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20110070941 | GAMING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A RE-DRAWING GROUP FOR FOLLOWING GAMES - To display a plurality of symbols in a plurality of display regions, upon starting a game, and in a case where trigger symbols are stop displayed in any of the plurality of display regions, to draw for specific display regions where trigger symbols are displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that the symbols are displayed having a predetermined relationship among the symbols in at least game units, and at the same time, to draw for general display regions that have symbols other than the trigger symbol displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that arbitrary symbols are independently displayed. | 03-24-2011 |
20110256919 | GAMING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A RE-DRAWING GROUP FOR FOLLOWING GAMES - To display a plurality of symbols in a plurality of display regions, upon starting a game, and in a case where trigger symbols are stop displayed in any of the plurality of display regions, to draw for specific display regions where trigger symbols are displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that the symbols are displayed having a predetermined relationship among the symbols in at least game units, and at the same time, to draw for general display regions that have symbols other than the trigger symbol displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that arbitrary symbols are independently displayed. | 10-20-2011 |
20130296018 | GAMING MACHINE AND METHODS OF ALLOWING A PLAYER TO PLAY GAMING MACHINES HAVING SYNCHRONIZED SYMBOLS - A gaming machine for allowing a player to play a game is described herein. The gaming machine includes a display device and a game controller for displaying a game on the display device. The game includes a plurality of reels having a plurality of symbol positions and a plurality of game symbols displayed in each of the symbol positions in a predetermined order. The game controller allows a player to make a wager on the game and responsively displays the game on the display device. The game controller randomly determines an outcome of the game, responsively spins and stops the reels to display the outcome including at least two reels having the same symbols being displayed in the same symbol positions, and awards an award to the player as a function of the outcome. | 11-07-2013 |
20130296019 | GAMING MACHINE AND METHODS OF ALLOWING A PLAYER TO PLAY GAMING MACHINES HAVING SYNCHRONIZED SYMBOLS - A gaming machine for providing a game to a player is described herein. The gaming machine includes a display device for displaying the game and a game controller. The game includes a plurality of reels having a predetermined number of elements, wherein each element has an associated symbol from a set of symbols and at least one reel has a run of consecutive elements. The game controller initiates an instance of the game, responsively displays the game on the display device, randomly determines an outcome of the game, and responsively spins and stops the reels to display the outcome. The outcome includes at least two reels having the same symbols being displayed in the same symbol positions. The game controller displays each one of the at least two reels having a run of consecutive elements, and populates the run of consecutive elements with an identical symbol. | 11-07-2013 |
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20120018732 | INSIDE REFORMING SUBSTRATE FOR EPITAXIAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL FILM FORMING ELEMENT, DEVICE, AND BULK SUBSTRATE PRODUCED USING THE SAME; AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Sapphire substrates are used chiefly for epitaxial growth of nitride semiconductor layers, to provide a sapphire substrate of which the shape and/or amount of warping can be controlled efficiently and precisely and of which substrate warping that occurs during layer formation can be suppressed and substrate warping behavior can be minimized, to provide nitride semiconductor layer growth bodies, nitride semiconductor devices, and nitride semiconductor bulk substrates using such substrates, and to provide a method of manufacturing these products. Reformed domain patterns are formed within a sapphire substrate and the warp shape and/or amount of warping of the sapphire substrate are controlled by means of multiphoton absorption by condensing and scanning a pulsed laser through a polished surface of the sapphire substrate. When nitride semiconductor layers are formed using sapphire substrates obtained by means of this invention, substrate warping during layer formation is suppressed and substrate warping behavior is minimized so that layer quality and uniformity are improved and the quality and yield of nitride semiconductor devices is increased. | 01-26-2012 |
