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20120251932 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer, such that the layer constituting the outermost surface of the photosensitive layer is formed by polymerizing a cross-linkable charge transporting material having a reactive hydroxyl group and a cross-linkable charge transporting material having a reactive alkoxy group, and the ionization potential of the outer surface of the layer constituting the outermost surface is higher by about 0.1 eV or more than the ionization potential of the inner surface of the layer constituting the outermost surface. | 10-04-2012 |
20130101929 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate, wherein an uppermost surface layer thereof is constituted with a cured film of a composition that contains at least two kinds of reactive charge transporting materials selected from a first reactive charge transporting material having an —OH group as a reactive functional group and a second reactive charge transporting material having an —OCH | 04-25-2013 |
20130252148 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate, and a surface layer that is provided on the photosensitive layer or is contained in the photosensitive layer, wherein the surface layer is formed of a cured film of a composition including a first reactive charge transport material having a hydroxyl group and a second reactive charge transport material having a methoxy group, and has an elastic deformation ratio R satisfying the following Expression (1): | 09-26-2013 |
20130252154 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoat layer that is provided on the conductive substrate, a charge generation layer that is provided on the undercoat layer, a charge transport layer that is provided on the charge generation layer, and a protective layer that is provided on the charge transport layer and has volume resistivity of 2×10 | 09-26-2013 |
20130288169 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; and a single-layer photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin, at least one kind of charge generation material selected from hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigments and chlorogallium phthalocyanine pigments, a hole transport material represented by Formula (1), and an electron transport material represented by Formula (2): | 10-31-2013 |
20130288170 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; a single-layer photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin, a charge generation material, a hole transport material, and an electron transport material, wherein a half decay exposure during positive charging is less than or equal to 0.18 μJ/cm | 10-31-2013 |
20140127615 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate, an undercoat layer that is provided on the electroconductive substrate, contains a binder resin, metal oxide particles and an electron accepting compound having an acidic group and has an AC impedance of from 1×10 | 05-08-2014 |
20140212799 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; an undercoat layer that is provided on the conductive layer and includes a binder resin, metal oxide particles, and an electron-accepting compound having an acidic group; and a photosensitive layer that is provided on the undercoat layer, wherein when the undercoat layer has a thickness of 20 μm, a transmittance T | 07-31-2014 |
20150268568 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a singlelayer type photosensitive layer that contains a binder resin (A), a charge generating material (B), a positive hole transporting material (C), an electron transporting material (D) whose content is in a range of 10% by weight to 40% by weight with respect to the binder resin (A) and which is represented by the following formula (d), and a terphenyl compound (E): | 09-24-2015 |
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20120103750 | ELECTROMAGNETIC CLUTCH - An electromagnetic clutch includes a rotating member; an electromagnetic coil that is arranged on a rotational axis of the rotating member and generates electro-magnetic force; an output mechanism that has an armature to which return force in a direction away from the electromagnetic coil is applied by a return spring; a cam mechanism that is juxtaposed along the rotational axis to the output mechanism, and has a control cam that is unable to rotate relative to the rotating member, and a cam follower that is able to roll between the control cam and the armature; and a relative rotation restricting device that is arranged on an axis of the cam mechanism, and that is configured to restrict relative rotation between the armature and the control cam when the electromagnetic coil is in a de-energized state. | 05-03-2012 |
20130001036 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ENGAGEMENT APPARATUS - An apparatus includes: a cam that has two cam members disposed facing each other and produces thrust in an axis direction; an attracting member that creates friction force by attracting the cam members into contact with the attracting member by magnetic attraction force; an attracted member that is attached to one cam member of the two so as to rotate integrally together with the one cam member and be relatively movable in the axis direction, and that is attracted by the attracting member into contact with the attracting member so that the friction force is produced; a first return spring that exerts elastic force on the attracted member so as to move the attracted member away from the attracting member against the magnetic attractive force; and a second return spring that exerts elastic force on the one cam member. | 01-03-2013 |
