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20150325848 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, COMPOSITE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, RESIN COMPOSITION FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery, a composite negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery, a resin composition for a lithium ion secondary battery negative electrode, and a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary electrode, which may provide high charge/discharge capacity, and excellent initial charge-discharge characteristics and capacity retention. The surfaces of core particles of silicon of 5 nm or more and 100 nm or less in average particle size are coated with a coating layer to use a negative electrode material containing substantially no silicon oxide in the coating layer, or a composite negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery, which includes the negative electrode material and a matrix material, further with the use of a polyimide resin or a precursor thereof as a bonding resin, thereby making it possible to achieve high charge/discharge capacity and excellent capacity retention, as well as high initial efficiency. | 11-12-2015 |
20150333319 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL/GRAPHENE COMPOSITE PARTICLES, AND POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION CELL - To provide: positive electrode active material/graphene composite particles, which are for a positive electrode active material of a lithium ion battery having low electron conductivity, and with which electron conductivity is improved while suppressing hindrance of lithium ion extraction/insertion into active material particles; and a positive electrode material for a lithium ion battery, said positive electrode material comprising said composite particles. [Solution] The present invention provides: positive electrode active material/graphene composite particles; and a composite particle-like positive electrode material which is used in a lithium ion battery, and which is obtained by combining, with a matrix including graphene, positive electrode active material particles, said positive electrode material wherein, a value obtained by dividing the proportion of carbon (%) in a material surface measured by way of an X-ray photoelectron measurement, by the proportion of carbon (%) in the whole material, is in the range 1.5 to 7 inclusive. | 11-19-2015 |
20150333320 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL/GRAPHENE COMPOSITE PARTICLES, POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION CELL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL/GRAPHENE COMPOSITE PARTICLES - A conventional positive electrode material for lithium ion batteries that is made of positive electrode active material/graphene composite particles has low graphene material ion conductivity and is incapable of providing favorable battery performance. In the present invention, positive electrode active material/graphene composite particles are conferred with high electron conductivity and ion conductivity by formation of an appropriately functionalized graphene/positive electrode active material composite, and are capable of yielding a high-capacity/high-output lithium ion secondary battery when used as a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion battery. | 11-19-2015 |
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20150093941 | TERMINAL AND CONNECTOR HAVING THE SAME - A terminal including a first fixable portion, a second fixable portion, a joining portion, and a first contacting portion. The first fixable portion has a dimension in a second direction, the dimension allowing the first fixable portion to be fixed to a first portion of an accommodation hole of a body. The second fixable portion is spaced from the first fixable portion in a first direction and has a dimension in the second direction allowing the second fixable portion to be fixed to a second portion of the accommodation hole. The joining portion joins the first and second fixable portions and has a dimension in the second direction that is smaller than the respective dimensions in the second direction of the first and second fixable portions. The first contacting portion extends from the first fixable portion toward the second fixable portion and is resiliently deformable in the second direction. | 04-02-2015 |
20150311616 | CONNECTOR AND TRANSMISSION LINE STRUCTURE - A connector including one and the other first terminals, a second terminal, and a third terminal that are partially held in a body and spaced from each other along a first direction. The middle portion of each first terminal extends obliquely and has parallel edges. The second middle portion of the second terminal extends obliquely and has parallel edges being non-parallel to the edges of the first middle portions. The third terminal extends between the one first terminal and the second terminal and includes a third middle portion extending obliquely. Of the non-parallel edges of the third middle portion, one edge next to the second middle portion is substantially parallel to the edges of the second middle portion, and the other edge next to the first middle portion of the one first terminal is substantially parallel to the edges of the first middle portion of the one first terminal. | 10-29-2015 |
20150311617 | CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A connector including a body, an adjacent pair of first terminals, a second terminal next to one of the first terminals, a third terminal next to the other first terminal, and a fourth terminal. The body holds the terminals at least partially and includes a first recess, a second recess, and a first separating portion therebetween. The first and third terminals each have a portion exposed through the first recess. The fourth terminal has a portion exposed through the second recess. The second terminal includes an exposed portion and an unexposed portion. The unexposed portion includes an area on one side in the first direction of a part in the second direction of the second terminal and is covered with the body. The exposed portion includes an area on the other side in the first direction of the part of the second terminal and is exposed through the first recess. | 10-29-2015 |
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20130324413 | METHOD FOR PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH - The present invention provides a method for promoting the growth of a plant which comprises treating the plant with an effective amount of a compound represented by formula (1); and so on. | 12-05-2013 |