20130022773 | SINGLE-CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE,SINGLE-CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE HAVING CRYSTALLINE FILM,CRYSTALLINE FILM,METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINGLE-CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE HAVING CRYSTALLINE FILM,METHOD FOR PRODUCING CRYSTLLINE SUBSTRATE,AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELEMENT - Provided are a single-crystal substrate for epitaxial growth on which a crystalline film may be formed with stress thereon being suppressed or eliminated, a single-crystal substrate having a crystalline film, a crystalline film, a method of producing a single-crystal substrate having a crystalline film, a method of producing a crystalline substrate, and an element producing method. The single-crystal substrate has a roughened surface formed on at least a partial region of a surface of the single-crystal substrate. And in order to obtain the single-crystal substrate having a crystalline film, a single-crystalline film is formed by epitaxial growth on a roughened-surface unformed surface on which the roughened surface is not formed, and a crystalline film having low crystallinity than the single-crystalline film is formed by epitaxial growth on a roughened-surface formed surface of the single-crystal substrate. | 01-24-2013 |
20130062734 | CRYSTALLINE FILM, DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS FOR CRYSTALLINE FILM AND DEVICE - Provided are a crystalline film in which variations in the crystal axis angle after separation from a substrate for epitaxial growth have been eliminated, and various devices in which the properties thereof have been improved by including the crystalline film. And the crystalline film has a thickness of 300 μm or more and 10 mm or less and reformed region pattern is formed in an internal portion of the crystalline film. | 03-14-2013 |
20130082358 | SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE WITH MULTILAYER FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE WITH MULTILAYER FILM, AND ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD - In order to correct warpage that occurs in formation of a multilayer film, provided are a single crystal substrate with a multilayer film, a manufacturing method therefor, and an element manufacturing method using the manufacturing method. The single crystal substrate with a multilayer film includes: a single crystal substrate ( | 04-04-2013 |
20130161794 | INTERNALLY REFORMED SUBSTRATE FOR EPITAXIAL GROWTH, INTERNALLY REFORMED SUBSTRATE WITH MULTILAYER FILM, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, BULK SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREFOR - Provided are an internally reformed substrate for epitaxial growth having an arbitrary warpage shape and/or an arbitrary warpage amount, an internally reformed substrate with a multilayer film using the internally reformed substrate for epitaxial growth, a semiconductor device, a bulk semiconductor substrate, and manufacturing methods therefor. The internally reformed substrate for epitaxial growth includes: a single crystal substrate; and a heat-denatured layer formed in an internal portion of the single crystal substrate by laser irradiation to the single crystal substrate. | 06-27-2013 |
20130161797 | SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE WITH MULTILAYER FILM, AND ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD - In order to correct warpage resulting from the formation of a multilayer film, provided are a single crystal substrate which includes a heat-denatured layer provided in one of two regions including a first region and a second region obtained by bisecting the single crystal substrate in a thickness direction thereof, and which is warped convexly toward a side of a surface of the region provided with the heat-denatured layer, a manufacturing method for the single crystal substrate, a manufacturing method for a single crystal substrate with a multilayer film using the single crystal substrate, and an element manufacturing method using the manufacturing method for a single crystal substrate with a multilayer film. | 06-27-2013 |
20140217458 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, AND LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - Provided are a method of manufacturing a light-emitting element by which a light-emitting element ( | 08-07-2014 |
20150125699 | GALLIUM OXIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL AND GALLIUM OXIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE - Provided is a gallium oxide single crystal and a gallium oxide single crystal substrate that can improve the luminous efficiency. In a gallium oxide single crystal | 05-07-2015 |
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20110311236 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - Provided are an optical amplifier, a control method therefor, and an optical transmission system that can use a simple technique to correct SRS tilt generated in a transmission path after a back-stage amplifier out of two amplifiers, which respectively amplify an input optical signal in a front stage and a back stage of a variable attenuator, in accordance with the number of wavelengths of the optical signal transmitted on the transmission path. A control parameter for controlling the two amplifiers and the attenuator is determined so as to correct a spectral slope caused by stimulated Raman scattering of the optical signal based on network information received from another device, and the two amplifiers and the attenuator are controlled based on the control parameter. | 12-22-2011 |
