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20080309180 | Surface Mount Type Vibration Motor and Fixation Structure - In a solder reflow process, a vibration motor is stably mounted on a circuit board by changing the design of a partial shape of a soldered motor holder without changing the design of a vibration motor body and securing a sufficient soldering area to completely perform solder bonding to prevent a soldered portion of a motor holder from peeling off the circuit board. | 12-18-2008 |
20090167667 | SIGNAL-LINE DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS - A signal-line driving circuit configured to supply a signal voltage having the positive or negative polarity to each of signal lines connected to display cells arranged to form a matrix as cells each to be subjected to a polarity inversion driving operation according to inversion of the polarity of the signal voltage, the signal-line driving circuit including an output buffer section, wherein the output buffer section employs a positive-polarity operating amplifier, a negative-polarity operating amplifier, a first output buffer, a second output buffer, and a switch group. | 07-02-2009 |
20100328289 | Signal-line driving circuit, display apparatus and electronic apparatus - A signal-line driving circuit includes an output buffer section configured to amplify input data for driving signal lines in order to generate a positive-polarity signal voltage as well as a negative-polarity signal voltage and selectively supplying the positive-polarity signal voltage as well as the negative-polarity signal voltage to a signal-line pair composing of a first one of the signal lines and a second one of the signal lines, the output buffer section employs: a positive-polarity operational transconductance amplifier; a negative-polarity operational transconductance amplifier; a first output section; a second output section; and a group of switches. | 12-30-2010 |
20110050868 | Shutter drive unit and three dimensional image display system - Disclosed herein is a shutter drive unit, including: at least one inductor; first and second drive paths; first and second shutter including first and second drive object capacitive loads, respectively; first and second clamping circuits adapted to clamp the first and second drive object capacitive loads either to a power source potential or to a reference potential through the first and second drive paths, respectively; a first switch adapted to switch connection and non-connection between the inductor and the first drive object capacitive load over to each other; a second switch adapted to switch connection and non-connection between the inductor and the second drive object capacitive load over to each other; and a power collecting portion having a function of applying an intermediate voltage between the power source potential and the reference potential to the inductor, and a power collecting function of collecting a power by the inductor. | 03-03-2011 |
20110273544 | Shutter driving device and three-dimensional video display system - Disclosed herein is a shutter driving device that drives a first shutter including a first driving-subject capacitive load and a second shutter including a second driving-subject capacitive load. The shutter driving device includes a power recovery unit, a first driving path, a second driving path, a third driving path, a first clamp circuit, a second clamp circuit, a third clamp circuit, a power recovery path, and a recovery control switch configured to be disposed on the power recovery path. | 11-10-2011 |
20120025585 | SEAT PAD - Provided is a seat pad | 02-02-2012 |
20130280062 | COUPLING STRUCTURE FOR VACUUM EXHAUST DEVICE AND VACUUM EXHAUST SYSTEM - Provided is a coupling structure for vacuum exhaust devices each including a pump chamber and a casing that demarcates the pump chamber. The coupling structure includes a first end surface formed on a first side of the casing, and a second end surface formed on the second side of the casing, the second side being the opposite side of the first side. The casing of a first vacuum exhaust device and the casing of a second vacuum exhaust device among a plurality of vacuum exhaust devices are arranged to be directly superposed on each other such that the first end surface provided to the first vacuum exhaust device and the second end surface provided to the second vacuum exhaust device come into contact with each other. By fastening the first end surface and the second end surface, the first vacuum exhaust device and the second vacuum exhaust device are connected to each other such that gas can flow between the casing of the first vacuum exhaust device and the casing of the second vacuum exhaust device. | 10-24-2013 |
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20100266433 | MULTI-STAGE DRY PUMP - A multi-stage dry pump includes: a plurality of pump chambers each including a cylinder and a rotor housed in the cylinder; a first rotor shaft that is a rotation shaft of the rotors; a fixed bearing that rotatably supports the first rotor shaft and restricts a movement thereof along an axis direction of the first rotor shaft; and a free bearing that rotatably supports the first rotor shaft and permits a movement thereof along the axis direction of the first rotor shaft; wherein: the plurality of pump chambers is disposed between the fixed bearing and the free bearing; and a first pump chamber of the plurality of pump chambers which has a lower pressure and on the aspiration side is placed in proximity to the fixed bearing. | 10-21-2010 |
20110164992 | VACUUM EVACUATION DEVICE - A vacuum evacuation device including: a main pump; an auxiliary pump connected in series to the main pump; and an inter-pump piping for interconnecting an outlet of the main pump and an inlet of the auxiliary pump, wherein the main pump includes a mechanical booster pump; a ratio of the maximum power of a motor for the main pump to the maximum pumping rate of the main pump is no less than 5 W/(m | 07-07-2011 |
