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20120261920 | ROTARY MOTOR ACTUATOR AND HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINE - Provided is a rotary motor actuator capable of simplifying the manufacture and assembly process. | 10-18-2012 |
20150016759 | ROLLING GUIDE DEVICE - A rolling guide device is capable of facilitating smooth circulation of rolling elements in an endless circulation path, and enhancing the accuracy of motion of a moving member relative to a track member. The moving member includes: a main body member having load rolling surfaces and return paths for the rolling elements; direction change pipes incorporating inner direction change paths and having inner peripheral guide surfaces of outer direction change paths, respectively; and lid members each being mounted on the main body member and having outer peripheral guide surfaces of the outer direction change paths. The main body member has position reference holes formed therein so as to serve as position references for the direction change pipes, respectively, whereas the direction change pipes have positioning protrusions formed thereon so as to be press-fitted into the position reference holes, respectively. Further, the direction change pipes include rotation restriction protruding portions. | 01-15-2015 |
20150036953 | MOTION DEVICE - A motion device includes a track rail, a moving body, rolling elements, fixing members each fixed to an end surface of the moving body, and rolling element circulation members arranged between the moving body and the fixing members. The rolling element circulation members each have a connection section connected to the moving body so as to be rotatable about a Y direction, and a pair of first outside surfaces. The fixing members each have accommodation sections to accommodate the rolling element circulation members, and a pair of first inside surfaces closely contact with the pair of first outside surfaces. The respective rolling element circulation members and the accommodation sections are provided at both sides of the track rail interposed there between. | 02-05-2015 |
20150043843 | ROLLING GUIDANCE DEVICE - A rolling guide device is capable of preventing a scooping piece formed on a circulation path module from being deformed along with use over time, and enhancing the durability of the scooping piece, thereby achieving smooth motion of a moving member relative to a track member. A moving member includes: a main body member having load rolling surfaces and return paths for rolling elements; direction change pipes having formed therein inner direction change paths and having inner peripheral guide surfaces of outer direction change paths, respectively; and lid members each being mounted on the main body member and having outer peripheral guide surfaces of the outer direction change paths. Each of the direction change pipes includes: a first half circulation segment and a second half circulation segment; and a scooping portion for guiding the rolling elements into each of the inner direction change paths. | 02-12-2015 |
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20100015102 | Composition for treatment of cartilage disease - The present invention provides a composition for regenerating cartilage or treating a cartilage disease containing a monovalent metal salt of alginic acid for which the endotoxin level thereof has been lowered to an extent that does not substantially induce inflammation or fever. As a result, it is possible to provide a composition for regenerating cartilage that improves cartilage regenerative action and ease of application to a cartilage injury lesion, and a composition for treating a cartilage disease, which has the effects of protecting cartilage from mechanical irritation, inhibiting degenerative changes in cartilage caused by wear and inflammation, repairing a cartilage injury lesion, and inhibiting inflammation and pain of joint tissue. | 01-21-2010 |
20130189231 | COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF CARTILAGE DISEASE - The present invention provides a composition for regenerating cartilage or treating a cartilage disease containing a monovalent metal salt of alginic acid for which the endotoxin level thereof has been lowered to an extent that does not substantially induce inflammation or fever. As a result, it is possible to provide a composition for regenerating cartilage that improves cartilage regenerative action and ease of application to a cartilage injury lesion, and a composition for treating a cartilage disease, which has the effects of protecting cartilage from mechanical irritation, inhibiting degenerative changes in cartilage caused by wear and inflammation, repairing a cartilage injury lesion, and inhibiting inflammation and pain of joint tissue. | 07-25-2013 |
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20090222542 | VIRTUAL SYSTEM AND METHOD IN A VIRTUAL SYSTEM - A virtual system, which realizes virtual computing environments for performing communication processing, includes a user virtual machine which is provided as a virtual machine environment to be used by users, and a service virtual machine which has a physical communication interface with a real network for communication between the real network and the user virtual machine, provides a virtual communication interface with the user virtual machine by Ethernet (registered trademark), and performs an interface conversion process for the communication between the real network and the user virtual machine if the physical communication interface is not by using Ethernet (registered trademark), in which the physical communication interface is converted to an equivalent interface using Ethernet (registered trademark). | 09-03-2009 |
