Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100321888 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a printed wiring board, a first heat generating part and a second heat generating part secured to one surface of the printed wiring board, a plurality of first heat pipes, a second heat pipe and a heat sink. The first heat pipes each include a first end portion, a second end portion on an opposite side to the first end portion and a middle portion located between the first and second end portions and thermally connected to the first heat generating part. The second heat pipe includes a third end portion connected to the second end portion and a fourth end portion provided on an opposite side to the third end portion and thermally connected to the second heat generating part. The second heat pipe has a width dimension larger than that of the first heat pipe. | 12-23-2010 |
20110310315 | TELEVISION APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes an exothermic component, a heat transfer mechanism, a plurality of heat releasing fins, a fan, and a deflecting member. The exothermic component is housed in a housing. The heat transfer mechanism is at least partially housed in the housing. The heat transfer mechanism includes a heat receiving portion that receives heat from the exothermic component, a heat releasing portion that releases heat, and a heat transferring portion that houses a medium to transfer heat from the heat receiving portion to the heat releasing portion. The heat releasing fins are thermally connected to the heat releasing portion and arranged with gaps therebetween. The fan generates an air flow flowing through the gaps. The deflecting member is located at least downstream of the gaps to cover the gaps. The deflecting member deflects the air flow toward an exhaust outlet formed in the housing. | 12-22-2011 |
20120113332 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a heat sink in the housing, a heat pipe including a curved portion toward the heat sink, and a fan including a cutout portion accommodating the curved portion. | 05-10-2012 |
20120155024 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a television attachment device includes a case, a fan unit, a fin unit and a heat pipe. The fan unit includes a case, a fan main body rotatably provided inside the case, and a motor fixed to the inner surface of a second wall and rotating the fan main body. The fin unit is arranged adjacent to a first side portion of the case. The heat pipe includes a first end portion connected to a circuit component, and a second end portion opposed to the first end portion, close to the second wall and connected to the fin unit. | 06-21-2012 |
20130057776 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a television includes: a display part; a tuner part; an electronic component; a casing including: a first wall provided with an opening part and configured to cover the electronic component; a second wall provided with a second opening part and configured to cover the electronic component; and a third wall provided with a third opening part over the first wall and the second wall; a stand part configured to support the casing; a fan accommodated within the casing; and a radiating member including regions facing the first opening part, the second opening part and the third opening part, and positioned between the fan and the third wall, wherein the second wall includes a recessed part and a projection projected toward the outside of the casing; and a part of the fan faces the recessed part from the inside of the casing. | 03-07-2013 |
20140347569 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a heat sink in the housing, a heat pipe including a curved portion toward the heat sink, and a fan including a cutout portion accommodating the curved portion. | 11-27-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080211731 | VIDEO DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND VIDEO TRANSMITTING METHOD - A video data transmitting apparatus includes a memory to store management information indicating corresponding relation between identification information elements for identifying a plurality of stackable display devices and orders of the display devices, an image data generator to generate a plurality of image data streams having a sequence according to the sequence, and a image data transmitter to transmit the image data streams to the display devices with order relation among the image data streams matching with order relation among the display devices based on the management information. | 09-04-2008 |
20090243502 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A light-emitting device is provide, which includes a first substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode, which are disposed above the first substrate and insulated from each other, enabling a difference in electrical potential to be given between the first electrode and the second electrode, a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate and spaced apart from the first substrate, a light-emitting layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the light-emitting layer includes a light-emitting material which emits light through an electrochemical oxidation or reduction thereof and chloride ions, and a barrier electrode interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode to partition the light-emitting layer. This barrier electrode is used as a standard for the electrical potential. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244456 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provide, which includes a supporting substrate, a flexible display provided with a transparent display substrate formed above the supporting substrate, and a dilatant fluid accommodating member. The dilatant fluid accommodating member is disposed on the outside of the flexible display. | 10-01-2009 |
20100066970 | FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - An electronic device including: a thin-film substrate having a front surface being formed with electronic circuits; an adhesive layer comprising an adhesive material applied to a back surface of the thin-film substrate, the adhesive material having an elasticity modulus being in a range of 1.0×10 | 03-18-2010 |
