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20120014893 | ANTIMYCOTIC PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION - In a pharmaceutical composition for external use containing a compound such as luliconazole and/or a salt thereof in an amount of 5% by mass or more, comprised is/are acetone, a polyoxyethylene alkyl (having 8 to 30 carbon atoms) ether, and/or a polyoxyethylene alkenyl (having 8 to 30 carbon atoms) ether. Provided is a preparation using a solvent other than crotamiton, propylene carbonate, and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone as a solvent for solubilization and steric stabilization and having the following properties: 1) when a compound represented by the general formula (1) and/or a salt thereof has a stereoisomer, the amount of the stereoisomer of the compound and/or a salt thereof produced under a preservation condition of 60° C. for 3 weeks is 1% by mass or less with respect to the total mass of the compound and/or a salt thereof at the beginning of preservation; 2) the preparation is in a clear liquid state when preserved at a constant temperature of 20° C. immediately after manufacture; and 3) no crystal is deposited when the preparation is preserved at 5° C. for 2 weeks after manufacture. | 01-19-2012 |
20120022120 | ANTIMYCOTIC PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION - In a pharmaceutical composition for external use containing a compound such as luliconazole and/or a salt thereof, comprised are a higher alcohol which is in a liquid state at 1 atm and 25° C. and/or a diester of a dibasic acid, provided that a diester carbonate is excluded, and a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether and/or a polyoxyethylene alkenyl ether. Provided is a preparation using a solvent other than crotamiton, propylene carbonate, and N-methyl-2-pyrroridone as a solvent for solubilization and steric stabilization and having the following properties: 1) when a compound represented by the general formula (1) and/or a salt thereof has a stereoisomer, the amount of the stereoisomer of the compound and/or a salt thereof produced under a preservation condition of 60 degrees C. for 3 weeks is 1% by mass or less with respect to the total mass of the compound and/or a salt thereof at the beginning of preservation; 2) the preparation is in a clear liquid state when preserved at a constant temperature of 20° C. immediately after manufacture; and 3) no crystal is deposited when the preparation is preserved at 5° C. for 2 weeks after manufacture. | 01-26-2012 |
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20130308257 | SUBSTRATE UNIT - A substrate unit includes a conductive case, an insulating case arranged in the conductive case, a first screw member having conductivity, arranged in the conductive case and fixing the insulating case to an inner wall surface of the conductive case, a circuit substrate provided opposite to the inner wall surface with respect to the insulating case and fixed to the insulating case, and a second screw member having conductivity and fixing the circuit substrate to the insulating case. The first screw member and the second screw member are screwed in toward the inner wall surface. The first screw member and the second screw member are spaced from each other. The first screw member and the second screw member are connected to each other with a connecting member having conductivity. | 11-21-2013 |
20130343105 | INVERTER OVERHEATING PROTECTION CONTROL APPARATUS AND INVERTER OVERHEATING PROTECTION CONTROL METHOD - An overheating protection control apparatus for an inverter driving a rotating electric machine comprising: a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of a power control element in the inverter, and a control device restricting the load factor of the rotating electric machine when the temperature measured by the temperature sensor reaches a threshold value. The control device modifies the threshold value based on a parameter affecting heat radiation or cooling of the inverter. Preferably, the inverter includes a plurality of power control elements. The temperature sensor detects the temperature of one or more, but not all of the plurality of power control elements. The parameter is a physical quantity affecting the temperature difference between the one or more power control elements and another power control element included in the inverter. Preferably, the inverter is cooled by a coolant medium. The parameter is the temperature of the coolant medium. | 12-26-2013 |
20140111171 | SWITCHING CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A switching control circuit includes voltage application means that applies a first voltage to a gate of a power device in a first period and applies a second voltage to the gate of the power device in a second period, wherein the first period starts when the power device is turned on; current detection means that detects whether a current flowing through the power device exceeds a threshold; and voltage decrease means that decreases the voltage with a first speed if the current detection means detects that the current exceeds the threshold in a second detection period, decreases the gate voltage with a second speed, lower than the first speed, if the current detection means detects that the current exceeds the threshold in a third detection period, and does not decrease the gate voltage if the current detection means detects that the current exceeds the threshold in the first period. | 04-24-2014 |
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20080286015 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The development device includes a toner carrier, a toner supplier, and a surface electrical potential controller. When the toner supplier supplies toner particles to the toner carrier, the toner carrier carries toner particles to adhere to a latent image formed on the latent image carrier and has a time constant τ | 11-20-2008 |
20090016781 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device comprises a latent image carrier that carries a latent image, a toner carrier opposing the latent image carrier while carrying toner to develop the latent image, and plural electrodes arranged in a prescribed direction insulated from each other on the surface of the toner carrier to create an electric field therebetween. An alternating voltage supplying device is provided to supply n number of phases (n≧2) of an alternating voltage to the plural electrodes, respectively. The alternating voltage changes the electric field to cause the toner to hop and form toner cloud on the surface of the toner carrier. The toner hopping is halted at a prescribed time period during the toner cloud formation. | 01-15-2009 |
20090290901 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE - A development device includes an open-ended housing, a rotatable roller, an array of multiple primary electrodes, a voltage source, a sealing member, and a secondary electrode. The housing accommodates toner for application to the photoconductive surface through an end opening thereof. The roller has an outer circumferential surface to deliver the toner from within the housing to a development zone. The array of multiple primary electrodes are aligned with each other on the roller surface. The voltage source applies a periodic pulse voltage to at least a subset of the primary electrodes to generate an oscillating primary electric field. The sealing member seals clearance between the roller surface and an edge of the end opening downstream from the development zone. The secondary electrode generates a secondary electric field to force the toner from the sealing member toward the roller surface to prevent premature removal of the toner. | 11-26-2009 |