20130259055 | RECONFIGURABLE BRANCHING UNIT FOR SUBMARINE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Methods and systems for optical communication in a submarine network are provided. An input signal is received from a terminal at a reconfigurable branching unit (BU), wherein the BU enables bidirectional transmission between any two terminals, and the input signal is demultiplexed into at least one individual waveband or wavelength using at least one demultiplexer. Each demultiplexed waveband is passed through optical switches, with corresponding optical switches for the same demultiplexed waveband provided for transmission in the reverse direction. Independent per-waveband switching is performed using a demultiplexer-switch-multiplexer (DSM) architecture. Each demultiplexed waveband is multiplexed at each output port using at least one multiplexer to combine signals from different sources, and combined signals are transmitted to a destination terminal. | 10-03-2013 |
20130259475 | RECONFIGURABLE BRANCHING UNIT FOR SUBMARINE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Methods and systems for optical communication in a submarine network are provided. An input signal is received from a terminal at a reconfigurable branching unit (BU), and the input signal is split into at least two parts, with one part being associated with one or more trunk terminals and another part being associated with one or more branch terminals. Each of one or more spectrum channels are selected and individually switched to one of a plurality of paths using at least one wavelength selective switch (WSS), with the at least one WSS being configured to transmit the one or more spectrum channels to their respective target output port and to combine signals switched to a specific port into a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) signal. Individual spectrum channels are filtered out using at least one wavelength blocker (WB). | 10-03-2013 |
20140037284 | DIVERGING DEVICE WITH OADM FUNCTION AND WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention does not require control and path switching by terminal station equipment and prevents the deterioration of signal quality when a cable failure occurs. A wavelength diverging device connected with three or more stations monitors an uplink signal received from each station, and when detecting the absence of an uplink signal received from any station, outputs dummy light instead of the absent signal, performs multiplexing/de-multiplexing for the dummy light and an uplink signal received from a station excluding said any station, and outputs the multiplexed/de-multiplexed signal. All of said processes are performed within the wavelength diverging device. | 02-06-2014 |
20140241720 | LATCHING OPTICAL SWITCH AND SUBSYSTEM USING BISTABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL - A submarine network includes a submarine network with a branching unit BU for splitting or combining a signal between a main trunk path and a branch path for allowing signals from different paths to share a same fiber optic path, said BU and submarine network normally having a fixed and predetermined wavelength arrangement preventing reconfigurability of the submarine network, and a latching wavelength selective switch WSS or wavelength blocker WB in the branching unit for splitting or combining the signals between the main trunk path and branch path to enable a latching capability and enable reconfigurability of the branching unit BU, the latching WSSS being a bistable liquid crystal based material without moving parts for increased stability and lower power consumption over use of conventional mono-stable liquid crystal LC switches in a submarine network. | 08-28-2014 |
20140308036 | Branching units and Power line Monitoring Methods - A branching unit includes a supply destination switching section that switches one supply destination of each of a plurality of power lines that supply electric power to a unit that transfers an optical signal received from a terminal station unit through a transmission line to another supply destination corresponding to a control signal received from the terminal station unit; a current detection section that outputs a detection signal that includes information that denotes whether currents are flowing in the plurality of power lines and information that represents current directions if currents are flowing; and a monitor section that transmits a monitored result based on at least one of a plurality of detection signals received from the current detection section to the terminal station unit. | 10-16-2014 |
20150043920 | SUBMARINE RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD/DROP MULTIPLEXER WITH PASSIVE BRANCHING UNIT - Systems and methods for data transport, including submarine reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers, branching units configured to receive signals from trunk terminals (TTs), and dummy light filters configured to pass useful signals through the filters, and to reflect dummy light. Optical interleavers are configured to separate useful signals into two or more groups of optical channels, and the optical channels are set to a frequency of either a left or a right portion of a total channel bandwidth. De-interleavers merge signal groups together from trunk terminals, and lasers at each of the transponders at the source terminals are configured to adjust a destination of a channel by fine tuning a frequency or wavelength of the one or more signals. | 02-12-2015 |