20100079700 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal layer causing a selective reflection and exhibiting Kerr effect, first and second electrodes applying voltage to the liquid crystal layer, a first circular polarizer disposed between the liquid crystal layer and a viewer and allowing a first circularly polarized light incident on the liquid crystal layer when irradiated with a natural light, the first circularly polarized light having an electric-field vector rotating in a direction reverse to a rotation direction of an electric-field vector of a circularly polarized light selectively reflected by the liquid crystal layer, and a second circular polarizer facing the first circular polarizer with the liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween and allowing a second circularly polarized light incident on the liquid crystal layer when irradiated with a natural light. | 04-01-2010 |
20110163687 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a light-emitting device includes an emitting layer, first and second electrodes, a voltage-supply circuit, an ammeter and a controller. The emitting layer includes a solution containing an emitting material and a solvent. The first and second electrodes are in contact with the solution. The voltage-supply circuit applies an operating voltage between the first and second electrodes. The ammeter measures the amount of electric current flowing between the first and second electrodes. The controller controls the operation of the voltage-supply circuit such that the polarity of the operating voltage reverses and determining a timing of reversing the polarity based on the output of the ammeter. | 07-07-2011 |
20110205214 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a partition electrode, a luminescent layer and a voltage source. The luminescent layer includes a luminescent material emitting light rays due to an electrochemical oxidation or reduction reaction thereof. The voltage source is configured to generate a driving voltage between the first and second electrodes so as to apply first and second potentials, wherein the first and second potentials are maintained at one and opposite polarities in respect to the reference potential during a predetermined segment period respectively and are periodically reversed, each of the first and second potentials is changed first to second absolute levels during the predetermined segment period, the second absolute potential is determined depending on the gradation of input image data, and the first absolute potential is higher than the second absolute potential. | 08-25-2011 |
20110279756 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY - According to one embodiment, an optical device includes an optically variable layer and first and second electrodes. The optically variable layer includes a material having dielectric anisotropy and a solvatochromic dye. The first and second electrodes are configured to apply a voltage to the optically variable layer. According to another embodiment, a display includes an optical device and a driving circuit. The optical device includes an optically variable layer and first and second electrodes. The optically variable layer includes a material having dielectric anisotropy and a solvatochromic dye. The first and second electrodes are configured to driving circuit is configured to put a drive voltage across the first and second electrodes. | 11-17-2011 |
20120069283 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal layer exhibiting Kerr effect, a first electrode including combtooth portions, a second electrode, and protruding portions facing a main surface of the liquid crystal layer with at least one of the first and second electrodes interposed therebetween. The combtooth portions each extends in a first direction and are arranged in a second direction. The second electrode includes a portion that faces the main surface and is positioned in a gap between the combtooth portions or faces the main surface with the gap interposed therebetween. The protruding portions each extends in the first direction and are arranged in the second direction. Each of the first protruding portions forms a convex surface having a ridge shape on a surface of the combtooth portion or a surface of the portion of the second electrode positioned at the gap. | 03-22-2012 |
20120307184 | LIQUID CRYSTAL/POLYMER COMPOSITE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal/polymer complex includes a liquid crystal material, a polymer, and a chiral agent. The liquid crystal material exhibits blue phase and contains liquid crystal molecules that are spirally arranged to form liquid crystal molecular cylinders having a spiral arrangement. The polymer maintains the arrangement and has a dendrimer-type structure including a dendrimer unit and a polymerizable unit bonded to an end of the dendrimer unit. The dendrimer unit contains a central atom and at least two branched structures bonded to the central atom and has a generation of two or more. The polymerizable unit contains a polymerizable group which can bond to a polymerizable group. | 12-06-2012 |
