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| 20110055219 | DATABASE MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - A database system includes a database device for managing a database including data records, each data record including identification information and an attribute value, index devices for managing an index database including index records, each index record including search information determined by the attribute value and the identification information, each index devices managing each of parts of the index database, and a management device executing a process including detecting an update frequency of the attribute value stored in the database, generating search information by combining the attribute values, each attribute values having the update frequency higher than a predetermined frequency, generating the index record including the generated search information and the identification information associated with the combined attribute values included in the generated search condition information, and determining one of the plurality of index devices for managing the generated index record. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110208468 | POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK ESTIMATION DEVICE - A device that estimates a positional relationship between loads individually connected through sensors to electric power-supply ends provided in a power distribution network includes a communication unit configured to change a resistance value located between each of electric power-supply ends and a ground terminal of each of sensors and measure a voltage value produced between each of the electric power-supply ends and the ground terminal; and a determination unit configured to acquire voltage values from the two selected sensors from among the sensors after a resistance value of one of the two sensors that has a higher acquired voltage value is changed, calculate a ratio between voltage values acquired before and after the resistance value is changed, and determine that the two sensors are connected to a branch circuit in a same system in the power distribution network, when each ratio about the two sensors is within a specified range. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110218693 | ELECTRIC POWER LEVELING CONTROLLER - An electric power leveling controller includes an information acquisition unit that acquires information of electric energy consumption from a power consuming device consuming electric energy from the power source and electric energy charged into a power storage device, a storage unit that stores a specific threshold value for each power storage device, and a control unit that causes a first power consuming device to be power-supplied by the power source, causing the power storage device corresponding to the first power consuming device to be charged with a difference between the specific threshold value and the electric energy consumption, causing the power source to supply to a second power consuming device electric energy corresponding to the specific threshold, and causing the power storage device corresponding to the second power consuming device to discharge to the second power consuming device the difference between the electric energy consumption and the specific threshold value. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110219007 | METHOD EXECUTED BY MANAGEMENT SERVER, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method executed by a management server controlling a plurality of index servers for searching a database storing an object identifier and an attribute value, each of the plurality of index servers handling a part of the database, storing index information including the attribute value within a range predefined for the each of the plurality of index servers and the associated object identifier stored in the database, the method has deleting one of index information stored in one of the index servers in reference to the range of each of the index servers when an updated attribute value coming to be out of the range of the one of the index servers, obtaining a frequency of the deleting and the storing the one of the index information, and enabling the index server to obtain an attribute value from the database when the obtained frequency being more than a predetermined value. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110257803 | POWER CONTROL METHOD, AND POWER CONTROL APPARATUS - A power control method for a power supplying unit for supplying power from a commercial power supply and a battery to a load. The method includes (a) calculating a deviation amount between an actual power demand and a predicted power demand in a predetermined unit period on the basis of power demand transition data and power demand prediction data, (b) correcting, by a computer, a leveling target value on the basis of the calculated deviation amount, and (c) controlling the power supplying unit so that the power supplying unit supplies power corresponding to the corrected leveling target value from the commercial power supply. The power demand transition data is stored in a power database, and the power demand prediction data is stored in a prediction data storing unit. The leveling target value is a target value of power to be supplied from the commercial power supply. | 10-20-2011 |
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| 20110027131 | STERILE SUBSTANCE SUPPLYING APPARATUS - A sterile-substance-supplying apparatus comprising: an atomization unit including a reservoir unit to reserve hydrogen peroxide, and an ultrasound vibrator to impart ultrasound vibration to the reserved hydrogen peroxide to be atomized; an evaporation unit, provided above the reservoir unit, that heats the atomized hydrogen peroxide to be evaporated; a connecting member connecting the evaporation unit and the atomization unit to each other; a hydrogen-peroxide-supply port to allow the hydrogen peroxide to be supplied to the reservoir unit; a carrier-gas-supply port, provided at the connecting member, that allows carrier gas for allowing the atomized hydrogen peroxide to flow to the evaporation unit to be supplied; and a container portion to reserve a substance for transmitting the ultrasound vibration generated by the ultrasound vibrator, and a metal vibrating plate, provided at a bottom portion of the reservoir unit, that transmits to the hydrogen peroxide the ultrasound vibration transmitted through the substance. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110189765 | INCUBATOR - An incubator including a cultivating chamber for cultivating cultures, a water supply control unit for supplying water into the cultivating chamber through a water supply passage and adjusting the humidity of the inside of the cultivating chamber, and a filter provided in the water supply passage. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110212513 | ISOLATOR FOR CELL CULTURE - An isolator for cultivating cells including a working chamber having a plurality of gloves arranged side by side into which operator's hands are inserted to operate cells, the working chamber being sectioned into at least an operation area for operating the cells, and an auxiliary working area for opening a packaged auxiliary instrument used to operate the cells, a gas supply unit that supplies gas into the working chamber so that the gas flows downwardly from an upper side in the working chamber, and a gas flow control unit for controlling the flow of the downwardly flowing gas so that the gas flows from the operation area to the auxiliary working area around the gloves, wherein the gas flow control unit has an exhaust hole portion that has an opened area for passing the gas therethrough and is provided at a lower portion of at least the auxiliary working area, and through which the gas in the auxiliary working area is exhausted. | 09-01-2011 |
