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20100226799 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMP - A variable displacement oil pump for an automotive engine. The oil pump includes a cam ring accommodating thereinside a pump element having a rotor. The cam ring is swingingly movably accommodated in a housing and biased in a direction to increase an eccentricity amount of the cam ring relative to the axis of the rotor by a biasing member. First and second pressure chambers are defined inside the housing by the outer peripheral section of the cam ring. The first pressure chamber is supplied with a discharge pressure to be applied to the cam ring to oppose to a biasing force of the biasing member. The second pressure chamber is supplied with the discharge pressure to be applied to the cam ring to assist the biasing force of the biasing member. Additionally, a control device is provided for controlling supply of the discharge pressure to the second pressure chamber. | 09-09-2010 |
20100232989 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT OIL PUMP - A variable displacement oil pump includes a rotor; a plurality of vanes; a cam ring; a housing; a biasing member configured to biases the cam ring in a direction that enlarges an eccentricity between a rotation center of the rotor and a center of inner circumferential surface of the cam ring; a contact surface configured to become in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the cam ring by means of a biasing force applied to the cam ring by the biasing member; a control chamber separately formed by the contact surface and a swing fulcrum of the cam ring on an outer circumference of the cam ring when the contact surface is in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the cam ring, and configured to cause the cam ring to swing against the biasing force of the biasing member by a pressure introduced from a discharge portion to the control chamber; and a choking portion formed on the outer circumferential surface of the cam ring so as to maintain a pressure of the control chamber even when the cam ring swings. | 09-16-2010 |
20140072456 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMP - A variable displacement pump includes: an urging mechanism which includes two spring members; an electromagnetic switching valve which is arranged to connect the second control chamber and the discharge portion in an energized state, and to connect the second control chamber and the low pressure chamber in a deenergized state; and a control valve which is actuated by the pressure of the discharge portion, and which is arranged to decrease the pressure within the second control chamber when the pressure of the discharge portion becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined pressure. | 03-13-2014 |
20140170008 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMP - Variable displacement oil pump for supplying oil to an internal combustion engine. Included is a cam ring having an inner peripheral section for accommodating the pump element thereinside, and an outer peripheral section having a swinging movement fulcrum. A control device for changeover controlling supply of a discharge pressure to first and second pressure chambers so the cam ring is swingingly movable to change an eccentricity amount of the cam ring relative to an axis of the rotor, wherein the first pressure receiving surface is set larger in pressure receiving area than the second pressure receiving surface, wherein a part of each of the first and second pressure chambers is disposed overlapping with the discharge region in a radial direction of the rotor, and wherein the first and second pressure chambers are disposed nearer to the swinging movement fulcrum than to the axis of the cam ring. | 06-19-2014 |
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20100079483 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program - An image processing apparatus prevents the inappropriate application of error diffusion and adaptively applies palette conversion functions according to the properties of the source. A processing subsystem performs various processing with respect to an original video source. A palette converter converts the palette bit depth, having modifiable palette conversion functions for creating the illusion of expressing the pre-conversion palette tones in the post-conversion image. A controller turns on the palette converter, turns off the palette converter, or modifies the palette conversion functions thereof, in accordance with at least original source information and system-wide settings information. | 04-01-2010 |
20100104211 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program - An image processing apparatus includes: ΔΣ modulation means for applying ΔΣ modulation to an image; analog conversion means for converting a signal of the image, whose gradation is converted by the ΔΣ modulation means, into an analog signal; digital output means for outputting a digital signal of the image after gradation conversion; and analog output means for outputting an analog signal of the image after gradation conversion. The ΔΣ modulation means includes arithmetic means for filtering a quantization error; adding means for adding a pixel value of the image and output of the arithmetic means; quantization means for quantizing output of the adding means and outputting a quantized value; and subtracting means for calculating a difference between the output of the adding means and the quantized value. A filter coefficient for the filtering corresponding to the analog output is determined according to a frequency characteristic of the analog conversion means. | 04-29-2010 |
20100110301 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and communication system - An information processing apparatus includes: a processing system performing processing on an original image; and a gradation conversion section having a gradation conversion function of receiving image data from the processing system, converting a number of bits of the image data, and expressing pseudo grayscales before the gradation conversion in a grayscale converted image, the gradation conversion section being capable of changing the gradation conversion function and performing conversion processing on the image, wherein the gradation conversion section adds and outputs a determination flag indicating whether the gradation conversion processing has been performed at the time of outputting the image data. | 05-06-2010 |
