NHK SPRING CO ., LTD. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160141643 | DEFORMATION ABSORPTION MEMBER AND FUEL CELL - A deformation absorption member for a fuel-cell-stack disposed between an anode side separator and a cathode side separator. The deformation absorption member includes a thin-board-like base material, and a plurality of raised pieces in which extension portions extended from proximal ends are arranged in a grid pattern. Each raised piece of the plurality of raised pieces is formed in a non-rectangular shape in which the width of the extension portion is shorter than the width of the proximal end, and plurality of raised pieces are configured so that the directions of the extension portions of mutually adjacent raised pieces are alternately arranged, and positions of the proximal ends of the mutually adjacent raised pieces are arranged in at least overlapping positions. | 05-19-2016 |
20160125918 | WARP CORRECTION APPARATUS FOR PLATE-LIKE WORKPIECE AND WARP CORRECTION METHOD - A warp correction apparatus includes an elastic mat, a first sheet supply unit which supplies a first clean sheet on the elastic mat, a workpiece holding mechanism which supplies the plate-like workpiece (a frame unit) on the first clean sheet, a second sheet supply unit which supplies a second clean sheet above the first clean sheet, a pressure roller, a first elevator unit which moves the second clean sheet up and down, a second elevator unit which presses the pressure roller toward the elastic mat, and a roller moving mechanism. The pressure roller is moved along an upper surface of the elastic mat by the roller moving mechanism while the frame unit is sandwiched between the elastic mat and the pressure roller. | 05-05-2016 |
20160111117 | FLEXURE CHAIN BLANK SHEET FOR DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION - A flexure chain blank sheet includes frame units. Each frame unit includes a frame portion, and flexure elements. The flexure element includes a distal end portion, and an extending portion. The frame portion includes a pair of lengthwise frames and a pair of lateral frames. The first lateral frame connects between tail portions of the flexure elements. The second lateral frame is formed of a distal end linking portion which is constituted by connecting between respective adjacent extending portions. The distal end linking portion includes first cut-off portions to be cut along a longitudinal direction between the adjacent extending portions, and second cut-off portions to be cut along a width direction between the distal end portion and the extending portion. | 04-21-2016 |
20160111116 | FLEXURE CHAIN BLANK SHEET FOR DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION - A flexure chain blank sheet includes a plurality of frame units. Each of the frame units includes a frame portion, and a plurality of flexure elements arranged within the frame portion. The frame portion includes lengthwise frames extending in a longitudinal direction of the flexure elements, and lateral frames extending in a width direction of the flexure elements. A slit that extends along the lateral frames, a connection portion, and recesses are formed between adjacent frame units. An opening width of the recesses is greater than an opening width of the slit. The connection portion includes a portion-to-be-cut which is to be cut by a cutter. The recesses allow insertion of the cutter. | 04-21-2016 |
20160078886 | HALF-FINISHED HEAD SUSPENSION - A positioning method positions a flexure whose front end side is joined to an outside frame with respect to a load beam, keeps the positioned state of the flexure and load beam, plastically deforms the outside frame to bead the front end side of the flexure so that the position of a tongue of the flexure is adjusted to the position of a dimple of the load beam, and joins the flexure and load beam to each other to keep the position adjusted state of the tongue. | 03-17-2016 |
20160071533 | INTERLEAVE CIRCUIT OF CONDUCTIVE CIRCUIT PORTION OF DISK DRIVE FLEXURE - An interleave circuit includes a metal base, an insulating layer, a first conductor member having first branch conductors, a second conductor member having second branch conductors, and a jumper conductor, which is a part of the metal base. The jumper conductor includes a branch-side metal portion, a pad-side metal portion, and a bridge portion. The bridge portion is formed between the branch-side metal portion and the pad-side metal portion. The branch-side metal portion electrically conducts to connecting terminals of the first branch conductors via branch-side connecting members. The pad-side metal portion electrically conducts to an electrode pad via a pad-side connecting member. The bridge portion includes a crossover portion which crosses over a third conductor member. | 03-10-2016 |
20160065015 | MAGNETIC PLATE USED FOR ROTOR CORE OF MOTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC PLATE - A magnet plate used for a rotor core of a motor, includes a magnetic pole portion being set between an outer peripheral edge of a body portion and a magnet slot and having a radial width being smaller than a radial sectional width of the permanent magnet, and a higher hardness portion being formed into a hook shape along an end corner of the magnet slot and have a smaller width than the radial sectional width of the permanent magnet. | 03-03-2016 |
20160046164 | SUSPENSION COIL SPRING - A suspension coil spring includes a lower end turn portion, an upper end turn portion, and a helical effective portion formed between the end turn portions. The lower end turn portion includes a first portion which contacts a lower spring seat irrespective of a load, and a second portion which contacts the lower spring seat or is separated from the same according to the load. The wire diameter of the second portion is greater than that of the first portion and an average wire diameter of the effective portion. The upper end turn portion includes a third portion which contacts an upper spring seat, and a fourth portion. The wire diameter of the fourth portion is greater that of the third portion and the average wire diameter of the effective portion. | 02-18-2016 |
20160030817 | METAL SHAFT HAVING LONGITUDINALLY VARYING HARDNESS, GOLF SHAFT USING THE METAL SHAFT, GOLF CLUB USING THE METAL GOLF SHAFT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE METAL SHAFT, AND TEMPERING APPARATUS - A metal shaft includes a hollow tube made of metal, capable of having hardness varying in a longitudinal direction of the metal shaft while preventing increase in the number of variations on a shape of the metal shaft. The tube has a hardness pattern exhibited by hardness of the tube varying in a longitudinal direction of the tube according to Young's modulus or tensile strength of the metal varying in the longitudinal direction. | 02-04-2016 |
20150349354 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack has a stacked plurality of single cells. Each of the single cells has a membrane electrode assembly, and a pair of separators sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly therebetween. A cooling fluid channel where a cooling fluid flows is formed between adjacent single cells. The fuel cell stack further comprises a displacement absorbing member disposed in the cooling fluid channel to absorb a displacement between the single cells. The displacement absorbing member comprises a channel flow resistance reduction structure that reduces a channel flow resistance of the cooling fluid channel against the cooling fluid. | 12-03-2015 |
20150343876 | SEMIMANUFACTURED PRODUCT OF MOVEMENT REGULATION MEMBER, STABILIZER BAR HAVING MOVEMENT REGULATION MEMBER, AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SEMIMANUFACTURED PRODUCT OF MOVEMENT REGULATION MEMBER TO A STABILIZER BAR - A semimanufactured product of a stopper includes: a plate-shaped bridging portion; a first curved portion extending from one end portion of the bridging portion integrally; and a second curved portion extending from the other end portion of the bridging portion integrally, and an entirety of the semimanufactured product is formed in a C-shape. The first curved portion includes a first locking part at the end portion. The second curved portion includes a second locking part that engages with the first locking part at the end portion. The first locking part includes a convex-shaped convex portion and a pair of receiving portions positioned so as to sandwich the convex portion. The second locking part includes: a concave-shaped concave portion which can accommodate the convex portion; and a pair of projecting portions positioned so as to sandwich the concave portion. | 12-03-2015 |
20150343871 | SUSPENSION SPRING APPARATUS AND SUSPENSION COIL SPRING - A compressive residual stress portion having a compressive residual stress from a surface of a wire to a first depth is formed between end turn portions of a coil spring. The first portion of the end turn portion is always in contact with a spring seat. The second portion contacts the spring seat when the load applied to the coil spring is large, and is separated from the spring seat when the load is small. The third portion is always separated from the spring seat. In the end turn portion, in a region including the second portion, a deep residual stress portion is formed by ultrasonic shot peening. The deep residual stress portion has a compressive residual stress from a surface of the wire to a second depth deeper than the first depth. | 12-03-2015 |
20150332715 | TERMINAL PAD OF A FLEXURE FOR A HEAD SUSPENSION HAVING A PADDING PLATING AND METHOD OF FORMING THE TERMINAL PAD - A terminal pad of a flexure for a head suspension connected to a functional part through a bonding material includes a terminal body, a base plating formed on a surface of the terminal body and having an uniform thickness, a padding plating made of a same material as the base plating and integrated with the base plating so that the padding plating swells with respect to the base plating, and a surface plating formed on a surface of the padding plating. | 11-19-2015 |
20150285840 | PROBE UNIT - A probe unit includes: contact probes; and a probe holder, each of the contact probe including a plunger and a spring coil, each of the plunger including: a contact portion contacting an electrode of a contacted body; a flange portion extending from a base end of the contact portion and having a diameter larger than a diameter of the contact portion; a boss portion extending from an end of the flange portion different from an end continuing to the contact portion and having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the flange portion; and a base end portion extending from an end of the boss portion different from an end continuing to the flange portion and having a substantially same diameter with the boss portion. | 10-08-2015 |
20150253802 | CONTROL LEVER COMPRISING SWITCH AND REMOTE-CONTROL DEVICE COMPRISING THE CONTROL LEVER - According to one embodiment, a control lever comprises a lever body and a grip. The lever body comprises a base and an arm. The grip is attached to the arm so as to be extractable, and comprises a handle positioned on the opposite side of the base. A switch is provided at the end of the handle. The arm is configured to allow the grip to be attached from a right side or a left side of the arm so as to be selectively extractable. A cable of the switch has a length enough to extract the grip from the arm, and is guided from between the arm and the grip to the control box through the base. The base comprises a storage portion in which a middle portion of the cable is stored. | 09-10-2015 |
20150251514 | STRUT-TYPE SUSPENSION AND COMPRESSION COIL SPRING FOR SUSPENSION - A strut-type suspension includes a compression coil spring, a lower spring seat, an upper spring seat, and a shock absorber. The compression coil spring is disposed at a position offset to the outer side of a vehicle with respect to the shock absorber. The compression coil spring is mounted in a vehicle body in such a state that it is compressed between spring seats. The compression coil spring includes a large-diameter wire portion and a small-diameter wire portion. The large-diameter wire portion is provided in a vehicle inner-side portion of the compression coil spring. The small-diameter wire portion is provided in a vehicle outer-side portion. A wire diameter of the large-diameter wire portion is greater than a wire diameter of the small-diameter wire portion. | 09-10-2015 |
20150251196 | FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS - A film forming method of forming a film by accelerating powder of a material with gas and spraying and depositing the powder onto a surface of a substrate with the powder being kept in a solid state includes: a substrate film forming step of forming a film. The film forming step includes jetting out the powder and inert gas from a nozzle towards the substrate, causing inside of the chamber to be under positive pressure by the inert gas, and depositing the powder on the surface of the substrate. | 09-10-2015 |
20150241788 | FLEXURE AND METHOD OF FORMING PART OF FLEXURE - A flexure includes a metal substrate whose front end supports a slider and a wiring part having a base insulating layer and a conductor layer formed on the base insulating layer. The wiring part includes a normal wiring part that is on the metal substrate and an aerial wiring part that is on a space separated from the metal substrate. The base insulating layer of the aerial wiring part is formed to be thinner than that of the normal wiring part. This configuration reduces a rigidity contribution ratio of the wiring part. | 08-27-2015 |
20150231939 | SUSPENSION AND COMPRESSION COIL SPRING FOR SUSPENSION - A knee-action-type suspension is provided with an arm member, a compression coil spring, and a shock absorber. The coil spring is extended and retracted between a full-rebound state and a full-bump state in accordance with the magnitude of a load applied to a vehicle body. A wire of the coil spring includes a large-diameter wire portion, a small-diameter wire portion, and a wire diameter varying portion. The large-diameter wire portion is provided in a first portion of the coil spring, which is on the side near to a pivot. The small-diameter wire portion is provided in a second portion of the coil spring, which is on the side far from the pivot. A wire diameter of the large-diameter wire portion is greater than a wire diameter of the small-diameter wire portion. | 08-20-2015 |
20150198387 | PIPE EMBEDDED STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A pipe embedded structure includes: a pipe made of a metal or an alloy, and having a periphery forming a circular shape; a base material made of a metal or an alloy, including a recessed portion having an inner wall on which a part of the periphery abuts and in which the pipe is fitted; and a deposited layer formed by accelerating powder formed of a metal or an alloy together with a gas in a state where the pipe is fitted into the recessed portion, and spraying and depositing the powder on surfaces of the pipe and the base material while maintaining a solid phase state of the powder, wherein a ratio h/R of a protruding amount h by which the pipe protrudes from the surface of the base material and a curvature R of the periphery is not smaller than 0.3 and not greater than 0.7. | 07-16-2015 |
20150159252 | A+B TYPE TITANIUM ALLOY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides an α+β type titanium alloy and a production method therefor, which has an ultrafine structure causing superplasticity under low temperatures and has a high deformation ratio compared to conventional α+β type Ti alloys. The alloy has an ultrafine structure made of equiaxial crystals in which an area ratio of crystals having a grain diameter of 1 μm or less is 60% or more, and maximum frequency grain diameter is 0.5 μm or less, wherein a portion in which the integration degree of plane orientation of the hexagonal close-packed crystal is 1.00 or more exists within a range of 0 to 60 degrees with respect to a normal line of a processed surface of the alloy. | 06-11-2015 |
20150151605 | STABILIZER LINK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A stabilizer link and a manufacturing method therefor which can ensure strength required in wing plates and a center supporting plate and in a support bar, and which can ensure strength required in ribs. The support bar has a top wing plate, a bottom wing plate, a center supporting plate, and a plurality of ribs. In the wing plates and the center supporting plate, reinforcing fiber is orientated to a longitudinal direction of the support bar. In the rib, the reinforcing fiber is orientated to a perpendicular direction of the support bar. A longitudinal orientation ratio D1 at a longitudinal center portion of the top wing plate and the bottom wing plate, a perpendicular orientation ratio D2 at a perpendicular center portion of the ribs, and a perpendicular orientation ratio D3 at a perpendicular end portion of the ribs satisfy Equation 1. | 06-04-2015 |
20150139722 | SOCKET ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE AND SPRING MEMBER - A socket attachment structure for attaching a socket to a substrate, the socket including a plurality of contact probes that respectively contact the substrate and a contacted body at both longitudinal direction ends thereof, a probe holder that accommodates and holds therein the plurality of contact probes according to a predetermined pattern, and a holder member provided around the probe holder, includes: a plurality of support members that extend out from a principal plane of the substrate and are respectively inserted through insertion holes provided in the holder member; and a spring member that is attached to the plurality of support members in a state of biasing the holder member placed on the substrate towards the substrate. | 05-21-2015 |
