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20100000588 | CLEANING DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - A cleaning device includes: a supply nozzle that supplies cleaning liquid to inside of a vessel holding liquid for cleaning the inside of the vessel and is arranged to have a space between an outer wall surface of the supply nozzle and an entire inner wall surface of the vessel when the supply nozzle is inserted into the vessel; and a discharge nozzle that has an end positioned at an upper portion of the vessel and discharges the cleaning liquid supplied by the supply nozzle to outside of the vessel. The supply nozzle has an inner diameter area larger than an area of a section where the liquid is held on a cross section of the vessel including a part of the supply nozzle inserted into the vessel. | 01-07-2010 |
20100019621 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR AND ULTRASONIC MOTOR APPARATUS RETAINING THE SAME - An ultrasonic motor according to an aspect of the invention includes at least a piezoelectric element that is an oscillator whose section perpendicular to a central axis has a rectangular length ratio, and a rotor that is rotated about the central axis as a rotation axis while being in contact with an elliptic oscillation generating surface of the oscillator. The central axis is orthogonal to the elliptic oscillation generating surface of the oscillator. The elliptic oscillation is formed by combining first longitudinal resonance oscillation in which expansion and contraction are performed in a rotation axis direction of the piezoelectric element and second twisting resonance oscillation in which the rotation axis is a twisting axis. | 01-28-2010 |
20100126536 | CLEANING DEVICE AND ANALYZER - A cleaning device that cleans inside of a vessel. The cleaning device includes a suction nozzle configured to be inserted into the vessel to suck liquid contained in the vessel; and a supply nozzle configured to be inserted into the vessel to supply cleaning liquid into the vessel. At least one of the suction nozzle and the supply nozzle is formed such that a wall cross-sectional area thereof is larger than an inner-diameter cross-sectional area thereof. | 05-27-2010 |
20110213248 | ULTRASONIC TREATMENT APPARATUS - An ultrasonic treatment apparatus includes a sound source, a frequency setter and a drive signal generator. The sound source emits ultrasonic waves. The ultrasonic waves are finite amplitude acoustic waves including a first signal frequency and a second signal frequency. The frequency setter sets the first signal frequency and the second signal frequency in accordance with a target position of a treatment object with respect to the sound source. The drive signal generator is configured to generate a drive signal and to drive the sound source. The drive signal is a signal which causes the sound source to emit the ultrasonic waves. | 09-01-2011 |
20150205050 | OPTICAL FIBER SCANNER - The force of a piezoelectric element is efficiently transferred to an optical fiber without attenuation, so that the vibration of the optical fiber becomes large. Provided is an optical fiber scanner including an optical fiber which has an elongated cylindrical shape in which illumination light emitted from a light source is guided and can emerge from a distal end thereof and whose distal end can be vibrated in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction thereof; and at least one piezoelectric element which have a plate shape polarized in a thickness direction thereof and which are separately bonded to an outer circumferential surface of the optical fiber closer to a base side than to a distal end thereof. | 07-23-2015 |
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20090309696 | VEHICLE FUNCTION RESTRICTION SYSTEM - A vehicle function restriction system for installation in a vehicle. The vehicle includes a master key allowed to activate any function of the vehicle. The system includes a valet key mounted in the vehicle and configured to dismountable from the vehicle to be lent to a person to whom the vehicle is lent. A restriction setting unit sets the vehicle in a restriction state when the valet key is dismounted from the vehicle. The restriction setting unit sets at least one restricted vehicle functions which is not activated by the valet key, in accordance with the person to whom the vehicle is lent. | 12-17-2009 |
20100071424 | ELECTRIC LOCK FOR OPEN-CLOSE BODY - An electric lock for a glove box lid closed when a lock member is engaged with a fastening portion and allowed to open when the lock member is disengaged from the fastening portion. The electric lock includes an operation unit operated by a vehicle occupant when opening the glove box lid. A verification unit performs verification of the vehicle occupant. A lock release member pushes the lock member and separates the lock member from the fastening portion when the operation unit is operated in a state in which the verification is established. A disconnection unit integrally connects the operation unit and lock release member when verification is established and disconnects the operation unit and lock release member when not established. When verification is not established, a control unit prohibits the disconnection unit from integrally connecting the operation unit and lock release member to disable opening of the glove box lid. | 03-25-2010 |