20110019931 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image recording device, including: a highly-gradating unit for highly-gradating an input image having a first gradation depth, thereby generating a high gradation image having a second gradation depth higher than the first gradation depth; an image quantizing unit for quantizing the high gradation image generated by the highly-gradating unit such that a quantization error is modulated into a band with relatively low sensitivity of human visual characteristics, thereby generating a recording target image having a third gradation depth lower than the second gradation depth; an encoding unit for encoding the recording target image generated by the quantizing unit; and a recording unit for recording the recording target image encoded by the encoding unit in a recording medium. | 01-27-2011 |
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20100292585 | LIVING BODY INFORMATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND BLOOD-PRESSURE METER - A living body information detection apparatus for detecting living body information at an auricle of a human body. The living body information detection apparatus having a shape that follows a cartilage of the auricle in a periphery of a concha auriculae. | 11-18-2010 |
20100292588 | LIVING BODY INFORMATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND BLOOD-PRESSURE METER - A blood-pressure meter includes a frame part including a first arm and a second arm that are opposed to each other. The blood-pressure meter further including a pressure applying part provided on at least one of a side of the first arm opposed to the second arm and a side of the second arm opposed to the first arm. The blood-pressure meter also including a detection part for detecting a pulse wave. | 11-18-2010 |
20100298665 | LIVING BODY INFORMATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND BLOOD-PRESSURE METER - A living body information detection apparatus including a pair of arms opposed to each other. The apparatus including a spindle for connecting between the arms of the pair at each end of the arms. The apparatus further including a distance variable mechanism, provided in the spindle, for adjusting an interval between the other ends of the pair of arms. The apparatus also including a detection part, for detecting living body information, attached to the other end of at least one arm of the pair of arms on a side opposed to another arm. | 11-25-2010 |
20100298666 | LIVING BODY INFORMATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND BLOOD-PRESSURE METER - A living body information collecting system includes a portable terminal and a living body information collecting apparatus. The living body information collecting apparatus includes a sensing part for collecting living body information from an external auditory meatus. The living body information collecting apparatus further includes a drive control part for drive-controlling the sensing part and processing a signal from the sensing part. The living body information collecting apparatus also includes a transmission part for transmitting information processed by the drive control part. The portable terminal includes a terminal receive part for receive-processing information from the transmission part. The portable terminal also includes a display part for displaying information from the terminal receive part. | 11-25-2010 |
20100298667 | LIVING BODY INFORMATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND BLOOD-PRESSURE METER - A living body information detection circuit including a light-emitting element for irradiating a part of a living body with irradiating light. The living body information detection circuit further including a light-receiving element for receiving scattered light of the irradiating light scattered in the part of the living body to detect a pulse waveform. The living body information detection circuit also including a light shielding structure for limiting an angle of light entering the light-receiving element in front of the light-receiving element. | 11-25-2010 |
20100298722 | LIVING BODY INFORMATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND BLOOD-PRESSURE METER - A living body information collecting apparatus with a part of the living body information collecting apparatus includes a shape composed of a cylinder, a cone, a prism, a pyramid, a truncated cone or a truncated pyramid. The living body information collecting apparatus further including a sensing part for collecting living body information. | 11-25-2010 |
20100298727 | LIVING BODY INFORMATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND BLOOD-PRESSURE METER - A cuff including a base composed of a non-elastic member. The cuff further including an elastic member provided on one surface of the base. The cuff also including an air supplying pipe, where a pressing surface of the elastic member swells only on the one surface by supplying air from the air supplying pipe. | 11-25-2010 |
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20110201359 | POSITIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM - In an indoor positioning system, for establishment of a cost sharing system, the positioning information transmission device does not directly transmit positional information but performs concealment and variablization on the device ID and transmits the concealed and variablized device ID. The positioning information management server stores and manages correspondence between the device IDs and positional information, and performs conversion from the device ID to the positional information in accordance with the correspondence. Further, the problem of conflict between concealed IDs upon concealment of positioning identification information by the positioning information transmission devices, which occurs when all the positioning information transmission devices use the same secret key, can be prevented. The system can be operated even when the bit length of the device ID is short. | 08-18-2011 |
20120311340 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND AUTHENTICATION PROCESSING METHOD - An authentication method is provided which is capable of performing message authentication within an allowable time regardless of the magnitude of the number of messages and performing message authentication high in accuracy within a range for which the allowable time allows. Upon transmission by wireless communications with another mobile or a fixed station, a message authentication code of communication data and a digital signature are generated (S | 12-06-2012 |
20130067220 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, VEHICLE-MOUNTED TERMINAL, ROADSIDE DEVICE - There is a need to reduce the certificate verification time in a communication system. | 03-14-2013 |
