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20090053587 | Abnormality detecting device for a fuel cell powered industrial vehicle - An abnormality detecting device for a fuel cell powered industrial vehicle confirms whether a radiator fan is at rest or not (S | 02-26-2009 |
20090096464 | Electrical leakage detecting device for a fuel cell system - An electrical leakage determining circuit determines the occurrence of electrical leakage at a negative electrode of a fuel cell when a potential difference V between a positive electrode of the fuel cell and ground, which is detected by a potential difference detecting circuit, exceeds a preset potential difference threshold Vth, and determines the occurrence of electrical leakage at the positive electrode of the fuel cell when an insulation resistance R between the positive electrode of the fuel cell and ground, which is detected by a resistance detection circuit, falls below a resistance threshold Rth preset to be equal to or smaller than a resistance value Rw of a coolant. Upon determination of the occurrence of electrical leakage, the electrical leakage determining circuit opens a switching contact provided on a power supply line to interrupt power supply from the fuel cell to various power consumption components. | 04-16-2009 |
20090110984 | Hood interlock apparatus of industrial vehicle - A limit switch for detecting opening/closing of a hood is connected to a controller. A power supply relay is also connected to the controller. A switching contact of the relay is located on power supply line for supplying power supply from a fuel cell. When the hood is closed, the limit switch is on and the controller maintains the switching contact in a closed state so that power supply from the fuel cell to various power-consuming components is allowed. On the other hand, when the hood is opened, the limit switch is turned off. In response to this, the controller opens the switching contact so that the power supply from the fuel cell to the various power-consuming components is shut off. | 04-30-2009 |
20090130530 | Fuel Cell Stack Casing - A fuel cell stack casing for housing a fuel cell stack. The fuel cell stack casing may include a resin and an electromagnetic wave damping material, for example, a conductive material. In addition, the fuel cell stack may be electromagnetically shielded by the electromagnetic wave damping material. The fuel cell stack casing may include a plurality of members coupled to each other such that conductive materials contained in the members are electrically connected to each other. An inside surface of the casing may be an insulating surface. A plurality of apertures for ventilation may be formed in a wall of the casing such that the apertures are spaced from each other. The apertures may be covered with a cover. | 05-21-2009 |
20110070508 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A fuel cell system includes an exhaust pipe through which anode purge gas is discharged into the atmosphere, a heat medium passage through which heat medium is flowed, a circulation pump for circulating the heat medium through the heat medium passage, a heat exchanger provided in the heat medium passage, a heat exchanger fan for generating airflow through the heat exchanger, and a guide by which the airflow is guided so as to diffuse the anode purge gas. The circulation pump and the heat exchanger fan are operated during anode purge in such a way that the heat exchanger fan is operated regardless of the heat medium temperature, and a flow rate of the heat medium flowing through the heat medium passage is zero or lower than a flow rate when output of a fuel cell is maximum. | 03-24-2011 |
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20080208407 | VEHICULAR STEERING APPARATUS - A vehicular steering apparatus can accurately detect occurrence of a disturbance even where steering torque is limited, and can achieve a low cost and simple construction. The apparatus includes a road surface reaction torque detector that detects an actual road surface reaction torque received by tires of a vehicle from a road surface, a vehicle speed detector that detects a vehicle speed, a steering wheel angle detector that detects a steering angle of a steering wheel, a target road surface reaction torque calculation section that calculates a target road surface reaction torque based on the vehicle speed and the steering wheel angle, and a disturbance occurrence detection section that detects occurrence of a disturbance to the vehicle and outputs a disturbance state signal. The disturbance occurrence detection section includes a sign comparison section that compares signs of the actual and target road surface reaction torques. | 08-28-2008 |
20090000857 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING CONTROL APPARATUS - An electric power steering control apparatus can reduce a steering vibration such as shimmy vibration generated due to the structure of a vehicle without adding new mechanism elements. The apparatus includes a torque sensor for detecting steering torque generated by a driver, a torque controller for calculating an assist torque current for assisting the steering torque based on the detected steering torque, a vehicle speed detector for detecting the speed of the vehicle, a specific frequency detector for detecting a specific frequency from the detected vehicle speed, a motor angular velocity calculator for calculating a motor angular velocity from a motor angle detected by an angle detector, a phase compensator for converting a vibration frequency of the motor angular velocity, and a vibration suppression current calculator for calculating a vibration suppression current to suppress the steering vibration from respective output signals of the phase compensator and the specific frequency detector. | 01-01-2009 |