20130208224 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a support substrate, first electrodes, second electrodes, a counter substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first and second electrodes are provided on a surface of the support substrate. The first and second electrodes are alternately arranged. A counter substrate opposes the surface. The liquid crystal layer is held between the support substrate and the counter substrate. 0.7≦D/(L+S)≦2 is satisfied. L is an average width of at least two of the first electrodes and at least two of the second electrodes. S is an average distance between at least two pairs of adjacent ones of the first and second electrodes. D is a distance between the support substrate and the counter substrate. | 08-15-2013 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100159856 | Distortion compensator, distortion compensation method, and transmitter - A distortion compensator for reducing a level of a distortion component included in an output analog signal of an amplifier, includes: an A/D converter to convert the output analog signal of the amplifier into a digital output signal; a comparator to generate a distortion characteristic of the amplifier based on a digital input signal and the digital output signal; a rate controller to control a sampling rate of the A/D converter based on the digital input signal and the digital output signal; a predistorter to multiply the digital input signal and a compensation value for compensating the amplifier, the compensation value being calculated based on the digital input signal and the distortion characteristic of the amplifier; and a D/A converter to convert multiplication result of the predistorter into an analog input signal to input the analog input signal to the amplifier. | 06-24-2010 |
20120154034 | DOHERTY AMPLIFIER SYSTEM AND TRANSMITTER USING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, a Doherty amplifier system has a first Doherty amplifier and a second Doherty amplifier. The first Doherty amplifier operates in a SISO communication mode and in a MIMO communication mode. The first Doherty amplifier comprises a first carrier amplifier and a first peak amplifier. The second Doherty amplifier operates in the MIMO communication mode but not operates in the SISO communication mode. The second Doherty amplifier comprises a second carrier amplifier and a second peak amplifier. A distance between the first carrier amplifier and the second carrier amplifier is less than any of a distance between any of the first carrier amplifier and the second peak amplifier and any of the first peak amplifier and the second peak amplifier. In the SISO communication mode, heat generated by the first Doherty amplifier is conducted to the second Doherty amplifier to warm up the second Doherty amplifier. | 06-21-2012 |
20140368251 | DISTORTION COMPENSATION DEVICE - A distortion compensation device compensates a distortion component generated in a nonlinear circuit having a nonlinear input-output characteristic. The distortion compensation device includes a predistorter and an estimator. The predistorter converts an input signal into an inverse characteristic signal by using a compensation coefficient so that an estimation value of an inverse characteristic to the nonlinear input-output characteristic is given to the input signal. The estimator generates the compensation coefficient based on the input signal, the inverse characteristic signal and an output signal of the nonlinear circuit. | 12-18-2014 |
20150017934 | AMPLIFYING DEVICE, TRANSMITTING DEVICE - An amplifying device of an embodiment includes: a first amplifier amplifying a first component of an input signal; a first output circuit having an input connected to an output of the first amplifier and converting impedance seen from an output of the first output circuit to make the converted impedance seen from the first amplifier; a second amplifier amplifying a second component of the input signal with a bias deeper than that of the first amplifier; a second output circuit having an input connected to an output of the second amplifier, having a longer electrical length than that of the first output circuit part, and converting impedance seen from an output of the second output circuit to make the converted impedance seen from the second amplifier; and a combiner combining the first component amplified by the first amplifier and the second component amplified by the second amplifier. | 01-15-2015 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080205316 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication apparatus includes an image information acquisition unit configured to acquire new image information to be transmitted to a display terminal through a wireless access point, a storage unit configured to temporarily store the image information, a decision unit configured to decide to change a state of a wireless communication processing unit of the display terminal from a power save state to a normal state when an amount of the image information stored in the storage unit is not less than a predetermined threshold value, a message generation unit configured to generate a change instruction message in response to decision of the decision unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the change instruction message to the display terminal through the wireless access point to instruct the display terminal to change the state of the wireless communication processing unit from the power save state to the normal state. | 08-28-2008 |
20090002275 | Image transfer device and method thereof, and computer readable medium - There is provided with an image transfer device which communicates with a screen display device displaying image data on a screen thereof, including: an image data generator configured to generate image data corresponding to a plurality of divided areas into which the screen is divided, respectively; a data compression processor configured to compress generated image data corresponding to respective divided areas by using dictionary data obtained based on a predetermined amount of image data compressed in the past corresponding to the respective divided areas so that compressed image data corresponding to the respective divided areas are generated; and a data transmission unit configured to transmit the compressed image data corresponding to the respective divided areas to the screen display device. | 01-01-2009 |
