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20110058119 | LIGHTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A lighting device at least has: a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light by a forward direction current; a direct-current power supply; a first wiring and a second wiring for supplying electrical power to the plurality of light emitting elements from the direct-current power supply; and a switch for switching the polarity of the electrical power to be supplied to the first wiring and the second wiring; in which the plurality of light emitting elements include forward direction connection in which the forward direction current flows when the electrical power having a positive polarity is applied to the first wiring and reverse direction connection in which the forward direction current flows when the electrical power having a positive polarity is applied to the second wiring and being connected between the first wiring and the second wiring. | 03-10-2011 |
20150287947 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a light-emitting element, including: a cathode; an anode; and a light-emitting unit, in which the light-emitting unit includes a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer, and a third light-emitting layer, which are laminated from the anode side to the cathode side, in which each of the first, second, and third light-emitting layers is configured to contain a luminescent material, a host material, and an assist dopant material, and in which, when the contents of the assist dopant materials contained in the first, second, and third light-emitting layers are respectively expressed by C | 10-08-2015 |
20150287948 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a light-emitting element, including: a cathode; an anode; and a light-emitting unit, in which the light-emitting unit includes a first light-emitting layer, an intermediate layer, a second light-emitting layer, and a third light-emitting layer, which are laminated from the anode side to the cathode side, in which each of the second and third light-emitting layers is configured to contain a luminescent material, a host material, and an assist dopant material, in which the intermediate layer is configured to contain the host material and the assist dopant material, and in which, when the concentrations of the assist dopant materials contained in the second light-emitting layer, the third light-emitting layer, and the intermediate layer are respectively expressed by C | 10-08-2015 |
20150287951 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A light emitting element has a cathode, an anode, and a light emitting layer (light emitting section) which is provided between the cathode and the anode and emits light by a driving voltage being applied thereto, in which the light emitting section is configured to include a light emitting material, a host material which holds the light emitting material, and an assist dopant material, one of the host material and the assist dopant material is a material with a high electron transportation property, the other is a material with a high hole transportation property, and when a mobility of holes is μh and a motility of electrons is μe in the light emitting layer, a mobility ratio which is represented by μe/μh satisfies a relationship of formula (I) below. | 10-08-2015 |
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20100187952 | ARRAY SCANNING TYPE ULTRASOUND PROBE - A technology is disclosed which provides an array scanning type ultrasound probe capable of preventing a diminution of ultrasound of a piezoelectric device at the time of transmission and at the time of reception due to its damage and thereby reducing a sensitivity deterioration of a diagnostic image. According to the technology, included are an electroacoustic conversion unit formed by arranging multiple piezoelectric devices and multiple acoustic matching layers in a predetermined direction, each of the multiple piezoelectric devices being an electroacoustic conversion device, the multiple acoustic matching layers being respectively stacked on the multiple piezoelectric devices; and a signal flexible board transferring electric signals to be transmitted to and received from the multiple piezoelectric devices. An incision passing through the multiple piezoelectric devices in respective thickness directions of the piezoelectric devices and extending into the corresponding acoustic matching layers stacked thereon is provided in parallel to the arrangement direction. | 07-29-2010 |
20100198077 | ULTRASONIC PROBE - An ultrasonic probe that enables the sensibility irregularity between arrays to be reduced is disclosed. This piezoelectric element contains: a piezoelectric element | 08-05-2010 |
20120060613 | ARRAY SCANNING TYPE ULTRASOUND PROBE - A technology is disclosed which provides an array scanning type ultrasound probe capable of preventing a diminution of ultrasound of a piezoelectric device at the time of transmission and at the time of reception due to its damage and thereby reducing a sensitivity deterioration of a diagnostic image. According to the technology, included are an electroacoustic conversion unit formed by arranging multiple piezoelectric devices and multiple acoustic matching layers in a predetermined direction, each of the multiple piezoelectric devices being an electroacoustic conversion device, the multiple acoustic matching layers being respectively stacked on the multiple piezoelectric devices; and a signal flexible board transferring electric signals to be transmitted to and received from the multiple piezoelectric devices. An incision passing through the multiple piezoelectric devices in respective thickness directions of the piezoelectric devices and extending into the corresponding acoustic matching layers stacked thereon is provided in parallel to the arrangement direction. | 03-15-2012 |
