capable of opening and closing a second casing with respect to a first casing in a first direction and a second direction. | 05-26-2011 |
20110242751 | FOLDABLE PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A foldable portable terminal apparatus includes: a first casing including an operation portion, and a second casing including a display portion, which are connected through a connection portion so as to allow the second casing to open and close with respect to the first casing in a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction. The portable terminal apparatus includes a slide sheet printed with a character or symbol for operation purpose. The slide sheet slides in association with opening and closing actions in the first direction and has a hole formed along a sliding direction thereof. | 10-06-2011 |
20110309792 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CHARGING SYSTEM - An electronic apparatus includes a housing having a predetermined face; a power receiver that receives electric power in a contactless manner by way of the predetermined face; a secondary battery that is charged by electric power received by the power receiver; a front-back detection unit that detects whether or not the predetermined face faces a charger; and an alarm unit that notifies that the predetermined face is situated at a position inappropriate for charging when the front-back detection unit detects that the predetermined face does not face the charger. | 12-22-2011 |
20120034821 | AC ADAPTER - There is provided an AC adapter to which an external connection cable is detachable and which can easily preventing intrusion of foreign substances from an external connection connector while the cable is detached and the AC adapter is not in use. The AC adapter including a rotatable AC plug part and having a recess part configured to store the AC plug part while the AC adapter is not in use, and an insertion port of the external connection connector is arranged so as to oppose the recess part. Accordingly, the insertion port of the external connection connector is covered with the AC plug part. Therefore, it is possible to prevent intrusion of foreign substances into the external connection connector. | 02-09-2012 |
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20090252025 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF OBTAINING DIRECTIVITY - A method of obtaining directivity in an optical waveguide includes the steps of falling incident light on surface of diffuse reflection members arranged at a center portion of the optical waveguide, generating a first table relative to an amount of emitted light that is acquired at a circumference of the optical waveguide by controlling at least one of an image control factor for changing an image of the incident light and a coordinate control factor for changing coordinates of the incident light with them being changed, and generating a second table relative to a pattern of the light which is incident to the diffuse reflection member by seeking for a combination of the image and the coordinates of the light based on the generated first table. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252453 | OPTICAL SELECTOR SWITCH AND SIGNAL-PROCESSING APPARATUS - An optical selector switch contains an optical waveguide that includes a first optical waveguide portion having a first light-transmissivity, a second optical waveguide portion having a second light-transmissivity, reflecting members that reflect light, and a light-dividing device that reflects and transmits light; at least one light-emitting unit that emits the light toward the first optical waveguide portion of the optical waveguide; and at least one light-receiving unit that receives the light which is incident to the first optical waveguide portion of the optical waveguide from the light-emitting unit, based on a directivity due to an angle of the incident light to the first optical waveguide portion of the optical waveguide, wherein the incident light to the first optical waveguide portion is emitted radially toward the circumference of the second optical waveguide portion of the optical waveguide. | 10-08-2009 |
20100172613 | OPTICAL SELECTOR SWITCH AND SIGNAL-PROCESSING APPARATUS - An optical selector is provided which enables reliable transmission of a signal from a single or plurality of light output sections to a single or plurality of light input sections. | 07-08-2010 |
20100220954 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - In the sending and receiving of a signal through an optical waveguide, an unknown substrate connected to the optical waveguide can be recognized. A signal processing apparatus | 09-02-2010 |
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20120133964 | PRINT DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM, CACHE APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND PRINT DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - A print document processing system includes a cache apparatus and plural data processing apparatuses. Each data processing apparatus includes an image data creating unit and a reservation request transmission unit. The cache apparatus includes a cache memory, a memory, and an area reservation unit. The image data creating unit creates image data for each document element of print document data. The memory stores use condition information and cache priority of the document element for each document element. Upon receipt of a reservation request for reserving a storage area for image data of a first document element from a data processing apparatus, the area reservation unit reserves the storage area by selecting a second document element, which has a lower cache priority than the first document element and which is currently being used by any of the data processing apparatuses, as a document element to be evicted from the cache memory. | 05-31-2012 |
