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20100043731 | Medium circulating apparatus for improving startability and warm up ability - A medium circulating apparatus of engine oil, which improves startability and warm up ability of an internal combustion engine, includes a microbubble generator that generates microbubbles and mixes the microbubbles into the circulating engine oil. Further, the medium circulating apparatus includes a medium temperature acquiring unit that acquires a temperature of the engine oil. The microbubbles are generated by the microbubble generator when the temperature of the engine oil is less than or equal to a predetermined value in order to decrease a viscosity, a heat conductivity, and a heat capacity of the engine oil in which the microbubbles are mixed. | 02-25-2010 |
20100162972 | Heat Storage Apparatus and Engine Including the Same - In the cylinder block of an engine including a heat storage apparatus, a water jacket is formed between a cylinder bore wall that forms a cylinder bore and a cylinder block outer wall. An actuator is installed on the cylinder block outer wall. A container is housed in the water jacket. A coolant temperature sensor is installed on the upper portion of the container. An ECU determines the state of a heat storage agent in the container and the state of the container, based on information on the temperature of coolant determined by the coolant temperature sensor. | 07-01-2010 |
20100199942 | OIL PAN STRUCTURE - An oil pan structure ( | 08-12-2010 |
20110126784 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A vehicle control system | 06-02-2011 |
20120037456 | Oil pan and lubricating device - An oil pan is provided with an oil pan separator that partitions a first chamber that communicates with a moving part inside a cylinder block and a second chamber outside the first chamber. A communicating hole is provided to a bottom panel of the oil pan separator. The communicating hole is shielded from a strainer. | 02-16-2012 |
20120132172 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE FOR ENGINE - A hydraulic control device is equipped with an oil jet that injects oil to a piston, an oil gallery through which oil injected by the oil jet and oil supplied to a lubrication part of an engine pass, an oil pump that pumps oil to the oil gallery, and a switching valve that is provided on an oil jet passage connecting the oil gallery and the oil jet together and leads oil supplied from the oil gallery to either the oil jet or an oil pan disposed at an upstream side of the oil pump. An ECU controls the switching valve on the basis of an engine speed and an engine cooling water temperature. | 05-31-2012 |
20130008165 | RANKINE CYCLE SYSTEM - A Rankine cycle system includes: a superheater, an expander including a first outlet discharging steam and a second outlet discharging liquid refrigerant produced therein; a first discharge path discharging the steam from the expander; a condenser condensing the steam introduced through the first discharge path into liquid refrigerant, a condensed water tank reserving the liquid refrigerant produced in the condenser; and a second discharge path discharging the liquid refrigerant from the expander to the condensed water tank, wherein a liquid level in the condensed water tank satisfies a following relation: Δh>ΔPto/ρg, when Δh means a height difference between the liquid level and a lowest liquid level in the second discharge path, ΔPto means a pressure loss when the steam flows into the condenser from the expander through the first discharge path, ρ means a density of the liquid refrigerant, and g means a gravitational acceleration. | 01-10-2013 |
20150136381 | HEAT TRANSPORT DEVICE - A heat transport device ( | 05-21-2015 |
20150176464 | EXHAUST-HEAT RECOVERY APPARATUS - An exhaust-heat recovery apparatus includes: a circulation passage, through which a heat carrier circulates, that has a heat recovery unit evaporating the heat carrier and a condenser condensing the evaporated heat carrier; a heat carrier controller that supplies the heat carrier in a liquid phase to the circulation passage; and a determination unit, in which the heat carrier controller supplies or recovers the heat carrier when a changing rate of an internal pressure in the circulation passage or a changing rate of a temperature of the heat carrier in the circulation passage is within a predetermined range, determines a type of abnormality based on the changing rate of the internal pressure in the circulation passage or the changing rate of the temperature of the heat carrier in the circulation passage after the supplying or the recovering of the heat carrier. | 06-25-2015 |
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20080199201 | Image Forming Device and Image Input Device - In an image forming device which acquires image information of a document and forms an image on a recording sheet, an image forming device body has a first reading unit and a processing unit, wherein the first reading unit acquires image information of a document and the processing unit forms an image on a recording sheet based on the image information. An image input device has a second reading unit which acquires image information of a document. The image input device is arranged in the image forming device body at a position lower than a position of the first reading unit. | 08-21-2008 |
20090060612 | Image forming apparatus - The height of an image reading unit or an operating panel in an image forming apparatus is adjusted to facilitate their operation depending on the physical characteristics of a user, such as his height or use of a wheel chair. A second operating panel and a second automatic document feeder (ADF) are disposed on the side of the image forming apparatus, so that a user on a wheel chair can access them easily. The second ADF houses plural sheet trays that are configured to open or close together. When the sheet trays are closed, a first operating panel disposed at the top of the apparatus is activated while the second operating panel on the side is deactivated. When the sheet trays are open, the second operating panel is activated while the first operating panel is deactivated. | 03-05-2009 |