20130262863 | SEARCHABLE ENCRYPTION PROCESSING SYSTEM - In the searchable encryption processing system, a data base server retaining data, a registration client which deposits the data into the data base server, and a search client which causes the data base server to search the data collaborate across a network, wherein the registration client, using a probabilistic encryption method which uses a mask using a homomorphic function and a hash value, deposits the encrypted data into the server, whereupon the search client, using probabilistic encryption which uses the mask which uses the homomorphic function for encryption of the search query, outputs the search query and non-corresponding data as search results without causing the data base server to unmask the mask and without allowing the frequency of occurrences of the data corresponding to the search to leak to the data base server. | 10-03-2013 |
20140303881 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, VEHICLE-MOUNTED TERMINAL, ROADSIDE DEVICE - There is a need to reduce the certificate verification time in a communication system. | 10-09-2014 |
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20090157458 | SUPPLY CHAIN EVALUATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a supply chain evaluation system, in which supply chain planning is formulated according to a simulation time control, and a flow of physical distribution from procurement via production and shipment through a client is simulated based on the supply chain planning, which are repeated during a simulation time. In the supply chain evaluation system, after the supply chain planning and after a physical distribution calculation processing, an inventory volume is calculated for each problem, and presented along with inventory transition. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain effects of SCM measures through a simulation not only in a form of an inventory waveform but also by outputting an inventory volume after calculating the inventory volume for each inventory occurrence factor (problem structure). | 06-18-2009 |
20100332439 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING CAUSE ANALYSIS - Conventionally, there is a technique to conduct a cause analysis in which a single evaluation axis, such as a performance time, is used to configure a problem point network. However, in particular, in a system to visualize a management problem in which problems are intricately-intertwined with one another, information on multiple evaluation axes, collected from a business system, are utilized, and units are different for respective evaluation axes. Therefore, it is difficult to simply specify a cause of problem occurrence. In view of this situation, an object of the present invention is to extract and present factor which has a significant influence on the problem occurrence. The present invention is directed to an apparatus which stores causal relation information specifying the causal relation and the relation level between the indexes, business goal achievement level information, and an influence level of the causal relation, calculates the influence level by using the business goal achievement level information and the relation level of the causal relation, specifies as the causal index the index having a large influence, and generates screen information for displaying a graph and/or table relating to the causal index. | 12-30-2010 |
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20100102258 | FLUID CUTOFF DEVICE AND GAS METER WITH THE FLUID CUTOFF DEVICE - By removably disposing a fluid cutoff device in a gas piping, a gas cutoff management function for remote cutting-off/return, etc., can be added to an existing flow measuring unit, and a communicating portion can make bidirectional communications, so that by transmitting an acceptance state of a remote operation from the external device to the external device, higher reliability and safety can be realized, and by detecting use with the fluid cutoff device removed, safety can be further improved while unauthorized use is prevented. | 04-29-2010 |
20120085947 | SHUTOFF VALVE UNIT - It is an object of the present invention to provide a shutoff valve unit which can be easily attached to a gas meter whose casing is formed with a press worked thin plate and has a resistance to foreign materials or water in a piping or a tamper. | 04-12-2012 |
20130255786 | FLOW CONTROL VALVE - A flow control valve includes a light emitting section for emitting light; a light receiving section disposed so as to face the light emitting section, for detecting the amount of light received from the light emitting section; and a valve element for opening and closing a passage, wherein the valve element or a light blocking section secured to the valve element moves in a transverse direction between the light emitting section and the light receiving section as the passage is opened or closed, an amount of light received by the light receiving section from the light emitting section varies in accordance with the position of the valve element, and a position of the valve element is detected based on the amount of light received by the light receiving section. | 10-03-2013 |
20130306893 | SHUTOFF VALVE DEVICE - A shutoff valve according to the present invention includes: a motor configured to cause a rotating shaft to rotate; a lead screw formed on the rotating shaft; a lead nut into which the lead screw is screwed; and a valve element configured to block a passage, the valve element being configured to move in an axial direction in accordance with rotation of the rotating shaft. A dry lubricating coating is formed on a contact surface where the lead screw and the lead nut come into contact with each other. A thread pitch of the lead screw is set such that a current applied to the motor, the current being in relation to an inductance of the motor, is in a range that does not cause explosion of the fuel gas and that allows thrust force necessary for moving the valve element to be obtained. | 11-21-2013 |
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20110100680 | WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wiring board has a first rigid wiring board having a first wiring layer on a first main surface, a second rigid wiring board having a second wiring layer on a second main surface, a first connection portion connecting the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer, and a first interlayer insulation layer formed on the first wiring layer, the second wiring layer and the first connection portion. In such a wiring board, the first rigid wiring board and the second rigid wiring board are positioned in such a way that the first main surface and the second main surface are set at substantially the same level, and the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer are electrically connected by the first connection portion. | 05-05-2011 |
20110100698 | WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wiring board has a first rigid wiring board having a substrate with a penetrating hole, a first insulation layer formed on the substrate to cover at least one opening of the penetrating hole, and a first wiring layer formed on the first insulation layer, a second rigid wiring board having a second wiring layer on a main surface and being accommodated in the penetrating hole, a first connection conductor which connects the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer, and a first interlayer insulation layer formed on the first wiring layer. | 05-05-2011 |