20090259759 | TERMINAL DEVICE, NETWORK CONNECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - A virtual machine system including a user virtual machine for operating a user environment, and a service virtual machine for controlling the user virtual machine, and performing network connection is constructed on a terminal device capable of being connected to a network, and the service virtual machine controls the network use by the user virtual machine depending on the security of the network to which the terminal device is directly connected. | 10-15-2009 |
20100241734 | WEB SERVICE SYSTEM, WEB SERVICE METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To eliminate necessity of transmitting user data containing confidential information to an external network and necessity of preparing a proper environment for a user to execute an application. A web service system includes a virtualization platform on a local site side and a virtualization platform on a remote site side. The virtualization platform on the local site side includes: a network processor which separately establishes communication lines connected, respectively, to the client machine and to a network processor of the virtualization platform on the remote site side; a confidential data control section which judges whether the user data contains confidential information, and determines the destination; and a virtual machine service section which, upon receiving the judgment result indicating that the user data contains the confidential information, executes migration of the virtual machine of the virtualization platform on the remote site side to the virtualization platform on the local site side. | 09-23-2010 |
20110239216 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, A VIRTUAL MACHINE SERVER, A SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD, AND A PROGRAM THEREOF - A service providing system has a virtual machine server and one or more client terminals. The virtual machine server has one or more virtual machines and a virtual machine system unit which controls the virtual machines. The virtual machine system unit classifies the client terminals into groups. Each of the virtual machines provides a service to each of the terminals in a group in response to receiving a request for the service from one of the client terminals in the group of terminals. | 09-29-2011 |
20140281674 | FAULT TOLERANT SERVER - The virtual computer of the active system includes a memory configured of small regions grouped in a first group and small regions grouped in a second group. When a checkpoint is detected by the checkpoint detection unit, the transfer control unit suspends the virtual computer, copies, to a transfer buffer (not shown), data of the small regions in the first group among the small regions of the memory having been updated after a previous checkpoint, and after inhibiting writing to the small regions in the second group, restarts the virtual computer. Further, the transfer control unit copies data of the small regions, in which writing is inhibited, to the transfer buffer and releases write inhibit, and transfers the data of the small regions, having been copied to the transfer buffer, to the physical computer. | 09-18-2014 |
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20110295874 | METADATA CACHE MANAGEMENT - In an embodiment managing a cache includes determining from metadata of a received service request whether a cache data response may satisfy the request as a function of recognizing a cacheable method name specification within request metadata by a service provider associated with the request, the embodiment further including determining whether the request is an inquiry or a request as a function of comparing an update frequency specification in the request metadata to a value of a time parameter associated with the cacheable method name in the metadata if the request may be satisfied by the cached data. The embodiment also includes searching the cache for the data response if determined the data is cacheable and the request is an inquiry, and sending the request on to a service provider if the data response is not a cacheable response or the request is an update request. | 12-01-2011 |
20130159341 | METADATA CACHE MANAGEMENT - Managing a cache includes determining from metadata of a received service request whether a cache data response may satisfy the request as a function of recognizing a cacheable method name specification within request metadata by a service provider associated with the request, and determining whether the request is an inquiry or a request as a function of comparing an update frequency specification or a time interval period to a value of a time parameter associated with the cacheable method name in the metadata, in order to decide if the request may be satisfied by the cached data. Aspects also include searching the cache for the data response if determined the data is cacheable and the request is an inquiry, and sending the request on to a service provider if the data response is not a cacheable response, or the request is an update request. | 06-20-2013 |
20150067270 | METADATA CACHE MANAGEMENT - Managing a cache includes determining from metadata of a received service request whether a cache data response may satisfy the request as a function of recognizing a cacheable method name specification within request metadata by a service provider associated with the request, and determining whether the request is an inquiry in order to decide if the request may be satisfied by the cached data. Aspects also include searching the cache for the data response if determined the data is cacheable and the request is an inquiry, and sending the request on to a service provider if the data response is not a cacheable response, or the request is an update request. | 03-05-2015 |