20100150615 | DEVELOPER BEARING MEMBER & DEVELOPING DEVICE WITH PLURAL LAYERS OF ELECTRODES CREATING ELECTRIC FIELD - An developer bearer conveys developer to a developing station under influence of an electric field created by an electric flux line. The developer bearer includes plural kinds of electrodes that receive different voltages from each other and collectively creates the electric flux line. The plural kinds of electrodes are arranged on different layers in a normal line of the developer bearer. The developer bearer includes an insulation layer that insulates the plural kinds of electrodes. | 06-17-2010 |
20140321885 | TONER-CONTAINER SUPPORT UNIT AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A toner-container support unit is provided. The toner-container support unit includes: a toner container housing toner; a container mount including an internal space to accommodate the toner container; a toner-container receiver which is provided on an internal end side of the internal space of the container mount; a positioning hole formed on the back end surface of the toner container; a positioning pin provided in the toner-container receiver; a retracting assembly retracing a back end portion of the toner container to the toner-container receiver side when inserting the toner container into the container mount; and an inclination stopper which prevents the inclination of the toner container when the back end portion of the toner container is retracted by the retracting assembly toward the toner-container receiver. | 10-30-2014 |
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20080207399 | Gear Change Control Device, Straddle-Type Vehicle, and Method of Controlling Gearbox - Riding comfort of a vehicle is improved by reducing deceleration and acceleration exceeding the expectation of a rider due to gear changes. A gear change control device calculates current torque being transmitted from a drive-side member of a clutch to a driven-side member of the clutch, and calculates post-completion torque estimated to be transmitted from the drive-side member to the driven-side member after the completion of engagement of the clutch. The gear change control device then controls the degree of engagement of the clutch according to the difference between the current torque and the post-completion torque, and receives a next gear change command according to the difference between the current torque and the post-completion torque. | 08-28-2008 |
20130160590 | SPEED CHANGE CONTROLLER FOR SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLES - A speed change controller is provided on a saddle-ride type vehicle and is suited to manipulation by a foot. The speed change controller for saddle-ride type vehicles comprises a detection mechanism that detects operation by a driver for speed change, and a speed change mechanism that performs speed change on the basis of speed change operation detected by the detection mechanism. The detection mechanism provided by the invention comprises an operation part manipulated by a foot for speed change and including a moving part, which moves relative to the vehicle on the basis of manipulation by a foot, and a detection unit that detects that the moving part moves a predetermined amount or more. | 06-27-2013 |
20130241412 | SUB HEADLIGHT UNIT AND SUB HEADLIGHT SYSTEM FOR USE IN VEHICLE THAT LEANS INTO TURNS, AND VEHICLE THAT LEANS INTO TURNS - A sub headlight unit for use in a vehicle that leans into turns includes a plurality of sub headlight light sources to illuminate, at one side with respect to a width direction of the vehicle, an area ahead and outward of the vehicle with respect to the width direction of the vehicle. The brightness of the sub headlight light source changes in accordance with a lean angle of the vehicle. When the lean angle of the vehicle reaches a reference value that is individually set for each of the sub headlight light sources, the sub headlight light source exhibits a predetermined brightness. The reference values are greater than 0° and different from one another. The reference values are set to be values sequentially increasing at intervals from 0° such that the interval is smaller as the reference value is greater. | 09-19-2013 |
20130241413 | SUB HEADLIGHT UNIT AND SUB HEADLIGHT SYSTEM FOR USE IN VEHICLE THAT LEANS INTO TURNS, AND VEHICLE THAT LEANS INTO TURNS - A sub headlight unit for use in a vehicle that leans into turns includes a plurality of sub headlight light sources that illuminate, at one side with respect to a width direction of the vehicle, an area ahead and outward of the vehicle with respect to the width direction of the vehicle. The brightness of the sub headlight light source changes in accordance with a lean angle of the vehicle. When the lean angle of the vehicle reaches a reference value that is individually set for each of the sub headlight light sources, the sub headlight light source exhibits a predetermined brightness. As the reference value set for the sub headlight light source is greater, an outer edge of an illumination range of the sub headlight light source having a predetermined illuminance is located increasingly farther outward with respect to the width direction of the vehicle in a plan view. | 09-19-2013 |
20130241414 | SUB HEADLIGHT UNIT AND SUB HEADLIGHT SYSTEM FOR USE IN VEHICLE THAT LEANS INTO TURNS, AND VEHICLE THAT LEANS INTO TURNS - A sub headlight unit for use in a vehicle that leans into turns includes a sub headlight light source that illuminates an area ahead and outward of the vehicle with respect to a width direction of the vehicle. The sub headlight light source is configured to, when the vehicle is in an upright state, produce an illumination range including an area above a horizontal plane. The sub headlight light source is turned on in accordance with a lean angle of the vehicle. At a time of parking or stopping or at a time of running straight ahead, the sub headlight light source is turned on or caused to flash with the amount of light per unit of time being reduced as compared with the amount of light per unit of time emitted when the sub headlight light source is turned on in accordance with the lean angle of the vehicle. | 09-19-2013 |
20140144271 | SPEED CHANGE CONTROLLER FOR SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLES - A speed change controller is provided on a saddle-ride type vehicle and is suited to manipulation by a foot. The speed change controller for saddle-ride type vehicles comprises a detection mechanism that detects operation by a driver for speed change, and a speed change mechanism that performs speed change on the basis of speed change operation detected by the detection mechanism. The detection mechanism provided by the invention comprises an operation part manipulated by a foot for speed change and including a moving part, which moves relative to the vehicle on the basis of manipulation by a foot, and a detection unit that detects that the moving part moves a predetermined amount or more. | 05-29-2014 |
