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| 20080302467 | Pressure Resistant Vibration Absorbing Hose - A pressure resistant vibration absorbing hose has a hose body including an inner surface rubber layer, a reinforcing layer and an outer surface rubber layer and a joint fitting including a rigid insert pipe and a socket fitting. The joint fitting is attached to a swaged portion of an axial end portion of the hose body by securely swaging the socket fitting thereto. The inner surface rubber layer is formed by molding such that a swaged portion thereof is larger than a main portion thereof in diameter and a wall thickness of the swaged portion is equal to or larger than a wall thickness of the main portion, and after that, the reinforcing layer and the outer surface rubber layer are laminated to construct the hose body. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20120199238 | Fuel Hose and Method for Producing the Same - A fuel hose according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a tubular inner rubber layer; a resin layer formed on an outer circumferential surface of the inner rubber layer; and an outer rubber layer formed on an outer circumferential surface of the resin layer, wherein the inner rubber layer includes a rubber material containing the following Components (A), (B) and (C), the outer rubber layer includes a rubber material containing the following Components (A′), (B) and (C′), and the resin layer includes a resin material containing the following Component (X) as a main component: (A) acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, (A′) blend rubber containing acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber and acrylic rubber, (B) a sulfur vulcanizing agent, (C) an amine catalyst to form bonding points, (C′) an amine catalyst to form bonding points, which contains 1,5-diazabicyclo(4.3.0)non-5-ene salt (DBN salt), and (X) tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro(alkylvinylether)-chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer. | 08-09-2012 |
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| 20080304533 | STARTUP METHOD FOR GAS LASER UNIT AND GAS LASER UNIT HAVING STARTUP FUNCTION - A startup method capable of easily and inexpensively activating a laser oscillator by limiting an output current of a high-frequency power supply, without using a particular element or a complicated system, even when the laser oscillator is activated in a low-temperature environment, and a gas laser unit having such a function. According to the normal pressure control, the laser gas is gradually increased from pressure p | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090116521 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD FOR GAS LASER OSCILLATOR AND GAS LASER OSCILLATOR FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A gas laser oscillator ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 20110243168 | GAS LASER OSCILLATOR HAVING FUNCTION FOR JUDGING DISCHAGE INITIATION - A gas laser oscillator capable of initiating discharge, without applying excess voltage to a discharge tube, and correctly and rapidly judging the initiation of discharge. The oscillator has a laser power commanding part adapted to generate a laser power command including a pulse superimposed on a forefront of each step, a voltage applying part adapted to apply a voltage to a discharge tube based on the laser power command, a discharge tube voltage detecting part adapted to detect the discharge tube voltage, a discharge tube voltage monitoring part adapted to monitor the discharge tube voltage, and a discharge initiation judging part adapted to judge that the discharge is initiated when the difference, between a change rate of the monitored voltage and a change rate of the discharge tube voltage predetermined based on data obtained while the discharge is normally carried out, is smaller than a predetermined threshold. | 10-06-2011 |
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| 20090163310 | BICYCLE DERAILLEUR WITH MULTIPLE MOUNTING ADJUSTMENTS - A bicycle derailleur comprises a base member; a movable member that supports a chain guide, wherein the movable member is coupled to the base member so that the movable member moves relative to the base member for moving a chain among a plurality of sprockets; an intermediate member that mounts the base member to a bicycle frame; a first adjusting mechanism that adjustably sets a position of the intermediate member relative to the bicycle frame; and a second adjusting mechanism that adjustably sets a position of the base member relative to the intermediate member. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20120221202 | BICYCLE SUSPENSION CONTROL APPARATUS - A bicycle suspension control apparatus includes a user operating device and a controller. The controller is configured to set a bicycle suspension having a plurality of operating states to a first operating state in response to a first manual operation of the user operating device. The controller is further configured to set the bicycle suspension to a second operating state in response to a second manual operation of the user operating device. The second manual operation is performed in a different operating manner of the user operating device than the first manual operation. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221203 | BICYCLE SUSPENSION CONTROL APPARATUS - A bicycle suspension control apparatus includes a user operating device and a controller. The controller is operatively coupled to the user operating device to selectively control a pair of bicycle suspensions between a plurality of operating states. The controller selectively changes the operating states of both of the suspensions to different ones of the operating states in response to a single operation of the user operating device. The controller includes a receiving part, a storage part and a control part. The receiving part receives combination information indicating at least one combination of the operating states from among combinations of the operating states of the suspensions. The storage part stores the combination information received by the receiving part. The control part controls the suspensions based on the combination information stored in the storage part when the user operating device is operated. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221204 | BICYCLE SUSPENSION CONTROL APPARATUS - A bicycle suspension control apparatus includes a user operating device and a control device. The control device is operatively coupled to the user operating device to selectively control a front bicycle suspension between a plurality of operating states and a rear bicycle suspension between a plurality of operating states. The control device is configured to selectively change the operating states of both the front and rear bicycle suspensions to different ones of the operating states in response to a single operation of the user operating device. The control device controls the front and rear bicycle suspensions such that a first operating state change operation of one of the front and rear bicycle suspensions occurs later than a second operating state change operation of the other of the front and rear bicycle suspensions. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221205 | BICYCLE SUSPENSION CONTROL SETTING DEVICE - A bicycle suspension control setting device includes a control device, an indicating unit, a selecting unit and a communication unit. The control device includes a plurality of setting information relating to a plurality of operating states for a bicycle suspension device. The indicating unit is operatively connected to the control device to indicate the setting information to a user. The selecting unit is operatively connected to the control device to selectively select at least one of the setting information that is to be indicated by the indicating unit. The communication unit includes at least one of a wireless connection section and a wired connection section configured to detachably connect to a bicycle suspension control apparatus to transmit the setting information selected by the selecting unit to the bicycle suspension control apparatus. | 08-30-2012 |
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| 20100306595 | SCENARIO CREATING APPARATUS, SCENARIO CREATING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SCENARIO CREATING PROGRAM - A scenario creating apparatus which creates a scenario for verifying operation of an information processing system in which a plurality of servers including a database server are connected, includes a collector that collects messages transmitted and received between the plurality of servers, when operation of the information processing system is being verified by a terminal apparatus that performs verification of operation; an association unit that associates the collected messages with each other; a sorter that sorts work models in ascending order of time at which access is made to the database server, the work models each being a group of the associated messages; and a scenario creating unit that creates the scenario on the basis of the sorted work models. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110231855 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRIORITY - A priority control apparatus, includes a job operation information storage unit stores, as job operation information on a per job operation basis for a plurality of job operations, a process and an object used by the process with the process mapped to the object, each job operation being executed by a plurality of processes; a delay determiner determines a first job operation that is delayed from among the plurality of job operations; and a priority controller identifies a second job operation sharing an object used in the first job operation by referencing the job operation information storage unit, identifies a process, using an object not used in the first job operation, from among the processes executing the second job operation identified, and lowers a priority at which the identified process is to be executed. | 09-22-2011 |
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| 20090233367 | Method of Transferring Substance Into Cell - There is provided a method by which multiple types of substances desired to be transferred into cells can be continuously transferred into multiple types of cells by a convenient procedure, a cell in which the substance desired to be transferred into cells has been taken up by this method, and an apparatus for transferring a substance into cells by this method. The foregoing objects can be achieved by electrospraying cells with a liquid free from the substance to be transferred into cells while the cells are kept in contact with the substance to be transferred into cells, or first electrospraying cells with a liquid free from the substance to be transferred into cells and then bringing the cells into contact with the substance to be transferred into cells. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20110020935 | METHOD OF GENE TRANSFER INTO CELLS USING ELECTROSPRAY AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - The present invention provides a method whereby, in transferring a gene into a cell by contacting the cell with a gene to be transferred into the cell in a container and then electrospraying a spray liquid free from the gene on the cell and gene in the container, the gene can be rapidly and conveniently transferred into the cell with high transfer efficiency while minimizing the degradation of the gene, and an apparatus therefor. A nozzle for electrospraying comprising a tube portion for applying a high voltage, which is made of an electrically conductive substance and located on the side of the spray liquid suction port, and another tube portion for spraying, which is made of an insulating substance and located on the side of the spray liquid ejection port. By using this nozzle, electrospraying can be performed while preventing a discharge phenomenon that causes degradation of the gene. Thus, transfer efficiency of the gene into the cell can be remarkably improved, and the gene can be rapidly and conveniently transferred into the cell. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110201120 | METHOD FOR INTRODUCING GENE INTO CELL, AND COMPOSITION FOR USE IN THE METHOD - The present invention provides a method for transferring a gene into cells, which is practically useful and can achieve high transfer efficiency, and also a composition for use in the method. By bringing a mixture of a composition comprising a diallylamine sulfur dioxide copolymer having a repeating unit represented by the formula (1) or a salt thereof and a gene into contact with a cell, a gene such as DNA and RNA can be transferred into a target cell safely and conveniently, and into a cell at a specific site with high gene transfer efficiency. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110275982 | METHOD FOR INJECTING DRUG INTO LIVING BODY BY ELECTROSPRAYING AND DEVICE THEREOF - The present invention provides a method whereby a drug can be conveniently injected into the living body, without sticking a needle, from a device that is not in contact with the living body, and a device therefor. Specifically provided is a method for injecting a peptide drug such as insulin, and a device therefor. No special consumables are needed except the drug solution or suspension. The method and device comprise injecting a drug into the living body by electrospraying a solution or suspension of the drug from a nozzle to which high voltage is applied and which is not in contact with the living body. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120116087 | CRYSTALS OF PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE SODIUM SALTS - A crystal of pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium salt having peaks at 2θ of 9.1°, 10.3°, 13.8°, 17.7°, 18.3°, 24.0°, 27.4°, 31.2° and 39.5° (±0.2° for each) in powder X-ray diffractometry using Cu Kα radiation, or a crystal of pyrroloquinoline quinone trisodium salt having peaks at 2θ of 6.6°, 11.4°, 13.0°, 22.6°, 26.9°, 27.9°, 37.0°, 38.9° and 43.4° (±0.2° for each) in powder X-ray diffractometry using Cu Kα radiation. | 05-10-2012 |
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| 20110038274 | Route information relay method and wireless terminal - Each node connected to an ad hoc network receives route information from an adjacent node. Each node obtains quality information indicating quality of a route indicated by the route information with respect to the received route information. Each node determines whether a plurality of route information items whose packet destination nodes are the same are received at a predetermined frequency. When it is determined that a plurality of route information items whose packet destination nodes are the same are received, each node compares quality information items of the plurality of received route information items, and selects a route information item corresponding to a quality information item indicating a highest quality as a comparison result. Each node relays the selected route information item to an adjacent node. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110093717 | NODE APPARATUS, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A node apparatus changes a first access key unique to itself; changes a shared key same for node apparatuses; encrypts, using the shared key, the first access key and transmits it; receives an access key notification frame; decrypts it using the shared key, thereby obtaining a second access key; attaches, to a first plaintext frame, first signature data obtained by encrypting, using the shared key, data including a first value calculated from the first plaintext frame; encrypts the first plaintext frame using the second access key and transmits thus encrypted frame; receives a second encrypted frame; decrypts it by the first access key to obtain a second plaintext frame; obtains a second value by decrypting, using the shared key, a second signature data attached to the second plaintext frame; calculates a third value from the second plaintext frame; and confirms whether the second and third values are consistent. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110141932 | NODE DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - In a node device | 06-16-2011 |
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| 20090298288 | SILICIDE FORMING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - Radical in a plasma generation chamber is supplied to a process chamber through an introducing aperture, and HF gas is supplied as a process gas from the vicinity of the radical introducing aperture. A native oxide film of the substrate surface of a IV group semiconductor doped an impurity is removed, with a good surface roughness equal to the wet cleaning. The substrate after the surface treatment is deposited with a metal material and metal silicide formation by thermal treatment is performed, and during these processes, the substrate is not exposed to the atmosphere, and a good contact resistance equal to or better than the wet process is obtained. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090314740 | MAGNETORESISTIVE EFFECT ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MULTI-CHAMBER APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETORESISTIVE EFFECT ELEMENT - A magnetoresistive effect element manufacturing method includes a first step of preparing a magnetoresistive effect element including a magnetic film and a substrate, a second step of etching a predetermined region of the magnetic film by a reactive ion etching method, and a third step of exposing the magnetic film having undergone the second step to a plasma at an ion current density of 4×10 | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100075508 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A dielectric insulating film including HfO or the like is formed by: cleaning a surface of a semiconductor substrate by exposing the substrate surface to a fluorine radical; performing hydrogen termination processing with a fluorine radical or a hydride (SiH | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100221895 | SURFACE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD - HF-originated radicals generated in a plasma-forming chamber are fed to a treatment chamber via feed holes, while HF gas molecules as the treatment gas are supplied to the treatment chamber from near the radical feed holes to suppress the excitation energy, thereby increasing the selectivity to Si to remove a native oxide film. Even with the dry-treatment, the surface treatment provides good surface flatness equivalent to that obtained by the wet-cleaning which requires high-temperature treatment, and further attains growth of Si single crystal film on the substrate after the surface treatment. The surface of formed Si single crystal film has small quantity of impurities of oxygen, carbon, and the like. After sputtering Hf and the like onto the surface of the grown Si single crystal film, oxidation and nitrification are applied thereto to form a dielectric insulation film such as HfO thereon, thus forming a metal electrode film. All through the above steps, the substrate is not exposed to atmospheric air, thereby suppressing the adsorption of impurities onto the interface, and thus obtaining a C-V curve with small hysteresis. As a result, good device characteristics are obtained in MOS-FET. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100326818 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SPUTTERING APPARATUS - The invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a sputtering apparatus which improve the composition of a film formed by a metal and a reactive gas without increasing the number of steps. An embodiment includes the steps of: placing a substrate on a substrate holder in a process chamber; and sputtering a target in the process chamber by applying electric power thereto while feeding a first reactive gas and a second reactive gas having higher reactivity than that of the first reactive gas into the process chamber, to form a film containing a target material on the substrate. The step of forming a film is conducted by feeding at least the first reactive gas from a first gas feed opening formed near the target, and by feeding the second reactive gas from a second gas feed opening formed at a position with the distance from the target larger than that of the first gas feed opening. | 12-30-2010 |
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| 20090240384 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER - There is provided a vehicle controller that is mounted in a box-shaped manner beneath the floor or on the roof of a vehicle so as to supply electric power to vehicle apparatuses. The vehicle controller is configured with a plurality of functional modules | 09-24-2009 |
| 20110176281 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device includes plural functional modules each of which is a minimum part unit that contributes to change in input/output potentials, and has an input and an output of one power line or one set of power lines, except for power lines having a same potential as that on an overhead wire side or that on a ground side. The functional module has an interface surface on one side surface, to which both of a signal line and the power line are connected. Each interface surface is divided into a first interface area in which a signal line terminal connected to the signal line is placed, and a second interface area in which a power line terminal connected to the power line is placed. The plural functional modules are adjacently arranged such that the interface surfaces face in a same direction, the first interface areas are located on one end side in common, and the second interface areas are located on the other end side in common. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20120063176 | POWER CONVERTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A control device for a vehicle, the control device including, in a housing that is installed under a floor of the vehicle: a power converter configured of a semiconductor switching circuit; a control unit that controls the output of the power converter so as to supply a required load to a power; a wiring that is connected to the power converter; a voltage detector that detects a voltage applied to the wiring and outputs the detected voltage to the control unit; and a shielding unit that shields radiation noise from the wiring to the voltage detector, wherein the control unit is disposed on a first side of the housing along a traveling direction of the vehicle, the power converter is disposed on a second side of the housing along the traveling direction of the vehicle and the voltage detector is disposed between the power converter and the control unit. | 03-15-2012 |
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| 20120086556 | WIRELESS IC TAG, READER-WRITER, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A wireless IC tag includes a wireless IC chip and two coil-shaped antennas. One end of each of the coil-shaped antennas is electrically connected to the wireless IC chip, and the other ends of the coil-shaped antennas are electrically connected to each other. The winding axes of the coil-shaped antennas are arranged at different positions, and the coil-shaped antennas have the same winding direction. A reader-writer includes an antenna connected to an information processing circuit. The antenna is electromagnetically coupled to the coil-shaped antennas for communication. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120092222 | ANTENNA AND ANTENNA MODULE - An antenna includes a flexible sheet that includes a first main surface including a first coil electrode located thereon and a second main surface including a second coil electrode located thereon. The first and second coil electrodes are wound in opposite directions when viewed from different directions. A first end of the first coil electrode faces a first end of the second coil electrode through the flexible sheet. Similarly, a second end of the first coil electrode faces a second end of the second coil electrode through the flexible sheet. The first and second coil electrodes define an inductor, the first ends of the first and second coil electrodes define a capacitor, and the second ends of the first and second coil electrodes define a capacitor whereby a resonant antenna is provided. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120098728 | ANTENNA MODULE - An antenna includes a flexible sheet, a first coil electrode located on a first main surface of the flexible sheet and a second coil electrode located on a second main surface of the flexible sheet. A base film is arranged on the first main surface of the flexible sheet and a wireless communication IC is mounted on the base film. Two input/output terminals of the wireless communication IC are connected to coupling electrodes. A first coupling electrode opposes one end portion of the first coil electrode with the base film disposed therebetween. A second coupling electrode opposes one end of the second coil electrode with the base film, a central electrode and the flexible sheet disposed therebetween. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098729 | ANTENNA AND ANTENNA MODULE - An antenna includes a flexible sheet, a first coil electrode being formed on a first main surface of the flexible sheet and a second coil electrode being formed on a second main surface of the flexible sheet. Another end portion of the first coil electrode and another end portion | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120169472 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system includes a reader/writer, a communication terminal, and a wireless IC tag. The communication terminal includes an electric field antenna including a coupling portion that defines a magnetic field antenna, and the antenna portion is housed in a pen-shaped casing. The antenna portion is coupled to an electric field antenna of the reader/writer through an electric field, and the coupling portion is coupled to the wireless IC tag through a magnetic field. The reader/writer communicates with the wireless IC tag as a result of the coupling portion being brought close to the wireless IC tag. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120182128 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system includes a reader/writer, a communication terminal, and a wireless IC tag. The communication terminal includes an electric field-type first antenna unit, a magnetic field-type second antenna unit, and a connection unit electrically connecting the first and second antenna units and to each other, and is housed within a pen housing. The first antenna unit is coupled to an antenna of the reader/writer through an electric field, and the second antenna unit is coupled to the wireless IC tag through a magnetic field. By causing the second antenna unit to be adjacent to the wireless IC tag, the reader/writer and the wireless IC tag communicate with each other. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120206239 | RFID SYSTEM - An RFID system includes an antenna of a reader/writer and an antenna of an RFID tag. Transmission and reception of a high-frequency signal of a UHF band is performed between the antenna of the reader/writer and the antenna of the RFID tag that are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other. A loop antenna including a loop conductor is used as the antenna of the reader/writer, and coil antennas including a plurality of laminated coil conductors are used as the antenna of an RFID tag. In addition, the conductor width of the loop conductor in the loop antenna is greater than the conductor widths of the coil conductors in the coil antennas. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120267438 | WIRELESS IC DEVICE AND COMPONENT FOR WIRELESS IC DEVICE - A wireless IC device includes a cutout portion having no aluminum-deposited film that is provided at an end of an article package made of an aluminum-deposited laminated film, and an electromagnetic coupling module is provided at the cutout portion. The electromagnetic coupling module and the aluminum-deposited film of the package define a wireless IC device. A loop electrode, which is a magnetic field transmission auxiliary radiator of the electromagnetic coupling module, is coupled to the aluminum-deposited film of the package. Thus, the article package functions as a radiator of an antenna. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120306719 | COMPOSITE PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A composite printed wiring board includes a parent board and a child board that is mounted on the parent board. A wireless IC element that processes a high-frequency signal, a loop-shaped electrode that is coupled to the wireless IC element, and a first radiator that is coupled to the loop-shaped electrode are provided on the child board. A second radiator that is coupled to the loop-shaped electrode via an electromagnetic field is provided on the parent board. | 12-06-2012 |
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| 20110083426 | EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM WITH HEAT RECOVERY DEVICE - In an emission control system, an absorbent in exhaust-emission passage absorbs a particular component in the emission with a temperature thereof being lower than a first temperature, and desorbs therefrom the absorbed particular component with the temperature thereof being equal to or higher than the first temperature. A catalyst in the exhaust-emission passage converts the particular component desorbed from the absorbent into another component with a temperature thereof being equal to or higher than a second temperature higher than the first temperature. A heat recovery device is disposed in the exhaust-emission passage upstream of the absorbent and recovers heat from the exhaust emission by heat exchange between a heat-transfer medium and the exhaust emission. An adjusting unit adjusts an amount of heat to be recovered by the heat recovery device to thereby adjust a temperature state of the exhaust emission. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110265460 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SUPPLY POWER TO CONDUCTIVE CARRIER OF CATALYST CONVERTER - In an apparatus for controlling supply power to a conductive porous carrier of a catalyst converter for cleaning an emission, a moisture determiner determines whether moisture is contained in and/or on the conductive porous carrier. A power controller controls supply power to the conductive porous carrier for energization of the conductive porous carrier such that a value of the supply power to the conductive porous carrier when it is determined that the moisture is contained in and/or on the conductive porous carrier is lower than a value of the supply power to the conductive porous carrier when it is determined that the moisture is not contained in and/or on the conductive porous carrier. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110268613 | APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING TEMPERATURE STATE OF CARRIER OF CATALYST CONVERTER - An apparatus is used for diagnosing the temperature state of a catalyst converter. The catalyst converter includes a catalyst for cleaning an emission, and a conductive carrier for carrying the catalyst. The conductive carrier is energized for temperature rise of the catalyst, and the conductive carrier has a characteristic in which resistance drops with temperature increase. In the apparatus, a first obtaining unit obtains a first parameter having a first correlation with supply power to the conductive carrier for energization of the conductive carrier. A second obtaining unit obtains a second parameter having a second correlation with a temperature of the conductive carrier. A diagnosing unit diagnoses the temperature state of the conductive carrier based on a comparison between the first parameter and the second parameter. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270568 | APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING TEMPERATURE OF CONDUCTIVE CARRIER OF CATALYST CONVERTER - In an apparatus, a temperature obtainer obtains, in a learning mode of the apparatus during a conductive carrier being deenergized a, value of a carrier temperature based on a physical parameter correlative with the carrier temperature and different from a carrier resistance. A resistance obtainer instantaneously energizes, in the learning mode, the conductive carrier to obtain a value of the carrier resistance during the instant energization. A calculator obtains, in a normal operation mode of the apparatus after the learning mode, a value of the carrier resistance, and calculates, in the normal operation mode, a value of the carrier temperature based on: the obtained value of the carrier resistance in the normal operation mode, and a pair of the value of the carrier temperature and the value of the carrier resistance obtained in the learning mode. | 11-03-2011 |
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| 20100021822 | MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE - The present invention provides a microporous polyolefin membrane having a porosity of 45% to 85% wherein the microporous polyolefin membrane easily absorbs the strain produced when the membrane undergoes compression, and retains excellent permeability and excellent electrical insulation performance even after compression by setting the maximum pore diameter at 0.1 μm to 0.23 μm, the MD elastic modulus at 400 to 2,000 MPa, and the ratio MD elastic modulus/TD elastic modulus at 1.5 to 9. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100136410 | SEPARATOR FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A separator for a lithium ion secondary battery with an alloy based negative electrode, wherein a dynamic friction coefficient of at least one surface is 0.1 or more and 0.4 or less, and a method for manufacturing the same. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20110020692 | SEPARATOR FOR METAL HALIDE BATTERY - It is an object of the present invention to provide a separator for a metal halide battery which can maintain a low bromine permeability for a long duration and can maintain battery performance for a long duration. The present invention provides a separator for a metal halide battery having a bromine diffusion coefficient after 240 hours of less than 4.2×10 | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110262814 | POLYOLEFIN MICROPOROUS FILM - There is provided a polyolefin microporous film which is excellent in taking-up stability in a production line and a processing line of the polyolefin microporous film, and further in a line for a battery taking-up step, and hardly generates step deviation when a roll thereof has received an impact. | 10-27-2011 |
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| 20090001384 | Group III Nitride semiconductor HFET and method for producing the same - Provided is an HFET exhibiting reduced buffer leakage current. The HFET of the present invention includes an SiC substrate, an AlN layer, a graded AlGaN layer, a GaN layer, an AlGaN layer (Al compositional proportion: 20%), a source electrode, a gate electrode, and a drain electrode, wherein the AlN layer, the graded AlGaN layer, the GaN layer, and the AlGaN (Al: 20%) layer are successively stacked on the substrate, and the electrodes are formed on the AlGaN (Al: 20%) layer so as to be separated from one another. In the graded AlGaN layer, the Al compositional proportion gradually decreases from 30% (at the side facing the AlN layer) to 5% (at the side facing the GaN layer). Provision of the graded AlGaN layer reduces strain between the AlN layer and the GaN layer. Therefore, the HFET exhibits reduced buffer leakage current. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20100270548 | Semiconductor element and method of making same - A semiconductor element includes a substrate including gallium oxide and having a predetermined plane direction, and a semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, in which, the semiconductor element is in chip form and further includes a first end face formed along a cleaved surface of the substrate and a second end face formed perpendicular to the first end face, wherein the first end face has a stronger cleavage property than the second end face. | 10-28-2010 |