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20110123754 | STRUCTURAL COLOR DISPLAY MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided is a structural color display material containing a sheet of substrate having: an adhesive layer on a rear surface of the substrate; and a structural color display layer which contains structural color particles and a matrix and exhibits a structural color on a front surface of the substrate, wherein the front surface of the substrate on which is formed the structural color display layer exhibits a water contact angle of 60 to 100°. | 05-26-2011 |
20130004890 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - A toner used for electrostatic latent image development which is excellent in fixing separability with maintaining sufficient low temperature fixability even in a high-speed machine and is also superior in crashing resistance, comprising toner particles, each comprising a core particle and a shell layer provided on the surface of the core particle, wherein the core particle comprises a binder resin containing a styrene-acrylic resin and a first styrene-acrylic modified polyester, and the shell comprises a second styrene-acrylic modified polyester resin. | 01-03-2013 |
20150064616 | ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a toner base particle which contains at least a binder resin, and has a domain-matrix structure, in which a matrix contains a styrene-acrylic resin, a domain contains an amorphous resin which is formed by combining a vinyl-based polymerized segment and a polyester-based polymerized segment, and the domain containing the amorphous resin and having a diameter of 100 nm or larger has a number-average domain diameter which falls in the range from 150 to 1000 nm. | 03-05-2015 |
20150072285 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - According to one implementation, a toner includes a toner mother particle and a convex portion on a surface of the toner mother particle. The toner mother particle includes at least a resin (1). The convex portion is formed from a resin particle including at least a resin (2). An average value of a length of a long side of the convex portion is within a range of 0.1 to 0.5 μm. A ratio between a Young's modulus of a non-convex portion of the toner mother particle (ER (1)) and a Young's modulus of a convex portion of the toner mother particle (ER (2)) is a value (ER (1)/ER (2)) within the range of 1.2 to 2.0. | 03-12-2015 |
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20110064442 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - To enhance the fixing quality of a fixing device to continuously fix sheets of a plurality of sizes, a carbon nanotube sheet | 03-17-2011 |
20110142468 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Provided are an image forming apparatus, a fixing device, and an image forming system using the same, including: an image forming section for transferring a toner image onto a recording sheet; a first and second fixing rollers for thermally fixing the toner image on the recording sheet; a first and second temperature sensors each provided at a plurality of positions in a longitudinal direction of the fixing roller; and a rocking section for reciprocally shifting at least one of the fixing rollers in the longitudinal direction of the fixing roller, wherein the temperature gradient of each of the fixing rollers is detected, a central position of reciprocal shift of one fixing roller which can be shifted is set such that the temperature gradient of the other fixing roller is cancelled, and then the one fixing roller is reciprocally shifted by the rocking section. | 06-16-2011 |
20120195606 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Damages on fixing members caused by paper passing through can be reduced. The registration rollers | 08-02-2012 |
20120301170 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an adjustment unit that adjusts an image transfer position of the sheet of paper along a main scanning direction that is orthogonal to a transporting direction of the sheet of paper, a fixing unit that fixes on the sheet of paper an toner image using fixing rollers and performs a fluctuation of the fixing roller to the main scanning direction, a detection unit that detects whether or not the fixing rollers of the fixing unit nip the sheet of paper, and a controller. The controller controls the fixing unit to perform the fluctuation of the fixing rollers when determining that the fixing rollers of the fixing unit do not nip the sheet of paper based on a detection result of the detection unit. | 11-29-2012 |
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20140212185 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus forms decision registration mark for deciding whether or not a color registration correction for correcting color shifts in the color image carries out on an intermediate transfer belt. The decision registration mark is formed by registering four color registration marks. Color registration sensors detect a detection width of the decision registration mark along a sub scanning direction. A control portion receives the detection width of the decision registration mark and decides whether or not the color registration correction carries out based on whether or not the detection width of the decision mark detected by the detection portion exceeds the period of reference time. When the detection width of the decision mark detected by the detection portion exceeds the period of reference time, the control portion carries out the color registration correction. | 07-31-2014 |