20140031233 | METHOD FOR PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH - Disclosed is a method for promoting the growth of a plant, comprising treating the plant with an effective amount of a compound represented by the following formula ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140121113 | METHOD FOR PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH - Disclosed is a method for promoting the growth of a plant, comprising treating the plant with an effective amount of a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein any one of R | 05-01-2014 |
20140135213 | AGRICHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF PROMOTING GROWTH OF PLANT - An agrichemical composition comprising a compound represented by the formula (1) and at least one fungicidally active compound selected from Group (A). | 05-15-2014 |
20140135214 | AGRICHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF PROMOTING GROWTH OF PLANT - An agrichemical composition comprising a compound represented by the formula (1) and at least one insecticidally active compound selected from Group (A):
| 05-15-2014 |
20150282482 | METHOD FOR PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH - The present invention provides a method for promoting plant growth, which comprises treating a plant with a compound represented by the following Formula (1): | 10-08-2015 |
20150289506 | METHOD FOR PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH - The present invention provides a method for promoting plant growth, which comprises treating a plant with at least one compound selected from a group consisting of a compound represented by the following Formula (1): | 10-15-2015 |
20150289512 | METHOD FOR PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH - The present invention provides a method for promoting plant growth, which comprises treating a plant with at least one compound represented by the following Formula (1) | 10-15-2015 |
20150305332 | METHOD FOR PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH - The present invention provides a method for promoting plant growth, which comprises treating a plant with a compound represented by the following Formula (1): | 10-29-2015 |
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20140086781 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIPE-SHAPED THERMAL POWER GENERATION DEVICE - A plurality of first cup-shaped members and a plurality of second cup-shaped members are placed alternately in repetition to form a pipe having an inner through-hole. At this point, neither the first cup-shaped members nor the second cup-shaped members are sintered yet. Then, the resultant pipe is sintered to obtain a pipe-shaped thermal power generation device. While the pipe is sintered, a pressure is applied to the pipe along a longitudinal direction of the pipe in a direction in which the pipe is compressed. | 03-27-2014 |
20140102499 | THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION METHOD - A thermoelectric power generation device includes: a that vessel has an inlet through which a first fluid is introduced and an outlet through which the first fluid is discharged; a tubular thermoelectric element that has a flow-through path through which a second fluid having a temperature different from that of the first fluid flows; a pair of flow path members each penetrating a wall of the vessel while being electrically insulated from the vessel; and lead wires. The flow path members are connected to ends of the thermoelectric element. The flow path members each have a conductive portion extending from a connecting portion between the flow path member and the thermoelectric element to the outside of the vessel. The lead wires each are connected to the conductive portion in the outside of the vessel. | 04-17-2014 |
20150083181 | THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR - An exemplary thermoelectric generator disclosed herein includes: a first electrode and a second electrode opposing each other; and a stacked body having a first end face and a second end face. The stacked body is structured so that first layers made of a first material and second layers made of a second material are alternately stacked, the first material containing a metal and particles having a lower thermal conductivity than that of the metal, the particles being dispersed in the metal, and the second material having a higher Seebeck coefficient and a lower thermal conductivity than those of the first material. Planes of stacking between the first layers and the second layers are inclined with respect to a direction in which the first electrode and the second electrode oppose each other. | 03-26-2015 |
20150188018 | THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR SYSTEM - A thermoelectric generator system according to this disclosure includes a thermoelectric generator unit which performs thermoelectric generation using first and second heat transfer media at different temperatures. The unit includes a tubular thermoelectric generator which generates electromotive force in its axial direction based on a temperature difference between its inner and outer surfaces. The generator system further includes a flow rate control system which controls the flow rate of at least one of the first heat transfer medium flowing through a flow path defined by the inner surface and the second heat transfer medium in contact with the outer surface by reference to either information about an operation condition of the generator system or a preset target power output level. | 07-02-2015 |
20150194588 | THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR UNIT AND THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR SYSTEM - An exemplary thermoelectric generator unit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of tubular thermoelectric generators. Each generator generates electromotive force in an axial direction based on a difference in temperature between its inner and outer peripheral surfaces. The unit further includes a container housing the generators inside and a plurality of electrically conductive members providing electrical interconnection among the generators. The container has fluid inlet and outlet ports through which a fluid flows inside the container, and a plurality of openings into which the respective generators are inserted. In one implementation, the unit includes a baffle, which is provided between the fluid inlet port and the generators and changes the flow direction of the fluid that has flowed into the container through the fluid inlet port. | 07-09-2015 |
20150207054 | THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR UNIT AND METHOD OF TESTING THE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR UNIT - A thermoelectric generator unit according to this disclosure includes a plurality of tubular thermoelectric generators, each of which generates electromotive force based on a difference in temperature between the inner and outer peripheral surfaces. The unit further includes a plurality of electrically conductive members providing electrical connection for the generators and a container housing the generators inside. The container includes a shell surrounding the generators and a pair of plates, at least one of which has a plurality of openings and channels. Each channel houses an electrically conductive member. The generators are electrically connected together in series via the electrically conductive member. At least one of the channels has an interconnection which connects at least two of the openings together and a testing hole portion. The testing hole portion runs from the interconnection through an outer edge of the at least one plate. | 07-23-2015 |
