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20080274334 | Dry Etching Gas and Method of Dry Etching - A dry etching gas comprising a C | 11-06-2008 |
20110061587 | METHOD OF PRODUCING PRETREATED METAL FLUORIDES AND FLUORIDE CRYSTALS - [Problem] To provide a method of producing a pretreated metal fluoride containing impurities such as oxygen in decreased amounts and a fluoride crystal containing impurities such as oxygen in decreased amounts and having excellent optical properties such as transparency. | 03-17-2011 |
20130158304 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FLUOROCOMPOUND - An object is to provide a method for producing 1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene with high efficiency, which is suitable for a flow reaction, and cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene can be efficiently obtained when isomerization of hexafluoro-1,3-butadiene is conducted using a catalyst and the resultant mixture is successively subjected to catalytic hydrogenation to produce cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene, wherein the whole process is performed by a flow catalytic reaction. | 06-20-2013 |
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20090105510 | Fluorination catalysts, method for their preparation, and method for producing fluorinated compounds using the catalysts - A method for the preparation of a novel fluorinated compound, particularly 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa), by using a fluorination catalyst obtained by treating a metal salt containing a chromium salt such as chromium oxide with chlorine gas and/or oxygen gas. Examples of the metal salt may include, besides a chromium salt, one or more catalytically active metal salts selected from magnesium salts, aluminum salts, zinc salts, sodium salts, nickel salts, iron salts, cobalt salts, vanadium salts, manganese salts and copper salts. | 04-23-2009 |
20100191013 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF CARBONYL FLUORIDE - The present invention provides a method for inexpensively, efficiently, safely, and continuously producing COF | 07-29-2010 |
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20090166229 | Patch package structure - The main object of the present invention is to provide a patch package structure including a patch containing a physiologically active ingredient and a package housing the patch, which is capable of stably retaining the physiologically active ingredient in the patch during preservation. This object can be achieved by employing the following constitution. | 07-02-2009 |
20090166236 | Patch package structure - The main object of the present invention is to provide a patch package structure capable of stably retaining the physiologically active ingredient in a patch during preservation of the patch. This object can be achieved by employing the following constitution. | 07-02-2009 |
20100010043 | PERCUTANEOUSLY ABSORBABLE PREPARATION - The present invention provides a percutaneously absorbable preparation comprising 2-[(1-benzylpiperidin-4-yl)methyl]-5,6-dimethoxyindan-1-one and/or a hydrochloride thereof wherein the percuneously absorbable preoaration is able to administer to a patient such that Cmax per unit surface area of the percutaneously absorbable preparation is 0.025 to 0.5 ng/ml·cm | 01-14-2010 |
20110056863 | ADHESIVE PREPARATION CONTAINING DONEPEZIL, AND PACKAGE OF THE SAME - [Object] An adhesive preparation containing donepezil is provided in which adhesive layer discoloration over time is inhibited. | 03-10-2011 |
20110223235 | SELEGILINE-CONTAINING ADHESIVE PREPARATION - The present invention provides an adhesive preparation, which includes a backing and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on at least one side of the backing, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing (−)-(R)—N,α-dimethyl-N-2-propynylphenethylamine and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pressure-sensitive adhesive and one or two or more stabilizers selected from the group consisting of 2-mercaptobenzimidazole, sodium sulfite, butylhydroxyanisole and butylhydroxytoluene. | 09-15-2011 |
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20100048628 | METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING DISCOLORATION OVER TIME OF ADHESIVE PREPARATION CONTAINING DONEPEZIL - [Object] Discoloration, over time, of a donepezil-containing adhesive preparation is suppressed. | 02-25-2010 |
20100062045 | METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING COLORING OF ADHESIVE PREPARTION CONTAINING DONEPEZIL AND METHOD FOR REDUCING AMOUNTS OF DONEPEZIL-RELATED SUBSTANCES FORMED - [Object] By suppressing coloring of an adhesive preparation containing donepezil, a naturally colored appearance is realized. | 03-11-2010 |
20110123598 | PATCH AND PATCH PREPARATION - The patch according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a support; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on at least one surface of the support, wherein: the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains an acrylic copolymer obtained by copolymerizing monomer components containing (a) at least one kind of a monomer of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester and (b) at least one kind of a monomer of an N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamide; a content of the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester monomer (a) with respect to a total amount of the monomer components is 50 wt % to 90 wt % and a content of the N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamide monomer (b) with respect to the total amount is 1 wt % to 20 wt %; and the monomer components are substantially free of a monomer having a carboxyl group. | 05-26-2011 |
20110124833 | MEDICAL PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION - There is provided a medical pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including an acrylic copolymer obtained by copolymerizing monomer components containing (a) at least one kind of a monomer of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester and (b) at least one kind of a monomer of an N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamide, wherein: a content of the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester monomer (a) with respect to a total amount of the monomer components is 50 weight % to 99.9 weight % and a content of the N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamide monomer (b) with respect to the total amount is 0.1 weight % to 20 weight %; and the monomer components are substantially free of a monomer having a carboxyl group. The medical pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the present invention is particularly suitable for applications such as medical patches and patch preparations. | 05-26-2011 |