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20100153034 | MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT, SERIAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a semiconductor test apparatus that tests a device under test, comprising a test unit that tests a device under test; and a serial transmitting section that transmits transmission data back and forth between the test unit and a control section controlling the test unit. The serial transmitting section includes a data sending section that sends a plurality of pieces of the transmission data in a predetermined order; a resending control section that resends the transmission data; and an expected acknowledgement ID storage section that stores an expected acknowledgement ID indicating identification data that is expected to be attached to an acknowledgement signal received on a transmission side. The resending control section judges whether resending is necessary based on (i) whether resend count information indicates that a piece of transmission data is resent data and (ii) the expected acknowledgment ID in the expected acknowledgement ID storage section. | 06-17-2010 |
20110085608 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TEST APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND TEST METHOD - A communication system comprising a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus includes a communicating section that communicates with the second communication apparatus via a first data signal line; an alive signal receiving section that receives, via a first alive signal line, an alive signal indicating whether the second communication apparatus is in an alive state in which it is capable of communicating with the first communication apparatus; and a reset signal transmitting section that, when the second communication apparatus is not in the alive state, transmits a reset signal to the second communication apparatus. The second communication apparatus includes a communicating section that communicates with the first communication apparatus via the first data signal line; an alive signal transmitting section that transmits the alive signal via the first alive signal line; and a reset signal receiving section that, upon receiving a reset signal, resets the communicating section of the second communication apparatus. | 04-14-2011 |
20120249157 | TEST APPARATUS - Provided is a test apparatus that tests a memory under test including a plurality of repair regions for repairing fails in a memory region, the test apparatus comprising a testing section that sequentially tests each of a plurality of portions of the memory region of the memory under test; a repair solution memory that stores a repair solution indicating which repair region replaces a fail portion of the memory under test; and an updating section that, during testing, in response to a new fail portion being detected by the testing section, updates the repair solution stored in the repair solution memory to be a repair solution that also repairs the newly detected fail portion. | 10-04-2012 |
20120257467 | MEMORY REPAIR ANALYSIS APPARATUS, MEMORY REPAIR ANALYSIS METHOD, AND TEST APPARATUS - A memory repair analysis apparatus that performs a repair analysis on a memory under test, comprising a row-oriented fail number storage section that stores the number of fail cells in each row; a column-oriented fail number storage section that stores the number of fail cells in each column; a row-weighting storage section that, for each row, stores the total number of fail cells in each column containing a fail cell included in the row; a column-weighting storage section that, for each column, stores the total number of fail cells in each row containing a fail cell included in the column; and a determining section that determines which of spare row regions and spare column regions are to replace the fail cells. | 10-11-2012 |
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20100289619 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device includes an antenna element, a wireless circuit, and electronic circuit, a substrate, a conductor, and a stub. The antenna element transmits or receives a communication signal. The wireless circuit is connected to the antenna element. The electronic circuit differs from the wireless circuit. The wireless circuit and electronic circuit are arranged in positional isolation on the substrate. The conductor is connected to the substrate to connect the antenna device to another device. The stub is arranged in a substrate part in which the wireless circuit is located. The stub has a pattern length that causes resonance at one fourth of a wavelength of the communication signal. | 11-18-2010 |
20100289720 | COUPLING STRUCTURE FOR ANTENNA DEVICE - A coupling structure for an antenna device including a housing, which retains an antenna element for transmitting or receiving a communication signal, and a wire harness, which extends out of the housing. The coupling structure includes a coupling member that couples the wire harness to a conductor when coupling the housing to a coupling location. | 11-18-2010 |
20120062361 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A wireless communication system for a vehicle has a portable device that transmits a wireless signal and a vehicle-mounted device that receives the wireless signal from the portable device. Each time a switch in the portable device is turned on, the portable device updates a portable device rolling code and transmits a wireless signal including the portable device rolling code. The vehicle-mounted device receives the wireless signal through a receiver and authenticates the portable device through comparison between the portable device rolling code included in the wireless signal and the vehicle rolling code. The vehicle-mounted device locks or unlocks the vehicle door if the portable device is authenticated. When the wireless signal is received through the receiver after the most recent locking or unlocking of the vehicle door has been carried out using the mechanical key, the vehicle-mounted device locks or unlocks the vehicle door if the switch is turned on for n (n is an integral number greater than or equal to 2) times or more. | 03-15-2012 |
20120083234 | Receiver - A receiver includes an antenna unit that is able to receive a transmission signal from a subject alternately at different reception levels. A wave detection unit wave-detects the transmission signal to generate a detection signal. The detection signal has a signal level that becomes fixed in accordance with the transmission signal when the antenna unit receives the transmission signal at a reception level greater than or equal to a reception limit, and the signal level of the detection signal becomes non-fixed when the antenna unit receives the transmission signal at a reception level that is less than the reception limit. A correction unit removes, when the detection signal includes a fixed value session and a non-fixed value session, the non-fixed value session and corrects the signal level of the non-fixed value session to a level equivalent to the signal level of a fixed value session. | 04-05-2012 |