20120133984 | PRINT DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM, CACHE APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND PRINT DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - A print document processing system includes a cache apparatus and plural data processing apparatuses. The cache apparatus includes a cache memory, a state memory, and a first response providing unit. Each data processing apparatus includes an image data creating unit, a query unit, and a controller. The cache memory stores image data created by each data processing apparatus. Upon receipt of a query issued by the query unit on image data of a document element, the first response providing unit provides a CREATING response if a state stored in the state memory in association with the image data indicates that the image data is not in the cache memory and is currently being created by any other data processing apparatus. Upon receipt of the CREATING response, the controller performs control to use the image data after created or cause the image data creating unit to create the image data. | 05-31-2012 |
20120243032 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system includes intermediate-data generating apparatuses and one or more drawing-data generating apparatuses. The intermediate-data generating apparatuses interpret data of pages forming PDL document data, the pages being assigned to the corresponding intermediate-data generating apparatuses, to generate elements of intermediate data of the pages. The drawing-data generating apparatuses each obtain assigned elements of the intermediate data and each draw the obtained elements to generate drawing data including information concerning pixels forming each obtained element. The drawing-data generating apparatuses each include a memory that stores intermediate data or drawing data of a common element used in the obtained elements. If the intermediate data or the drawing data of the common element is stored in the memory, the drawing-data generating apparatuses generate drawing data of the obtained elements using the stored intermediate data or drawing data. The number of drawing-data generating apparatuses is smaller than that of intermediate-data generating apparatuses. | 09-27-2012 |
20120243033 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image data processing system, includes a plurality of first units that interpret data of assigned logical pages included in document data described in a page description language, generate intermediate data of the logical pages, divide the generated intermediate data of the logical pages into intermediate data on the basis of logical sections which are sections on the logical pages, and output the divided intermediate data; and a plurality of second units that correspond to physical sections which are sections on a physical page, generate print image data from intermediate data of a plurality of logical sections included in corresponding physical sections from among the intermediate data of the logical sections on the logical pages generated by the plurality of first units, and output the generated print image data to a printer. | 09-27-2012 |
20120243047 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing system includes plural intermediate data generators, a first memory, and plural drawing data generators. Each of the plural intermediate data generators interprets an assigned data portion of document data, written in a page description language, to generate intermediate data. The first memory stores the intermediate data generated by each of the plural intermediate data generators. Each of the plural drawing data generators reads out the intermediate data from the first memory and generates drawing data in accordance with the read out intermediate data. The drawing data includes information about each pixel included in a printed image. Once an amount of intermediate data stored in the first memory exceeds a first threshold that is set in advance, the plural drawing data generators start reading out the intermediate data from the first memory. | 09-27-2012 |
20140104644 | PRINT IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print image processing system includes plural logical page interpretation units, a dual interpretation unit, a cache memory, an assignment unit, and a print image data generation unit. The logical page interpretation units interpret assigned logical pages in input print data in parallel. The dual interpretation unit interprets an assigned logical page in the print data or an element to be cached which is included in the logical page. The cache memory stores interpretation results of elements to be cached. The assignment unit assigns logical pages to the dual interpretation unit and the logical page interpretation units. The print image data generation unit generates print image data for the logical pages using the interpretation results output from the logical page interpretation units or the dual interpretation unit and the interpretation results stored in the cache memory. The print image data generation unit supplies the print image data to a printer. | 04-17-2014 |
20140104645 | PRINT IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print image processing system includes plural logical page interpretation units, a caching interpretation unit, and a print image data generation unit. The plural logical page interpretation units interpret different logical pages in print data in parallel to obtain interpretation results, and output the interpretation results. The caching interpretation unit interprets an element to be cached which is included in each of logical pages in the print data to obtain interpretation results, and stores the interpretation results in a cache unit. The print image data generation unit generates print image data of the logical pages using the interpretation results of the logical pages output from the logical page interpretation units and the interpretation results of the elements to be cached stored in the cache unit. The print image data generation unit supplies the generated print image data to a printer. | 04-17-2014 |
20140126008 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING PRINT IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to function as a determination unit and a controller. The determination unit determines an amount of hardware computational resources of the computer to determine the number of interpretation units capable of being implemented by the determined amount of hardware computational resources. The controller controls which of a first print data processing device and a second print data processing device the computer is caused to function as, in accordance with the number determined by the determination unit. | 05-08-2014 |