20100263374 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Provided is an internal combustion engine for improving fuel-economy performance in any of the case where supercharging performed by an electric supercharger is required and the case where the supercharging is not required. The internal combustion engine includes: an electric supercharger; a supercharger; an electric motor; and a controller, the electric supercharger being for compressing an intake air by rotation of the supercharger caused with rotation of the exhaust turbine by an exhaust gas energy to perform supercharging and for rotationally driving the supercharger with electric-motor assistance by the electric motor; an exhaust bypass passage provided to bypass the exhaust turbine; and an opening and closing the exhaust bypass passage unit. In the internal combustion engine, the opening and closing the exhaust bypass passage unit opens the exhaust bypass passage until the supercharging is started by the electric supercharger. | 10-21-2010 |
20100287932 | INTERNAL-COMBUSTION-ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS - An electrically assisted turbocharger is provided; in the case where an internal combustion engine rotates at low rotation speed, the output thereof is secured by adjusting the flow rate in a recirculation path while supercharging with electrically assisting torque, and in the case where the internal combustion engine rotates at high rotation speed, electrically assisting torque compensates the inertia of at least a turbine wheel, a compressor impeller, and a motor; as a result, not only unnecessary consumption of electric energy is avoided, but also desired supercharging can be performed by the electrically assisted turbocharger. | 11-18-2010 |
20110174278 | POWER SOURCE CONTROL UNIT OF ELECTRIC SUPERCHARGER - An on-off switch is provided between a first battery acting to supply an electric power to on-vehicle electrical equipment and a second battery acting to supply an electric power to an electric supercharger. In the case that charge voltage of the first battery is smaller than a predetermined value and operating power of an electric supercharger | 07-21-2011 |
20120235612 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - The motor control device includes: a vehicle control device ( | 09-20-2012 |
20130004334 | ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC SUPERCHARGING APPARATUS USING ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - An electric motor control apparatus includes a phase correction portion that generates and outputs an amount of phase correction with which to correct a phase of a signal from a position sensor detecting a position of a magnetic pole of an electric motor. The phase correction portion generates and outputs an energization stop signal in a case where a rotation speed of the electric motor is within a predetermined range and stores an amount of phase correction generated therein according to a comparison between a signal from the position sensor or a first phase and an induced voltage of the electric motor to output the amount of phase correction. | 01-03-2013 |
20130255251 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM - Internal combustion engine system includes an electric supercharger which supercharges sucked air; a throttle valve which adjusts the flow amount of intake air of supercharged air into a cylinder; an EGR path in which a part of exhaust gas exhausted from the exhaust manifold side is recirculated to the intake manifold side; an EGR valve which adjusts the amount of exhaust gas passing through the EGR path; and an internal combustion engine control unit which controls the throttle valve, the EGR valve, and the electric supercharger. This enables to satisfy both performance of the supercharger and fuel consumption of the internal combustion engine without complicating the structure of EGR. | 10-03-2013 |
20140172207 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE INCLUDING EXHAUST-GAS DRIVEN GENERATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING HYBRID VEHICLE INCLUDING EXHAUST-GAS DRIVEN GENERATOR - The control device for a hybrid vehicle including an exhaust-gas driven generator includes: a turbine ( | 06-19-2014 |
20150088349 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - An object is to provide a vehicle control apparatus capable of enhancing fuel economy when coasting is performed by disconnecting a clutch disposed between an engine and drive wheels of the vehicle. A travel path and a travel pattern of a vehicle are predicted by a vehicle outside information collection device, such as a navigation system. Also, amounts of fuel consumption by normal traveling and coasting are predicted and compared, so that coasting control is performed in a case where an amount of fuel consumption can be reduced by performing the coasting control. | 03-26-2015 |
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20100250884 | STORAGE SYSTEM, STORAGE DEVICE AND INFORMATION STORING METHOD - A storage system includes a primary-side storage device and a secondary-side storage device. The primary-side storage device includes a first storage unit that functions as: a primary-side reserving unit to reserve a primary-side storage area in the first storage unit; a request unit to request the secondary-side storage device to reserve a secondary-side storage area; a checking unit to receive identifying information of the reserved secondary-side storage area; a management storage unit to store the identifying information of the secondary-side storage area in the way of being associated with the primary-side storage area; and a transfer unit to transfer data stored in the primary-side storage area to the secondary-side storage area. The secondary-side storage device includes a second storage unit that functions as: a request accepting unit to accept a request for reserving the secondary-side storage area from the primary-side storage device; a secondary-side reserving unit to reserve the secondary-side storage area in the second storage unit in response to the request; and a report unit to report the identifying information of the reserved secondary-side storage area to the primary-side storage device. | 09-30-2010 |