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20110126364 | Process for producing dyed plastic lens - A process which enables a plastic lenses having a refractive index of 1.7 or greater and, in particular, plastic lenses having a refractive index of 1.7 to 1.8 to be dyed uniformly to a great density without unevenness, which is, specifically, a process for producing a dyed plastic lens which comprises conducting following steps (1), (2) and (3) in this order: Step (1): a step comprising coating a substrate at 60° C. or lower with an ink comprising a sublimation dye; Step (2): a step comprising decreasing content of water in the ink comprising sublimation dye coating the substrate to 50% by mass or less of the entire ink; and Step (3): a step comprising, after placing a plastic lens in a manner such that a face for dying of the lens and a face of the substrate coated with the ink comprising a sublimation dye face each other, sublimating the sublimation dye in the ink comprising a sublimation dye coating the substrate by heating the substrate obtained after Step (2) under a degree of vacuum of about 1×10 | 06-02-2011 |
20150024127 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPECTACLE LENS, AND LENS HOLDER - When a dyeing treatment is applied to a spectacle lens in a state that the lens is dipped in a dyeing liquid, an optical surface of the spectacle lens is held in a state of facing a sealed space by mounting the spectacle lens on a cup-type lens holding member, and the dyeing treatment is applied to the spectacle lens in a state that one optical surface is dipped in the dyeing liquid and in a state that the other optical surface is not dipped in the dyeing liquid, in two optical surfaces and of the spectacle lens. | 01-22-2015 |
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20090124305 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes an external fit frame having a concave part for battery pack storage, a card storage slot provided on a plane surface formed from one side wall of the external fit frame in an external direction for inserting and removing an IC card, and a wing shaped locking member supported on a back side of the plane surface for IC card locking, in which while the battery pack is mounted to the storage concave part, one end part of a wing part of the locking member abuts to be engaged in one end edge of the battery pack via a first opening part provided on the one side wall, and a locking protrusion formed at another end part of the locking member protrudes from a second opening part provided to the plane surface in a periphery of the one side wall to lock the IC card. | 05-14-2009 |
20100052098 | Semiconductor device having storage electrode and manufacturing method thereof - A semiconductor device includes a first storage electrode, a second storage electrode, a first landing pad, a capacitive insulating film, and a plate electrode. The second storage electrode is arranged above the first storage electrode. The first landing pad is arranged between a top surface of the first storage electrode and a bottom surface of the second storage electrode. The first landing pad connects the first storage electrode and the second storage electrode. The first landing pad has a first landing surface larger than the bottom surface of the second storage electrode. The second storage electrode is placed on the first landing surface. The capacitive insulating film is laminated on the first and second storage electrodes and on an outer circumferential surface of the first landing pad. The plate electrode contacts the capacitive insulating film. | 03-04-2010 |
20100176486 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device includes a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region. The memory cell region includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. The first region includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of first support portions, and a second support portion. The plurality of first electrodes upwardly extends. The plurality of first support portions upwardly extends along the plurality of first electrodes. Each of the plurality of first support portions mechanically supports corresponding one of the plurality of first electrodes. The second support portion contacts with the plurality of the first support portions. The second support portion connects between each of the plurality of first electrodes. | 07-15-2010 |
20110042733 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a plurality of first electrodes standing over a substrate, and a supporter that supports the plurality of first electrodes in standing. The supporter includes a stack of first and second supporting films. The first supporting film has a compressive stress. The second supporting film has a tensile stress. | 02-24-2011 |
20140231959 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING STORAGE ELECTRODE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device includes a first storage electrode, a second storage electrode that is arranged above the first storage electrode, a first landing pad that is arranged between a top surface of the first storage electrode and a bottom surface of the second storage electrode, the first landing pad connecting the first storage electrode and the second storage electrode, the first landing pad having a first landing surface, the first landing surface being larger than the bottom surface of the second storage electrode, and the second storage electrode being placed on the first landing surface, a capacitive insulating film that is laminated on the first and second storage electrodes and on an outer circumferential surface of the first landing pad, and a plate electrode that contacts the capacitive insulating film. | 08-21-2014 |