20090324110 | SCREEN TRANSFER APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus that communicates with a screen display apparatus: a generation unit configured to generate image data to be displayed on a screen; an identification unit configured to identify an overlapping area that overlaps with the image data for each of a plurality of divided areas into which the screen is divided, respectively; a division unit configured to divide respective partial image data belonging to the respective overlapping areas in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction of the screen; a data compression processor configured to compress respective divided image data belonging to the respective divided areas by using dictionary data obtained based on a predetermined amount of divided image data compressed in the past belonging to the respective divided areas; and a data transmission unit configured to transmit respective compressed image data belonging to the respective divided areas in an order defined according to a rule given in advance. | 12-31-2009 |
20100250752 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF STARTING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus, comprising has a generator which generates format information of a start instruction message, a memory which stores the format information, a communication unit which transmits the format information and receives a start instruction message via a network, and a controller which detects whether or not the received start instruction message corresponds to the format information stored in the memory, and performs start processing and initialization processing based on a content of the start instruction message when the received start instruction message corresponds to the format information. | 09-30-2010 |
20140359062 | DATA TRANSFERRING APPARATUS, DATA TRANSFERRING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, there is provided a data transferring apparatus to communicate with a communicating apparatus through a network in accordance with a predetermined protocol, including: a writing controller and a transmission controller. The writing controller performs control of writing a first response message containing first data to a storage. The transmission controller performs control of reading the first response message from the storage and transmitting the first response message to the communicating apparatus, upon receiving a data acquisition request message for the first data from the first communicating apparatus. | 12-04-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090015851 | Color calibration system - Disclosed a color calibration system including: a first printing system; and a second printing system, wherein a first image processing apparatus includes: a controller to control the first printing apparatus, to obtain first measurement result data, and to calculate first differential data which is a difference between the first measurement result data and ideal value data; and a transmitting section, and a second image processing apparatus includes: a receiving section; and a controller to control the second printing apparatus, to obtain second measurement result data, to add the ideal value data and the first differential data to calculate target value data, to calculate second differential data which is a difference between the calculated target value data and the second measurement result data, and to calibrate a color conversion processing condition in the second image processing apparatus on the basis of the second differential data. | 01-15-2009 |
20090147280 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming method to perform a printing for a plurality of sheets of paper, comprising: expressing any one region in a first color, the one region being one of a predetermined number of regions which are provided at an end part of each sheet of the plurality of sheets of paper and are continuous in an extending direction of the end part of the sheets; expressing the other regions except the one region in a second color; and printing an additional image in which the one region expressed in the first color is shifted sequentially in the extending direction of the end part of the sheets, in an order of the printing of each sheet of paper. | 06-11-2009 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080211731 | VIDEO DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND VIDEO TRANSMITTING METHOD - A video data transmitting apparatus includes a memory to store management information indicating corresponding relation between identification information elements for identifying a plurality of stackable display devices and orders of the display devices, an image data generator to generate a plurality of image data streams having a sequence according to the sequence, and a image data transmitter to transmit the image data streams to the display devices with order relation among the image data streams matching with order relation among the display devices based on the management information. | 09-04-2008 |
20090324110 | SCREEN TRANSFER APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus that communicates with a screen display apparatus: a generation unit configured to generate image data to be displayed on a screen; an identification unit configured to identify an overlapping area that overlaps with the image data for each of a plurality of divided areas into which the screen is divided, respectively; a division unit configured to divide respective partial image data belonging to the respective overlapping areas in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction of the screen; a data compression processor configured to compress respective divided image data belonging to the respective divided areas by using dictionary data obtained based on a predetermined amount of divided image data compressed in the past belonging to the respective divided areas; and a data transmission unit configured to transmit respective compressed image data belonging to the respective divided areas in an order defined according to a rule given in advance. | 12-31-2009 |
