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Akimasa Hirai, Hakegawa-Shi JP
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20120149557 | EXHAUST GAS-PURIFYING CATALYST - An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst includes first particles of oxygen storage material, second particles of one or more alkaline-earth metal elements and/or compounds thereof interposed between the first particles, and third particles of one or more precious metal elements interposed between the first particles. A spectrum of a first characteristic X-ray intensity for one of the one or more alkaline-earth metal elements and a spectrum of a second characteristic X-ray intensity for one of the one or more precious metal elements that are obtained by performing a line analysis using energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry along a length of 500 nm have a correlation coefficient σ(AE,PM) of 0.70 or more. | 06-14-2012 |
Atsuo Hirai, Miyagi JP
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20120230740 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An intermediate transfer belt including: a base layer; and an elastic layer, the elastic layer being laid on the base layer to form a laminated structure, wherein the elastic layer is an acrylic rubber-elastic layer with flame retardancy where the acrylic rubber-elastic layer has VTM-0 grade according to the UL94VTM burning test, wherein the elastic layer has a Martens hardness of 0.2 N/mm | 09-13-2012 |
Daisuke Hirai, Utsunomiya-Shi JP
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20110229117 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS AND CAMERA LENS SYSTEM - An interchangeable lens includes a diaphragm, a driving unit for driving thereof, an operation member for setting an aperture value thereof, a switching unit for switching the operation member between permission and inhibition, and a control unit for operating, when the interchangeable lens is mounted on a camera main body including no recognition unit to recognize information on the aperture value set by the operation member, the driving unit according to a diaphragm driving command from the camera main body if the switching unit is in a state of inhibiting the operation of the operation member, and operate the driving unit according to the aperture value set by the operation member if the switching unit is in a state of permitting the operation of the operation member, and giving a response to the camera main body in a form of operating the driving unit according to the diaphragm driving command. | 09-22-2011 |
Eiju Hirai, Minami Minowa-Mura JP
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20110261120 | LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - There is provided a piezoelectric device comprising a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer that is formed above the first electrode, a second electrode that is formed above the piezoelectric layer and a coating layer that is formed above the second electrode consisting of tungsten or titanium. | 10-27-2011 |
20140104345 | LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - There is provided a piezoelectric device comprising a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer that is formed above the first electrode, a second electrode that is formed above the piezoelectric layer and a coating layer that is formed above the second electrode consisting of tungsten or titanium. | 04-17-2014 |
20150077476 | LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - There is provided a piezoelectric device comprising a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer that is formed above the first electrode, a second electrode that is formed above the piezoelectric layer and a coating layer that is formed above the second electrode consisting of tungsten or titanium. | 03-19-2015 |
Eiju Hirai, Minamiminowa JP
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20110304662 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes: a piezoelectric actuator having a first electrode, a piezoelectric body formed on the upper side of the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the upper side of the piezoelectric body; and an electrostatic actuator having the second electrode and a third electrode arranged to face the second electrode with a space therebetween. | 12-15-2011 |
Eiju Hirai, Okaya-Shi JP
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20120005871 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A method for manufacturing a piezoelectric element includes a process for forming a first conductive layer, a process for forming a piezoelectric layer having a region serving as an active region, a process for forming a second conductive layer, which overlaps with the region, a process for forming a third conductive layer, which overlaps with the region, on the second conductive layer, a process for forming an opening portion that divides the third conductive layer into a first portion and a second portion, a process for forming a resist layer that covers the opening portion and a peripheral portion at the side of the opening portion of the first portion and the second portion; a process for etching the third conductive layer to form a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion, and a process for etching the second conductive layer to form a third conductive portion. | 01-12-2012 |
20120007928 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head comprising: a pressure generating chamber substrate having pressure generating chambers; and a piezoelectric element including first conductive layer, piezoelectric layer, and a second conductive layer provided above the pressure generating chamber substrate, wherein the piezoelectric element includes overlapped areas where the pressure generating chamber and the piezoelectric element overlap one another in plan view, the first conductive layer has a longitudinal direction in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and are provided for each of the overlapped areas, the second conductive layer is provided continuously so as to overlap with a plurality of the pressure generating chambers and includes end areas on the side of the ends of the overlapped areas in the first direction, and the end areas are each reduced in width in the second direction as it goes toward the end in the first direction. | 01-12-2012 |
20120007929 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head comprising: a pressure chamber substrate where pressure chambers that communicates with nozzle holes are provided, and a piezoelectric element including a first conductive layer, a piezoelectric material layer, and a second conductive layer, wherein the piezoelectric element has an overlap area that overlaps the pressure chamber, the first conductive layer, the piezoelectric material layer, and the second conductive layer, wherein the second conductive layers overlap a plurality of the pressure chambers continuously, wherein, the first conductive layer is provided in each of the overlap areas and has an end portion area at one end side of the overlap area in the longitudinal direction, and wherein a width of the end portion area gets narrow in the lateral direction as the end portion area directs to the end of the longitudinal direction. | 01-12-2012 |
20120030915 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND A LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - A manufacturing method of a piezoelectric element includes: forming a first conductive layer upon a substrate; forming a piezoelectric layer upon the first conductive layer; forming a second conductive layer upon the piezoelectric layer; forming a third conductive layer upon the second conductive layer; forming a first portion, a second portion, and an opening portion provided between the first portion and the second portion by patterning the third conductive layer; forming a resist layer that covers the opening portion and covers the edges of the first portion and the second portion that face the opening portion side; and forming a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion configured from the first portion and the second portion, and forming a third conductive portion configured from the second conductive layer, by dry-etching the second conductive layer using the first portion, the second portion, and the resist layer as a mask. | 02-09-2012 |
20120056946 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A piezoelectric element, a liquid ejecting head and a liquid ejecting apparatus that have improved reliability are provided. Methods for the manufacture thereof are also provided. A piezoelectric element includes a vibration plate having a recess in a first surface, a first electrode formed in the recess, a piezoelectric layer formed on the vibration plate and the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer, wherein an upper surface of the first electrode forms a continuous flat surface together with the first surface. | 03-08-2012 |
20120212546 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A piezoelectric actuator includes a vibrating plate having a base surface, a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode which extends in a first direction. In the piezoelectric actuator, the second electrode has a first portion having a first width, a second portion having a second width which is smaller than the first width, and a third portion which connects the first portion and the second portion, the first electrode has a first side which forms an outer circumference of the first electrode on a plan view, and the third portion of the second electrode is arranged at an upper side of the first side of the first electrode and a third width of the third portion is made narrower from the first portion toward the second portion. | 08-23-2012 |
Fumio Hirai, Hagagun JP
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20120273151 | EVAPORATIVE PATTERN CASTING PROCESS - An evaporative pattern casting process includes forming a mold by burying a pattern made of resin foam in casting sand, pouring molten metal into the mold, and evaporating the pattern with the molten metal and thereby casting a product. In the evaporative pattern casting process, casting time during founding is set according to a modulus (pattern volume÷pattern surface area) of the pattern. Accordingly, the casting time in the evaporative pattern casting process is accurately set with high precision. | 11-01-2012 |
Haruyuki Hirai, Hachioji-Shi JP
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20120168625 | Millimeter Wave Imaging Sensor - A millimeter wave imaging sensor includes a plurality of millimeter wave sensors disposed on one plane intersecting an incoming direction of millimeter waves emitted from a subject. Each of the plurality of millimeter wave sensors includes an antenna portion, a wave detection unit, a transmission path, and a shielding member. Adjacent millimeter wave sensors, among the plurality of millimeter wave sensors, are positioned according to outer peripheral shape of the shielding members of the adjacent millimeter wave sensors. | 07-05-2012 |
Hiroki Hirai, Yokkaichi-City JP
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20130280959 | WIRING MODULE - A wiring module attached to a plurality of electric cells having electrode terminals including positive electrodes and negative electrodes has a plurality of bus bars having pairs of through-holes respectively connected to the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes of the electric cells and bus bar insulating members each held by the adjacent bus bars. Of the plurality of bus bar insulating members, a first bus bar insulating member and a second bus bar insulating member are connected with each other by the bus bar. | 10-24-2013 |