20110194961 | DRY PUMP - A dry pump includes: a plurality of cylinders; a pump chamber formed in each of the cylinders; a division wall separating pump chambers adjacent to each other; a plurality of rotors contained inside pump chambers; a rotating shaft that serves as an axis of rotation of the rotor; and a cooling medium path which is formed inside the division wall and through which a cooling medium passes. | 08-11-2011 |
20120134867 | DRY PUMP - The present invention provides a dry pump including: a center cylinder which includes: a plurality of pump chambers containing an upper stage pump chamber that communicates with an intake port and a lower stage pump chamber that communicates with a discharge port; a plurality of rotors contained in the plurality of the pump chambers; a rotating shaft that is a rotation axis of the rotor; and a side face on which a communication hole is formed, the side face being intersected by the rotating shaft extending in the axial direction, and being provided adjacent to the lower stage pump chamber, and a side cover which covers the side face with the communication hole to form a space. | 05-31-2012 |
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20080215833 | INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE AND STORED DATA PROCESSING METHOD - An information storage device includes one or more semiconductor memories storing management data accompanying content data and being configured to erase data in units of one block, and a controller setting up, in the one or more semiconductor memories, a working area to temporarily store the management data and a storage area to retain all or part of the management data stored in the working area, writing the management data to the working area while monitoring the free space of the working area, moving the management data stored in the working area to the storage area when the free space of the working area falls below a prescribed value, and erasing the management data stored in the working area after the movement of the management data to the storage area. | 09-04-2008 |
20100067870 | VIDEO DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, VIDEO SERVER, GATEWAY SERVER, AND VIDEO DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A system includes a reading unit reading first management information including a first item specifying video data and the video data from a storage medium, a storage unit recording second management information including the first item obtained from the first management information and the video data transferred from the reading unit, a memory storing third management information including the first item and a second item specifying a transfer or no transfer of the video data, and a controller transferring the first management information to the memory from the reading unit, updating the second item of the third management information in response to the transfer of the video data, and controlling the transfer of the video data in the video content which is designated by a read request from one of the reading unit and the storage unit to the outside based on the second item of the third management information. | 03-18-2010 |
20100115194 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WRITING - A semiconductor memory information storage apparatus includes a storage unit using a nonvolatile memory, a write number manager counting each of numbers of times of writing of all blocks, a list manager classifying the blocks in the nonvolatile memory by in-use/unused, managing in an in-use list a block of the in-use, managing in a first unused list a block with the number of times of writing equal to a maximum value, and managing in a second unused list a block with the number of times of writing less than the maximum value, and a controller writing and erasing information data to and from the storage unit. | 05-06-2010 |
20110231886 | VIDEO SERVER - According to one embodiment, a video server includes a plurality of processors and a log data integration unit. Each of the plurality of processors includes a generation module, a storage module, and a transmission module. The generation module generates the log data including at least an event occurrence time. The storage module stores the log data. The transmission module transmits the log data stored in the storage module to the log data integration unit via the common bus. The log data integration unit includes a reception module and an integration module. The reception module receives the log data from the plurality of processors via the common bus. The integration module integrates the received log data in an occurrence time order. | 09-22-2011 |
20120124634 | VIDEO SERVER AND VIDEO DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video server includes an encoder, a transmission module, storage modules, and a controller. The encoder outputs a request in response to encoding a video signal. The controller confirms whether or not the number of outputs of video data and a video file to the storage modules within a time interval is less than a limitation number in response to the request. The controller selects the best storage module to store the encoded video data from among the storage modules if the number of outputs is less than the limitation number. The apparatus controller transmits an instruction to the encoder designating the selected storage module as a transmission destination. The encoder outputs the encoded video data designating the transmission destination. The transmission module transmits the output video data to the transmission destination. The storage modules designated as the transmission destination stores the transmitted video data. | 05-17-2012 |
20120272264 | VIDEO SERVER AND STANDBY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video server includes a first storage area, a second storage area, and a controller. The controller is configured to control to execute a first standby operation for reading the first content item from the first storage area in accordance with a standby instruction from a host apparatus, to execute a second standby operation for reading the second content item from the second storage area in advance when the first content item is deleted to change the first content item in a state of the first standby operation, to delete the first content item when the second standby operation is complete, and to skip deletion of the first content item when the second standby operation is not complete. | 10-25-2012 |
