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| 20080210030 | MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE HAVING TRANSVERSE-MOUNT ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION ARRANGED IN TANDEM - A vehicle includes an transverse-mount engine and a transmission having an input shaft, an output shaft, a first counter shaft, a second counter shaft, a first gear change mechanism, a second gear change mechanism, and a transmission case, wherein a number of the gear pairs of the second gear change mechanism is less than a number of the gear pairs of the first gear change mechanism, and the gear pairs of the second gear change mechanism are located close to the engine in an axial direction, thereby forming a cut-out portion in the transmission case, a side frame is arranged to pass through the cut-out portion of the transmission case. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090036251 | TRANSMISSION FOR VEHICLE WITH MULTI-GEAR SET - A transmission for a vehicle includes first to fourth counter shafts arranged in parallel with one input shaft, a reduction gear set including first to fourth reduction gears respectively provided at an output shaft and first to third counter shafts for connecting the output shaft and the corresponding counter shafts, an intermediate gear set including a driving gear, a driven gear and an idling gear for connecting the input shaft and the fourth counter shaft, and first to third gear mechanisms each provided between corresponding two shafts and each having two gear sets and one switching clutch provided between the corresponding two gear sets for selectively establishing a power transmitting path between the corresponding two shafts via one of the two gear sets or via the other one of the two gear sets. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090065281 | TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE HAVING TRANSVERSELY MOUNTED TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE ARRANGED IN AXIAL DIRECTION THEREOF - A vehicle includes an engine, a pair of side frames extending along a vehicle body in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, a transmission adapted to be axially connected with the engine and adapted to be transversely mounted on the vehicle body, includes an input shaft, an output shaft, a first counter shaft, a second counter shaft, a first gear mechanism, a second gear mechanism, a third gear mechanism, and a transmission case, wherein the first and second gear mechanisms are arranged relatively close to the engine, the third gear mechanism is arranged more remote from the engine than the second gear mechanism, the first counter shaft is arranged above the input shaft and the second counter shaft, and the transmission case forms a cut-out portion at an upper portion of a back wall portion of the transmission case. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090065282 | TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE HAVING TRANSVERSELY MOUNTED TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE ARRANGED IN AXIAL DIRECTION THEREOF - A vehicle includes an engine, a pair of side frames extending along a vehicle body in front-rear direction of the vehicle, a transmission adapted to be axially connected with the engine and adapted to be transversely mounted on a vehicle body, includes an input shaft, a first counter shaft, a second counter shaft, a first gear mechanism, a second gear mechanism, a third gear mechanism, and a transmission case, wherein the first and third gear mechanisms are arranged close to the engine, the second gear mechanism is arranged more distant from the engine, the second counter shaft is arranged above the input and the first counter shaft, and the transmission case forms a cut-out portion at an upper portion of the back wall portion of the transmission case. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090065283 | TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE HAVING TRANSVERSELY MOUNTED TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE ARRANGED IN AXIAL DIRECTION THEREOF - A vehicle includes an engine, a pair of side frames extending along a vehicle body, and a transmission adapted to be axially connected with the engine and transversely mounted on the vehicle body, including, an input shaft, an output shaft, a first counter shaft, a second counter shaft, a reverse shaft, a first gear mechanism, a second gear mechanism, a third gear mechanism, a reverse movement gear mechanism and a transmission case, wherein the first and second gear mechanisms are arranged relatively close to the engine, the third gear mechanism is arranged more remote from the engine than the second gear mechanism, the transmission case includes a back wall portion having a first back wall portion, a second back wall portion and a third back wall portion, thereby forming a cut-out portion at an upper portion of the back wall portion. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20110048149 | MANUAL TRANSMISSION FOR VEHICLE - A six speed M/T includes four shafts, which are an input shaft A | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110061486 | MANUAL TRANSMISSION FOR VEHICLE - A six speed M/T includes four shafts, which are an input shaft A | 03-17-2011 |
