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20090015610 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME SYSTEM - The optimal number of print passes and a head-to-platen distance are set according to a content of an image to be printed and the user's request (emphasis is put on quality or speed, etc.) to thereby appropriately meet the needs for higher image quality and higher productivity and to perform printing with high reliability. To this end, it is made possible to select whether to execute processing for issuing an instruction to set the number of print passes and the head-to-platen distance according to discrimination of the content of the image. When the execution of the processing is selected, the number of print passes and the head-to-platen distance are appropriately set according to the content of the image (duty, etc.). Meanwhile, when it is not selected, the image is printed by one-pass print with the head-to-platen distance set larger, regardless of the content of the image. | 01-15-2009 |
20090040256 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD - A printing apparatus and a calibration method are provided which, by using a small-capacity memory, can perform a high-speed calibration processing on data used to eject ink of the same color from a plurality of nozzle arrays. By ejecting ink of the same color from the plurality of nozzle arrays, patch is printed and, based on the printed result of the patch, a content of a print data correction processing is changed. | 02-12-2009 |
20090040263 | PRINTING POSITION ALIGNMENT METHOD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - Multiple alignment patterns, each composed of first and second alignment pattern elements printed by forward and backward movements of a print head, respectively, are formed while the relative printing positions of the two elements are shifted. From optical characteristics data thereof, whether the data is influenced by a disturbance is determined. When the data is determined to be less influenced by the disturbance and therefore to be reliable, an adjusting value for aligning positions in printing in reciprocal movements is calculated by use of: data with the smallest relative printing position misalignment between the first and second alignment pattern elements; and data of optical characteristics close to the data. When the data is largely influence by the disturbance, a range of shifting of relative position is widened than that of the data less influenced by the disturbance so that more data pieces are used to obtain the adjusting value. | 02-12-2009 |
20090079777 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK JET PRINTING METHOD - An ink jet printing apparatus is provided which can form sharp images while maintaining high grayscale levels even if the images include various kinds of image constitutional elements to be printed by image data having different attributes, such as character, fine line and image data. This invention checks attributes of the input image data corresponding to the image constitutional elements making up the images and also detects edge and non-edge portions of the image constitutional elements. Further, this invention generates print data for printing the edge portions and print data for printing the non-edge portions based on attributes of the input image data corresponding to the image constitutional elements. | 03-26-2009 |
20090128595 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK JET PRINTING METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method which can inhibit degradation of image quality resulting from ink drying unevenness regardless of the type of ink and the amount of ejected ink. To accomplish the object, the present invention determines, based on print data, drying characteristics of ink applied by a print head to a predetermined time control area in an image forming area to be formed on a print medium. Based on the result of the determination, a wait time is controlled which is set between a preceding scan and a succeeding scan in a plurality of scans performed within the wait time control area. | 05-21-2009 |
20100277539 | PRINTING POSITION ALIGNMENT METHOD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - Multiple alignment patterns, each composed of first and second alignment pattern elements printed by forward and backward movements of a print head, respectively, are formed while the relative printing positions of the two elements are shifted. From optical characteristics data thereof, whether the data is influenced by a disturbance is determined. When the data is determined to be less influenced by the disturbance and therefore to be reliable, an adjusting value for aligning positions in printing in reciprocal movements is calculated by use of: data with the smallest relative printing position misalignment between the first and second alignment pattern elements; and data of optical characteristics close to the data. When the data is largely influence by the disturbance, a range of shifting of relative position is widened than that of the data less influenced by the disturbance so that more data pieces are used to obtain the adjusting value. | 11-04-2010 |
20110141169 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - To provide an apparatus and a method that are capable of recording by performing the number of recording scans appropriate for the level of color non-uniformity. | 06-16-2011 |