20150138675 | DISK DRIVE FLEXURE - A flexure tail is provided in a flexure including a metal base and a conductive circuit portion. The flexure tail includes a tail pad portion. In the tail pad portion, tail electrodes to are arranged. At the tail pad portion, a stub which remains after a test pad portion is cut off is formed. The stub includes conductors to which are left uncut. The conductors to which are left uncut are electrically connected to the tail electrodes to, respectively. The stub includes a bent portion. The bent portion is formed by bending a frame portion of the tail pad portion, and forms an angle of 30° or more with respect to a circuit board. The tail electrodes to are joined to terminals to of the circuit board. | 05-21-2015 |
20150118509 | CIRCUIT BOARD LAMINATE, METAL BASE CIRCUIT BOARD AND POWER MODULE - Disclosed is a circuit board laminate including a metal substrate, an insulating layer disposed on at least one surface of the metal substrate and a metal foil disposed on the insulating layer. Characteristically, the insulating layer contains a crosslinked copolymer of bisphenol cyanate resin and novolac cyanate resin and an inorganic filler. | 04-30-2015 |
20150115042 | CONTACTLESS INFORMATION MEDIUM, BOBBIN MEMBER FOR CONTACTLESS INFORMATION MEDIUM, BODY MEMBER FOR CONTACTLESS INFORMATION MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONTACTLESS INFORMATION MEDIUM - A contactless information medium includes: a body forming an outer shape of the contactless information medium; an IC chip housed in the body; a coil antenna which is formed of a string of conductive wire, both ends of the conductive wire being connected to the IC chip, and which includes a main arrangement pattern provided along a closed curve and a plurality of sub-arrangement patterns, each of which has a smaller diameter than the main arrangement pattern; and a plurality of bobbins provided in the body and arranged along the closed curve, the string of conductive wire being wound around the plurality of bobbins along the closed curve to form the main arrangement pattern, the string of conductive wire being wound around each of the bobbins to form the sub-arrangement patterns. | 04-30-2015 |
20150056875 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes: a first terminal that is electrically conductive and includes a first contact portion being plate shaped and including a first teeth portion with one of surfaces thereof forming a plurality of continuous concavo-convex shapes, and a first base portion joined to the first contact portion and connected to one of connection targets; and a second terminal that is electrically conductive and includes a second contact portion including a second teeth portion with one of surfaces thereof forming a plurality of continuous concavo-convex shapes, the second teeth portion being engageable with the first teeth portion, and a second base portion that is joined to the second contact portion and connected to the other one of the connection targets, wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are electrically connected to each other by engagement between the first teeth portion and the second teeth portion. | 02-26-2015 |
20150042133 | VEHICLE SEAT - Load imparted to a seat back frame is stably absorbed and efficiently absorbed. In a vehicle seat | 02-12-2015 |
20140377973 | TERMINAL CAPABLE OF STOPPING FLOW OF OOZED CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE, FLEXURE HAVING THE TERMINAL, AND HEAD SUSPENSION HAVING THE FLEXURE - A terminal extending from a wiring member to face an electrode of a piezoelectric element and including a proximal end part and a distal end part with respect to the wiring member, the distal end part being connected to the electrode of the piezoelectric element through a conductive adhesive, comprising an insulating layer that faces the electrode of the piezoelectric element; a wiring layer laid on the insulating layer and connected to the electrode at the distal end part; and at least one liquid stopping recess provided on a surface facing the electrode at the proximal end part, the liquid stopping recess spanning between both edges of the insulating layer in an direction intersecting an extending direction of the proximal end part. | 12-25-2014 |
20140368954 | DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION - In a first terminal portion, a first conductor, a terminal element as a first protection, and a first gold-plating layer are provided. The first terminal element is thicker than a base nickel layer of a slider terminal portion. The first gold-plating layer is provided with a first roughening processed portion. An electrically conductive paste contacts the roughening processed portion. In a second terminal portion, a second conductor, a terminal element as a second protection, and a second gold-plating layer are provided. The second terminal element is thicker than the base nickel layer. The second gold-plating layer is provided with a second roughening processed portion. An electrically conductive paste contacts the second roughening processed portion. | 12-18-2014 |
20140362474 | TOLERANCE RING, HARD DISK DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HARD DISK DEVICE - A tolerance ring has a ring shape formed of a plate-shaped member substantially into a circle along a predetermined direction and includes a plurality of convex portions protruding in a radial direction, and a notch portion notched in a direction orthogonal to a circumferential direction on at least one of outer edge side end portions in the direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction. | 12-11-2014 |
20140339875 | HEADREST STRUCTURE AND HEADREST DEVICE - A headrest structure and a headrest device, including a bottom plate provided at a lower face of a headrest, and provided with an elongated hole extending in a seat front-rear direction through which a stay is inserted, a guide sheet having the same width as that of the elongated hole, that is longer in length than the elongated hole, whose both end portions are slidably supported by the bottom plate, and that is provided with an elongated guide hole smaller than the elongated hole, a concealing sheet provided with an attachment hole to which the stay is attached, and that is overlapped slidably on an upper face of the guide sheet so as to cover the elongated guide hole, and a wall portion that is formed at the bottom plate, and that restricts movement of the guide sheet and the concealing sheet in a seat width direction, are provided. | 11-20-2014 |
20140306389 | COMPRESSION COIL SPRING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A compression coil spring having high durability can be provided by using an inexpensive wire material. The present invention provides a compression coil spring formed by using a steel wire material, the steel wire material made of C: 0.45 to 0.85 mass %, Si: 0.15 to 2.5 mass %, Mn: 0.3 to 1.0 mass %, Fe and inevitable impurities as a remainder, and a circle-equivalent diameter of 1.5 to 9.0 mm, wherein hardness of a freely selected cross-section of the wire material is 570 to 700 HV, and at an inner diameter side of the coil spring, unloaded compressive residual stress at a depth of 0.2 mm from a surface in an approximate maximal main stress direction in a case in which compressive load is loaded on the spring is 200 MPa or more, and unloaded compressive residual stress at a depth of 0.4 mm from surface is 100 MPa or more. | 10-16-2014 |
20140300160 | SEAT OPERATING DEVICE AND VEHICLE SEAT - A seat operating device comprising: an operation member; a first clutch member that is connected to an adjusting mechanism, and in which is formed a first cut-out portion that opens outwardly in a rotation radial direction of the first clutch member; a second clutch member that is connected to another adjusting mechanism, and in which is formed a second cut-out portion that opens outwardly in a rotation radial direction of the second clutch member; and a switching member having a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion that are positioned at mutually opposite sides across a rotational center. When the switching member is positioned at one end of a range of movement of the switching member, the first engaging portion engages with the first cut-out portion, and, when the switching member is positioned at another end of the range of movement, the second engaging portion engages with the second cut-out portion. | 10-09-2014 |
20140290842 | HEAD SUSPENSION HAVING ACTUATOR IN WHICH PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT IS BONDED WITH BONDING TAPE, ACTUATOR AND METHOD OF ATTACHING PIEZOLECTRIC ELEMENT WITH BONDING TAPE - A head suspension includes a base to be attached to a carriage, a load beam having a rigid part and a resilient part that connects the rigid part to the base, the load beam applying load onto a read/write head, a flexure attached to the load beam and supporting the head, an actuator attaching part located between the base and the head, and a piezoelectric element being deformable in response to a voltage applied thereto to move the head in a sway direction relative to the base. For the head suspension, it bonds the piezoelectric element with a bonding tape to the actuator attaching part and applies an adhesive to fix the piezoelectric element to the actuator attaching part. | 10-02-2014 |
20140284987 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat includes, at each side portion of a seatback frame, a side frame base portion that forms a side portion of the seatback frame, and that extends in a seat up-and-down direction; an outer side flange portion that is formed at a seat forward side of the side frame base portion, and that is inflected to a seat width direction outer side from the side frame base portion; and an inner side flange portion that is formed at a seat rear side of the side frame base portion, and that is inflected to a seat width direction inner side from the side frame base portion, a corner portion of the inner side flange portion curving in a circular arc shape. | 09-25-2014 |
20140268427 | HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY WITH DIAMOND-LIKE COATING (DLC) AT TONGUE/DIMPLE INTERFACE TO REDUCE FRICTION AND FRETTING WEAR - A gimbal assembly of a single or dual stage actuator is provided with a layer of Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) as a middle layer at a tongue/dimple interface where a dimple of a supporting loadbeam contacts a tongue on the gimbal assembly. Using the DLC at the tongue/dimple interface greatly reduces the amount of fretting wear particles formed during operation of the microactuator. The reduced wear at the dimple/gimbal interface may provide more stable dynamics over time. The DLC middle layer may be applied on the tongue, or on the tongue only at the tongue/dimple interface, or the DLC may be applied to the dimple. | 09-18-2014 |
20140265504 | VEHICLE SEAT - A favorable appearance can be achieved using a simple configuration, even when the configuration is provided with a back shell that moves up and down relative to a back frame. In a vehicle seat | 09-18-2014 |
20140247065 | PROBE UNIT - The probe unit includes probe groups of two or more contact probes to be in contact with one electrode of a contact target body on a side of one end in a longitudinal direction and the respective contact probes are to be in contact with separate electrodes of a board on a side of another end. The contact probe includes an end portion arranged on the side of one end, having nail portions in a tapered end shape, and brought into contact with the one electrode at the nail portions; a second contact unit arranged on the side of another end, and to be in contact with a corresponding electrode of the board; and a coil spring arranged between the end portion and the second contact unit, and biasing the end portion and the second contact unit. | 09-04-2014 |
20140216221 | METHOD OF PUNCHING OUT A DAMPER FROM A DAMPER MATERIAL HAVING A CONSTRAINT LAYER, PUNCHING APPARATUS USED FOR THE METHOD, AND ATTACHING APPARATUS WITH THE PUNCHING APPARATUS - A method punches out a damper from a damper material set on a punching stage with use of a hollow punch so that the punched damper is positioned within a hollow inside of the punch while vibrating a member composing the punching stage on which the damper material is set at the high frequency. The damper material includes a viscoelastic body layer and the constraint layer laminated on the viscoelastic body layer and the viscoelastic body layer includes an attaching surface through which the damper material is detachably attached on the liner. | 08-07-2014 |
20140212319 | TITANIUM ALLOY MEMBER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A high strength titanium alloy member with superior fatigue resistance, and a production method therefor, are provided. The production method includes preparing a raw material made of titanium alloy, nitriding the raw material to form a nitrogen-containing raw material by generating a nitrogen compound layer and/or a nitrogen solid solution layer in a surface layer of the raw material, mixing the raw material and the nitrogen-containing raw material to yield a nitrogen-containing mixed material, sintering the nitrogen-containing mixed material to obtain a sintered titanium alloy member by bonding the material together and uniformly diffusing nitrogen in solid solution from the nitrogen-containing raw material to the entire interior portion of the sintered titanium alloy member, hot plastic forming and/or heat treating the sintered titanium alloy member to obtain a processed member, and surface treating the processed member to provide compressive residual stress. | 07-31-2014 |
20140209202 | MEMBER WITH FLOW PASSAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A member with flow passage includes: a base member; a plate-like member including two flat plate portions that are positioned at both widthwise ends and have main surfaces passing over one and the same plane, and a convex portion that is provided between the two flat plate portions and has a cross section shaped in a thickness direction so as to protrude with respect to the flat plate portions, and forming the flow passage; and a metal deposit layer that is formed by, while main surfaces of the flat plate portions opposite to a top of the convex portion are facing the base member, accelerating powder of metal or alloy together with a gas, and spraying and depositing the powder in a solid-phase state on a surface of the plate-like member at the top side of the convex portion and a surface of the base member. | 07-31-2014 |
20140201955 | BOOT BAND - Provided is a boot band that is configured for preventing the occurrence of buckling in the inner-layer portion of a band body. In the boot band, by applying a diameter-reducing tightening force on the band body when an engagement pawl of an inner-layer portion of the band body has entered a top-end engagement hole of an outer-layer portion of the band body, the top-end engagement hole rides over the engagement pawl. Buckling is prevented by providing, at the area of the top-end engagement hole opposite where the engagement pawl enters therein, a guide that faces the engagement pawl. | 07-24-2014 |
20140162503 | CONTACT STRUCTURE UNIT - A contact structure unit that achieves electrical continuity between a substrate, which includes a plurality of electrodes, and a contact object includes a first-type contact-carrying member including a contact portion which makes contact with the contact object; includes a plurality of second-type contact-carrying members each of which includes a leading end portion formed at one end portion and making contact with the electrodes and each of which makes contact with the first-type contact-carrying member at the other end portion; and includes a plurality of coil springs each of which is disposed between the contact portion and the leading end portions and each of which biases the contact portion and the leading end portions. | 06-12-2014 |
20140160540 | IDENTIFICATION MEDIUM - An identification medium cannot be reused when an attempt has been made to remove it from an object by using solvent. A cholesteric liquid crystal layer subjected to a hologram processing is formed while contacting a COP (cycloolefin polymer) layer. When the identification medium is removed using a solvent from a state in which it was adhered to an object by an adhesive layer, the COP layer is melted by the solvent and is damaged. The COP layer is a layer which functions as a substrate of the identification medium, and the identification medium is damaged by contacting with the solvent, as described above, and it is difficult to reuse. | 06-12-2014 |
20140150931 | METHOD OF SURFACE-TREATING METAL COMPONENT - Provided is a method for surface-treating a metal component, whereby a pseudo-plated layer can be formed on a surface of a metal component, and quality equivalent to plating or other coating process can be obtained. The method includes a chamical polishing step scraping a surface of a base plate formed into a given shape through chemical polishing by 0.5 micrometer or more, and a heat treat pseudo-plating step forming a pseudo-plated layer on the surface through a heat treatment conducted by heating the base plate at a solution treatment temperature or above, for example, 850 degrees C. or above, preferably approximate 1040 degrees C., in a reducing atmosphere after the polishing step. | 06-05-2014 |
20140147199 | TOLERANCE RING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TOLERANCE RING - A tolerance ring that has a ring shape approximately circling along a predetermined direction includes a plurality of projections, wherein the curvature radiuses of end portions in a circling direction are smaller than the curvature radius of a portion other than the end portions in the circling direction. | 05-29-2014 |
