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20140311724 | PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - A flow-path forming gasket is interposed between peripheries of each adjacent ones of stacked heat transfer plates; communicating-path forming gaskets are each installed, surrounding the passage holes in each adjacent ones of the heat transfer plates alternately; and thereby a first flow path adapted to pass a high-temperature fluid, a second flow path adapted to pass a low-temperature fluid, and communicating paths adapted to cause the fluids, respectively, to flow in and out of the first and second flow paths are formed alternately on opposite sides of each heat transfer plate. A drain hole is formed in each of the heat transfer plates to discharge fluid leaking from the first flow path, the second flow path, or the communicating path. The drain hole is surrounded by gaskets isolated from the first flow path, the second flow path, or the communicating path. A leakage flow path or a leakage collector is formed by the gaskets. | 10-23-2014 |
20140338870 | PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - Heat transfer plates are stacked, each being provided with a plurality of passage holes, a flow-path forming gasket is interposed between peripheries of each adjacent ones of the heat transfer plates, thereby alternately forming a first flow path to pass a high-temperature fluid, a second fluid to pass a low-temperature fluid, and communicating paths to cause the fluids to flow in and out of the first flow path and the second flow path on opposite sides of each heat transfer plate, and communicating-path forming gaskets surrounding the passage holes are interposed between adjacent ones of the heat transfer plates, thereby forming a communicating path to cause a fluid to flow in and out of the first flow path and a communicating path to cause a fluid to flow in and out the second flow path. Each communicating-path forming gasket is made up of inner and outer gasket members arranged in two lines, the inner gasket member surrounding the passage holes while the outer gasket member surrounding the inner gasket member. | 11-20-2014 |
20140367075 | PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - To provide a plate heat exchanger free from degradation of gaskets which form a flow path through which a high-temperature fluid flows. In the plate heat exchanger, a plurality of heat transfer plates | 12-18-2014 |
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20110167044 | COMPUTING SYSTEM AND BACKUP METHOD USING THE SAME - This invention provides a computing system in which multiple remote copy destination sites exist and, even if a failure occurs in a copy source volume in a remote copy source site, it becomes possible in at least one remote copy destination site to establish backup in which data must be determined at a certain point in time. The computing system of this invention is characterized by, before the in-storage copy function performing in storage copy in the remote copy source site, setting the pair status of the remote copy destination volume in at least one storage system in multiple remote copy destination storage systems and the remote copy source volume to the mode for terminating remote copy and, after the in-storage copy is completed, changing the above-mentioned pair status to the mode for starting remote copy. | 07-07-2011 |
20120246424 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND DATA BACKUP METHOD - The present invention proposes a computer system and data backup method which enable improvements in the response performance of a storage apparatus to a write request from a host apparatus. | 09-27-2012 |
20130332697 | STORAGE SUBSYSTEM AND STORAGE CONTROL METHOD - According to the prior art storage system, in order to add a storage device to a pool after a storage system has been operated for a certain period of time, the performance may be varied significantly according to the access performance of the application using the pool, and it was not possible to realize an optimum allocation corresponding to the operation form if the storage device is set to be included in a pool of a given tier based on the type of the storage device. Therefore, the present invention provides a system in which a performance test is performed in accordance with an access tendency of the application using the pool to thereby compute the tier capable of having the storage device added thereto, based on which the storage device can be allocated to an appropriate pool. | 12-12-2013 |
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20090288705 | PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION AND SOLAR HEAT COLLECTOR - Provided is a photovoltaic power generation and solar heat collector which can be installed in a small area and can simultaneously maintain a high collection efficiency and a high photoelectric conversion efficiency. The photovoltaic power generation and solar heat collector ( | 11-26-2009 |
20100059113 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - A dye-sensitized solar cell is provided, which includes glass substrates ( | 03-11-2010 |
20130309582 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - Provided is a solid oxide fuel cell having a service life of approximately 90,000 hours, a level required to encourage the widespread use of SOFC. The solid oxide fuel cell is provided with a solid electrolyte layer, an oxygen electrode layer provided on one side of the solid electrolyte layer, and a fuel electrode layer provided on the other side of the solid electrolyte layer. The oxygen electrode layer is made from a material containing iron or manganese, and the solid electrolyte layer contains an yttria-stabilized zirconia solid electrolyte material having a lanthanoid oxide dissolved therein. | 11-21-2013 |
20130309583 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - Provided is a solid oxide fuel cell having a service life of approximately 90,000 hours, a level required to encourage the widespread use of SOFC. The solid oxide fuel cell according to the present invention comprises a solid electrolyte layer, an oxygen electrode layer provide to one side of the solid electrolyte layer, and a fuel electrode layer provide to the other side of the solid electrolyte layer. The oxygen electrode layer is made from a material including iron or manganese, the solid electrolyte layer is made from a scandia-stabilized zirconia electrolyte material containing alumina, and the solid electrolyte layer has a lanthanoid oxide and/or yttria dissolved therein. | 11-21-2013 |