20150093111 | SECURE WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH-BASED RECONFIGURABLE BRANCHING UNIT FOR SUBMARINE NETWORK - Systems and methods for method for data transport using secure reconfigurable branching units, including receiving signals from a first trunk terminal and a second trunk terminal by branching units. Broadcasting is prevented for secure information delivery by dividing, within the branching units, the signals from the first trunk terminal and the second trunk terminal into three or more sections. Signals may be received from a branch terminal by one or more branching units using a single branch fiber pair, and the signals from the branch terminals may be divided into three or more groups of optical channels, wherein at least e of the channels includes dummy light. The divided signals from the first trunk terminal, the second trunk terminal, and dummy light from the branch terminal may be merged, and the merged signal sent to the branch terminal. | 04-02-2015 |
20150093116 | SECURE WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH-BASED RECONFIGURABLE BRANCHING UNIT FOR SUBMARINE NETWORK - Systems and methods for method for data transport using secure reconfigurable branching units, including receiving signals from a first trunk terminal and a second trunk terminal by branching units. Broadcasting is prevented for secure information delivery by dividing, within the branching units, the one or more signals from the first trunk terminal and the second trunk terminal into two or more sections, and sending the two or More sections to an optical coupler. Signals may be received from a branch terminal by one or more branching units using two fiber pairs, and the signals from the branch terminals may be divided into two or more groups of optical sections, wherein one of the sections includes dummy light. The divided, signals from the first trunk terminal, the second trunk terminal, and dummy light from the branch terminal may be merged, and the merged signal sent to the branch terminal. | 04-02-2015 |
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20090118418 | INKJET INK FOR POLYVINYL CHLORIDE RESIN SHEET - Present invention relates to an inkjet ink used for a polyvinyl chloride resin sheet, wherein the inkjet ink comprises an organic solvent, a pigment and a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate resin, the organic solvent is a mixed solvent comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by a formula (1) and compounds represented by a formula (2), together with a lactone compound, and the quantity of the lactone compound is within a range from 1 to 40% by weight relative to the total weight of the ink. | 05-07-2009 |
20100126529 | MAINTENANCE LIQUID FOR INKJET PRINTERS - Provided is a maintenance liquid for inkjet printers, which comprises at least one of glycol ethers and glycol esters represented by the following general formulas (1) to (3), and 45 to 10 mg/L of dissolved oxygen: | 05-27-2010 |
20100317775 | NONAQUEOUS INKJET INK AND INK SET - A non-aqueous ink jet which has less bad odor, has excellent safety and sanitariness, excellent resin dissolvability, excellent printing stability and excellent dryability, causes no corrosion of printers, and has good adhesiveness to non-absorbent substrates, and an ink set are provided. In the non-aqueous inkjet ink comprising a pigment, a resin and a mixed solvent, the mixed solvent comprises diethylene glycol dialkyl ether and tetraethylene glycol dialkyl ether. | 12-16-2010 |
20110230603 | INK COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a pigment ink composition that can fulfill excellent print stability, and performances and drying performance of printed matters. | 09-22-2011 |
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20110034740 | METHOD FOR PURIFYING TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE - To provide a method for purifying tetrafluoroethylene by removing, from tetrafluoroethylene containing a polymerization inhibitor, the polymerization inhibitor by adsorption. | 02-10-2011 |
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20110281196 | NONWOVEN FABRIC AND ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE - To obtain a nonwoven fabric which is excellent in the heat resistance and the chemical resistance, of which the fiber diameter is small, and which is excellent in the mechanical strength at a temperature at which it is used; and an electrolyte membrane which is excellent in the dimensional stability when it is swollen by water, and of which an increase in the resistance by a reinforcing material is suppressed. | 11-17-2011 |
20120108774 | ETHYLENE/TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE COPOLYMER - To provide an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer which is excellent in heat resistance and flexibility. | 05-03-2012 |