20140139003 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat includes a seat component member that has a frame member, a cushion material, and a support member arranged on the frame member. The support member includes a frame-shaped member having a polygonal shape that can be attached to the frame member, and a bag-shaped planar member that is attached to the frame-shaped member in a tensioned state to support the cushion material. The frame-shaped member can be accommodated in the bag-shaped planner member while at least one side of the frame-shaped member is at a contracted state. The frame-shaped member is maintained at an expanded state as the at least one side of the frame-shaped member is at a non-contracted state, such that the planner member is expanded from an inner side thereof and is maintained at the tensioned state. | 05-22-2014 |
20140138205 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CONED DISC SPRING AND CLUTCH APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH CONED DISC SPRING - A clutch apparatus is equipped with two clutch structures having a clutch drum therein. A driven plate and a piston are provided in the clutch drum of each clutch structure, and a primary coned disc spring and a secondary coned disc spring, which are ring-shaped, are provided between the driven plate and the piston. A flat portion is formed on an inner peripheral portion of a convex surface of the primary coned disc spring, and the flat portion can come into contact with a counter member first when a load is applied. A load in a flat condition due to elastic deformation is adjusted by the flat portion so as to be a desirable value. Blanks and of the primary coned disc spring and the secondary coned disc spring can be obtained from one sheet of material having the same thickness. In this case, the flat portion is formed by press forming on an inner peripheral portion of the blank in view of the shape thereof after bending forming is performed. | 05-22-2014 |
20140134448 | LAMINATED BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED BODY - The laminated body includes a ceramic base member having an insulating property, an intermediate layer including metal or alloy as a main component formed on a surface of the ceramic base member, and a metal film layer (a circuit layer and a cooling fin) formed on a surface of the intermediate layer by accelerating a powder of metal or alloy with a gas and spraying and depositing the powder on the surface of the intermediate layer as the powder is in a solid state. | 05-15-2014 |
20140132048 | VEHICLE SEAT - In a seat device, a stay including grommets is set with bending rigidity towards the vehicle front lower than the bending rigidity towards the vehicle rear. Moreover, there is a large displacement of the headrest towards the vehicle front since the stay including the grommets has a lower bending rigidity towards the vehicle front than the bending rigidity towards the vehicle rear. The headrest can be promptly displaced towards the side of the head of the occupant due to setting the bending rigidity of the stay including the grommets, thereby enabling the time until the headrest contacts the head of the occupant to be shortened with a simple configuration. | 05-15-2014 |
20140132040 | VEHICLE SEAT - There is provided a vehicle seat including: a seatback formed with a penetrating portion that penetrates from a front face side to a back face side; a placement member that is attached to the seatback so as to be capable of moving between a housed position housed inside the penetrating portion and closing off the penetrating portion and a lowered position lowered from the housed position towards the front side; and a flexible opening and closing member that is attached to the seatback and is capable of opening the penetrating portion and closing off the penetrating portion from the seatback back face side. | 05-15-2014 |
20140131970 | STABILIZER LINK AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A stabilizer link and a production method therefor are provided in which a jig for attaching a forming die to a subassembly has a simple structure and which can effectively prevent leakage of a resin to the outside. In insert molding, a ring member is used. An outer peripheral side surface of a ball seat of a subassembly is abutted to an inner peripheral surface of a hole of the ring member. An outer peripheral side radial direction surface of a fixing portion of a dust cover is pressed toward the flange portion of the ball seat by a surface of the ring member, and the fixing portion is held by the surface and the flange portion. An end portion of a die body is abutted to another surface of the ring member. | 05-15-2014 |
20140124545 | METHOD OF FORMING LUBRICATIVE PLATED LAYER ON VISCOUS LIQUID FEED NOZZLE AND VISCOUS LIQUID FEED NOZZLE - A viscous liquid feed nozzle has a nozzle body having a thin and long hole with a front end serving as a feed port. The nozzle is used with a viscous liquid feed unit to feed a viscous liquid such as a viscous adhesive from the feed port. The nozzle has a lubricative plated layer at least on the inside and outside of the feed port. The lubricative plated layer is formed by electroless plating by immersing the nozzle in a plating tank containing a lubricative plating solution. A base end of the nozzle body may have a wide port. In this case, the lubricative plated layer is formed by immersing the nozzle body in the plating tank containing the lubricative plating solution so that the lubricative plating solution enters the wide port and by applying pressure or gravity to the lubricative plating solution in the wide port to pass the lubricative plating solution through the thin and long hole of the nozzle body and discharge the same from the feed port. The viscous liquid feed nozzle with the lubricative plated layer is capable of stably feeding a very small quantity of a viscous liquid. | 05-08-2014 |
20140112819 | TITANIUM ALLOY MEMBER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A titanium alloy member with high strength and high proof stress not only in the surface but also inside, using a general and inexpensive α-β type titanium alloy, and a production method therefor, are provided. The production method includes preparing a raw material made of titanium alloy, nitriding the raw material to form a nitrogen-containing raw material by generating a nitrogen compound layer and/or a nitrogen solid solution layer in a surface layer of the raw material, mixing the raw material and the nitrogen-containing raw material to yield a nitrogen-containing mixed material, sintering the nitrogen-containing mixed material to obtain a sintered titanium alloy member by bonding the material together and uniformly diffusing nitrogen in solid solution from the nitrogen-containing raw material to the entire interior portion of the sintered titanium alloy member, and hot plastic forming the sintered titanium alloy member. | 04-24-2014 |
20140104728 | HEAD SUSPENSION HAVING ACTUATOR IN WHICH PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT IS BONDED WITH BONDING TAPE, ACTUATOR AND METHOD OF ATTACHING PIEZOLECTRIC ELEMENT WITH BONDING TAPE - A head suspension includes a base to be attached to a carriage, a load beam having a rigid part and a resilient part that connects the rigid part to the base, the load beam applying load onto a read/write head, a flexure attached to the load beam and supporting the head, an actuator attaching part located between the base and the head, and a piezoelectric element being deformable in response to a voltage applied thereto to move the head in a sway direction relative to the base. For the head suspension, it bonds the piezoelectric element with a bonding tape to the actuator attaching part and applies an adhesive to fix the piezoelectric element to the actuator attaching part. | 04-17-2014 |
20140085755 | DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION - A slider and a microactuator element are disposed on a gimbal portion of a flexure. The gimbal portion comprises a metal base, an electrically insulating resin layer, a conductor disposed on the resin layer, an electrically insulating adhesive block, and an electrically conductive paste. The adhesive block secures an end portion of the microactuator element to the metal base. The conductive paste is provided between the conductor and an electrode of the microactuator element. A first adhesive interface extending along the thickness of the resin layer, a second adhesive interface extending along a surface of the resin layer, and a corner portion are formed between the metal base and the conductive paste. | 03-27-2014 |
20140085754 | DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION - A slider and microactuator elements are disposed on a gimbal portion of a flexure. A tongue of the gimbal portion has a first tongue portion, a second tongue portion, and a hinge portion. A leading-side portion of the slider is movably disposed on the first tongue portion. A trailing-side portion of the slider is secured to the second tongue portion. The hinge portion is formed between the first tongue portion and the second tongue portion. The gimbal portion is provided with a damper member includes a viscoelastic material layer and a constrained plate. The damper member comprises a first damper and a second damper. The hinge portion is exposed between the first damper and the second damper. A dimple on a load beam contacts the hinge portion at a point of contact. | 03-27-2014 |
20140083995 | SHAFT-EQUIPPED HEATER UNIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SHAFT-EQUIPPED HEATER UNIT - A shaft-equipped heater unit includes a heater plate that heats an object to be heated placed thereon, and a shaft part that supports the heater plate, wherein the shaft part is formed by spraying material powder which constitutes the shaft part on the heater plate at a temperature lower than a melting point of the material powder by heated compressed gas. | 03-27-2014 |
20140077793 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT FEEDER CAPABLE OF MEASURING ELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MEASURING ELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element feeder for feeding a piezoelectric element, includes a drawing unit that draws a first electrode surface of the piezoelectric element with use of negative pressure and transfers the piezoelectric element onto the actuator attaching part and a probe movably supported with the drawing unit and used to measure electric characteristics of the piezoelectric element. A front end of the probe is brought into contact with the first electrode surface when or just before the drawing unit draws the first electrode surface, to enable a measurement of the electric characteristics of the piezoelectric element. | 03-20-2014 |
20140076054 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING STRENGTH OF ULTRASONIC WAVES - A method of and an apparatus for measuring the strength of ultrasonic waves are provided. They are capable of measuring the strength of ultrasonic waves easily and at low cost without using a sound pressure meter. The ultrasonic wave strength measuring apparatus has a particle source soaked in a cleaning liquid, an oscillator to generate the ultrasonic waves whose strength is going to be measured to vibrate the particle source so that particles are eluted from the particle source into the cleaning liquid, a counter to count the number of particles in the cleaning liquid, and an operation unit to find the strength of the applied ultrasonic waves based on the counted number of particles. | 03-20-2014 |
20140069700 | LAMINATION, CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATION - A lamination includes: a substrate formed of aluminum or aluminum alloy; an intermediate layer formed of any one metal or nonmetal selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, chromium, iron, germanium, manganese, nickel, silicon, and zinc, or an alloy containing the any one metal, on a surface of the substrate; and a film layer formed by accelerating powder material of copper or copper alloy together with gas heated to a temperature lower than a melting point of the powder material and spraying and depositing a solid-phase powder material onto a surface of the intermediate layer. | 03-13-2014 |
20140063659 | HEAD SUSPENSION HAVING CUTTING SURFACE THAT IS NOT DEBURRED IN ACTUATOR ATTACHING AREA OF BASE PLATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BASE PLATE OF THE HEAD SUSPENSION, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE HEAD SUSPENSION - A method of manufacturing a base plate, after deburring and heat-treating a half-finished base plate, cuts off a scrap section at the ends of the scrap section from a half-finished actuator attaching area so that cutting surfaces left in a finished actuator attaching area are positioned onto the inner perimeter of the finished actuator attaching area and are oriented to at least partly face an actuator attaching position inside the finished actuator attaching area. | 03-06-2014 |
20140062155 | VEHICLE SEAT - There is provided a vehicle seat including: a seat cushion on which an occupant sits, and that supports the buttocks and thighs of the occupant; a rotation portion that is provided at a location on the seat cushion that is contacted by the buttocks of the occupant, and that is capable of rising with respect to a seat face of the seat cushion, then rotating with the seat up-down direction as an axial direction, and descending after rotating. | 03-06-2014 |
20140060709 | STEEL FOR VEHICLE SUSPENSION SPRING PART, VEHICLE SUSPENSION SPRING PART, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Steel, excellent in corrosion resistance and low-temperature toughness, for a vehicle suspension spring part, includes 0.15 to 0.35% by mass of C, more than 0.6% by mass but 1.5% by mass or less of Si, 1 to 3% by mass of Mn, 0.3 to 0.8% by mass of Cr, 0.005 to 0.080% by mass of sol. Al, 0.005 to 0.060% by mass of Ti, 0.005 to 0.060% by mass of Nb, not more than 150 ppm of N, not more than 0.035% by mass of P, not more than 0.035% by mass of S, 0.01 to 1.00% by mass of Cu, and 0.01 to 1.00% by mass of Ni, the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities, with Ti+Nb≦0.07% by mass. The steel has a tensile strength of not less than 1,300 MPa. | 03-06-2014 |
20140055885 | HEAD SUSPENSION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEAD SUSPENSION - A head suspension | 02-27-2014 |
20140042784 | VEHICLE SEAT - To provide a vehicle seat that can prevent a front end portion of a child restraint system from sinking downward into a seat cushion when a forward impact force is applied to a vehicle body, and can also reduce the number of components and achieve weight saving. The vehicle seat includes a seat cushion and a slide rail | 02-13-2014 |
20140038476 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a first and a second terminals and a fixing member that fixes the first and the second terminals by covering periphery thereof in a state where the first and the second terminals are aligned in the direction extending into the rod-shape and overlap with each other in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the first and the second terminals are aligned, wherein a cut-out portion of the first terminal faces a peripheral portion or a cut-out portion of the second terminal in the overlapping state, and at least parts of outer edges of a facing part have a same shape on the section along the direction perpendicular to the direction extending into the rod-shape. | 02-06-2014 |
20140027995 | STABILIZER LINK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A stabilizer link in which weight reduction can be achieved and the circumferential position and the distance between both housings can be adjusted, and a method for manufacturing same, are provided. A solid bar made of a light weight metal or a fiber reinforced plastic is used for a support bar. An end portion of the support bar is inserted into a mold as a core, and a housing is formed at the end portion of the support bar by injection molding. In this case, the resin is mold-shrunk, whereby a boss portion of the housing covers and adheres to the whole circumference of the end portion of the support bar thereof. Therefore, the boss portion is rigidly fixed to the end portion. | 01-30-2014 |
20140023875 | LAMINATION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATION - A lamination includes a substrate formed of a metal or alloy, an intermediate layer formed on a surface of the substrate and is formed of a metal or alloy that is softer than the substrate, and a metal film deposited by accelerating a powder material of a metal or alloy together with a gas heated to a temperature lower than the melting point of the powder material and spraying it onto the intermediate layer while keeping it in a solid phase. | 01-23-2014 |
20140022493 | IDENTIFICATION MEDIUM - In an identification medium, switching of images can be clearly observed, and the medium has a structure produced at low cost. The structure comprises a cholesteric liquid crystal layer | 01-23-2014 |
20140008852 | SPRING AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF - A spring with superior fatigue resistance is provided by decreasing the material cost while simplifying the production process. Disclosed is a spring including: a composition consisting of, by mass %, 0.5 to 0.7% of C, 1.0 to 2.0% of Si, 0.1 to 1.0% of Mn, 0.1 to 1.0% of Cr, not more than 0.035% of P, not more than 0.035% of S, and the balance of Fe and impurities; a structure including not less than 95% of tempered martensitic structure; a compressive residual stress layer formed to a depth of 0.35 mm to D/4, in which D (mm) is a diameter; the compressive residual stress layer having maximum compressive residual stress of 800 to 2000 MPa; a center portion with Vickers hardness of 550 to 700 HV; and a high hardness layer with greater hardness than the center portion. | 01-09-2014 |
20140001688 | FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC SPRING | 01-02-2014 |
20140001630 | PRESSURE UNIT | 01-02-2014 |
20130327181 | MULTI-SHAFT DRIVE DEVICE - The present invention obtains a multi-shaft drive device that can protect a rack and pinion from operative load input to a selector. The multi-shaft drive device is provided with: an input-side bevel gear ( | 12-12-2013 |
20130327180 | MULTI-SHAFT DRIVE DEVICE - A multi-shaft drive device is provided that is capable of obtaining an appropriate backlash in an enmeshed state of an output side bevel gear and an input side bevel gear. An output side bevel gear ( | 12-12-2013 |