20110180306 | FLEX-RIGID WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A flex-rigid wiring board including a flexible wiring board, a first insulation layer positioned to a side of the flexible board and having a first hole through the first layer, a second insulation layer over the first layer and an end portion of the flexible board and with a second hole through the second layer along the axis of the first hole, a third insulation layer over the first layer and the end portion of the flexible board on the opposite side of the second layer and with a third hole through the third layer along the axis of the first hole, a first structure having a filled conductor in the first hole, a second structure having a filled conductor in the second hole along the axis of the first structure, and a third structure having a filled conductor in the third hole along the axis of the first structure. | 07-28-2011 |
20110180307 | FLEX-RIGID WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A flex-rigid wiring board having a flexible wiring board, a first insulation layer positioned adjacent to a side of the flexible board and having a first hole which penetrates through the first layer, a second insulation layer laminated over the flexible board and the first layer and having a second hole which penetrates through the second layer, the second hole of the second layer being formed along the axis of the first hole of the first layer, a first conductor structure formed in the first hole and including a filled conductor formed by filling plating in the first hole, and a second conductor structure formed in the second hole and including a filled conductor formed by filling plating in the second hole, the second conductor structure being formed along the axis of the first conductor structure and electrically connected to the first conductor structure. | 07-28-2011 |
20110180908 | WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wiring board includes a laminated body having first and second surfaces and including first, second and third insulation layers in the order of the first, second and third insulation layers from the first surface toward the second surface. The first insulation layer has a first hole which penetrates through the first insulation layer and includes a first conductor made of a plating in the first hole. The second insulation layer has a second hole which penetrates through the second insulation layer and includes a second conductor made of a conductive paste in the second hole. The third insulation layer has a third hole which penetrates through the third insulation layer and includes a third conductor made of a plating in the third hole. The first, second and third conductors are positioned along the same axis and are electrically continuous with each other. | 07-28-2011 |
20110194262 | FLEX-RIGID WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A flex-rigid wiring board including an insulative substrate, a flexible wiring board positioned beside the insulative substrate, an insulation layer positioned over the insulative substrate and the flexible wiring board and exposing a portion of the flexible wiring board, and a wiring layer made of a conductor and formed on the insulation layer. The insulation layer has a tapered portion which becomes thinner toward an end surface of the insulation layer in the direction of the portion of the flexible wiring board exposed by the insulation layer. The wiring layer has a sloping portion formed on the tapered portion of the insulation layer. | 08-11-2011 |
20110198111 | FLEX-RIGID WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A flex-rigid wiring board includes an insulative substrate, a flexible wiring board positioned beside the insulative substrate, and an insulation layer positioned over the insulative substrate and the flexible wiring board and exposing at least a portion of the flexible wiring board. The flexible wiring board has a tapered portion which is made thinner toward the insulative substrate at an end portion of the flexible wiring board positioned beside the insulative substrate. | 08-18-2011 |
20110199739 | FLEX-RIGID WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A flex-rigid wiring board including an insulative substrate having a wiring layer which is formed on the insulative substrate and includes a conductor, a flexible wiring board positioned beside the insulative substrate and having a wiring layer, the wiring layer of the flexible wiring board including a conductor and being contained inside the flexible wiring board, and a first insulation layer positioned on the insulative substrate and the flexible wiring board such that a portion of the flexible wiring board is left exposed from the first insulation layer. The first insulation layer has a wiring layer which is formed on the first insulation layer and includes a conductor. The wiring layer of the first insulation layer has a thickness which is formed thicker than a thickness of the wiring layer of the flexible wiring board and a thickness of the wiring layer of the insulative substrate. | 08-18-2011 |
20110203837 | FLEX-RIGID WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A flex-rigid wiring board includes an insulative substrate, a flexible connected body positioned beside the insulative substrate and including multiple flexible wiring boards, and an insulation layer positioned over the insulative substrate and the flexible connected body and having a portion exposing a portion of the flexible connected body. The flexible wiring boards include a double-sided flexible wiring board having a conductive layer on one surface of the double-sided flexible wiring board and a conductive layer on the opposite surface of the double-sided flexible wiring board. The flexible connected body has a conductor on one side of the flexible connected body, a conductor on the opposite side of the flexible connected body, and a through-hole conductor electrically connecting the conductors of the flexible connected body. The through-hole conductor is penetrating from one side through the opposite side of the flexible wiring boards. | 08-25-2011 |