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| 20080303433 | FLUORENE-BASED DERIVATIVE AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - A fluorene-based derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device in which an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including at least a light emitting layer is sandwiched between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one layer of the organic thin film layers described above comprises the above fluorene-based derivative having a specific structure in the form of a single component or a mixed component. The organic electroluminescence device has a high luminous efficiency, and the fluorene-based derivative materializes the same. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20100096624 | Organic electroluminescent device and display using same - An organic electroluminescent device ( | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100141129 | Organic electroluminescence element - An organic electroluminescence element comprising: an anode; a first emitting layer comprising at least a first host material and a first dopant; a second emitting layer comprising at least a second host material and a second dopant; and a cathode in the order mentioned: wherein the energy gap E | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100193773 | Nitrogen-containing heterocycle derivative and organic electroluminescent element using the same - A novel derivative of heterocyclic compound having nitrogen atom with a structure made by bonding special groups to benzimidazole, a material for an organic electroluminescence (EL) device comprising the derivative of heterocyclic compound having nitrogen atom and an organic electroluminescence device comprising at least one organic compound layer containing a light emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, wherein the device contains the derivative of heterocyclic compound having nitrogen atom. An organic EL device achieving elevation of luminance and of efficiency in light emission even under low driving voltage is obtainable by an employment of the derivative of heterocyclic compound having nitrogen atom for at least one layer composing organic compound layers of the EL device. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100277063 | FLUORENE-BASED DERIVATIVE AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - A fluorene-based derivative having a specific structure and an organic electro-luminescence device in which an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including at least a light emitting layer is sandwiched between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one layer of the organic thin film layers described above comprises the above fluorene-based derivative having a specific structure in the form of a single component or a mixed component. The organic electroluminescence device has a high luminous efficiency, and the fluorene-based derivative materializes the same. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100283043 | ORGANIC EL ELEMENT - An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, a cathode, and an organic thin-film layer interposed between the anode and the cathode. The organic thin-film layer includes a phosphorescent-emitting layer containing a host and a phosphorescent dopant, and an electron transporting layer that is provided closer to the cathode than the phosphorescent-emitting layer. The host contains a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic fused aromatic skeleton. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100301312 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE - An organic electroluminescence device including: an anode ( | 12-02-2010 |
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| 20100285708 | OUTBOARD ENGINE UNIT - Outboard engine unit includes: an anti-splash plate and an anti-cavitation plate provided on a gear case at a vertical interval from each other and extending horizontally from the gear case; an exhaust port provided in a side surface of the gear case for discharging exhaust gas from an engine; and a protruding section provided on the side surface of the gear case at a position located rearwardly of the exhaust port, the protruding section protruding laterally outwardly from the side surface for changing a direction of water flows flowing along the side surface. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110143609 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In an apparatus for controlling operation of an outboard motor having an internal combustion engine to power a propeller, and a transmission being selectively changeable in gear position to establish speeds including a first speed and a second speed and transmitting power of the engine to the propeller with a gear ratio determined by established speed, engine speed is detected, it is determined whether acceleration is instructed when the second speed is established, and operation of the transmission is controlled to change the gear position from the second speed to the first speed when the acceleration is determined to be instructed, and then change back the gear position from the first speed to the second speed based on the detected engine speed, thereby enabling to control the transmission optimally. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110143612 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In an apparatus for controlling operation of an outboard motor having an internal combustion engine and a transmission being selectively changeable in gear position to establish speeds including at least a first speed and a second speed and transmitting power of the engine to the propeller with a gear ratio determined by established speed, it is determined whether acceleration is instructed to the engine when the second speed is established and operation of the engine is controlled to increase a fuel amount to be supplied to the engine when detected engine speed is greater than a predetermined speed, thereby improving the performance immediately after acceleration is started. | 06-16-2011 |