20130327166 | MULTI-SHAFT DRIVE DEVICE - A power transmission member that transmits rotation of an output shaft to a movable mechanism achieves a simpler structure and increased productivity compared to when a conventional flexible cable is employed. Out of plural output portions | 12-12-2013 |
20130321958 | ACTUATOR MOUNTING SECTION OF DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION, METHOD OF APPLYING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PASTE, AND PASTE APPLICATION DEVICE - Actuator elements are accommodated in openings formed in a conductive plate. These actuator elements are secured to the conductive plate by a resin bonding material. An electrode of each actuator element and the conductive plate are electrically connected to each other by a bridge junction consisting of an conductive paste. A paste application device discharges the conductive paste toward the bridge junction by air. A control unit configured to control the discharge of the conductive paste sets the air pressure according to the elapsed time of use of the conductive paste so that the height of the paste above the resin bonding material is not less than a target height. The target height is maintained by increasing the air pressure with increase of the elapsed time of use of the conductive paste. | 12-05-2013 |
20130314821 | CONDUCTING MEMBER OF DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION AND DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION - A terminal area includes a metal plate, an electrically insulating layer, and a conductor layer. An opening section is formed in the metal plate and the insulating layers A gold plating layer is formed on a surface of the conductor layer inside the opening section. A porous metal layer of a first transition element is formed on a surface of the gold plating layer. Through-holes of the porous metal layer reach the surface of the gold plating layer. An electrically conductive adhesive is provided between an electrode of an actuator element and the porous metal layer. An anchor portion of the electrically conductive adhesive gets into the through holes and is cured. Conductive particles of the electrically conductive adhesive contact the gold plating layer. | 11-28-2013 |
20130307301 | VEHICLE SEAT - In a vehicle seat ( | 11-21-2013 |
20130301164 | DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - An actuator mounting section comprises a plate member includes a first plate and a second plate. The first plate is formed with an opening which accommodates an actuator element. The second plate comprises a main body portion which overlaps the first plate and supporting portions which support opposite ends of the actuator element. A narrow portion narrower than the first plate is formed at a part of the main body portion of the second plate. A weld seal portion is formed by laser-welding the first plate and the second plate at the narrow portion. Adhesive is provided between the opposite ends of the actuator element and an inner surface of the opening of the first plate. | 11-14-2013 |
20130292890 | HOLLOW COIL SPRING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - In an end sealing step, an end is sealed by which the core material of the end of a spring member is gathered by machining. For example, a squeezing roller is moved in an axial direction as necessary, while the end of the spring member is pressed to the inside in a radial direction by the squeezing roller. As a result, the end of the spring member is sealed and therefore, it is not necessary to use another member such as a lid member. For example, the end sealing step can be immediately carried out after an inner surface processing step. In a coil forming step after the end sealing step, formation of clearance can be prevented at the end even if the end of the spring member is gripped and the spring member is wound around the rod. | 11-07-2013 |
20130292152 | CONDUCTIVE MEMBER - A conductive member disposed as a power supply line and the like includes: a first conductive material and a second conductive material, at least one of which includes a conductive material having electrical resistance lower than that of aluminum; and a metal film formed by depositing powder including a metal, which is accelerated together with a gas and sprayed, in a sold state, onto a surface of a butting part, where the first conductive material and the second conductive material are butted against each other. | 11-07-2013 |
20130291376 | METHOD OF REMOVING SLIDER FROM FLEXURE WITHOUT LARGE DISPLACEMENT OF THE SLIDER - A method of surely removing a read/write slider from a flexure without large displacement of the slider, the slider attached to the flexure of the head suspension through an adhesive, comprises heating the slider so that the adhesive is heated through an adhered surface of the slider being in contact with the adhesive; and applying ultrasonic vibration to the slider so that the adhered surface of the slider vibrates at ultrasonic frequency with respect to the adhesive. | 11-07-2013 |
20130286512 | TERMINAL WITH TERMINAL BENDER HAVING STABLE BEND, WIRING MEMBER, AND HEAD SUSPENSION - A terminal includes a terminal wiring part extending from a flexure and having an insulating layer and a wiring layer formed on the insulating layer, a terminal main part formed at a front end of the terminal wiring part and connected to a piezoelectric element arranged to face the terminal main part, and a terminal bender that is made of a supportive metal layer, is arranged along a part of the terminal wiring part in an extending direction thereof, and is plastically deformed to form a bend in the part of the terminal wiring part so as to bring the terminal main part closer to the piezoelectric element. | 10-31-2013 |
20130284406 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A temperature control device includes a heat pipe including a heat absorption part provided at one end side and absorbing heat from an outside and a heat dissipation part provided at another end side and dissipating heat to the outside, and a heat absorption plate and a heat dissipation plate (heat conducting plates) made of metal films formed by powder including metal being accelerated with a gas toward at least one of external surfaces of the heat absorption part and the heat dissipation part of the heat pipe and being sprayed and deposited on the surfaces in a solid-phase state. | 10-31-2013 |
20130284325 | NANOCRYSTAL-CONTAINING TITANIUM ALLOY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - An alloy having an α′ martensite which is a processing starting structure is hot worked. The alloy is heated at a temperature increase rate of 50 to 800° C./sec, and strain is given at not less than 0.5 by a processing strain rate of from 0.01 to 10/sec in a case of a temperature range of 700 to 800° C., or by a processing strain rate of 0.1 to 10/sec in a case of a temperature range of 800° C. to 1000° C. By generating equiaxial crystals having average crystal particle diameters of less than 1000 nm through the above processes, a titanium alloy having high strength and high fatigue resistant property can be obtained, in which hardness is less than 400 HV, tensile strength is not less than 1200 MPa, and static strength and dynamic strength are superior. | 10-31-2013 |
20130278030 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat comprises: a vehicle body side member; a seat cushion having left and right side frames; left and right front links provided respectively between front end sides of the left and right side frames and the vehicle body side member, the left and right front links configure a portion of a lifter mechanism that moves the seat cushion, and one end side of the respective left and right front links is coupled to the vehicle body side member so as to be rotatable about an axis along the seat left-right direction; and a coupling member coupling together front end sides of the left and right side frames along the seat left-right direction, that is rotatable with respect to the left and right side frames about an axis along the seat left-right direction, and that is joined to other end side of the respective left and right front links. | 10-24-2013 |
20130265674 | GIMBAL ASSEMBLY WITH A GOLD TONGUE/DIMPLE INTERFACE AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A gimbal assembly of a single or dual stage actuator is provided with gold at a tongue/dimple interface where a dimple of a supporting loadbeam contacts a tongue on the gimbal assembly. Using gold at the tongue/dimple interface greatly reduces the amount of wear particles formed during assembly and operation of the microactuator. The tongue may include a gold coating on the tongue at the tongue/dimple interface, or the tongue may have a hole etched in a stainless steel layer at the tongue/dimple interface to expose a gold layer disposed below the stainless steel layer. The tongue portion of the tongue/dimple interface may also be formed from a gold-coated copper pad with a polymer coating over the gold. | 10-10-2013 |
20130264851 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat comprising a seat main body including a seat cushion that supports buttocks and thighs of an occupant and a seatback that supports the upper body of the occupant; and a USB connector provided at the seat main body. | 10-10-2013 |
20130260285 | BRAZING MATERIAL FOR BONDING IN ATMOSPHERE, BONDED ARTICLE, AND CURRENT COLLECTING MATERIAL - A brazing alloy for bonding in air contains Ag, B, and Si, as essential components, in which the total of constituent elements except for Ag is set to more than 50% by volume and not more than 90% by volume, Si content in the constituent elements except for Ag is set to more than 22% by volume, and B content in the constituent elements except for Ag is set to more than 14% by volume. In a bonded layer of a bonded specimen of the present invention, after holding at high temperature, no void as observed in a bonded specimen after holding at high temperature of a Comparative Sample is observed, the brazing alloy is sufficiently melted, and superior gas sealing characteristics are maintained even after holding at high temperature for a long time. | 10-03-2013 |
20130255441 | OUTPUT MEMBER AND MULTI-SHAFT DRIVING DEVICE - To provide a multi-shaft driving device that aims for a lightening of weight and lowering of cost as compared with conventional structures. In a structure in which, when a movable shaft ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130247733 | CUTTING JIG AND CUTTING APPARATUS FOR CUTTING PLATE MATERIAL WITH ROLLING BLADE WHILE HOLDING PLATE MATERIAL AT EACH SIDE OF ROLLING BLADE - A cutting jig for cutting a plate material positioned on a supporting surface, includes a jig body, a rolling blade rotatably supported with the jig body to roll on and cut the plate material, and paired holding parts rotatably supported with the jig body at respective sides of the rolling blade in a direction along a rotation axis of the rolling blade to roll on and hold adjoining portions of a cut portion of the plate material, each adjoining portion on which a stress acts due to the rolling blade cutting the plate material at the cut portion. | 09-26-2013 |
20130245814 | WORKING HANGING APPARATUS AND WORK HANGING METHOD FOR HANGING WORK ON HANGER THROUGH MOVEMENT OF WORK UNDER CORRECTION - A work hanging apparatus includes a hanger line continuously conveying hangers each having a hook, a robot that has a hand with which a work having a hole is held and transfers the held work to a hanging location set in the hanger line, a controller controlling a movement of the hand to catch the hook of one of the hangers with the hole of the held work at the hanging location, a hole deviation detector that detects a positional deviation of the hole of the work, an attitude deviation detector that detects an attitudinal deviation of the hanger, and a corrector that corrects the movement of the hand according to the positional and attitudinal deviations. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242436 | TERMINAL STRUCTURE, FLEXURE, AND HEAD SUSPENSION HAVING A TERMINAL FACE ON METAL LAYER CONNECTED TO WIRING LAYER - A terminal structure includes an insulating layer hole formed through an insulating layer, a ground via that passes through the insulating layer hole and electrically connects a wiring layer formed on the insulating layer and a metal layer formed under the insulating layer to each other, and a terminal face defined on a surface of the metal layer and bonded through a conductive adhesive to an electrode of a piezoelectric element. | 09-19-2013 |
20130241121 | HOLLOW SPRING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A straight-shaped hollow spring material is used in a blasting apparatus. The length of the spring material is set to be 1.5 m to 3.5 m, and the inner diameter of the spring material is set to be not more than 10 mmφ (not including 0). In inner surface abrasive blasting for the spring material, first and second blastings are performed. In the first blasting, abrasives are ejected to an opening portion of the spring material and are suctioned from a second opening portion thereof. In the second blasting, the abrasives are ejected to the second opening portion and are suctioned from the opening portion. The ejection pressure, the suction pressure, and the like are appropriately set, so that generation of grinding amount difference between the center portion and both end portions of the inner surface of the spring material can be inhibited. | 09-19-2013 |
20130240328 | GUIDING APPARATUS THAT MAINTAINS ATTITUDE OF SUSPENDED OBJECT DURING CONVEYANCE - A guiding apparatus includes a hanger line that continuously conveys hangers that are suspended from the hanger line at predetermined intervals and a guide unit installed in the line and driven in synchronization with the line while holding at least one of the objects, thereby maintaining the attitude of the object and guiding the attitude maintained object along the line. | 09-19-2013 |
20130240093 | STEEL FOR HIGH-STRENGTH SPRING, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND HIGH-STRENGTH SPRING - A steel for high-strength spring has an Ac | 09-19-2013 |
20130239637 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SEAMLESS STEEL PIPE, HOLLOW SPRING UTILIZING SEAMLESS STEEL PIPE - There are provided: a seamless steel pipe formed from a cylindrical steel material billet through a hot isostatic extrusion step, wherein a depth of a contiguous flaw formed on an inner periphery surface and an outer periphery surface of the steel pipe is 50 μm or less; a hollow spring obtained by forming a hollow body in a shape of a coil or a bar or a bar with curved part from the seamless steel pipe made of spring steel and applying a surface treatment to the hollow body so that the hollow body has compressive residual stress; and a method for producing seamless steel pipe including: a billet molding step; a first heating step; a hot isostatic extrusion step; a second heating step; an extension step; a third heating step; and a pickling step. | 09-19-2013 |
20130236738 | LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATE - It is possible to obtain a laminate having high adhesion strength between ceramic and a metal coating by providing the following: an insulating ceramic substrate; an intermediate layer formed on the surface of the ceramic substrate and having a metal-containing principal component metal layer and an active ingredient layer including metal, a metal oxide, or a metal hydride; and a metal coating formed on the surface of the intermediate layer by accelerating a metal-containing powder with gas, and depositing the same on the surface thereof by spraying while in a solid state. | 09-12-2013 |
20130234412 | STABILIZER LINK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Injection molding is performed such that the reinforced resin is injected into the cavity and the space. The fixing portion shown is formed at the bottom portion side of the side surface portion of the main body portion by the injection molding. In this case, the fixing protrusion stripe portion, which is fitted to the fixing groove portion of the main body portion, is formed at the fixing portion. The projection portion projecting from the hole portion of the housing to an external portion is formed at the bottom portion of the fixing portion, and the projection portion is formed to have the shape engaging with the outer surface of the bottom portion of the housing. | 09-12-2013 |
20130214117 | TENSION BALANCER - A tension balancer is disposed between an overhead line and a support, and maintains the tension of the overhead line. The tension balancer has an outer housing, an inner movable portion, a coil spring, and a pivotable connection portion. The outer housing is pivotably supported at the lower end by the support. The inner movable portion is inserted through the outer housing, protrudes from the upper end of the outer housing, and can extend and retract. The coil spring is housed within the outer housing and presses the inner movable portion so that the inner movable portion retracts. The pivotable connection portion has a fulcrum which is pivotably supported by the support, a movable-portion connecting point to which the upper end of the inner movable portion is connected, and an overhead line connecting portion to which the overhead line is connected. | 08-22-2013 |
20130208226 | DISCRIMINATION MEDIUM AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A discrimination medium, which can have much information, can be produced on a small scale at low cost, and enables change of a sticker design at low cost, is provided. The discrimination medium includes an optically transparent first substrate on which a cholesteric liquid crystal layer is formed, the cholesteric liquid crystal layer being formed with a fine asperity used for displaying a hologram, an optically transparent second substrate on which a print layer is formed, the print layer having a predetermined pattern made of ink and having a transparent portion without the ink of the pattern around the pattern, the pattern reflecting or absorbing a light of a predetermined wavelength, and a transparent adhesive layer,wherein the optically transparent first substrate, the optically transparent second substrate, and the transparent adhesive layer, are disposed in turn from a side checked visually. | 08-15-2013 |