20150214460 | THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR SYSTEM - A thermoelectric generator system according to the present disclosure includes first and second thermoelectric generator units, each including tubular thermoelectric generators. Each of the generators has a flow path defined by its inner peripheral surface, and generates electromotive force in an axial direction thereof based on a temperature difference between its inner and outer peripheral surfaces. Each unit further includes: a container housing the generators inside; and electrically conductive members providing electrical interconnection for the generators. The container has fluid inlet and outlet ports through which a fluid flows inside, and openings into which the generators are inserted. A buffer vessel is arranged between the first and second units, and has a first opening communicating with the flow paths of the generators in the first unit and a second opening communicating with the flow paths of the generators in the second unit. | 07-30-2015 |
20150221849 | THERMAL POWER GENERATION UNIT AND THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A thermoelectric power generation system of the present disclosure includes first and second thermoelectric power generation units. Each of the thermoelectric power generation units includes a plurality of tubular thermoelectric generators. The first and second thermoelectric power generation units are electrically connected to each other such that a first impedance caused by the tubular thermoelectric generator included in the first thermoelectric power generation unit is matched with a second impedance caused by the tubular thermoelectric generator included in the second thermoelectric power generation unit. | 08-06-2015 |
20150228882 | THERMAL POWER GENERATION UNIT AND THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A thermoelectric power generation system of the present disclosure includes first and second thermoelectric power generation units. Each of the thermoelectric power generation units includes a plurality of tubular thermoelectric generators. The thermoelectric power generation units comprises a vessel in which the tubular thermoelectric generator is accommodated and a breakdown determination unit. The vessel includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and an opening. The fluid inlet and the fluid outlet are used to cause a fluid to flow in the vessel. The tubular thermoelectric generator is inserted in the opening. The breakdown determination unit that determines whether the thermal power generation unit breaks down based on power generation efficiency that is obtained using a temperature difference between the fluid inflowing from the fluid inlet and the fluid discharging from the fluid outlet and the electromotive force generated by the tubular thermoelectric generator. | 08-13-2015 |
20150255695 | (Zr,Hf)3Ni3Sb4-BASED n-TYPE THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL - An n-type thermoelectric conversion material expressed in a chemical formula X | 09-10-2015 |
20150280098 | TUBULAR THERMOELECTRIC GENERATION DEVICE - The present invention provides a tubular thermoelectric generation device, comprising: a plurality of plate-like p-type thermoelectric members each having an external periphery, a through hole, and an internal periphery formed around the through hole; a plurality of plate-like n-type thermoelectric members each having an external periphery, a through hole, and an internal periphery formed around the through hole; a plurality of external electrodes; and a plurality of internal electrodes. Each of the plurality of the external electrodes comprises an internal flange expanded in a direction from the external periphery of the p-type thermoelectric member toward the internal periphery of the p-type thermoelectric member. Each of the plurality of the internal electrodes comprises an external flange expanded in a direction from the internal periphery of the p-type thermoelectric member toward the external periphery of the p-type thermoelectric member. | 10-01-2015 |
20150325768 | THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - The thermoelectric generator disclosed herein includes: a first and second electrode opposing each other; and a stacked body having a first and second principal face and a first and second end face, the first and second end face being located between the first and second principal face, and the first and second electrode being respectively electrically connected to the first and second end face. The stacked body is structured so that a plurality of first layers of a first material having a relatively low Seebeck coefficient and a relatively high thermal conductivity and a plurality of second layers of a second material having a relatively high Seebeck coefficient and a relatively low thermal conductivity are alternately stacked. The stacked body includes a carbon containing layer in at least one of the first and second principal face. | 11-12-2015 |
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20120231385 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER SET - An electrophotographic toner set which is excellent in color reproduction of low lightness regions to high lightness regions in an intermediate color region (red) is disclosed, comprising at least a yellow toner, a magenta toner and a third electrophotographic toner, wherein, in a color specification system of a CIE LAB color space, a lightness L* of the magenta toner is within a range of 35-50, a lightness L* and a hue angle h of the third electrophotographic toner is within a range of 50-65 and 0-65°, respectively, and a difference in hue angle between a color represented by the yellow toner and a color represented by the magenta toner is within a range of 114-130°. | 09-13-2012 |
20130157191 | TONER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGE-FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides a toner for electrophotography capable of achieving high color reproducibility in a wide brightness region ranging from high to low brightness. This toner for electrophotography containing a compound represented by general formula (X-1) is characterized in that when the toner image formed exclusively from the toner is at maximum saturation, the hue angle (H) of the toner in a CIE L*a*b* color space is within the range of 341°≦H≦351°. [Formula 1] (In the formula: one of Rx1 and Rx2 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, while the other represents an alkyl group with C12 or less optionally substituted by a group including an oxygen atom, or a 5- or 6-membered aliphatic ring optionally substituted by a group including an oxygen atom connecting a nitrogen atom and Rx1 and Rx2; and GX2 represents an alkyl group optionally substituted by a group including an oxygen atom.) | 06-20-2013 |