20140082678 | VIDEO SERVER AND METHOD FOR RESTARTING REBUILDING - According to one embodiment, a video server includes an ingesting device, a storage controller, storage devices and a control processor. The control processor controls the ingesting device and the storage controller to store the video signal. When one of the storage devices is replaced, the storage controller restores redundant or divisional data and reconstructs data stored in the original storage devices. When the control processor receives a request for ingesting a video signal and sufficient resources for ingesting do not remain while the control processor causes the storage controller to reconstruct the data, the control processor causes the storage controller to suspend reconstruction, and controls the ingesting device and the storage controller to perform the ingesting. | 03-20-2014 |
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20090146509 | VIBRATION ACTUATOR - [Object] To provide a vibration actuator capable of obtaining sufficiently sensible vibration with a flat, thin shape maintained. | 06-11-2009 |
20090218896 | Surface mount-type vibration motor and fixation structure for surface mount-type vibration motor - [Problems] A surface mount-type vibration motor and an installation structure for a surface mount-type vibration motor, where soldered portions are prevented from separating from a circuit board without requiring any design change in a vibration motor body. | 09-03-2009 |
20100003540 | MULTILAYER STEEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTILAYER STEEL - Disclosed is a multilayered steel composite which compatibly achieves properties such as strength and ductility that are incompatible in conventional steels and is excellent in strength, ductility, weldability, toughness and fatigue strength. Also, disclosed is a method for producing the multilayered steel which is produced by rolling with least two kinds of steels having different chemical compositions and microstructure or different mechanical properties, in combination. | 01-07-2010 |
20100034519 | VIDEO REPRODUCING APPARATUS, VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM AND RECORD MEDIUM - Provided herein are: a data acquiring unit which acquires a plurality of angle video data equal or less than the angle video data and relative display position information from a recording unit which records the plurality of angle video data corresponding to the plurality of angle videos taken at a plurality of taking angles different from one another in which a taken object is taken and records the relative display position information indicating a relative display position of each angle video in consideration of each taking angle; a video signal output unit which outputs a plurality of angle video signals corresponding to the plurality of angle videos to display units based on the plurality of angle video data; and an arrangement determining unit which determines a display position arrangement of the plurality of angle videos based on the relative display position information. | 02-11-2010 |
20130183025 | VIDEO DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, VIDEO SERVER, GATEWAY SERVER, AND VIDEO DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A system includes a reading unit reading first management information including a first item specifying video data and the video data from a storage medium, a storage unit recording second management information including the first item obtained from the first management information and the video data transferred from the reading unit, a memory storing third management information including the first item and a second item specifying a transfer or no transfer of the video data, and a controller transferring the first management information to the memory from the reading unit, updating the second item of the third management information in response to the transfer of the video data, and controlling the transfer of the video data in the video content which is designated by a read request from one of the reading unit and the storage unit to the outside based on the second item of the third management information. | 07-18-2013 |
20140125170 | VIBRATION-GENERATING SMALL-SIZED MOTOR AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT THEREWITH - The present invention is a vibration-generating small-sized motor that comprises within an external housing case thereof a stator and a rotor, a commutation mechanism, a power supply terminal that connects electrically with an electrode or a power supply land of the electronic equipment, and a terminal-blade mount on which the power supply terminal is mounted, wherein the power supply terminal includes a pair of resilient terminal blades that are located on the terminal-blade mount provided at a face of the external housing case of the motor, facing each other and pressing together, and the electrode or the power supply land on the circuit board are clamped between the resilient terminal blades, whereby the vibration-generating small-sized motor can be electrically connected to the power supply of the electronic equipment. Accordingly, the power supply terminal of the vibrating motor mounted in the portable electronic equipment can be electrically connected to the electrode or the power supply land on the circuit board in the electronic equipment with high reliability and this connection can be maintained continually over a long period. | 05-08-2014 |