20140016294 | WIRING MODULE - A wiring module ( | 01-16-2014 |
20140024262 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a plurality of cavities ( | 01-23-2014 |
20140140763 | CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - In a connector ( | 05-22-2014 |
20140199868 | CONNECTOR - A connector ( | 07-17-2014 |
20140235078 | GROUND CONNECTION FITTING AND GROUND CONNECTION DEVICE USING SAME - It is aimed to provide a ground connection fitting capable of enhancing the reliability of connection of a ground wire to ground sections and a ground connection device using the same. A first ground connection fitting ( | 08-21-2014 |
20140305691 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT UNIT CAPABLE OF EXTERNAL CONNECTION - Provided is an electronic circuit unit which includes a circuit board, a case for the circuit board and a connector for external connection and can be miniaturized and simplified in structure. This electronic circuit unit includes a circuit board ( | 10-16-2014 |
20140315410 | JOINT CONNECTOR AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - A joint connector and an assembling method are provided for simultaneously achieving waterproofing and double locking. A ground joint connector ( | 10-23-2014 |
20140322978 | CONNECTOR AND WIRING HARNESS - A connector ( | 10-30-2014 |
20140342621 | TERMINAL-WIRE ASSEMBLY - A wiring harness ( | 11-20-2014 |
Hiroshi Hirai, Tsukuba-Shi JP
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20110189130 | DIHYDROPYRAZOLOPYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVES - The invention relates to compounds of a general formula (I): | 08-04-2011 |
20140303178 | DIHYDROPYRAZOLOPYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVES - The invention relates to compounds of a general formula (I): | 10-09-2014 |
20150065479 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING ANTI-TUMOR EFFECT OF A MICROTUBULE-TARGETING DRUG, AND A METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF TUMOR - A method for treating a tumor by combining a piperidine compound of formula (I) or salt thereof and a microtubule-targeting drug, in which the microtubule-targeting drug is administered once per 7 days or more one cycle, and the piperidine compound is administered once or more per day for 4 days or more: | 03-05-2015 |
Kana Hirai, Kobe-Shi JP
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20120142273 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS - An in-vehicle apparatus links up with a mobile device that executes an application. A memory of the in-vehicle apparatus stores acoustic data of a sound relevant to the application, and a receiver receives a direction signal transmitted from the mobile device at a timing specified by the application. An output part of the in-vehicle apparatus outputs the sound based on the acoustic data stored in the memory via a speaker in response to the direction signal received by the receiver. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143503 | ON-VEHICLE APPARATUS - A storage part of an on-vehicle apparatus stores simplified map data of which content is simplified as compared to original map data used for route guidance. An image generator of the on-vehicle apparatus retrieves the simplified map data stored on the storage part and generates a map image based on the simplified map data. Then a transmitter of the on-vehicle apparatus transmits the map image generated by the image generator to a portable device, in response to a demand from the portable device. | 06-07-2012 |
Kaoru Hirai, Toyokawa-Shi JP
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20130259737 | ZINC-BASED ALLOY SHOT - This invention provides a zinc-based alloy shot having a new formation and it also provides a method of manufacturing it. The zinc-based alloy shot has Cu added, and it is likely to have a relatively high hardness, and it is less likely to corrode (reduce color change) when it functions as a shot. The zinc-based alloy shot of the present invention comprises Cu as the main additive element for increasing the Vickers hardness, etc., and Fe as a co-additive element for increasing the Vickers hardness and for preventing corrosion. It gives a Vickers hardness of 40-150 HV. The chemical composition of the zinc-based alloy shot is usually Cu: 0.1˜13.0%; Fe: 0.0025˜0.25%; Zn: balance; and 1≦Cu/Fe (measured in mass)≦1000. | 10-03-2013 |
Kenichi Hirai, Ueda-Shi JP
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20130025741 | APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING ELECTROLYTE - An apparatus that supplies electrolyte inside a battery case disposed inside a reduced pressure chamber includes: a measuring unit where a piston moves in a first direction in a measuring space (S) inside a cylinder, a dispenser that injects electrolyte from above into a battery case, a first pipeline that connects an upper end portion of the measuring space (S) of the measuring unit and the dispenser, and a back pressure valve disposed on the first pipeline. The dispenser includes a discharge nozzle disposed inside the battery case or in a periphery of an upper end of the battery case, a needle valve that is disposed inside the discharge nozzle and opens and closes the discharge nozzle, and an actuator that drives the needle valve up and down. | 01-31-2013 |
20140109396 | STACKING SYSTEM - A stacking apparatus includes a first rotating table that is equipped with a plurality of stacking regions and intermittently rotates the plurality of stacking regions respectively to a plurality of work positions, a first turning unit; and a second turning unit. The first turning unit includes a first arm that turns between the first stacking position and a first pickup position where an anode sheet is picked up and a second arm that turns in concert with movement of the first arm between the first stacking position and a second pickup position where a separator is picked up. The second turning unit includes a third arm that picks up a cathode sheet and a fourth arm that turns in concert with movement of the third arm and picks up a separator. | 04-24-2014 |
Kinji Hirai, Gotenba-Shi JP
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20120231281 | ALUMINUM ALLOY ARTICLE, ALUMINUM ALLOY MEMBER, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed are an aluminum alloy article having an excellent bonding force between a resin and an aluminum alloy using an alkoxysilane-containing triazinethiol, and a method for producing the same. The aluminum alloy article comprises a substrate made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and a resin bonded onto at least a portion of a surface of the substrate through a dehydrated silanol-containing triazinethiol derivative layer. The aluminum alloy article comprises a metal compound layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydroxide, a hydrous oxide, an ammonium salt, a carboxylate, a phosphate, a carbonate, a silicate, and a fluoride between the substrate and the dehydrated silanol-containing a triazinethiol derivative layer. | 09-13-2012 |
20140044586 | MAGNESIUM ALLOY - The present invention provides magnesium alloy which has sufficiently high strength at room temperature and high temperature. | 02-13-2014 |
Koji Hirai, Ehime JP
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20110114103 | FALSE LUXURY ITEM - The false luxury item | 05-19-2011 |
Makiko Hirai, Toyota-Shi JP
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20120291730 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a controller that performs a variable valve timing control to change a valve timing of an intake valve. A condition for performing the variable valve timing control when the engine is cold includes a condition that a control of increasing a fuel injection amount is being performed. | 11-22-2012 |
Makoto Hirai, Nagoya-Shi JP
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20120286101 | HIGH-LIFT DEVICE, WING, AND NOISE REDUCTION STRUCTURE FOR HIGH-LIFT DEVICE - A high-lift device suppresses the occurrence of aerodynamic noise while minimizing an increase in airframe weight. The device includes a slat main body disposed to be able to extend from and retract into a main wing, and a concave part formed on the slat main body at a location facing the main wing and able to accommodate at least a part of a leading edge of the main wing. The device also includes an airflow control part disposed at an area in the concave part facing an upper surface of the main wing, that is accommodated between the main wing and the concave part when the slat main body is retracted into the main wing, and that suppresses turbulence colliding against the area in the concave part facing the upper surface of the main wing when the slat main body is extended from the main wing. | 11-15-2012 |
Makoto Hirai, Toyota-Shi JP
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20130226379 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes: an electricity storage device configured to output electric power to and receives electric power from a vehicle-driving electric motor and to be charged with electricity generated by using output of an engine; an external charging portion that charges the electricity storage device with electric power supplied from outside the vehicle; and a control device that controls switching between the traveling of the vehicle which does not use the engine but uses the electric motor and the traveling which uses the engine. The control device restrains the traveling that uses the engine, during a period until charging is newly executed by the external charging portion, if degree of execution of the traveling that uses the engine following previous execution of the external charging is greater than a predetermined degree. | 08-29-2013 |
20140288742 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes: an engine; a motor; a battery; a navigation system; and a controller configured to carry out navigation coordination traveling, the controller being configured to stop the navigation coordination traveling when a state of charge of the battery becomes lower than or equal to a first switching threshold, the controller being configured to resume the navigation coordination traveling when the state of charge of the battery becomes higher than or equal to a second switching threshold higher than the first switching threshold, the controller being configured to set a first predetermined state of charge for the first switching threshold when there is no regenerative travel section, and the controller being configured to set a second predetermined state of charge lower than the first predetermined state of charge when there is the regenerative travel section. | 09-25-2014 |
Masami Hirai, Wako-Shi JP