20090066644 | Input control device and image forming apparatus - An input control device and an image forming apparatus capable of proving an easy-to-use operating environment even for a user having difficulties operating such conventional devices and apparatuses due to his/her height, color vision deficiency, weak vision, use of a wheelchair, and the like is disclosed. In the input control device, based on the detected distance between an instruction item on the display and an operation direction means (such as a user's finger), the display mode of the instruction item is changed (by, for example, changing positions, colors, and combinations). Further, as the operation direction means approaches, the size of the instruction item on the display becomes larger, thereby improving the operability especially for a user with color vision deficiency or weak vision. | 03-12-2009 |
20090201527 | Operations panel and image forming apparatus - An operations panel is disclosed that comprises plural operations blocks attached to a main body of an electronic apparatus; a selection information output unit that outputs a selection information item indicating a selection item selected in the operations block; a display operations block that is removably attachable to the main body, including a display unit that shows display selection items used for selecting operational functions, a selection detecting unit that detects the selected display selection item, and a display control unit that causes the display unit to show the selection items corresponding to the operations blocks together with the display selection item when the display operations block is removed from the main body; and a selection information retrieving unit that retrieves, as the selection information item, a selection result detected by the selection detecting unit of the display operations block removed from the main body. | 08-13-2009 |
20090316193 | INPUT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An input apparatus for a user to input an instruction into a body apparatus is disclosed. The input apparatus includes: a projection unit configured to project images of a plurality of virtual keys onto a projection area on a floor surface; a position detection unit configured to detect position information of a foot of the user put on the projection area; and a key detection unit configured to detect a virtual key corresponding to a position of the foot of the user from among the virtual keys based on information on the images of the virtual keys and a result of detection by the position detection unit. | 12-24-2009 |
20090316954 | INPUT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An input apparatus for enabling a user to enter an instruction into a main apparatus has high durability and offers superior operability. The input apparatus includes a table device having a table with a variable size. An image of plural virtual keys that is adapted to the size of the table is projected by a projector unit onto the table. Position information about a finger of the user that is placed on the table is detected by a position detecting device contactlessly. One of the plural virtual keys that corresponds to the position of the finger of the user detected by the position detecting device is detected by a key detecting device based on information about the image of the plural virtual keys and a result of the detection made by the position detecting device. | 12-24-2009 |
20100182654 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device including: a scanning device configured to acquire an image data of a manuscript; a processing device configured to form an image on a recording medium based on the image data; a main body of the image forming device having a first operation section configured to input an instruction to the image forming device; and a second operation section arranged at the main body of the image forming device. The image forming device acquires the image data of the manuscript and forms the image on the recording medium in accordance with an operation of at least one of the first and the second operation sections, the second operation section being operable at a low position compared to a position of the first operation section. | 07-22-2010 |
20110228285 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a contact glass having a light control glass part having transmittance changeable by an applied voltage; a scanner part reading an original placed on an original placement surface of the contact glass and outputting image data in a storage part; a projector part projecting image information onto the contact glass from a side opposite to the original placement surface; and a control part controlling the voltage applied to the light controlling glass part. When the scanner part is operated, the control part causes the transmittance of the contact glass to increase and the projector part stops projecting the image information, and when the scanner part is not operated, the control part causes the transmittance of the contact glass to decrease and the projector part projects the image data stored in the storage part onto the contact glass. | 09-22-2011 |
20110228347 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a scanner part reading an original on a contact glass, and a projector part projecting image information onto the contact glass as first image displaying. The projector part projects thumbnails or an image to have an image processing operation carried out or be printed. The display part carries out second image displaying obtained from reducing the first image displaying in size. At a time of the scanner part being operated, transmittance of the contact glass is increased and the projector part stops projecting the image information, and at a time of the scanner part not being operated, the transmittance of the contact glass is decreased and the projector part carries out the first image displaying. Setting of the image processing operation for the image data is reflected on the first image displaying and the second image displaying. | 09-22-2011 |
20120200874 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAYING METHOD - An electronic apparatus includes a main body of the electronic apparatus; an operation unit including an operation block having a display unit, the operation block being detachable with respect to the main body of the electronic apparatus, and the operation block enabling at least a bidirectional wireless communication with the main body of the electronic apparatus; and a detection unit configured to detect relative positional information between the operation block and the main body of the electronic apparatus, when the operation block is detached from the main body of the electronic apparatus. The operation block being detached from the main body of the electronic apparatus is able to display information corresponding to the relative positional information on the display unit, in accordance with a condition of the main body of the electronic apparatus. | 08-09-2012 |
