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20100325871 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HARD DISK DRIVE BASE - The base improves manufacturing efficiency and yield and has an advantage in cost. The base includes a panel having a through-hole, a motor holder, having a cylindrical shape that protrudes from a first face of the panel in a thickness direction of the panel, integrally formed on the panel corresponding to the through-hole, the motor holder holds a motor fitted to an inner circumferential surface of the motor holder through adhesives, and the motor holder is provided with at least one depression pressure-formed on the inner circumferential surface thereof, thereby eliminating cutting processing, facilitating accuracy control, suppressing nonconformity such as corrosion because no base material is exposed, requiring no measures against burs and the like, improving production capacity and yield, and resulting in cost advantages, too. | 12-30-2010 |
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 |
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20100316238 | Audio data receiving apparatus, audio data receiving method, and audio data transmission and receiving system - An audio data receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive audio data sampled in accordance with a first clock signal; a synchronization unit configured to generate a second clock signal that is synchronized with the first clock signal by extracting clock components contained in the audio data; a demodulator configured to demodulate the audio data in accordance with the second clock signal; an oversampling unit configured to oversample the audio data demodulated by the demodulator by using a frequency higher than a frequency of the second clock signal; a clock generator configured to generate a third clock signal having a frequency nearly equal to the first clock signal; and a data output unit configured to output the audio data oversampled by the oversampling unit in accordance with the third clock signal generated by the clock generator. | 12-16-2010 |
20110123744 | SEPARATION-RESISTANT GAS-BARRIER LAMINATE - In a gas-barrier laminate having a layer structure of aromatic polyester resin/polyglycolic acid resin/aromatic polyester resin, a small amount of an aromatic polyester resin polymerized with a germanium compound (catalyst) is blended to the polyglycolic acid resin forming the core layer, thereby surface-roughening the polyglycolic acid resin layer. As a result, the peeling resistance between the polyglycolic acid resin/aromatic polyester resin layers is practically improved while maintaining a good gas-barrier property. | 05-26-2011 |
20150247021 | POLYGLYCOLIC ACID RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A polyglycolic acid resin (PGA) composition which can be used as a packaging material or a material for a drilling downhole tool (member), the composition containing from 30 to 90 mass % of a PGA and from 70 to 10 mass % of an inorganic filler, wherein the percentage of mass loss of the PGA after immersion in water for 3 hours at a temperature of 120° C. is at least 20% and preferably at least 25%, and the deflection temperature under load is 120° C. or higher; and a method for producing a PGA composition, the method including a step of melt-kneading using an extruder. | 09-03-2015 |
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20100202798 | Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming System, Container for Developing Agent, and Method of Manufacturing Container for Developing Agent - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a mounting part configured to be detachably mountable therein plural types of cartridges having different initial capacities of developing agent; a light emitting device configured to emit light into the cartridge mounted in the mounting part; a light receiving device configured to receive light emitted from the light emitting device and passed through an inside of the cartridge; a determining unit configured to determine that a replacement time of the cartridge has been reached when a ratio of time, during which an output value of the light receiving device exceeds a light reception reference value, exceeds a determination threshold value. The image forming apparatus or the cartridges are configured such that the determination of the replacement time changes according to the initial capacity of the cartridge. | 08-12-2010 |
20110280591 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF IMAGE FORMING MODES - An image forming device includes a light-receiving element that receives a light having passed through a cartridge. An image forming unit has a first mode for forming images while rotating an agitator at a first speed and a second mode for forming images while rotating the agitator at a second speed that is lower than the first speed. If a value regarding image forming amount counted while the image forming unit is in the second mode is determined to be greater than a predetermined value, the image forming unit changes a rotation speed of the agitator from the second speed to the first speed, and it is determined whether the cartridge should be replaced based on a time ratio, which is a ratio of time duration, in which the light-receiving element receives the detection light within a predetermined duration, to the predetermined time duration. | 11-17-2011 |
20120082476 | DEVELOPING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SEALING MEMBERS ASSEMBLED TO THICKNESS-REGULATION MEMBER - A developing device includes a casing having an opening extending in a first direction, a developing roller, a thickness-regulation member, an engagement portion and a sealing member. The thickness-regulation member includes a thin-plate member and a regulating portion. The thin-plate member is fixed to the casing and has a lateral end extending in a second direction. The regulating portion is fixed on the thin-plate member and has an end face extending in a direction. The engagement portion is fixed on the thin-plate member and positioned closer to the lateral end than the end face to the lateral end to provide a groove between the engagement portion and the end face. The sealing member is fitted in the groove and has a length in the first direction longer than a length of the groove prior to assembly of the sealing member into the groove. | 04-05-2012 |