20140154581 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a cathode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery excellent in the cycle characteristics and rate characteristics even when charging is conducted at a high voltage. A cathode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, which comprises particles (III) having a covering layer comprising a metal oxide (I) containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Al, Y, Ga, In, La, Pr, Nd, Gd, Dy, Er and Yb, and a compound (II) containing Li and at least one non-metal element selected from the group consisting of S and B, on the surface of a lithium-containing composite oxide, wherein the atomic ratio (the non-metal element/the metal element) contained within 5 nm of the surface layer of the particles (III) is within a specific range. | 06-05-2014 |
20140212758 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION - To provide a cathode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery excellent in the cycle characteristics and rate characteristics even when charging is conducted at a high voltage. A cathode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, which comprises particles (III) having a covering layer comprising a metal oxide (I) containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of elements in Groups 3 and 13 of the periodic table and lanthanoid elements, and a compound (II) containing Li and P, on the surface of a lithium-containing composite oxide comprising lithium and a transition metal element, wherein the atomic ratio of said P to said metal element (P/metal element) contained within 5 nm of the surface layer of the particles (III) is from 0.03 to 0.45. | 07-31-2014 |
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20090011328 | POROUS SUPPORT FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION CELL HIGH-DENSITY INTEGRATION, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION CELL STACK AND ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION SYSTEM COMPRISING THE POROUS SUPPORT FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION CELL HIGH-DENSITY INTEGRATION - The invention provides a porous support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, having a plurality of through-holes, an electrochemical reaction cell stack and an electrochemical reaction system comprising the porous support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, and the invention relates to a support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, in which a plurality of through-holes provided in a porous support act as structural supports for electrochemical reaction cells, to an electrochemical reaction cell stack in which electrochemical reaction unit cells are integrated at a high density using the porous support, to an electrochemical reaction system comprising the electrochemical reaction cell stack, and to a manufacturing method thereof, and the present invention enables to provide a porous support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, an electrochemical reaction cell stack and an electrochemical reaction system that can simultaneously realize a size reduction and higher-density integration of the electrochemical reaction cell stack as a unit cell integration product. | 01-08-2009 |
20090214919 | ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR BUNDLES, STACKS, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR SYSTEMS CONSISTING OF THESE COMPONENTS - Tube electrochemical reactor bundle or stack, having a structure, in which a plurality of tube fuel cells, formed of a dense ion conductor (electrolyte) and cathode (air electrode) laminated to an anode (fuel electrode) material having a tube structure, are electrically connected by a thin metallic wire, and an electrochemical reactor system using them are provided. | 08-27-2009 |
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20090038289 | GAS SENSOR, AIR-FUEL RATIO CONTROLLER, AND TRANSPORTATION APPARATUS - A gas sensor includes a gas detection section, a heater whose electrical resistance value changes in accordance with temperature, and a control section arranged to control an operation of the heater and to perform powering of the heater for heating. The control section includes a current supply section to supply a current to the heater in a period during which powering of the heater for heating is stopped, a voltage detection section arranged to detect an end-to-end voltage of the heater while a current is being supplied to the heater from the current supply section, and a current adjustment section arranged to adjust the level of the current, during a cold period of the heater, which is supplied from the current supply section based on an ambient temperature and the end-to-end voltage of the heater as detected by the voltage detection section. | 02-12-2009 |
20120196495 | RETAINING STRUCTURE FOR HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND MARINE PROPULSION DEVICE - A retaining structure for a honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure, a retainer mat, and a housing. The honeycomb structure is a member made of a ceramic material. The retainer mat is in contact with the honeycomb structure and directly retains the honeycomb structure. The housing is in contact with the retainer mat and directly retains the retainer mat. The housing is made of aluminum. The housing includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and a coolant passage. The inner wall is in contact with the retainer mat. The coolant passage is located between the inner wall and the outer wall. An inflow port of the coolant passage is located at one end of the housing. A discharge port of the coolant passage is located at the other end of the housing. | 08-02-2012 |
20130029545 | OUTBOARD MOTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OUTBOARD MOTOR - An outboard motor includes an engine, an exhaust manifold, and a lower exhaust passage. The engine includes a plurality of cylinders, and a plurality of exhaust ports. The cylinders are disposed in-line in a vertical direction. The exhaust ports are respectively connected to the cylinders. The exhaust manifold includes a first passage, a second passage, and a third passage. The first passage is connected to the exhaust ports, and extends in a vertical direction. The second passage is connected to the first passage. The third passage is connected to the first passage below the second passage. The lower exhaust passage is connected to the exhaust manifold, and provides a passage through which exhaust gas is expelled to the outside from the exhaust manifold. One of the second passage and the third passage is connected to the lower exhaust passage. | 01-31-2013 |