20110202737 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage apparatus includes: an associating unit that associates a first memory area in which data to be copied are stored and a second memory area of a destination storage apparatus to which the data are copied; a detecting unit that detects a start or an end of copying the data from the first memory area to the second memory area associated by the associating unit; and an access control unit that controls access to the first memory area and the second memory area based on a result of detection performed by the detecting unit. | 08-18-2011 |
20120089567 | Storage device, data replication method, and storage system - A storage device includes a accepting unit that accepts a replication request that concerns a replication storage area for target data and that is from a requesting server that is among a plurality of servers; a first determining unit that, if a replication request is accepted, determines whether an identifier of the requesting server is included in a first table that stores identifiers of the servers that satisfy a first condition; a second determining unit that, if a replication request is accepted, determines whether the identifier of the requesting server is included in a second table that stores identifiers of the servers that satisfy a second condition; and an executing unit that executes a replication process of replicating the target data to the replication storage area, if the first or the second determining unit determines that the identifier is included. | 04-12-2012 |
20130086345 | STORAGE APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - In a storage apparatus, when a received backup instruction is a backup start instruction, a control unit performs a backup process from a position indicated by an available area start pointer. When the received backup instruction is a backup end instruction, the control unit releases an allocated backup area. In addition, the control unit determines whether the released backup area is adjacent to a position indicated by an available area end pointer. If determining that the released backup are is adjacent to the position indicated by the available area end pointer, the control unit moves the available area end pointer indicating the end of an available area to the end of the released backup area. | 04-04-2013 |
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20090259061 | PPAR ACTIVITY REGULATORS - The object of the present invention is to provide PPAR (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor) activity regulators, which can be widely used for improving insulin resistance and preventing/treating various diseases such as diabetes, metabolic syndromes, hyperlipemia, high-blood pressure, vascular disorders, inflammation, hepatitis, fatty liver, liver fibrosis, NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) and obesity. | 10-15-2009 |
20100063151 | ACYLAMIDE COMPOUNDS HAVING SECRETAGOGUE OR INDUCER ACTIVITY OF ADIPONECTIN - The present invention provides acylamide compounds, prodrugs thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and an adiponectin inducer or secretagogue, and therapeutic methods by administering the same. | 03-11-2010 |
20100093973 | POLY(AMINO ACID) COMPOUND HAVING INHIBITORY ACTIVITY ON ABSORPTION OF PHOSPHORUS AND PHOSPHORUS ABSORPTION INHIBITOR - Herein disclosed is a water-soluble compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof. The compound is a novel water-soluble compound having an inhibitory effect on the absorption of phosphorus in vivo. | 04-15-2010 |
20110160191 | NEW FUSED POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS HAVING A HETEROCYCLIC RING(S) AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a fused polycyclic compound of the following formula, analogues thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and agents for increasing the sugar-transporting capacity, hypoglycemic agents and pharmaceutical compositions containing the above compounds. This fused polycyclic compound has high medicinal properties and few side-effects, and a therapeutic effect on diabetes. | 06-30-2011 |
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20080230255 | ELECTRODE PATTERN AND WIRE BONDING METHOD - An electrode pattern for wire-bonding includes: a wire-bonding reference pattern indicating a reference position for determination of a wire-bonding position; and a wire-bonding recognition pattern. The distance between the reference position and a wire-bonding metal portion bonded to the electrode pattern and the distance between the wire-bonding recognition pattern and the wire-bonding metal portion satisfy predetermined relationships. | 09-25-2008 |
20090004750 | Method of Diagnosing Cerebral Infarction - A method of diagnosing cerebral infarction comprising the step of measuring the concentration of nick β2 glycoprotein I in a body fluid sample; and a method of diagnosing cerebral infarction comprising the steps of measuring the nicked β2 glycoprotein I concentration (N) and the total β2 glycoprotein I concentration (T) in a body fluid sample, calculating the ratio (N/T) of the nicked β2 glycoprotein I concentration (N) to the total β2 glycoprotein I concentration (T), and using the ratio as an indicator, are disclosed. | 01-01-2009 |