20130075219 | ELECTROMAGNETIC CLUTCH - An electromagnetic clutch includes: a first cam member having a first cam surface; a second cam member having a second cam surface facing the first cam surface; a coned disc spring that urges the second cam member such that the first and second cam surfaces are separated from each other; a clutch plate that contacts the second cam member due to urging force of the urging member, and generates friction force between the clutch plate and the second cam member; and an electromagnetic coil that generates magnetic force with which the second cam member is separated from the clutch plate against the urging force of the urging member. The first cam surface and the second cam surface generate thrust force by which the second cam member is pushed against the friction member, through relative rotation between the first cam member and the second cam member due to the friction force. | 03-28-2013 |
20130092502 | CLUTCH DEVICE - A clutch device includes; i) a clutch mechanism including a friction engagement member capable of rotating relative to a rotating member and a clutch member that is supplied with restoration force in a direction in which the clutch member departs from the friction engagement member by a restoration spring; and ii) a cam mechanism including; a cam member that is arranged in parallel to the clutch mechanism along a rotation axis line of the rotating member and that is incapable of rotating relative to the rotating member; and a cam follower capable of rolling on a cam surface that exists between the cam member and the clutch member. The cam angle is set to make torque applied to the clutch member due to reaction force accompanied by friction engagement with the friction engagement member larger than torque applied to the clutch member by thrust force caused by an activation of the cam mechanism. | 04-18-2013 |
20140128192 | MOTOR DRIVING FORCE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A motor driving force transmission system includes an electric motor that generates motor torque for actuating a differential mechanism portion and outputs the motor torque, and that has a motor shaft with eccentric portions, and a bearing mechanism including a ball bearing interposed between one-side axial end portion of a housing and one-side axial end portion of a differential case, a ball bearing interposed between the other-side axial end portion of the differential case and one-side axial end portion of the motor shaft, and a ball bearing interposed between the other-side axial end portion of the housing and the other-side axial end portion of the motor shaft. An axial load is applied to the ball bearings of the bearing mechanism by a spring. | 05-08-2014 |
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20100098472 | COPIER, AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER FOR USE THEREIN, IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF COPYING - A copier includes an image scanning device having an ADF, and an image forming device having a duplex printing function that forms an image first on a back side surface of recording medium. The ADF includes an original tray, a separation unit, a first double-surface path, a second double-surface path, a discharge path, and a discharge tray. Originals with their front side surfaces facing upward can be placed on the original tray. The first double-surface path guides the original separated by the separation unit in such a manner that aback side surface of the original passes through a scanning position of a scanner unit. The second double-surface path reverses the original, which has passed through the first double-surface path and has had the back side surface scanned, and guides the original to the scanning position of the scanning unit so that the front side surface of the original can be scanned. | 04-22-2010 |
20120200027 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER - An automatic document feeder includes a first roller portion on the first transportation path to feed an original to a scanning position to scan a first face of the original, a second roller portion on a second transportation path to transport the scanned original, a third roller portion on the second transportation path to feed the original to the scanning position to scan a second face of the original, a fourth roller portion on the first transportation path to transport the scanned original, and a transporting speed adjusting unit gaining a circumferential velocity of the second roller portion than the one of the first roller portion and gaining a circumferential velocity of the fourth roller portion than the one of third roller portion, when the original is transported from the first transportation path to the second transportation path and from the second transportation path to the first transportation path, respectively. | 08-09-2012 |
20130338547 | Upper Limb Training Apparatus - An upper limb training apparatus for training the upper limb of a trainee includes a fixed frame, a movable frame, a tilting resistance applying mechanism, an operation rod, and a Z axis motor. The fixed frame can be placed on a floor surface. The movable frame is supported by the fixed frame to be able to tilt in all directions from a first tilting center. The tilting resistance applying mechanism applies resistance to the tilting action of the movable frame. The operation rod is attached to the movable frame, and is operated by the trainee by hand. The operation rod can extend and contract in the vertical direction toward or away from the floor surface. The Z axis motor is arranged in a position closer to the floor surface than the first tilting center, and extends and contracts the operation rod. | 12-19-2013 |