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20110270566 | SCHEDULING DEVICE, SCHEDULING METHOD, SCHEDULING PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM - The present invention provides a scheduling device which can carry out scheduling of process execution periods of time, included in plural pieces of processing target data, respectively. The scheduling device sorts out plural pieces of substance data by looking up a retention time, included in each of the plural pieces of substance data. The scheduling device groups the plural pieces of substance data into a plurality of functions Fn so that pieces of substance data, included in each of the plurality of functions Fn, is successively arrayed in an order resulting from the sorting. Further, the scheduling device finds, for each of the plurality of functions Fn, a function range between a detection start time included in that function Fn and a detection end time included in that function Fn, and groups the plurality of functions Fn into a measurement group(s) In so that an interval between functions Fn included in the same measurement group is more than a condition set in advance. | 11-03-2011 |
Masanori Hirai, Gifu JP
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20130047838 | FLUID ACTUATOR - A fluid is supplied and discharged to and from a cylinder. A body portion is fixed to a fixed-side structure, and the cylinder is provided integrally with the body portion. A piston defines a cylinder chamber inside the cylinder and slides on an inner wall of the cylinder. A rod is provided integrally with the piston and is displaced so as to extend from and contract into the cylinder. A link member is installed parallel to the axial direction of the cylinder or installed so as to extend obliquely to a direction parallel to the axial direction of the cylinder, and a first end of the link member is pivotably connected to a movable-side structure. A connecting member is fixed to the rod, and a second end of the link member is pivotably connected to the connecting member. | 02-28-2013 |
Masashi Hirai, Osaka-Shi JP
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20130084097 | BELT CONVEYOR MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A belt conveyor member includes an endless belt and a cleaning blade. The cleaning blade is configured to remove residual toner remaining on a surface of the endless belt which is processed into a smooth surface. The endless belt has a first region and a second region. The first region is a region in contact with the cleaning blade which is located outside a region for a recording sheet of a maximum usable width to pass therethrough. The second region is located outside the first region. A contact surface between the cleaning blade and the first region is in a rough condition free from intimate contact. | 04-04-2013 |
20130126314 | BELT UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A belt unit is provided with an endless belt, a driving roller, and a pair of guide ribs. The driving roller is disposed on an inner peripheral surface side of the endless belt and drives the endless belt. The pair of guide ribs is placed on each opposite widthwise end of the inner peripheral surface of the endless belt and contacts both end faces of the driving roller, thus preventing meandering of the endless belt. Additionally, the driving roller is equipped with a low friction region at both opposite lengthwise ends in a predetermined width and the low friction region is configured to have a friction coefficient that is lower than a friction coefficient of a region adjacent to the low friction region. | 05-23-2013 |
Miki Hirai, Osaka-Fu JP
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20120016117 | INDAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID AMIDE COMPOUND - Disclosed is a compound which is useful in preventing and treating cardiac arrhythmia such as atrial fibrillation. A compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the same. | 01-19-2012 |
Motohiko Hirai, Takasaki-Shi JP
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20120270985 | SILICONE MICROEMULSION COMPOSITION - A silicone microemulsion composition obtained by microemulsifying a carboxy-modified organopolysiloxane, and having a lower surface tension than conventional microemulsions. The composition includes 100 parts by mass of a specific carboxy-modified organopolysiloxane (A), 25 to 75 parts by mass of a specific polyether-modified organopolysiloxane (B), 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of an anionic surfactant, and 20 to 6,000 parts by mass of water, wherein the average particle size of the emulsion particles is not more than 100 nm. | 10-25-2012 |
Naoki Hirai, Nagoya-Shi JP
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20120086403 | END-OF-DISCHARGE VOLTAGE CORRECTION DEVICE AND END-OF-DISCHARGE VOLTAGE CORRECTION METHOD - An end-of-discharge voltage correction section subtracts, from an end-of-discharge open voltage, the product I×RO of a discharge current I of a block and an ohmic resistance RO of the block and the product ITD×RP of a discharge current ITD obtained by performing a time delay process on the discharge current and a polarization resistance RP of the block. Then, a resulting value is set as an end-of-discharge voltage VL. The ohmic resistance RO is increased as an equivalent cycle count CY increases, and is increased as a healthy parallel number NPH decreases. An increment ΔCY of the equivalent cycle count CY in each charge/discharge cycle becomes greater as a discharge depth DD increases. The healthy parallel number NPH is derived by multiplying a healthy parallel number NPHR of a reference block by the ratio of a capacity CPR of the reference block to a capacity CPS of a target block. | 04-12-2012 |
Naoki Hirai, Nagoya-City JP
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20110206955 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - In a method for controlling a sodium-sulfur battery, a time of correcting or resetting a depth of discharge of the sodium-sulfur battery is determined within a predetermined period based on weather information, and the depth of discharge of the sodium-sulfur battery is corrected or reset in the determined time. According to this sodium-sulfur battery control method, the depth of discharge of the sodium-sulfur battery can be accurately managed in a small-scale interconnected system. | 08-25-2011 |
20110262781 | TEMPERATURE INCREASING METHOD FOR SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - A temperature increasing method for a sodium-sulfur battery includes three or more temperature gradients, and inflection points of 90±5° C. and 150±5° C. at which the temperature gradient changes, and the temperature gradient in a section from 90±5° C. to 150±5° C. is 5° C./h or less, whereby it is possible to increase a temperature of the sodium-sulfur battery quickly without affecting the quality of the sodium-sulfur battery. | 10-27-2011 |
20110295534 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DROP IN CAPACITY OF SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - It is determined that a drop in the capacity of a sodium-sulfur battery has proceeded to an abnormal level when both the following expression (1) and expression (2) hold. Qe−Qn≧K1 . . . (1) where Qe: abnormal block depth-of discharge; Qn: normal block depth of discharge; and K1: block abnormality determination setting value (integer constant), and Qe≧K2 . . . (2) where K2: depth of discharge abnormality determination setting value (integer constant). | 12-01-2011 |
20110313699 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING STATE OF CHARGE OF SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - An accurately and precisely calculation of the state of charge of a sodium-sulfur battery may be made by determining a state of charge Qr according to expression (1) given below even if the sodium-sulfur battery is applied to compensate for fluctuations in the power generated by a natural energy generating device: Qr=100×(1−(Qu/(Qa−Qsf))) . . . (1) where Qu: used capacity; Qa: product capacity; and Qsf: residual capacity in final year; and Qsf=f | 12-22-2011 |
20120041690 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING NUMBER OF HEALTHY STRINGS OF SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY AND FAILURE DETECTION METHOD USING SAME - A number (uo) of healthy strings of one block in a sodium-sulfur battery is determined according to expression (1), and a failure of the sodium-sulfur battery is detected on the basis of the determination of the value of the uo. This method makes it possible to properly determine a failure of the sodium-sulfur battery, which can be used to compensate for fluctuations of electric power generated by a renewable energy generating device. uo=(Qo/Qs)×us . . . (1) where Qs: used capacity of reference block; Qo: used capacity of target block; and us: number of healthy strings of reference block (us≦u). | 02-16-2012 |
Nobuyoshi Hirai, Okayama-Ken JP
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20120267185 | GENERAL-PURPOSE FRAME STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING POWERPLANTS - A general-purpose frame structure to mount a powerplant to a car body includes four side frames having respective basal ends to be attached to a fore end of a cabin and adapted to extend in the fore-and-aft direction of the car body. Mounting devices are interposed between the side frames and the powerplant. The side frames have surfaces provided with a plurality of attachment openings arranged in a row at specific intervals. Side frame adjusters are configured to be interposed between the cabin and the side frames for adjusting the relative positions of the cabin and the side frames. The mounting devices are fitted, at the side of the side frames thereof, into two of the plurality of attachment openings, and mounting device adjusters are interposed between a powerplant-side connection portion and a side frame-side connection portion for adjusting the relative positions of the connection portions. | 10-25-2012 |
Norihiro Hirai, Wakayama-Shi JP
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20130157192 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - A method for producing a toner for electrostatic image development containing at least a resin binder and a charge control agent, including step 1: melt-kneading components containing a resin binder and a charge control agent to provide a melt-kneaded product; and step 2: pulverizing the melt-kneaded product, and classifying a pulverized product, wherein the resin binder contains a polyester A obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component containing 1,2-propanediol and a carboxylic acid component containing a rosin compound and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid compound having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein 1,2-propanediol is contained in the alcohol component of the polyester A in an amount of 85% by mol or more. The toner for electrostatic image development obtained by the method of the present invention can be suitably used in, for example, the development or the like of latent image formed in electrophotography, an electrostatic recording method, an electrostatic printing method, or the like. | 06-20-2013 |
20130171555 | BINDER RESIN FOR TONERS - A resin binder for use in a toner, containing an amorphous polyester having a furan ring; and a toner for electrophotography, containing the resin binder. The resin binder for use in a toner of the present invention is suitably used in a toner usable in development of latent images formed in electrophotography, an electrostatic recording method, an electrostatic printing method, or the like. | 07-04-2013 |