20120325524 | FLEX-RIGID WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A flex-rigid wiring board has a first rigid wiring board having a first inner layer and a first terminal on the first inner layer, a second rigid wiring board having a second inner layer and a second terminal on the second inner layer, and a flexible wiring board connecting the boards and having third and fourth terminals on the flexible board. The first and second boards have openings and are positioned such that the boards are spaced apart and form a recess portion formed of the openings facing each other, the flexible board is in the recessed portion such that the first terminal is connected to the third terminal and the second terminal is connected to the fourth terminal, and the first board has an interlayer conductor through an insulation layer in the first board such that the conductor is not directly under the first terminal. | 12-27-2012 |
20130014982 | WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wiring board has a first wiring board having a first solder-resist layer, a second wiring board connected to the first wiring board and positioned in a first opening portion formed in the first solder-resist layer of the first wiring board, and a third wiring board connected to the first wiring board and positioned in a second opening portion formed in the first solder-resist layer of the first wiring board such that the second wiring board and the third wiring board are on the same side of the first wiring board. The first opening portion of the first wiring board and the second opening portion of the first wiring board form either a common opening portion accommodating the second and third wiring boards in the first solder-resist layer or separate opening portions separately accommodating the second wiring board and the third wiring board in the first solder-resist layer. | 01-17-2013 |
20130025914 | WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wiring board has wiring board has a first rigid wiring board having an accommodation portion and a conductor, a second rigid wiring board accommodated in the accommodation portion and having a conductor electrically connected to the conductor in the first rigid wiring board, and an insulation layer formed over the first rigid wiring board and the second rigid wiring board. The first rigid wiring board has a wall surface defining the accommodation portion and having a concavo-convex shaped portion, and the second rigid wiring board has a side surface facing against the wall surface of the first rigid wiring board and having a concavo-convex shaped portion such that the concavo-convex shaped portion of the side surface of the second rigid wiring board engages with the concavo-convex shaped portion of the wall surface of the first rigid wiring board. | 01-31-2013 |
20130025925 | WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wiring board has a first rigid wiring board having an accommodation portion, a second rigid wiring board accommodated in the accommodation portion, an insulation layer formed over the first rigid wiring board and the second rigid wiring board, and a joint conductor extending in a direction from a first surface of the first rigid wiring board to a second surface of the first rigid wiring board on the opposite side of the first surface of the first rigid wiring board such that the joint conductor is penetrating through the boundary between the first rigid wiring board and the second rigid wiring board and joining the first rigid wiring board and the second rigid wiring board. | 01-31-2013 |
20130081857 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTI-PIECE SUBSTRATE AND MULTI-PIECE SUBSTRATE - A method for manufacturing a multi-piece substrate includes preparing a first frame having a connecting portion to which a first piece substrate is to be connected, forming on a portion of the first piece substrate connected to a second frame a conductive pattern having a contour corresponding to the periphery of the connecting portion of the first frame, irradiating laser along the boundary between the second frame and the conductive pattern on the first piece substrate such that the first piece substrate having a joint portion which engages with the connecting portion of the first frame is detached from the second frame, and fitting the joint portion of the first piece substrate into the connecting portion of the first frame such that the first piece substrate is connected to the first frame. | 04-04-2013 |
20150075848 | WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wiring board includes multiple insulating layers including first, second, third, fourth and fifth insulation layers laminated in the order of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth insulation layers. The first insulation layer has a first conductor including plating, the second insulation layer has a second conductor including plating, the third insulation layer has a third conductor including conductive paste, the fourth insulation layer has a fourth conductor including plating, the fifth insulation layer has a fifth conductor including plating, and the first conductor, the second conductor, the third conductor, the fourth conductor and the fifth conductor are formed along the same axis and are electrically continuous with each other. | 03-19-2015 |
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20080197697 | Hydraulic brake pressure control apparatus for vehicle - A hydraulic brake pressure control apparatus has a hydraulic unit having a housing, a casing fixed to the housing, and a circuit board arranged in the casing. A resilient member is disposed between the housing and the casing such that the housing and the casing are separated from each other, in order to reduce vibration transfer from the hydraulic unit to the circuit board. A part of the resilient member is also disposed between a bolt inserted into a through-hole formed in the resilient member and the casing. | 08-21-2008 |
20120068559 | ROTATING SHAFT SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC MOTOR HAVING THE SAME - A apparatus is provided in which, in a state before being assembled to a drive target, one end of a rotating shaft is not supported by a bearing, and in this state, the rotating shaft is pressed to the side of a bracket by coil springs and thus centering of the rotating shaft is maintained. In this way, axial run-out of the rotating shaft before a magnetic motor is assembled to the drive target is inhibited. Thus, damage and deterioration in assembly efficiency as a result of axial run-out of the rotating shaft can be inhibited, such as deterioration in assembly efficiency caused by adhesion between a magnet and coils wound on an armature core, for example. | 03-22-2012 |
20120070222 | SHAFT COUPLING APPARATUS - A shaft coupling apparatus is provided in which a cylindrically-shaped hole is provided on a leading end surface of a shaft, the hole having a central axis that is different from a rotational central axis of the shaft, and a cylindrically-shaped hole is provided on a leading end surface of a shaft, the hole having a central axis that is different from a rotational central axis of the shaft. The shafts are coupled by pressure fitting a cross-sectionally circular pin in the hole and by loosely fitting the pin in the hole, the pin corresponding to an inner diameter of the hole and the hole. | 03-22-2012 |