20140132114 | ULTRASOUND PROBE AND FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE USED IN ULTRASOUND PROBE - An ultrasound probe of the present disclosure includes an ultrasound element unit | 05-15-2014 |
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20090126895 | MOLTEN METAL FEED NOZZLE - A nozzle end is provided with an extension | 05-21-2009 |
20090242162 | SEALING DEVICE FOR TWIN ROLL CASTER - A sealing device for a main roller coaster including a transition piece positioned above a melt pool formed between chilled rolls, rotatable cylindrical brushes extending axially of the rolls and each abutting against an outer periphery of the corresponding roll all over an axial length thereof on a side away from the pool and below the transition piece, first cowlings each covering the roll in between the transition piece and the brush, second cowlings each surrounding a portion of the brush not in contact with the roll, third cowlings each covering the roll below the brush and outlets for feeding sealing gas to between the transition piece and the rolls, the sealing gas from the outlets filling up to outlet portions of the third cowlings. | 10-01-2009 |
20090255644 | TWIN ROLL CASTER - A twin roll caster including chilled rolls, side weirs, and a molten-metal delivery nozzle. Baffles, contiguous with bottoms of end faces of the nozzle, project in a casting pool toward the side weirs to suppress stream of the molten metal into a nip between the rolls. Thus, hot molten metal just after poured into the pool does not instantly reach the nip along the side weirs, and molten metal decreases in temperature with lapse of time after the pouring streams into the nip as the rolls are rotated. As a result, belated formation of solidified shells at and adjacent to outer circumferential edges of the chilled rolls is eliminated. Thus, a strip delivered from the nip between the rolls has no reduced thickness at regions adjacent to lateral edges of the strip and has uniform thickness throughout the width of the strip. | 10-15-2009 |
20090294089 | TWIN-ROLL CASTING MACHINE - A twin roll caster including a pair of chilled rolls on which molten steel solidifies for delivery of a steel strip from a nip between the rolls, a noncontact type sensor for measuring thickness distribution of the strip widthwise of the strip, a marking mechanism that makes a mark on the strip whenever the chilled rolls make one rotation, a mark detector that senses the marks on the strip, and a nip estimating mechanism. From thickness-distribution information by the sensor and passed-mark information by the mark detector, the nip estimating mechanism calculates variation of the nip between the rolls whenever the rolls make one rotation, based on variation in thickness distribution widthwise of the strip between confirmed passing of the mark and confirmed passing of the next mark, and stores the same as data. | 12-03-2009 |
20120273156 | TWIN ROLL CASTER AND METHOD OF CONTROL THEREOF - Described herein is a twin roll caster including a pair of casting rolls arranged parallel to one another with a gap between the casting rolls and side dams parallel to one another forming a pool between the casting rolls and side dams. A side dam support is provided that applies a compression force on at least one of the side dams at a compression angle relative to the axis of the casting rolls. | 11-01-2012 |
20130087300 | TWIN ROLL CASTER AND METHOD OF CONTROL THEREOF - Described herein is a twin roll caster including a pair of casting rolls arranged parallel to one another with a gap between the casting rolls and side dams parallel to one another forming a pool between the casting rolls and side dams. A side dam support is provided that applies a compression force on at least one of the side dams at a compression angle relative to the axis of the casting rolls. | 04-11-2013 |
20130092343 | CASTING THIN STRIP AND DELIVERY NOZZLE THEREFOR - A method of casting metal strip and equipment therefor where an elongated metal delivery nozzle extending along in a continuous caster with at least one segment having a main portion adapted to deliver molten metal in the casting pool above the nip along the metal delivery nozzle and an end portion adjacent side dams having a reservoir portion with first and second pairs of passages adapted to deliver molten metal into a molten metal pool adjacent the side dams while shells are forming on the casting rolls. The first pair of passages adapted to deliver molten metal into the casting pool adjacent the side dams, and the second pair of passages adapted to deliver molten metal into the casting pool adjacent the molten metal from the first pair of passages adjacent the side dams to inhibit formation of skulls during the formation of the cast strip during a casting campaign. | 04-18-2013 |
20130119094 | CASTING THIN STRIP AND DELIVERY NOZZLE THEREFOR - A method of casting metal strip and equipment therefor where an elongated metal delivery nozzle extending along in a continuous caster with at least one segment having a main portion adapted to deliver molten metal in the casting pool above the nip along the metal delivery nozzle and an end portion adjacent side dams having a reservoir portion with first and second passages adapted to deliver molten metal into a molten metal pool adjacent the side dams while shells are forming on the casting rolls. The first passages are adapted to deliver molten metal shallowly into the casting pool adjacent the side dams, and the second passages adapted to deliver molten metal deeper into the casting pool than the first passages adjacent the side dams to inhibit formation of skulls during the formation of the cast strip during a casting campaign. | 05-16-2013 |