20120236951 | TRANSMITTER DEVICE, RECEIVER DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A transmitter device that repeatedly transmits an identical frame includes a circuitry that generates the frame and transmits the frame a plurality of times. The frame includes marking areas that divide the frame into a plurality of frame segments having different lengths. The marking area is formed in the frame by part of the frame and is distinguishable from other parts of the frame. The marking area does not change data content transmitted by the frame. The frame segments obtained from the identical frame that is repeatedly transmitted by the circuitry are combined to reconstruct a complete frame identical to the frame transmitted by the transmitter device. | 09-20-2012 |
20130054084 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A communication method transmits a detection signal including a valve ID and detection information, receives the detection signal, performs error detection on the valve ID and detection information, and uses the valve ID and detection information when there is no error. The communication method generates third data corresponding to the detection information in accordance with a predetermined rule to increase redundancy of the detection information, generates computed data by performing an exclusive disjunction logic operation with the valve ID and third data, transmits the detection signal that includes the computed data and detection information, receives the detection signal, retrieves the third data corresponding to the detection information from the detection information, restores the valve ID by performing an exclusive disjunction logical operation with the computed data and the third data, and determines whether a restored valve ID conforms to a stored first data. | 02-28-2013 |
20140035785 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device includes an antenna. The antenna includes a plurality of plate-like legs, coupled to a base plate, and a plurality of plate-like arms, supported by the legs. Adjacent ones of the arms are continuous with each other. At least two of the legs have thicknesses in different thickness-wise directions. | 02-06-2014 |
20140085068 | TIRE POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM - A tire position determination system includes a tire pressure detector coupled to a tire. A tire position determination unit locates the tire pressure detector and determines a mounting position of the tire. A gravitational component force detection unit generates gravitational force information of the tire pressure detector. A characteristic value acquisition unit acquires the angle of the tire pressure detector from the gravitational force information. The characteristic value acquisition unit acquires a first characteristic value of the tire pressure detector when a drive source of the vehicle is stopped and a second characteristic value of the tire pressure detector when the drive source is started. A characteristic value comparator compares the first and characteristic values. An operation control unit determines whether the mounting position of the tire has been changed based on the comparison and controls the tire pressure monitoring unit accordingly. | 03-27-2014 |
20140180527 | TIRE POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM - A travelling state determination unit of a tire pressure detector determines a travelling state of a vehicle based on a gravitational component force detected by an acceleration sensor. An operation mode switching unit of the tire pressure detector switches the operation mode of the tire pressure detector from a pressure determination mode to an automatic locating mode when the vehicle speed become lower than a threshold value. An interval of period transmission of radio waves in the automatic locating mode is set to be shorter than an interval of the periodic radio wave transmission in the pressure determination mode. | 06-26-2014 |
20140184402 | TIRE POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM - A tire position determination system includes a tire pressure detector attached to each tire to generate a tire pressure signal. An acceleration detector generates gravitational information for each tire pressure detector. A receiver arranged in a vehicle body receives the tire pressure signal from each tire pressure detector. An axle rotation amount detector detects an axle rotation amount of an axle corresponding to each tire and generates pulses indicative of the detected axle rotation amount. An automatic locator determines the position of each tire based on the gravitational force and the pulses. A pulse combination determination unit determines whether or not a combination of the pulses from the axle rotation amount detectors is appropriate. A pulse acquisition timing setting unit sets an acquisition timing of the pulse signal for the automatic locator based on the determination of the pulse combination determination unit. | 07-03-2014 |
20140184403 | TIRE POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - Each tire pressure detector detects a characteristic point in a detection signal of an acceleration sensor indicating that the tire pressure detector is located at a certain rotation position. When detecting the characteristic point, the tire pressure detector transmits a notification signal including the detector ID. Whenever a receiver receives a notification signal, the receiver acquires an axle rotation amount of a representative wheel and stores the axle rotation amount in a memory in association with the detector ID in the notification signal. After acquiring axle rotation amounts associated with the detector IDs of all of the tire pressure detectors, the receiver determines mounting positions of tires from the angle each tire pressure detector rotated and the angle each axle rotated between a first determination timing and a second determination timing. | 07-03-2014 |
20140354421 | TIRE POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM - A tire position determination system including tire pressure detectors respectively attached to tires, axle rotation detectors respectively corresponding to axles, and a receiver located on a vehicle body. Each tire pressure detector detects when reaching a specific position on a rotation trajectory of the corresponding tire and transmits a radio wave including the tire ID. An ID temporary registration unit temporarily registers tire IDs to the memory that are received from the tire pressure detectors existing in a signal receivable area of the receiver. An ID registration acquires axle rotation information from each axle rotation detector whenever receiving the radio wave from each tire pressure detector, and specifies a tire ID of a tire that rotates in synchronism with rotation of each axle to determine the tire position of the tire. | 12-04-2014 |