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20120081217 | VEHICLE APPROACH NOTIFICATION APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE - An electric motorcycle includes a front cover for covering a head pipe of a vehicle body frame from a forward direction and a speaker for notifying an individual, such as a walker or the like, of the approach of a vehicle. The speaker has a sound emitting direction directed forwardly on the vehicle body and is disposed at a position on the opposite side to a key cylinder of a main switch, which is disposed in a vehicle body sideward direction of the head pipe, across the head pipe. A front stay support a front carrier disposed on the vehicle body front side of the front cover and is attached to the vehicle body front side of the head pipe is provided on the vehicle body rear side of the front cover. The speaker is disposed above the front stay as viewed in front elevation of the vehicle body. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081220 | VEHICLE APPROACH NOTIFICATION APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE - A vehicle approach notification apparatus for an electric motorcycle, which outputs notification sound for notifying a walker or the like of approach of a vehicle from a speaker attached to a vehicle body includes a control unit for controlling the notification sound. The control unit is attached to a position, displaced rather forwardly of the vehicle body, of a bottom face in an accommodating box disposed below a seat of the electric motorcycle. A cover plate, which configures part of the bottom of the accommodating box, is removably disposed above the control unit. A low voltage battery as a power supply for auxiliaries is accommodated on the bottom of the accommodating box displaced rather rearwardly of the vehicle body from the control unit. The cover plate is disposed so as to cover an upper portion of the low voltage battery in flush with an upper face of the control unit. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081222 | VEHICLE APPROACH NOTIFICATION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE - To provide a vehicle approach notification control apparatus for an electric motorcycle, which can output notification sound for notifying a walker or the like of approach of an electric motorcycle with an appropriate sound volume. The vehicle approach notification control apparatus for an electric motorcycle includes a speaker for generating notification sound equivalent to engine sound of an engine driven motorcycle of a vehicle category that is the same as a vehicle category of the electric motorcycle in response to a motor speed of an electric motor or a vehicle speed. The vehicle approach notification control apparatus includes a pseudo engine sound volume storage device configured to store sound volume data of engine sound with respect to the entire running sound upon running of the engine driven vehicle, and a control unit for controlling the notification sound. | 04-05-2012 |
20130181675 | CHARGE CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A battery ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130206061 | GLOSS PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet of paper is set on a paper-supplying portion of a top surface gloss processing apparatus while its top surface is faced upward. A gloss level sensor measures gloss level of the top surface of the sheet of paper. Data of this measurement is compared with a previously set threshold value. Based on this comparison, it is determined whether or not the gloss processing has been performed on the top surface thereof. When determining that the gloss processing has been already performed, a warning message such that the gloss processing has been already performed on the top surface of the sheet, of paper is displayed on a screen. On the other hand, when determining that the gloss processing has not performed, the top surface gloss processing apparatus performs the gloss processing on the top surface thereof. | 08-15-2013 |
20130206064 | GLOSS PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet of paper is set on a paper-supplying portion of a back surface gloss processing apparatus while its top surface is faced upward. A gloss level sensor measures a gloss level of a back surface of the sheet of paper. Data of this measurement is compared with a previously set threshold value. When this measurement result does not exceed the threshold value, it is determined that the gloss processing has not been performed on the back surface thereof. It is then determined whether or not the presently set operation mode is a top surface gloss processing mode. When determining that the present operation mode is not the top surface gloss processing mode, the operation mode is automatically changed from a presently set back surface gloss processing mode to the top surface gloss processing mode. | 08-15-2013 |
20130255432 | THROTTLE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME - A throttle control apparatus is configured to be capable of easy assembly. The throttle control apparatus also includes a rotor and an intermediate casing, which surrounds a portion of the rotor. The intermediate casing also houses a position sensor for detecting a rotational angle of the rotor. The rotor and the intermediate casing are both encased in an outer housing, which is configured and adapted to be mounted on a motorcycle handlebar. A return spring, for returning the rotor to an original position, has one end engaged with a first retaining pin on the rotor, and the other end of the return spring is engaged with a second retaining pin on the intermediate casing. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257374 | CHARGING DEVICE FOR ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A charging device for an electrically driven motorcycle includes a base member which is mounted on a vehicle body of the electrically driven motorcycle; and a charging member which is mounted on the base member and which includes a charging port operable to be selectively connected with a connector of a charging cable extended from an external charger. The charging member provided with the charging port is mounted on the base member such that a position and a direction of the charging port are selectively changeable with respect to the vehicle body. Such charging device enhances convenience in charging an electrically driven vehicle. | 10-03-2013 |