20130273467 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - A toner for electrostatic image development containing a resin binder and a releasing agent, wherein the resin binder contains a polyester A having a furan ring, and wherein the releasing agent contains an ester wax, and a method for producing the toner. The toner for electrostatic image development of the present invention can be suitably used in, for example, the development or the like of latent image formed in electrophotography, an electrostatic recording method, an electrostatic printing method, or the like. | 10-17-2013 |
20140120465 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - A method for producing a toner for electrostatic image development including the step of melt-kneading a mixture containing a resin binder and a wax, wherein the resin binder contains an amorphous polyester (A) obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component containing an aliphatic diol (a) having 3 or 4 carbon atoms, the aliphatic diol having a hydroxyl group bonded to a secondary carbon atom, and an aliphatic diol (b) containing one or more α,ω-linear alkanediols having 2, 4, 6 or 8 carbon atoms, and a carboxylic acid component. The toner for electrostatic image development can be suitably used in, for example, the development or the like of latent image formed in an electrostatic development method, an electrostatic recording method, an electrostatic printing method, or the like | 05-01-2014 |
Seiko Hirai, Kyoto JP
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20110115738 | TOUCH PANEL HAVING PRESS DETECTION FUNCTION AND PRESSURE SENSITIVE SENSOR FOR THE TOUCH PANEL - An object of the present invention is to provide a touch panel having a press detection function, which makes it possible to suppress degradation of visibility of a display unit of a display device even when mounted on an electronic device, and also to improve a pressure measuring precision. For this purpose, the touch panel of the present invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed oppose to the first substrate, a pair of electrodes disposed on either one of opposed surfaces of the respective substrates or disposed separately on both of the surfaces, pressure sensitive ink members disposed with a gap from at least one of the pair of electrodes, each of the pressure sensitive ink members having an electrical characteristic varied by a pressing force applied thereto, and a gap retaining member for bonding the first and second substrates to each other and for retaining a gap between each of the pressure sensitive inks and at least one of the pair of electrodes, wherein the pair of electrodes are disposed in a frame shape along an edge portion of the first or second substrate, and the pressure sensitive ink members are scattered along the edge portion of the first or second substrate so that, when the first or second substrate is deformed upon an application of an external force, at least one of them is made in contact with both of the pair of electrodes so as to make the two electrodes conductive to each other. | 05-19-2011 |
20120098767 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS AND PRESSURE DETECTION UNIT USED IN THE INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS - An information input apparatus includes a panel member having a touch type information input function, a package having a support portion for supporting the panel member, a pressure detection portion provided between/across the panel member and the support portion for detecting a pressure operation force to the panel member, and an initial load applying portion provided between/across/across the panel member and the support portion and configured to draw the panel member and the support portion toward each other, thereby to apply an initial load to the pressure detection portion, so that an information input operation corresponding to a pressing force to the panel member can be performed speedily. | 04-26-2012 |
Seiko Hirai, Kyoto-Shi JP
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20120293298 | MULTI-TOUCH PANEL INCLUDING EQUIPOTENTIAL LINE DISTORTION CORRECTOR - There is provided a multi-touch panel that includes equipotential line distortion correctors each for realizing an equipotential line with no distortion in a simple structure, even in a case where drawing wires have different length for respective input areas. The multi-touch panel includes a first conductive film and a second conductive film that are formed respectively on a first substrate | 11-22-2012 |
20130201150 | Pressure Detection Unit and Information Input Device Having the Pressure Detection Unit - A pressure detection unit is disposed in a peripheral portion of a panel member of an information input device for detecting a press operation to the panel member. The pressure detection unit includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, a pressure sensitive layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a first electrode provided on the first substrate and a second electrode provided on the second substrate for detecting resistance change via the pressure sensitive layer, the first electrode and the second electrode being provided at positions not facing each other along normal lines of the first substrate and the second substrate. The first electrode, the second electrode and the pressure sensitive layer together form a series circuit in the form of a loop. | 08-08-2013 |
Seiko Hirai, Kameoka-Shi JP
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20120222499 | Pressure Detection Unit and Pressure Detection Device - A pressure detection unit includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed in opposition to each other and subject to load from the outside, a pair of electrodes provided in distribution in the first substrate and the second substrate, the electrodes being disposed linearly in opposition to each other, electrically conductive pressure-sensitive ink disposed between the pair of electrodes to cover at least one of these electrodes and having electrical characteristics which varies according to the load, and an adhesion member for adhering the first substrate and the second substrate to each other with the pair of electrodes and the pressure-sensitive ink being placed in contact with each other. | 09-06-2012 |
Shigeto Hirai, Minato-Ku JP
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20130009405 | WIND TURBINE GENERATOR - A wind turbine generator having a large opening area for air intake and exhaust while maintaining tower strength and having a sufficient cooling performance is provided. In the wind turbine generator, a rotor head rotating when receiving wind power with wind turbine blades drives a generating machine provided inside a nacelle to generate electric power. The nacelle is provided on an upper end portion of a tower standing upright on a foundation. Outer air is introduced into the tower from a tower opening provided on a surface of the tower to cool an inner space of the tower. The wind turbine generator includes a recessed cylindrical portion extending from the tower opening toward the inner side of the tower. Air can pass through pressure loss elements provided on a part or all of a surface making up the cylindrical portion, and an effective opening area where the pressure loss elements are provided is larger than an actual opening area of the tower opening. | 01-10-2013 |
Shinichi Hirai, Wako-Shi JP
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20120251371 | GEAR PUMP - In a gear pump in which a driving rotor that is driven by a driving source meshes with a driven rotor that is driven by the driving rotor for rotation to pump a hydraulic oil, only one of the driving rotor and the driven rotor is given the steam treatment while the other remains untreated. | 10-04-2012 |
Shinichirou Hirai, Ichinomiya-City JP
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20110114739 | Vehicular air conditioner - When there is no occupant in seats other than a driver seat during a foot mode, an air-conditioning controller executes a single seat concentration mode to prevent blowing of warm air to a passenger seat and a backseat by closing foot outlets on a passenger seat side and a backseat side. In this case, in order to maintain an air volume blown from the foot outlet on a driver seat side when the controller changes the mode from the normal foot mode to the single seat concentration mode, the controller sets a blower level to be lower than in the case of the normal foot mode with respect to the same target blown air temperature. Thus, an electric power consumed by an electric motor of a blower can be reduced, thereby realizing energy saving. | 05-19-2011 |
20110284202 | Vehicle air conditioner - A vehicle air conditioner includes a heating heat exchanger, a first temperature adjustment mechanism for adjusting a temperature of air to be blown toward a driver's seat side in a vehicle compartment, and a second temperature adjustment mechanism for adjusting a temperature of air to be blown toward a front-passenger's seat side in the vehicle compartment. In the vehicle air conditioner, the first and second temperature adjustment mechanisms are controlled to perform a one-seat priority mode control such that the temperature of air to be blown toward the front-passenger's seat side is lower than the temperature of air to be blown toward the driver's seat side, when only the driver is in the vehicle compartment and the heating condition is determined as the air conditioning state. | 11-24-2011 |
20120142264 | AIR CONDITIONER FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle air conditioner includes a blower for blowing air into a space of a vehicle compartment, and an air-conditioning mode switching portion for switching between air conditioning modes. The air conditioning modes include a normal air conditioning mode in which air conditioning of a specific region including a driver seat and air conditioning of a non-specific region not including the specific region in the space of the vehicle compartment are performed, and a specific-region prioritizing air conditioning mode in which an air conditioning capability for the non-specific region is decreased as compared to the normal air conditioning mode. The air-conditioning mode switching portion adjusts the air conditioning capability for the non-specific region based on a pressure of air drawn into the blower, in the specific-region prioritizing air conditioning mode. | 06-07-2012 |
20140045417 | AIR-CONDITIONER FOR VEHICLE - A control part controls a first opening-and-closing part to close either one of a first outside air introduction port and a first inside air introduction port when it is determined that outside air introduced from the first outside air introduction port flows into a passenger compartment through the first inside air introduction port, and controls a second opening-and-closing part to close either one of a second outside air introduction port and a second inside air introduction port when it is determined that outside air introduced from the second outside air introduction port flows into the passenger compartment through the second inside air introduction port. | 02-13-2014 |
Shouichi Hirai, Ibaraki JP
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20110198380 | PNEUMATIC DRIVING MACHINE - The nailing machine ( | 08-18-2011 |
20110198384 | PNEUMATIC DRIVING MACHINE - The nailing machine ( | 08-18-2011 |