20130316266 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL AND SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL PROVIDED WITH SAME - Provided is a solid electrolyte material provided which, while maintaining a high oxygen ion conductivity, minimizes the extraction of scandia caused by impurities such as silicon in the fuel gas, and has improved intergranular strength in order to eliminate intergranular fracture caused by crystalline modification. The solid electrolyte material is a zirconia solid electrolyte material having yttria dissolved therein, has cubic crystals as the main ingredient, and is further characterized by having a lanthanoid oxide dissolved therein. | 11-28-2013 |
20130316267 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL AND SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL PROVIDED THE SAME - Provided is a solid electrolyte material which, while maintaining high oxygen ion conductivity, minimizes the decomposition of scandia caused by impurities such as silicon in the fuel gas, and improves intergranular strength in order to eliminate intergranular fracture caused by crystalline modification. The solid electrolyte material is a zirconia solid electrolyte material having scandia and a lanthanoid oxide and/or yttria dissolved therein, and has alumina further added thereto. | 11-28-2013 |
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20120294480 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image of a prescribed frame of images of respective frames is set as a target image, and an area including a prescribed pattern is detected from the target image as a specific area. An image other than the target image is set as a non-target image, and the specific area in the non-target image is predicted. The images of the respective frames are encoded so that the specific area is encoded to have higher image quality than an area other than the specific area. In encoding, the images of the respective frames are encoded so that the specific area in the non-target image is not referred to from another frame. | 11-22-2012 |
20130170545 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image encoding apparatus includes an encoding unit which encodes an input image of a block, a calculating unit which calculates a plurality of evaluation values for the block, an identifying unit which generates identification information by comparing a plurality of evaluation values calculated by the calculating unit with a plurality of threshold values, and a controller which controls a quantization parameter on the basis of the identification information identified by the identifying unit. | 07-04-2013 |
20140369617 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An amount of code is reduced for blocks in which visible degradation is not easily susceptible, while a large amount of code is assigned to blocks whose degradation in image quality is easily perceptible thereby suppressing the number of blocks for which a process is performed to achieve high quality image and thus suppressing an increase in the total amount of code. An input image is encoded in units of blocks. A block evaluation value for the block is calculated. The block is divided into N sub-blocks where N is equal to or greater than 2, and a sub-block evaluation value is calculated for each sub-block. A quantization parameter for the block is controlled based on the block evaluation value and the sub-block evaluation values. | 12-18-2014 |
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20090177417 | FRACTURE PREDICTION METHOD, DEVICE, A PROGRAM ARRANGEMENT AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM THEREFOR - According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, using a fracture limit stress line obtained by converting a hole expansion ratio into a stress as a criterion for a fracture, the risk of fracture in a material can be evaluated quantitatively by comparing the relationship between data obtained from a numerical analysis using a finite element method and the fracture limit stress line. Thus, when determining a fracture limit in a stretch flange portion in a thin plate in a process including one or more deformation path variations, it is possible to obtain the fracture limit curve easily and efficiently and predict the fracture with high accuracy, and the risk of fracture upon press forming or crash can be evaluated. | 07-09-2009 |
20120077051 | STEEL SHEET HAVING HIGH YOUNG'S MODULUS, HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET USING THE SAME, ALLOYED HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL, SHEET, STEEL PIPE HAVING HIGH YOUNG'S MODULUS, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In an embodiment of a steel sheet having high Young's modulus, the steel can include in terms of mass %, e.g., C: 0.0005 to 0.30%, Si: 2.3% or less, Mn: 2.7 to 5.0%, P: 0.15% or less, 0.015% or less, Mo: 0.15 to 1.5%, B: 0.0006 to 0.01%, and Al: 0.15% or less, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. One or both of {110}<223> pole density and {110}<111> pole density in the ⅛ sheet thickness layer can be 10 or more, and a Young's modulus in a rolling direction can be more than 230 GPa. Other embodiments can include, e.g., Mn: 0.1 to 5.0%, N: 0.01% or less, and one or more of Mo: 0.005 to 1.5%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.20%, Ti: at least 48/14×N (mass %) and 0.2% or less, and B: 0.0001 to 0.01%, at a total content of 0.015 to 1.91 mass %. | 03-29-2012 |
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20130006543 | FRACTURE DETERMINATION METHOD, FRACTURE DETERMINATION APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A fracture determination method for determining a fracture of a metal structure includes, when a fracture determination target portion has returned from a plastic state to an elastic state, given that a stress when the portion returned to the elastic state is (x, y)=(σ | 01-03-2013 |
20140334966 | HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET FOR NITRIDING, COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET FOR NITRIDING EXCELLENT IN FATIGUE STRENGTH, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND AUTOMOBILE PART EXCELLENT IN FATIGUE STRENGTH USING THE SAME - A hot-rolled steel sheet for nitriding or a cold-rolled steel sheet for nitriding excellent in fatigue strength contains a steel particularly containing appropriate amounts of Cr, V, and B, in which a dislocation density within 50 μm in the sheet thickness direction from the surface is not less than 2.0 times nor more than 10.0 times as compared to a dislocation density at the position of ¼ in the sheet thickness direction, its manufacturing method includes: on a hot-rolled steel sheet or a cold-rolled steel sheet having the previously described components, performing pickling; and then performing skin pass rolling under the condition that a reduction ratio is 0.5 to 5.0% and F/T, being a ratio of a line load F (kg/mm) of a rolling mill load divided by a sheet width of the steel sheet and a load T (kg/mm | 11-13-2014 |