20130200067 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SINTERED BODY, CERAMIC SINTERED BODY, AND CERAMIC HEATER - A method of manufacturing a ceramic sintered body, includes: a film forming step of forming, on a surface of a heat-resistant metal material, a metal coating film made of a metal material having a standard free energy of formation of metal carbides lower than that of the heat-resistant metal material; a molding step of disposing heat-resistant metal material provided with the coating film in the film forming step at a predetermined position in powder that serves as a starting material of a ceramic base, and molding a ceramic green body by press-molding the powder; and a sintering step of generating a ceramic sintered body by sintering the ceramic green body molded in the molding step. | 08-08-2013 |
20130195711 | HIGH-STRENGTH MAGNESIUM ALLOY WIRE ROD, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, HIGH-STRENGTH MAGNESIUM ALLOY PART, AND HIGH-STRENGTH MAGNESIUM ALLOY SPRING - A high-strength magnesium alloy wire rod suitable for products in which at least one of bending stress and twisting stress primarily acts is provided. The wire rod has required elongation and 0.2% proof stress, whereby strength and formability are superior, and has higher strength in the vicinity of the surface. In the wire rod, the surface portion has the highest hardness in a cross section of the wire rod, the highest hardness is 170 HV or more, and the inner portion has a 0.2% proof stress of 550 MPa or more and an elongation of 5% or more. | 08-01-2013 |
20130192418 | POWER TRANSMISSION MECHANISM AND MULTI-SHAFT DRIVE DEVICE - Force of used spring can be weak, wear amount of power transmission member (gear or the like) can be reduced, and generation of strange noises can inhibited. When the dial cam is rotated and the recess of the outer peripheral surface faces the front end portion of the pin of the connection shaft, the connection shaft, which is biased by the force of the coil spring, is connected to the bevel gear, which engages with the bevel gear and is rotated, via the clutch teeth. Thus, the connection shaft is rotated, and the output shaft is rotated together with the connection shaft. That is, the power of the motor is transmitted to the output shaft. Since the coil spring is used for connecting the connection shaft to the bevel gear, the force of the coil spring can be reduced. | 08-01-2013 |
20130187514 | STATOR CORE OF MOTOR, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A stator core comprises a circumferentially deformable part formed on a radially outer peripheral side of a yoke; circumferentially facing divided parts formed on a radially inner peripheral side of the yoke, each having a dividing line that is oriented in a radial direction and reaches a portion between teeth and divided surfaces that face each other without a gap; and radially facing divided parts formed at the center between the radially inner and outer sides of the yoke along the circumferential direction at the predetermined interval, and each having divided surfaces that face each other in the radial direction, and being continuous at one ends with the respective circumferentially facing divided parts. The circumferentially facing divided parts each have a compressive stress being smaller than a compressive stress acting on the circumferentially deformable part or being zero. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187416 | VEHICLE SEAT AND WEBBING SEWING METHOD - A vehicle seat including: a side cover; a front cover; a side airbag module; and a webbing including a looped portion that is formed by a length direction middle portion of the webbing being folded into a loop and that sandwiches the sewn portion from both sides in the seat width direction, loop end portions at the both sides of the looped portion being sewn to the sewn portion, a weak portion being formed in the looped portion, one end side of the webbing being disposed at the seat width direction outer side relative to the side airbag when the side airbag is deployed, the other end side of the webbing being disposed at the seat width direction inner side relative to the deployed side airbag, and the webbing transferring deployment pressure received from the side airbag to the sewn portion and the weak portion as tension force. | 07-25-2013 |
20130186727 | CLUTCH PLATE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - A clutch plate in an annular shape, the clutch plate includes: a plurality of lubricating grooves on one end face and the other end face of the clutch plate in an axial direction; and a plurality of windows passing through the clutch plate in the axial direction. The lubricating grooves are formed with plastic deformation, in a same phase on both the end faces, and extended up to outer peripheral edges and inner peripheral edges of both the end faces. A plurality of intersection points where the lubricating grooves intersect with each other are positioned in other areas than at least one of the outer peripheral edges, radially outer edges of the windows, radially inner edges of the windows, and the inner peripheral edges, of both the end faces. | 07-25-2013 |
20130176646 | INTERLEAVED CIRCUIT OF FLEXURE FOR DISK DRIVE - An interleaved circuit has first branch conductors branching from a first conductor, second branch conductors branching from a second conductor, a metal base, an insulating layer of a dielectric, and a cover resin layer. The metal base comprises an opening. The first branch conductors and the second branch conductors are arranged alternately in a transverse direction of the insulating layer. A slit is formed in the insulating layer and the cover resin layer. The slit comprises a pair of opposite walls and an air gap between the opposite walls. Air introduced into the air gap forms an air layer. The slit extends longitudinally relative to the interleaved circuit along at least a part of the branch conductors. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176645 | INTERLEAVED CIRCUIT OF FLEXURE FOR DISK DRIVE - An interleaved circuit has first branch conductors branching from a first conductor, second branch conductors branching from a second conductor, a metal base having an opening, an insulating layer formed on the metal base, an electrically insulating first cover resin layer, and an electrically insulating second cover resin layer. The first branch conductors are formed on the insulating layer. The first branch conductors are covered by the first cover resin layer. The second branch conductors are formed on the first cover resin layer. The second branch conductors are individually located between the first branch conductors. The second branch conductors are covered by the second cover resin layer. | 07-11-2013 |
20130167927 | BASE MATERIAL FOR SOLAR CELL MODULE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A base material for a solar cell module includes a base material film including at least one layer and a coating layer including at least one layer and formed on one surface or both surfaces of the base material film. The coating layer is a copolymer layer obtained by curing a liquid coating film consisting of an acrylic-based resin component consisting of metal alkoxide having a first reactive functional group, an acrylic-based monomer having a second reactive functional group that reacts with the first reactive functional group, and an acrylic-based monomer without the second reactive functional group; and an ethylene-based resin component having a carboxyl group binding to the first reactive functional group of metal alkoxide and including an ethylene monomer, a vinyl acetate monomer, and a monomer of carboxylic acid vinyl esters other than vinyl acetate. | 07-04-2013 |
20130149183 | HIGH-STRENGTH TITANIUM ALLOY MEMBER AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME - A production method for a titanium alloy member includes preparing a titanium alloy material for sintering as a raw material of a sintered body; nitriding the titanium alloy material for sintering, thereby forming a nitrogen compound layer and/or a nitrogen solid solution layer in a surface layer of the titanium alloy material for sintering and yielding a nitrogen-containing titanium alloy material for sintering; mixing the titanium alloy material for sintering and the nitrogen-containing titanium alloy material for sintering, thereby yielding a titanium alloy material for sintering mixed with nitrogen-containing titanium alloy material; sintering the titanium alloy material for sintering mixed with nitrogen-containing titanium alloy material, thereby bonding the material each other and dispersing nitrogen contained in the nitrogen-containing titanium alloy material for sintering in a condition in which nitrogen is uniformly dispersed into an entire inner portion of the sintered body by solid solution. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147246 | CHILD SEAT ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE - A child seat attachment structure comprising a lower anchor comprising a fixing portion that is fixed to a configuration member configuring a vehicle body or a vehicle seat, a leg portion that extends from the fixing portion towards a vehicle top side, and a coupling portion that is provided at an upper end portion of the leg portion and that fixes a child seat to the vehicle body or the vehicle seat by connecting to a connector of the child seat; and a contacted portion that restricts displacement of the coupling portion of the lower anchor towards a vehicle front side with respect to the fixing portion by making contact with a portion of the lower anchor when the child seat fixed to the vehicle body or the vehicle seat has moved towards the vehicle front side. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147148 | STABILIZER LINK AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME - The inner peripheral side radial direction surface of the fixing portion of the dust cover is abutted to the outer peripheral side radial direction surface of the flange portion of the ball seat, and the end portion of the fixing portion is abutted to the side surface of the outer peripheral side of the ball seat. The outer peripheral side radial direction surface of the fixing portion is pressed toward the flange portion by the radial direction surface pressing portion of the die member, and the fixing portion of the dust cover is held by the radial direction surface pressing portion of the die member and the flange portion. The pressing by the radial direction surface pressing portion is appropriately performed to withstand an injection molding pressure of the resin injection. | 06-13-2013 |
20130140786 | SUSPENSION DEVICE - A suspension device for suspension of an axle | 06-06-2013 |
20130134756 | SEAT-CUSHION SHELL UNIT AND SHELL SEAT FOR VEHICLE - A seat-cushion shell unit is configured to include a support panel provided to be movable up and down and tiltable to an arbitrary angle below a seat cushion shell, and a support pad provided between the seat cushion shell and the support panel. A front end part and a rear end part of a support panel are fixed to the seat frame, and the seat-cushion shell unit is attached to the seat frame. | 05-30-2013 |
20130134148 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORT DEVICE - A substrate support device formed of a metal and having a high withstand voltage and a high thermal resistance is provided. A substrate support device according to the present invention includes a plate section formed of a metal; a shaft section connected to the plate section and formed of a metal; a heating element provided in the plate section; and an insulating film formed on a first surface of the plate section, the first surface opposite to the shaft section, by ceramic thermal spraying. The substrate support device may further include an insulating film formed on a second surface of the plate section which intersects the first surface of the plate section approximately perpendicularly. | 05-30-2013 |
20130134147 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORT DEVICE - A substrate support device formed of a metal and having a high withstand voltage and a high thermal resistance is provided. A substrate support device according to the present invention includes a plate section formed of a metal; a shaft section connected to the plate section and formed of a metal; a heating element provided in the plate section; and an insulating film formed on a first surface of the plate section, the first surface opposite to the shaft section, by ceramic thermal spraying. The substrate support device may further include an insulating film formed on a second surface of the plate section which intersects the first surface of the plate section approximately perpendicularly. | 05-30-2013 |
20130133391 | COIL-SPRING MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A coil wire material is bent by a first roll, a second roll, and a third roll. The bent coil wire material is pressed in a screwing direction, to shape a coil spring having a desired diameter and a pitch. A desired pitch can he accurately formed in a manner that a second roll provided on a downstream side of a conveying direction of the coil wire material is configured to be able to move hack and forth along the screwing direction of the coil spring and to be tiltable about an axis of rotation parallel to the conveying direction of the coil wire material. | 05-30-2013 |
20130127133 | SUSPENSION DEVICE - A suspension device for suspension of an axle | 05-23-2013 |
20130125723 | CUTTING JIG FOR REWORKING HEAD SUSPSENSION - A cutting jig is used in a method of reworking a head suspension which removes a slider from the head suspension by pressing a blade from a first side toward a second side in a longitudinal direction of the slider to solder ball bonding, stopping the second side of the slider in the longitudinal direction with a holding mechanism, and forcing the blade to bite and cut the solder ball bonding to remove the slider from the flexure. The cutting jig includes a cutting mechanism configured to press a blade to the bonding material from the first side toward the second side in the longitudinal direction of the slider, and a holding mechanism stopping the second side of the slider in the longitudinal direction when the blade is pressed to the bonding material. | 05-23-2013 |
20130121754 | BALL JOINT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A ball joint includes, a ball stud with a shaft portion and a ball portion, a ball seat accommodated in a housing and including a recessed spherical surface into which the ball portion is inserted, a projecting portion having an inner diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the ball portion, and a slope portion formed at a hole portion through which the shaft portion is inserted, the slope portion being shaped to have an inner diameter increasing from the projecting portion toward an opening, and a caulking portion including an edge formed at an end wall of the opening in the housing and folded toward an end surface of the ball seat, the edge being arranged so as to overlap the end surface of the ball seat and extending toward the projecting portion and opposite the slope portion. | 05-16-2013 |
20130118655 | SPRING AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF - A spring consists of, by mass %, 0.5 to 0.7% of C, 1.0 to 2.0% of Si, 0.1 to 1.0% of Mn, 0.1 to 1.0% of Cr, not more than 0.035% of P, not more than 0.035% of S, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The spring has a structure including not less than 65% of bainite and 4 to 13% of residual austenite by area ratio in a cross section. The spring has a compressive residual stress layer in a cross section from a surface to a depth of 0.35 mm to D/4, in which D (mm) is a circle-equivalent diameter of the cross section. The spring has a high hardness layer with greater hardness than a center portion by 50 to 500 HV from a surface to a depth of 0.05 to 0.3 mm. | 05-16-2013 |
20130115416 | CERAMIC MEMBER, PROBE HOLDER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CERAMIC MEMBER - There is provided a ceramic member which is a sintered body containing enstatite and boron nitride as constituents, in which boron nitride is oriented in a single direction, a probe holder formed using the ceramic member, and a manufacturing method of the ceramic member. In the ceramic member, an index of orientation degree is not less than 0.8. In so doing, it is possible to provide a ceramic member which has a free machining property, a coefficient of thermal expansion which is close to that of silicon, and high strength, and a probe holder which is formed using the ceramic member, and a manufacturing method of the ceramic member. | 05-09-2013 |
20130112383 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PLATE WITH PASSAGE, PLATE WITH PASSAGE, TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT PLATE, COLD PLATE, AND SHOWER PLATE - A plate with a passage and the like capable of shortening a process time than a previous one and of suppressing leakage from or contamination to the passage are provided. The plate with the passage is a plate in which the passage for causing a fluid to circulate therein is formed, and includes a body plate formed of a metal or an alloy and in which a groove serving as the passage is provided, a cover plate that covers the groove, and a deposition layer that is formed such that metal or alloy powder is accelerated with a gas and is sprayed on the body plate and the cover plate in a solid phase, and covers the cover plate. | 05-09-2013 |