20120219307 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes a replaceable cartridge, a light-emitting element, a light-receiving element, and a determining unit. The replaceable cartridge accommodates developer therein and includes an agitator and a developing roller rotatable together with the agitator. The light-emitting element is configured to emit a light toward the replaceable cartridge. The light-receiving element is configured to receive the light emitted by the light-emitting element through the replaceable cartridge to output a signal. The determination value is produced based on the signal. The determining unit is configured to determine whether or not the determination value is greater than a predetermined determination threshold upon the agitator having rotated continuously more than a first prescribed number of times. The determining unit determines that the replaceable cartridge should be replaced with a new one when the determination value is greater than the predetermined determination threshold. | 08-30-2012 |
20140255048 | Image Forming Device Determining Whether or Not Replacement of Cartridge is Needed - Either a first developer cartridge or a second developer cartridge is attachable to an image forming device. The second developer cartridge has capacity for accommodating developer larger than capacity for accommodating developer of the first developer cartridge. The control device determines whether the attached cartridge is the first developer cartridge or the second developer cartridge; determines that the replacement of the attached cartridge is needed upon comparison of a consumed amount of developer based on the image data that is inputted with a first threshold value when the first developer cartridge is attached; and determines that replacement of the attached cartridge is needed upon comparison of a detection value with a second threshold value when the second developer cartridge is attached. The detection value is obtained based on the detection information outputted by the detection device. | 09-11-2014 |
20150378276 | Image Forming Apparatus with Improved Image Quality - An image forming apparatus is provided with: a controller capable of changing a developing bias, which is to be applied to a developing roller configured to carry developer thereon; a peripheral speed ratio of a developing roller to a photosensitive member; a control method by the controller, and a program for operating the controller, the disclosure directed to a configuration where the developing roller is contacted to the photosensitive member when a developing bias is made to be lower during the non-developing than during a developing phase, the configuration can suppress press fogging at room temperature and low humidity conditions, therefore an object of the present disclosure is to provide an image forming apparatus, a control method and a program capable of favorably suppressing press fogging during non-developing. | 12-31-2015 |
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20080234101 | Driving force distribution apparatus - A friction clutch which transmits motive power of a main drive shaft to an auxiliary drive shaft, a piston which generates pressing force against the friction clutch, a cylinder chamber which houses the piston movably in the axial direction, a pressure sensor which detects the oil pressure of the cylinder chamber, an hydraulic pump which feeds pressurized oil to the cylinder chamber, a motor which drive the hydraulic pump forward/reversely, and a controller which compares a command from a vehicle with a signal from the pressure sensor and controls the forward/reverse drive of the motor are provided. An hydraulic control valve unit feeds the pressurized oil to the cylinder chamber when the hydraulic pump is rotated forward, prevents outflow of the pressurized oil from the cylinder chamber when forward rotation of the hydraulic pump is stopped, and forcibly discharges the pressurized oil from the cylinder chamber when the hydraulic pump is reversely rotated. | 09-25-2008 |
20090211830 | Driving force transmitting device for four-wheel drive vehicle - A driving force transmission device for four-wheel-drive vehicle based on the two-wheel drive of rear wheels or front wheels is provided. In the case of the two-wheel drive of rear wheels, a multi-disc clutch mechanism for controlling the driving force distribution to a front wheel output shaft, and a disconnection/connection mechanism for disconnecting and connecting a front wheel differential and a left front wheel drive shaft are provided, and in the two-wheel drive of rear wheels, the dragging torque of the multi-disc clutch mechanism is made smaller than the friction torque of a front wheel driving force transmission section, and the front wheel differential and the left front wheel drive shaft are disconnected by the disconnection/connection mechanism, thereby the rotation of the front wheel driving force transmission section is stopped. | 08-27-2009 |
20090229905 | Driving force transmitting device for four-wheel drive vehicle - A driving force transmission device for four-wheel-drive vehicle based on the two-wheel drive of front wheels is provided. In the case of the two-wheel drive of front wheels, a multi-disc clutch mechanism for controlling the driving force distribution to a rear wheel output shaft, and a disconnection/connection mechanism for disconnecting and connecting a rear wheel differential and a right rear wheel drive shaft are provided, and in the two-wheel drive of front wheels, the dragging torque of the multi-disc clutch mechanism is made smaller than the friction torque of a rear wheel driving force transmission section, and the front wheel differential and the right rear wheel drive shaft are disconnected by the disconnection/connection mechanism, thereby the rotation of the rear wheel driving force transmission section is stopped. | 09-17-2009 |
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20080264316 | Sequin Feeder Apparatus - Sequin strip ( | 10-30-2008 |