20150023834 | HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - A hot-rolled steel sheet including, in terms of % by mass, 0.030% to 0.120% of C, 1.20% or less of Si, 1.00% to 3.00% of Mn, 0.01% to 0.70% of Al, 0.05% to 0.20% of Ti, 0.01% to 0.10% of Nb, 0.020% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, and 0.005% or less of N, and a balance consisting of Fe and impurities, in which 0.106≧(C %-Ti %*12/48-Nb %*12/93)>0.012 is satisfied; a pole density of {112}(110) at a position of ¼ plate thickness is 5.7 or less; an aspect ratio (long axis/short axis) of prior austenite grains is 5.3 or less; a density of (Ti, Nb)C precipitates having a size of 20 nm or less is 10 | 01-22-2015 |
20150066441 | ANALYZING APPARATUS, ANALYZING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An analyzing apparatus generates first displacement distribution data indicating a displacement distribution of a member caused by springback based on finite element model data, material physical property data, and stress distribution data; generates second displacement distribution data indicating an amount of displacement of the member in each of a plurality of, for example, all, natural vibration deformation modes based on the finite element model data and the material physical property data; obtains a degree of coincidence between the first displacement distribution data and each of the second displacement distribution data, and selects one or more natural vibration deformation modes based on the degree of coincidence, to determine a modified shape in which natural vibrations are increased, thereby bringing the member closer to a target shape. | 03-05-2015 |
20150330881 | ANALYZING METHOD OF SPOT WELDED PORTION, ANALYZING PROGRAM OF SPOT WELDED PORTION, RECORDING MEDIUM AND ANALYZING APPARATUS OF SPOT WELDED PORTION - An analyzing method of a spot welded portion, includes: acquiring bar elements as the spot welded portion; extracting other bar elements existing at a periphery of a target bar element which is targeted among the acquired bar elements; determining whether or not there is a bar element which shares the same end point with the target bar element among the extracted bar elements; determining that the target bar element and the bar element which shares the same end point with the target bar element are a three-layer spot welded portion when it is determined that there is the bar element which shares the same end point with the target bar element; and determining whether or not there is a bar element whose distance between elements with the target bar element is within a predetermined distance among the extracted bar elements when it is determined that there is not the bar element which shares the same end point with the target bar element, and determining that the target bar element and the extracted bar element are not the three-layer spot welded portion when it is determined that there is not the bar element within the predetermined distance. | 11-19-2015 |
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20090002620 | Adhesive Composition For Optical Filter, Adhesive Layer Having Optical Filter Functions and Composite Filter - An adhesive layer attaining, in a single layer, both adhesiveness permitting direct attachment to a glass plate disposed on the front face of a display device and desired optical filter functions and hardly undergoing the change in spectral characteristics attributable to deterioration in a light absorbing agent, even during long-time use, particularly at high temperature under high humidity, as well as a composite filter using this adhesive layer. The adhesive layer has optical filter functions, containing a block copolymer having at least a specific triblock structure in its molecule and having a weight-average molecular weight of 50,000 or more and a molecular-weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of less than 1.5 and one or more light absorbing agents each having light absorption in a predetermined wavelength region, as well as a composite filter using this adhesive layer. | 01-01-2009 |
20090279168 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL FILTER, OPTICAL FILTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The object of the invention is to provide an adhesive composition attaining, in a single layer, both adhesiveness capable of direct attachment to a glass plate disposed on the front face of a display device and desired optical filter functions and hardly undergoing the change in spectral characteristics attributable to deterioration in a light absorbing agent, even during long-time use, particularly at high temperature under high humidity, as well as an optical filter using this adhesive composition. The object is solved by an optical filter comprising an adhesive layer having optical filter functions, comprising a block copolymer (I) having at least a specific triblock structure in its molecule and having a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 or more and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of less than 1.5, a resin (IV) having the glass transition temperature of 60° C. or more and one or more light absorbing agents (III) each having light absorption in a predetermined wavelength region. | 11-12-2009 |
20100210772 | NEAR-INFRARED ABSORBING COMPOSITION AND NEAR-INFRARED ABSORBING FILTER - A near-infrared absorbing composition which is imparted with a function of absorbing near-infrared rays emitted from a display such as a plasma display, capable of reducing the number of lamination steps resulting in excellent production efficiency, capable of resisting to color non-uniformity of a filter even after a long-term use at high temperature or high humidity, and capable of preventing an increase in haze, and a near-infrared absorbing filter having a near-infrared absorbing layer comprising the composition. The near-infrared absorbing composition has composite tungsten oxide fine particles which are dispersed in a resin including carboxyl groups and has an acid number of 0.6 or more and 30 or less. | 08-19-2010 |