20130111961 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LEAF SPRINGS - A method for producing a leaf spring having a leaf portion and an eye portion formed at the leaf portion including: forming a gap between a leading end of the eye and a facing surface facing the leading end, and shot peening an inner surface of the eye via a reflection member, wherein, at a cross section perpendicular to an axial direction of the eye portion, the leading end of the eye faces the facing surface so a straight line does not cross the leading end of the eye, the straight line connecting an intersection point and a center point of a reflection member surface, the intersection point being the intersection of a line perpendicular to the facing surface extending through an endpoint of the leaf side of the leading end of the eye to the surface. | 05-09-2013 |
20130107488 | WIRING STRUCTURE OF HEAD SUSPENSION HAVING A STACKED INTERLEAVED PART AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | 05-02-2013 |
20130106233 | SQUIRREL-CAGE ROTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SQUIRREL-CAGE ROTOR | 05-02-2013 |
20130105076 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF IDENTIFICATION MEDIUM | 05-02-2013 |
20130100556 | BASEPLATE FOR DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BASEPLATE - A cylindrical boss portion is press-formed on a baseplate of a disk drive suspension. The boss portion is penetrated by a ball insertion hole relative to the thickness of the baseplate. The baseplate is formed of stainless steel. A chemically-polished surface is formed on an inner circumferential wall of the ball insertion hole by chemically polishing the baseplate after heat-treating it. The boss portion is inserted into a mounting hole of an actuator arm. A ball having a diameter larger than the inside diameter of the ball insertion hole is passed through the ball insertion hole. As the diameter of the boss portion is enlarged by the ball, the boss portion is fixed to the actuator arm. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099814 | CONTACT PROBE AND PROBE UNIT - A contact probe includes a conductive first plunger including, on a same axis, a distal end portion, a flange portion, a boss portion, and a base end portion, a conductive second plunger including, on the same axis, a second distal end portion and a boss portion, and a coil spring including a coarsely wound portion formed by winding at a predetermined pitch with an inner diameter equal to or larger than a diameter of the boss portion of the first plunger and a tightly wound portion formed by tightly winding with an inner diameter substantially equal to a diameter of the boss portion of the second plunger, so that the first plunger and the second plunger are connected to each other on the same axis. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099532 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat comprising a pair of side frames configuring a portion of a seatback frame serving as framework for a seatback; a deformation origin portion provided to at least one of the pair of side frames and acting as an origin when the side frame deforms due to a collision force imparted to the seatback frame during a rear-on collision; and a deformation suppression unit provided to the side frame provided with the deformation origin portion, permitting deformation of the side frame originating at the deformation origin portion and suppressing deformation of the side frame by a reference amount or greater by the deformation suppression unit making contact with a contacted member provided to the seatback frame when the deformation amount of the side frame has reached the reference amount. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099434 | SILENCER FOR A MULTI-LEAF SPRING - A silencer for a leaf spring assembly. The silencer is disposed between end portions of leaf springs. The silencer has a two-layer structure which has a fixing layer and a sliding layer which are integrally formed. The fixing layer has a projection portion, and the projection portion has an engagement portion at a leading end portion thereof. The fixing layer, which is fixed at the fixing side leaf spring, has a tensile strength higher than the sliding layer. The sliding layer, which abuts the sliding side leaf spring, has a hardness lower than the fixing layer. The projection portion of the fixing layer can have sufficient strength to resist the shearing force. In the sliding layer, undesirable noise generation is difficult, and even when a load transmission portion of an end portion of the sliding side leaf spring partially abuts the sliding layer, undesirable noise generation can be prevented. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099000 | IDENTIFICATION MEDIUM, METHOD FOR READING DATA THEREFROM, APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFICATION, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A technique detects counterfeit products having appearances similar to authentic products with high accuracy. A cholesteric liquid crystal layer in which hologram is processed and circularly polarized light of primary rotating direction having specific central wavelength can be selectively reflected and a code forming layer in which code printed pattern that is an objective of reading is formed, are arranged in this order seen from a side from which reading is performed. The hologram image that inhibits reading of information of the code while an optical reading device reads it together with the code, and it is formed by the hologram processing. | 04-25-2013 |
20130098885 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEAD SUSPENSION HAVING LOAD BEAM AND FLEXURE ALIGNED WITH LOAD BEAM AND REFERENCE PIN BLOCK USED FOR THE METHOD - A method manufactures a head suspension by laser-welding the flexure to the load beam at a first welding spot so that a tongue is pressed against a convex portion under predetermined load. The method includes step of forming, before joining the flexure and load beam together, at least one positioning reference hole in each of the flexure and load beam within a circular range that is defined around the first welding spot with a radius equal to a distance between the first welding spot and the projection, laying the flexure and load beam one on another, inserting reference pin into the reference holes, and laser-welding the flexure and load beam to each other at the first welding spot. | 04-25-2013 |
20130098156 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING VIBRATION PROPERTY OF MEMBER INCLUDING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A method for accurately and speedy analyzing vibration property of head suspension including a piezoelectric element that moves a head according to voltage application. The method comprises a displacement obtaining step obtaining displacement of each node point of the piezoelectric element by voltage application to the piezoelectric element, a reaction force obtaining step eliminating the voltage application and applying the obtained displacement to each node point, a reaction force applying step eliminating the applied displacement and applying obtained reaction force to each node point, and an analyzing step performing the frequency response analysis by using mode superposition method. | 04-25-2013 |
20130093226 | SEAT BACK FRAME - A seat back frame includes a main frame that forms a frame of a seat back of a main seat, and an auxiliary frame that forms a frame of a seat back of an auxiliary seat adjacent to the main seat in a width direction, and that is integrally formed with the main frame. The main frame has a first open portion that opens toward a side with the auxiliary seat in the width direction. An end portion of the auxiliary frame is a fitting structure that fits together with the first open portion, and a portion of the fitting structure is welded. | 04-18-2013 |
20130088796 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ATTITUDE ANGLES OF A TONGUE WITH A FITTING FACE INVOLVING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRODES - A method of measuring attitude angles of a tongue of a head suspension, the tongue including a fitting face on which a plurality of electrodes are arranged, emits a single collimated laser beam to an area of a fitting face containing at least two of electrodes, detects a reflected beam from the fitting face, extracts electrode reflective components corresponding to the electrodes from the reflected beam, and according to the electrode reflective components, measures the attitude angles of the tongue. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088066 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat including: a moving member that moves as one with a rail configured to move in a vehicle front-rear direction; a seat cushion that is coupled to the moving member through a lifter mechanism, is disposed above the rail, and is configured such that the top-bottom direction position of the seat cushion is capable of being adjusted by the lifter mechanism; and a gap concealing member that extends between a vehicle rear direction lower portion of the seat cushion and the rail to conceal a gap between the seat cushion and the rail. The gap concealing member is integrally formed from the top end portion to the bottom end portion. | 04-11-2013 |
20130076095 | HEADREST STRUCTURE - A headrest structure is equipped with a headrest main body; a headrest stay that supports the headrest main body; and a stopper member, a first end portion of the stopper member configuring a fixing portion fixed to the bottom end portion of the headrest stay, a second end portion of the stopper member configuring a stopper portion that is inserted into a support portion and is formed with a claw portion, when the stopper portion is inserted into the support portion, the claw portion resiliently deforming, when the stopper portion has been completely inserted into the support portion, the claw portion resiliently rebounding such that the outer diameter of the claw portion exceeds the inner diameter of the support portion, and when the stopper portion moves in a direction of exiting from the support portion, the claw portion catches on an end portion of the support portion. | 03-28-2013 |
20130074992 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL PART - A method of manufacturing a metal part according to the present invention includes heating a shaped product of stainless steel to 600° C. or more in an oxygen-free atmosphere and heat-treating the shaped product in an oxygen atmosphere after the heating. | 03-28-2013 |
20130072075 | CONDUCTIVE MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a conductive member that is connectable to aluminum metal and can suppress a decrease in electrical conductivity, and a method of manufacturing the same. The conductive member is formed of aluminum or an alloy containing aluminum, and includes an electrical wire connection unit and a fastening unit, which are a base provided with a connection surface to be connected to another member, and a connection layer formed on the base by accelerating a powder of a metal or alloy, which has a lower ionization tendency than the base and has electrical conductivity equal to that of the base or higher, together with gas, and spraying and depositing the powder in the solid state on the connection surface. | 03-21-2013 |
20130069415 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat comprising a fastened member and a fastening member. The fastened member comprising a fastened member-side base section formed from metal, and a fastened member-side reinforcement section formed from fiber reinforced plastic (FRP), laminated in a sheet thickness direction over the whole of the fastened member-side base section so as to reinforce the fastened member-side base section. The fastening member comprising a fastening member-side base section formed from metal, and a fastening member-side reinforcement section formed from FRP, laminated in a sheet thickness direction over the whole of the fastening member-side base section so as to reinforce the fastening member-side base section. The fastening member is fastened to the fastened member by bringing the fastening member-side base section into contact with the fastened member-side base section. | 03-21-2013 |
20130069293 | SUSPENSION DEVICE - A suspension device is equipped with a damper including a piston portion, a suspension spring, an upper seat, and a spring. The spring is arranged between the piston portion and the upper seat and is an elastic member for receiving a load from the damper. The spring has load characteristics in which hysteresis does not occur, whereby a dynamic spring constant can be small. Therefore, transmission of vibrations in a high-frequency range and an infinitesimal amplitude range is decreased. The spring has a main body that functions as a disc spring portion. Therefore, the spring constant in a direction perpendicular to an axis line of the damper is large, whereby stiffness in the direction perpendicular to the axis line is increased. As a result, ride quality is improved, and stable handling is obtained. | 03-21-2013 |
20130057985 | LOAD BEAM WITH LOAD BENDS GENERATING LOAD, HEAD SUSPENSION WITH THE LOAD BEAM, AND METHOD OF FORMING LOAD BENDS OF THE LOAD BEAM - A load beam of a head suspension has a rigid part and a resilient part supported with a base to be attached to a carriage arm. The load beam applies a load onto a head supported at a front end of the rigid part. The load beam includes a load bend formed in each of a pair of legs that extend from widthwise sides of a base end of the rigid part and form the resilient part. The load bend is formed by bending the leg along a bend line that is defined on the leg and extends in a width direction of the load beam. The bend lines on the legs are positionally shifted from each other in a length direction of the load beam. | 03-07-2013 |
20130056187 | TEMPERATURE REGULATOR, COOLING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TEMPERATURE REGULATOR - A temperature regulator or the like that can circulate a desired thermal medium and efficiently transfer the heat of the thermal medium is provided. The temperature regulator includes a pipe that is made of a metal or alloy with corrosion resistance to a predetermined thermal medium and that serves as a flow path for circulating the thermal medium; and a plate in which the pipe is buried, wherein the plate is formed by accelerating powder made of aluminum (Al) or alloy together with a gas and thereafter spraying the powder remaining in a solid phase toward the pipe so that the powder is deposited on the pipe. | 03-07-2013 |
20130055561 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND JIG FOR MANUFACTURING HEAD SUSPENSION, AND HEAD SUSPENSION - A method for manufacturing a head suspension is capable of suppressing the dispersion in the vibration control effect of a head suspension and improve productivity, the manufacturing method includes a step of punching, by use of a hollow punch having a tooth portion at a distal end thereof, a vibration damper piece out from a base material having a vibration damper provided detachably on a liner through an attaching surface, to hold the vibration damper piece on a hollow internal surface of the punch, a step of positioning the punch holding the vibration damper piece on an objective portion of a semi-finished head suspension, and a step of attaching, by use of an extruding implement, the vibration damper piece on the objective portion with the attaching surface through extruding the vibration damper piece from the punch. | 03-07-2013 |
20130055557 | METHOD OF POSITIONING HEAD ATTACHING PART OF HEAD SUSPENSION, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HALF-FINISHED HEAD SUSPENSION, AND HALF-FINISHED HEAD SUSPENSION - A positioning method positions a flexure whose front end side is joined to an outside frame with respect to a load beam, keeps the positioned state of the flexure and load beam, plastically deforms the outside frame to bend the front end side of the flexure so that the position of a tongue of the flexure is adjusted to the position of a dimple of the load beam, and joins the flexure and load beam to each other to keep the position adjusted state of the tongue. | 03-07-2013 |
20130047807 | METHOD OF PUNCHING DAMPER WITH USE OF HOLLOW PUNCH, PUNCHING APPARATUS FOR THE METHOD, AND ATTACHING APPARATUS WITH THE PUNCHING APPARATUS - A method punches a damper out from a damper material that is detachably attached on a flexible exfoliative member through an attaching surface of the damper material with use of a hollow punch. The method includes steps of setting the damper material on a supporting surface, positioning a projection part between the exfoliative member and the supporting surface, and punching the damper out from the damper material by cutting the damper material around the projection part by the hollow punch without punching the exfoliative member. | 02-28-2013 |
20130043635 | STAGE HEATER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SHAFT - A stage heater and a method of manufacturing a shaft capable of suppressing heat transfer from a heating substrate toward the shaft. The stage heater includes: a heating substrate made of aluminum or an alloy containing aluminum; and a shaft that is bonded to one surface of the heating substrate and supports the heating substrate. The shaft includes: a pipe made of a metal having a lower heat conductivity than a material of the heating substrate; and a bonding layer formed on a side of the pipe to be bonded to the heating substrate by accelerating a powder material of aluminum or a powder material of an alloy containing aluminum together with a gas and blowing the powder material while being maintained in a solid phase to the pipe so as to deposit thereon. | 02-21-2013 |
20130040226 | BRAZING MATERIAL FOR BONDING IN ATMOSPHERE, BONDED ARTICLE, AND CURRENT COLLECTING MATERIAL - A brazing alloy for bonding in air, in which the melting point is reduced so as to perform brazing at a low temperature without using flux even in air, is provided. In addition, a bonded article and a current collecting material, each of which is bonded with the brazing alloy and has preferable gas sealing characteristics and superior bonding strength, are provided. The brazing alloy for bonding in air includes Ag and B as essential components. The amount of Ag is not less than 50 vol. % and less than 92 vol. %, and the amount of B is greater than 8 vol. % and not more than 50% vol. %. The amounts of Ag and B are adjusted so that the total of the amounts of Ag and B is 100% including inevitable impurities. | 02-14-2013 |