20110187774 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - An inkjet printing apparatus and an inkjet printing method are provided which can correct, with high precision, print position deviations among a plurality of printing element arrays in each of a plurality of print modes that use different groups of printing elements in each printing element array. The adjustment values for the print position deviations between the first and second printing element arrays are differentiated between the high-speed mode and the high-quality mode. In the high-speed mode, all printing elements in the first and second printing element arrays are used. In the high-quality mode, a part of the printing elements in each of the first and second printing element arrays are used. Based on these adjustment values, the ink ejection timings of the first and second printing element arrays are adjusted. | 08-04-2011 |
20110189396 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE, INK-JET RECORDING METHOD, AND INK SET - An ink containing a plurality of coloring materials having different hues, wherein the bronze value B, which is calculated from tristimulus values of reflected light, of illumination in the direction of an angle of 45 degrees to a normal to the image, in the direction of specular reflection and tristimulus values of illumination light under the same condition of the illumination by using Formula 1, with respect to a predetermined recorded image recorded by the above-described ink is 2.0 or less. | 08-04-2011 |
20110199413 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD - A printing apparatus and a calibration method are provided which, by using a small-capacity memory, can perform a high-speed calibration processing on data used to eject ink of the same color from a plurality of nozzle arrays. By ejecting ink of the same color from the plurality of nozzle arrays, patch is printed and, based on the printed result of the patch, a content of a print data correction processing is changed. | 08-18-2011 |
20120033007 | PRINTING POSITION ALIGNMENT METHOD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - Multiple alignment patterns, each composed of first and second alignment pattern elements printed by forward and backward movements of a print head, respectively, are formed while the relative printing positions of the two elements are shifted. From optical characteristics data thereof, whether the data is influenced by a disturbance is determined. When the data is determined to be less influenced by the disturbance and therefore to be reliable, an adjusting value for aligning positions in printing in reciprocal movements is calculated by use of: data with the smallest relative printing position misalignment between the first and second alignment pattern elements; and data of optical characteristics close to the data. When the data is largely influence by the disturbance, a range of shifting of relative position is widened than that of the data less influenced by the disturbance so that more data pieces are used to obtain the adjusting value. | 02-09-2012 |
20130249980 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME SYSTEM - The optimal number of print passes and a head-to-platen distance are set according to a content of an image to be printed and the user's request (emphasis is put on quality or speed, etc.) to thereby appropriately meet the needs for higher image quality and higher productivity and to perform printing with high reliability. To this end, it is made possible to select whether to execute processing for issuing an instruction to set the number of print passes and the head-to-platen distance according to discrimination of the content of the image. When the execution of the processing is selected, the number of print passes and the head-to-platen distance are appropriately set according to the content of the image (duty, etc.). Meanwhile, when it is not selected, the image is printed by one-pass print with the head-to-platen distance set larger, regardless of the content of the image. | 09-26-2013 |
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20130135336 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device includes a display unit which displays images, an area designation unit which receives a target image area and an input image area both designated from the images, a tone function computing unit which computes a one-dimensional tone function of the target image area and a one-dimensional tone function of the input image area, a conversion information generating unit which generates conversion information to convert the one-dimensional tone function of the input image area into the one-dimensional tone function of the target image area, an image conversion processing unit which converts image data of the input image area based on the conversion information, and a display control unit which displays the image containing the converted image data of the input image area on the display unit. | 05-30-2013 |
20150178950 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a skin information obtaining unit that extracts a skin area from an image and obtains skin information from the skin area; an independent component extracting unit that extracts independent components constituting the skin area from the skin information; and a bias calculation unit that calculates, based on the independent components, a bias representing color information of a light source used to illuminate the skin area when the image is captured. | 06-25-2015 |