20100020839 | OPTICAL DEVICE PACKAGE AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optical device package comprises: a metal frame including a substrate and a rectangular die pad portion integrally connected to the substrate, wherein the substrate is a metal plate, and the die pad portion is bent from the substrate such that the die pad portion extends from the substrate at an angle of 90 degrees; signal lead pins extend in the opposite direction from the die pad portion relative to the substrate such that the first lead pins intersect the principal surfaces of the substrate at a right angle and are spaced apart from the metal frame; and a molded resin member including a plate-like resin base extending across and in contact with one of the principal surfaces of the substrate, wherein the signal lead pins protrude from a surface of the resin base; surfaces of the signal lead pins are covered with the molded resin member; and the metal frame and the signal lead pins are secured in place by the molded resin member. | 01-28-2010 |
20130255647 | CONTROLLER OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC SUPERCHARGER - In a controller of an internal combustion engine equipped with an electric supercharger driven by a motor, an object is to attempt to improve fuel consumption of a vehicle. | 10-03-2013 |
20140346865 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A power supply device for a vehicle has connection changeover means for alternatively changing a connection of a capacitor and a battery over to any one of a parallel connection of the capacitor and the battery, a series connection of the capacitor and the battery and an independent connection of the capacitor and the battery. Electrical power is selectively supplied to a electric supercharger by any one of a parallel connection circuit of the capacitor and the battery, a series connection circuit of the capacitor and the battery and an independent connection circuit of the capacitor and the battery whose connection of the capacitor and the battery are alternatively changed over to by the connection changeover means. | 11-27-2014 |
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20080316463 | Laser radar apparatus that measures direction and distance of an object - There is provided a laser radar including laser beam generating means, photo detecting means, a mirror, light deflecting means, and rotation driving means. The laser beam generating means emits a laser beam having an axis thereof. The photo detecting means detects a reflected laser beam that is reflected back by an object. The mirror includes a through-hole that passes the laser beam and a reflecting surface that reflects a reflected laser beam reflected back by the object toward the photo detecting means. The light deflecting means deflects the laser beam toward a measuring region and reflects the reflected laser beam from the object toward the mirror. The rotation driving means rotates the light deflecting means so as to direct the laser beam toward the measuring region. | 12-25-2008 |
20090002678 | Laser radar apparatus for three-dimensional detection of objects - In a laser radar apparatus, a laser beam generator that generates a laser beam and an optical detector that detects reflected light that has been reflected by an object in a field to be observed. A deflection performing means, provided with one or more deflection means each rotatable on a given central axis thereof, for enabling the deflection means to deflect the laser beam to the field and to deflect the reflected light toward the optical detector. A drive means driven to rotate the deflection means. A direction changing means changes a direction of the laser beam from the deflection means is changed in a direction of the central axis. A control means controls an operation of the direction changing means. | 01-01-2009 |
20090122294 | LASER RADAR APPARATUS THAT MEASURES DIRECTION AND DISTANCE OF AN OBJECT - There is provided a laser radar apparatus including laser beam generating means, photo detecting means, a mirror assembly, light deflecting means, and rotation driving means. The laser beam generating means emits a laser beam having an axis thereof. The photo detecting means detects a reflected laser beam that is reflected back by an object. The mirror assembly includes a through-hole that transmits the laser beam and a reflecting surface that reflects a reflected laser beam reflected back by the object toward the photo detecting means. The light deflecting means has a flat mirror surface and a concave-shaped mirror surface, and reflects the laser beam toward a measurement range and deflects the reflected laser beam from the object toward the mirror assembly. The rotation driving means rotates the light deflecting means so as to direct the laser beam toward the measurement range. | 05-14-2009 |
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20090107531 | High-Pressure Water Cleaning System - A high-pressure water cleaning system includes a cleaning main body, a support frame member having a length which is larger than a width of an object, the support frame member being supported at extended end portions thereof at both sides by bearing units and eccentric rotational shafts such that the support frame member is eccentrically rotatable, the eccentric rotatable shafts being configured to rotate to cause the support frame member to perform rotational motion, a plurality of high-pressure water ejecting nozzles which are arranged on the surface of the support frame member to be equally spaced apart from each other and are directed to face the object, and a drive device configured to cause the eccentric rotational shafts to rotate. The high-pressure water ejecting nozzles are supplied with the high-pressure water and eject the high-pressure water to the object being moved at the constant speed while performing the rotational motion. | 04-30-2009 |