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20080227315 | Terminal and connecting structure between terminal and board - A terminal adapted to be inserted into a through-hole of a board from an insertion end and electrically connected to the board, includes a body portion in a cylindrical shape, a first retaining portion outwardly extending from the body portion so as to be elastically deformable in a perpendicular direction relative to an axial direction of the body portion and contacting a first surface of the board or a boundary portion between the first surface and the through-hole, and a second retaining portion positioned at a counter-insertion end side relative to the first retaining portion, outwardly protruding from the body portion and contacting a second surface, which is an opposite surface of the first surface, or a boundary portion between the second surface and the through-hole. | 09-18-2008 |
20130075979 | SHAFT SEAL DEVICE AND PUMP APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A shaft seal device includes: a rotary shaft; a seal member that is arranged on an outer periphery of the rotary shaft; a liquid chamber; and a seal member accommodation chamber that accommodates the seal member therein, wherein the liquid chamber and the seal member accommodation chamber is separated by a partition wall, wherein the rotary shaft passes through a shaft hole formed in the partition wall and an outer periphery of the rotary shaft is sealed by the seal member, wherein the partition wall is formed with a through-hole penetrating the partition wall, a hollow member is mounted in the through-hole, a protrusion part of the hollow member protrudes toward the seal member accommodation chamber to engage with the seal member, and wherein the liquid chamber and the seal member accommodation chamber communicate with each other through a hole of the hollow member. | 03-28-2013 |
20130095933 | TORQUE TRANSMISSION DEVICE - There is provided a torque transmission device which connects two rotary shafts having shaft ends opposing each other, such that torque is transmitted through a torque transmission mechanism provided to a shaft end surface of each of the two rotary shafts. A first rotary shaft of the two rotary shafts has a double-supported structure where both end portions of the first rotary shaft are supported by bearings, respectively. A second rotary shaft of the two rotary shafts has a cantilever structure where only one end portion of the second rotary shaft opposite to the torque transmission mechanism is supported by a bearing, and the second rotary shaft is spaced from one bearing of the bearings supporting the first rotary shaft, the one bearing being provided at a side of the torque transmission mechanism. | 04-18-2013 |
20130101448 | ROTARY MACHINE AND PUMP DRIVING APPARATUS - A rotary machine includes a rotary shaft having two driving reactive force receiving parts that are displaced in an axial direction and are applied with diametrical reactive forces having different rotation phases from driving targets as normal loads; and bearings that rotatably support the rotary shaft wherein the rotary shaft is rotated at a state where the rotary shaft is supported by the bearings to drive the driving targets via the driving reactive force receiving parts, wherein the bearings are respectively provided at both axial sides of one of the two driving reactive force receiving parts, which receives a higher normal load, and wherein a leading end side of the rotary shaft more than the other of the two driving reactive force receiving part, which receive a lower normal load lower than the higher normal load, is configured as a free end. | 04-25-2013 |
20130142648 | ROTATING MACHINE - The rotating machine includes a rotating shaft, a case surrounding the rotating shaft, the case being provided with a fluid storing chamber and formed with a housing section. The rotating machine further includes a bearing disposed in the housing section and supporting the rotating shaft, and a ring-like seal member disposed between the fluid storing chamber and the bearing for suppressing the fluid from flowing through a clearance between the rotating shaft and the case. The case is formed with a drain hole for making communication between atmosphere and a space surrounded by the seal member and the bearing within the case and discharging the fluid leaking from the fluid storing chamber and passing the seal member to enter the space, and an atmosphere introducing hole for introducing outside air into the space to keep the space at atmospheric pressure. | 06-06-2013 |
20140030132 | GEAR PUMP DEVICE - A gear pump device of this disclosure includes: a gear pump; a casing; and a seal mechanism, wherein the seal mechanism includes: an annular rubber member; an outer member; and an inner member, which has an outer peripheral wall on which the annular rubber member is mounted, the inner member fitted into an inner side of the outer member and contacting on a inner wall face of the outer shell, wherein the outer peripheral wall of the inner member is provided with a collar portion that generates a propulsive force towards the inner wall face of the inner member by a contact pressure of the annular rubber members based on a discharge pressure of the gear pump, and the collar portion forms a pressure receiving face to increase the propulsive force as the contact pressure of the annular rubber members increases according to an increase of the discharge pressure. | 01-30-2014 |
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20100188036 | DRIVER CIRCUIT - An amount of a motor drive current is controlled to an appropriate value. Two coils are provided, and a rotor is rotated by the coils by setting different phases for the supplied currents to the two coils. During a phase where one of the coils is in a high-impedance state, an induced voltage generated in the coil is detected. According to the state of the induced voltage, an output control circuit controls the amounts of the motor drive currents supplied to the two coils. | 07-29-2010 |
20100289444 | DRIVER CIRCUIT - A stepping motor includes two coils and has supply currents to the two coils with different phases so that a rotor is rotated by the two coils. During a period where one coil is in a high impedance state, an induced voltage generated at that coil is detected. An output control circuit controls the magnitude of motor drive current supplied to the two coils in accordance with the detected induced voltage state. Then, prior to entering the high impedance state from the drive state, a short-circuit period is provided for short circuiting both terminals of the coil. | 11-18-2010 |
