| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20100066796 | PRINTER - A display unit includes a slide mechanism slidable in a lateral or vertical direction to a housing. A maintenance opening formed in the housing can be covered and uncovered. When the opening is uncovered, a user can access at least apart of a print section in the housing from the opening and perform maintenance. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100097667 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a printing section, a flatbed scanner section configured to read an original on a reading surface, and a moving mechanism configured to change the angle of the reading surface relative to an installation plane on which the apparatus is installed. The scanner section is capable of performing reading in each of a first mode where the angle of the reading surface is a first angle (vertical) and a second mode where the angle of the reading surface is a second angle (horizontal) different from the first angle. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100117031 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR BATTERY - It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a positive electrode active material for a battery, which can realize easy regulation of pore size in porosity formation of a positive electrode active material and is less likely to undergo hindrance of ion conduction caused by residues and, thus, can realize excellent high-rate discharge characteristics, and a method for producing a composition for a battery using the positive electrode active material for the battery. The method for producing a positive electrode active material for a battery of the present invention is a method for producing a positive electrode active material for a battery, including: a step 1 of firing a mixture of a raw material for the positive electrode active material and carbon particles to remove the carbon particles; and a step 2 of milling and classifying a fired body obtained in the step 1. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100119945 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL SINTERED BODY FOR BATTERY - The positive electrode active material sintered body for a battery of the present invention is a positive electrode active material sintered body for a battery satisfying the following requirements (I) to (VII): (I) fine particles in a positive electrode active material are sintered to constitute the sintered body; (II) a peak pore diameter which provides a maximum differential pore volume value in a pore diameter range of 0.01 to 10 μm in a pore distribution is 0.3 to 5 μm; (III) a total pore volume is 0.1 to 1 cc/g; (IV) an average particle diameter is not less than the peak pore diameter and not more than 20 μm; (V) any peak, which provides a differential pore volume value of not less than 10% of the maximum differential pore volume value, is not present on a smaller pore diameter side than the peak pore diameter in the pore distribution; (VI) a BET specific surface area is 1 to 6 m | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100150542 | IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS - An image pick-up apparatus that enables to be taken out from a pocket and the like quickly, to be held certainly, and to be operated easily by a user. An image pick-up unit takes a picture of a subject. An operation unit is operated to instruct about an image-pickup operation by the image pick-up unit. A strap mount is tightly connected to a strap, which is provided with a strap body that is an elastic string and a rigid fitting part fixed to at least one end of the strap body, and arranged at one or more positions of the image pick-up apparatus. The connected strap serves as a gripping part when operating the operation unit. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110203599 | SMOKING ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CARBON MONOXIDE REDUCING AGENT - A smoking article includes a carbon monoxide reducing agent including particles including a calcium aluminate represented by the formula (CaO) | 08-25-2011 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20110204301 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PARTICLES FOR BATTERY - A process of producing positive electrode active material particles for a battery, comprising a step of providing a slurry comprising resin particles, a cationic surfactant and/or a polyvinyl alcohol derivative, lithium complex oxide particles, and a polar solvent; removing the polar solvent from the slurry to give a composition; and firing the composition and at the same time, removing the resin particles from the composition, wherein the cationic surfactant is a quaternary ammonium salt, the polyvinyl alcohol derivative is a polyvinyl alcohol into which a quaternary ammonium salt group has been introduced or which has been substituted by a quaternary ammonium salt group, and the resin particles have an average particle size of 0.1 to 20 μm. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110206990 | SINTERED LITHIUM COMPLEX OXIDE - A sintered lithium complex oxide characterized in that the sintered lithium complex oxide is constituted by sintering fine particles of a lithium complex oxide, the peak pore size giving the maximum differential pore volume is 0.80-5.00 μm, the total pore volume is 0.10-2.00 mL/g, the average particle size is not less than the above-specified peak pore size but not more than 20 μm, there is a sub-peak giving a differential pore volume not less than 10% of the maximum differential pore volume on the smaller pore size side with respect to the above-specified peak pore size, the pore size corresponding to the sub-peak is more than 0.50 μm but not more than 2.00 μm, the BET specific surface area of the sintered lithium complex oxide is 1.0-10.0 m | 08-25-2011 |