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20080311998 | Constant Velocity Joint and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A constant velocity joint, wherein all of those rolling elements excluding a plurality of rolling elements are divided into a plurality of rolling element groups and arranged along the inner diameter part of a roller member. The excluded plurality of rolling elements are dispersed in first to third cam grooves at intervals in the circumferential direction. When the rolling elements are pressed in the radial outer direction by the first to third pressing faces of a cam rotating in the arrow A direction, they are simultaneously press-fitted into first to third clearances between the rolling elements from the side of the inner diameter part of the roller member. | 12-18-2008 |
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20100154938 | Layered fe-based alloy and process for production thereof - The surface of a pre-molded article made of SKH51 (Fe-based alloy) is coated with a powder of Al, Cr and the like. The coating may be performed by applying a coating agent which is prepared by dispersing the powder in an organic solvent. The coating agent may contain a reducing agent. After coating, the pre-molded article is subjected to heat treatment to form a carbonized product of the metal. The pre-molded article may be further treated with nitrogen, thereby forming a layered Fe-based alloy which has a diffusion layer which is formed by the diffusion of the carbonized product, a nitrided product and AIN in the base material. Subsequently, the article may be subjected to finishing process to give a punch having a predetermined shape for use in a hot-roll forging process. | 06-24-2010 |
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20100053914 | Card unit, device unit, card attaching/detaching method and electronic apparatus - A card unit on which a card attached to a connector and detached from it is loaded has a frame, which is loaded with the card and is expanded and contracted, and an attaching/detaching mechanism which attaches the card to the connector and detaches the card from the connector by expanding and contracting the frame. The attaching/detaching mechanism has a rotatable attaching/detaching lever which makes the frame expand and contract by its rotational operation. Maintaining part (maintaining surface parts) is provided, and the frame is maintained at a position, at which the card is disengaged from the connector, by the maintaining part. | 03-04-2010 |
20110183541 | Connector and connecting unit - A connector includes a connector protrusion to be inserted into a connector socket and including a locking lever provided on a first surface and a connecting terminal provided on a second surface opposing the first surface or on a front surface; and a connector frame surrounding the connector protrusion and having an opening in a surface opposing the first surface of the connector protrusion. When the connector frame is moved in a direction opposite to the direction where the connector protrusion is inserted while the connector protrusion is in the connector socket, an end of the locking lever fits into the opening and the locking lever is unlocked. | 07-28-2011 |
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20120208388 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTING UNIT - A connector includes a connector protrusion to be inserted into a connector socket and including a locking lever provided on a first surface and a connecting terminal provided on a second surface opposing the first surface or on a front surface; and a connector frame surrounding the connector protrusion and having an opening in a surface opposing the first surface of the connector protrusion. When the connector frame is moved in a direction opposite to the direction where the connector protrusion is inserted while the connector protrusion is in the connector socket, an end of the locking lever fits into the opening and the locking lever is unlocked. | 08-16-2012 |
20120232849 | DESIGN APPARATUS AND DESIGN METHOD - A design apparatus includes a first processor that determines outer dimensions of the to-be-designed apparatus on a basis of a specification information input via an input device and the dimension rules stored by a storage. And the design apparatus further includes a second processor that determines, when one of unit candidates stored by the storage is selected as a unit to be installed in the to-be-designed apparatus in accordance with the specification information input via the input device, a placement position of the selected unit in the to-be-designed apparatus having the outer dimensions determined by the first processor on a basis of the placement rules stored by the storage and associated with a type of the selected unit. | 09-13-2012 |
20120237775 | POWDER COATING METHOD - A coating film is formed on a surface of a coating object by adhering a coating powder to the coating object by spraying the coating powder from an electrostatic gun together with a compressed gas. A voltage not smaller than 80 kV but not larger than 100 kV is applied between the electrostatic gun and the coating object. Moreover, a current flowed between the electrostatic gun and the coating object is set to be not smaller than 10 μA but not larger than 20 μA. Further, a pressure of the compressed gas for spraying the coating powder is set to be not smaller than 3 kgf/cm | 09-20-2012 |
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20080266211 | Plasma Display Panel, Plasma Display Device, and Method for Driving Plasma Display Panel - A priming discharge is generated simultaneously in two adjacent priming discharge cells, and an address operation is performed sequentially in the main discharge cells in the odd rows of the four rows of main discharge cells which are adjacent to the priming discharge cells. After completion of the address operation in all main discharge cells in the odd rows, the priming discharge cells are once initialized. A priming discharge is generated again in the priming discharge cells, and an address operation is performed sequentially this time in the main discharge cells in the even rows which are adjacent to the priming discharge cells. This provides a PDP and a plasma display device which can stably generate an address discharge without narrowing the driving voltage margin of an address operation and reduce the number of driving circuits required for driving the priming electrodes, and also provides a method for driving the PDP. | 10-30-2008 |
20090251388 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - The plasma display panels with low power consumption, improved luminous efficiency, and suppressed increase of the firing voltage. | 10-08-2009 |
20110220384 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND CHAMBER FOR MANUFACTURING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A structure of a panel which can be thinned down to about a panel thickness of a PDP and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A gas filling hole is provided to a surface of a rear glass substrate of a PDP, the surface coming in contact with a front glass substrate of the PDP. Vacuuming and filling of a discharge gas are performed through the gas filling hole. After filling of the discharge gas, a mechanism for lifting solder iron up and down and supplying solder provided inside a chamber inserts a tip of an ultrasonic soldering iron into the gas filling hole to start supplying a solder which is a material for a plug sealant. When a series of forming steps of the plug sealant are finished, the ultrasonic soldering iron is retreated before the solder is solidified to finish formation of the plug sealant. | 09-15-2011 |