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20080212237 | Disk drive device and manufacturing method thereof - In a disk drive device having a double cover structure with low-density gas enclosed therein, embodiments of the present invention allow a more reliable leak inspection to be performed on the second cover and to prevent defects caused by joining the secondary cover. An HDD according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a ventilation path from a ventilation hole on an inner cover to a space between the inner cover and an outer cover. An outer peripheral end of an adhesive layer is apart from a joining section, which is exposed in the space. Helium gas flowing out of the ventilation hole flows to the space via the ventilation path and remains within the space. This enables detection of leakage of the helium gas from the joining section to be performed more easily. | 09-04-2008 |
20090097375 | Disk drive device and manufacturing method thereof - Embodiments of the present invention provide a simpler, miniaturizable, and highly reliable hermetically sealed enclosure structure in a disk drive device. According to one embodiment, a hard disk drive (HDD) comprises an HDD main unit, a case for housing the HDD main unit, a lid with a feedthrough function for closing an opening of the case, and an FPC connector for interconnecting the HDD main unit and a plurality of pins fixed to the lid. The lid is joined to the case and completely closes the opening of the case. The case and the lid form a sealed enclosure; the internal HDD main unit is housed in the sealed space. Housing the HDD main unit in a sealed space may increase resistance of the HDD to external environmental changes. Sealing low density gas like helium in the sealed space may improve the performance of the HDD. | 04-16-2009 |
20090241322 | Manufacturing method of base and Manufacturing method of disk drive device - Embodiments of the present invention help to effectively suppress vibration of the disk in a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) with low density gas sealed therein, and securely prevent leakage of the low density gas from the base. In an embodiment, helium gas is sealed in a hermetically sealed enclosure of an HDD, and a shroud is formed integrally with a base. In manufacturing the base, a magnetic disk facing surface of the shroud is shaped by cutting after die-casting. This accomplishes a small and precise size of the gap between the magnetic disk facing surface and the circumferential edge of the disk. Cutting the shroud formed independently from the exterior walls, which ensure the hermeticity with the shroud, suppresses the vibration of the magnetic disk and eliminates the necessity of cutting of the inner surfaces of the exterior walls for the purpose of suppression of the vibration to reduce the risk of helium leakage. | 10-01-2009 |
20100157469 | DISK DRIVE USING AN AIRFLOW REDUCTION PLATE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - In order to effectively reduce disk flutter in a disk drive by using simple structures and efficient manufacturing techniques, a disk drive, in one embodiment, includes a base, a spindle motor coupled to the bottom of the base, a disk coupled to and rotated by a rotational shaft of the spindle motor, an airflow reduction plate coupled inside the base and positioned opposite to and away from a main plane of the disk, and a sidewall section inside the base which is positioned opposite to an outer edge of the disk and has a form along the outer edge of the disk. A first gap between at least one half of a part positioned opposite to the sidewall section in an outer edge of the airflow reduction plate and the sidewall section is smaller than a second gap between the sidewall section and the outer edge of the disk. | 06-24-2010 |
20100296197 | DISK DRIVE WITH ADHESIVELY BONDED PIVOT-BEARING ASSEMBLY - A disk drive. The disk drive includes a head for accessing a disk, a suspension for supporting the head, a carriage coupled to the suspension, a pivot-bearing assembly, an adhesive, and an adhesion inhibitor. The pivot-bearing assembly is housed in a hole of the carriage that is configured to rotate in such a way that the carriage is configured to oscillate. The adhesive is disposed between the pivot-bearing assembly and an inner circumferential surface of the hole for bonding the pivot-bearing assembly with the carriage. The adhesion inhibitor is disposed on the same surface as the adhesive for controlling a region of adhesion. | 11-25-2010 |
20110038076 | DISK DRIVE AND METHOD OF RE-INJECTING LOW DENSITY GAS IN A HERMETICALLY SEALED DISK ENCLOSURE OF A DISK DRIVE - A method for re-injecting low density gas into a disk drive including a hermetically sealed disk enclosure. The method includes providing a disk drive including a hermetically sealed disk enclosure. In addition, the method includes re-injecting low density gas from a hole penetrating the hermetically sealed disk enclosure from an exterior of the disk drive to an interior of the disk drive. Moreover, the method includes covering the hole with a sealing label including a metal layer and an adhesive layer. | 02-17-2011 |
20110128651 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SPACER AND DISK DRIVE INCLUDING THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SPACER - A disk drive. The disk drive includes a motor, a hub coupled to a spindle shaft of the motor, at least two disks each having a center hole and being coupled to the hub, and a spacer having a center hole. The spacer is disposed around the hub such that the hub is disposed within the center hole of the spacer; and, the spacer is sandwiched between and in contact with the two disks to define spacing between the disks. The spacer includes at least two conductive rings and the conductive rings are secured between the two disks. The spacer also includes a damping sheet configured to absorb vibration between the conductive rings, and a conductive ring-shaped spring having a spring characteristic in a radial direction of the disks to make a diameter variable. Moreover, the conductive ring-shaped spring is in contact with both of the two conductive rings. | 06-02-2011 |
