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20100276135 | COOLING FIN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE COOLING FIN - A cooling fin includes fin parts integrally extending from a base part. Each fin part is partially formed at a slant so that a proximal end portion is straight and a distal end portion is wavy (corrugated). Each fin part is partially slanted to make each fin part wavier as coming closer to the distal end portion from the proximal end portion. In a manufacturing process of the cooling fin, firstly, a straight cooling fin is produced by extrusion molding (an extruding step). Subsequently, the distal end portion of each fin is partially bent in a direction intersecting an extruding direction into a wave shape (a bending step). | 11-04-2010 |
20110132591 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided are a heat exchanger having a novel structure and efficiently cooling a heat generating body, and a method of manufacturing the heat exchanger. A heat exchanger has flow paths formed by being closed by an upper plate and a lower plate which have rectilinearly formed upstanding fins parallelly arranged at specific intervals, and gaps extend between adjacent fins in the top-bottom direction along the direction in which the fins extend. Either of or both the upper plate and the lower plate are provided with projections arranged in the longitudinal direction of the flow path and projecting inward of the flow path. | 06-09-2011 |
20140144269 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTI-STAGE GEAR, AND MULTI-STAGE GEAR - In a method for manufacturing a multi-stage gear in which no gap is formed between a small-diameter gear and a large-diameter gear, there are included a first step of forming the small-diameter gear on an outer peripheral surface of a workpiece, a second step of forming a large-diameter gear part by plastically deforming an end portion of the workpiece to increase the diameter thereof, and a third step of forming the large-diameter gear by cutting the large-diameter gear part. | 05-29-2014 |
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20100168537 | BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A blood glucose measurement system in which a blood glucose level measured with an invasive blood glucose measurement apparatus 101 is used to calibrate a blood glucose level measured with a non-invasive blood glucose measurement apparatus | 07-01-2010 |
20100174159 | NON-INVASIVE BODY INFORMATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A non-invasive body information measurement apparatus, in which a blood glucose level is corrected using a blood glucose level measured with an invasive blood glucose measurement apparatus, wherein in a calibration period, measurement of body information is performed at a plurality of luminous energy levels, a plurality of estimated blood glucose levels are calculated from a plurality of characteristic quantities calculated at the various luminous energy levels and from blood glucose levels measured with an invasive blood glucose measurement apparatus, and at the end of the calibration period, the blood glucose levels measured with the invasive blood glucose measurement apparatus are compared with a plurality of estimated blood glucose levels, and in a normal measurement period a light source is controlled so that measurement is performed at a luminous energy level corresponding to the estimated blood glucose level that satisfies the targeted accuracy. | 07-08-2010 |
20110033073 | HEARING AID SYSTEM - This hearing aid system comprises a first hearing aid ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110249840 | HEARING AID - A hearing aid includes: a sound collection unit configured to collect a surrounding sound; a sound output unit configured to output a sound; and a main body having a shape that can be attached to an ear. The main body includes: a hearing aid processing unit configured to perform hearing aid processing for the surrounding sound collected by the sound collection unit; an attaching determination unit configured to determine whether the main body is attached to the ear based on the surrounding sound; a specific sound generation unit configured to generate a predetermined signal; and a selection unit configured to select one of the sound subjected to the hearing aid processing by the hearing aid processing unit and the sound generated by the specific sound generation unit based on a determination result of the attaching determination unit and to output the selected sound to the sound output unit. | 10-13-2011 |
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20140087890 | TORQUE FLUCTUATION ABSORBER - A torque fluctuation absorber includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member arranged coaxially with the first rotating member, a control plate arranged between the first rotating member and the second rotating member in an axial direction and engaging non-rotatably with the second rotating member, a thrust member arranged between the first rotating member and the control plate in the axial direction, engaging with the first rotating member in an axially movable and non-rotatable manner, and slidably making contact with the control plate, and an elastic member arranged between the first rotating member and the thrust member in the axial direction, supported by the first rotating member and pressing the thrust member against the control plate. | 03-27-2014 |
20140221106 | POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A power transmission apparatus includes a first rotation member connected to a first rotation shaft, a second rotation member connected to a second rotation shaft, a third rotation member provided between the first rotation member and the second rotation member, a damper portion provided between the first rotation member and the third rotation member to absorb a torque fluctuation between the first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft, a torque limiter portion arranged between the second rotation member and the third rotation member to transmit a torque equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, the torque limiter portion restricting a torque transmitted between the second rotation member and the third rotation member from exceeding the predetermined value in a case where a torque greater than the predetermined value is input to the torque limiter portion, and a dynamic vibration absorber provided at the third rotation member. | 08-07-2014 |