20130040048 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE OF PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, METHOD OF FORMING ELECTRODE OF PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, AND HEAD SUSPENSION - An electrode structure of a piezoelectric element is provided. The piezoelectric element | 02-14-2013 |
20130037313 | LIQUID COMPOSITION AND METAL-BASED CIRCUIT BOARD - A liquid composition containing a liquid crystalline polyester, a solvent, and a boron nitride having a volume average particle diameter of not less than 10 μm and not more than 80 μm, wherein the amount of the boron nitride is 30 to 90% by volume based on the total amount of the liquid crystalline polyester and the boron nitride. | 02-14-2013 |
20130033016 | BALL STUD, DUST COVER, AND STABILIZER LINK - A ball stud has a flange that outwardly projects in a radial direction of a stud portion. The flange has a concave portion that has a curved shape from a root to an outer circumferential portion in cross section. The concave portion is concave with respect to a straight line connecting an end on the root side and an end on the outer circumferential portion side of the curved shape. A dust cover has a lip to be abutted on a sealing portion and the flange of the ball stud. The lip is formed with a side lip portion. The side lip portion has a shape corresponding to the curved shape of the concave portion of the flange so as to be abutted on the concave portion. | 02-07-2013 |
20130012047 | CONNECTOR - A connector that includes a male terminal which has a conductive property and a tip portion of which is formed in a bar shape, and includes a coil spring formed of a conductive wire rod with an inner diameter smaller than a diameter of the tip portion of the male terminal and that linearly extends at an end portion at which the male terminal is inserted. The male terminal is inserted into the coil spring while a force that expands an inner diameter of at least a vicinity of the end portion is applied to an extending portion, and thereafter fitted to the coil spring by releasing the force. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010393 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE FOR A PLATE MATERIAL AND AN OPPOSITE MEMBER BETWEEN WHICH A RESIN SEAT IS INTERPOSED AND HEAD SUSPENSION WITH THE CONNECTING STRUCTURE - A head suspension with a connecting structure for a plate material comprises a base plate attached to a carriage that rotates the base plate around an axis, a load beam including a rigid part and a resilient part, a base end of the load beam fixed to the base plate at a plurality of first welded points, a flexure including a read/write head and a wiring and fixed to the load beam at a plurality of second welded points, and a resin seat interposed between the load beam and the flexure so that the resin seat prevents the load beam and the flexure from hitting each other due to vibration of at least one of the load beam and the flexure. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010392 | WIRING SUBSTRATE WITH A TORSION RESTRICTOR FOR A TERMINAL - A wiring substrate comprises a conductor pattern embedded in an insulating layer, the insulating layer having an opening to expose top and bottom faces of the conductor pattern and define a terminal of the wiring substrate, a torsion restrictor formed in the conductor pattern at a location passing over an edge of the opening, the torsion restrictor restricting torsion of the terminal, and an easily extensible part formed on at least one of the torsion restrictor and a portion of the terminal adjoining the torsion restrictor, the easily extensible part allowing the conductor pattern to longitudinally extend toward the opening. | 01-10-2013 |
20130008566 | SPRING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A spring consists of, by weight %, 0.27 to 0.48% of C, 0.01 to 2.2% of Si, 0.30 to 1.0% of Mn, not more than 0.035% of P, not more than 0.035% of S, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The spring has a nitrogen compound layer and a carbon compound layer at the surface at a total thickness of not more than 2 μm. The spring has a center portion with hardness of 500 to 700 HV in a cross section and has a compressive residual stress layer at a surface layer. The compressive residual stress layer has a thickness of 0.30 mm to D/4, in which D (mm) is a circle-equivalent diameter of the cross section, and has maximum compressive residual stress of 1400 to 2000 MPa. | 01-10-2013 |
20130002281 | CONTACT PROBE AND PROBE UNIT - A contact probe having a substantially flat plate shape, used to connect different substrates and having a uniform plate thickness includes: a first contact portion which has a side surface curved in an arc shape and which makes contact with one substrate at the side surface thereof; a second contact portion which has a side surface curved in an arc shape and which makes contact with the other substrate at the side surface thereof; a connection portion which connects the first contact portion and the second contact portion; and an elastic portion which extends from the second contact portion, has a portion curved in an arc shape, and is elastically deformed by a load applied to the first contact portion and the second contact portion. | 01-03-2013 |
20130001999 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat is equipped with a base frame, a seatback and a seat cushion. A lower end side of a seatback frame is joined to the base frame via a recliner shaft. A cushion joining portion is provided at a front end side of the lower end side of the seatback frame relative to the recliner shaft. The cushion joining portion turns to a seat lower side and seat rearward side about the recliner shaft when the seatback is tilted forward. A rear end side of a seat cushion frame is joined to the cushion joining portion to be turnable about a joining shaft. A front portion side of the seat cushion frame is supported at the base frame to be movable to follow the turning of the cushion joining portion when the seatback is tilted forward. | 01-03-2013 |
20120318407 | SPRING STEEL AND SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD FOR STEEL MATERIAL - A surface treatment method for a steel material includes carbonitriding, quenching, and tempering. The steel material consists of, by weight %, 0.27 to 0.48% of C, 0.01 to 2.2% of Si, 0.30 to 1.0% of Mn, not more than 0.035% of P, not more than 0.035% of 8, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The carbonitriding step is performed by heating the steel at a temperature of not less than the A | 12-20-2012 |
20120306136 | STABILIZER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE STABILIZER - A torsion portion extending in a vehicle width direction and having a first cross-sectional area, shoulder portions located at both ends of the torsion portion and having a second cross-sectional area larger than the first cross-sectional area and arm portions extending from the shoulder portions in a front and back direction of a vehicle, respectively and having the first cross-sectional area, so that even when a hollow member is used for weight saving, can be realized by design and manufacturing method facilitating making uniform principal stress as in a solid member. | 12-06-2012 |
20120301213 | BALL JOINT APPARATUS - A ball sheet made of a resin material having a recessed spherical surface and an external peripheral surface, a stud ball having a spherical head portion that engages with the recessed spherical surface in a rotatable manner, and a housing that accommodates the ball sheet which is inserted from an opening portion toward a bottom surface, and comprises a ball sheet insertion unit where an inner peripheral surface is engaged with an external peripheral surface of the ball sheet are provided, wherein an external diameter of the external peripheral surface increases from the bottom surface toward the opening portion, and an internal diameter of the inner peripheral surface increases from the bottom surface toward the opening portion. | 11-29-2012 |
20120295500 | FORWARD-REVERSE SWITCHING DEVICE OF JET-PROPULSION WATERCRAFT - A device according to an embodiment includes a base member, a slide member movable longitudinally relative to the base member, and a locking member disposed on the slide member. When the slide member moves in a first direction, an arm member rotates in a first direction, whereupon a bucket is caused to ascend by a force transmission member. When the slide member moves in a second direction, the arm member rotates in a second direction, whereupon the bucket descends. When the slide member moves to a neutral position, the bucket is brought to a neutral state. In the neutral state, a fixed protrusion is fitted into a neutral locking groove portion, thereby locking the slide member, and an indicator is located corresponding to an opening, thereby indicating the neutral state. | 11-22-2012 |
20120287591 | CONNECTION MEMBER - A connection member that connects different boards, includes a plurality of conductive elastic members each of which includes two contact portions that are in contact with the different boards at ends, respectively, and an elastic portion that is provided between the two contact portions and is stretchable according to a force applied from outside the connection member, and an insulating restraining member that restrains movement of each of the elastic members by holding part of each of the elastic members, so that the force due to board vibrations applied to a joint of solder or the like can be relaxed. | 11-15-2012 |
20120287421 | ATTITUDE CORRECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING OPPOSING LASER EMITTERS - An attitude correction apparatus includes a pair of opposing laser emitters that face each other. Each of the laser emitters includes a laser oscillator to generate a laser beam, a condenser lens to emit the laser beam toward the head suspension, and galvanomirrors to adjust the directivity of an optical axis of the laser beam from a standby state toward a spot on the head suspension. The condenser lens of each laser emitter is positioned so that the directivity of the optical axis of the laser beam in the standby state disagrees with an optical path that passes through the condenser lens and laser oscillator of the other laser emitter. | 11-15-2012 |
20120275065 | DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION HAVING FLEXURE AND LOAD BEAM WITH INSULATING SPACE BETWEEN LOAD BEAM AND CONDUCTOR OF FLEXURE - A slit is formed between two opposite side portions of a metal base made of an electrically conductive material. The slit penetrates the metal base thicknesswise and extends longitudinally relative to the metal base. An insulating layer is formed on the metal base. A first conductor is formed within the slit. The first conductor extends longitudinally relative to the metal base along the slit. A second conductor is formed on the insulating layer. The second conductor faces the first conductor across the insulating layer. The second conductor extends longitudinally relative to the metal base along the first conductor. The metal base and the first conductor consist of a common base material, such as a stainless-steel plate. The first conductor is formed by etching the base material. | 11-01-2012 |
20120275064 | DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION - In a disk drive suspension including a baseplate and a load beam, a boss portion and protrusions are formed on the baseplate. The protrusions are formed in positions on a first surface of the baseplate off a reference mounting surface in contact with a suspension bearing surface of an actuator arm. Further, the protrusions are formed on a second surface located opposite from the first surface and project relative to the thickness of the baseplate. These protrusions serve to prevent a plurality of baseplates from closely contacting one another during their manufacture. | 11-01-2012 |
20120270062 | PROTECTION WELDING STRUCTURE - A projection welding structure including plural projection portions that are provided to an end face at an open side end portion of a reinforcement member flange portion and are disposed at intervals along the length direction of the reinforcement member. The plural projection portions are each abutted and welded to welding projections formed in a surface of a panel frame. Contact between the welding member and the welded member is suppressed at locations other than at the welding projections by such a structure. | 10-25-2012 |
20120270061 | PROJECTION WELDING APPARATUS, PROJECTION WELDING METHOD AND PROJECTION WELDING STRUCTURE - A projection welding apparatus comprising a first electrode; a second electrode, a first and a second plate members to be welded are provided between the first and second electrodes, the second plate member includes a facing portion and an extension portion extending from the facing portion towards the first plate member and an end face of the extension portion abuts with welding projections provided on the first plate member; a pressing unit causing the second electrode to approach the first electrode, and presses the end face of the extension portion against the welding projections via the second electrode; a voltage application unit causing current to flow in the both plate members; and a stopper member, disposed between the first electrode and the facing portion, is contacted against the facing portion, and electrically connects the facing portion and the first electrode so as to bypass the first plate member. | 10-25-2012 |
20120264318 | CONNECTION TERMINAL - A connection terminal includes a first contact member that has a conductive property, that has an approximately plate shape, and that includes a tip portion, a tip of which is sharply pointed; a base end portion, a width of which is less than a width of the tip portion and which extends from a base end of the tip portion; and a protrusion) protruding in a direction perpendicular to one plane of the base end portion. The connection terminal also includes a second contact member that has a conductive property, that has an approximately plate shape, and that includes a tip portion, a tip of which is sharply pointed; and a base end portion, a width of which is less than a width of the tip portion and which extends from a base end of the tip portion. The second contact member slides against the protrusion in a direction in which the base end portion extends. The connection terminal also includes a coil spring that surrounds the base end portions and biases the first contact member and the second contact member toward the tip portions sides, respectively. | 10-18-2012 |
20120262767 | IDENTIFICATION MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION THEREOF - An identification medium, in which a pattern is clearly altered in observation through a right-handed circularly polarizing filter and observation through a left-handed circularly polarizing filter, is provided. The identification medium is formed by laminating a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, a λ/4 plate, and a linearly polarizing filter layer, in that order, from an observing side. The cholesteric liquid crystal layer is formed with a hologram and selectively reflects light. In an observation through a circularly polarizing filter that transmits the light reflected at the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, light reflected at a pattern printed layer is not perceived due to the function of a circularly polarizing layer. Images are clearly altered by switching a right-handed and a left-handed circularly polarizing filter. | 10-18-2012 |
20120261232 | WORKPIECE FEEDER AND ADJUSTMENT-AND-SEPARATION APPARATUS - A workpiece feeder includes a forward stage that separates base plates from one another and adjusts the base plates into correct top-bottom orientation and a pickup unit that individually holds the separated and adjusted base plates and horizontally aligns the held base plate into correct planar posture while feeding the held base plate to a destination. The forward stage includes a stage body that has a stage surface on which the base plates are placed and is movably supported so as to shift the stage surface and a drive unit that applies separate impacts to the stage body so that the stage body moves to apply a bouncing force and a shifting force orthogonal to the bouncing force due to the separate impacts to the base plates. | 10-18-2012 |
20120257306 | SLIDER TESTER AND METHOD FOR TESTING SLIDER - A slider tester includes a disk, movable table, table drive mechanism, guide member, etc. A plurality of suspensions are mounted on the movable table. A slider is mounted on each suspension. A guide member can support respective lift tabs of the suspensions. The guide member includes a first guide surface, second guide surface, and opening arranged in a track width direction of the disk. When any of the lift tabs gets into the opening as the movable table moves in the track width direction of the disk, the slider is dropped toward a recording surface of the disk. | 10-11-2012 |
20120256361 | STEEL FOR LEAF SPRING WITH HIGH FATIGUE STRENGTH, AND LEAF SPRING PARTS - Disclosed is steel for a leaf spring with high fatigue strength containing, in mass percentage, C: 0.40 to 0.54%, Si: 0.40 to 0.90%, Mn: 0.40 to 1.20%, Cr: 0.70 to 1.50%, Ti: 0.070 to 0.150%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, N: 0.0100% or less, and a remainder composed of Fe and impurity elements. Also disclosed is a high fatigue-strength leaf spring part obtained by forming the steel. The steel for a leaf spring is prepared to have a Ti content and a N content to satisfy a relation of Ti/N≧10. Preferably, the leaf spring part is subjected to a shot peening treatment in a temperature range of the room temperature through 400° C. with a bending stress of 650 to 1900 MPa being applied to it. | 10-11-2012 |