20100054618 | Server, screen transmitting method, and program storage medium - A server includes a generating unit which generates image data in a partial region of a displayed image on the screen; a type identifying unit configured to identify a type of a GUI component included in the region of the generated image data; a storage which stores compression property information for each GUI component type; a compression scheme deciding unit which decides a compression scheme based on compression property information corresponding to the GUI component type identified; a compression unit which compresses the generated image data with a decided compression scheme; a transmission unit which transmits the compressed data to the client terminal; an update frequency deciding unit which decides a update frequency of the compression property information in the storage for each type of the GUI component; and an updating unit which updates the compression property information with the update frequency decided for each type of the GUI component. | 03-04-2010 |
20120127294 | Imaging Apparatus, Imaging Method, and Endoscope Apparatus - A head separated type imaging apparatus includes a head unit and a main unit which are separated, the main unit processing an image signal transmitted from the head unit. The main unit includes a first communication unit transmitting/receiving data to/from the head unit via wireless communication, a second communication unit transmitting/receiving data to/from the head unit via wired communication, and a control unit detecting whether the second communication unit is communicable, and continuing, when the first and second communication units are switched based on a detection result therefrom, transmission/reception of the data which is performed before the switching. | 05-24-2012 |
20130229506 | Imaging Apparatus, Imaging Method, and Endoscope Apparatus - A head separated type imaging apparatus includes a head unit and a main unit which are separated, the main unit processing an image signal transmitted from the head unit. The main unit includes a first communication unit transmitting/receiving data to/from the head unit via wireless communication, a second communication unit transmitting/receiving data to/from the head unit via wired communication, and a control unit detecting whether the second communication unit is communicable, and continuing, when the first and second communication units are switched based on a detection result therefrom, transmission/reception of the data which is performed before the switching. | 09-05-2013 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140072180 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus configured to detect a position deviation between a first image and a second image includes a first memory configured to store motion vectors between the first image and the second image as a first motion vector group, a second memory configured to store, as a second motion vector group, motion vectors extracted from the first motion vector group determined to have a higher reliability than a predetermined threshold, an acceptable motion vector selection unit configured to calculate a temporary position deviation parameter from the second motion vector group, and select the motion vectors representing the position deviation as an acceptable motion vector group from the first motion vector group, using the temporary position deviation parameter, and a parameter estimation unit configured to estimate the position deviation parameter representing the position deviation from the acceptable motion vector group. | 03-13-2014 |
20140218559 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image pickup apparatus capable of obtaining a natural image close to what is seen with eyes and broad in dynamic range. A plurality of object regions are determined based on image data, and representative brightness values of respective ones of the object regions are calculated. A first exposure condition is decided based on the representative brightness value of a first object region which is a main object region, and a second exposure condition is decided based on the representative brightness values of the first and second object regions. By using the first and second exposure conditions, a plurality of images for use in generating a synthesized image are acquired. | 08-07-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080231109 | Brake apparatus - An object of the present invention is to provide a brake apparatus in which a hydraulic pressure in a master cylinder is prevented from being increasingly varied while an anti-lock brake system is in operation, and therefore a pedal feeling can be improved. The brake apparatus comprises an electric booster including an input member which moves forward or backward in response to an operation of a brake pedal, an assist member which moves forward or backward by being driven by an electric actuator using an electric motor as its driving source. The electric booster generates a boosted brake hydraulic pressure in the master cylinder under an input thrust provided to the input member through the brake pedal and an assist thrust provided to the assist member by the electric actuator. In the brake apparatus, the brake hydraulic pressure generated in the master cylinder is supplied to a wheel cylinder through a hydraulic pressure circuit of an anti-lock brake system, and, while the anti-lock brake system in operation, an operation of the assist member is restricted by a booster control, whereby a change in a hydraulic pressure in the master cylinder due to the operation of the assist member can be restrained. | 09-25-2008 |
20090032342 | Electric disk brake - An object of the present invention is to, in an electric disk brake, prevent uneven abrasion of a disk rotor due to contact of the disk rotor to a brake pad when brake is not in operation. In the present invention, a rotation of an electric motor is slowed down by a differential speed reducing mechanism, and is converted to a linear motion of a piston by a ball ramp mechanism. Brake pads are pressed against a disk rotor by the piston to generate a brake force. When brake is not in operation, the piton is retracted by a reverse rotation of the electric motor so that a predetermined pad clearance is maintained. When brake is not in operation, a pad-retracting-control electric current is supplied to the electric motor so that the piston is biased backward while being maintained in one position. When brake is not in operation, contact of the disk rotor to the brake pads due to runout of the disk rotor triggers smooth retracting of the piston, whereby uneven abrasion of the disk rotor can be prevented. | 02-05-2009 |