20130338549 | Upper Limb Training Apparatus - In an upper limb training apparatus, an exterior cover covers first and second gimbal mechanisms. The exterior cover includes a fixed cover fixed to a fixed frame, and first and second moving covers. The first moving cover is fixed to and moves together with an operation rod. The second moving cover is fixed to and moves together with a movable frame. The second moving cover is arranged between the first moving cover and the fixed cover so as to be able to move relative to both of the first moving cover and the fixed cover. | 12-19-2013 |
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20110084423 | IMPRINT APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF COMMODITIES - The present invention provides an imprint apparatus including a mold and a stage that holds a substrate, the imprint apparatus executing a curing process of curing a resin while the mold and the resin applied to the substrate contact and a demolding process of releasing the mold from the resin cured in the curing process, the imprint apparatus including a structure that holds the mold, a pillar that supports the structure mechanically independently from the stage through an anti-vibration mount that reduces propagation of vibration, and a force providing unit that provides, to the structure, force in an opposite direction from a direction of force generated in the structure by providing demolding force to the mold during the demolding process. | 04-14-2011 |
20110159189 | IMPRINT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ARTICLE - An imprint apparatus is disclosed that forms, by pressing a resin applied onto a substrate and a mold against each other, a pattern on the substrate. The imprint apparatus includes a substrate stage that holds the substrate, and a control unit for controlling the position of the stage by outputting a manipulating variable on the basis of a position error between a position of the stage which has been measured by position measurement unit and a target position. The control unit reduces a ratio of the manipulating variable to the position error while the substrate and the mold are in contact with each other until mold release. | 06-30-2011 |
20110310366 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An apparatus for exposing a substrate to an energy in a vacuum includes a substrate stage having a mirror surface; a mirror configured to deflect a light into a Z axis direction; a measuring device configured to measure the stage position in the Z axis direction with the light in which the mirror surface is irradiated; a driving device configured to move the measuring device so that the mirror surface is irradiated with the light; an optical system configured to project the energy onto the substrate; and a cooling device including a radiation plate (arranged between the optical system and the stage in the Z axis direction and having a first opening which the energy passes and a second opening which the light passes), including a cooler configured to cool the first radiation plate, and configured to perform radiation cooling of the substrate. | 12-22-2011 |
20130011797 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DRAWING APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - The drawing apparatus of the present invention includes an optical system housing configured to emit a charged particle beam toward the substrate; a stage configured to hold the substrate and be moved at least in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the optical system housing; a detection device including a detector and a support for supporting the detector such that the detector faces a side surface of the stage, and configured for measuring a position of the stage; and a magnetic shield member provided to the stage and configured to shield an opening of the optical system housing that faces a top surface of the stage from a magnetic field. Here, the magnetic shield member is provided to the stage at a detection region, in a direction of the axis, other than a region where the detection device is provided. | 01-10-2013 |
20130171570 | DRAWING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a drawing apparatus including a stage having a reference mark, and configured to hold a substrate and to be moved, a charged particle optical system, a first measuring device having an optical axis spaced apart from an axis of the charged particle optical system by a first distance and configured to measure a position of an alignment mark formed on the substrate, a second measuring device having an optical axis spaced apart from the axis of the charged particle optical system by a second distance and configured to measure a position of the reference mark, and a processor configured to obtain a baseline of the first measuring device based on positions of the reference mark respectively measured by the first measuring device and the second measuring device. | 07-04-2013 |
20130271743 | DRIVING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a driving apparatus including an axis member supported on a base, and a movable member movable along the axis member, comprising a plurality of plate members each including a through-hole through which the axis member penetrates and surrounding the axis member, wherein the plurality of plate members are located apart from each other in a moving direction of the movable member. | 10-17-2013 |
20130273477 | GUIDE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a guide apparatus including a guide member located on a base, and a moving member movable along the guide member. The guide apparatus comprising a plurality of plate members each including a portion facing the base and extending from the portion in a direction to separate from the base, wherein the plurality of plate members are located apart from each other in a direction to separate from the moving member. | 10-17-2013 |