20120073846 | POWER TOOL - An oil pulse tool including: a brushless motor which includes stator windings; a drive circuit configured to apply a driving voltage to any of the stator windings of the brushless motor at a predetermined timing; an oil pulse mechanism portion configured to be rotary driven by the brushless motor; and an output shaft which is connected to the oil pulse mechanism portion, wherein the drive circuit changes an advance angle of the driving voltage in accordance with a rotational position of the oil pulse mechanism portion. | 03-29-2012 |
Shuji Hirai, Shiga JP
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20130095672 | ROTATABLE CONNECTOR DEVICE - A rotatable connector device has a rotator including a ring-shaped rotatable-side ring plate and an inner cylindrical section having a cylindrical shape and formed along an inner circumferential edge of the rotatable-side ring plate, and a stator including a ring-shaped fixed-side ring plate and an outer cylindrical section having a cylindrical shape and formed along an outer circumferential edge of the ring-shaped fixed-side ring plate. The rotator and the stator are engaged with each other, so as to be pivotable with respect to each other with a gap being provided between the rotatable-side ring plate and the outer cylindrical section. An accommodation section, defined by the rotatable-side ring plate and the inner cylindrical section of the rotator and the fixed-side ring plate and the outer cylindrical section of the stator, accommodates a cable for electrically connecting the rotator and the stator to each. | 04-18-2013 |
20130095680 | ROTATABLE CONNECTOR DEVICE - A rotatable connector device includes a fixed-side member which is to be fixed, and a rotatable-side member which is relatively rotatably attached to the fixed-side member. The rotatable-side member receives a rotation input. The rotatable connector device have a fixed-side cable end accommodation section, projecting from an outer circumferential surface of the fixed-side member in a tangential direction thereof, for accommodating and holding a terminal conductor connection section provided at an end of a flat cable accommodated in the rotatable connector device. The flat cable has a bent portion, in a portion thereof on a side of the terminal conductor connection section, for bending the flat cable so as to shift the portion on the side of the terminal conductor connection section in a width direction of the flat cable. | 04-18-2013 |
20130252442 | ROTATABLE CONNECTOR DEVICE - A fixed-side ring plate rotation regulation section is provided at an outer circumferential edge of a fixed-side ring plate, and an outer cylinder rotation regulation section is provided at an outer circumferential edge of an outer cylinder at a position corresponding to the fixed-side ring plate rotation regulation section. The fixed-side ring plate and the outer cylinder formed of different members from each other are fit to each other such that the fixed-side ring plate rotation regulation section and the outer cylinder rotation regulation section are in contact with each other so as not to rotate about a rotation axis thereof. | 09-26-2013 |
Tadahiko Hirai, Mount Waverley AU
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20120261650 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - An organic electroluminescent device comprising: a pair of electrodes comprising an anode and a cathode, and one or more layers arranged between the anode and the cathode; wherein at least one of the one or more layers is a light emitting layer and wherein the one or more layers, comprises an organic compound represented by a substituted 2,2′-biimidazole. The substitutents on the biimidazole may be selected form a range of suitable substituents, including: hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted aryl group containing at least one atom selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, Si, P, F, Cl, Br; and/or comprising at least three organic rings, the organic rings being fused or non-fused, or a number of the adjacent substituent sites may together form a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic group; furthermore some substituents may be the same or different and may be selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen, deuterium, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a halogen atom or a cyano group. | 10-18-2012 |
20130264554 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - An organic electroluminescent device comprising: a pair of electrodes comprising an anode and a cathode, and one or more layers of organic compound arranged between the pair of electrodes, wherein the organic compound layer, or one or more of the organic compound layers, comprises a compound represented by a substituted imidazole. The substituents on the imidazole ring may be selected from a range of suitable substituents, including: substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic groups, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups or cyano groups. In various aspects of the invention, at least one of the substituent groups may be a substituted or unsubstituted imidazole or thiophene group. | 10-10-2013 |
Tadahiko Hirai, Victoria AU
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20120091884 | HEPTAAZAPHENALENE DERIVATIVES AND USE THEREOF IN ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device comprising a pair of electrodes forming an anode and cathode, and one or more layers of organic compound arranged between the pair of electrodes, wherein the organic compound layer comprises heptaazaphenalene derivatives of formula (1). The present invention also relates to the said compounds. | 04-19-2012 |
Tadahiro Hirai, Kita-Ku JP
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20110284186 | COMPOUND TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER - In a compound type heat exchanger A | 11-24-2011 |
Takahiro Hirai, Hitachinaka-Shi JP
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20120180322 | FOUR-CYCLE ENGINE, BUSH CUTTER AND ENGINE-DRIVEN TOOL HAVING SAME - There is provided a four-cycle engine which can appropriately circulate oil in an engine regardless of a tilted condition with a simple structure. A crankcase ( | 07-19-2012 |
Takami Hirai, Toyota-City JP
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20110148544 | DIRECTIONAL COUPLER - A directional coupler includes a dielectric substrate having at least an input terminal and an output terminal on a surface thereof, a main line disposed in the dielectric substrate and extending between the input terminal and the output terminal, a first coupling line for monitoring a level of an input signal which is input through the input terminal, the first coupling line being disposed in the dielectric substrate and having an end electrically connected to a first terminating resistor, and a second coupling line for monitoring a level of a reflected signal which is input through the output terminal, the second coupling line being disposed in the dielectric substrate and having an end electrically connected to a second terminating resistor. | 06-23-2011 |
20110169590 | COMBINER FOR DOHERTY AMPLIFIER - A combiner for a Doherty amplifier includes, on and in a dielectric substrate, a carrier input terminal, a peak input terminal, an output terminal, a combining point for combining an output signal from the carrier amplifier and an output signal from the peak amplifier, a first λ/4 line connected between the carrier input terminal and the combining point, a second λ/4 line connected between the combining point and the output terminal, and a first directional coupler. The first directional coupler includes a third λ/4 line electromagnetically coupled to one, to be monitored, of the first λ/4 line and the second λ/4 line. | 07-14-2011 |
20120019334 | IMPEDANCE MATCHING DEVICE - The present invention intends to provide a small-sized impedance matching device with a small variation in quality and large-current tolerance. The above described intention of the present invention is achieved by an impedance matching device, which comprises a wiring portion comprising a conductor pattern for wiring, embedded inside or formed on the surface of first dielectric material, and either one or both of an inductor portion comprising a conductor pattern for inductor, embedded inside or formed on the surface of the first dielectric material, or a capacitor portion comprising at least one pair of conductor patterns for capacitor and second dielectric material with a dielectric constant larger than that of the first dielectric material, existing between the pair of conductor patterns for capacitor wherein the thicknesses of the conductor pattern for wiring and the conductor pattern for inductor are 20 μm or more. | 01-26-2012 |
20130026636 | LAMINATED AND SINTERED CERAMIC CIRCUIT BOARD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING THE CIRCUIT BOARD - A circuit board that can decrease thermal stress acting between a semiconductor element and a board in association with temperature alteration and has high mechanical strength (rigidity) as a whole board (including a multilayer wiring layer) is provided. Ceramic base material having a coefficient of thermal expansion close to that of a semiconductor element and inner layer wiring are integrally sintered, and the circuit board is configured so that fine-lined conductor structure corresponding to a multilayer wiring layer in the inner layer wiring has predetermined width, intralayer interval and interlayer interval. Thereby, thermal stress acting between a semiconductor element and the board when the board is exposed to temperature alteration in a condition where it is joined with the semiconductor element is suppressed, rigidity of the board is maintained, and its reliability against temperature cycle is increased. | 01-31-2013 |
20130094165 | HIGH-CAPACITY MODULE INCLUDING THE PERIPHERAL CIRCUIT USING THE CIRCUIT BOARD AND THE CIRCUIT BOARD CONCERNED FOR PERIPHERAL CIRCUITS OF A HIGH-CAPACITY MODULE | 04-18-2013 |
20130146339 | CIRCUIT BOARD FOR HIGH-CAPACITY MODULES, AND A PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE CIRCUIT BOARD - A circuit board including a substrate having first and second dielectric layers of first and second dielectrics, the second dielectric containing 8 mass % or more of a glass net former component. At least one portion of an inner layer electrode has approximately two principal surfaces parallel to principal surfaces of the circuit board and a thickness of not less than 50 micrometers in a normal direction of the principal surfaces. The inner layer electrode and second dielectric layer contact with each other, and a ratio t/T of sum total thickness t of the second dielectric layer in contact with the inner layer electrode in a normal direction of the principal surface to sum total thickness T of the first dielectric layer in a normal direction of the principal surface is 0.1 or more. | 06-13-2013 |
20130148314 | CIRCUIT BOARD FOR PERIPHERAL CIRCUITS OF HIGH-CAPACITY MODULES, AND A HIGH-CAPACITY MODULE INCLUDING A PERIPHERAL CIRCUIT USING THE CIRCUIT BOARD - A drive circuit is laminated via a high exothermic element disposed on a power circuit, and it is configured so that the average thermal expansion coefficient of the side of the power circuit of the drive circuit board may be larger than the average thermal expansion coefficient of the side opposite to the power circuit. Thereby, the drive circuit board will be curved in the same direction as the power circuit board when the power circuit board is curved due to heat generation from the high exothermic element accompanying the operation of the module. Thereby, in a high-capacity module, while attaining reduction in size and weight, reduction in serge, and reduction in a loss, poor junction between the high exothermic element of the power circuit and the drive circuit board can be suppressed and heat generating from the high exothermic element can be more effectively released. | 06-13-2013 |