20150042616 | INPUT DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - It is an object of the present invention to enhance detection accuracy during a touch operation in a capacitance coupling type input device. The input device includes a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of detection electrodes crossing each other, and capacitive elements formed in respective crossed portions between the driving electrodes and the detection electrodes. During a touch detection period, a driving signal is applied to the driving electrodes on a line block basis of scanning signal lines, and touch is detected based on a detection signal output from each of the detection electrodes, and the touch detection period is provided in a display update period in a horizontal scanning period of a display apparatus. Further, a driving signal to be applied to the driving electrodes is applied to a selected line block of the display apparatus to which the scanning signal is not being applied. | 02-12-2015 |
20150049061 | INPUT DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An object of the present technology is to improve the detection accuracy of a capacitance coupling type input device at a time of touch operation. An input device includes: a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of detection electrodes crossing each other; and capacitive elements formed in respective crossed portions between the driving electrodes and the detection electrodes. During a touch detection period, a driving signal is applied to the driving electrodes on a line block basis of the scanning signal lines, and touch is detected based on a detection signal output from each of the detection electrodes, the touch detection period is provided in a display update period in a horizontal scanning period of the display apparatus, and during a horizontal scanning period following a certain horizontal scanning period during which touch detection has been performed, a driving signal whose potential is has been changed to a direction opposite to that of the previous horizontal scanning period is applied to the driving electrodes to start touch detection. | 02-19-2015 |
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20130042605 | Air Compressor - An air compressor includes a compression unit, a drive unit, a tank unit, and a control circuit unit. The compression unit is configured to generate a compressed air and provided with a handle positioned above a center of gravity of the air compressor. The drive unit is configured to drive the compression unit. The tank unit is disposed below the compression unit and includes a plurality of air tanks configured to reserve the compressed air. The compressed air reserved in the tank unit has a pressure value. The control circuit unit is configured to detect the pressure value of the compressed air reserved in the tank unit and to control the drive unit to drive the compression unit. | 02-21-2013 |
20140014385 | POWER TOOL - A power tool includes: a handle housing housing a battery and having a first grip part; a motor driven by electric power of the battery; a power transmission system; a main housing housing the handle housing, the motor and the power transmission system and having a second grip part; and a turning mechanism turnably connected at a rear end part of the main housing and a front end part of the handle housing. The power tool is operable at least in a state that the main housing and the handle housing are disposed straight and a state that they are disposed to be folded. In the folded state, the second grip part is positioned in front of the first grip part in an axial direction of the main housing. A trigger and a forward/reverse switch that control the rotation of the motor are disposed on the handle housing side. | 01-16-2014 |
20140047719 | HEDGE TRIMMER - In a hedge trimmer, a main body is configured of: a main body front portion on a front side (a side on which the cutting blade protrudes); a main body rear portion on a rear side; and a supporting portion for connecting them on a lower side. One end of a main handle and the other end of the same are connected to an upper portion of the main body front portion on the rear end side and an upper portion of the main body rear portion on the front end side. The main handle has a linear shape in parallel to a longitudinal direction of a cutting blade. In this configuration, the main handle is set in substantially parallel to the supporting portion, and a grip space is formed between the main handle and the supporting portion. | 02-20-2014 |
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20090086598 | SERVO FRAME INTERVAL CORRECTION APPARATUS, STORAGE APPARATUS AND SERVO FRAME INTERVAL CORRECTION METHOD - One aspect of the embodiment utilizes a servo frame interval correction apparatus which includes a detection unit for detecting a first servo frame formed on said recording medium. The apparatus includes an acquiring unit acquiring a detection time interval between said first servo frame and a second servo frame detected subsequently to the first servo frame from a table storing a detection time interval between a specific servo frame and a servo frame detected subsequently to the specific servo frame. The apparatus includes a differential calculation unit calculating a differential between the detection time interval acquired by said acquiring unit and a reference time interval; and a correction unit correcting an estimated position of said second servo frame based on the differential calculated by said differential calculation unit. | 04-02-2009 |
20100073807 | STORAGE DEVICE, HEAD POSITION DETECTION METHOD AND CONTROL CIRCUIT - According to one embodiment, a storage device includes an area demodulator and a head position demodulator. The area demodulator demodulates a first demodulation signal and a second demodulation signal having a phase difference of 90° from a read signal by a head of an area demodulation pattern recorded on a medium. The head position demodulator receives the first demodulation signal and the second demodulation signal, and outputs a phase angle indicating a direction of a vector formed in a phase plane by the first demodulation signal and the second demodulation signal as a head position signal. | 03-25-2010 |
20100134913 | FREQUENCY CONTROL APPARATUS AND STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a frequency control apparatus includes an eccentric component storage module, a frequency correction amount calculating module, and an oscillator control module. The eccentric component storage module stores in advance an eccentric component calculated by a discrete Fourier transform of the number of clock signals measured for each servo frame. The frequency correction amount calculating module calculates the number of clock signals corresponding to the servo frame based on the eccentric component stored in the eccentric component storage module and calculates a frequency correction amount corresponding to the servo frame based on the number of clock signals. The oscillator control module controls the operation of a frequency oscillator such that a frequency for oscillating a clock signal in the frequency oscillator is adjusted according to the frequency correction amount calculated by the frequency correction amount calculating module. | 06-03-2010 |