20140036249 | STAGE APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The preset invention provides a stage apparatus which holds a substrate, the apparatus including a driving unit which includes a first coil arranged on a fixed portion, and a first magnet which is arranged on a movable portion and opposed to the first coil, and is configured to move the movable portion by a magnetic field generated by supplying a current to the first coil, and an attracting unit which includes a first yoke arranged on the fixed portion, and a second coil wound around the first yoke, and is configured to attract the movable portion to a side of the fixed portion by a magnetic field generated by supplying a current to the second coil. | 02-06-2014 |
20140111780 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD USING SAME - A processing apparatus configured to conduct a prescribed processing on an object to be processed in a specific environment, the processing apparatus comprising: a chamber configured to have an aperture and an interior accommodated to a specific environment; a mechanism of which at least a portion is contained within the chamber interior, while a remaining portion passes through the aperture without contacting the chamber; at least one support member configured to support the mechanism; a sealing member that configures a boundary of the specific environment and an atmospheric environment by connecting one end to the aperture and connecting the other end to the support member; and a rotary member configured to allow relative rotation around a vertical axis between the support member and a structure that supports the support member. | 04-24-2014 |
20140118710 | STAGE APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A stage apparatus has a base; a movable portion including a stage movable relative to the base; a flexible utility line for supplying utility to the movable portion; and a cover for covering the utility line, the cover including: a housing member provided to one of the base and the movable portion, in which an opening is formed; and a sealing member provided to the other of the base and the movable portion, which is arranged opposite to a side, in which the opening is formed, of the housing member with a gap therebetween, and has a side for sealing the opening. | 05-01-2014 |
20150029484 | STAGE APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a stage apparatus which holds a substrate, including a first moving stage, a second moving stage supported by the first moving stage, a linear motor including a coil arranged on the first moving stage, and a magnet arranged on the second moving stage in correspondence with the coil, a first channel formed in the first moving stage to supply a first refrigerant for recovering heat from the coil not to contact the coil, a cover member arranged on the first moving stage to surround the coil and be spaced apart from the coil, and a second channel formed in the cover member to supply a second refrigerant for recovering heat from the cover member not to contact the coil. | 01-29-2015 |
20150187540 | DRAWING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - A drawing apparatus includes a plurality of optical systems, each of which irradiates with a beam a substrate, corresponding thereto, having a predetermined size, and a plurality of holders, each of which is movable and holds the substrate corresponding thereto. The drawing apparatus is configured to perform drawing on a plurality of the substrate respectively held by the plurality of holders with respective beams respectively by the plurality of optical systems with the plurality of holders being scanned relative to the plurality of optical systems in a scan direction, and in a direction orthogonal to the scan direction, an interval between two adjacent optical systems of the plurality of optical systems is smaller than a sum of a length of one of the plurality of holders and the size. | 07-02-2015 |
20150219447 | LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a lithography apparatus which forms a pattern on a substrate, the apparatus including an optical unit including a plurality of optical systems each of which irradiates the substrate with a beam for forming the pattern and which are arranged in at least one of a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to an optical axis thereof, and a pair of interferometers configured to measure a rotation angle of the optical unit around an axis parallel to the optical axis, wherein a distance between measurement axes of the pair of interferometers is not small than longer one of a distance between optical axes of two optical systems, of the plurality of optical systems, farthest away from each other in the first direction and a distance between optical axes of two optical systems, of the plurality of optical systems, farthest away from each other in the second direction. | 08-06-2015 |
20150219998 | LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a lithography apparatus including an optical system housing for an optical system which irradiates a substrate with a beam for forming a pattern, a reflecting member which is provided with the optical system housing and having a reflecting surface parallel to an optical axis of the optical system, and a measurement device configured to measure a rotation angle of the optical system housing by causing measurement light to be incident on each of at least three incident points which are not on the same straight line on the reflecting surface, wherein in the reflecting member a through-hole is formed in a region among the at least three incident points in a direction parallel to the optical axis, and is fixed to the optical system housing via a fixing member in the through-hole. | 08-06-2015 |