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| 20100017505 | APPLICATION UPDATING MANAGEMENT TERMINAL DEVICE, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - A use frequency communicating unit | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100076965 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM AND INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - A weight processor | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100099382 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, PORTABLE TELEPHONE TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A home gateway apparatus is connected to a storage apparatus. A cell phone terminal is connected to the home gateway apparatus via an IP network. Upon acknowledging a telephone number from the cell phone terminal, the home gateway apparatus communicates an IP address of the home gateway apparatus to the cell phone terminal. Subsequently, upon acknowledging a connection request to the IP address thus communicated, the home gateway apparatus performs a process of authenticating the connection request, based on the telephone number of the cell phone terminal and the telephone number already acknowledged. Further, the home gateway apparatus makes the storage apparatus available for use by the cell phone terminal thus authenticated via the IP network. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100107150 | TERMINAL HAVING APPLICATION UPDATE MANAGING FUNCTION, AND APPLICATION UPDATE MANAGING PROGRAM AND SYSTEM - A basic information recording unit | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100130254 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND PROGRAM EXECUTED BY PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - In a portable communication terminal that functions as a communication instrument by installing an identification recording medium having subscriber information recorded therein, an application acquiring unit | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100199179 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A contact position detecting unit | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110015827 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE - In a distribution system comprising a center apparatus ( | 01-20-2011 |
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| 20080260564 | COMPACTED MAGNETIC CORE, PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE SAME, AND MOTOR FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A manufacturing method of a magnetic core includes a first step of applying a treatment liquid for forming an insulating film to iron powder; a second step of heat-treating the iron powder to which the treatment liquid has been applied, at a temperature higher than 350 degrees; a third step of compacting the heat-treated iron powder to form a magnetic core; and a forth step of heat-treating the magnetic core at a temperature ranging from 600 degrees to 800 degrees. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080317620 | Rare earth element magnet - A rare earth element magnet comprising molded magnetic powder containing at least one rare earth element, wherein a Fe rich phase covering a part or entire of the surface of particles of the magnetic powder and having a Fe atomic percentage larger than that of the magnetic powder, and an inorganic binder bonding the particles covered with the Fe rich phase. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090148718 | High Resistivity Compressed Magnetic Core - A powder compressed magnetic core, which is produced by compressing iron powder or alloy powder of which the main component is iron. A fluoride compound layer of a fluoride of a rare earth element or a fluoride of an alkaline earth metal is formed on the surface of the powder, and an under layer is formed between the fluoride layer and the iron powder or the alloy powder. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100194509 | RARE EARTH MAGNET - A rare earth magnet having a composition represented by RTB wherein R denotes a rare earth element, T a transition metal and B boron, the magnet being composed of magnet powder constituted by crystalline particles. The particles of the magnetic powder have a ratio of a short diameter being 10 μm or more to a long diameter is 0.5 or less. An element Rm having a magnetic anisotropy higher than that of the rare earth element is contained in the surface and inside of the magnet constituted by the magnet powder in an approximately constant concentration. An oxy-fluoride and carbon are present at boundaries of the particles of the magnet powder. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100289366 | Rare Earth Magnet and Motor Using the Same - The present invention makes it possible to increase the residual magnetic flux density and the coercive force of a rare earth magnet; and raise the Curie temperature. In a magnet formed by compressing magnetic particles, the surface of a magnetic particle is covered with a metal fluoride film, the magnetic particle has a crystal structure containing a homo portion formed by bonding adjacent iron atoms and a hetero portion formed by bonding two iron atoms via an atom other than iron, and the distance between the two iron atoms in the hetero portion is different from the distance between the adjacent iron atoms in the homo portion. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110133112 | FERROMAGNETIC COMPOUND MAGNET - A ferromagnetic compound magnet in accordance with the present invention includes a ferromagnetic compound based on a binary alloy containing R—Fe system (R is a 4f transition element or Y) or a ternary allay containing R—Fe-T system (R is a 4f transition element or Y, and T is a 3d transition element except for Fe, or Mo, Nb or W), the ferromagnetic compound being characterized by: atomic percentage of the element R to the element Fe or to the elements Fe and T is 15% or lower; an element F is incorporated into an interstitial position in a crystal lattice of the alloy. The ferromagnetic compound is expressed in a chemical formula of: R | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110240909 | MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND MOTOR USING THE SAME - Characteristics of a magnetic material are improved without using a heavy rare earth element as a scarce resource. By incorporating fluorine into a magnetic powder and controlling the crystal orientation in crystal grains, a magnetic material securing magnetic characteristics such as coercive force and residual flux density can be fabricated. As a result, the resource problem with heavy rare earth elements can be solved, and the magnetic material can be applied to magnetic circuits that require a high energy product, including various rotating machines and voice coil motors of hard discs. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120025651 | SINTERED MAGNET AND ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE USING SAME - A sintered magnet according to the present invention is a sintered magnet configured from a magnetic powder grain having Nd | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120145944 | MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND MOTOR OBTAINED USING SAME - Disclosed is a magnetic material in which 50% by volume of the magnetic particles are accounted for by the main phase of the magnet, the main phase having a Curie temperature (Curie point) of 200° C. or higher, a saturation magnetic-flux density at around 20° C. of 1.0 T (tesla) or higher, and a coercive force of 10 kOe or higher, the crystal structure of the main phase being stable up to 200° C., and in which phases other than the main phase which are present at the grain boundaries or grain surfaces have stabilized or improved the magnetic properties. This magnetic material comprises two ferromagnetic phases, i.e., a ferromagnetic compound which is composed of fluorine, iron, and one or more rare-earth elements including yttrium and ferromagnetic iron which contains fluorine, carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, or boron. A fluoride and an oxyfluoride have been formed at some of the boundaries or surfaces of the grains of the ferromagnetic phases. | 06-14-2012 |
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| 20090192164 | Treating agent of inflammatory bowel disease - The invention discloses treating agents of inflammatory bowel disease, which contain p38MAPkinase inhibitor having properties of antedrug as the active ingredient. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090303486 | LIGHT SOURCE AND GAS MEASURING DEVICE - A light source is provided that realizes a single spectral linewidth having a half value width of 1 MHz or less and that is not influenced by the ambient temperature. A light source includes first laser ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090306145 | Pyridylisoxazole Derivatives - This invention offers isoxazole derivatives represented by the following formula (I) | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100039699 | Wavelength Converter and Wavelength Conversion Apparatus - A wavelength converter which performs simultaneously wavelength conversion for a plurality of input light wavelengths that are unequally intervals, is provided. The nonlinear material of the wavelength converter has a modulation structure which has modulation of a nonlinear optical constant at a period Λ | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100202776 | Optical Modulation Signal Generating Device and Optical Modulation Signal Generating Method - There is provided an optical modulation signal generating device in which an operation speed is not limited by a relaxation oscillation frequency of a laser, and high-speed modulation and long-distance transmission can be performed. The optical modulation signal generating device converts a signal from a signal source into an optical signal and outputs the optical signal to a transmission medium having frequency dispersion. The optical modulation signal generating device includes an optical source ( | 08-12-2010 |
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| 20080235215 | DATA SEARCH METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS - A data search method causes a computer to search data stored in a search target apparatus based on keywords entered as search conditions. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080243835 | PROGRAM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WEB PAGE SEARCH - A web page searching method searches web pages publicized on a network by web servers. A computer performs the method by:
| 10-02-2008 |
| 20090257146 | MAGNETIC DISC APPARATUS AND TRACK FOLLOWING METHOD - A disclosed magnetic disc apparatus includes a magnetic disc medium including a first part and a second part having light reflection different from light reflection of the first part; a head having a first device for detecting reflectivity on the magnetic disc medium and a second device for performing magnetic recording/playback on the magnetic disc medium; and a positioning unit configured to determine, based on the reflectivity on the magnetic disc medium detected by the first device, a position for the magnetic recording/playback performed by the second device on the magnetic disc medium. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100039728 | METHOD OF DETECTING POSITION OF HEAD AND STORAGE APPARATUS - A relative movement is induced between a head and first and second recording tracks along the boundary between the first recording track and the second recording track. The first recording track includes first magnetic dots arranged in the down-track direction at constant intervals. The second recording track includes second magnetic dots arranged in the down-track direction at constant intervals identical to the intervals of the first magnetic dots. The second magnetic dots are dislocated in the down-track direction relative to the first magnetic dots. The positional information is generated to specify the position of the head based on the difference between a first output of signals read from the first magnetic dots and a second output of signals read from the second magnetic dots. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100191941 | FAILURE ANALYSIS APPARATUS, METHOD - A debugger is operated in a host PC, and in response to operation of the debugger, first and second microprocessors execute an identical debug operation in parallel via first and second debug I/F devices. The host PC obtains internal information (dump results) from the first and second microprocessors via the first and second debug I/F devices and compares internal information (dump results) from the first and second microprocessors to perform failure analysis. | 07-29-2010 |
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| 20090218045 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - The plasma processing apparatus has a beam-shaped spacer | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090255901 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD, AND TRAY | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100051584 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100096088 | PLASMA ETCHING APPARATUS - A plasma etching apparatus includes a pressure-reducible chamber | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100173431 | WAFER RECLAMATION METHOD AND WAFER RECLAMATION APPARATUS - Provided is a wafer reclamation method for reclaiming a semiconductor wafer, on which a different material layer is formed, by removing the different material layer. The wafer reclamation method includes a physically removing step of physically removing the different material layer, a film forming step of forming a film on a surface of the semiconductor wafer from which the different material layer has been removed in the physically removing step, and a dry etching step of etching the semiconductor wafer by plasma together with the film formed in the film forming step. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20120094500 | DRY ETCHING METHOD AND DRY ETCHING APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is suppressing notches in dry etching of a processing object where an etched layer made of a silicon material is formed on an etching stop layer. A substrate has an etched layer made of a silicon material on an etching stop layer. SF | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120256363 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - A tray for a dry etching apparatus includes substrate accommodation holes penetrating a thickness direction and a substrate support portion supporting an outer peripheral edge portion of a lower surface of a substrate. An upper portion includes a tray support surface supporting a lower surface of the tray, substrate placement portions on each of which a lower surface of the substrate to be placed, and a concave portion for accommodating the substrate support portion. A dc voltage applying mechanism applies a dc voltage to an electrostatic attraction electrode. A heat conduction gas supply mechanism supplies a heat conduction gas between the substrate and substrate placement portion. During carrying of the substrate, the outer peripheral edge of the lower surface of the substrate is supported by the substrate accommodation hole. During processing of the substrate, the substrate support portion is accommodated in the concave portion. | 10-11-2012 |
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| 20090015858 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Image Processing Program - The image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a specific pattern detecting unit which detects a background pattern representing additional information from inputted original document image data; an information detecting unit which extracts the additional information represented by the background pattern which is detected by the specific pattern detecting unit; an erase processing unit which erases a prescribed region of the original document image and outputs erase-processed document image data; a re-embedding background pattern generating unit which generates a re-embedding background pattern representing the additional information extracted by the information detecting unit; a background pattern composition processing unit which embeds the re-embedding background pattern into the erase-processed document image data and outputs re-embedded document image data; and a processor which controls the units mentioned above. The apparatus of the present invention is capable of embedding the background pattern again, which has once been lost through the erase function, so as to maintain a background pattern detection rate at a high level. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090310191 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS - An image scanning apparatus includes a transport roller transporting an original, a CCD scanning a first side of the original, a CIS scanning unit scanning a second side of the original, and a flap for reversing the original and sending the original to a transport path. A CPU controls the transport roller, the CCD and the CIS scanning unit to scan each side of the original. The CPU determines from the result of scanning whether or not each side of the original includes a predetermined pattern. When the CPU cannot identify from the result of scanning of the second side whether or not the second side includes a predetermined pattern, the CPU controls the flap and a transport unit to reverse the original and cause the CCD to scan the second side. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100118352 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING NOISE IN IMAGE DATA - An image reading apparatus includes: three line sensors mutually spaced in a sub scanning direction; a platen arranged between the original and the three line sensors; a mover moving the platen relative to the three line sensors at a rate relative to the three line sensors, the rate being different from that of the original relative to the three line sensors; a lightness difference detector extracting a feature pixel having a predetermined feature from each of three data output from the three line sensors; and NOR and AND devices comparing the three data corresponding to a single location on the original to detect the feature pixel extracted from one of the three data, as a noise pixel if the feature pixel is not a feature pixel for the other data. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110149351 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, METHOD OF READING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE READING DEVICE - An image reading device includes a transport unit for transporting a document, a scanner for scanning image data of the document transported by the transport unit, and a controller for controlling the image reading device. The controller extracts a plurality of one-character areas included in the image data, recognizes character data of each of the extracted one-character areas, determines presence or absence of line noise based on a result of recognition of each of the one-character areas, and displays presence of the line noise on an operation panel when it is determined that there is the line noise. | 06-23-2011 |
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| 20090047580 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided and includes a battery element in which a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer provided on a positive electrode collector and a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer provided on a negative electrode collector are stacked via a separator, and an edge of the negative electrode is disposed so as to protrude along the planar direction relative to an edge of the positive electrode. A positive electrode terminal is connected to the positive electrode, and a negative electrode terminal is connected to the negative electrode. The negative electrode terminal has a contact piece intersecting with the continuous direction of the edge of the negative electrode and intersecting with the planar direction of the negative electrode. The contact piece comprehensively cleaves and contacts a plurality of the edges of the negative electrode. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090123849 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present application provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes, a cathode capable of being electrochemically doped/dedoped with lithium, an anode capable of being electrochemically doped/dedoped with lithium, and an electrolyte placed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the electrolyte contains at least one of fluoro ethylene carbonate represented by Chemical Formula (1) and difluoro ethylene carbonate represented by Chemical Formula (2) as a solvent and the ratio of a discharge capacity B during discharging at a 5C rate to a discharge capacity A during discharging at a 0.2C rate ((B/A)×100) is 80% or more. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090208835 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a battery and a covering member. The battery includes a battery device and a battery casing. The battery device has a pair of electrodes opposite to each other and a separator disposed between the electrodes. The electrodes and separator are stacked into a laminated structure. The battery casing is electrically connected to one of the electrodes for containing the battery device in the casing. The covering member includes a conductive film and a pair of insulating films. The conductive film is electrically connected to another one of the electrodes for covering at least part of the outer surface of the battery casing. The pair of insulating films are arranged opposite to each other through the conductive film. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090315520 | BATTERY PACK AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A battery pack includes one or more cell blocks in which one or more secondary battery cells are connected in series and/or in parallel, and a control section for measuring a voltage of the one or more cell blocks to detect an abnormality of a cell block on the basis of a measurement result. The control section calculates a time differential of the voltage for the one or more cell blocks on the basis of the measured voltage, extracts a first time differential which is maximum and a second time differential which is minimum from the time differentials of the voltage for the one or more cell blocks, and determines that a cell block corresponding to the second time differential is abnormal in a case where a difference between the first time differential and the second time differential is less than a prescribed value. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20120146586 | BATTERY PACK AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A battery pack includes one or more cell blocks in which one or more secondary battery cells are connected in series and/or in parallel, and a control section for measuring a voltage of the one or more cell blocks to detect an abnormality of a cell block on the basis of a measurement result. The control section calculates a time differential of the voltage for the one or more cell blocks on the basis of the measured voltage, extracts a first time differential which is maximum and a second time differential which is minimum from the time differentials of the voltage for the one or more cell blocks, and determines that a cell block corresponding to the second time differential is abnormal in a case where a difference between the first time differential and the second time differential is less than a prescribed value. | 06-14-2012 |