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20090095521 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A circuit board has plated through holes which are laid out with a fine pitch and meets requirements relating to characteristics such as the thermal expansion coefficient of the circuit board. A method of manufacturing a circuit board includes: a step of forming a core portion by thermal compression bonding prepregs which include first fibers that conduct electricity and second fibers that do not conduct electricity, which have the second fibers disposed at positions where plated through holes will pass through, and which are impregnated with resin; a step of forming through holes at positions in the core portion where the second fibers are disposed; and a step of forming a conductive layer on inner surfaces of the through holes to form plated through holes at positions that do not interfere with the first fibers and thereby produce a core substrate. | 04-16-2009 |
20090236137 | Method for Forming Resist Pattern, Method for Producing Circuit Board, and Circuit Board - There are provided a method for forming a resist pattern for preparing a circuit board having a landless or small-land-width through-hole(s) to realize a high-density circuit board, a method for producing a circuit board, and a circuit board. A method for forming a resist pattern, comprising the steps of forming a resin layer and a mask layer on a first surface of a substrate having a through-hole(s), and removing the resin layer on the through-hole(s) and on a periphery of the through-hole(s) on the first surface by supplying a resin layer removing solution from a second surface opposite to the first surface of the substrate, and a method for producing a circuit board using the method for forming a resist pattern, and a circuit board. | 09-24-2009 |
20100122843 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A circuit board has plated through holes which are laid out with a fine pitch and meets requirements relating to characteristics such as strength and thermal expansion coefficient. A method of manufacturing a circuit board includes: a step of forming a core portion by thermal compression bonding prepregs formed by disposing carbon fibers so as to produce openings at positions where plated through holes will pass through and impregnating the carbon fibers with resin; a step of forming through holes that pass inside the openings at positions of the openings in the core portion; and a step of forming a conductive layer on inner surfaces of the through holes to form plated through holes at positions that do not interfere with the carbon fibers and thereby produce a core substrate. | 05-20-2010 |
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20090095520 | WIRING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a wiring substrate. The wiring substrate includes: a core substrate formed of a conductive material and having a through hole therein; an insulating layer formed on first and second surfaces of the core substrate; wiring patterns formed on the first and second surfaces via the insulating layer; and a via formed in the through hole and electrically connected to the wiring patterns. The via includes: a conductor ball and a conductor portion. The conductor ball has a conductive surface and an insulating member covering the conductive surface. A portion of the conductive surface is exposed from the insulating member. The conductor portion is electrically connected to the exposed conductive surface and the wiring patterns. At least one of the insulating member and the insulating layer is interposed between the via and the core substrate. | 04-16-2009 |
20090188806 | Manufacturing Method of Wiring Board - A manufacturing method of a wiring board includes a sticking layer forming step; a resist film forming step of forming a resist film on an upper surface of the sticking layer, the resist film having an opening exposing the upper surface of the sticking layer; a metal layer forming step of forming a metal layer, so as to cover an upper surface of the resist film and cover a side surface of the resist film and the upper surface of the sticking layer forming the opening for forming the wiring; a plating film forming step of filling with a plating film the opening for forming the wiring; a metal layer and plating film removing step; a resist film removing step; and a sticking layer removing step of removing the sticking layer of an unnecessary part not covered with the metal layer, after the resist film removing step. | 07-30-2009 |
20090218122 | WIRING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a wiring substrate. The wiring substrate includes: a plurality of conductor patterns formed on a mounting surface on which an electronic component is to be mounted, wherein each of the conductor patterns is covered with a corresponding one of solder layers; and partition walls made of insulating material and formed along the conductor patterns on the mounting surface such that each of the partition walls is provided between the adjacent conductor patterns with a clearance interposed therebetween. | 09-03-2009 |
20140360760 | WIRING SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WIRING SUBSTRATE - A wiring substrate includes a core, a first wiring layer formed on a first surface of the core, a second wiring layer formed on a second surface of the core, and an electronic component partially accommodated in the cavity and including a projected portion projected from the first opening of the core. A first insulating layer covers a side surface of the electronic component and the first surface of the core and fills a portion of the cavity. A second insulating layer covers the first insulating layer. A third insulating layer covers the second surface of the core. The remainder of the cavity that is not filled with the first insulating layer is filled with the third insulating layer. | 12-11-2014 |