20110197939 | HIGH-PRESSURE WASHING LIQUID EJECTING WASHING APPARATUS - A high-pressure washing liquid ejecting washing apparatus comprises a bar-shaped holder; and a plurality of high-pressure washing liquid ejecting nozzles arranged at constant intervals along a longitudinal direction of the bar-shaped holder, the holder being supported at both sides in a longitudinal direction thereof such that the holder is rotatable around its longitudinal axis, the holder being reciprocatingly rotated around the longitudinal axis within a predetermined rotational angle and the ejecting nozzles ejecting a high-pressure washing liquid to a washed surface of an object in a single straight-line shape to wash the object while the object is conveyed at a constant speed with respect to the holder, wherein the holder has a length which is not less than a length across the object and is disposed such that the holder is orthogonal to a direction in which the object is conveyed or is tilted with respect to the direction in which the object is conveyed, when viewed from a normal line direction of the washed surface. | 08-18-2011 |
20120125365 | HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID JET CLEANER AND HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID JET CLEANING METHOD FOR CLEANING THIN FILM SOLAR CELL PANEL - Provided is a high-pressure liquid jet cleaner which is capable of assuredly removing particles adhered to the inside of a large number of scribe lines formed at consistent intervals in a thin film solar cell panel and which eliminates a fear that the surface of a thin film formed at the surface of the solar cell panel may be damaged or that the thin film may be detached. Jet nozzles are arranged at consistent intervals in the longitudinal direction of a nozzle holder, corresponding to the positions of the respective scribe lines of the thin film solar cell panel. The nozzle holder is supported by supports provided at both ends of the nozzle holder in a manner to allow the nozzle holder to move in the longitudinal direction of the nozzle holder. While the solar cell panel is conveyed in relation to the nozzle holder in parallel to the scribe lines, a high-pressure liquid is jetted out in a straight line from the jet nozzles of the nozzle holder to the large number of respective scribe lines of the solar cell panel for cleaning, such that the high-pressure liquid jetting direction of each jet nozzle is parallel to that of the other jet nozzles. | 05-24-2012 |
20130196576 | GLASS PLATE CONVEYING DEVICE AND BEVELING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides a conveying device including a transfer mechanism including: a belt portion configured to support a non-pattern surface of a glass plate and transfer the glass plate in a conveying direction; and a pattern surface supporting water guide arranged at a position opposed to the belt portion and configured to apply predetermined water pressure to a pattern surface of the glass plate, wherein the transfer mechanism is configured such that: the glass plate is pressed against the belt portion by water pressure of the pattern surface supporting water guide; and the glass plate is sandwiched between the pattern surface supporting water guide and the belt portion in a state where the pattern surface of the glass plate is in a non-contact state, the conveying device being capable of stably transferring the glass plate without making scratches on the pattern surface of the glass plate. | 08-01-2013 |
20140036331 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND LASER MACHINING DEVICE - An optical scanning device includes: a light projector configured to radiate light while causing the light to make angular movement at a constant speed; and a light reflector configured to reflect the light radiated from the light projector to guide the light to an intended irradiated point on a predetermined scanning line. The light reflector includes a plurality of reflecting portions and reflects, at least twice, the light radiated from the light projector to guide the light to the intended irradiated point. The reflecting portions each include a plurality of reflecting surfaces. A length of an optical path from the light projector to the irradiated point is substantially constant for all of irradiated points on the scanning line, and a scanning speed, on the scanning line, of the light radiated from the light projector is substantially constant. | 02-06-2014 |
20140216898 | PLATE MEMBER CONVEYING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONVEYING PLATE MEMBER - The present invention provides a plate member conveying apparatus configured such that an occupied area is small, and a plate member is unlikely to be damaged. A plate member conveying apparatus according to the present invention includes a feed device having a conveying portion and a pressurizing portion. The conveying portion includes a belt configured to contact one of surfaces of a plate member in a vertical state to feed the plate member in a conveying direction. The pressurizing portion applies pressure of a fluid to the other surface of the plate member in the vertical state in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the plate member to press the plate member toward the belt. Then, the plate member in the vertical state is conveyed while being held by sandwiching the plate member between the belt of the conveying portion and the fluid of the pressurizing portion. | 08-07-2014 |
20140339740 | MECHANISM FOR AND METHOD OF CORRECTING YAWING OF CONVEYED WORKPIECE - A holding device to hold a side portion of a conveyed workpiece; a running device to convey the holding device in a feeding direction along a rail; and a support mechanism to support the holding device at front portion and rear portions of the mechanism. Eccentric shafts are with the holding device at respective positions, at one position, one of front and rear portions is eccentric in the feeding direction by a predetermined amount relative to one drive shaft's axis included in the running device. At the other position, one of front and rear portions is eccentric crossing the workpiece feeding direction by a predetermined amount relative to one drive shaft's axis in the running device. The yawing occurring while the workpiece is conveyed, is corrected by rotating the axes of eccentric shafts axes such the holding device moves relative to the running device's position. | 11-20-2014 |