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20120072083 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - When initial drive control for an actuator driving a shift switch mechanism is completed, a P-ECU determines whether an IG signal is received. In the case where the P-ECU has not received the IG signal at the time when the initial drive control is completed, the P-ECU temporarily keeps the actuator in a state where the initial drive control is completed. In the case where the P-ECU receives the IG signal in the period from completion of the initial drive control to the time when a predetermined time T | 03-22-2012 |
20120252628 | VEHICLE SHIFT CONTROL SYSTEM - When a P lock state is set on the basis of a predetermined request signal for setting the P lock state, a P position indicator lamp ( | 10-04-2012 |
20120305360 | SHIFT CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - It is provided a shift control device for a vehicle having a parking lock device driven by an actuator to selectively switch switching positions between a lock position and an unlock position, wherein when a run-enable operation is made by a driver and a non-running state is switched to a running state, shift position recognizing control is executed for recognizing an initial switching position appearing at the beginning when the running state is established, by driving the actuator in response to switching position information indicative of the switching position on a stage before the running state is established, wherein: the non-running state is configured to be switched to the running state prior to the execution of the run-enable operation; and updating of the switching position information, stored in the switching position information storage device, is permitted to be executed subjected to the switching position recognizing control being executed. | 12-06-2012 |
20120309590 | VEHICULAR SHIFT CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicular shift control apparatus for a vehicle provided with a parking lock device selectively switched to a locking position in which rotation of wheels of the vehicle is prevented and a non-locking position in which the rotation of the wheels is not prevented, by an operation of an electrically operated actuator, the vehicular shift control apparatus being configured to perform a failure diagnosis to determine whether the actuator is operable or not, the vehicular shift control apparatus includes: the vehicular shift control apparatus permits the operation of the actuator if a supply voltage to the actuator is raised from a value lower than a predetermined threshold supply voltage value to a value not lower than the threshold supply voltage value after a determination that the actuator is inoperable is obtained in the failure diagnosis. | 12-06-2012 |
20130024079 | SHIFT RANGE SWITCHING APPARATUS OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - Disclosed is a shift range switching apparatus of an automatic transmission which can improve the durability over the conventional shift range switching apparatus. An ECU is operative to rotate an actuator in a predetermined direction (Step S | 01-24-2013 |
20130072350 | VEHICLE SHIFT CONTROL DEVICE - It is provided a vehicle shift control device electrically switching a shift position between a parking position and a non-parking position, the vehicle being capable of switching a vehicle state among a first state, a second state and a third state, when an operation for switching the vehicle state is performed in the first state, if a vehicle speed is a predetermined speed or less, switching is executed to the parking position and, after completion of the switching, the vehicle state is switched to the third state, whereas when plural-times of the operations are performed successively during the vehicle running, the vehicle state is compulsorily switched to the second state, and when at least one operation of the plural-times of the operations is performed if the vehicle speed is the predetermined speed or less, switching to the parking position is executed prior to switching to the second state. | 03-21-2013 |
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20100238487 | Print system - A print system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a terminal apparatus, a print server, and a printing apparatus connected to each other via a network. The terminal apparatus includes a transmission unit for transmitting a print job of a user to the print server as a print job addressed to another user. The print server includes a storage unit for storing the print job of the user that has been transmitted from the terminal apparatus, as a print job addressed to the other user, and a transfer unit for transferring the print job addressed to the other user to the printing apparatus in response to a request from the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus includes a transfer request unit for requesting the print server to transfer the print job addressed to the other user stored in the print server. | 09-23-2010 |
20110103819 | Image forming apparatus and function display method thereof - An MFP (Multifunction Peripheral) transmits, when a user selects a mode, information representing the selected mode to a server. Receiving the information representing the mode from the MFP, the server reads extended functions corresponding to the received mode, forms display data for displaying the read extended function on the MFP, and transmits the formed display data to the MFP. Receiving the display data from the server, the MFP displays standard functions and displays the extended functions using the received display data, in an initial setting image for the mode selected by the user. | 05-05-2011 |
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20090143931 | MOBILE APPARATUS AND MOBILE APPARATUS SYSTEM - Mobile apparatuses capable of moving or acting autonomously, without contacting each other, in an environment where movements of the mobile apparatuses are not managed by a server are provided. In a robot functioning as a first mobile apparatus, it is recognized that an object corresponds to a second mobile apparatus, and based on this recognition, a target trajectory is searched for and determined. Further, the first mobile apparatus causes another robot functioning as the second mobile apparatus to recognize a part or a whole of the target trajectory. In the second mobile apparatus, the part or the whole of the target trajectory of the first mobile apparatus is recognized, and based on this recognition, a target trajectory that the second mobile apparatus should follow is searched for and determined. This allows the mobile apparatuses to move along their respective target trajectories to avoid contact with each other. | 06-04-2009 |