20140360765 | WIRING SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WIRING SUBSTRATE - A wiring substrate includes a core, first and second wiring layers formed on opposite sides of the core, an electronic component arranged in a cavity of the core, and a first insulating layer that fills the cavity and covers the one surface of the core. The electronic component is partially buried in the first insulating layer and partially projected from the cavity and exposed from the first insulating layer. A second insulating layer covers the first insulating layer. A third insulating layer covers the core and the projected and exposed portion of the electronic component. The thickness of the third insulating layer where the first wiring layer is located is equal to the total thickness of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer where the second wiring layer is located. | 12-11-2014 |
20150014020 | WIRING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wiring substrate includes an insulating layer, a first pad, and a solder resist layer. The first pad is embedded in the insulating layer. The solder resist layer is provided on an upper surface of the insulating layer. The solder resist layer is formed with an opening portion through which the recess portion is exposed. An adjacent portion of the solder resist layer adjacent to a peripheral portion of the opening portion covers a peripheral portion of the upper surface of the first pad and protrudes from the peripheral portion of the upper surface of the first pad toward the center portion of the first pad so as to cover above the recess portion. Surfaces of the first pad being in contact with the insulating layer are smaller in roughness than the upper surface of the insulating layer and the peripheral portion of the upper surface of the first pad. | 01-15-2015 |
20150041053 | Method of Manufacturing Wiring Substrate - A method of manufacturing a wiring substrate includes forming a pair of core substrates, each including a cavity; applying a film that covers the cavity to each core substrates; adhering an electronic component to the film in the cavity of each of the core substrates; arranging a support between the core substrates and a first insulator between the support and the core substrates; stacking the core substrates, the support, and the first insulators so that the first insulators form first insulation layers on the first surfaces of the core substrates, the cavities are filled with the first insulators, and the first insulators fix the corresponding electronic components to the corresponding core substrates; removing the film from the core substrates; and separating the core substrates from the support to separate the core substrates from each other. | 02-12-2015 |
20160081194 | Wiring Substrate and Semiconductor Device - A wiring substrate includes a core, a first wiring layer formed on a first surface of the core, and a second wiring layer formed on a second surface of the core. The first wiring layer includes a first opening, and the second wiring layer includes a second opening. The core includes a plurality of electronic component accommodating bores that extend through the core at portions exposed from the first and second openings. An electronic component is arranged in each electronic component accommodating bore. The electronic component accommodating bores are filled with an insulating layer. The core includes a partition located between adjacent electronic component accommodating bores. The partition is formed by part of the core. | 03-17-2016 |
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20140239289 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In general, according to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first electrode, an oxide semiconductor film, an insulating film, a first protective film, second and third electrodes. The oxide semiconductor film is provided on the first electrode. The oxide semiconductor film includes a first face on the first electrodes side and a second face on a side opposite to the first face. The insulating film is provided between the first electrode and the oxide semiconductor film. The first protective film includes a first film provided between the insulating film and the first face and a second film provided on the second face. The first protective film suppresses substances including hydrogen from being introduced from an outer side of the oxide semiconductor film to an inner side of the oxide semiconductor film. The second electrode and the third electrode are electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film. | 08-28-2014 |
20140246666 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In general, according to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first electrode, an oxide semiconductor film, an insulating film, a second electrode, a third electrode. The oxide semiconductor film is configured together with a first region, a second region, a third region, a fourth region, and a fifth region in one direction. The insulating film is provided between the first electrode and the oxide semiconductor film. The second electrode is provided on the second region and contacts the second region with an entire upper face of the second region as a contact face. The third electrode is provided on the fourth region and contacts the fourth region with an entire upper face of the fourth region as a contact face. The oxygen concentrations in the second region and in the fourth region are less than the oxygen concentration in the third region. | 09-04-2014 |
20150048359 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment, includes a source electrode, a drain electrode arranged apart from the source electrode, an oxide semiconductor film, a gate dielectric film, and a gate electrode. The oxide semiconductor film is arranged below the source electrode and the drain electrode to connect the source electrode and the drain electrode. The gate dielectric film is formed below the oxide semiconductor film such that a thickness below at least one of the source electrode and the drain electrode is made thinner than a thickness below a channel region of the oxide semiconductor film between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The gate electrode is arranged below the gate dielectric film and formed in a position where one of portions of the gate electrode overlaps with the source electrode and another one of the portions of the gate electrode overlaps with the drain electrode. | 02-19-2015 |