20130260595 | CHARGING DEVICE FOR ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE - A charging device starts charging a battery mounted on an electrically driven vehicle in accordance with simplified operating steps. A charging supply connector is connected to a charging port mounted on a vehicle body side. The charging supply connector includes a lock lever displaceable between a locking position, for engagement with a hook mounted on the charging port, and a lock release position where the lock lever is released from the hook. The lock lever is spring-biased to the locking position. A manipulation lever is connected to the lock lever by a link, and is operable to move the lock lever between the locking position and the lock release position. When the lock lever is at the lock release position, the lock lever, the link or the lock lever and the link interferes with an operation range of a charging start switch, to prevent operation thereof. | 10-03-2013 |
20140140710 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus receives setting of an object to be adjusted, on an adjustment object selection screen when selecting an adjustment mode. After the object to be adjusted is set, camera(s) photograph(s) the object to be adjusted so that the image forming apparatus obtains photographed data of current object to be adjusted. Next, the apparatus searches photographed data of the object to be adjusted in the ideal state thereof from the database. Name of the object to be adjusted and related information in the photographed data agree with those of the photographed data of current object to be adjusted. The higher ranked related information is preferentially searched and it is determined whether or not pieces of the higher ranked related information thus preferentially searched agree with each other. | 05-22-2014 |
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20150248039 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a polarizing layer, first and second substrate units, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit has first and second surfaces. The first surface is on the polarizing layer side. The second surface is on a side opposite to the first surface. The first substrate unit includes first and second pixel electrodes, and an opening region. The first and second pixel electrodes are disposed on the first surface. The second substrate unit is provided between the first substrate unit and the polarizing layer. The second substrate unit has third and fourth surfaces. The third surface is on the first substrate unit side. The fourth surface is on a side opposite to the third surface. The second substrate unit includes an opposing electrode on the third surface. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and third surfaces. | 09-03-2015 |
20150276600 | SPECIMEN DETECTION DEVICE AND SPECIMEN DETECTION CHIP - According to one embodiment, a specimen detection device includes a light source, a filter, a sensor, and a controller. The light source executes a first operation and a second operation. The first operation causes a first light of a first peak wavelength to be incident on a specimen. The second operation causes a second light of a second peak wavelength to be incident on the specimen. The filter attenuates the first and second lights and transmits at least a portion of a third light and at least a portion of a fourth light. The third light is emitted from the specimen. The fourth light is emitted from the specimen. The sensor outputs a first signal and a second signal. The first signal corresponds to the third. The second signal corresponds to the fourth light. The controller calculates a result value by processing the first and second signals. | 10-01-2015 |
20150301387 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate unit, a second substrate unit, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit includes a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. The second pixel electrode is adjacent to the first pixel electrode in the first direction. The second pixel electrode is light-reflective. The second substrate unit includes a counter electrode. The counter electrode is light-transmissive. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first substrate unit and the second substrate unit. The first pixel electrode includes a first electrode portion and a second electrode portion. The first electrode portion is light-reflective. At least a portion of the second electrode portion is provided between the first electrode portion and the second pixel electrode. A light reflectance of the second electrode portion is lower than a light reflectance of the first electrode portion. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301399 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate unit including pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix configuration, a second substrate unit including counter electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer. The pixel electrodes include a first and a second pixel electrode arranged to be adjacent along one of the row direction or the column direction. An inter-pixel region is provided between the first and the second pixel electrodes. The counter electrodes include a first and a second opposing portion arranged to be adjacent along the other of the row direction or the column direction. An inter-counter electrode region is provided between the first and the second opposing portions. The inter-counter electrode region overlaps the inter-pixel region. A light-shielding layer is provided in the second substrate unit, and covers the inter-counter electrode region and the inter-pixel region. | 10-22-2015 |
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20130336671 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming portion of an image forming apparatus is configured to form a toner image on a recording medium such that a relationship of M≦ρπL/(30√3) is satisfied, where a volume average particle size of toner is L(μm), density of the toners is ρ (g/cm | 12-19-2013 |
20140029968 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus is provided with a mechanism for changing pressure at a nip portion to prevent wrinkle in a rear end portion of an envelope in fixing the envelope is provided. If the width size of the envelope is equal to a predetermined width or less, the pressure at the nip portion is reduced. | 01-30-2014 |
20140105658 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes: an endless belt for heating a toner image on a recording material in a nip; an exciting coil for heating the belt by electromagnetic induction heating; rotatable driving member for forming the nip between itself and the belt and for rotationally driving the belt; a magnetic flux suppressing member for suppressing magnetic flux when a predetermined recording material having a width narrower than a maximum-width recording material usable in the image heating apparatus is subjected to image heating, wherein the magnetic flux, of magnetic flux directed from the exciting coil toward the belt, is directed toward a part of a region outside, with respect to a widthwise direction of the belt, of a region where the belt is contactable to the predetermined recording material; and a rotatable heat-absorbing member for absorbing heat from the rotatable driving member in contact therewith. | 04-17-2014 |