20120008235 | REDUCE LEAKAGE OF LOW-DENSITY GAS DURING LOW-DENSITY GAS INJECTION INTO A DISK DRIVE - Embodiments of the present invention help to prevent leakage of low-density gas during low-density gas injection into a disk drive device and to perform low-density gas injection efficiently. In a hard disk drive (HDD) according to one embodiment of the present invention, an injection hole filter with a valve function is attached to a helium injection hole in order to inject helium gas in an enclosure. The injection hole filter has a valve member configured to operate in an open state or closed state. The open state is a state while the helium gas is being injected and the closed state is a state after the helium gas has been finished to be injected. The valve member is in the open state if the outside pressure is higher than the inside pressure and is in the closed state if the inside pressure is higher than the outside pressure. | 01-12-2012 |
20120162826 | DAMPER WITHIN A VOICE COIL MOTOR - A hard disk drive including a plurality of magnetic disks and a voice coil motor. The voice coil motor includes a coil and a first damper plate for dampening vibrations generated by the coil. The first damper plate is disposed within the voice coil motor. | 06-28-2012 |
20130063838 | DISK-ENCLOSURE BASE CONFIGURED TO INHIBIT FORMATION OF ADHERENT SOLDER-FLUX RESIDUE - A disk-enclosure base that is configured to inhibit formation of adherent solder-flux residue. The disk-enclosure base includes a casting, a through-hole fabricated in the casting, a solder channel, an E-coat layer, and an E-coat-free zone. The E-coat layer is applied to a first portion of an interior surface of the casting. The E-coat-free zone is adjacent to and surrounds the solder channel. The E-coat-free zone also includes a second portion of the interior surface of the casting lying between the solder channel and the E-coated first portion of the interior surface of the casting. The E-coat-free zone is configured to inhibit formation of adherent solder-flux residue. A disk-enclosure-base/electrical-feedthrough assembly that is configured to inhibit formation of adherent solder-flux residue, and a hard-disk drive (HDD) including the disk-enclosure-base/electrical-feedthrough assembly are also provided. | 03-14-2013 |
20130170074 | HERMETICALLY RESEALABLE HARD-DISK DRIVE CONFIGURED FOR RECHARGING WITH A LOW-DENSITY GAS - A hermetically resealable hard-disk drive (HDD) configured for recharging with a low-density gas. The hermetically resealable HDD includes a disk enclosure (DE), a magnetic-recording disk, a head-slider, an actuator, a low-density gas, a through-hole, and a plug. The DE includes a base, and a first cover and a second cover joined to the base. The second cover is disposed above the first cover. The through-hole is configurable for injection of a low-density gas into the DE. The low-density gas, having a density less than air, substantially fills the DE. The plug is press-fitted into, and hermetically seals, the through-hole. The plug is removable to allow recharging the DE with the low-density gas; and, the through-hole is configured to accept a resealing plug to be press-fit into, and to reseal hermetically, the through-hole after recharging. A method for injecting low-density gas into, and sealing, the hermetically resealable HDD is also provided. | 07-04-2013 |
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20120242030 | RECORDING MEDIUM FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A recording medium feeding device includes a first rotating member picking up a recording medium, a second rotating member transporting the picked-up recording medium, a driving gear unit rotating and transmitting a driving force, a first transmission mechanism having a first gear and transmitting the driving force in a first rotation direction to the first rotating member and the second rotating member, a second transmission mechanism having a second gear and transmitting the driving force in a second rotation direction to the first rotating member, and a transmission adjusting portion transmitting the driving force of either one of the first or second gear to either one of the first or second transmission mechanism, wherein the first gear rotates in the first rotation direction, the second gear rotates in the second rotation direction, and the driving gear unit engages with both the first and second gear within a predetermined range. | 09-27-2012 |
20130241139 | SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A supply device includes a supply roller, a prevention member, a restriction member, and a rotatably supported rotary member. The supply roller supplies a medium. When in a first posture, the prevention member prevents the medium from being supplied by the supply roller. When in a second posture different from the first posture, the prevention member allows the medium to be supplied by the supply roller. When located at a determined position, the restriction member restricts a shift of the prevention member from the first posture to the second posture. When rotated, the rotary member moves the restriction member located at the determined position and releases the restriction on the prevention member imposed by the restriction member, and thereafter moves the supply roller and brings the supply roller into contact with the medium. | 09-19-2013 |
20150098728 | DRIVE SWITCHING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A drive switching device includes a driving source and a switching unit. The driving source is rotationally driven in one direction. The switching unit is linked with the driving source such that a driving force therefrom is intermittently transmittable to the switching unit, and switches a transmission direction of the driving force from the driving source between a first direction and a second direction every time the switching unit is linked with the driving source. | 04-09-2015 |