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| 20090126500 | LOAD DETECTION DEVICE - A load detection device includes a strain generating body having first and second holes at first and second ends of the strain generating body, a strain gauge attached on the strain generating body, first and second fixing members having first and second middle shaft portion press-fitted into the first and second holes, respectively, and having first and second end shaft portions protruding from the first and second middle shaft portions, respectively, a bracket member having first fixing portion including a first fixing hole into which the first end shaft portion is press-fitted, and a second fixing portion, integrally connected to the first fixing portion and including a second fixing hole into which the second end shaft portion is inserted with a clearance therebetween, a press-fit fixing member press-fitted onto the second end shaft portion, and a connecting shaft integrally connected to the strain generating body. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100122854 | LOAD DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SEAT - A load detection device for a vehicle seat mounted between a floor side mounting mechanism and a seat side mounting mechanism and measuring a load applied by an occupant seated on the vehicle seat, includes a shaft member adapted to be fixed to one of the floor side mounting mechanism and the seat side mounting mechanism, a strain generating member fixed to the shaft member and including a hole into which the shaft member is press-fitted, a strain gauge attached to the strain generating member, the shaft member of which surface hardness is specified to be lower than a surface hardness of the hole and including a scraping projecting portion scraped off by means of the hole in a case where the shaft member is press-fitted to the hole, and an inter space formed between the strain generating member and the shaft member and positioned next to the scraping projecting portion. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100127552 | SEAT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat apparatus for a vehicle, includes a seat-side fixing member, a slide rail, a load detecting device disposed between the seat-side fixing member and the slide rail and arranged at an end portion of the slide rail on a rear side of the vehicle, and a bracket arranged at an end portion of the slide rail on a front side of the vehicle, the bracket supporting the seat-side fixing member. The bracket includes a lower attachment portion attached to the slide rail, a supporting portion extending from the lower attachment portion toward an upper side of the vehicle, and an upper attachment portion connected to the supporting portion so as to extend from the supporting portion toward the rear side of the vehicle, thereby being cantilever-supported by the supporting portion, and attached to the seat-side fixing member at a free-end side of the upper attachment portion. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100133017 | LOAD DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SEAT - A load detection device for a vehicle seat mounted between a floor side mounting mechanism made of metal and a seat side mounting mechanism made of metal and measuring a load applied by an occupant seated on the vehicle seat includes a strain generating body adapted to be fixed via both end portions to a fitting surface formed at one of the floor side mounting mechanism and the seat side mounting mechanism while having a predetermined clearance from the fitting surface, a strain gauge attached to the strain generating body, a bracket made of metal and including an attachment portion that extends laterally relative to the strain generating body, and an amplifier substrate mounted on the attachment portion while being arranged in parallel to the strain generating body, both surfaces of the amplifier substrate being covered by one of or more of the bracket, the floor side mounting mechanism and the seat side mounting mechanism, the amplifier substrate amplifying a signal output from the strain gauge. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20110005843 | LOAD DETECTION DEVICE - A load detection device includes a load sensor provided at a support portion that is positioned at a rear portion of a seat for a vehicle, the seat including a seatback at the rear portion of the seat, the load sensor detecting a load applied to the support portion that is a part of a plurality of support portions, a load detecting portion detecting a portion of a load of a seat occupancy of the seat based on an output from the load sensor and outputting a detected load value, a longitudinal inclination angle detecting portion detecting a longitudinal inclination angle of the vehicle, and a load correcting portion correcting, depending on the longitudinal inclination angle, the detected load value of the portion of the load of the seat occupancy based on a relationship between the detected load value of the seat occupancy and the longitudinal inclination angle. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010109 | VEHICLE TILT DETECTING APPARATUS AND SEAT LOAD DETECTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A vehicle tilt detecting apparatus includes a load sensor provided for detecting a load acts on a supporting portion, a load detecting portion detecting a partial load value of the load placed on the seat on the basis of an output from the load sensor and outputting a detected load value, first interrelating portion indicates a relation between a detected load value of no-load and a front-rear tilt angle of the vehicle, unoccupied seat determining portion determining an unoccupied state, where no-load is placed on the seat, when the detected load value outputted from the load detecting portion is less than an unoccupied seat determining value and front-rear tilt angle calculating portion calculating the front-rear tilt angle corresponding to the detected load value outputted from the load detecting portion, on the basis of the first interrelating portion, when the unoccupied seat determining portion determines the unoccupied state. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20120025966 | LOAD SENSING DEVICE - A load sensing device, which includes a load detecting device adapted to a seat and outputting a load signal in response to a strain generated at the load detecting device and which detects a load applied to the seat on the basis of the load signal, includes a determining device determining whether the seat is in an occupied state or in a vacant state based on a magnitude relationship between the load and a threshold value, a collision detecting device detecting a shock generated when a vehicle collides, an alarming device alarming that the shock is detected, and a memorizing device storing a diagnosis information indicating whether or not a zero-point adjustment of the load detecting device needs to be executed in response to a determination result of a state of the seat in the case where the shock is detected by the load detecting member. | 02-02-2012 |
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| 20080245088 | Air conditioner - In an air conditioner for a vehicle, a blower of a blower unit includes a double-axial motor having a rotation axis positioned approximately in a vehicle top-bottom direction, a pair of centrifugal fans located at two sides of the double-axial motor in an axial direction, and a pair of scroll casings in which the centrifugal fans are accommodated, respectively. The two air outlet portions are arranged in the vehicle top-bottom direction, and are adjacent to be joined to an air inlet portion of the air conditioning unit, substantially as a single air outlet. Furthermore, the two air outlet portions are located approximately at the same height position as that of the air passing portion of the cooling heat exchanger, and have a height dimension (H | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090117841 | Air conditioner for vehicle - In a vehicle air conditioner, first and second downstream side passages are provided in an air conditioning case to guide air to a defroster opening and a foot opening, respectively. A switching door is capable of switching between a partition position for partitioning the first downstream side passage and the second downstream side passage from each other, and a communication position for establishing communication between the first downstream side passage and the second downstream side passage. An air outlet mode switching device is capable of switching between a foot mode and a foot/defroster mode. In the foot mode, the air outlet mode switching device causes both the foot door and defroster door to be opened and causes the first switching door to be set at the partition position. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a problem due to an air outlet mode door with a small opening degree. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090208327 | Electric blower - An electric blower includes an electric motor, a first fan, a second fan, a first casing and a second casing. The electric motor includes a motor body and a rotation shaft extending from the motor body only on one axial side of the motor body. The first fan is located to the one axial side of the motor body and defines a first axis of rotation aligned with the rotation shaft. The second fan is located to the one axial side of the motor body and further than the first fan from the motor body in an axial direction. The second fan defines a second axis of rotation aligned with the rotation shaft. The first fan and the second fan are driven by a driving force generated by the electric motor. The first fan is disposed in the first casing. The second fan is disposed in the second casing. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090250194 | Air conditioner for vehicle use - Both an air mixing door ( | 10-08-2009 |
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| 20090128847 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND HOST APPARATUS - A printing system has a host apparatus including a generating unit that generates print data and an output unit that outputs the print data generated by the generating unit, and a printing apparatus having an input unit that receives the print data output by the output unit and a printing unit that performs printing based on the print data received by the input unit. The printing system can include an appending unit, a storage unit, a selection unit, and a control unit. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090244572 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a dividing unit configured to divide image data into pieces of print scan image data for the plurality of print scans, a quantization unit configured to quantize the pieces of print scan image data, and a generation unit configured to generate pieces of print data for the plurality of print scans on the basis of the quantized pieces of print scan image data. In a case where a density represented by the pieces of print scan image data is a low density, the quantization unit quantizes the pieces of print scan image data so that they are mutually exclusive in the plurality of print scans. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244631 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus configured to generate recording data used in an image forming processing for carrying out an image formation by performing a recording scan by plural times on a same image region on a recording medium, includes a division unit for dividing input image data into image data for each recording scan, a quantization unit for quantizing, based on the divided image data for each recording scan, the image data for each recording scan, and a generation unit for generating, based on the quantized image data for each recording scan, recording data for each recording scan, in which the division unit divides the input image data into the image data for each recording scan based on a division rate periodically varying in accordance with a spatial position of an image represented by the input image data. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20110205584 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus determines whether setting value data corresponding to the identification information of the received printer data is present in a storage unit, stores setting value data containing the identification information, the character string information, and the version information in the storage unit when it is determined that the setting value data corresponding to the identification information of the printer data is not present in the storage unit, and updates the character string information and the version information of the setting value data with those of the printer data when it is determined that the setting value data corresponding to the identification information of the printer data is present in the storage unit, and when the version information of the printer data is newer than that of the setting value data. | 08-25-2011 |
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| 20080197186 | Settlement server, settlement request server and settlement execution terminal - An object of the present invention is to, in settlement by electronic money, reduce burden on an electronic money server and enhance convenience for users. The function of generating transaction numbers is transferred from the electronic money server to affiliated store servers, so that the transaction numbers are generated by the affiliated store servers. The transaction numbers are each associated with transaction information calculated in accordance with a calculation rule confidential to third parties, such that the electronic money server can detect the presence of alteration of the transaction information based on the transaction number. Furthermore, at the time of generating a transaction number, a seed, which is time-limited secret information confidential to third parties, is inputted to the calculation rule along with the transaction information and used for calculating the transaction number, whereby it is possible to further enhance the level of security. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080301014 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC MONEY SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic money system is provided which requires lower management and running cost, and features higher flexibility. An acquirer/brand holder managing an electronic money brand manages all keys used for authentication processing in the system, and issues the keys as necessary. The acquirer/brand holder distributes keys according to a tie-up agreement to IC card issuers, a POS center, an MMK center, and an affiliate merchant terminal unit. The POS center, the MMK center, and the affiliate merchant terminal unit are apparatuses for users to use the IC cards or for managing them. The acquirer/brand holder, however, does not distribute issued keys to cybershops which users can access by using a personal computer and a reader/writer. Instead, in this case the acquirer/brand holder saves the issued key itself, and carries out authentication processing with a predetermined IC card upon a request from the cybershop. | 12-04-2008 |
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| 20110115848 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a fluid ejecting apparatus including: a fluid ejecting head which has nozzle rows formed by a plurality of nozzles and ejects a fluid to a medium; an absorbing member absorbs the fluid that is ejected from the nozzles during a flushing process, and is a linear member which extends along a nozzle row; a first movement mechanism which relatively moves the absorbing member in a direction intersecting the extension direction of the nozzle rows between a retreat position where the absorbing member retreats from the ejection direction of the fluid ejected from the nozzles and a flushing position where the absorbing member overlaps with the ejection direction; and an accommodating portion which is formed on the fluid ejecting head and accommodates the absorbing member at the retreat position. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110141208 | LIQUID SUPPLYING APPARATUS, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND LIQUID SUPPLYING METHOD - A liquid supplying apparatus includes: a table on which a liquid container is placed, the liquid container containing liquid; a needle that can be inserted into the liquid container so as to supply the liquid contained in the liquid container to a liquid consumption side therethrough, the liquid consumption side being a side at which the liquid supplied through the needle is consumed; and a rotation mechanism that rotates the liquid container around one axis in process of the relative movement which is the movement of the table with respect to the needle. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110234699 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A printer includes a printing head having nozzle rows formed from a plurality of nozzles, in which the nozzles for ejecting the ink in the Z-axis direction are discretely arranged in the Y-axis direction; a linear absorbing member which is spaced apart from the nozzles at a predetermined distance in the Z-axis direction, is tensed in the Y-axis direction, and has a ink receiving region capable of receiving the ink with the predetermined width in the X-axis direction; and the moving mechanism which moves the absorbing member to the flushing position in which the nozzle row and the ink receiving region to be opposed to each other in the Z-axis direction, and in which the nozzle row and the center line of the absorbing member are differently positioned in the X-axis direction, when preliminary ejecting the ink from the nozzle rows. | 09-29-2011 |