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| 20090002841 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ZOOMING - Providing a zoom lens system having excellent optical performance, an optical apparatus, and a method for zooming the zoom lens system. The zoom lens system includes, in order from an object, a first lens group G | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002844 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ZOOMING - Providing a zoom lens system having excellent optical performance, an optical apparatus, and a method for zooming the zoom lens system. The zoom lens system includes, in order from an object, a first lens group G | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090081071 | RARE EARTH PERMANENT MAGNET ALLOY AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - A rare earth permanent magnet alloy with a high coercive force is disclosed. The rare earth permanent magnet alloy comprises: a rare earth-iron-boron type magnetic phase (R | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090153980 | MACRO LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE MACRO LENS - Providing a compact macro lens having high optical performance over the entire focusing range from infinity to a close distance, an optical apparatus equipped therewith, a method for focusing the macro lens, and a method for vibration reduction of the macro lens. The macro lens includes, in order from an object, a first lens group G | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090161227 | ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL INSTRUMENT INCORPORATING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM - A zoom optical system has a first lens group having a positive refracting power; a second lens group having a negative refracting power; a third lens group having a positive refracting power; a fourth lens group having a negative refracting power; and a fifth lens group having a positive refracting power, in the order from the object side. The fourth lens group is composed of a cemented lens of a negative lens and a positive lens in the order from the object side, and a condition of the following expression is satisfied: vp> | 06-25-2009 |
| 20100220400 | ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens ZL installed in a single-lens reflex digital camera | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100259834 | Wide-angle zoom lens - The present invention is directed to wide-angle zoom lenses dedicated to single-lens reflex digital cameras, which attains zoom ratio greater than 2. Such a wide-angle zoom lens has four groups of lens pieces, namely comprising the leading or foremost 1st lens group of negative refractivity closest to an objective field, the succeeding 2nd lens group of positive refractivity, the third lens group of negative refractivity, and the trailing 4th lens group of positive refractivity arranged in this order to move each lens group to vary optical power; and the 1st lens group includes a front subset of the lens pieces of negative refractive power and a rear subset of negative refractive power. The front-end lens piece in the 1st lens group is shaped in negative meniscus lens that has its concave surface faced toward an imaging plane and has the opposite surfaces shaped aspherical. The front and rear subsets of the 1st lens group meet requirements of a focal length as expressed in the following formula: | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110194191 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ZOOMING THE ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - Providing a zoom lens system having excellent optical performance with a high zoom ratio, an imaging apparatus, and a method for zooming the zoom lens system. The system including, in order from an object, a first group G | 08-11-2011 |
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| 20090323537 | NETWORK FAILURE DETECTION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A system includes, in order to detect a failure occurring on a transmission path through which service traffic is transmitted from a delivery server, a node that is on the transmission path and that monitors the service traffic, and a monitoring server that determines a location at which a failure has occurred by analyzing information transmitted from the node. Each node measures the service traffic, recognizes an adjacent node, which is a node adjacent in a logic tree structure corresponding to a transmission path, establishes a link, recognizes a position of the node in the logic tree structure, sets a monitoring target link to be monitored in the logic tree structure, uses a measurement result, and transmits the estimation result to one of the adjacent node and the server. The server analyzes the estimation result received from the node, and determines the location of a failure on the transmission path. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100100768 | NETWORK FAILURE DETECTING SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT AGENT, SURVEILLANCE SERVER, AND NETWORK FAILURE DETECTING METHOD - Measurement agents in a network failure detecting system each configure a group together with other measurement agents that receive a service from the same provision server, and form a link to create a tree structure with a predetermined measurement agent in the group at its top. The measurement agent then receives measurement results from the other measurement agents in the group, and narrows down candidates of a failure location based on the received measurement results. The measurement agent transmits the narrowed candidates of the failure location to a surveillance server or one of the other measurement agents. The surveillance server then receives the transmitted candidates of the failure location, and specifies the failure location based on the received candidates of the failure location. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100144347 | WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A wireless terminal device includes: a receiving section for receiving information on a distance from a range covered by a connectable access point from another wireless terminal device; a search time determination section for determining a time to start searching for the access point based on the information on the distance received by the receiving section; and a search section for sleeping until the time determined by the search time determination section, and starting to search for the connectable access point at the determined time. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100180315 | Video Quality Monitoring Method, Distribution Server, and Client - A video quality monitoring method includes a distribution server measuring first video quality index values according to a full-reference method by comparing a video, distributed from the distribution server to a client through a network, with a degraded video, generated by causing multiple scenarios of quality degradation due to the network in the video in a pseudo manner, creating characteristic data of first quality degradation values, obtained by causing the quality degradation to vary with the scenarios at regular intervals, and the first video quality index values corresponding to the respective scenarios, and transmitting the characteristic data to the client; and the client measuring a second quality degradation value in the video distributed through the network, and calculating a second video quality index value, equivalent to a value according to the full-reference method, of the distributed video from the measured second quality degradation value and the characteristic data. | 07-15-2010 |
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| 20090216971 | Storage System and Copy Method - In a storage system, one or more storage apparatuses provide a management computer with a first volume for storing data from the management computer, provide a host computer with a second volume for storing data from the host computer, and manage a volume address for the one or more storage apparatuses to manage the first volume and the second volume in the one or more storage apparatuses. The management computer issues a command specifying an arbitrary volume address to the one or more storage apparatuses, and designates, when receiving a normal response from the arbitrary volume address, a volume with the arbitrary volume address as the second volume. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100122051 | REMOTE COPYING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS - A management system for managing storage systems, having first correspondence information concerned with correspondence of copy pairs with copy groups as setting of remote copying of data in logical volumes of the storage systems, and second correspondence information concerned with correspondence of physical paths and logical paths between the storage systems with the copy groups, wherein when failure information designating a certain physical path is received, a copy group affected by failure in the certain physical path is specified and displayed by referring to the first correspondence information and the second correspondence information. Consequently, physical paths can be monitored from the viewpoint of remote copying. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110307676 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND COPY METHOD - In a storage system, one or more storage apparatuses provide a management computer with a first volume for storing data from the management computer, provide a host computer with a second volume for storing data from the host computer, and manage a volume address for the one or more storage apparatuses to manage the first volume and the second volume in the one or more storage apparatuses. The management computer issues a command specifying an arbitrary volume address to the one or more storage apparatuses, and designates, when receiving a normal response from the arbitrary volume address, a volume with the arbitrary volume address as the second volume. | 12-15-2011 |
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| 20090072818 | Position sensor, optical head device, head moving mechanism, information recordng/reproducing device and position control system - As imaging devices are miniaturized, and optical devices are miniaturized, lens moving mechanisms are also miniaturized. Thus, position sensors for them are required to be miniaturized and have high accuracy at low cost. A magnet | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090135683 | DRIVE MECHANISM AND OPTICAL HEAD - A drive mechanism according to the present invention includes: a drive body that defines a longitudinal direction; a mover that makes a friction fit with the drive body so as to slide in the longitudinal direction; a base member that supports the drive body so as to allow the drive body to move in the longitudinal direction; a drive element, which is secured to one end of the drive body to vibrate the drive body in the longitudinal direction; and a viscoelastic body, which is arranged between the drive body and the base member in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090199045 | SOFTWARE FAULT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, TEST MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, FAULT MANAGEMENT METHOD, TEST MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A fault management system is provided with a fault data entry accepting portion for accepting entry of fault data including indicator data for assessing three fault assessment items in four assessment grades, a fault data holding portion for storing the fault data, a fault data prioritizing portion for prioritizing the fault data in the order of addressing faults, a customer profile data entry accepting portion for accepting entry of customer profile data indicative of degrees of requirement by each customer regarding the three assessment items and the importance of customers to the user, and a customer profile data holding portion for storing the customer profile data. The fault data prioritizing portion prioritizes the fault data based on assessment values regarding the three assessment items. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090271661 | STATUS TRANSITION TEST SUPPORT DEVICE, STATUS TRANSITION TEST SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A status transition table generation portion generates a status transition table containing combination information cells provided in the form of a matrix for describing information corresponding to combinations of internal status and event. In a status transition table design support portion, a test path generation portion generates a test path including a series of test cases to be executed as a status transition test, based on information accepted by an operation specification information input acceptance portion. In a test support portion, a test cell highlight portion highlights a combination information cell associated with the next test case to be executed, during execution of the status transition test, and a test result history, an error replication procedure, and test progress are displayed on a display portion. | 10-29-2009 |