20150249156 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a gate electrode, a first dielectric film, an oxide semiconductor film, a second dielectric film, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The first dielectric film is placed above the gate electrode. The oxide semiconductor film is placed above the first dielectric film. The oxide semiconductor film is formed to have a film thickness in a first contact region in contact with the source electrode and a second contact region in contact with the drain electrode larger than a film thickness in a channel region of the oxide semiconductor film so that a film portion of the first contact region projects toward the source electrode side and a film portion of the second contact region projects toward the drain electrode side. | 09-03-2015 |
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20140268207 | IMAGE EXAMINATION APPARATUS, IMAGE EXAMINATION SYSTEM, AND IMAGE EXAMINATION METHOD - An image examination apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate an examination image for examining a read image; an extraction unit configured to extract, from the examination image, multiple reference points used for alignment between the examination and read images; a calculation unit configured to calculate information on misalignment between positions of the reference points and positions corresponding respectively to the reference points in the read image; an excluding unit configured to exclude a reference point from the multiple reference points, based on the information on misalignment; an alignment unit configured to perform alignment between the examination and read images based on the reference points other than the excluded reference point; and an examination unit configured to perform examination for determining whether there is a defect in the read image on the basis of a difference between the read and examination images. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270396 | IMAGE TEST APPARATUS AND IMAGE TEST SYSTEM - An image test apparatus acquires a result of determination on a defect in a read image obtained by reading an image formed and output on a recording medium, based on a difference between the read image and a test image, acquires a sheet type of a sheet from which the read image is read, calculates a stacked position of a sheet of a defective read image in which the defect is detected among sheets stacked on a discharge tray serving as a discharge destination of the sheet of the read image, on the discharge tray based on the result of the determination on the defect in the read image and based on the acquired sheet type, and controls an indicating unit, which indicates a height at predetermined intervals in a direction in which the sheets are stacked on the discharge tray, based on the calculated stacked position. | 09-18-2014 |
20150078627 | IMAGE INSPECTION RESULT DETERMINATION APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION SYSTEM, METHOD OF DETERMINATING IMAGE INSPECTION RESULT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus for verifying an inspection result includes an inspection result obtaining unit to obtain inspection result indicating defect amount and defect position in a scanned image, from an inspection result of defect judgment of the scanned image with respect to an inspection reference image, the defect judgment being performed through dividing at least one of the scanned image and the inspection reference image and conducting position matching of the scanned image and inspection reference image; and a verification unit to count defect amount occurring to the scanned image, to determine whether a defect pattern occurring to the scanned image matches a pre-set condition corresponding to a false detection condition causable by failure of the position matching, and to determine that defect occurring to the scanned image is a false detection when the counted defect amount is a threshold or more, and the defect pattern matches the false detection condition. | 03-19-2015 |
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20100330397 | Microbial power generation device - A microbial power generation device includes an anode chamber which maintains a microbe and which is supplied with influent which includes an electron donor, a cathode chamber supplied with an electron acceptor, a nonconductive membrane having a first face and an opposing second face and arranged between the anode chamber and the cathode chamber, a first electro-conductive support material having a rough surface which has asperity spreading close to the first face of the nonconductive membrane, and formed by a porous material having approximately the same shape as the interior of the anode chamber, and arranged within the anode chamber, and a second electro-conductive support material having a rough surface which has asperity spreading close to the second face of the nonconductive membrane. | 12-30-2010 |
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20110256427 | METHOD FOR MICROBIALLY GENERATING ELECTRICITY AND MICROBIAL POWER GENERATOR - To increase the power generation efficiency of a microbial power generator by using an easy and inexpensive unit. Two plate-like cation-exchange membranes | 10-20-2011 |