20140073709 | FLUORINATED COPOLYMER AND ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE - To provide a fluorinated copolymer which is capable of providing an ion exchange membrane having little adverse effect due to impurities in an alkali chloride aqueous solution on electrolysis of the alkali chloride aqueous solution. To use a fluorinated copolymer of a fluorinated monomer having a carboxylic acid type functional group with a fluorinated olefin, wherein the proportion of components having a common logarithm (log M) of a molecular weight M being from 2.0 to 3.5 is at most 10 mass % per 100 mass % of components having a common logarithm (log M) of a molecular weight M being at least 2.0, contained in a CClF | 03-13-2014 |
20140121331 | TREATMENT METHOD FOR FLUORORESIN PELLETS - Provided is a treatment method for fluororesin pellets to remove hydrofluoric acid released from fluororesin pellets obtained by melt-molding a melt-moldable fluororesin. The treatment method comprises bringing a hydrofluoric acid-removing medium selected from warm water of from 30 to 200° C., steam of from 100 to 200° C. and warm wind of from 40 to 200° C. into contact with fluororesin pellets obtained by melt-molding a melt-moldable fluororesin, and thereby treating the fluororesin pellets so that the amount of hydrofluoric acid released per kg of the resulting fluororesin pellets would be at most 5 μg as determined after the storage of the resulting fluororesin pellets at 35° C. for 15 days. | 05-01-2014 |
20140187816 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING ANIONIC FLUORINATED EMULSIFIER - To provide a method for recovering an anionic fluorinated emulsifier, whereby an anionic fluorinated emulsifier adsorbed on a basic ion exchange resin can be simply and efficiently recovered. A mixed liquid of an aqueous inorganic acid solution, a fluorinated medium and a non-fluorinated medium, is contacted to a basic ion exchange resin having an anionic fluorinated emulsifier adsorbed thereon, to recover a liquid phase containing the fluorinated medium, or an aqueous inorganic acid solution is contacted to a basic ion exchange resin having an anionic fluorinated emulsifier adsorbed thereon, then a mixed liquid of a fluorinated medium and a non-fluorinated medium is contacted thereto, and thereafter the basic ion exchange resin and a liquid phase are separated to recover the liquid phase, whereupon from each liquid phase, an acid of the anionic fluorinated emulsifier is recovered. | 07-03-2014 |
20150038633 | RESIN COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed is a resin composition comprising a melt-moldable side chain 1,2-diol-containing PVA-based resin (A), and fluororesin containing a polar functional group capable of reacting with or forming hydrogen bond(s) with hydroxyl group (B). The component (A) and the component (B) have excellent affinity, and therefore if either the component (A) or component (B) becomes matrix, the other can be finely dispersed into the matrix, thus providing a resin composition having excellent gas-barrier property, solvent resistance, and bending fatigue resistance. The present invention also provides emulsified dispersion and binder in which the resin composition is used. | 02-05-2015 |
20150307434 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING ANIONIC FLUORINATED EMULSIFIER - To provide a method for recovering an anionic fluorinated emulsifier, whereby an anionic fluorinated emulsifier adsorbed on a basic ion exchange resin can be simply and efficiently recovered. | 10-29-2015 |
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20110295991 | Network system, controller, and network control method - A network system includes appliances provided in a network; a switch provided in the network; and a controller connected to the appliances and the switch. The switch contains a flow table. Entries in the flow table each specify an action to be performed on a packet matching with a matching condition. Upon receiving a packet, the switch refers to the flow table and performs the action specified by matching one of the entries which matches the received packet, on the received packet. A first appliance of the appliances performs a first packet process on a packet belonging to an existing flow, when being selected as an active appliance. When the active appliance is switched from the first appliance to a second appliance of the appliances, the controller performs a switching process after performing a shortcut process. In the shortcut process, the controller instructs the switch to set a first entry into the flow table, the first entry specifying that the first packet process is to be performed on a packet belonging to the existing flow. In the switching process, the controller instructs the switch to set a second entry into the flow table, the second entry specifying that a packet which is addressed to the active appliance and belongs to a new flow other than the existing flow is to be transferred to the second appliance. | 12-01-2011 |