20150147101 | ROLLER, HEATING MEMBER, AND IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH ROLLER AND HEATING MEMBER - An image heating apparatus includes an endless belt configured to heat an image on a sheet at a nip potion, a heat generation device configured to cause the belt to generate heat, a nip forming member configured to form the nip portion between the nip forming member and the belt, and a pressing roller configured to press an inner surface of the belt toward the nip forming member, the pressing roller including an elastic porous layer containing a plurality of filler particles, wherein a thermal conductivity of the elastic porous layer in an axial direction of the pressing roller is in a range of 6 times to 900 times a thermal conductivity of the elastic porous layer in a radial direction of the pressing roller. | 05-28-2015 |
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20130150181 | GOLF BALL COMPOSITION AND GOLF BALL - A golf ball having a good rebound and excellent flight performance can be obtained using a golf ball composition which includes a diene polymer having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of less than 1.9. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150182 | GOLF BALL COMPOSITION AND GOLF BALL - A golf ball having a good rebound and excellent flight performance can be obtained using a golf ball composition which includes a diene polymer containing not more than 1.5% of components having a molecular weight of 30,000 or less. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150183 | GOLF BALL COMPOSITION AND GOLF BALL - A golf ball endowed with a good rebound and an excellent flight performance can be obtained using a golf ball composition of good workability which contains a diene polymer having a peak top molecular weight (Mp) on a molecular weight distribution curve measured using gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of at least 40×10 | 06-13-2013 |
20130150184 | GOLF BALL COMPOSITION AND GOLF BALL - A golf ball having a good rebound and excellent flight performance can be obtained using a golf ball composition which contains a diene polymer having a smallest molecular weight value of at least 3,000. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150185 | GOLF BALL COMPOSITION AND GOLF BALL - A golf ball having a good rebound and excellent flight performance can be obtained using a golf ball composition which contains a diene polymer having an aluminum catalyst residue content of not more than 650 ppm. | 06-13-2013 |
20150025173 | POLYMER, RUBBER COMPOSITION CONTAINING POLYMER, CROSSLINKED RUBBER COMPOSITION OBTAINED BY CROSSLINKING RUBBER COMPOSITION, AND TIRE HAVING CROSSLINKED RUBBER COMPOSITION - Provided are: a polymer capable of providing a crosslinked rubber composition with improved durability (i.e., breaking resistance, abrasion resistance, and crack growth resistance) and a method for producing the same, a rubber composition containing the polymer, a crosslinked rubber composition obtained by crosslinking the rubber composition, and a tire having the crosslinked rubber composition. The polymer is either a synthesized polyisoprene or an isoprene copolymer, and contains a residual catalyst in an amount of 300 ppm or less. | 01-22-2015 |
20150080525 | RUBBER COMPOSITION AND TIRE CONTAINING RUBBER COMPOSITION - Provided is a rubber composition including a rubber component. The rubber component contains at least a polymer that is a synthesized polyisoprene or an isoprene copolymer and that has 20% or less gel fraction. | 03-19-2015 |
20150183904 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYBUTADIENE, POLYBUTADIENE, RUBBER COMPOSITION AND TIRE - The present invention provides a method for synthesizing a polybutadiene more efficiently and stably which is possible to obtain a rubber composition and a tire excellent in durability (fracture resistance, wear resistance and crack growth resistance). A method for producing a polybutadiene, where a butadiene monomer is polymerized with the existence of rare-earth element compounds represented by the following formula (i): | 07-02-2015 |
20150197630 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYMER COMPOSITION AND THE POLYMER COMPOSITION - An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer composition having properties resembling those of natural rubber, e.g. good durability (fracture resistance, wear resistance, and crack growth resistance), and a method for manufacturing the polymer composition. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a polymer composition including a mixture of polyisoprene and polystyrene/polybutadiene, comprising: polymerizing styrene monomer or butadiene monomer in the presence of a catalyst to synthesize polystyrene or polybutadiene; adding isoprene monomer to the polystyrene or polybutadine thus synthesized, to synthesize polyisoprene and thus generate said mixture, wherein content of the styrene monomer or the butadiene monomer is set to be 10 mol % or less with respect to the total quantity of the styrene monomer/the butadiene monomer and the isoprene monomer. | 07-16-2015 |
20150232602 | ISOPRENE COPOLYMER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A copolymer having properties (durability (fracture resistance, abrasion resistance, and crack-growth resistance)) similar to those of natural rubber and a method of producing the copolymer are provided. An isoprene copolymer has a styrene block or a butadiene block at a terminal thereof, wherein styrene monomers account for less than 5 mol % of all monomers forming the isoprene copolymer having the styrene block; butadiene monomers account for 10 mol % or less of all monomers forming the isoprene copolymer having the butadiene block; and cis-1,4 bond content of a portion derived from isoprene accounts for at least 95% in total. | 08-20-2015 |
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20140375660 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR - A novel information processor that can be easily operated is provided. In addition, a novel information processor that is less likely to be operated incorrectly is provided. The conceived information processor includes an arithmetic device including an arithmetic unit and a storage unit that stores a program to be executed by the arithmetic unit and an input/output device including an input unit that can supply an operation instruction and a bend sensor that can supply bend data. The program makes the arithmetic device execute different types of processing in accordance with the combination of the supplied operation instruction and bend data. | 12-25-2014 |