20120160768 | ORGANIC-WASTEWATER TREATMENT METHOD AND ORGANIC-WASTEWATER TREATMENT APPARATUS - By adding an iron salt, the sedimentation property, the concentration property, and the filtration property of sludge in an activated-sludge mixed liquor in a biological treatment tank are effectively improved and treated water of high quality is efficiently provided. When an iron salt such as ferrous chloride, ferric chloride, or polyferric sulfate is added to organic wastewater and the organic wastewater is biologically treated, the iron salt is added to the organic wastewater and mixing is conducted; and the water mixture is mixed with activated sludge and biologically treated. By mixing organic wastewater and an iron salt at a pH close to an optimum pH for ferric hydroxide in advance, the turbidity of the treated water due to the formation of iron oxide or ferrous carbonate is suppressed. | 06-28-2012 |
20150081227 | REMOTE MONITORING DEVICE FOR BALLAST WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND REMOTE MONITORING METHOD - A state of a ballast water treatment system of a ship detected by a variety of sensors is monitored by transmitting it to a control means provided with a data storage/transmission means. The control means transmits from a satellite communication means to a satellite communication means on the receiving side via a communication satellite, and a host computer receives it. The host computer analyzes and monitors information from the various sensors S | 03-19-2015 |
20150255822 | MICROBIAL POWER GENERATOR - The power generation efficiency of a microbial power generator is increased by using an easy and inexpensive unit. Two plate-like cation-exchange membranes are disposed in parallel in a tank. This arrangement allows an anode chamber to be formed between the cation-exchange membranes. Two cathode chambers are separated from the anode chamber by using the respective ion-permeable nonconductive membranes. An oxygen-containing gas is made to pass through the cathode chamber. An anode solution is supplied to the anode chamber, and, preferably, the anode solution is made to circulate. A biologically treated exhaust gas is used as the oxygen-containing gas to be supplied to the cathode chamber. Carbon dioxide in the biologically treated exhaust gas can promote transport of Na | 09-10-2015 |
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20120045245 | BELT UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE BELT UNIT - A belt unit used for an image forming apparatus is provided. The belt unit includes a rotatable endless belt, a plurality of stretching members configured to stretch the belt, an urging member, and a contact and separation unit configured to be able to switch a position of the stretching member urged by the urging member. In moving the stretching member urged by the urging member from the separation position to the contact position, the contact and separation unit makes one end side of the stretching member urged by the urging member in a longitudinal direction coming into contact with the inner surface of the belt faster than the other end side, and temporarily decreases the movement speeds of the both ends of the stretching member in the longitudinal direction respectively before arriving at the contact position. | 02-23-2012 |
20120321332 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, a sheet during secondary transfer is allowed to contact with and slide on a sheet stacked on a sheet stack portion, double feeding of the sheet due to electrostatic adhesion is prevented without degrading transfer capability. When the leading edge of the sheet reaches a secondary transfer nip N | 12-20-2012 |
20130272745 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a bearing member provided to a secondary transfer unit, the bearing member being configured to engage with a main body unit of the apparatus, a hooking-receiving member provided so as to be rotatable in the main body unit of the apparatus and opposed to the bearing member, and a rotation regulation member provided to the main body unit of the apparatus, the rotation regulation member being configured to regulate rotation of the hooking-receiving member, in which the hooking-receiving member contacts the rotation regulation member when the secondary transfer unit is closed with respect to the main body unit of the apparatus, and the hooking-receiving member rotates in a direction away from the rotation regulation member when the secondary transfer unit is opened with respect to the main body unit of the apparatus. | 10-17-2013 |
20140147167 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a plurality of cartridges; a belt configured to abut against the photosensitive drums of the plurality of cartridges; a frame configured to axially support a plurality of rollers around which the belt is extended; and a movable member configured to be movable while supporting the plurality of cartridges, the movable member being movable between a first position in which the plurality of cartridges are in an main body of the apparatus and a second position in which the plurality of cartridges are drawn out from the main body of the apparatus, wherein the frame is provided with a plurality of positioning portions configured to allow abutment of the plurality of cartridges and determine the positions of the plurality of cartridges in the main body of the apparatus. | 05-29-2014 |
20150220050 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a main assembly; a first unit openable relative to the main assembly; a second unit which is provided inner than the first unit and which is openable relative to the main assembly; two engaging portions, provided on the second unit, for placing the second unit in a closed state in engagement with the main assembly; and an urging portion, provided in the first unit, for urging the second unit. The second unit is urged by the urging portion of the first unit so that a state of the second unit is capable of being changed from an open state to the closed state. The urging portion urges a region in a neighborhood of a central portion of the second unit with respect to a direction of arrangement of the two engaging portions. | 08-06-2015 |