20110156631 | MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR ROTATING A ROTOR BY SUPPLYING THE CURRENTS TO TWO COILS - When a driver unit is in a high impedance state as viewed from a first coil or a second coil, an induced voltage detector detects the voltage across the first coil or that across the second coil so as to detect an induced voltage occurring in the first coil or the second coil. The induced voltage detector includes a differential amplifier circuit for differentially amplifying an electric potential across the first coil or that across the second coil, and an analog-to-digital converter circuit for converting an analog value outputted from the differential amplifier circuit into a digital value and outputting the converted digital value to a control unit. The control unit generates a drive signal based on an input signal set externally and adjusts the drive signal in accordance with the induced voltage detected by the induced voltage detector so as to set the adjusted drive signal in the driver unit. | 06-30-2011 |
20130307454 | DRIVER CIRCUIT AND METHOD - An amount of a motor drive current is controlled to an appropriate value. Two coils are provided, and a rotor is rotated by the coils by setting different phases for the supplied currents to the two coils. During a phase where one of the coils is in a high-impedance state, an induced voltage generated in the coil is detected. According to the state of the induced voltage, an output control circuit controls the amounts of the motor drive currents supplied to the two coils. | 11-21-2013 |
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20140104518 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is configured to form a three dimensional image on the vertical view by applying a first voltage between a narrow electrode on the first substrate and a wide electrode on the second substrate, and a second voltage lower than the first voltage between the wide electrode on the first substrate and the wide electrode on the second substrate, and to form a three dimensional image on the horizontal view by applying the first voltage between the wide electrode on the first substrate and a narrow electrode on the second substrate, and the second voltage between the wide electrode on the first substrate and the wide electrode on the second substrate so as to reduce generation of domain in the horizontal electric field. | 04-17-2014 |
20140125934 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS - An image display device includes a liquid crystal lens on a display surface side of a display panel. The liquid crystal lens includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first alignment film and a second alignment film formed on an interface of the liquid crystal layer. The first alignment film and the second alignment film are alignment films subjected to a rubbing treatment so that liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are aligned in a 90° twist in a first direction by the provision of a pretilt angle. The liquid crystal molecules are aligned, by the addition of a chiral agent to the liquid crystal layer, in a 90° twist in a second direction opposite to the first direction in a state where an electric field is not applied. | 05-08-2014 |
20140267958 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal material is driven in a twisted nematic mode so that while liquid crystal molecules lose, on a stripe electrode, rotary power toward a direction along an electric field by a voltage applied between the stripe electrode and a second electrode and form, in a region between the adjacent stripe electrodes, refractive index distribution of a lenticular lens that includes a cylindrical lens in which a cylindrical axis is arranged in a first direction. The cylindrical lens faces at least two rows of pixels, and has an effective refractive index for causing light from the at least two rows of pixels to advance in separating directions from each other after emission from a second polarizing plate. A distance d of a cell gap and an interval s between the adjacent stripe electrodes satisfy the relation of 3.5≦s/d≦7. | 09-18-2014 |
20140306879 | 3D DISPLAY DEVICE - Two-parallax autostereoscopic display device using eye tracking has a problem in which the brightness is varied depending on the direction of viewing angle. A 3D display device is provided with a detection part for recognizing a position of eyes from an image taken by a camera; a separation mechanism which enables a 3D image to be regenerated at the optimum position for eyes based on information on the position of eyes detected by the detection part; a display device for displaying a plurality of different parallax images at the same time; a backlight attached to the display device; and a backlight control part for controlling the backlight, wherein the backlight control part determines brightness of the backlight in accordance with the position of eyes determined by the detection part. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307213 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In a three-dimensional display device employing liquid crystal lenses, the crosstalk caused by disclination occurring in the liquid crystal lenses is prevented. The liquid crystal lens includes a liquid crystal of the TN type having a twist angle of 90 degrees, the liquid crystal being sandwiched between a first substrate and a second substrate. A first electrode in a flat shape is formed on the first substrate to substantially cover the first substrate. Second electrodes shaped like comb teeth are formed on the second substrate. Each of the second electrodes is formed on the top of a projection formed on the second substrate. Three-dimensional display is performed by applying voltage between the first and second electrodes. The second electrode may be formed also on side faces of the projection. With this configuration, a three-dimensional image display device with less crosstalk can be realized. | 10-16-2014 |
20140347615 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The liquid crystal lens is formed by placing a TN type liquid crystal with a twist angle of 90 degrees between the first and second substrates. A first substrate having a flat surface with a slit is formed on the liquid crystal side of the first substrate, and a second electrode having a comb electrode, as seen in a plane view, is formed on the liquid crystal side of the second substrate. The slit formed in the first electrode extends in the same direction as the comb electrode of the second electrode, and the slit is located in the center between the comb electrodes of the second electrodes as seen in a plane view, to prevent the electric lines of force, moving from directly above the second electrode to the first electrode, from spreading in the plan direction, thereby preventing light leakage directly above the second electrode. | 11-27-2014 |