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| 20080216724 | Sewing machine, sewing mark, and computer-readable recording medium storing sewing machine control program - A sewing machine includes a needle bar to which a sewing needle is attached, a sewing machine motor that drives a needle bar mechanism for vertically driving the needle bar via a drive shaft, an information reading device, and a control device. The information reading device is disposed in the vicinity of a needle drop position of the sewing needle and reads out sewing information relating to sewing conditions for the sewing machine each time a mark attached to a work cloth enters into a communication range as the work cloth is moved, the sewing information being stored in an RFID tag included in the mark. The control device controls sewing based on the sewing information read out by the information reading device from the RFID tag. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080223275 | Embroidery sewing system - An embroidery sewing system includes an embroidery data processing apparatus and a sewing apparatus. The embroidery data processing apparatus generates and processes embroidery data used to sew an embroidery pattern on a work cloth. The embroidery data processing apparatus includes an embroidery data generation device that generates embroidery data including pattern data for specifying a color and a shape of the embroidery pattern, and a data writing device that writes the embroidery data into an RFID tag attached to the work cloth. The sewing apparatus includes a sewing device that sews the embroidery pattern based on the embroidery data, a data reading device that reads out the embroidery data written into the RFID tag by the data writing device, and a control device that controls the sewing device based on the embroidery data read out from the RFID tag. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090020054 | Embroidery data processor, embroidery sewing system, computer readable medium and multi-needle embroidery sewing machine - An embroidery data processor that processes embroidery data for sewing an embroidery pattern comprising a plurality of subset patterns on a workpiece cloth with different needle thread colors by using a plurality of multi-needle embroidery sewing machines each provided with an embroidery frame drive mechanism that moves an embroidery frame holding the workpiece cloth in two predetermined directions, the embroidery data processor including a sew-time calculator that calculates required sew time for sewing each subset pattern based on subset pattern data being classified by thread color; and an allocator that produces an allocation schedule for allocation of the subset patterns to the multi-needle embroidery sewing machines based on the sew time calculated by the sew-time calculator, the allocation schedule being arranged to distribute equal or minimally-different sew time for each multi-needle embroidery sewing machine. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090266282 | Sewing machine and computer-readable medium storing sewing machine control program - A sewing machine includes a sewing device, an imaging device, a determination device, a sewing condition storage device, a reading device, and a control device. The sewing device includes a needle bar and a sewing machine motor. The imaging device captures an image of a work cloth on which a marker is disposed to identify information corresponding to actual sewing conditions. The determination device determines an appearance feature of the work cloth based on the image obtained by the imaging device. The sewing condition storage device stores the appearance feature and sewing condition information corresponding to the sewing conditions that are correlated with each other. The reading device reads the sewing condition information corresponding to the appearance feature from the sewing condition storage device. The control device identifies the actual sewing conditions based on the sewing condition information read out by the reading device, and controls the sewing device. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20120316740 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle to which a control device is applied includes an idling stop control section for stopping operation of an engine when a predetermined stopping condition is fulfilled while the engine is idling, and a neutral-at-idle control section for shifting a transmission of the vehicle into neutral when a predetermined shift-into-neutral condition is fulfilled. While a post-stoppage elapsed time measured by a timer is shorter than or equal to a predetermined time after the vehicle stops moving, operation of the engine is stopped by the idling stop control section if the predetermined stopping condition is fulfilled but shifting of the transmission into neutral by the neutral-at-idle control section is prohibited even if the shift-into-neutral condition is fulfilled. | 12-13-2012 |