20150327285 | Control Apparatus, Communication Apparatus, Communication Method and Program - A communication apparatus selects, among a plurality of control information, the control information matching a packet received and which is highest in a priority level. The communication apparatus processes a packet received based on the selected control information. The control apparatus includes a control information generation unit that generates a plurality of control information having match conditions overlapping at least partially one with another, a ranking in a priority level different one from another and processing contents different one from another, and a control unit that sets the plurality of control information in the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus performs the processing of modifying the control information, among the plurality of control information, which is highest in a priority level, based on a modifying condition previously set on the control information basis. Communication policies may be changed over by modifying the priority level. | 11-12-2015 |
20150334032 | CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION NODE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention reduces the labor required for setting VLAN information in the ports of the communication nodes in a centralized-control-type communication system. A control apparatus includes: a connection detection unit configured to detect connection of a terminal or a virtual machine to a control target communication node; a first VLAN information determination unit configured to determine VLAN information that is set in a port of the communication node, the port having been connected to the terminal or the virtual machine, on the basis of a virtual network to which the detected terminal or virtual machine belongs; and a VLAN information setting unit configured to set the determined VLAN information in the port. | 11-19-2015 |
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20100292408 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING END-MODIFIED VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE ELASTOMER - The present invention provides a preparation process for converting to a vinylidene fluoride elastomer having a group having sulfinic acid, sulfinic acid derivative, sulfonic acid or sulfonic acid derivative at one end or both ends of its trunk chain, and the preparation process provides a vinylidene fluoride elastomer having, at one end or both ends of its trunk chain, end groups represented by the formula: —CR | 11-18-2010 |
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20080253703 | Method of Manufacturing Linear Guide Device and Track Rail For the Linear Guide Device - Provided are a linear guide device and a method of manufacturing a track rail of the linear guide device which make it unnecessary to finish rolling contact surfaces for rolling bodies for the purpose of ensuring parallelism between the rolling contact surfaces after fixing a plurality of rail members, in which the rolling contact surfaces for the rolling bodies are formed, to a rail housing while making it possible to achieve a maximum possible improvement in production efficiency and a reduction in production cost in producing the track rail. The track rail is composed of a pair of the rail members in which rolling contact surfaces for rolling bodies are formed, respectively, and the rail housing equipped with a pair of rail mounting grooves in which those rail members are fitted, respectively. Each of the rail members is fixed within a corresponding one of the rail mounting grooves via an adhesive layer. A reference projection, formed on a bottom of one of the pair of the rail mounting grooves, is in contact with a corresponding one of the rail members without the intermediary of the adhesive layer. The rail member fitted in the one of the rail mounting grooves is adhesively fixed in a state of being abutted against the reference projection. The rail member fitted in the other rail mounting groove is adhesively fixed at a predetermined distance from the reference projection. | 10-16-2008 |
20090060645 | FIXING STRUCTURE OF TRACK RAIL IN GUIDING APPARATUS - Provided is a fixing structure of a track rail, which is capable of fixing the track rail to a base portion without using a fixing bolt, in a case of fixing a guiding apparatus composed of the track rail and a slider to the base portion, and particularly suitable for an extremely small-sized guiding apparatus in which it is difficult to process a tap hole. A structure for fixing a track rail ( | 03-05-2009 |
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20100206381 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL - A solar cell which can increase its open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current, and fill factor (F.F.), thereby enhancing its conversion efficiency is provided. The solar cell of the present invention comprises a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer, formed on the p-type semiconductor layer, containing a compound expressed by the following chemical formula (1): | 08-19-2010 |
20100210065 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL - A method of manufacturing a solar cell is provided, which can enhance the carrier concentration, so as to increase the open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current, and fill factor (F.F.), thereby raising the conversion efficiency. The method of manufacturing a solar cell in accordance with the present invention comprises a sputtering step of forming a layer containing Ib and IIIb group elements and Se on a substrate by sputtering with a target containing a Ib group element and a target containing a IIIb group element in an atmosphere containing Se; and a heat treatment step of heating the layer. | 08-19-2010 |