20090143932 | MOBILE APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A mobile apparatus capable of moving or acting autonomously while flexibly avoiding contact with a moving object in accordance with various situations is provided. In a case where a second safety condition is not satisfied because, e.g., a first target trajectory cannot be found, a second target trajectory causing a first spatial element to approach the boundary of an element passing region is searched for and determined. A robot autonomously approaches the boundary of the passable region in accordance with the second target trajectory determined as a provisional target trajectory, and stops at the position corresponding to the end point of the second target trajectory. Such movement of the robot along the second target trajectory increases the space, making it possible to prompt an object to move through the space. | 06-04-2009 |
20100082196 | MOBILE APPARATUS - Even when a first moving condition is not satisfied, when it is determined that a second moving condition is satisfied and at the same time an object belongs to a first classification, an operation of a robot is controlled so as to prompt the object to move according to a first pattern or an arbitrary pattern. The second moving condition is a condition that the robot is capable of moving in according to a current target position trajectory without being obstructed by the object when the object is displaced according to the first pattern. The first classification is a classification of the object as an object capable of recognizing an action pattern of the robot and capable of moving autonomously. | 04-01-2010 |
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20090066377 | PULSE WIDTH MODULATION CIRCUIT AND SWITCHING AMPLIFIER USING THE SAME - A pulse width modulation circuit of the present invention changes a voltage of a charging circuit based on an input signal voltage and in synchronization with a first switching signal; changes, during a predetermined second period following a first period during which the voltage of the charging unit is changed, the voltage of the charging unit in an opposite direction to a direction in which the voltage is changed during the first period, based on a constant bias current; detects time starting from when the second period starts to when the voltage of the charging unit reaches a predetermined reference voltage; and generates, based on the detected time which is repeatedly output each time the first switching signal is output, a pulse signal having a pulse width of the time. | 03-12-2009 |
20090121342 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING MAIN SUBSTRATE AND SUB SUBSTRATES AND FABRICATION METHOD OF THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including a main substrate and one or more sub substrates, and the semiconductor device includes first heat generating devices mounted on the sub substrates, sub-substrate heatsinks mounted to the first heat generating devices, and a main-substrate heatsink mounted to the main substrate, wherein the sub-substrate heatsinks and the main-substrate heatsink are secured to each other, such that there is a predetermined positional relationship between the sub substrates and the main substrate. | 05-14-2009 |
20090140786 | PULSE WIDTH MODULATION CIRCUIT AND SWITCHING AMPLIFIER USING THE SAME - A pulse width modulation circuit includes a first electric-charge accumulator; a second electric-charge accumulator; a first current generator which generates a first current corresponding to the amplitude of an input AC voltage; a second current generator which generates a second current with a constant value; a first current supply controller which supplies the first current to the first electric-charge accumulator; a second current supply controller which supplies the second current to the first electric-charge accumulator; a third current supply controller which supplies the first current to the second electric-charge accumulator; a fourth current supply controller which supplies the second current to the second electric-charge accumulator; and a current limiter which limits the first current to a third current with a predetermined current value, if the amplitude of the AC voltage in the negative side exceeds a predetermined level. | 06-04-2009 |
20090214075 | LOUDSPEAKER - The loudspeaker includes a dome diaphragm that is made of a base material impregnated in a thermosetting resin; a cone diaphragm whose outer circumference side end portion is coupled with an outer circumference end portion of the dome diaphragm; and a voice coil having a bobbin whose one end is coupled to a back surface of the dome diaphragm, and whose outer curved surface is coupled with an inner circumference end portion of the cone diaphragm, wherein the dome diaphragm is provided with a plurality of cone-shaped projections that is formed by hardening the thermosetting resin, projecting from the back surface, and disposed in a circular pattern with a space between each other, the plurality of cone-shaped projections defining a coupling portion to which the one end of the bobbin is coupled. | 08-27-2009 |
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20080233499 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member having a charge generation layer containing a phenanthrene compound, a phenanthroline compound or an acenaphthene compound. Also disclosed are a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus which have the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 09-25-2008 |
20090297218 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member having a charge generation layer containing a phenanthrene compound, a phenanthroline compound or an acenaphthene compound. Also disclosed are a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus which have the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 12-03-2009 |
20110104597 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a conductive support, an intermediate layer provided on the conductive support, and a photosensitive layer provided on the intermediate layer in which the intermediate layer contains a polyolefin resin containing a specific component at a specific mass ratio, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 05-05-2011 |
20110104598 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER,PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - The electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a support; and a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer and a photosensitive layer which are provided on the support in this order, in which the second intermediate layer contains a polyolefin resin and a metal oxide particle having a volume-average particle diameter of 20 nm or less, and the first intermediate layer contains a metal oxide particle, and the volume-average particle diameter of the metal oxide particle contained in the first intermediate layer is 10 times or more to 200 times or less as large as the volume average particle diameter of the metal oxide particle contained in the second intermediate layer. | 05-05-2011 |