20150277229 | LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, STAGE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLES - This disclosure provides a lithography apparatus including: a lens barrel having an optical system configured to irradiate a substrate with a beam; and a stage apparatus configured to repeat a long distance movement in a primary scanning direction of the substrate and a short distance movement which is shorter than the long distance movement in terms of the amount of movement in a secondary scanning direction of the substrate, and being configured to form a pattern on the substrate with the beam, wherein the stage apparatus includes: a first moving body configured to move in the primary scanning direction; a floating unit configured to support the first moving body, so as to float by a magnetic force and be movable in the primary scanning direction; a second moving body configured to move in the secondary scanning direction; and a guide using a rolling body configured to support the second moving body in contact therewith so as to be movable in the secondary scanning direction. | 10-01-2015 |
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20100235074 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine is provided in which a prescribed amount of fuel is injected over a predetermined period until an air-fuel ratio sensor is activated when fuel cut control of the internal combustion engine is stopped to resume normal engine operation. If an EGR gas is inducted immediately before the fuel cut control is started, the prescribed amount is reduced. | 09-16-2010 |
20110264356 | ABNORMAL COMBUSTION DETECTING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention has an object to make abnormal combustion of an internal combustion engine detectable by simple means at low cost. For this purpose, an abnormal combustion detecting device provided by the present invention uses a direct injection injector as means for detecting abnormal combustion. In the direct injection injector relating to the abnormal combustion detecting device, a sack chamber is provided at a tip end of a nozzle body, and a nozzle hole is formed to cause the sack chamber and a combustion chamber to communicate with each other. A needle is housed inside the nozzle body, and the sack chamber is opened and closed by the needle, whereby a fuel is directly injected into the combustion chamber. The abnormal combustion detecting device detects lift of the needle from a closing position by, for example, a sensor, and determines that abnormal combustion occurs in the combustion chamber by the fact that lift of the needle is detected at a non-operational time of the direct injection injector. | 10-27-2011 |
20110290004 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ABNORMAL COMBUSTION IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object is to provide an abnormal combustion determining apparatus for an internal combustion engine that can identify a major factor causing an oil to flow into a cylinder. The abnormal combustion determining apparatus for the internal combustion engine that includes a plurality of cylinders detects, for each cylinder, a cylinder in which abnormal combustion has occurred. The cylinder in which the abnormal combustion has occurred, and a history of load applied during an operation are stored in memory. It is determined whether or not the cylinder in which the abnormal combustion has occurred and which is stored in memory, is a specific cylinder. It is determined whether or not load present in the history stored in memory and used prior to the occurrence of the abnormal combustion is higher than a threshold value. Based on a combination of a decision made by the cylinder determining means and a decision made by the load determining means, a major factor causing the oil to flow into the cylinder is identified from among relations established for factors of oil flowing into the cylinder according to the combination of these decisions made. | 12-01-2011 |
20130061575 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - This invention relates to an internal combustion engine and a control device for the internal combustion engine and has an object to provide an internal combustion engine and a control device therefore that can suppress occurrence of knocking if an EGR rate is increased. An EGR gas can be made to flow separately through one path via one EGR passage and an other path via another EGR passage. The EGR gas flow through the other path can be cooled by an intercooler. Since the intercooler usually has a capacity larger than that of an EGR cooler, its cooling capability is high, and the EGR gas can be made to flow into a surge tank in a state where heat of the EGR gas has been sufficiently emitted. | 03-14-2013 |
20130073189 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided that can correct a shift in an output value of an in-cylinder pressure sensor that occurs for a predetermined time period after occurrence of abnormal combustion. A pre-occurrence output characteristic indicating a relationship between in-cylinder pressure and an actual sensor output value of the in-cylinder pressure sensor in a pre-occurrence cycle before occurrence of abnormal combustion is previously stored. Estimated in-cylinder pressure in a post-occurrence cycle after occurrence of abnormal combustion is acquired. A post-occurrence output characteristic is calculated from the estimated in-cylinder pressure and the sensor output value in the post-occurrence cycle. A difference between outputs of the in-cylinder pressure sensor before and after occurrence of the abnormal combustion is calculated from the pre-occurrence output characteristic and the post-occurrence output characteristic. The sensor output value in the post-occurrence cycle is calibrated using the difference between outputs. | 03-21-2013 |
20140102427 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Provided is a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which can introduce external EGR gas during a cold condition, while favorably suppressing an occurrence of condensed water from the EGR gas. | 04-17-2014 |