20090038519 | CHAIN-STITCH SEWING MACHINE - Chain-stitch sewing machine includes: a looper provided under a needle plate and having a thread lead-in port and thread lead-out port, the looper being rotationally driven in synchronism with a sewing operation; a plurality of thread feed ports connecting to different thread supply sources; and a connecting member having a thread passage, the connecting member selectively connecting any one of the plurality of thread feed ports to the thread insertion port of the looper via the thread passage. Threading mechanism passes the sewing thread, fed via the thread feed port connected by the connecting member to the thread insertion port of the looper, into the thread insertion port and causes the sewing thread to be taken out via the inserted thread lead-out port of the looper. | 02-12-2009 |
20090126610 | MULTI-HEAD SEWING MACHINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF MULTI-HEAD SEWING MACHINE - A balancer is fixedly attached to a rotary input shaft of a crank mechanism that converts rotary drive of a needle bar drive source to up-and-down motion of a needle bar. The balancer is caused to rotate at substantially an opposite phase with respect to up-and-down motion of the needle bar with the rotary drive of the needle bar drive source. When the balancer is driven at substantially the opposite phase with respect to the up-and-down motion of the needle bar, inertia force in an up-and-down direction of the needle bar, generated due to the up-and-down motion of the needle bar is negated, whereby it is possible to reduce vibration generated in the up-and-down direction. Sewing heads paired with each other by being arbitrarily combined are controlled so as to be rotationally driven to cause rotational directions of the needle bar drive sources to become opposite directions to each other. | 05-21-2009 |
20110192332 | SEQUIN FEEDER APPARATUS - The present invention has a support member which rotatably supports a reel by supporting the outer periphery of the reel at least two positions and a posture restriction member (a pair of wall members or press roller) which restricts a posture of the reel supported by the support member. As another example, the reel is rotatably held in the hold member, and the hold member is supported by the support member and its posture is restricted by the posture restriction member. As still another example, the reel is arranged between a pair of wall members and the reel is pivotally supported by inserting the support member which has a support shaft which is suitable to be inserted detachably in an insertion hole provided in at least a pair of wall members. | 08-11-2011 |
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20120180700 | COATING FLUID, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND POLARIZING FILM - There is provided a polarizing film with a high dichroic ratio obtained by causing lithium ions and cesium ions to coexist at a specific ratio in a coating fluid containing a lyotropic liquid crystalline dye having an acidic group. It is presumed that the reason why the dichroic ratio becomes higher is that lyotropic liquid crystalline dyes become easier to be uniformly oriented as a result of an appropriate extension of intermolecular distance among the lyotropic liquid crystalline dyes by coupling lithium ions having a small radius and cesium ions having a large radius to an acidic group of each of the lyotropic liquid crystalline dyes in the coating fluid. | 07-19-2012 |
20140356587 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING FOULING - A method of preventing fouling structure including: preparing an antifouling pressure-sensitive adhesive tape including a base material layer (A) and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (A), and an easily adhering pressure-sensitive adhesive tape including a base material layer (B) easily adhering to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (A) and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (B); bonding the easily adhering pressure-sensitive adhesive tape to a surface of a structure, and bonding the antifouling pressure-sensitive adhesive tape onto the bonded easily adhering pressure-sensitive adhesive tape so that lengthwise directions of the tapes are non-parallel with each other, or bonding the two or more antifouling pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes and the at least one easily adhering pressure-sensitive adhesive tape onto a surface of a structure so that the antifouling pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes are prevented from overlapping each other and a junction between the antifouling pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes is on a surface of the base material layer (B). | 12-04-2014 |
20150079345 | ADHESIVE TAPE FOR PREVENTING AQUATIC BIOFOULING - Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for preventing adhesion of an aquatic organism that: can express good adhesion even in water; has good mechanical characteristics; facilitates its peeling operation; has a small surface roughness; can maintain an antifouling effect over a long time period; has a small load on a human body or an environment; has a light weight; can maintain stable quality; can effectively prevent the adhesion of an aquatic organism; and when bonded onto a ship's hull, can make contributions to improving fuel efficiency and reducing CO | 03-19-2015 |
20150218420 | ANTI-FOULING ADHESIVE SHEET, AND ANTI-FOULING TREATMENT METHOD FOR A STRUCTURE USING SAID ANTI-FOULING ADHESIVE SHEET - The present invention provides an anti-fouling pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet and anti-fouling treatment method capable of preventing peeling from overlapping portions when adjacent anti-fouling pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets are attached by allowing end portions thereof to overlap each other. The anti-fouling pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the present invention includes a base material layer; a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on one side of the base material layer; and an anti-fouling layer provided on another side of the base material layer, wherein the anti-fouling pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has, at an end portion thereof, a bonding margin including parts of the base material layer and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the parts extending beyond the anti-fouling layer. | 08-06-2015 |