20110104599 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support; an intermediate layer, a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer which are provided on a conductive support in this order, in which the intermediate layer contains an ethylene-acrylic acid binary copolymer and a polyolefin resin in which repeating structural units are contained in a particular ratio. | 05-05-2011 |
20110104601 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photosensitive member obtained by providing, on a conductive support, a conductive layer containing conductive particles having a volume-average particle diameter of 0.1 μm or more, an intermediate layer, and a photosensitive layer in the stated order in which the conductive layer contains a polyolefin resin containing a specific repeating structural unit at a specific ratio, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 05-05-2011 |
20110129768 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - According to aspects of the present invention, an electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a surface layer comprising a cured resin obtained by polymerizing a compound having at least one polymerizable functional group. Aspects of the present invention provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member whose surface layer comprises a compound (urea derivative) having a certain structure, a method for producing the electrophotographic photosensitive member, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus including the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 06-02-2011 |
20110143273 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photosensitive member obtained by providing an intermediate layer and a photosensitive layer on a conductive support in the stated order, the electrophotographic photosensitive member being characterized in that the intermediate layer contains a specific polyolefin resin and a specific organic electron-transporting substance, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 06-16-2011 |
20110268472 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - To provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member that can reproduce good images with less positive ghost and also has a good photosensitivity, the electrophotographic photosensitive member is incorporated in its photosensitive layer with a copolymer having a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (1) and a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (2), or a copolymer having a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (1) and a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (3). | 11-03-2011 |
20120230727 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An undercoat layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a polymer having a specific repeating structural unit in order to provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member that suppresses positive ghost, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus having the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 09-13-2012 |
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20090220241 | CHROMATIC DISPERSION COMPENSATION DESIGNING METHOD IN OPTICAL NETWORK AND A SYSTEM THEREOF - A residual chromatic dispersion target value at a terminal node is set for each wavelength path, and also, candidates of a dispersion compensation amount settable in each chromatic dispersion compensation module on an optical network are set, and further, computation processing is executed for selecting the dispersion compensation amount in each chromatic dispersion compensation module from the candidates so that the sum of errors between the residual chromatic dispersion amounts and the set residual chromatic dispersion target values at the terminal nodes for all of wavelength paths becomes minimum. As a result, for each wavelength path on the optical network, the dispersion compensation amount in each chromatic dispersion compensation module can be designed in optimum so as to satisfy the desired optical signal quality at the terminal node, while considering the residual chromatic dispersion during the transmission. | 09-03-2009 |
20100128809 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system is provided for communicating over a network. A plurality of transmission devices are disposed within a network and connected by transmission channels. A control device calculates initial data required during an initial operation of the transmission devices and sets the initial data to the transmission devices. The transmission devices perform reception processing using maximum likelihood sequence estimation, and the control device obtains, as the initial data, with respect to paths that are signal communication pathways between the transmission devices and in accordance with transmission states of individual paths, initial likelihood information that is initial-stage likelihood information for performing the maximum likelihood sequence estimation. | 05-27-2010 |
20100153084 | NETWORK DESIGN METHOD AND NETWORK DESIGN DEVICE - A network design method includes an input step for inputting a network condition at each of plural timings in advance, an acceptance step for accepting restricting conditions concerning respective costs at the plural timings, a design step for designing a network satisfying a restricting condition accepted in the acceptance step under the network condition input in the input step, and an output step for outputting a design result of the design step. | 06-17-2010 |
20100220998 | Network management system, repeater, and repeating method - A repeater includes a reception part configured to receive an optical signal transmitted by wavelength division multiplexing from a preceding repeater in a path from a source to a destination; a determination part configured to determine the channel allocation of the signal received by the reception part by determining a bit rate and a modulation technique with respect to each of channels in the received signal; and a detection part configured to detect a prohibited channel not to be included in the optical signal to be transmitted from the repeater, based on the channel allocation and a predetermined criterion. | 09-02-2010 |
20110236014 | OPTICAL-TRANSMISSION-LINE INSPECTION APPARATUS, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL-TRANSMISSION-LINE INSPECTION METHOD - An apparatus includes a pulse generator configured to generate a wavelet pulse defined by a setting device, an optical modulator configured to output an optical wavelet pulse based on the wavelet pulse generated by the pulse generator to an optical transmission line, and an analyzer configured to analyze a reflected wavelet pulse from the optical transmission line. | 09-29-2011 |