20130196842 | GLASS-CERAMIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL - The present invention is directed to stably achieve a good thermal conductivity in a glass-ceramic composite material in which aluminum nitride particles are used as filler particles. | 08-01-2013 |
20140055973 | CIRCUIT BOARD FOR PERIPHERAL CIRCUITS OF HIGH-CAPACITY MODULES, AND A HIGH-CAPACITY MODULE INCLUDING A PERIPHERAL CIRCUIT USING THE CIRCUIT BOARD | 02-27-2014 |
Takashi Hirai, Toyota-Shi JP
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20110197709 | AGITATION DEVICE, MELTING APPARATUS AND MELTING METHOD - Provided are an agitation device, a melting apparatus, and a melting method which achieve good melting efficiency without contaminating molten metal. The agitation device is provided with a traveling magnetic field generating unit which is disposed outside a charging tank for storing molten metal and generates, inside the charging tank, a magnetic field that travels downward along the rear sidewall of the charging tank, whereby a flow of the molten metal that rotates longitudinally about an axis approximately parallel to the surface of the molten metal is produced in the molten metal. By charging aluminum cutting chips into the molten metal in which the flow is produced, the aluminum cutting chips move with the flow of the molten metal, get into the molten metal roughly in the position where a downward flow of the molten metal is produced, and are immersed in the molten metal, and thus the melting of the aluminum cutting chips is accelerated. | 08-18-2011 |
Takayoshi Hirai, Yokkaichi-Shi JP
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20120043508 | SOLUBLE IMIDE SKELETON RESIN, SOLUBLE IMIDE SKELETON RESIN SOLUTION COMPOSITION, CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND CURED PRODUCT THEREOF - An imide skeleton resin represented by the following general formula (1) has a coefficient of linear expansion as low as that of polyimide resin and excellent processability like epoxy resin, and is useful as a resin composition for electrical laminates. Five percent by mole or more of the entirety of the A component is a linking group having an imide skeleton represented by the following general formula (4-1). B denotes a hydrogen atom or a group represented by the following structural formula (5). n denotes an integer in the range of 0 to 200. If both of the B's are hydrogen atoms, then n denotes an integer of 1 or more. | 02-23-2012 |
20140030848 | INTERLAYER FILLER COMPOSITION FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, COATING FLUID AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - To provide an interlayer filler composition which, in 3D lamination of semiconductor device chips, forms a highly thermally conductive filling interlayer simultaneously with the bonding of solder bumps or the like and lands between semiconductor device chips, a coating fluid and a process for producing a three-dimensional integrated circuit. | 01-30-2014 |
Takayoshi Hirai, Mie JP
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20130025920 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE FIBER DISPERSION - The invention relates to a method for producing a microfibrillated cellulose fiber dispersion containing microfibrillated cellulose fibers, at least one of a resin and a resin precursor, and an organic solvent, and the method comprises a fibrillation step of fibrillating cellulose fibers in a starting material dispersion containing cellulose fibers, at least one of a resin and a resin precursor, and an organic solvent, to obtain microfibrillated cellulose fibers. | 01-31-2013 |
Takehiro Hirai, Ushiki JP
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20130265408 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS - For inspection of a pattern such as a semiconductor device, it is useful to selectively detect a defect on the specific pattern in order to estimate the cause of the occurrence of the defect. An object of the invention is to provide a charged particle beam apparatus capable of setting, on the basis of the shape of the pattern on a sample, a region to be inspected. The invention is characterized in that the contour of the pattern on the sample is extracted using a template image obtained on the basis of an image of the sample, the region to be inspected is set on the basis of the contour of the pattern, a defect candidate is detected by comparing the image to be inspected with a comparative image, and the sample is inspected using a positional relationship between the region to be inspected and the defect candidate included in the region to be inspected. | 10-10-2013 |
Takehiro Hirai, Shiga JP
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20110278679 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MASK FOR FABRICATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION METHOD - A semiconductor device includes a circuit portion including at least one real feature, and a plurality of dummy feature groups each including a plurality of dummy features spaced apart from each other by a first distance. The plurality of dummy feature groups are spaced apart from each other by a second distance larger than the first distance, and the circuit portion and the plurality of dummy feature groups are spaced apart from each other by the second distance. | 11-17-2011 |
Takeshi Hirai, Chiyoda-Ku JP
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20130053459 | IONIC POLYMER AND PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION - To obtain an ionic polymer having a high ion exchange capacity and a low moisture content, by simply converting a —SO | 02-28-2013 |
Takuya Hirai, Susono-Shi JP
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20120101708 | START-UP CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object is to provide a technology that enables starting of fuel injection under a condition that allows injected fuel to ignite and burn at the time of start-up of an internal combustion engine. To achieve the object, a start-up control system for an internal combustion engine according to the invention estimates, at the time of start-up of the internal combustion engine, the amount of rotation of a crankshaft in a period since the start of cranking until a crank position sensor outputs an effective pulse signal and determines, based on the stopping position of the crankshaft specified by the value thus estimated, whether or not fuel is to be injected at the first fuel injection time. | 04-26-2012 |
20120124978 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM - An exhaust gas purification system is provided with an exhaust gas purification device ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120222647 | LUBRICATION SYSTEM OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a lubrication system of an internal combustion engine provided with a generator that generates electricity by making use of the power generated by the engine, and a heating mechanism that heats lubricating oil of the engine by making use of the energy generated when the generator carries out a power generation operation, a comparison is made between an amount of decrease of an engine load in cases where the heating mechanism heats the lubricating oil and an amount of increase of the engine load in cases where the generator carries out the power generation operation for the purpose of the operation of the heating mechanism, and permits the power generation operation of the generator in order to supply energy to the heating mechanism in cases where the amount of decrease of the engine load exceeds the amount of increase of the engine load. | 09-06-2012 |
20120293124 | BATTERY CHARGING CONTROL SYSTEM - An object of the invention is to make the charging power as high as possible in a battery charging control system for selectively charging a plurality of batteries having different voltages with energy generated by an alternator. To achieve the object, the battery charging control system according to the invention includes an alternator having a variable generation voltage and a plurality of batteries having different charging voltages, wherein maximum generation power defined as the highest power that the alternator can generate and maximum charging power defined as the highest power that each battery can accept are obtained, and a battery for which the charging power is highest is selected to be charged based on a comparison of the maximum generation power and the maximum charging power. | 11-22-2012 |
20130018548 | REGENERATIVE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLEAANM Shimasaki; YuichiAACI Mishima-shiAACO JPAAGP Shimasaki; Yuichi Mishima-shi JPAANM Futonagane; YoshinoriAACI Susono-shiAACO JPAAGP Futonagane; Yoshinori Susono-shi JPAANM Hirai; TakuyaAACI Susono-shiAACO JPAAGP Hirai; Takuya Susono-shi JP - The present invention is intended to suppress a change in a braking force due to a change in the magnitude of friction of an internal combustion engine, in a regenerative control system for a vehicle in which kinetic energy of wheels is made to be converted (regenerated) to electrical energy, at the time of deceleration running of the vehicle with the internal combustion engine mounted thereon. In order to solve this subject, the present invention is constructed such that the change in friction of the internal combustion engine is offset by adjustment of a regenerative braking force by regulating an amount of excitation current supplied to an electric generator according to the magnitude of friction in the internal combustion engine, at the time of deceleration running of the vehicle. | 01-17-2013 |
20130030647 | REGENERATION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An object of the invention is to increase the recovered kinetic energy as much as possible in a regeneration control system for a vehicle that converts the kinetic energy of a wheel into electrical energy while the vehicle is decelerating. To achieve the object, in the invention, the electric energy generated by a generator is decreased at the time when the wheel slips. In consequence, the recovered kinetic energy can be made larger as compared to the case where the electric energy generated by the generator is decreased based on an anticipation of slippage of the wheel made in advance. | 01-31-2013 |
20130042825 | LUBRICATION SYSTEM OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention is intended to reduce the friction of an internal combustion engine in a suitable manner when the internal combustion engine is in a cold state, thereby to attain the reduction of fuel consumption as well as the reduction of exhaust emission. In order to achieve this object, a lubrication system of an internal combustion engine of the present invention is provided with a generator which is capable of carrying out heat exchange with lubricating oil in the internal combustion engine, wherein an amount of electric power generated by the generator is increased when the temperature of the lubricating oil is lower than a target temperature. According to this lubrication system of an internal combustion engine, it becomes possible to quickly raise the temperature of the lubricating oil to the target temperature with the heat produced by the generator. | 02-21-2013 |
