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20110123896 | FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a fuel cell having a blocked passage and showing capability of inhibiting desiccation and flooding of the membrane electrode assembly. The fuel cell comprises: a laminated body comprising at least a membrane electrode assembly which includes: an electrolyte membrane, an anode catalyst layer arranged on one surface of the electrolyte membrane, and a cathode catalyst layer arranged on the other surface of the electrolyte membrane; and a pair of separators sandwiching the laminated body, wherein, between the pair of separators, along the laminated body side surface of at least one separator, an inlet passage is provided for getting through a reaction gas supplied to the laminated body and an outlet passage is provided for getting through a reaction gas having passed through the laminated body; the inlet passage is blocked at a downstream end of the reaction gas being supplied to the laminated body and the outlet passage is blocked at an upstream end of the reaction gas having passed through the laminated body; the inlet passage and the outlet passage are arranged separately from each other along the separator; and the depth of the upstream region of the inlet passage is larger than that of the downstream region of the inlet passage. | 05-26-2011 |
20110236787 | FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a fuel cell having obstructed passages, which is capable of inhibiting the occurrence of flooding. The fuel cell comprises: a stacked body comprising at least a membrane electrode assembly; and a pair of separators sandwiching the stacked body. A face of the stacked body side of the separator is provided with inlet passage(s) through which reaction gas to be supplied to the stacked body passes and outlet passage(s) through which reaction gas having passed the stacked body passes. The inlet passage is obstructed at a downstream end of the reaction gas to be supplied to the stacked body and the outlet passage is obstructed at an upstream end of the reaction gas having passed through the stacked body. The inlet passage and the outlet passage is arranged separately from each other, and the inlet passage is arranged on both ends of the face of the stacked body side of the separator in the passage width direction of the inlet passage and the outlet passage. | 09-29-2011 |
20120214082 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell is disclosed comprising: a power generation layer including an electrolyte membrane, and an anode and a cathode provided on respective surfaces of the electrolyte membrane; a fuel gas flow path layer located on a side of the anode of the power generation layer to supply a fuel gas to the anode while flowing the fuel gas along a flow direction of the fuel gas approximately orthogonal to a stacking direction in which respective layers of the fuel cell are stacked; and an oxidizing gas flow path layer located on a side of the cathode of the power generation layer to supply an oxidizing gas to the cathode while flowing the oxidizing gas along a flow direction of the oxidizing gas opposed to the flow direction of the fuel gas. A power generation area of the fuel cell, in which electric power is generated, has an upstream region including a most upstream position along the flow direction of the fuel gas and a downstream region including a most downstream position along the flow direction of the fuel gas. A midstream region, which is a remaining region of the power generation area other than the upstream region and the downstream region, has higher water vapor transfer resistance between the anode side and the cathode side than the upstream region and the downstream region. | 08-23-2012 |
20140335433 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell and a controller that controls a voltage of the fuel cell. The controller sets a target increase amount ΔV, based on a target voltage which is a target value of voltage relative to a predetermined electric current of the fuel cell. The controller sets a processing condition of a temporary voltage drop process, based on the target increase amount ΔV. The controller performs a temporary voltage drop process under the set processing condition. The temporary voltage drop process temporarily drops the voltage of the fuel cell based on a power generation characteristic of the fuel cell, so as to cause a temporary increase in electric current of the fuel cell and change the power generation characteristic of the fuel cell. | 11-13-2014 |
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20080292732 | Plant and Plant Storage Organ Having Glp-1 Derivative Accumulated Therein and Method of Producing the Same - The present invention is to provide a plant and a plant storage organ thereof in which GLP-1 derivatives are accumulated, and a method of producing them in order to develop a method for ingesting orally GLP-1 derivatives at a low cost and to make use of it in diabetic treatment. A transgenic plant or a plant storage organ thereof in which GLP-1 derivatives are accumulated cleavable with a digestive enzyme is produced by a method comprising: integrating into a vector a linked GLP-1s-DNA which comprises tandem repeated “n” DNAs (“n” being an integer of 3 or more) encoding a GLP-1 derivative consisting of GLP-1 (7-36) or of an amino acid sequence of GLP-1 (7-36) in which one or a few amino acids are deleted, substituted and/or added, and C-terminal consists of Arg or Lys, and having GLP-1 activity; introducing the vector into a plant cell; and redifferentiating the obtained transformant. The transgenic plant and the plant storage organ are useful as a pharmaceutical composition or a food or drink for treating or preventing diabetes. | 11-27-2008 |
20100305177 | PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR DIABETIC MACULOPATHY - A prophylactic or therapeutic agent for diabeticmaculopathy, which can be administered for a long time and exhibits efficacy in a mechanism different from that of existing medicines. The invention relates to a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for diabetic maculopathy, comprising, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by the general formula: | 12-02-2010 |
20120244102 | AGENT FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING CROHN'S DISEASE, COMPRISING ORGANIC ACID POLYMER - The present invention is to provide an agent for treating Crohn's disease that is of unknown cause and for which no radical therapeutic drug is present. Provided is an agent for preventing or treating Crohn's disease, comprising an organic acid polymer represented by the following formula: [(O | 09-27-2012 |
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20110056292 | Oscillation angular velocity sensor - Each of first and second oscillators includes a detector portion and a driver portion. The detector portion includes a stationary detector electrode and a detector weight, which includes a movable detector electrode opposed to the stationary detector electrode. The driver portion includes a driver weight having a movable driver electrode, which oscillates the detector portion, and a stationary driver electrode opposed to the movable driver electrode. The driver weights of the first and second oscillators are directly connected through a driver joint beam. The detector weights of the first and second oscillators are directly connected through a detector joint beam. | 03-10-2011 |
20110271759 | ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR - In an angular velocity sensor, a vibrator is coupled with a substrate through a beam part, and is movable in a first direction and a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. A driving part is configured to vibrate the vibrator in the first direction. A detecting part is configured to detect displacement of the vibrator in the second direction as a change in capacitance, the displacement being caused by Coriolis force generated in the vibrator due to vibration of the vibrator and an angular velocity around a third direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. A restricting part is configured to restrict displacement of the vibrator in the second direction based on the change in capacitance. The angular velocity sensor is configured to satisfy a condition where β sin θ is equal to or less than 1. | 11-10-2011 |
20130270659 | ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR - An angular velocity sensor for detecting an angular velocity includes a substrate having the stationary portion, two pair of driver weights, two detector weights, and a detector electrode. The angular velocity is detected by using a differential signal output indicating a variation in capacitances. When the absolute value of a de-coupling ratio (=(fanti−fin)/fanti) is greater than or equal to 0.07, the occurrence of the anti-phase mode movement can be prevented so as to prevent the occurrence of the output error of the gyro sensor and detect the angular velocity more precisely. | 10-17-2013 |
20140360265 | VIBRATION ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR - A vibration angular velocity sensor includes a substrate and a vibrator. The vibrator includes support members, linear drive beams, and a plurality of weight portions connected by the drive beams. The vibrator vibrates the plurality of weight portions by bending of the drive beams. The vibrator is fixed to the substrate through the support members at fixed points of the drive beam. A spring property of the support members is smaller than a spring property of the drive beams. | 12-11-2014 |