20120008957 | Optical transmission system and optical transmission method - An optical transmission system includes a plurality of optical nodes that transmits wavelength multiplexing light including a plurality of signal light components having different wavelengths, wherein each of the optical nodes includes superimposed signal light generation circuit which superimposes a low frequency signal having a common frequency on a corresponding signal light component included in the wavelength multiplexing light; low frequency signal extraction circuit which extracts a low frequency signal having a frequency of a given range from a corresponding signal light component; and pass-through node number measurement circuit which measures, for each of the signal light components, a pass-through node number based on the frequency of the low frequency signal extracted by the low frequency signal extraction circuit, the pass-through node number being the number of optical nodes through which the signal light component has passed before being transmitted to a specific optical node. | 01-12-2012 |
20120045160 | DISPERSION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A dispersion measurement apparatus includes: a pulse generator to output optical pulses including an optical pulse with a first wavelength and an optical pulse with a second wavelength to an optical transmission path, the second wavelength being different from the first wavelength; a reception pulse analyzer including an optical receiver that receives the optical pulses output by the pulse generator, and an analyzer that performs a wavelet transform on an electrical pulse output through the reception performed by the optical receiver; and a calculator to detect, based on a result of the wavelet transform, a time difference between the optical pulse with the first wavelength and the optical pulse with the second wavelength, and to determine dispersion in the optical transmission path. | 02-23-2012 |
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20110072841 | Thermodynamic cycle system for moving vehicle - A thermodynamic cycle system for a moving vehicle, including a refrigeration cycle system through which a refrigerant flows, a first heat-transferring system through which a heat-transferring medium flows, the heat-transferring medium being used for adjusting temperatures of heat-liberation components, a second heat-transferring system through which a heat-transferring medium flows, the heat-transferring medium being used for adjusting an indoor air state, an intermediate heat exchanger provided between the refrigeration cycle system and the first heat-transferring system, an intermediate heat exchanger provided between the refrigeration cycle system and the second heat-transferring system, an indoor heat exchanger provided in the first heat-transferring system, and an indoor heat exchanger provided in the second heat-transferring system. | 03-31-2011 |
20120037352 | Vehicular Air Conditioning System - A vehicular air conditioning system capable of suppressing the power consumption of a refrigerating cycle is disclosed. The vehicular air conditioning system comprises a refrigerating cycle circuit comprising a compressor, an outside heat exchanger and an inside air conditioning heat exchanger annularly connected in order, and a device cooling circuit comprising a heating unit, an inside cooling heat exchanger, an intermediate heat exchanger and a pump being annularly connected, the intermediate heat exchanger being constructed such that one end of a piping of the cooling medium for air conditioning is connected to a liquid piping, the liquid piping providing connection between the outside heat exchanger and the inside air conditioning heat exchanger, and an opposite end of the piping of the cooling medium for air conditioning is connected to a suction port of the compressor. | 02-16-2012 |
20130299129 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A vehicular air conditioning system for saving energy includes: a first indoor cooling heat exchanger for suctioning in and cooling the air within or outside a vehicle; an indoor air conditioning heat exchanger installed on the downstream cooling heat exchanger for regulating the temperature of the applicable air, a refrigeration cycle connected to the applicable indoor air conditioning heat exchanger, a heating element mounted in the vehicle, and a circuit for the machine coolant circulating between the applicable heating element and the applicable first indoor cooling heat exchanger, and in which the air flow path for air flowing into the indoor air conditioning heat exchanger is structured by merging a flow path passing through the first indoor cooling heat exchanger to a flow path not passing through the first indoor cooling heat exchanger, and is also configured to allow switching to either of the two flow paths. | 11-14-2013 |
20130306302 | VEHICULAR AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A vehicular air-conditioning system includes: a vehicle interior air-conditioning apparatus which includes a device cooling circuit of a heat generating device mounted in a vehicle, and a refrigeration cycle circuit; and an intermediate heat exchanger for heat exchange between a device cooling medium of the device cooling circuit and an air-conditioning cooling medium of the refrigeration cycle circuit. When a temperature of the cooling medium of the device cooling circuit becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature, a control cycle of the vehicular air-conditioning system is set to a short time, and the predetermined temperature is less than an upper limit temperature of the device cooling medium and is determined from a heat capacity of the device cooling circuit and an amount of heat generated by the heat generating device. | 11-21-2013 |
20130319029 | VEHICLE THERMAL SYSTEM - A vehicle thermal system includes a heat pump system in which a compressor, a first refrigerant switching unit configured to switch a flowing direction of a refrigerant, an outdoor heat exchanger, a first flow rate control unit, a second flow rate control unit, and a heat pump intermediate heat exchanger are connected in order, and which has a bypass circuit including a third flow rate control unit between the first flow rate control unit and the second flow rate control unit, a heat pump indoor heat exchanger, and a second refrigerant switching unit configured to switch between a discharge side of the compressor and an suction side of the compressor. The heat pump system has the refrigerant flowing therein and a heat medium circuit in which a liquid pump, a cooling heat exchanger, a heat medium indoor heat exchanger and a heat medium intermediate heat exchanger are sequentially connected. | 12-05-2013 |