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| 20090142011 | Bearing device and pin for bearing device - A bearing device includes a bush and a pin inserted into the bush, whereby an outer peripheral face of the pin and an inner peripheral face of the bush contact each other. At least two oil reservoirs are formed on the outer peripheral face of the pin are and elongated along the length of the pin. The interval between the reservoirs is such that an angular range centered on the pin axial center between the first reservoir and the last reservoir is not more than a center angle of 40 degrees centered on the pin axial center. At least one of the reservoirs is configured by a plurality of punctate concave portions. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090146383 | BEARING SEAL AND SWING DEVICE - A bearing seal includes an outer seal easily displaceable in the radial direction, an inner ring as a ring-shaped rigid portion not extendable in the radial direction, an inner seal having a seal lip, and an outer ring arranged on the outer peripheral portion of the outer seal, in which the spring constant of the inner seal is set to be larger than the spring constant of the outer seal. The sealing performance between the inner seal and the pin is ensured by using the ring-shaped rigid portion as a boundary. When the pin is displaced in the radial direction, the ring-shaped rigid portion is integrally displaced with the pin via the inner seal, and the displacement of the ring-shaped rigid portion can be absorbed by the outer seal. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090148089 | BEARING SEAL AND SWING DEVICE - A bearing seal includes an outer seal easily displaceable in the radial direction, an inner ring as a ring-shaped rigid portion not extendable in the radial direction, an inner seal having a seal lip, and an outer ring arranged on the outer peripheral portion of the outer seal, in which the spring constant of the inner seal is set to be larger than the spring constant of the outer seal. The sealing performance between the inner seal and the pin is ensured by using the ring-shaped rigid portion as a boundary. When the pin is displaced in the radial direction, the ring-shaped rigid portion is integrally displaced with the pin via the inner seal, and the displacement of the ring-shaped rigid portion can be absorbed by the outer seal. | 06-11-2009 |
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| 20080217580 | Organic Luminescent Element - The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) a process for their production and to their use for coloring high molecular weight organic materials, as fluorescent tracers, in solid dye lasers, EL lasers, in EL devices and lighting. The compounds of formula I show unique broadband luminescence in visible region. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080217581 | Fluorescent Diketopyrrolopyrroles - The present invention relates to fluorescent diketopyrrolopyrroles of the formula (I), or (III), a process for their preparation and their use for the preparation of inks, colorants, pigmented plastics for coatings, non-impact-printing material, color filters, cosmetics, polymeric ink particles, toners, as fluorescent tracers, in color changing media, in solid dye lasers, EL lasers and electroluminescent devices. A luminescent device comprising a compound, or composition according to the present invention is high in the efficiency of electrical energy utilisation and high in luminance. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090057613 | FLUORESCENT QUINACRIDONES - The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I), a process for their preparation and their use for the preparation of inks, colorants, pigmented plastics, coatings, non-impact-printing material, color filters, cosmetics, polymeric ink particles, toners, as fluorescent tracers, in color changing media, in solid dye lasers and electroluminescent devices. A luminescent device comprising a composition according to the present invention is high in the efficiency of electrical energy utilisation and high in luminance. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090131673 | Electroluminescent Device - Disclosed are electroluminescent devices that comprise organic layers that contain dibenzofuran compounds. The compounds are suitable components of, for example, blue-emitting, durable, organo-electroluminescent layers. The electroluminescent devices may be employed for full color display panels in, for example, mobile phones, televisions and personal computer screens. | 05-21-2009 |
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| 20110138794 | Exhaust Gas Purifying Device - An exhaust gas purifying device includes: a first case housing a soot filter for purifying exhaust gas; second and third cases that are respectively placed on an upstream side and a downstream side of the first case in an exhaust gas flowing direction; and a differential pressure sensor that detects pressure difference between the upstream side and the downstream side of the soot filter, in which pipes are respectively attached to the first case and one of the second and third cases placed on the upstream side or the downstream side of the first case, the pipes introducing pressures inside the first case and the one of the second and third cases to the differential pressure sensor. For instance, with the pipes having different dimensions, when the first case is erroneously oriented for assembly, the dimensions of the pipes are too short or too long. Accordingly, such an erroneous connection can be avoided. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110142723 | Exhaust Gas Purifying Device - An exhaust gas purifying device includes: a case body including a plurality of cases, and heat insulating rings and heat insulators that cover the case body over a substantially-entire area from an upstream side to a downstream side in an exhaust gas flowing direction. The heat insulators are placed inward from joint portions between the cases, and the heat insulating rings are placed in such a manner as to bridge over the joint portions between the cases. With the above arrangement, the surface temperature of the case body can be reliably prevented from becoming high. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20120011833 | Exhaust Gas Purifying Device for Internal Combustion Engine - An exhaust gas purifying device for an internal combustion engine includes an inflow case provided with an inlet pipe, a catalyst case in which an oxidizing catalyst for dosing is housed, a filter case in which a soot filter is housed, and an outflow case provided with an outlet pipe, and is attached to an attached target at two attachment points mutually spaced in the axial direction of the cases. At one of the two attachment points, which is defined on the catalyst case, the catalyst case is firmly fixed. At the other attachment point, which is defined on the filter case, the filter case is attached slidably in the axial direction. | 01-19-2012 |