20150332653 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a region extraction unit that extracts a conversion region from input image data; a color information acquisition unit that acquires color information from the conversion region; a target color information acquisition unit that acquires target color information, which is a target of conversion for the color information; a conversion unit that generates conversion information based on the color information and the target color information, and converts the color information based on the conversion information, to generate converted image data; a display and input unit that displays the input image data and the converted image data, and receives an input of a final conversion target, which is a final target of conversion for the color in formation; and a final conversion unit that generates final conversion information based on the final conversion target, and converts the color information based on the final conversion information, to generate final image data. | 11-19-2015 |
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20120308863 | WOUND TYPE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME | 12-06-2012 |
20130076998 | OPTICAL DEVICE - Disclosed is an optical device which includes: optical components configured to be electrically actuated such that light transmission states are variable; a driver circuit for the optical components; a power source unit for driving the optical components; rims for supporting the optical components; temples having front and rear ends and connected at the front ends to the rims; and earpieces formed at the rear ends of the temples. The power source unit includes a secondary battery, and a charge/discharge circuit for controlling charge and discharge of the secondary battery. The secondary battery is provided near the rear end of the temple or in the earpiece. | 03-28-2013 |
20130100363 | OPTICAL DEVICE - Disclosed is an optical device which includes: an optical component configured to be electrically actuated such that a light transmission state is variable; a driver circuit for the optical component; a power source unit for driving the optical component; a rim for supporting the optical component; a temple having front and rear ends and connected at the front end to the rim; and an earpiece formed at the rear end of the temple. The power source unit includes a secondary battery, a power switch, a power switch control portion, and a use-status sensing portion for sensing the status of use by a user of the optical device. The power switch control portion performs control to turn off the power switch when the use-status sensing portion does not sense any use by the user of the optical device. | 04-25-2013 |
20130107362 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE VIEWING DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20130107363 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE VIEWING DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20130120706 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND CHARGING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical device including: one or more optical components configured to be electrically actuated such that light transmission states are variable, a driver circuit for the optical components, a power source unit for driving the optical components, a pair of rims for supporting the optical components, a pair of temples having front and rear ends and being connected at the front ends to the pair of rims, and a pair of earpieces formed at the rear ends of the pair of temples. The power source unit includes a secondary battery, and a power receiver coil for charging the secondary battery. The secondary battery includes a case made of a non-magnetic material. | 05-16-2013 |
20130316209 | BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE BATTERY - A battery includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, a separator interposed between the first and second electrode plates, a closed-end cylindrical metal case accommodating these three elements, and a sealing member sealing an opening of the metal case with an insulating member interposed therebetween. The first and second electrode plates are wound with the separator interposed therebetween to form a wound electrode group. A center axis portion of the wound electrode group is substantially the same as a center axis of a cylinder of the metal case, and contains no power-generating element. A first current collector lead coupled to the first electrode plate extends toward the opening of the metal case, and joined to an inner sidewall surface of the metal case. A second current collector lead coupled to the second electrode plate extends toward the opening of the metal case, and joined to the sealing member. | 11-28-2013 |
20140242448 | CYLINDRICAL BATTERY - Provided is a small-sized cylindrical battery in which improvement in battery characteristics and improvement in long-term reliability and safety are both realized. | 08-28-2014 |
20150077664 | OPTICAL DEVICE - Disclosed is an optical device which includes: an optical component configured to be electrically actuated such that a light transmission state is variable; a driver circuit for the optical component; a power source unit for driving the optical component; a rim for supporting the optical component; a temple having front and rear ends and connected at the front end to the rim; and an earpiece formed at the rear end of the temple. The power source unit includes a secondary battery, a power switch, a power switch control portion, and a use-status sensing portion for sensing the status of use by a user of the optical device. The power switch control portion performs control to turn off the power switch when the use-status sensing portion does not sense any use by the user of the optical device. | 03-19-2015 |