Taro Hirai, Kariya-Shi JP
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20110265460 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SUPPLY POWER TO CONDUCTIVE CARRIER OF CATALYST CONVERTER - In an apparatus for controlling supply power to a conductive porous carrier of a catalyst converter for cleaning an emission, a moisture determiner determines whether moisture is contained in and/or on the conductive porous carrier. A power controller controls supply power to the conductive porous carrier for energization of the conductive porous carrier such that a value of the supply power to the conductive porous carrier when it is determined that the moisture is contained in and/or on the conductive porous carrier is lower than a value of the supply power to the conductive porous carrier when it is determined that the moisture is not contained in and/or on the conductive porous carrier. | 11-03-2011 |
20110268613 | APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING TEMPERATURE STATE OF CARRIER OF CATALYST CONVERTER - An apparatus is used for diagnosing the temperature state of a catalyst converter. The catalyst converter includes a catalyst for cleaning an emission, and a conductive carrier for carrying the catalyst. The conductive carrier is energized for temperature rise of the catalyst, and the conductive carrier has a characteristic in which resistance drops with temperature increase. In the apparatus, a first obtaining unit obtains a first parameter having a first correlation with supply power to the conductive carrier for energization of the conductive carrier. A second obtaining unit obtains a second parameter having a second correlation with a temperature of the conductive carrier. A diagnosing unit diagnoses the temperature state of the conductive carrier based on a comparison between the first parameter and the second parameter. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270568 | APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING TEMPERATURE OF CONDUCTIVE CARRIER OF CATALYST CONVERTER - In an apparatus, a temperature obtainer obtains, in a learning mode of the apparatus during a conductive carrier being deenergized a, value of a carrier temperature based on a physical parameter correlative with the carrier temperature and different from a carrier resistance. A resistance obtainer instantaneously energizes, in the learning mode, the conductive carrier to obtain a value of the carrier resistance during the instant energization. A calculator obtains, in a normal operation mode of the apparatus after the learning mode, a value of the carrier resistance, and calculates, in the normal operation mode, a value of the carrier temperature based on: the obtained value of the carrier resistance in the normal operation mode, and a pair of the value of the carrier temperature and the value of the carrier resistance obtained in the learning mode. | 11-03-2011 |
Taro Hirai, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP
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20110239457 | CIRCUIT MODULES AND METHOD OF MANAGING THE SAME - Circuit modules including identification codes and a method of managing them are provided. A module substrate includes signal input output terminals and outer ground terminals provided at the peripheral portions of a surface which becomes a mounting surface when the circuit module is completed. An inner-ground-terminal formation area surrounded by the signal input output terminals and the outer ground terminals includes a plurality of inner ground terminals arranged in a matrix of rows and columns. One of the edge portions is a direction identification area. The inner ground terminal is not provided in the direction identification area, and a first identification code having information about the position of the module substrate is provided in the direction identification area. | 10-06-2011 |
20140091983 | COMPOSITE MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A wireless communication module includes a circuit board, and an antenna and a connection member mounted on a mounting surface of the circuit board. The antenna is mounted in a region along a first end edge of the circuit board, and the connection member is mounted in a region along a second end edge of the circuit board. | 04-03-2014 |
20140125540 | ANTENNA MODULE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE EQUIPPED THEREWITH - An RF signal input and output to and from a communication unit is extracted to outside of an antenna module before the RF signal is routed through a matching circuit unit and an antenna unit and a variation occurs, and the RF signal is accurately measured and inspected using a high-frequency wave measuring instrument such as a network analyzer. When the characteristics of the antenna unit have fluctuated or been deteriorated after the antenna module has been installed in a communication device, a measure is implemented by connecting an external matching circuit unit or an external antenna unit to a signal extraction unit. | 05-08-2014 |
Tomoaki Hirai, Kanagawa-Ken JP
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20090088929 | Method for determining the morphology of an occupant in an automotive seat with capacitive sensors - The present invention relates to a method determining the morphology of the occupant of an automotive car, characterized in that it comprises the steps of collecting ( | 04-02-2009 |
Tomoaki Hirai, Hamamatsu-Shi JP
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20130059528 | Wireless Terminal Installation Device - A wireless terminal installation device on which a wireless terminal is to be installed includes a housing and a substrate provided at an inside of the housing. The substrate includes at least a printed board, a mounting part that is provided on the printed board and mounted with a conductor, a conductor-free part which is an area that excludes a conductor, and a parasitic antenna that is provided on the conductor-free part to re-emit a radio wave received. | 03-07-2013 |
Tomoo Hirai, Chiyoda-Ku JP
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20120133882 | LIQUID CRYSTAL FILM AND OPTICAL ELEMENT PRODUCED USING SAME - The present invention provides a liquid crystal film which comprises a liquid crystal layer having excellent retainability of homeotropic alignment and which has excellent interlayer adhesion between a cycloolefin polymer (COP) film and the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal film is produced by aligning homeotropically a liquid crystalline composition containing a (meth)acrylic compound having an oxetane group and fixing the composition in a homeotropic alignment by polymerizing the oxetane group directly on the COP film. The liquid crystal film is excellent in interlayer adhesion. The present invention also provides an optical element produced using the liquid crystal film. | 05-31-2012 |
Tomoyasu Hirai, Fukuoka JP
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20110281085 | POLYMER THIN FILM, PATTERNED MEDIA, PRODUCTION METHODS THEREOF, AND SURFACE MODIFYING AGENTS - The objects of the present invention are to provide a polymer thin film having finer structure than the conventional product, excellent regularity over a wide range and only limited defects, patterned media, methods for producing the thin film and patterned media, and surface modifying agent used in these production methods. | 11-17-2011 |
Toshihiko Hirai, Koto-Ku JP
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20130012074 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector is miniaturized and reduced in profile height, yet maintains strength and connection stability, uses elastic fixtures as a power source and provides stable fitting. | 01-10-2013 |
Toshikazu Hirai, Gunma JP
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20120228738 | PROTECTING ELEMENT - With a microwave FET, an incorporated Schottky junction capacitance or PN junction capacitance is small and such a junction is weak against static electricity. However, with a microwave device, the method of connecting a protecting diode cannot be used since this method increases the parasitic capacitance and causes degradation of the high-frequency characteristics. In order to solve the above problems, a protecting element, having a first n | 09-13-2012 |
Yasumasa Hirai, Chiyoda-Ku JP
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20130189147 | BEARING STEEL BEING EXCELLENT BOTH IN POST SPHEROIDIZING-ANNEALING WORKABILITY AND IN POST QUENCHING-TEMPERING HYDROGEN FATIGUE RESISTANCE PROPERTY - Provided is bearing steel excellent in post spheroidizing-annealing workability and in post quenching-tempering hydrogen fatigue resistance property. The bearing steel has a chemical composition containing, by mass %: 0.85% to 1.10% C; 0.30% to 0.80% Si; 0.90% to 2.00% Mn; 0.025% or less P; 0.02% or less S; 0.05% or less Al; 1.8% to 2.5% Cr; 0.15% to 0.4% Mo; 0.0080% or less N; 0.0020% or less O; and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, to thereby effectively suppress the generation of WEA even in environment where hydrogen penetrates into the steel, so as to improve the rolling contact fatigue life and also the workability such as cuttability and forgeability of the material. | 07-25-2013 |
20130224065 | BEARING STEEL BEING EXCELLENT BOTH IN WORKABILITY AFTER SPHEROIDIZING-ANNEALING AND IN HYDROGEN FATIGUE RESISTANCE PROPERTY AFTER QUENCHING AND TEMPERING - Provided is bearing steel excellent in workability after spheroidizing-annealing and in hydrogen fatigue resistance property after quenching and tempering. The bearing steel has a chemical composition containing, by mass %: 0.85% to 1.10% C; 0.30% to 0.80% Si; 0.90% to 2.00% Mn; 0.025% or less P; 0.02% or less S; 0.05% or less Al; 1.8% to 2.5% Cr; 0.15% to 0.4% Mo; 0.0080% or less N; and 0.0020% or less O, which further contains more than 0.0015% to 0.0050% or less Sb, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, to thereby effectively suppress the generation of WEA even in environment where hydrogen penetrates into the steel, so as to improve the roiling contact fatigue life and also the workability such as cuttability and forgeability of the material. | 08-29-2013 |
Yasushi Hirai, Ehime JP
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20130130191 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE - The optical tomography image acquisition device comprises a tomographic image computer ( | 05-23-2013 |
Yoko Hirai, Hachioji-Shi JP
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20130154039 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF RADIATION IMAGE DETECTOR AND RADIATION IMAGE DETECTOR - The present invention provides a production method of a radiation image detector, comprising a scintillator panel preparation step, a composite rigid plate preparation step of bonding a flexible polymer film to a rigid plate with an adhesive to prepare the composite rigid plate, a preparation step of a scintillator panel provided with a composite rigid plate of bonding the composite rigid plate to a scintillator panel to prepare the scintillator panel provided with a composite rigid plate, and a preparation step of a radiation image detection member of opposing the surface of the photoelectric conversion base plate in which the photoelectric conversion elements are disposed to the surface of the side of the scintillator layer of the scintillator panel provided with the composite rigid plate and bonding the photoelectric conversion base plate to the scintillator panel to prepare a radiation image detection member; whereby there arc provided a production method of a radiation image detector which can he easily produced and results in superior image uniformity, and a radiation image detector obtained by the method. | 06-20-2013 |