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20110106358 | Cooling System of Electric Vehicle - A cooling system of an electric vehicle includes a cooling medium circulation path that circulates a cooling medium to an electrically powered drive unit of a vehicle, a heat exchange unit between the cooling medium and external air, a cooling medium circulation unit, a blower unit that blows air against the heat exchange unit, and a control unit that controls the cooling medium circulation unit and the blower unit, thus controlling cooling of the electrically powered drive unit. The control unit controls the cooling medium circulation unit and the blower unit in a first cooling mode, when a drive force for the vehicle is in a first operational region, and controls in a second cooling mode that provides a higher cooling capability than the first cooling mode, when the drive force for the vehicle is in a second operational region that is higher than the first operational region. | 05-05-2011 |
20110113800 | Vehicle Air-Conditioning Apparatus - A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus, including: a refrigerant circulation channel that flows a refrigerant, the refrigerant circulation channel provided in a refrigeration cycle system including, as connected in a cyclic pattern, a compressor for the refrigerant, an outdoor heat-exchanger exchanging heat between the refrigerant and an outdoor air, an expansion valve reducing pressure of the refrigerant, and an air-conditioning heat-exchange circuit exchanging heat between the refrigerant and air to be introduced into a vehicle interior; and an equipment heat-exchange circuit connected in parallel to the circuit and exchanging heat between the refrigerant and in-vehicle equipment. The circuit includes a cooling heat-transfer medium circulation channel that circulates a heat-transfer medium for cooling. The cooling channel has a cooling heat-exchanger exchanging heat between the refrigerant in the channel and a cooling heat-transfer medium for cooling the in-vehicle equipment and a cooling circulation pump for circulating the cooling heat-transfer medium. | 05-19-2011 |
20120024517 | Heat Cycle System - A heat cycle system includes: a refrigerating cycle system that circulates a refrigerant; a medium circulation circuit that includes a circulation pump for circulating a heat-transfer medium, and adjusts a temperature of a temperature control target with the heat-transfer medium; a heat exchanger that executes heat exchange between the refrigerant in the refrigerating cycle system and the heat-transfer medium in the medium circulation circuit; and a volume altering unit that alters a volume of the heat-transfer medium circulating in the medium circulation circuit. | 02-02-2012 |
20120159986 | Cooling System for Electric Vehicle - A cooling system for an electric vehicle, includes: a cooling-medium circulation passage through which a cooling medium circulates to travel to heat exchange target objects mounted in a vehicle that is electrically driven; an electric compressor disposed in the cooling-medium circulation passage to compress the cooling medium; and a heat exchange unit that achieves heat exchange between the cooling medium and outside air, wherein: the electric compressor is disposed at a position outside a primary outflow path through which the outside air, having undergone heat exchange at the heat exchange unit, flows from the heat exchange unit to outside the vehicle. | 06-28-2012 |
20120222438 | Air-Conditioning System for a Vehicle - An air-conditioning system for a vehicle for performing cooling/air-heating of a temperature controlling object includes: a temperature detection unit | 09-06-2012 |
20120222441 | Heat Cycle System for Mobile Object - A heat cycle system for a mobile object includes: a refrigeration cycle system | 09-06-2012 |
20120222446 | Air-Conditioning System for a Vehicle - An air-conditioning system for a vehicle includes an air-conditioning apparatus having a compressor | 09-06-2012 |
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20090050702 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An IC card stores history information indicating information relating to a command executed for each logical channel in a storage portion and determines the validity of the command based on history information of a logical channel specified by the command stored in the storage portion when the command is supplied from an external device, performs a process corresponding to the command when the validity of the command is determined, and stores information relating to the executed command in the storage portion as history information of the logical channel. | 02-26-2009 |
20090132852 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A portable electronic device includes a storage unit in which information indicating correct process contents is stored. A reception unit of the portable electronic device receives a command for requesting a process from an external device, and the portable electronic device determines whether or not process contents to be executed according to the received command are matched with process contents stored in the storage unit. When it is determined that process contents according to the received command are matched with process contents stored in the storage unit, the portable electronic device executes a process according to the command received by the reception unit. | 05-21-2009 |
20100205149 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD IN MOBILE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A data memory of an IC card serving as a mobile electronic apparatus stores a record file which stores record data. The data memory has a record area which stores the record data and a data saving area which stores backup data to the record data stored in the record area. When a CPU of the IC card receives a command which requests record data in the record file to be rewritten from an IC card processing apparatus through a communication control unit and an interface, the CPU stores the record data stored in the record area as backup data in the data saving area. The CPU of the IC card rewrites the record data stored in the record area after the backup data is stored in the data saving area. | 08-12-2010 |
20110231617 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a portable electronic apparatus executing performing process based on command input from an external apparatus, and storing a plurality of TLV data objects, the apparatus includes, a storage unit configured to store the data class and data character of each TLV data object, respectively in two storage areas spaced apart from each other, and to store addresses of a fixed length, representing the positions of the data characters, in association with the each data classes. | 09-22-2011 |
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20080211153 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRIC DEVICE - A system for controlling an electric device comprises: a power supply for supplying electric power to an electric device; switch portion connected between the power supply and the electric device for controlling the electric power supplied to the electric device; an LC filter disposed between the switch portion and the electric device; and current detection portion for detecting an electric current supplied to the electric device. | 09-04-2008 |