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20140244099 | VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND EXTERNAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - In a vehicle diagnostic method and an external diagnostic device, sensor detection values acquired by communicating with an ECU are measured to determine whether the values are in a normal range while a vehicle is idling. After an engine is started, an operation to measure soundness is prohibited at least until the sensor detection values including the engine rotational frequency reach a threshold value region indicating the completion of the warm-up operation. The fluctuation state of the sensor detection values is displayed on an operation screen until the sensor detection values reach the threshold value region. | 08-28-2014 |
20140257685 | VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND EXTERNAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - In a vehicle diagnostic method and an external diagnostic device, the acceleration of a vehicle is detected while the vehicle is travelling with an acceleration detection means that is provided to the external diagnostic device mounted on the vehicle, and the external diagnostic device acquires operation information of the vehicle from the vehicle. The external diagnostic device performs at least one of a vehicle performance diagnosis, a driving technique diagnosis of the driver, and a fault diagnosis using the operation information and the acceleration of the vehicle. | 09-11-2014 |
20150112541 | EXTERNAL DIAGNOSIS DEVICE, VEHICLE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND VEHICLE DIAGNOSIS METHOD - In an external diagnosis device, a vehicle diagnosis method and a vehicle diagnosis system, when an IGSW is on, power is supplied from a vehicle-mounted power supply to the external diagnosis device, and a capacitor provided on the external diagnosis device is charged, and when the IGSW is turned off, the power supply from the vehicle-mounted power supply to the external diagnosis device is stopped, and power is supplied from the capacitor to the external diagnosis device. | 04-23-2015 |
20150134192 | EXTERNAL DIAGNOSIS DEVICE, VEHICLE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND VEHICLE DIAGNOSIS METHOD - An external diagnosis device, vehicle diagnosis system and vehicle diagnosis method assess the degree of degradation of a vehicle for diagnosis in relation to items for diagnosis, by comparing: multiple threshold values that, for items for diagnosis that are mutually identical, have been set in accordance with the degree of aging of the vehicle for diagnosis, and have been set in relation to the degree of degradation of said vehicle for diagnosis; and a sensor detection value acquired from the vehicle for diagnosis. | 05-14-2015 |
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20100004465 | C-PHENYL 1-THIOGLUCITOL COMPOUND - C-phenyl 1-thioglucitol compounds of the following formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or hydrates thereof: | 01-07-2010 |
20100022460 | C-PHENYL GLYCITOL COMPOUND - Provided is a novel C-phenyl glycitol compound that may serve as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for diabetes by inhibiting both SGLT1 activity and SGLT2 activity, thereby exhibiting a glucose absorption suppression action and a urine glucose excretion action. A C-phenyl glycitol compound represented by Formula (I) below or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate thereof | 01-28-2010 |
20100069460 | 1-PHENYL 1-THIO-D-GLUCITOL DERIVATIVE - A 1-phenyl 1-thio-D-glucitol compound represented by formula (I) or the like: | 03-18-2010 |
20110306759 | 4-ISOPROPYLPHENYL GLUCITOL COMPOUNDS AS SGLT1 INHIBITORS - The present invention provides 4-isopropylphenyl glucitol compounds which have no tendency to accumulate in the body and which inhibit SGLT1 activity to suppress postprandial hyperglycemia (or impaired glucose tolerance) through suppression of glucose absorption in the small intestine, whereby the compounds, for example, can suppress the onset of diabetes and metabolic syndrome or can treat these diseases. | 12-15-2011 |
20130165645 | 4-ISOPROPYL-6-METHOXYPHENYL GLUCITOL COMPOUND - A compound, which inhibits SGLT1 (sodium-dependent glucose transporter 1) activity to suppress absorption of glucose or the like, thereby suppressing abnormal glucose tolerance or postprandial hyperglycemia in diabetes, is provided. Specifically, a 4-isopropyl-6-methoxyphenyl glucitol compound represented by the following formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is provided: | 06-27-2013 |
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20150299108 | PREPARATION METHOD OF ALDEHYDE COMPOUND - A preparation method of an aldehyde compound of the present invention includes a step of reacting the compound represented by the following general formula (a1) or (a2) with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of a metal compound including 0.01 ppmmol to 10 ppmmol of a metal belonging to Groups 8 to 10 with respect to 1 mole of the compound and a phosphorus compound, and the amount of a chlorine portion in the reaction system in the step is equal to or less than 1.5 parts by weight with respect to 1 part by weight of the metal belonging to Groups 8 to 10. | 10-22-2015 |