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| 20110213521 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A control system of a hybrid vehicle, includes: an engine; a motor capable of driving the engine; an oil pump for supplying a lubricant oil to a lubrication requiring portion of the engine; and an engine lubrication controller configured to make the following operations in a case that a stop state of the engine continues for more than or equal to a certain period: when a vehicle stop condition that a driver has no intention of travel is established, supplying, by the oil pump, the lubricant oil to the lubrication requiring portion of the engine, and rotating the engine by the motor without igniting the engine, thereby implementing an engine lubrication control. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120292919 | ENGINE START CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - By avoiding an excessive cranking torque when starting the engine by a motor/generator and expanding a motor running region, fuel economy is improved. For a large required acceleration, cranking torque Tcr is maintained to hold an initial value, while, when the required acceleration is small, cranking torque Tcr will be adjusted to decrease. The time between an engine start command and the instant at which engine rotation speed Ne reaches a predetermined rotation speed Ne is measured as an engine start time TMst. When the TMst is below a limit value TMst_Lim that is capable of starting the engine and acceptable, as shown at instants t | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120316715 | Engine Start Control Device for Hybrid Vehicles - If a vehicle speed VSP during EV travel is lower than a predetermined speed VSP_s and hence is in a low vehicle speed range available for motor travel by a motor/generator, engine start control using a first engine start system with the motor/generator is executed. If the vehicle speed VSP during the EV travel is the predetermined speed VSP_s or higher and hence is in a vehicle speed range unavailable for the motor travel with the motor/generator, engine start control using a second engine start system with a starter motor is executed instead of the first engine start system with the motor/generator. Accordingly, the motor/generator does not have to cover an engine start torque when VSP≧VSP_s. A vehicle speed range available for the motor travel expands by the amount corresponding to the engine start torque, and fuel efficiency can be improved. | 12-13-2012 |
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| 20110244272 | HEXAGONAL FERRITE MAGNETIC PARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a hexagonal ferrite magnetic particle comprising melting an Al-containing starting material mixture to prepare a melt and quenching the melt to obtain an amorphous material; subjecting the amorphous material to heat treatment to cause a hexagonal ferrite magnetic particle to precipitate in a product obtained by the heat treatment; collecting a hexagonal ferrite magnetic particle by subjecting the product to treatment with an acid and washing, wherein the hexagonal ferrite magnetic particle collected has a particle size ranging from 15 to 30 nm, comprises 0.6 to 8.0 weight percent of Al, based on Al | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120177951 | HEXAGONAL BARIUM FERRITE MAGNETIC PARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - An aspect of the present invention relates to a hexagonal barium ferrite magnetic particle, wherein, relative to 100 atom percent of a Fe content, an Al content ranges from 1.5 to 15 atom percent, a combined content of a divalent element and a pentavalent element ranges from 1.0 to 10 atom percent, an atomic ratio of a content of the divalent element to a content of the pentavalent element is greater than 2.0 but less than 4.0, and an activation volume ranges from 1,300 to 1,800 nm | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120244387 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEXAGONAL FERRITE MAGNETIC POWDER, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder. The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder comprises wet processing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles obtained following acid treatment in a water-based solvent to prepare an aqueous magnetic liquid satisfying relation (1) relative to an isoelectric point of the hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles: pH0−pH*≧2.5, wherein, pH0 denotes the isoelectric point of the hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles and pH* denotes a pH of the aqueous magnetic liquid, which is a value of equal to or greater than 2.0, adding a surface-modifying agent comprising an alkyl group and a functional group that becomes an anionic group in the aqueous magnetic liquid to the aqueous magnetic liquid to subject the hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles to a surface-modifying treatment, and removing the water-based solvent following the surface-modifying treatment to obtain hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120251844 | MAGNETIC RECORDING POWDER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - An aspect of the present invention relates to magnetic recording powder, which comprises hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles, the hexagonal ferrite magnetic particle comprising 0.5 to 5.0 atomic percent of an Fe substitution element in the form of just a divalent element per 100 atomic percent of a content of Fe and having an activation volume ranging from 1,200 to 1,800 nm | 10-04-2012 |