Yoshihiro Hirai, Shinagawa-Ku JP
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20130297782 | REGION IDENTIFICATION SERVER, REGION IDENTIFICATION METHOD, REGION IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING THE PROGRAM - A content server ( | 11-07-2013 |
Yoshiki Hirai, Shibuya-Ku JP
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20130300021 | MIXED POWDER HIGH-DENSITY MOLDING METHOD AND MIXED POWDER HIGH-DENSITY MOLDING SYSTEM - A first die is filled with a mixed powder that includes a lubricant powder, and a first pressure is applied to the mixed powder in the first die to form a mixed powder intermediate compressed body. The mixed powder intermediate compressed body is heated to the melting point of the lubricant powder, and the heated mixed powder intermediate compressed body is placed in a second die that has been pre-heated to the melting point of the lubricant powder. A second pressure is applied to the mixed powder intermediate compressed body in the second die to form a high-density mixed powder final compressed body. | 11-14-2013 |
20150061188 | HIGH-DENSITY MOLDING DEVICE AND HIGH-DENSITY MOLDING METHOD FOR MIXED POWDER - A first die is filled with a mixed powder that is a mixture of a basic metal powder and a low-melting-point lubricant powder, the internal dimension of the first die being smaller than the internal dimension (=100%) of a second die by 1 to 5%. A first pressure is applied to the mixed powder in the first die to form a mixed powder intermediate compressed body. The mixed powder intermediate compressed body is heated to the melting point of the lubricant powder. A second pressure is applied to the heated mixed powder intermediate compressed body in the second die that has been pre-heated to the melting point of the lubricant powder to form a high-density mixed powder final compressed body. | 03-05-2015 |
20150076729 | HIGH-DENSITY MOLDING DEVICE AND HIGH-DENSITY MOLDING METHOD FOR MIXED POWDER - A first die is filled with a mixed powder prepared by mixing a low-melting-point lubricant powder into a basic metal powder in a weight ratio of 0.1 to 0.2%. A first pressure is applied to the mixed powder in the first die to form a mixed powder intermediate compressed body having a true density ratio of 80 to 90%. The mixed powder intermediate compressed body is heated to the melting point of the lubricant powder. The heated mixed powder intermediate compressed body is placed in a second die that is pre-heated to the melting point of the lubricant powder. A second pressure is applied to the mixed powder intermediate compressed body in the second die to form a high-density mixed powder final compressed body. | 03-19-2015 |
20150078952 | HIGH-DENSITY MOLDING DEVICE AND HIGH-DENSITY MOLDING METHOD FOR MIXED POWDER - A first die is filled with a mixed powder including a lubricant. A first pressure is applied to the mixed powder to form a mixed powder intermediate compressed body having a density ratio of 85 to 96%, provided that the maximum density of the mixed powder intermediate compressed body that can be molded by applying the first pressure is 100%. The mixed powder intermediate compressed body is heated to the melting point of the lubricant powder. The mixed powder intermediate compressed body is placed in a second die that is pre-heated to the melting point. A second pressure is applied to the mixed powder intermediate compressed body in the second die to form a high-density mixed powder final compressed body. | 03-19-2015 |
Yoshinori Hirai, Takasago-Shi JP
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20130303771 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING CYCLIC AMINE COMPOUNDS - A cyclic amine compound having a prescribed configuration can be efficiently prepared by reducing an imine derivative in the presence of a sulfonic acid. Specifically, a cyclic amine compound which is substituted with an amino group and a carboxyl group in which both groups are arranged in the trans configuration can be prepared efficiently. | 11-14-2013 |
Yoshiyuki Hirai, Ibaraki JP
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20110164280 | Image capture apparatus capable of communicating wirelessly and reducing power consumption, and method for controlling the same - A wireless mode between a scanner and an image communication apparatus is changed, in response to completion of image transmission from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, completion of print of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, completion of transmission via a communication line connected to the image communication apparatus of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, instructions to stop print of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, instructions to stop transmission via the communication line connected to the image communication apparatus of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, and states of the scanner and the image communication apparatus at a predetermined time and so on. For example, a low power consumption mode and communication mode of Bluetooth communication are switched to each other. | 07-07-2011 |
20130038137 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS WIRELESSLY CONNECTABLE TO OTHER APPARATUSES, SYSTEM HAVING THE IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A wireless mode between a scanner and an image communication apparatus is changed, in response to completion of image transmission from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, completion of print of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, completion of transmission via a communication line connected to the image communication apparatus of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, instructions to stop print of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, instructions to stop transmission via the communication line connected to the image communication apparatus of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, and states of the scanner and the image communication apparatus at a predetermined time and so on. For example, a low power consumption mode and communication mode of Bluetooth communication are switched to each other. | 02-14-2013 |
Yuji Hirai, Sendai-Shi JP
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20110124252 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE FILM AND CONDUCTIVE FILM - The present invention has an object to provide a process for producing a conductive film, which enables low-cost, easy production of conductive mesh films that have a fine mesh structure and can prevent moiré patterns when used in displays and the like, and a conductive film. The production process includes applying an organic solvent dispersion containing conductive fine particles to a substrate; and evaporating the organic solvent while condensing water vapor in air into water droplets on the surface of the applied organic solvent dispersion. The conductive film has a mesh shape and the mesh shape is formed by mesh lines made of a conductive material and holes. The average area of the holes is not more than 400 μm | 05-26-2011 |
20130168351 | SLIDE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A slide member includes a substrate that is made of a metal material and has a sliding surface with a plurality of microdimples formed therein. Each of the microdimple has a circular opening, the microdimples are arranged in regular intervals in a hexagonal close-packed configuration, and the area ratio of the openings of all the microdimples to the entire sliding surface is in the range of 50 to 80%. | 07-04-2013 |
Yuki Hirai, Ichihara-Shi JP
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20110261479 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium is provided, which include: forming a magnetic layer on the surface of a nonmagnetic substrate; forming a groove in which a nonmagnetic section is formed by etching a portion corresponding to a formation region of the nonmagnetic section in the magnetic layer and a magnetic recording section formed of the magnetic layer; applying a resin having an active energy ray curable functional group to the surface of the magnetic recording section so as to fill the groove; pressing a plate material against the resin so that the smooth surface of the plate material is in contact with the surface of the resin to make the surface of the resin smooth; removing the plate material from the resin; and forming the nonmagnetic section in the groove by etching and removing a portion located above the surface of the magnetic recording section in the resin having a smooth surface. | 10-27-2011 |
Yuki Hirai, Tsukuba-Shi JP
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20130066068 | PHOTO-RESPONSIVE LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COMPOUND AND ITS APPLICATIONS - The purpose of the present invention is to provide novel liquid crystalline compounds that are capable of inducing phase transition by a light stimulus and are useful in the display, optoelectronics, and photonics field. The present invention relates to the liquid crystalline compounds represented by general formula (1): | 03-14-2013 |
Yuu Hirai, Kyoto JP
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20130028168 | MOBILE TELEPHONE, TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile telephone having a relaying function, the relaying function being a function of wirelessly connecting to an external device and a base station and of relaying data between the external device and the base station, the mobile telephone comprising: a first wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with the external device; and a second wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with the base station, wherein during a relay period for relaying data between the external device and the base station, transmission power of the second wireless communication unit is controlled within a limit of a second maximum power that is smaller than a first maximum power, and when voice communication is started in a course of the control using the second maximum power, the transmission power is controlled within a limit of the first maximum power. | 01-31-2013 |
Yuusuke Hirai, Saitama-Shi JP
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20130021518 | IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup system includes: an optical system including a focus lens unit; a camera platform apparatus driving the optical system to pan and tilt; a measuring unit measuring a distance to an object, the measuring unit operable to be driven independently from the pan/tilt-driving of the optical system; and a controller storing panning/tilting positions of the optical system as pre-set positions, and controls driving of the optical system to the pre-set positions, wherein upon input of a drive command for driving the optical system to the stored pre-set positions, the controller drives the measuring unit so that a panning position of the measuring unit and the stored panning position correspond to each other and starts measurement by the measuring unit before completion of the driving of the optical system to the stored panning/tilting positions. | 01-24-2013 |