20150299109 | PREPARATION METHOD OF ALDEHYDE COMPOUND - A preparation method of an aldehyde compound of the present invention includes a step of reacting a compound represented by the following general formula (a1) with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of a metal compound including 0.01 ppmmol to 10 ppmmol of a metal belonging to Groups 8 to 10 with respect to 1 mole of the compound and a phosphorus compound, and in the step, the amount of acrylonitrile included in the compound represented by the general formula (a1) is equal to or less than 200-fold by mole with respect to 1 mole of the metal belonging to Groups 8 to 10. | 10-22-2015 |
20150342276 | 1,4-BIS(ISOCYANATOMETHYL)CYCLOHEXANE, POLYISOCYANATE COMPOSITION, POLYURETHANE RESIN, MOLDED ARTICLE, EYEWEAR MATERIAL, EYEWEAR FRAME, AND LENS - 1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane contains 70 mol % or more and 95 mol % or less of a trans isomer relative to a total amount of a cis isomer and the trans isomer, and 0.1 ppm or more and 300 ppm or less of the compound represented by formula (1) below: | 12-03-2015 |
20150370094 | OPTICAL MATERIAL, COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL MATERIAL, AND USE THEREOF - The optical material of the present invention contains one or more kinds of ultraviolet absorber (a) having a maximum absorption peak within a range of equal to or greater than 350 nm and equal to or less than 370 nm, in which a light transmittance of the optical material having a thickness of 2 mm satisfies the following characteristics (1) to (3),
| 12-24-2015 |
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20120083628 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING VINYL ETHER - A method for efficiently producing high purity vinyl ether represented by the following formula (1) from tertiary alcohol having a low reactivity comprising by reacting acetylene and a tertiary alcohol in the presence of a base using, as a solvent, a cyclic urea compound or glyme compound or mixture thereof: | 04-05-2012 |
20130041184 | 1,1-BIS[(ETHENYLOXY)METHYL]CYCLOHEXANE AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME - A novel compound, 1,1-bis[(ethenyloxy)methyl]cyclohexane having the formula (I) and having a low odor, low volatility and low skin irritability, which is useful as a starting material for a polymerization composition having a low toxicity and excellent curability, adhesiveness and transparency in the ultraviolet light region, and having a special reactivity alone or with another compound, and a method for producing the same: | 02-14-2013 |
20140058136 | 4,4-BIS[(ETHENYLOXY)METHYL]CYCLOHEXENE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A novel substance, 4,4-bis[(ethenyloxy)methyl]cyclohexene having the formula (I), which is low in odor, low in volatility, and low in skin irritability, and therefore, can be used as, for example, a starting material for inks and a starting material for electronic materials, and a method for producing the same are provided: | 02-27-2014 |
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20140295303 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - Problem: To suppress the occurrence of damage to fuel cell units caused by oxidation shrinkage of fuel electrodes. Solution Means: The invention is a solid oxide fuel cell for generating electricity by reacting hydrogen and oxidant gas in individual fuel cell units, wherein the individual fuel cell units comprise a fuel electrode, an oxidant gas electrode, and a solid electrolyte erected between fuel electrode and oxidant gas electrode; the fuel electrode comprises a composite material containing nickel, and the solid oxide fuel cell prevents shrinkage due to oxidation of the fuel electrode by maintaining the fuel electrode in an oxygen-free atmosphere until the temperature of the fuel electrode has dropped to 350° C. after electrical generation is stopped. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295317 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a solid oxide fuel cell which includes a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an air electrode, each being sequentially laminated on the surface of a porous support. The porous support comprises forsterite and a nickel element. Ni and/or NiO fine particles are exposed on a surface of a sintered compact of the forsterite constituting the porous support. | 10-02-2014 |
20140308601 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CERIUM-BASED COMPOSITE OXIDE, SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - On the other hand, the possibility of estimating the dopant ratio of a metal element to each ceria crystalline particle using integral-width or half-width obtained by XRD was considered as follows: an XRD peak is shifted depending on the dopant ratio of La to ceria; when La increases, an XRD peak is shifted to a lower angle; in XRD performed on a raw material obtained by mixing ceria crystalline particles having different dopant ratio, peaks corresponding to the respective dopant ratio exist close to each other; as a result, a peak width is widened; accordingly, the dopant ratio of a metal element to each ceria crystalline particles are supposed to vary when integral-width and half-width obtained by XRD are large. Thus, it was revealed for the first time that integral-width and half-width obtained by XRD indicate variations in dopant ratio. It should be noted that from the direct proportional relationship between the dopant ratio x and the integral-width for dopant ratio ranging from 0.35 to 0.45, integral-widths obtained by XRD are derived to be 0.10 to 0.30 for dopant ratio ranging from 0.35 to 0.45, and half-widths are derived to be 0.10 to 0.30 similarly. | 10-16-2014 |