20130314731 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD EXECUTED BY THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an exposure glass on which an original is to be placed; a scanner cover to openably cover the exposure glass from above, a tip of the scanner cover is lifted to open the exposure glass; a document scanner to read a two-dimensional objet of the original on the exposure glass and output read image data; a camera unit to capture an image of a three-dimensional object of the original on the exposure glass and output captured image data; photography lighting equipment including movable light source unit to illuminate the three-dimensional object put when the camera unit captures the image of the three-dimensional object; an image forming unit to convert the read image data and the captured image data to form a printed image on a recording medium; and a setting controller to control a reading process, a capturing process, and an image forming process. | 11-28-2013 |
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20100076190 | METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF NITROXYL RADICAL - The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a highly-versatile method for producing a nitroxyl radical derivative, in which position-2 and position-6 in a TEMPO-based compound can be easily substituted, and further, a method for producing a nitroxyl radical derivative, in which a nitrogen nucleus is labeled with | 03-25-2010 |
20140166625 | PLASMA SPRAYING APPARATUS - The plasma spraying apparatus includes a cathode, a first gas nozzle defining a first gas path between the cathode and itself, a second gas nozzle defining a second gas path between the first gas nozzle and itself, and a third gas nozzle disposed between the first and second gas nozzles to define a third gas path between the first and second gas paths. A wire is disposed at a distal end thereof in front of a nozzle opening of the second gas nozzle. A first gas sprayed through the first gas nozzle is turned into plasma flame, which melts the wire into droplets, and the droplets are sprayed onto a target by a second gas sprayed through the second gas nozzle. The third gas absorbs heat from the plasma flame to thereby turn into a high-temperature gas flow externally of the plasma flame. | 06-19-2014 |
20140166630 | PLASMA SPRAYING APPARATUS - The plasma spraying apparatus includes a cathode, a first gas nozzle surrounding a head of the cathode therewith to form a first gas path outside of the cathode, and a second gas nozzle surrounding the first gas nozzle therewith to form a second gas path outside of the first gas nozzle. The second gas nozzle is formed with a wire path through which a wire is inserted such that a distal end of the wire is disposed in front of a nozzle opening of the second gas nozzle. The wire path has a substantially rectangular cross-section having a longer side extending in a direction in which the plasma flame extends, the wire path causing the wire to bend within elastic limit of the wire. | 06-19-2014 |
20140169911 | SEALER, FASTENER, BOLT AND METHOD OF FABRICATING BOLT - The invention provides a sealer to be used for a bolt including a sprayed preservative coating coated onto at least a threaded portion. The sealer contains a wax therein in the range of 1 to 10 mass % both inclusive. | 06-19-2014 |
20140170323 | METHOD OF CARRYING OUT POST-TREATMENT TO SPRAYED COATING AND AGENT USED FOR THE SAME - A method of carrying out post-treatment to a sprayed coating includes spraying aluminum-containing material onto a surface of a steel for forming a sprayed coating on the steel, and coating electrolytic aqueous solution or water base paint containing electrolytic aqueous solution therein onto the sprayed coating. | 06-19-2014 |
20140170937 | BLASTING MATERIAL AND BLASTING PROCESS - The blasting material includes abrasives, and water in the range of 5 to 30 mass % both inclusive relative to a mass of the abrasives, the abrasives being prepared in advance such that all of the abrasives are uniformly wet. | 06-19-2014 |
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20080210491 | Oil Pan and Lubricating Device - An oil pan is provided with an oil pan separator that partitions a first chamber that communicates with a moving part inside a cylinder block and a second chamber outside the first chamber. A communicating hole is provided to a bottom panel of the oil pan separator. The communicating hole is shielded from a strainer. | 09-04-2008 |
20080245318 | Hydrogen-Fueled Internal Combustion Engine - It is an object of the present invention to improve the mixability of liquid hydrocarbon fuel and hydrogen gas and reduce the number of parts required for fuel supply means that supplies the two types of fuel. Disclosed is a hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine that uses liquid hydrocarbon fuel and hydrogen gas as fuel. The hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine comprises a fuel injection device for injecting hydrocarbon fuel; fuel supply means for supplying hydrocarbon fuel to the fuel injection device; and a microbubble generation device for generating microbubbles of hydrogen gas and mixing the generated microbubbles of hydrogen gas into liquid hydrocarbon fuel in the fuel supply means. The hydrogen gas microbubbles are supplied, for instance, to a fuel supply path (second fuel supply path) and fuel tank, which constitute the fuel supply means. | 10-09-2008 |
20090014248 | LUBRICATION DEVICE AND OIL PAN - An oil pan separator | 01-15-2009 |
20090020366 | LUBRICATION APPARATUS - An oil pan ( | 01-22-2009 |
20090031978 | HEAT ACCUMULATOR AND ENGINE - A heat accumulator ( | 02-05-2009 |
20090288647 | Fuel supply apparatus - A fuel supply apparatus that supplies fuel to an internal combustion engine by injecting liquid fuel from a fuel injection valve into a suction port is configured by a microbubble generator that generates microbubbles and an ultrasonic wave generator that generates an ultrasonic wave depending on a gas in the microbubbles generated by the microbubble generator. In the fuel supply apparatus, the generated microbubbles are mixed into the liquid fuel that is supplied to the fuel injection valve, and the liquid fuel in which the microbubbles are mixed is irradiated with the ultrasonic wave depending on the driving state of the internal combustion engine. When the liquid fuel in which the microbubbles are mixed is irradiated with the ultrasonic wave, a temperature of the liquid fuel is raised instantaneously due to contraction of the microbubbles. | 11-26-2009 |