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20120006506 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND HEATING EQUIPMENT - A substrate processing apparatus includes a heating part including a cylindrical-shaped heat insulator and a heating wire arranged on the inner circumferential surface of the heat insulator, a heat-insulating part configured to define a cylindrical space between the heating part and the heat insulating part, a cooling gas introduction portion coupled to the cylindrical space and provided above the heat-insulating part to surround the heating part, and a cooling gas discharge portion provided at an approximately same height as that of the cooling gas introduction portion in the diameter direction extending from approximately the center of the cooling gas introduction portion. | 01-12-2012 |
20130017628 | TEMPERATURE DETECTING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEAANM KOSUGI; TetsuyaAACI ToyamaAACO JPAAGP KOSUGI; Tetsuya Toyama JPAANM UENO; MasaakiAACI ToyamaAACO JPAAGP UENO; Masaaki Toyama JPAANM YAMAGUCHI; HidetoAACI ToyamaAACO JPAAGP YAMAGUCHI; Hideto Toyama JP - A temperature detecting apparatus is provided which is capable of suppressing disconnection of a thermocouple wire or positional deviation of a thermocouple junction portion caused by change over time. The temperature detecting apparatus includes: an insulation rod installed to extend in a vertical direction and including a through-hole in vertical direction; a thermocouple wire inserted in the through-hole of the insulation rod, the thermocouple wire including a thermocouple junction portion at an upper end thereof and an angled portion at a lower end of the insulation rod; and a buffer area installed below the insulation rod and configured to suppress a restriction of a horizontal portion of the angled portion upon heat expansion, wherein an upper portion of the thermocouple wire or a middle portion in the vertical direction are supported by the insulation rod. | 01-17-2013 |
20140342474 | TEMPERATURE DETECTING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A temperature detecting apparatus is provided which is capable of suppressing disconnection of a thermocouple wire or positional deviation of a thermocouple junction portion caused by change over time. The temperature detecting apparatus includes: an insulation rod installed to extend in a vertical direction and including a through-hole in vertical direction; a thermocouple wire inserted in the through-hole of the insulation rod, the thermocouple wire including a thermocouple junction portion at an upper end thereof and an angled portion at a lower end of the insulation rod; and a buffer area installed below the insulation rod and configured to suppress a restriction of a horizontal portion of the angled portion upon heat expansion, wherein an upper portion of the thermocouple wire or a middle portion in the vertical direction are supported by the insulation rod. | 11-20-2014 |
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20110021038 | HEATING DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided are a heating device, a substrate processing apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, which can suppress differences between heating bodies, and simultaneously, can suppress shearing of a holder due to thermal deformation of the heating element. The heating device comprises: a heating element including a mountain part and a valley part that are alternately connected in plurality in a meander shape with both ends being fixed; holding body receiving parts respectively installed at ends of the valley parts and formed as cutout parts having a width larger than a width of the valley part; an insulating body installed at an outer circumference of the heating element; and a holding body disposed in the holding body receiving part and fixed to the insulating body. | 01-27-2011 |
20110021039 | HEATING DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided are a heating device, a substrate processing apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The heating device comprises: a heating element including a mountain part and a valley part that are alternately connected in plurality in a meander shape with both ends being fixed; holding body receiving parts respectively installed at ends of the valley parts and formed as cutout parts having a width larger than a width of the valley part; an insulating body installed at an outer circumference of the heating element; a holding body disposed in the holding body receiving part and fixed to the insulating body; the heating element having a ring shape; the insulating body installed in a manner of surrounding the outer circumference of the heating element; and a fixation part configured to fix the heating element to an inner wall of the insulating body. | 01-27-2011 |
20110281226 | HEATER SUPPORTING DEVICE - A heater supporting device for use in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus is provided so as to improve the uniformity of a temperature property and the expected lifespan by preventing support pieces from being damaged and separated from piece holders, and preventing deterioration in adiabatic efficiency in the vicinity of a ceiling of a vertical type furnace. A heating element of a coil shape is disposed around an object. The support pieces are vertically connected in multiple. Hollows of an elliptical shape are formed between the respective support pieces. Concave insertions are formed on one of upper and lower surfaces of the respective support pieces, and convex insertions are formed on the other one of the upper and lower surfaces of the respective support pieces. The convex insertions are insert-fitted with the concave insertions. The support pieces are vertically connected in multiple by insert-fitting the concave insertions to the convex insertions. | 11-17-2011 |
20140120636 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND THERMOCOUPLE SUPPORT - A substrate processing apparatus includes: a reaction tube configured to accommodate a substrate holder holding a plurality of substrates and process a substrate held on the substrate holder; a heating unit installed outside the reaction tube and configured to heat an inside of the reaction tube; a protection tube installed to extend in a vertical direction in contact with an outer wall of the reaction tube; an insulating tube disposed inside the protection tube and having through-holes extending in a vertical direction; a thermocouple having a thermocouple junction provided at an upper end thereof, and thermocouple wires joined at the thermocouple junction and inserted into the through-holes of the insulating tube; a gas supply unit configured to supply a gas, for processing a substrate accommodated in the reaction tube, into the reaction tube; and an exhaust unit configured to exhaust a gas from the reaction tube. | 05-01-2014 |