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20080286011 | COLOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus surely moves and stops each developing device supported by a rotary in a development position without an independent driving motor for rotating the rotary. By the rotation of the rotary, the V number of developing devices supported by the rotary are sequentially replaced and moved to the development position in which the developing device faces a photosensitive drum. A drive transmission mechanism is provided in which each time one of a M number claw portions of a trigger cam is disengaged from and engaged with a solenoid, the trigger cam makes a 1/M revolution, and once every 1/M revolution of the trigger cam, a driving force is transmitted to a rotary gear from a rotary drive gear which is rotated integrally with the trigger cam so that the rotary is stopped after rotated by an angle W which is an aliquot part of (360/V). | 11-20-2008 |
20100150586 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a plurality of developing devices, contactable to the image bearing member, for developing a latent image on the image bearing member with toner; a rotatable member for rotatably supporting the plurality of developing devices; a detecting device for detecting a position of the image bearing member, wherein on the basis of an output of the detecting device, the rotatable member is rotated; and a control device for changeably controlling a period from timing of detection by the detecting device to timing of contact of one of the plurality of developing device, rotated by the rotatable member, to the image bearing member. | 06-17-2010 |
20110076060 | COLOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus surely moves and stops each developing device supported by a rotary in a development position without an independent driving motor for rotating the rotary. By the rotation of the rotary, the V number of developing devices supported by the rotary are sequentially replaced and moved to the development position in which the developing device faces a photosensitive drum. A drive transmission mechanism is provided in which each time one of a M number claw portions of a trigger cam is disengaged from and engaged with a solenoid, the trigger cam makes a 1/M revolution, and once every 1/M revolution of the trigger cam, a driving force is transmitted to a rotary gear from a rotary drive gear which is rotated integrally with the trigger cam so that the rotary is stopped after rotated by an angle W which is an aliquot part of (360/V). | 03-31-2011 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090208835 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a battery and a covering member. The battery includes a battery device and a battery casing. The battery device has a pair of electrodes opposite to each other and a separator disposed between the electrodes. The electrodes and separator are stacked into a laminated structure. The battery casing is electrically connected to one of the electrodes for containing the battery device in the casing. The covering member includes a conductive film and a pair of insulating films. The conductive film is electrically connected to another one of the electrodes for covering at least part of the outer surface of the battery casing. The pair of insulating films are arranged opposite to each other through the conductive film. | 08-20-2009 |
20100055555 | INSULATING PLATE OF NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING INSULATING PLATE OF NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL - An insulating plate of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell is interposed between a cell element and a cover member in a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell including the cell element formed by stacking cathodes and anodes through separators, a cell can including a can body which houses the cell element and the cover member which closes an opening of the can body to seal the cell element, and an electrolyte injected into the cell can. The insulating plate includes a plate-shaped insulating plate body having insulating property, an injection hole which passes through the insulating plate body in the thickness direction and through which the electrolyte can be injected, and a filter member permeable to only the electrolyte and provided on one of the surfaces of the insulating plate body so as to cover the injection hole. | 03-04-2010 |
20100209767 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING BATTERY SAFETY UNDER INTERNAL SHORT-CIRCUIT CONDITION, BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK WHOSE SAFETY IS IDENTIFIED BY INTERNAL SHORT-CIRCUIT SAFETY EVALUATION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention provides a method for evaluating the safety of a battery under an internal short-circuit condition. The battery includes: an electrode group including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an insulating layer for electrically insulating the electrodes, which are wound or laminated; an electrolyte; a housing for housing the electrode group and the electrolyte; and a current-collecting terminal for electrically connecting the electrode group and the housing. The method of the invention includes: placing a foreign object at a location inside the electrode group of the battery where the positive electrode and the negative electrode face each other; and pressing the location by the pressure applied by a pressing tool to locally crush the insulating layer between the positive and negative electrodes, thereby causing an internal short-circuit. The contact area of the electrode group and the pressing tool during the pressing is larger than the area of a rectangle circumscribed about the foreign object. A short-circuit test is conducted at a given location inside the battery to comprehensively evaluate the safety of the battery under an internal short-circuit condition. | 08-19-2010 |