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20080291297 | Imaging system - The invention relates to an imaging system in which, while high image quality is maintained with the influence of diffraction minimized, the quantity of light is controlled, and which enables the length of the zoom lens to be cut down. The imaging system comprises a zoom lens comprising a plurality of lens groups G | 11-27-2008 |
20110109978 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same - A zoom lens according to the present invention includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens unit having a positive refracting power, a second lens unit having a negative refracting power, a third lens unit having a negative refracting power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refracting power, wherein during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the first lens unit, the second lens unit, the third lens unit, and the fourth lens unit move in such a way that they are located closer the object side at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, the distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit is larger at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, the distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit is larger at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit is smaller at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end. The zoom lens satisfies a predetermined condition. | 05-12-2011 |
20120147251 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SYSTEM USED FOR IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus comprises an optical system that includes a plurality of lens groups, each lens group including one or more lenses, at least one of the lens groups being independently movable with respect to the other lens groups and including a focus lens group for focusing the subject and a lens control unit that controls movement of the plurality of lens groups to bring into focus based on a feeding position of the focus lens group. | 06-14-2012 |
20150015745 | Zoom Lens and Image Pickup Apparatus Equipped with Same - There is provided a zoom lens in which the load on the driving system for wobbling operation can easily made low and an image pickup apparatus equipped with the same. A zoom lens in which each of distances between a plurality of lens units changes during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, includes a focus lens unit that shifts along an optical axis to effect focusing from infinity to a close distance and a plurality of wobbling lens units that wobble after a shift of the focus lens unit at an amplitude smaller than the shift of the focus lens unit in focusing operation, wherein a combination of the wobbling lens units caused to operate changes in the middle of the zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. | 01-15-2015 |
20150244907 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SYSTEM USED FOR IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus comprises an optical system that includes a plurality of lens groups, each lens group including one or more lenses, at least one of the lens groups being independently movable with respect to the other lens groups and including a focus lens group for focusing the subject and a lens control unit that controls movement of the plurality of lens groups to bring into focus based on a feeding position of the focus lens group. | 08-27-2015 |
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20100034298 | RAIL VEHICLE INTERNAL INFORMATION NETWORK DEVICE - A rail vehicle internal information network device has modulating transmission devices ( | 02-11-2010 |
20120173055 | Train Control System - According to one embodiment, a train control system for a train is disclosed, the control system includes a speed detection unit configured to detect the train speed, a position detecting unit configured to detect position information of the train, a signal aspect speed receiver to receive signal aspect speed information from outside the train, an automatic train operation (ATO) unit that is configured to output a first throttle notch command to drive the train between stations and to stop the train at a target position, a specification notch pattern output unit configured to selectively output a second throttle notch control command. The signal aspect speed information includes a speed limit for a location. The first output throttle notch command is based, at least in part, on the signal aspect speed information. | 07-05-2012 |
20130325224 | TRAIN CONTROL DEVICE - A train control device includes a detector that detects the current location and speed of the train, a clock unit that tracks the current time, a schedule input section by which the schedule data including the scheduled arrival time of the train at each station on the line is input, and a computing unit that computes an operating schedule according to which the train runs at the detected location and the detected speed to the next station, based on a target operation time that is obtained by subtracting the current time from the scheduled arrival time at the next station, operation characteristics of the train and a condition of the line. | 12-05-2013 |