20140287375 | INSULATION STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A heat insulation structure, which has a cylindrical side wall part formed in a multilayer structure, includes: a cooling gas supply port provided in an upper portion of a side wall outer layer disposed in an outer side of the side wall part; a cooling gas passage provided between a side wall inner layer disposed in an inner side of the side wall part and the side wall outer layer; a space provided in an inner side of the side wall inner layer; a plurality of blowout holes provided in the side wall inner layer for distributing cooling gas from the cooling gas passage to the space; a buffer area continuously provided in the cooling gas supply port and the cooling gas passage; and a throttle part configured to reduce a cross-sectional area of a boundary surface between the buffer area and the cooling gas passage. | 09-25-2014 |
20140322926 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using a heating device capable of suppressing shearing of a holder due to thermal deformation of the heating element included in the heating device. The method includes: loading a substrate into a process chamber surrounded by a heating device including a heating element; and increasing temperature of the heating element including a mountain part and a valley part alternately connected in plurality to form a meander shape with both ends thereof being fixed to an insulating body installed at an outer circumference of the heating element wherein the heating element is fixed to the insulating body by a holding body disposed in a holding body receiving part installed at end of the valley part having a cutout part having a width larger than that of the valley part to heat the substrate in the process chamber. | 10-30-2014 |
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20120270746 | CANCER MARKER, METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF CANCER BY USING THE CANCER MARKER, AND EVALUATION REAGENT - The present invention provides a novel cancer marker for evaluating the onset, the preclinical stage, the clinical stage, or the prognosis of a cancer in a subject, and an evaluation method using the same. A cancer marker containing at least one miRNA selected from hsa-miR-92 and hsa-miR-494 is used as a marker for cancers excluding breast cancer. A method for evaluating the possibility of cancers excluding breast cancer includes the step of detecting the expression level of a cancer marker in a biological sample collected from a subject. In this method, the cancer marker contains at least one miRNA selected from hsa-miR-92 and hsa-miR-494. | 10-25-2012 |
20140170648 | CANCER MARKER, METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF CANCER BY USING THE CANCER MARKER, AND EVALUATION REAGENT - The present invention provides a novel cancer marker for evaluating the onset, the preclinical stage, the clinical stage, or the prognosis of a cancer in a subject, and an evaluation method using the same. A cancer marker containing at least one miRNA selected from hsa-miR-92 and hsa-miR-494 is used as a marker for cancers excluding breast cancer. A method for evaluating the possibility of cancers excluding breast cancer includes the step of detecting the expression level of a cancer marker in a biological sample collected from a subject. In this method, the cancer marker contains at least one miRNA selected from hsa-miR-92 and hsa-miR-494. | 06-19-2014 |
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20080316450 | Exposure Apparatus and Device Manufacturing Method - An exposure apparatus is configured to expose a substrate to light while the substrate is scanned. The apparatus comprises a stage configured to hold the substrate and to move, a measuring device configured to measure a position of a surface of the substrate held by the stage, a controller configured to define an arrangement of measurement points with respect to each of a plurality of shot regions arranged along a straight line, and to cause the measuring device to sequentially measure positions of the surface with respect to the defined measurement points in the plurality of shot regions while causing the stage to move to scan the substrate along the straight line. The controller is configured to define the arrangement such that the plurality of shot regions have the arrangement in common with each other. | 12-25-2008 |
20090009739 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus for exposing a shot region on a substrate includes a movable stage, a projection optical system, a measuring device configured to measure a position of a partial region of a surface of the substrate, and a controller configured to cause the measuring device to measure the position with respect to each of a plurality of measurement points of each of a plurality of shot regions, to determine a global shape of the surface based on the measured positions, to calculate a correction value with respect to each of the plurality of measurement points based on the determined global shape, and to move the stage based on measurement values corrected using the respective correction values corresponding to the respective measurement points. | 01-08-2009 |
20090175503 | Surface Position Measuring Method and Apparatus - A measuring apparatus for measuring a position of a surface of an object while the object is scanned in a scanning direction in an X-Y plane. A detecting unit detects the position of the surface of the object in a Z direction perpendicular to the X-Y plane, a stage scans the object relative to the detecting unit in the scanning direction, and a controller causes the stage to pre-scan the object relative to the detecting unit in two scanning directions, in the X-Y plane, opposite to each other, to detect, using the detecting unit, with respect to each of the two scanning directions, a position of the surface in the Z-direction for each of the same detection points on the surface, to determine, with respect to each of the two scanning directions, a reference surface based on the detected positions of the surface, to calculate an offset value, which is a difference between the detected position and a position of the reference surface in the Z-direction for each of the same detection points with respect to each of the two scanning directions, to calculate a correction value for correcting the calculated offset value in accordance with a corresponding one of the two scanning directions based on a difference, in the Z-direction, between positions of the determined reference surfaces obtained with respect to the two scanning directions. | 07-09-2009 |
20100002218 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus for exposing a shot region on a substrate includes a stage configured to hold and move the substrate, a projection optical system configured to project light onto the substrate, a measuring unit configured to measure a position of a partial region of a surface of the substrate, and a control unit configured to cause the measuring unit to measure the position with respect to each of a plurality of measurement points of each of a plurality of shot regions on the substrate, to determine a global shape of the surface based on the measured position, to calculate a correction value with respect to each of the plurality of measurement points based on the determined global shape, and to move the stage based on a measurement value corrected using the correction value corresponding to each of the plurality of measurement points. | 01-07-2010 |