20150093677 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL STACK - Provided is a solid oxide fuel cell stack including: a porous insulating support having a gas permeability and provided with a gas flow path therein; and a plurality of power generating elements which are provided on the insulating support and each of which includes an inner electrode, an electrolyte. An outer electrode, the inner electrode, the electrolyte and the outer electrode are sequentially laminated one another, and the inner electrode of one of adjacent two of the plurality of power generating elements is electrically connected to the outer electrode of the other of the adjacent two of the plurality of power generating elements via an interconnector, so that the plurality of power generating elements are connected in series, wherein the insulating support comprises forsterite, the insulating support contains a Mg element and a Si element with a concentration of 90 mass % or more in total in terms of MgO and SiO | 04-02-2015 |
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20160093896 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL STACK - A solid oxide fuel cell stack includes a support, a plurality of power generation elements connected in series, each including a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an air electrode stacked in that order on the support, and an interconnector electrically connecting an air electrode in one of the two adjacent power generation elements to a fuel electrode in the other power generation element. A solid electrolyte for one of the power generation elements is provided on the downside of the interconnector provided on the downside of the air electrode in the one power generation element so that the solid electrolyte is joined to the interconnector, and a solid electrolyte for the other power generation element is provided on the upper side of the interconnector provided on the upper side of the fuel electrode for the other power generation element so that the solid electrolyte is joined to the interconnector. | 03-31-2016 |
20160093897 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL STACK - A solid oxide fuel cell stack includes a support, a plurality of power generation elements provided on a surface of the support, the plurality of power generation elements connected in series, each including at least a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an air electrode stacked in that order, and an interconnector that electrically connects an air electrode in one of adjacent power generation elements to a fuel electrode in the other power generation element. A solid electrolyte in adjacent one power generation element is provided between a fuel electrode in the adjacent one power generation element and the fuel electrode in the adjacent other power generation element, and an insulating member is provided at a position that is on the solid electrolyte in the adjacent one power generation element and between the air electrode in the adjacent one power generation element and the solid electrolyte therein. | 03-31-2016 |
20160093909 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL STACK - There is provided a solid oxide fuel cell stack including an interconnector that has excellent electrical conductivity, gas sealing property, and adhesion to a solid electrolyte. The solid oxide fuel cell stack includes a plurality of power generation elements, each of which including at least a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an air electrode stacked in that order; and an interconnector that electrically connects the air electrode in one of adjacent power generation elements in the plurality of the power generation elements to the fuel electrode in the other power generation element, the plurality of power generation elements being connected in series to each other, wherein an intermediate layer having a porosity of not more than 1% and an electrical conductivity of not less than 0.05 S/cm is provided between the interconnector and the fuel electrode in the other power generation element. | 03-31-2016 |
20160093910 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL STACK - There is provided a solid oxide fuel cell stack including a ceramic interconnector that has good electrical conductivity and oxide ion insulating property, that is, power generation efficiency. The solid oxide fuel cell stack includes at least: a plurality of power generation elements, each of which including a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an air electrode stacked in that order; and an interconnector that electrically connects the air electrode in one of adjacent power generation elements in the plurality of power generation elements to the fuel electrode in the other power generation element, the plurality of power generation elements being connected in series, wherein the interconnector is formed of formula (1): | 03-31-2016 |