20150077438 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND MEMORY MEDIUM - A display position of an image is moved in accordance with positional information of a display device having a curved display surface. Displacement of a display device is sensed by a camera portion and an acceleration sensor, and the display position is determined in accordance with the displacement, so that the image is displayed in the display position. In the case where the display device rotates and the like, a desired piece of information can be displayed automatically in a display region that can be easily seen. | 03-19-2015 |
20150123896 | DATA PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DATA THEREBY - A novel data processor which can display a plurality of images arranged in a predetermined order, a novel method for displaying data, or a novel program is provided. The data processor includes an input/output unit which supplies operation instructions, an arithmetic unit which determines data marked as a starting point according to the operation instructions to generate image data, and a display portion which displays the image data. | 05-07-2015 |
20150316995 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - To provide an electronic device that displays an object or conducts a program in accordance with the movement of a display screen. The electronic device includes a display module that displays an object on a display screen; acceleration sensors that acquire data on the movement of the display screen; and a computing portion that performs a computation on the movement of the object. The display screen is provided over a flexible substrate, and the acceleration sensors are provided in corresponding regions into which the display screen is divided. Display is performed such that an object displayed in any one of the regions moves in accordance with data obtained by the acceleration sensor. | 11-05-2015 |
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20130214620 | ROTOR OF ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING STRUCTURE FOR ATTACHING MAGNET SECURELY TO OUTER CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACE OF ROTOR CORE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In accordance with the present invention, a rotor of an electric motor including a rotor core, a plurality of magnets spaced apart from each other on an outer circumferential surface of the rotor core, and a cylindrical protective pipe surrounding the magnets is provided. The protective pipe has an inner diameter smaller than a diameter of a circumscribed circle passing through tops of outer surfaces of the magnets. A space defined by an inner surface of the protective pipe, the outer surfaces of the magnets and the outer surface of the rotor core is filled with resin, and the protective pipe is held so as to have a diameter larger than that of the circumscribed circle, due to injection pressure of the resin. | 08-22-2013 |
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20140199870 | STRUCTURE OF HIGHLY WATERPROOF CONNECTOR FOR EASY CONDUCTION BETWEEN GROUND PIN AND BODY - A connector for power or braking attached to an electric motor is based on resin molding around a ground pin and a power supply pin. In this connector, an electrical junction between the ground pin and the body of the electric motor or of a brake is disposed in a predetermined position on the inner peripheral side of a sealing portion which seals the interior of the brake or electric motor body from the air. | 07-17-2014 |
20140333158 | STATOR OF ELECTRIC MOTOR INCLUDING RESIN INJECTED BY INJECTION MOLDING - In a stator of an electric motor having a resin molding portion formed in an inner circumferential portion and an outer circumferential portion by means of injection molding, a partition member for partitioning the inner circumferential portion and the outer circumferential portion of the stator is provided in an axial end portion of the stator. Resin injected from the axial end portion flows in a bifurcated passage into the inner circumferential portion and the outer circumferential portion. The partition member may be provided with a resin passage which allows resin to flow from the axial end portion of the stator to the outer circumferential portion. | 11-13-2014 |
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20130004845 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium secondary battery according to the present invention comprises a cathode and an anode | 01-03-2013 |
20130157130 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BATTERY ELECTRODE - A main object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a battery electrode that has excellent adhesion between a collector and an active material layer by suppressing a migration phenomenon. The method for producing a battery electrode of the present invention is a method for producing a battery electrode | 06-20-2013 |
20140199590 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium secondary battery exhibiting low temperature output characteristics is provided. The lithium secondary battery of the present invention includes a current collector | 07-17-2014 |
20140310950 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SECONDARY BATTERY - A method for manufacturing a secondary battery determines the amount of the non-aqueous electrolyte to be injected into the bound cell case on the basis of an amount of air space in a positive electrode active material layer, a swelling rate of the positive electrode active material layer, an amount of air space in a negative electrode active material layer, a swelling rate of the negative electrode active material layer, an amount of air space in a separator sheet, a total surface area of an opposing surface of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, and a reference electrolyte amount per unit surface area, which is determined in accordance with a binding rate. | 10-23-2014 |
20150140389 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a heat-resistant layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode of this secondary battery contains a positive electrode active substance having a hollow structure, which has a shell portion and a hollow portion formed inside the shell portion. In addition, the heat-resistant layer contains plate-shaped inorganic filler particles as the main component. | 05-21-2015 |
20150188183 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode of this secondary battery contains a positive electrode active substance having a hollow structure, which has a shell portion and a hollow portion formed inside the shell portion. In addition, a heat-resistant barrier layer is disposed between the positive electrode and the separator. | 07-02-2015 |