20100229951 | SOLAR CELL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SOLAR CELL - A solar cell is provided as one capable of increasing the open voltage when compared with the conventional solar cells. A solar cell according to the present invention has a p-type semiconductor layer containing a group Ib element, a group IIIb element, and a group VIb element, and an n-type semiconductor layer containing a group Ib element, a group IIIb element, a group VIb element, and Zn and formed on the p-type semiconductor layer. A content of the group Ib element in the n-type semiconductor layer is from 15 to 21 at. % to the total number of atoms of the group Ib element, the group IIIb element, the group VIb element, and Zn in the n-type semiconductor layer, and a content of Zn in the n-type semiconductor layer is from 0.005 to 1.0 at. % to the total number of atoms of the group Ib element, the group IIIb element, the group VIb element, and Zn in the n-type semiconductor layer. | 09-16-2010 |
20130320813 | DIELECTRIC DEVICE - A dielectric device has a first electrode film having a non-oriented or amorphous structure, a dielectric film provided on the first electrode film and having a preferentially oriented structure, and a second electrode film provided on the dielectric film and having a non-oriented or amorphous structure. | 12-05-2013 |
20130320814 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric device has a first electrode film, a piezoelectric film provided on the first electrode film, and a second electrode film provided on the piezoelectric film. At least one of the pair of electrode films is composed of an alloy, and a major component of the alloy is a metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Al, Mg, and Zn. | 12-05-2013 |
20140020738 | SOLAR CELL, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SOLAR CELL - A solar cell that can increase open-circuit voltage compared to the conventional solar cell, and as a result, can increase conversion efficiency. The solar cell includes a first absorber layer and a second absorber layer, wherein the first absorber layer is a p-type semiconductor layer containing a Ib group element, a IIIb group element, and a VIb group element and including a peak of luminescence whose half width is not less than 1 meV and not more than 15 meV in a photoluminescence spectrum or a cathodoluminescence spectrum; and the second absorber layer contains a Ib group element, a IIIb group element, and a VIb group element, the composition ratio of the Ib group element to the IIIb group element is not less than 0.1 and less than 1.0, and the second absorber layer is provided on the side of the light entering surface of the first absorber layer. | 01-23-2014 |
20140035439 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric device according to the present invention is provided with a first electrode film, a first nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film provided on the first electrode film, a piezoelectric film provided on the first nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film, a second nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film provided on the piezoelectric film, and a second electrode film provided on the second nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film. A linear expansion coefficient of the first nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film is larger than those of the first electrode film and the piezoelectric film, and a linear expansion coefficient of the second nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film is larger than those of the second electrode film and the piezoelectric film. | 02-06-2014 |
20140035440 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric device according to the present invention is provided with a pair of electrode films, a piezoelectric film sandwiched in between the pair of electrode films, and a stress control film which is in direct contact with a surface of at least one of the pair of electrode films, on the side where the electrode film is not in contact with the piezoelectric film, and which has a linear expansion coefficient larger than those of the relevant electrode film and the piezoelectric film. | 02-06-2014 |
20140084749 | THIN FILM PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A thin film piezoelectric device according to the present invention includes a pair of electrode layers and a piezoelectric thin film interposed between the pair of electrode layers, wherein the piezoelectric thin film contains a rare gas element and has a content gradient of the rare gas element in the thickness direction of the piezoelectric thin film. | 03-27-2014 |
20140084754 | THIN FILM PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A thin film piezoelectric device according to the present invention includes a potassium sodium niobate-based piezoelectric thin film having an average crystal grain diameter of 60 nm or more and 90 nm or less, and a pair of electrode films configured to hold the piezoelectric thin film therebetween. | 03-27-2014 |