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20090294239 | TORQUE FLUCTUATION ABSORBING APPARATUS - A torque fluctuation absorbing apparatus for absorbing a torque fluctuation generated between an engine and a transmission includes a dumper portion having a first plate member, a second plate member and a plurality of coil springs. The second plate member includes a first plate portion and a second plate portion to interpose therebetween the first plate member. The plurality of coil springs is provided between the first and second plate members. The plurality of coil springs is arranged to compress when the first and second plate members move relative to each other thereby absorbing a torque fluctuation generated by a difference between a rotation of the first plate member and a rotation of the second plate member. The first plate member is connected to an output shaft of the engine. The second plate member is connected to an input shaft of the transmission. | 12-03-2009 |
20100032259 | DAMPER DEVICE - A damper device includes damper portions arranged in series with each other in a power transmission path and absorbing torsion by means of elastic force, hysteresis portions arranged in parallel with the damper portions at the power transmission path and absorbing the torsion by means of friction force, an input plate inputting rotational torque into one of the damper portion closest to the input side and the hysteresis portion closest to the input side, an intermediate plate transmitting the rotational torque from the damper portion, arranged at the input side, and the hysteresis portion, arranged at the input side, to the damper portions, arranged at the output side, and the hysteresis portions, arranged at the output side, and an output plate outputting the rotational torque from the damper portion closest to the output side and the hysteresis portion closest to the output side. | 02-11-2010 |
20100051411 | DAMPER DEVICE - A damper device includes a first plate member rotated when the rotational force is inputted thereto from an input side, a second plate member rotatable relative to the first plate member and outputting the rotational force to an output side when being rotated in response to a rotation of the first plate member, a damper portion for absorbing a relative rotation between the first plate member and the second plate member, and a hysteresis portion for absorbing the relative rotation by a friction force, wherein the hysteresis portion includes an intermediate member between the first plate member and the second plate member, and the intermediate member is pressed against one of the first plate member and the second plate member by the other one of the first plate member and the second plate member when the first plate member and the second plate member rotate relative to each other. | 03-04-2010 |
20100062864 | DAMPER DEVICE - A damper device includes a damper portion and a limiter portion, and the limiter portion has a first constitutive member formed to cover the damper portion or the limiter portion, a first and second friction materials fixed to a second constitutive member of the damper portion, a cover plate provided so as to be slidable to the first friction material, a support plate arranged so as to be distant from the cover plate at a radially inner portion of the support plate and so as to contact the cover plate at a radially outer portion of the support plate, a pressure plate provided so as to be slidable to the second friction material and a coned disc spring provided between the support plate and the pressure plate, wherein the first constitutive member is at least one of the cover plate and the support plate. | 03-11-2010 |
20100243400 | TORQUE FLUCTUATION ABSORBER - A torque fluctuation absorber includes a first plate member, ring-shaped second and third plate members, a fourth plate member, a resilient member and a predetermined member. The resilient member absorbs torque fluctuation between the second or third plate member and the fourth plate member. The predetermined member on a power transmission path between at least two of the first, second and third plate members has a stopper section. The stopper section allows relative rotation between the second or third plate member and the fourth plate member within a predetermined distance in the circumferential direction of the second plate member. The stopper section prevents relative rotation between the second or third plate member and the fourth plate member by contacting to the fourth plate member. | 09-30-2010 |
20110098120 | DAMPER DEVICE - A damper device includes a first side plate connected to a flywheel, to which a rotational force from a power source is transmitted, at an outer circumferential portion of the flywheel, a second side plate arranged at a position displaced in an axial direction relative to the first side plate and connected to the first side plate, a center plate member provided between the first side plate and the second side plate and outputting the rotational force towards a gear mechanism, and a spring member absorbing a torque fluctuation generated between the first side plate and the second side plate on the one hand and the center plate member on the other hand, wherein the center plate member is formed so that an outer diameter thereof is set to be greater than an outer diameter of each of the first side plate and the second side plate. | 04-28-2011 |
20120077606 | TORQUE FLUCTUATION ABSORBER - A torque fluctuation absorber includes a first rotary member formed into an annular shape and including a first protruding portion formed at an inner circumferential surface, a second rotary member connected to the first rotary member, a third rotary member including a second protruding portion formed at an outer circumferential surface, a damper portion absorbing torque fluctuations caused by torsion generated between the second rotary member and the third rotary member, and an elastic member arranged between the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion and absorbing a shock generated when the first protruding portion directly makes contact with the second protruding portion when the damper portion absorbs the torque fluctuations caused by the torsion generated between the second rotary member and the third rotary member. | 03-29-2012 |
20120242017 | TORQUE FLUCTUATION ABSORBING APPARATUS - To provide a torque fluctuation absorbing apparatus capable of achieving cost reduction. The fluctuation absorbing apparatus includes a first plate secured to a flywheel; a second plate disposed at a distance from the first plate; a third plate slidably sandwiched between the first plate and the second plate; and a resilient section that is supported by, fixed to or integrated with the first plate or the second plate and biases the second plate toward the first plate. | 09-27-2012 |