Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080232843 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a cassette attaching section, a media cassette, a loading plate and a first and second ground conducting route. The cassette attaching section includes a media supplying roller for supplying media. The media cassette is attachably and removably installed in the cassette attaching section. The loading plate is mounted in the media cassette and loads the media stacked up in the media cassette. The first ground conducting route makes static electricity discharge from the loading plate to a grounding portion of the cassette attaching section when the media cassette is attached to the cassette attaching section. The second ground conducting route conducts with the media and makes static electricity discharge to the grounding portion when a distance between the media supplying roller and the media is shortened after the first ground conducting route is conducted. | 09-25-2008 |
20080261365 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A technology realizing decreases of capacitance between the adjoining floating gates and of the threshold voltage shift caused by interference between the adjoining memory cells in a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device with the advances of miniaturization in the period following the 90 nm generation. By having the floating gate | 10-23-2008 |
20090003910 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a medium guide. A toner image is formed on an image bearing body. A transfer section transfers the toner image onto a print medium. A fixing section fixes the toner image into a permanent image. A guide section is disposed along a transport path in which the print medium advances toward the fixing section. The guide section includes a first portion that extends substantially parallel to the transport path, and a second portion closer to the fixing section ( | 01-01-2009 |
20090047038 | Medium supply device and image forming apparatus - A medium supply device includes a placing portion for placing a medium; a medium supply unit for picking up at least one medium urged against the medium supply unit from the placing portion; a cover member disposed to be movable; and a regulating member attached to the cover member for separating the placing portion from the medium supply unit when the cover member moves. | 02-19-2009 |
20090127365 | Bobbin, method of producing the bobbin, and method of producing fiber-reinforced plastic - A bobbin includes a reinforcing fiber bundle formed in a wound shape, and the reinforcing fiber bundle is formed of a plurality of filaments. The reinforcing fiber bundle includes a first twist having a first value T | 05-21-2009 |
20090277806 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL SYSTEM GAS SENSOR - The present invention is an electrochemical cell system gas sensor that detects a subject substance to be detected using an electrochemical reaction system and comprises an ion conduction phase and at least two kinds of electrode facing each other and contacting the ion conduction phase, an electrode structure thereof comprising a chemical detection electrode layer having a selective adsorption characteristic relative to the subject substance to be detected and at least one reference electrode layer serving as a counter electrode to the chemical detection electrode layer, a manufacturing method thereof, and a method of detecting the subject substance to be detected, the present invention provides a chemical detection system having an extremely high response speed and great detection ability irrespective of high or low temperatures and even in the presence of excessive oxygen that impairs the chemical reaction of the subject substance to be detected. | 11-12-2009 |
20100036257 | ULTRASONIC PROBE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided is an ultrasonic probe including: a cMUT chip having a plurality of vibration elements whose electromechanical coupling coefficient or sensitivity is changed according to a bias voltage and transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves; an acoustic lens arranged above the cMUT chip: and a backing layer arranged below the cMUT chip. | 02-11-2010 |
20100068074 | CONTROL VALVE FOR VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - A control valve is configured such that as a position of a high pressure-side valve body positioned by a solenoid is closer to one side, a degree of opening for communication of a high pressure valve portion is more widened and a pressure on the side of a discharge flow path acting on the high pressure-side valve body is weakened. Further, the control valve is configured such that as a position of a low pressure-side valve body positioned by the solenoid is closer to the other side, a degree of opening for communication of a low pressure valve portion is more widened. When the high pressure-side valve body and the low pressure-side valve body are integrally positioned on the one side by the solenoid and the low pressure-side valve body is positioned on the other side by the solenoid, the high pressure-side valve body and the low pressure-side valve body are separated from each other. | 03-18-2010 |
20100179430 | ULTRASONIC PROBE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - An ultrasonic probe ( | 07-15-2010 |
20110170922 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND GROUND CONDUCTING ROUTES - An image forming apparatus including an image forming apparatus body, a cassette attaching section, a media cassette, a release portion, a first ground conducting route and a second ground conducting route is provided. The cassette attaching section includes a media supplying roller. The media cassette is removably installed in the cassette attaching section. The media cassette includes a loading plate, a pushing up member and a plate holding portion. The release portion engages the plate holding portion. The first ground conducting route conducts static electricity charged on the media and includes a conducting portion. The second ground conducting route conducts static electricity charged on the media when the media is conveyed by the media supplying roller. | 07-14-2011 |
20120056370 | MEDIUM STORAGE DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND MEDIUM STORAGE SYSTEM - A medium storage device that is covered by a dust cover and that stores a recording medium, includes: a guide member that is extendably and retractably provided in the medium storage device and that restricts a position of an edge part of the recording medium; and a lock member that locks the guide member and that releases the lock status of the guide member when the lock member moves in a first direction so as to allow the guide member to extend and retract, wherein the movement of the lock member in the first direction is restricted by the dust cover so that the guide member is stably locked. | 03-08-2012 |