20120251754 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEAD SUSPENSION, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING HEAD SUSPENSION, AND HEAD SUSPENSION - A method of manufacturing a head suspension includes a punching process, a positioning process, and an affixing process. An objective part on the head suspension to which a damper | 10-04-2012 |
20120236292 | IDENTIFICATION MEDIUM AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD THEREFOR - An identification medium is provided in which latent image having plural colors can be observed even when the identification medium is spaced away from a polarization filter. A cholesteric liquid crystal layer is provided as a specific polarization light reflection layer which reflects light having a specific polarized condition. An optical anisotropic layer having an optical anisotropy is provided at an upper position overlapping with the specific polarization light reflection layer. An image A formed by an area having an optical anisotropy different from that of surroundings is formed at the optical anisotropic layer. When the identification medium is directly viewed, the influence of the optical anisotropy cannot be seen. When the identification medium is observed via a circular polarization filter, the image can be seen to have a specific color by the influence of the optical anisotropy. | 09-20-2012 |
20120231156 | FLEXURE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLEXURE, AND HEAD SUSPENSION WITH FLEXURE | 09-13-2012 |
20120224282 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND HEAD SUSPENSION WITH THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE - An electrical connection structure for a piezoelectric element and a head suspension with the piezoelectric element employing the electrical connection structure are provided. The electrical connection structure fixes and connects a terminal of a wiring member to an electrode of the piezoelectric element, which is arranged to face the terminal, with a conductive adhesive so that no peeling due to thermal expansion occurs between the terminal and the conductive adhesive. The electrical connection structure includes a through hole formed through the terminal and a connection part formed around the through hole on an opposite side of a piezoelectric element on the terminal. The conductive adhesive is applied and solidified so that the conductive adhesive extends between a surface of the connection part and a surface of the electrode of the piezoelectric element through the through hole. | 09-06-2012 |
20120224281 | FLEXURE AND HEAD SUSPENSION WITH FLEXURE - A flexure has a metal base plate, an insulating layer formed on the metal base plate, a wiring pattern formed on the insulating layer, a read-write head connected to a first end of the wiring pattern, and terminals for external connection that are adjacent to each other and are connected to a second end of the wiring pattern. The flexure includes a hole formed through the insulating layer in the vicinity of respective one of the adjacent terminals and an exposed part being a part of the metal base plate that is exposed through the hole to the terminals. A distance between the respective one of the adjacent terminals and the exposed part exposed through the hole in the vicinity thereof is shorter than a distance between the adjacent terminals. | 09-06-2012 |
20120223499 | VEHICLE STABILIZER - A stabilizer bar is intended for use in a vehicle, and a torsion part of the stabilizer bar is fixed to the vehicle body by a fixing member. A resin sheathing is provided integrally on an outer peripheral surface of the stabilizer bar. The fixing member is composed of the sheathing, a rubber bush disposed on the outer periphery of the sheathing, and a mounting fixture for mounting the rubber bush on the vehicle body side so as to cover the outer periphery of the rubber bush. The sheathing and the rubber bush are immovably assembled to each other. Thus, there may be provided a vehicle stabilizer, highly durable, easily mountable and replaceable, low-cost, and highly operable. | 09-06-2012 |
20120219031 | LASER PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A laser processing method processes spots on an object in a scan area with a laser beam emitted from a laser emitter. The method includes steps of covering the scan area in such a way as to transmit the laser beam and define a closed space over the scan area, jetting an inert gas into the closed space so that the jetted inert gas forms a gas curtain sweeping along the scan area in the closed space, and discharging the inert gas from the closed space while maintaining a positive pressure in the closed space, thereby removing plumes from the spots processed with the laser beam and preventing the spots from oxidizing. The method is capable of stably laser-processing the object without changing the color of the processed spots. | 08-30-2012 |
20120212858 | FLEXURE AND HEAD SUSPENSION WITH FLEXURE - A flexure is capable of securing strength of the flexure while surely preventing from deteriorating electric characteristic thereof. The flexure includes a metal substrate, an insulating layer formed on the metal substrate, and a wiring pattern arranged on the insulating layer and having a first end connected to the head and a second end that is provided with a terminal for external connection. The insulating layer extends a back of the terminal and a surrounding portion of the back. The metal substrate has an isolated portion that is on the back of the terminal through the insulating layer and is separated from the other portion of the metal substrate. | 08-23-2012 |
20120212017 | HEADREST AND VEHICLE SEAT PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A headrest including: a headrest body that supports a head portion of an occupant; a pair of side frame sections that supports the headrest body, the side frame sections extending along a seat height direction and disposed at a separation from each other along a seat width direction; and an inclined wall portion that is provided between the side frame sections, that is inclined towards a seat front-rear direction front side with respect to the side frame sections such that a lower end portion of the inclined wall portion is positioned further to the seat front-rear direction front side than an upper end portion of the inclined wall portion, and that bears load acting on the headrest body from a seat front-rear direction rear side. | 08-23-2012 |
20120200953 | MAGNETIC DISC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic disc apparatus includes a magnetic head which reads information stored in a magnetic disc, an arm which supports the magnetic head, and a feedback controller which controls a coarse actuator to move the magnetic head above the magnetic disc by driving the arm, a fine actuator to hold a position of the magnetic head, and a feedback path which feeds back a displacement of the actuator to a target value of the coarse actuator. The feedback controller controls decoupling of a double actuator system which adds up the coarse actuator and the fine actuator. | 08-09-2012 |
20120193848 | COIL SPRING - A stress distribution state is improved and a better design is realized. | 08-02-2012 |
20120193131 | METAL BASE CIRCUIT BOARD AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The metal base circuit board according to the present invention includes a metal substrate, an insulating layer provided on the metal substrate, and a conductive foil for circuit formation that is provided on the insulating layer. The metal substrate has a thermal conductivity of 60 W/mK or more and a thickness of 0.2 to 5.0 mm. The insulating layer is formed using an insulating material composition in which an inorganic filler having a thermal conductivity of 30 W/mK or more is dispersed in a non-anisotropic liquid crystal polyester solution. According to the present invention, a metal base circuit board can be provided that can be applied in an inverter and applications requiring high heat dissipation properties, and that has high thermal conductivity, as well as having high thermal stability and electrical reliability. | 08-02-2012 |
20120187714 | COVER COUPLING STRUCTURE - There is provided a cover coupling structure including: a coupling groove that is provided to an elongated shaped tonneau cover apparatus including a tonneau cover, the coupling groove including a coupling portion coupled to one end of a sheet-form cover, and an opening portion that is open to the outer peripheral side of the tonneau cover apparatus and is in communication with the coupling portion; an anchor portion provided to the one end of the cover and coupling the one end of the cover to the coupling portion by anchoring to the coupling portion; and a resiliently deformable portion that anchors the anchor portion to the coupling portion, and is set with an external profile dimension along a direction orthogonal to a first face of the cover that is larger than the height dimension of the opening portion when the resiliently deformable portion has been resiliently deformed. | 07-26-2012 |
20120186058 | CLAMP FOR DISK ROTATION DRIVING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CLAMP - A clamp for a disk rotation driving device has a centering hole which is fitted to an outer circumference of a centering projection of a hub of the disk rotation driving device. A clamping screw is screwed into an axial center of the hub whereby a fastening head of the clamping screw fastens the clamp to the hub and a contact portion of the clamp comes in contact with an information recordable magnetic disk attached to the hub and presses onto the disk in a rotation axis direction. The clamp includes a centering cylinder bent in an axial direction. The centering cylinder has a circumferential inner surface which defines the centering hole. The rounded section is provided along an edge of the centering hole and has a radius smaller than the thickness of the centering cylinder. The fastening surface is continuous to the rounded section. | 07-26-2012 |
20120181813 | TONNEAU COVER APPARATUS - There is provided a tonneau cover apparatus including: a winding shaft that winds up a tonneau cover; an elongated shaped case that accommodates the winding shaft; support members provided at one end portion and another end portion of the case, and supporting the winding shaft; a retention member provided at the one end portion and/or the other end portion of the case and including an outer wall portion that covers the support member; and blocking portions provided at the support member and the retention member at the at least one end portion, the blocking portions being disposed at the inner side relative to the outer wall portion, and blocking movement of the retention member outward in the axial direction of the winding shaft from the engaging position by abutting against one another at the engaging position. | 07-19-2012 |
20120176704 | LOAD BEAM, SUSPENSION WITH LOAD BEAM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUSPENSION - A suspension for supporting a magnetic head is provided with a load beam formed of a thin-plate spring. A recess for accommodating a damper is formed in the load beam. The damper is affixed to a bottom surface of the recess. | 07-12-2012 |
20120176703 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, AND HEAD SUSPENSION - An method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element easily and surely forms polymer coatings on peripheral end faces of the piezoelectric element without deteriorating a yield of the piezoelectric element. The method includes steps of cutting a piezoelectric element out from a base piezoelectric material plate so that peripheral end faces are formed to define a peripheral shape of the piezoelectric element, and forming polymer coatings on at least objective areas of the peripheral end faces of the piezoelectric element by vapor deposition polymerization, respectively. | 07-12-2012 |
20120168042 | NANOCRYSTAL TITANIUM ALLOY AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME - A titanium alloy has high strength and superior workability and is preferably used for various structural materials for automobiles, etc. The titanium alloy is obtained by the following production method. An alloy having a structure of α′ martensite phase is hot worked at conditions at which dynamic recrystallization occurs. The working is performed at a heating rate of 50 to 800° C./second at a strain rate of 0.01 to 10/second when the temperature is 700 to 800° C. or at a strain rate of 0.1 to 10/second when the temperature is more than 800° C. and less than 1000° C. so as to provide a strain of not less than 0.5. Thus, equiaxed crystals with an average grain size of less than 1000 nm are obtained. | 07-05-2012 |
20120167985 | SOLAR CELL SEALANT SHEET AND SEALANT-INTEGRATED SUBSTRATE - The solar cell sealant sheet of the present invention includes a coating film of a water-soluble thermosetting resin-dispersed paint obtained by emulsion-polymerizing a monomer mixture containing an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated monomer having an alkoxysilyl group in a presence of a resin serving as a dispersant, the resin having a quaternized ammonium group that has been obtained by addition of a tertiary amine compound and an organic acid to having an epoxy group, wherein a hardness (B) in terms of a pencil hardness of the coating film after being thermally cured is 4B or higher, and a hardness ratio (B/A) of the hardness (B) after being thermally cured relative to a hardness (A) before being heated is 1.1 or higher. The sealant-integrated substrate of the present invention includes, as a sealant, the coating film of the water-soluble thermosetting resin-dispersed paint that is integrally layered on a surface on a solar cell element side of a substrate of a solar cell module. | 07-05-2012 |
20120164325 | METHOD OF FORMING LUBRICATIVE PLATED LAYER ON VISCOUS LIQUID FEED NOZZLE AND VISCOUS LIQUID FEED NOZZLE - In a viscous liquid feed nozzle having a nozzle body provided with a thin and long hole with a front end serving as a feed port, a lubricative plated layer is provided by immersing the liquid feed nozzle in a plating tank containing a lubricative plating solution and forming, by electroless plating, the lubricative plated layer at least on the inside and outside of the feed port. | 06-28-2012 |
20120146671 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING CRACKS IN PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A method detects one or more cracks in a piezoelectric element interposed between a pair of electrodes and deforms according to a voltage applied thereto through the pair of electrodes. The method includes steps of applying a voltage at least at a resonance frequency of the piezoelectric element to the piezoelectric element through the pair of electrodes, measuring a dielectric tangent between the pair of electrodes under the applied voltage, and detecting if there are cracks in the piezoelectric element according to the measured dielectric tangent. The dielectric tangent of the piezoelectric element at the resonance frequency has a large peak or no peak depending on whether or not the piezoelectric element has cracks. Accordingly, the method easily and surely detects if the piezoelectric element has cracks according to the dielectric tangent of the piezoelectric element measured at the resonance frequency. | 06-14-2012 |
20120144943 | MULTI-SHAFT DRIVE DEVICE - Output gears are disposed so as to be movable toward and counter to plural second input gears to which rotation of the motor is transmitted, and so as to be biased toward the plural second input gears. A cam, which has plural recesses provided at the periphery thereof, is disposed at the inside of the output gear. The cam is rotated, and a pin of the output gear enters the recess, so that the output gear is moved toward the second input gear, and the output gear is engaged with the second input gear. | 06-14-2012 |
20120134056 | DISK DRIVE FLEXURE - A flexure includes a metal base and a wiring portion. The wiring portion is constituted of an insulating layer, a conductor group, and others. A tongue portion is formed to a main portion of the metal base. A slider including an attached electronic unit is disposed to the tongue portion. The conductor group includes conductors electrically connected to the slider and conductors electrically connected to the attached electronic unit. Island-shaped electrical circuit portions are formed on the metal base. The electrical circuit portions are electrically independent from the main portion of the metal base. The conductors for the attached electronic unit are electrically conductive with respect to the electrical circuit portions through conductor coupling portions piercing the insulating layer. The electrical circuit portions are connected to terminal portions of the attached electronic unit. | 05-31-2012 |
20120127614 | METHOD OF TESTING FITTED STATE OF PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND HEAD SUSPENSION - A method of testing a fitted state of a pair of piezoelectric elements fitted to form an actuator between a base member and a movable member, the piezoelectric elements in the actuator being arranged side by side in opposite polarity and being electrically connected in parallel with each other, and when a voltage is applied to the piezoelectric elements, minutely moving the movable member relative to the base member in a direction in which the piezoelectric members are arranged side by side. The method detects changes in capacitance of the piezoelectric elements with respect to changes in bias voltage applied to the piezoelectric elements, the bias voltage being changed within a predetermined range, and determines a fitted state of the piezoelectric elements according to a characteristic of the detected capacitance changes. The method correctly and easily determines whether or not the piezoelectric elements are correctly fitted to the actuator. | 05-24-2012 |