20090043452 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF A VARIABLE DAMPING FORCE DAMPER - A control apparatus of a variable damping force damper comprises first and second low-pass filters for cutting off high frequency components of a target current of the damper, where the first and second low-pass filters have different response characteristics. The control apparatus further comprises a low-pass filter selection unit for selecting one of the first and second low-pass filters based on at least one of the dynamic state of the vehicle body and the road surface condition. | 02-12-2009 |
20110022265 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR DAMPING-FORCE ADJUSTABLE DAMPER - A damping-force-adjustable-damper control device includes a target damping force setting unit which sets target damping force, a stroke position detecting unit which detects a stroke position of the damping-force adjustable damper, a stroke speed calculating unit which calculates a stroke speed, and a target output calculating unit which calculates a target output value to be output to the damping-force adjustable damper in accordance with an obtained target damping force and an obtained stroke speed. The control device also includes a processing-period setting unit which sets the processing periods of the stroke speed calculating unit and the target output calculating unit in accordance with a resonant frequency of unsprung mass, and which sets the processing period of the target damping force setting unit to be longer than the processing periods of the stroke speed calculating unit and the target output calculating unit in accordance with a resonant frequency of sprung mass. | 01-27-2011 |
20140019008 | ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - An electronic power steering apparatus for a vehicle having a steering mechanism to generate a steering assisting force includes: a steering angle sensor; a steering torque sensor; a target steering torque setting unit for setting a target steering torque based on the detected steering angle; a torque deviation computing unit for computing a torque deviation between the target steering torque and the detected steering torque; a first target current value computing unit for computing a first target current value for generating a steering assisting force by the motor based on the computed torque deviation; and a vehicle speed sensitivity adjusting unit that adjusts the first target current value, at least corresponding to a detected vehicle speed, and outputs the adjusted first current value as a second target current value. The motor control unit controls the motor to generate the steering assisting force based on the second target current value. | 01-16-2014 |
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20110002717 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus starts a separation operation of separating at least one of a plurality of image bearing members and an intermediate transfer member from each other at a first speed, and when the at least one of a plurality of image bearing members and the intermediate transfer member are not separated from each other within a predetermined period of time from the start of the separation operation, the image forming apparatus performs the separation operation at a second speed lower than the first speed. With such a configuration, even when a sudden load to the separation motor occurs, a load increases due to aging degradation, etc., the occurrence of a separation operation failure of the intermediate transfer belt may be reduced to increase the service life of the image forming apparatus. | 01-06-2011 |
20110024980 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A motor control apparatus includes a stepping motor which includes a rotor and a stator, and a control unit, wherein, in a case where the stator is excited in a second excitation pattern before rotation drive of the stepping motor is started in a first excitation pattern, the control unit performs phase adjustment of the rotor by exciting the stator in the first excitation pattern by one cycle or a plurality of cycles of the first excitation pattern with a drive pulse of a frequency within a self-start range of the stepping motor, and starts the rotation drive of the stepping motor by exciting the stator in the first excitation pattern to a target frequency which exceeds a self-start frequency of the stepping motor by changing the drive pulses. | 02-03-2011 |
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20100295251 | CHROMIUM NITRIDE ION-PLATING COATING AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, AS WELL AS PISTON RING USED FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - [Task] The chromium nitride ion-plating coating has a property that it is hard but is liable to peel off. Year by year, the required level of wear resistance and scuffing resistance becomes higher in a diesel engine. The property of a coating is improved to enhance the wear resistance and scuffing resistance and also to improve resistance against peeling off. | 11-25-2010 |
20140125013 | PISTON RING - A high-thermal-conductivity piston ring having excellent scuffing resistance and wear resistance, which can be used in a high-heat-load environment in engines is provided. Also, to provide a piston ring with low friction for contributing to the improvement of fuel efficiency, a TiN coating as thick as 10-60 μm, in which the texture coefficient of a (111) plane is 1.2-1.65 in X-ray diffraction on the coating surface, with the texture coefficient of a (111) plane>the texture coefficient of a (220) plane>the texture coefficient of a (200) plane, is formed under the optimized ion plating conditions on a peripheral surface of the piston ring. Further, to obtain excellent sliding characteristics with low friction without losing excellent thermal conductivity of TiN, a hard amorphous carbon coating is formed on the TiN coating. | 05-08-2014 |
20140137733 | PISTON RING - To provide a high-thermal-conductivity piston ring having excellent scuffing resistance and wear resistance, which can be used in a high-heat-load environment in engines, a TiN coating as thick as 10-60 μm, in which the texture coefficient of a (220) plane is 1.1-1.8 in X-ray diffraction on the coating surface, larger than those of (111) and (200) planes, is formed under the optimized ion plating conditions on a peripheral surface of the piston ring. Also, to obtain excellent sliding characteristics with low friction without losing excellent thermal conductivity of TiN, a hard amorphous carbon coating is formed on the TiN coating. | 05-22-2014 |
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20090021072 | VEHICLE BRAKE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS - A the control unit | 01-22-2009 |