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20100082934 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND STORAGE SYSTEM - In order to manage and operate Pool created in storage system A and a virtual volume using Pool in storage system B, it is required to copy the virtual volume of storage system A into a virtual volume of storage system B and new storage regions for copy of virtual volume into storage system B are needed. Storage system B acquires configuration information of Pool and a virtual volume of storage system A and inputs a logical volume included in Pool of storage system A to storage system B based on the acquired configuration information. Storage system B transforms the acquired configuration information for use in storage system B and creates Pool and a virtual volume from the input logical volume based on the transformed configuration information. | 04-01-2010 |
20110208940 | Storage system and method for operating storage system - In a storage system | 08-25-2011 |
20110252214 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CALCULATING STORAGE CAPACITY TO BE INSTALLED/REMOVED - A storage apparatus coupled to a host device comprises a virtual volume which is a virtual logical volume configured of multiple virtual areas and a pool configured of multiple actual area groups of different performances. A controller manages pool status information which is the information showing which actual area is allocated to which virtual area and access load related to the virtual areas. A management system of the storage apparatus, with reference to the pool status information at multiple points of time from past to present and an access load threshold which is equal to or larger than 1, estimates the used capacity of each actual area group at points of time in the future, calculates the installed/removed amount of each actual area group which is the difference between the estimated used capacity and the current storage capacity, and performs the processing based on the calculated result. | 10-13-2011 |
20110258407 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A storage system having at least two storage apparatuses capable of partitioning an internal resource into logical partitions and managing the logical partitions, and which replicates data written into a primary volume of a primary storage apparatus as the replication source storage apparatus to a secondary volume of a secondary storage apparatus as the replication destination storage apparatus, including: a configuration information sending unit for sending configuration information of the logical partition, to which the primary volume belongs, to the secondary storage apparatus; and a logical partition setting unit for setting the configuration of the logical partition to which the secondary volume belongs based on the configuration information of the logical partition to which the primary volume belongs sent from the configuration information sending unit. | 10-20-2011 |
20120144002 | CLUSTER STORAGE SETTING METHOD, SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A storage cluster including a first storage apparatus and a second storage apparatus is defined. Communication between the first storage apparatus and the second storage apparatus uses a first network and an access request from a host computer uses a second network. Each of the first and second storage apparatuses defines internal LUs by using storage devices included in that storage apparatus. The first storage apparatus defines other internal LUs by using internal LUs of the second storage apparatus and the second storage apparatus defines other internal LUs by using internal LUs of the first storage apparatus. | 06-07-2012 |
20120144112 | MANAGEMENT COMPUTER AND VOLUME CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - The configuration of volumes provided by a plurality of storage apparatuses with an external connection function is optimized. | 06-07-2012 |
20120191941 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A storage system having at least two storage apparatuses capable of partitioning an internal resource into logical partitions and managing the logical partitions, and which replicates data written into a primary volume of a primary storage apparatus as the replication source storage apparatus to a secondary volume of a secondary storage apparatus as the replication destination storage apparatus, including: a configuration information sending unit for sending configuration information of the logical partition, to which the primary volume belongs, to the secondary storage apparatus; and a logical partition setting unit for setting the configuration of the logical partition to which the secondary volume belongs based on the configuration information of the logical partition to which the primary volume belongs sent from the configuration information sending unit. | 07-26-2012 |
20120216005 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD OF THE STORAGE SYSTEM - Even if no port of the attribute communicable with communication ports which the other storage control apparatuses comprise exists among the communication ports which the storage control apparatus comprises, connecting the respective storage control apparatuses as communicable. | 08-23-2012 |
20130036266 | FIRST STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND STORAGE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT METHOD - An object of the present invention is to allocate a volume to an appropriate tier in a pool in accordance with the performance of the volume. Multiple tiers | 02-07-2013 |
20140025888 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY UTILIZING STORAGE CAPACITY WITHIN A STORAGE SYSTEM - In a storage system | 01-23-2014 |
20150074349 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CALCULATING STORAGE CAPACITY TO BE INSTALLED/REMOVED - A storage apparatus coupled to a host device comprises a virtual volume which is a virtual logical volume configured of multiple virtual areas and a pool configured of multiple actual area groups of different performances. A controller manages pool status information which is the information showing which actual area is allocated to which virtual area and access load related to the virtual areas. A management system of the storage apparatus, with reference to the pool status information at multiple points of time from past to present and an access load threshold which is equal to or larger than 1, estimates the used capacity of each actual area group at points of time in the future, calculates the installed/removed amount of each actual area group which is the difference between the estimated used capacity and the current storage capacity, and performs the processing based on the calculated result. | 03-12-2015 |