20120097367 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR CONDITIONER - The present invention provides indoor unit of air conditioner including a plurality of heat-exchangers, main-unit casing that accommodates heat-exchangers and includes suction air duct extending from air inlet to heat-exchangers and blowout air duct extending from heat-exchangers to air outlet, and air blower that is provided in blowout air duct and blows out air taken in from air inlet, from air outlet after having air passed through heat-exchangers. In indoor unit, heat-exchangers include rear-side heat-exchanger arranged opposite to air blower on upper side in main-unit casing with lower end thereof being arranged on rear surface side of main-unit casing, backplane that constitutes rear-side duct wall of blowout air duct is provided on rear surface side of main-unit casing, and heat transfer unit that transfers heat of air before passing through heat-exchangers or heat of air outside main-unit casing to backplane is provided in main-unit casing | 04-26-2012 |
20120207526 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND GROUND CONDUCTING ROUTES - An image forming apparatus including an image forming apparatus body, a cassette attaching section, a media cassette, a release portion, a first ground conducting route and a second ground conducting route is provided. The cassette attaching section includes a media supplying roller. The media cassette is removably installed in the cassette attaching section. The media cassette includes a loading plate, a pushing up member and a plate holding portion. The release portion engages the plate holding portion. The first ground conducting route conducts static electricity charged on the media and includes a conducting portion. The second ground conducting route conducts static electricity charged on the media when the media is conveyed by the media supplying roller. | 08-16-2012 |
20130244089 | SECONDARY BATTERY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a secondary battery device includes a secondary battery cell, a case configured to accommodate the secondary battery cell, and foam coating layers sandwiched between an outer surface of the secondary battery cell and an inner surface of the case and configured to hold the secondary battery cell. | 09-19-2013 |
20130276920 | CONTROL VALVE FOR A VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - A control valve according to an embodiment includes a body having a valve hole and a guiding passage formed coaxially with the valve hole, an actuating rod, slidably supported along the guiding passage, which is provided with a valve element, a solenoid for applying the solenoidal force in an opening or closing direction of a valve section to the valve element via the actuating rod, and a seal section, provided between the actuating rod and the guiding passage, which houses a sealing member for restricting the leakage of refrigerant from a high pressure side to a low pressure side. The actuating rod and the guiding passage are configured such that the clearance, between the actuating rod and the guiding passage, which is at a higher-pressure side of the seal section is larger than the clearance which is at a lower-pressure side of the seal section. | 10-24-2013 |
20140098168 | METHOD FOR PRINTING ON A SHINY SURFACE BY A UV INKJET PRINTER WITH TRANSPARENCY AND HIGH COLOR DENSITY - A method for printing on a shiny surface by a UV inkjet printer with transparency and high color density is described. Steps of the method include: (a) according to a conveying direction of a workpiece, dividing the workpiece with a reflective film into a plurality of continuous printing areas; (b) performing a printing operation on each printing area of the reflective film of the workpiece for at least three times; and (c) turning on a UV lamp at one side of an inkjet module when a final printing operation is performed on each printing area, to cure ink jetted from the inkjet module, thereby enabling the reflective film of the workpiece to still retain high shininess and high transparency after printing of the workpiece with a transparent reflective film surface is completed, and enabling a pattern printed thereon to have high color density. | 04-10-2014 |
20140140717 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including an image forming apparatus body, a cassette attaching section, a media cassette, a release portion, a first ground conducting route and a second ground conducting route is provided. The cassette attaching section includes a media supplying roller. The media cassette is removably installed in the cassette attaching section. The media cassette includes a loading plate, a pushing up member and a plate holding portion. The release portion engages the plate holding portion. The first ground conducting route conducts static electricity charged on the media and includes a conducting portion. The second ground conducting route conducts static electricity charged on the media when the media is conveyed by the media supplying roller. | 05-22-2014 |
20140210159 | MEDIUM CARRYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A medium carrying device includes an apparatus body, medium guide unit that is detachable with respect to the apparatus body, a carrying roller that is disposed in the apparatus body, and is configured to rotate to carry a print medium passing through the medium guide unit, and a driven roller that is disposed in the medium guide unit at a position corresponding to the carrying roller in a contacting manner so that the driven roller rotates in accordance with a rotation of the carrying roller. | 07-31-2014 |
20140218999 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - With the aim of providing a semiconductor memory device being suitable for miniaturization and allowing a contact resistance to lower, the wiring structure of a memory array (MA) is formed as follows. That is, word lines ( | 08-07-2014 |
20150044058 | AXIAL FLOW FAN AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A leading edge of a blade has a first curved portion provided with a leading-edge rearmost point, and a trailing edge of the blade has a second curved portion located on the inner circumferential side of the trailing edge and a third curved portion located on the outer circumferential side of the blade on the trailing edge. The third curved portion has a trailing-edge foremost point, and the second curved portion has a trailing-edge rearmost point. The trailing edge and a first concentric circle, which is one of concentric circles having as their center an axis of rotation and passes through the leading-edge rearmost point, intersect each other at a first intersection. The first intersection is located between the trailing-edge rearmost point and the trailing-edge foremost point. | 02-12-2015 |