20110118949 | VEHICLE BRAKE FLUID PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle brake fluid pressure control apparatus includes: a controller configured to control fluid pressures in wheel brakes to increase or reduce by controlling normally open electromagnetic valves and normally closed electromagnetic valves, wherein the controller perform: a pressure reducing in a pressure reducing cycle in which a basic pressure reducing control and a gradual pressure control are performed continuously in a case that the controller determines to execute a pressure reducing control with wheel speeds decreasing; a pressure reducing control in a basic pressure reducing amount in the basic pressure reducing control; and a temporary holding control for holding the fluid pressure and a fine pressure reducing control for executing a pressure reducing in an amount smaller than the basic pressure reducing amount in a case that the wheel speeds tend to decrease after the temporary holding control in the gradual pressure reducing control. | 05-19-2011 |
20130166167 | VEHICLE BRAKE FLUID PRESSURE CONTROLLER - Embodiments disclose a vehicle brake fluid pressure controller. The controller includes: a normally-open proportional solenoid valve provided in a hydraulic passage extending from a hydraulic pressure source to a wheel brake; a normally-closed solenoid valve provided in a hydraulic passage extending from the wheel brake to the hydraulic pressure source; an antilock brake control module configured to perform an antilock brake control for suppressing the locking of a wheel by performing a pressure increase control, a pressure decrease control and a pressure holding control for a hydraulic pressure of the wheel brake, using the normally-open proportional solenoid valve and the normally-closed solenoid valve. | 06-27-2013 |
20140379234 | VEHICLE BRAKE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus includes a wheel speed acquiring section, a vehicle body deceleration calculator, and a switch section. The wheel speed acquiring section is configured to acquire a wheel speed from a wheel speed sensor. The vehicle body deceleration calculator is configured to calculate a vehicle body deceleration. The switch section is configured to switch control from the regenerative cooperation control to the hydraulic pressure control, based on (i) a wheel deceleration which is determined based on the wheel speed and (ii) the vehicle body deceleration. The vehicle body deceleration calculator is configured to calculate the vehicle body deceleration based on a required deceleration which corresponds to a driver's operation of a braking pedal. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379236 | VEHICLE BRAKE HYDRAULIC CONTROLLER - One embodiment provides a vehicle brake hydraulic controller including a wheel speed acquiring section; a wheel deceleration calculator; a vehicle velocity calculator; and a locking tendency determination section. The vehicle velocity calculator calculates a vehicle deceleration based on a temporary vehicle deceleration corresponding to an acceleration sensor value and calculates a vehicle velocity based on the calculated vehicle deceleration. The vehicle velocity calculator calculates the temporary vehicle deceleration by offsetting a first correction amount to a deceleration side in relation to the acceleration sensor value. When a brake pedal operation amount by a driver is equal to or smaller than a first threshold and that an absolute value of the wheel deceleration is equal to or larger than an absolute value of a second threshold are met, the first correction amount is set to be smaller than when the conditions are not met. | 12-25-2014 |
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20100168014 | Screening method - The present inventors have found that relaxin-3 has a feeding-stimulating activity, a body weight increasing activity, and fat weight increasing activity by intracerebroventricularly administering relaxin-3 to rats and observing the amount of feeding, body weight and fat weight, and so on after the administration. According to the present invention, a polypeptide having useful effects in stimulating feeding, increasing body weight, and fattening; a therapeutic agent containing said polypeptide; a method of screening for a compound, a substance, or a salt thereof which activates or suppresses a receptor of said polypeptide; a kit for said screening; and an agent which comprises a substance which inhibits expression of said polypeptide, such as a feeding-surpressing agent, a therapeutic agent for the treatment of obesity, and a therapeutic agent for the treatment of diabetes. | 07-01-2010 |
20110183318 | METHOD FOR SCREENING OF SUBSTANCE EFFECTIVE ON DISEASE USING GPR120 AND PHOSPHOLIPASE - The present invention provides a screening method for determining whether a substance of interest is a substance which alters GPR120 mediated cell stimulating activities, comprising using a substance of interest, a biomembrane containing GPR120, or cells containing said biomembrane, and phospholipase or salts thereof. According to a screening method of the present invention, the method can screen substances such as CCK and GLP-1 which are involved in the secretion of hormones in gastrointestinal tracts. | 07-28-2011 |
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20090311185 | Peptide having antianxiety activity and screening method therefor - The objects of the present invention are to provide a polypeptide having an antianxiety activity; a therapeutic agent containing the polypeptide; a method for treating anxiety using the polypeptide; a method of screening for a compound capable of activating or suppressing a receptor for the polypeptide and involved in the regulation of anxiety, a salt thereof, or a hydrate of them; and a kit for the screening. There is provided an antianxiety agent containing relaxin-3. | 12-17-2009 |
20100227350 | Method of Screening Substance Useful in Treating Disease With the Use of GPR40 and Phospholipase - The present invention relates to a screening method for determining whether a substance of interest is a substance which alters GPR40-mediated cell stimulating activities, comprising using a substance of interest, a biomembrane containing GPR40, or cells containing said biomembrane, and phospholipase or salts thereof. According to the present invention, substances involved in insulin secretion can be screened. In addition, according to the present invention, substance useful for the prevention or treatment of diabetes, diabetic complications and degenerative diseases, hyperglycemia, polyuria, ketonemia, acidosis, insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance, neurodegenerative diseases, insulinoma, cancers, hyperinsulinemia, hyperglyceridemia, fatty liver, hypoglycemia due to insulin hypersecretion, arteriosclerosis, hyperlipidemia, cerebral stroke, obesity, various diseases induced by diabetes or obesity, and the like. | 09-09-2010 |