20140145555 | THIN-FILM PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, THIN-FILM PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, THIN-FILM PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR, HARD DISK DRIVE, AND INKJET PRINTER APPARATUS - There are provided a thin-film piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric thin film which has an alkali niobate-based perovskite structure represented by the composition formula (K | 05-29-2014 |
20140265723 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR, HARD DISK DRIVE, AND INKJET PRINTER DEVICE - A piezoelectric element includes, as a piezoelectric layer, a thin film of potassium sodium niobate that is a perovskite compound represented by a general expression ABO | 09-18-2014 |
20140265724 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR, HARD DISK DRIVE, AND INKJET PRINTER DEVICE - A piezoelectric element includes, as a piezoelectric layer, a thin film of potassium sodium niobate that is a perovskite compound represented by a general expression ABO | 09-18-2014 |
20140339458 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE CONTAINING THE SAME - A piezoelectric ceramic contains a major proportion of potassium sodium niobate and has a carbon content after firing of 55 to 1,240 ppm by mass. | 11-20-2014 |
20140339961 | THIN-FILM PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, THIN-FILM PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, THIN-FILM PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR, HARD DRIVE DISK, AND INKJET PRINTER - A thin film piezoelectric element according to the present invention includes a potassium sodium niobate thin film having a structure in which a plurality of crystal grains are present in a film thickness direction; and a pair of electrode films sandwiching the potassium sodium niobate thin film. When the potassium sodium niobate thin film is divided into three regions of the same thickness in the film thickness direction and average crystal grain sizes A | 11-20-2014 |
20150027538 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR SOLAR BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT ABSORPTION LAYER OF COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR SOLAR BATTERY - A solar battery capable of increasing conversion efficiency compared with a conventional solar battery using a chalcopyrite p-type light absorption layer. A light absorption layer of the solar battery is a p-type semiconductor layer including Cu, Ga, and an element selected from group VIb elements. A photoluminescence spectrum or a cathode luminescence spectrum obtained from the light absorption layer includes an emission peak with the half-value width of not less than 1 meV and not more than 15 meV. The ratio of the particles with the grain size of not less than 2 μm and not more than 8 μm in a surface of the light absorption layer to the surface area of the entire film is not less than 90%. | 01-29-2015 |
20150096617 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR SOLAR BATTERY - A compound semiconductor solar battery according to the present invention includes a substrate; a back electrode disposed on the substrate; a p-type compound semiconductor light absorbing layer disposed on the back electrode; an n-type compound semiconductor buffer layer disposed on the p-type compound semiconductor light absorbing layer; and a transparent electrode disposed on the n-type compound semiconductor buffer layer. The p-type compound semiconductor light absorbing layer has a cross sectional structure including, in a thickness direction, a portion only of a single particle and a portion of a plurality of piled particles. In the portion of a plurality of piled particles, the particles in contact with the back electrode have a ratio y1 of Ga/(In+Ga), and the particles in contact with the n-type compound semiconductor buffer layer have a ratio y2 of Ga/(In+Ga), where y1>y2. | 04-09-2015 |
20150109372 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR, HARD DISK DRIVE, AND INK-JET PRINTER DEVICE - The displacement as an actuator or the sensitivity as a sensor of a piezoelectric element can be increased and, in addition, the electric power consumption can be reduced by providing a thin film of potassium-sodium niobate, which is a perovskite type compound represented by a general formula ABO | 04-23-2015 |
20150194592 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR, HARD DISK DRIVE, AND INKJET PRINTER DEVICE - An object is to reduce the leakage current of a piezoelectric element including a potassium-sodium niobate thin film, enhance the reliability of the piezoelectric element and, in addition, enhance the withstand voltage by including a pair of electrodes and a piezoelectric layer sandwiched between the above-described pair of electrode layers, wherein the above-described piezoelectric layer is provided with at least one layer each of first piezoelectric layer which is a potassium-sodium niobate thin film substantially not containing Mn (manganese) and second piezoelectric layer which is a potassium-sodium niobate thin film containing Mn. | 07-09-2015 |
20150229238 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, HARD DISK DRIVE, AND INKJET PRINTER APPARATUS - A piezoelectric device is provided with a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer exhibiting a polarizability γ smaller than 1×10 | 08-13-2015 |