20130062878 | EXHAUST PIPE CONNECTING STRUCTURE - An exhaust pipe connecting structure includes a first exhaust pipe, a second exhaust pipe, a seal member, and a gasket. The second exhaust pipe is a separate part from the first exhaust pipe. The second exhaust pipe is connected to the first exhaust pipe and defines an exhaust passage together with the first exhaust pipe. The seal member is located between the first exhaust pipe and the second exhaust pipe in a connecting portion where the first exhaust pipe and the second exhaust pipe connect. The gasket is arranged between the seal member and the exhaust passage in the connecting portion where the first exhaust pipe and the second exhaust pipe connect together. The gasket has a heat resistant property. | 03-14-2013 |
20130065462 | OUTBOARD MOTOR - An outboard motor includes a cooling water passage that guides cooling water to cool an exhaust passage and a cylinder unit. A cooling water intake port draws external cooling water into the cooling water passage. A water pump draws cooling water into the cooling water intake port and supplies the cooling water to the cooling water passage. A thermostat is arranged in the cooling water passage downstream of the catalytic converter and the cylinder unit. A first bypass passage is connected to a first connecting section provided on the cooling water passage. The first connecting section is provided along the cooling water passage at a position farther downstream than the catalytic converter and farther upstream than the thermostat. | 03-14-2013 |
20130130576 | ENGINE, OUTBOARD MOTOR, AND WATERCRAFT - An engine includes a cylinder block including a plurality of cylinders, an exhaust manifold, and an exhaust pipe. The exhaust manifold includes a first passage and a second passage. The first passage includes a plurality of first inflow ports into which exhaust gases flow from the plurality of cylinders, a first collecting portion that collects exhaust gases that have flowed into the plurality of first inflow ports, and a first exhaust port through which exhaust gases collected by the first collecting portion are discharged. The second passage includes a second inflow port into which exhaust gases flow and a second exhaust port through which exhaust gases that have flowed into the second inflow port are discharged. The exhaust pipe includes a connection passage through which the first exhaust port and the second inflow port are connected together. | 05-23-2013 |
20130130577 | ENGINE, OUTBOARD MOTOR, AND WATERCRAFT - An engine includes a cylinder block including a plurality of cylinders disposed along a V-shaped line, a pair of exhaust manifolds disposed inside the V-shaped line, and an exhaust pipe disposed inside the V-shaped line. Each of the pair of exhaust manifolds includes a first passage that includes a plurality of inflow ports into which exhaust gases from the cylinders flow, a collecting portion at which exhaust gases are collected, and an exhaust port from which exhaust gases are discharged. The exhaust pipe includes a connection passage that includes a pair of intermediate inflow ports that are connected to the exhaust ports, at least one intermediate exhaust port from which exhaust gases are discharged. The connection passage is arranged to connect the pair of intermediate inflow ports and the at least one intermediate exhaust port. | 05-23-2013 |
20130326857 | RETAINING STRUCTURE FOR HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND MARINE PROPULSION DEVICE - A retaining structure for a honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure, a retainer mat, and a housing. The honeycomb structure is a member made of a ceramic material. The retainer mat is in contact with the honeycomb structure and directly retains the honeycomb structure. The housing is in contact with the retainer mat and directly retains the retainer mat. The housing is made of aluminum. The housing includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and a coolant passage. The inner wall is in contact with the retainer mat. The coolant passage is located between the inner wall and the outer wall. An inflow port of the coolant passage is located at one end of the housing. A discharge port of the coolant passage is located at the other end of the housing. | 12-12-2013 |
20140287636 | OUTBOARD MOTOR - An outboard motor includes an exhaust pipe that includes an outer wall section, an inner wall section, a coolant passage, and a constricted section. The inner wall section is arranged inward of the outer wall section. The coolant passage is arranged between the outer wall section and the inner wall section. The constricted section is configured to constrict a flow cross section of the coolant passage. A catalytic converter is housed in the exhaust pipe. A temperature sensor is installed in the constricted section and measures a temperature of a pipe wall of the exhaust pipe. | 09-25-2014 |
20140322997 | ENGINE, OUTBOARD MOTOR, AND WATERCRAFT - An engine includes a cylinder block including a plurality of cylinders disposed along a V-shaped line, a pair of exhaust manifolds disposed inside the V-shaped line, and an exhaust pipe disposed inside the V-shaped line. Each of the pair of exhaust manifolds includes a first passage that includes a plurality of inflow ports into which exhaust gases from the cylinders flow, a collecting portion at which exhaust gases are collected, and an exhaust port from which exhaust gases are discharged. The exhaust pipe includes a connection passage that includes a pair of intermediate inflow ports that are connected to the exhaust ports, at least one intermediate exhaust port from which exhaust gases are discharged. The connection passage is arranged to connect the pair of intermediate inflow ports and the at least one intermediate exhaust port. | 10-30-2014 |