20110241418 | BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM - An object of the present invention is to simplify a control during regenerative cooperation in a brake control system generating a hydraulic pressure in a master cylinder by displacing a piston with use of an electric actuator according an operation amount of a brake pedal. The brake control system displaces the primary piston | 10-06-2011 |
20130025273 | ELECTRIC BOOSTER - Provided is an electric booster, including: an input member moved forward and backward by an operation of a brake pedal; a boosting member provided so as to be movable relative to the input member; an electric actuator for driving the boosting member; and a controller for controlling actuation of the electric actuator based on the movement of the input member, in which the controller executes changing control for changing a ratio of a movement amount of the boosting member to a movement amount of the input member to a smaller ratio before an output of the electric actuator increases to come into a full-load state in which the output of the electric actuator becomes equal to a maximum output by the forward movement of the input member. | 01-31-2013 |
20130197771 | BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS - In a brake control apparatus for generating a brake hydraulic pressure using an electric motor, in order to restrain changes in vehicle deceleration with respect to an operation amount of a brake pedal when a hydraulic pressure sensor is abnormal, a controller ( | 08-01-2013 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080225317 | CARTRIDGE TYPE HARD DISK DRIVE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cartridge type HDD unit | 09-18-2008 |
20100226683 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an operating portion provided at a front part of a main assembly of the apparatus; a rear cover covering at least a part of a rear part of the main assembly; a holding mechanism for holding the rear cover relative to the main assembly; an opening and closing mechanism for upwardly moving the rear cover from a close position for covering the part of the rear part of the main assembly to an open position for exposing the part of the rear part and for downwardly moving the rear cover from the open position to the close position; a stabilizer for keeping the rear cover at the open position; an electrical component provided inside the rear cover at a position accessible from a front side of the main assembly when the rear cover takes the open position. | 09-09-2010 |
20120293929 | CASING FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A casing for containing electronic equipment includes a casing member of the metal plate having an opening; a closing member for closing the opening; a first inclined plate portion provided at an edge of the opening, the first inclined plate portion being inclined relative to a plate portion of the casing member and being provided by bending the casing member; a second inclined plate portion provided at a edge of the closing member, the second inclined plate portion being provided by bending the closing member, and the second inclined plate portion being opposed to the first inclined plate portion when the closing member is mounted to close the opening; and an elastic member having an electroconductivity and provided compressed between the first inclined plate portion and the second inclined plate portion. | 11-22-2012 |
20130283567 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A hinge mechanism arranged between a main body and a door, and openably and closably supporting the door, comprising: a fixed-side hinge plate disposed at the main body; and a movable side hinge plate disposed at the door, wherein the fixed-side hinge plate includes a bearing surface and a plurality of projection portions projected from the bearing surface, and the fixed-side hinge plate is mountable to (1) a first mounting portion of the main body, having holes through which the projection portions can be inserted, and being capable of abutting to the bearing surface, and (2) a second mounting portion of the main body, being capable of abutting to end surfaces of the plurality of projection portions. | 10-31-2013 |
20130285318 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus comprising: a follower rotating member that is pressed to a conveying rotating member and rotates in a following manner; a bearing that movably supports the follower rotating member to be rotatable; a pressing portion that applies a force to the bearing to press the follower rotating member to the conveying rotating member; and a wire spring that includes both ends locked to locking portions and a middle abutted to the bearing and holds the bearing against a pressing force of the pressing portion. | 10-31-2013 |
20140271030 | FASTENING MATERIAL - A fastening material for fastening a fastening object material between itself and a screw, said fastening material includes a burred portion forming a screw hole and projecting in a substantially cylindrical shape in a screw inserting direction, wherein said burred portion has a wave-like shape portion waving in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical shape. | 09-18-2014 |
20150013287 | FILTER FRAME - A filter frame for holding a filter provided with a plurality of folds so as to alternately form ridges and troughs includes: a first frame portion including a first holding portion, having a side corresponding to a first side of the filter, for holding the filter; a positioning portion, provided on the first holding portion, for determining a position of the filter; and a second frame portion including a second holding portion for holding the filter by sandwiching the filter between the first and second holding portions. The second holding portion is provided so as to be capable of opposing the first holding portion via the filter and has a side corresponding to a second side of the filter. | 01-15-2015 |