20100071427 | KEY SLOT DEVICE FOR IN-VEHICLE AUXILIARY KEY - A key slot capable of accommodating an auxiliary key, which is a vehicle key other than a master key. A key lock mechanism locks or unlocks movement of the auxiliary key in the key slot, thereby allowing the auxiliary key to be taken out of the key slot in accordance with a lending condition of the auxiliary key. An invalid key return prevention unit permits the auxiliary key to be returned to the key slot in accordance with a return condition of the auxiliary key. If the return condition is met, the invalid key return prevention unit causes the key lock mechanism to lock the auxiliary key in the key slot. If the return condition is not met, the invalid key return prevention unit does not allow the auxiliary key to be returned to the key slot. | 03-25-2010 |
20100073130 | KEY HOLDING DEVICE FOR IN-VEHICLE AUXILIARY KEY - A key holding device includes a key cylinder capable of retaining an auxiliary key which is a vehicle key that is not a master key. A rotor is rotatably arranged in the key cylinder. The auxiliary key is insertable into the rotor. A tumbler is rotatable with the rotor in the key cylinder. The tumbler holds the auxiliary key in a manner irremovable from the key cylinder in accordance with the rotational position of the rotor. A key lock mechanism is capable of locking the rotor in a state in which the tumbler holds the auxiliary key in a manner irremovable from the key cylinder. A control unit selectively switches the rotor between a locked state and an unlocked state by controlling the key lock mechanism so as to permit removal of the auxiliary key when the rotor is in the unlocked state. | 03-25-2010 |
20110207347 | DEVICE FOR PREVENTING UNAUTHORIZED CONNECTION TO OUTLET - An unauthorized connection prevention device use with an outlet, which is electrically connectable to a connection plug arranged on a basal end of a charging cable that supplies commercial power to a power receiving connector. The unauthorized connection prevention device includes a verification circuit that performs verification to determine whether an authorized operator is electrically connecting the connection plug to the outlet. A lock mechanism switches, in accordance with a result of the verification performed by the verification circuit, between an unlocked state, which permits connection of the connection plug to an outlet port of the outlet, and a locked state, which prohibits connection of the connection plug to the outlet port. | 08-25-2011 |
20150217724 | IGNITION SWITCH - An ignition switch includes a rotor into which a vehicle key can be inserted, a switch body rotationally accommodating the rotor, and a key interlock mechanism integrally coupled to the switch body. The key interlock mechanism prevents removal of the vehicle key when the vehicle is traveling. | 08-06-2015 |
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20110175917 | MOBILE DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD IN MOBILE DISPLAY DEVICE - It is possible to provide a mobile display device which can improve usability even when the character size is increased for improving visibility. A method for controlling the mobile display device is also disclosed. A control unit ( | 07-21-2011 |
20130021259 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - According to an aspect, an information processing device includes: a touch panel for detecting a contact; and a controller configured to display a virtual keyboard including a plurality of buttons on the touch panel, and receive, when the touch panel detects a contact started at a first position on the surface of the touch panel and terminated at a second position on the surface of the touch panel, a character string including characters corresponding to the buttons displayed on a trajectory obtained by connecting each position at which the contact is detected from when the contact is started at the first position to when the contact is terminated at the second position as input. | 01-24-2013 |
20130265250 | DEVICE, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes: a display unit for displaying a screen; a sensor for detecting an inclination of the display unit; an operating unit for detecting an operation; and a controller. The controller changes an orientation of the screen depending upon the inclination detected through the sensor and the operation detected through the operation unit. | 10-10-2013 |
20130314357 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING DEVICE - The tactile sensation providing device according to the present invention includes a touch sensor ( | 11-28-2013 |