20150207147 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - This invention provides a method for producing a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The method comprises constructing a battery cell that comprises a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprising a non-aqueous solvent and an oxalatoborate-based compound. The method further comprises charging the battery cell to form on the negative electrode a layer that is derived from the oxalatoborate-based compound and comprises boron and oxalate ions. The method further comprises carrying out a modification treatment to increase the ratio of number of moles m | 07-23-2015 |
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20120147227 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor having first and second pixels photoelectrically convert light fluxes passing through mutually different pupil areas, a correction calculating part calculating a correction parameter corresponding to a vignetting state of the light fluxes and performing a correction process using the correction parameter on first and second image signals produced from outputs from the first and second pixels, and a focus detection calculating part calculating a focus state of the image taking optical system based on a phase difference between the first and second image signals on which the correction process have been performed. The correction calculating part performs the correction process using a first correction parameter in the first focus detection area, and performs it using the first correction parameter in a second focus detection area close to the first focus detection area. | 06-14-2012 |
20130120643 | FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The focus detection apparatus includes an image pickup part | 05-16-2013 |
20130235253 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - An image capture apparatus includes: an image sensor having a plurality of pixels that photoelectrically convert an object image formed by an imaging optical system, each of the pixels having one microlens and a photoelectric conversion portion that has been divided into a plurality of portions; a focus detection unit configured to correct an image shift amount detected with a phase difference detection method using focus detection signal arrays of two images obtained by the photoelectric conversion portions divided into a plurality of portions; and a controller that calculates information corresponding to a movement amount of a lens of the imaging optical system based on the image shift amount detected and corrected by the focus detection unit, and controls movement of the lens of the imaging optical system. | 09-12-2013 |
20130258170 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - An image capture apparatus includes an image capture means having a first pixel group, a second pixel group, and a third pixel group, a focus detection means that calculates a defocus amount of the imaging lens using a first image signal obtained from the first pixel group and a second image signal obtained from the second pixel group, an image generation means that corrects the first and second image signals so as to be equivalent to a third image signal obtained from the third pixel group, and that generates a captured image using first and second corrected image signals and the third image signal, wherein the image generation means corrects the first and second image signals based on the defocus amount calculated by the focus detection means, and obtains the first and second corrected image signals. | 10-03-2013 |
20130265483 | FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A focus detection apparatus which performs a center-of-gravity adjustment of a pair of image restoration filters for restoring the pair of image signals, on the basis of an image shift amount which is calculated from a pair of image signals of an object which are formed by focus-detecting pixels of an image pickup element having a plurality of focus-detecting pixels for respectively receiving light which passes through different exit pupil areas of a photographing lens; calculates the image restoration filters; generates a pair of restored image signals by restoring the pair of image signals by the calculated pair of image restoration filters; and detects a defocus amount of the photographing lens by using the pair of restored image signals. | 10-10-2013 |
20150195446 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging plane phase-difference type first focus detecting unit and a contrast type second focus detecting unit. A saturation detecting unit detects saturation of focus detecting pixels or imaging pixels provided in an imaging element. A brightness detecting unit detects the brightness of an object. If the number of pixels detected by the saturation detecting unit exceeds a predetermined value or the brightness of an object detected by the brightness detecting unit is less than a predetermined value, a CPU controls a focus adjustment operation only using a first detection amount. Alternatively, the CPU controls a focus adjustment operation based on the result obtained by weighting processing of a first detection amount and a second detection amount in response to an increase in the number of pixels of which saturation of the outputs has been detected or a decrease in the brightness of an object. | 07-09-2015 |
20150281558 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element with a first pixel for receiving light flux passing through a first partial pupil area in a focusing optical system and a second pixel for receiving the light flux passing through the entire pupil area in a focusing optical system. A signal generating unit of a focus detection signal generates a first signal based on a light-receiving signal of the first pixel and a second signal based on a light-receiving signal of the second pixel. A control unit performs shift processing for the first signal and the second signal in a second focus detection (S | 10-01-2015 |
20150296128 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A control apparatus includes a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first defocus amount by a phase-difference detection method using a first signal and a second signal, a second calculation unit configured to calculate a second defocus amount based on a contrast evaluation value of a synthesized signal, an instruction unit configured to give an instruction of focus control, and a control unit configured to perform the focus control in response to the instruction of the focus control by the instruction unit, the synthesized signal is a signal obtained by relatively shifting phases of the first and second signals and synthesizing the first and second signals, and the control unit refers to the second defocus amount prior to the first defocus amount in the focus control. | 10-15-2015 |