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20090013104 | STORAGE SYSTEM PROVIDING STREAM-ORIENTED PERFORMANCE ASSURANCE - A storage system including: a controller connectable to a plurality of computers; and a plurality of storage devices connected to the controller, wherein the plurality of storage devices store a plurality of contents, wherein the controller receives a first request from a one of the plurality of computers which requests access to a first content of the plurality of contents, wherein the controller calculates a first data transfer rate of the first request, and wherein, based on the first data transfer rate, the controller dynamically controls settings of a first storage system resource during performing a first data transfer operation to satisfy the first request, to substantially maintain the access to the first content at substantially the first data transfer rate. | 01-08-2009 |
20090089525 | REMOTE COPY WITH WORM GUARANTEE - In the case in which data in a storage system A is remotely copied to a storage system B, it is not taken into account whether the data of the remote copy is WORM data. In the case in which a setting is made such that data stored in a volume in the storage system A is copied to a volume in the storage system B, storage system A judges whether an attribute to the effect that data can be referred to and can be updated or to the effect that data can be referred to but cannot be updated is added to the volume in the storage system A. Then, if the volume is a volume to which the attribute to the effect that data can be referred to but cannot be updated is added, such attribute is added to the volume in the storage system B. | 04-02-2009 |
20090150756 | STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE - The storage control device of the present invention is able to perform input and output of data between blocks whose size is different with good efficiency. The size of extended logical blocks, which are units of data input and output within a storage control device, and the size of physical blocks, which are provided within the storage device, are different from one another. A write object range generation unit reads out both of the extended logical blocks which are adjacent to the write data, and creates a write object range by linking them to the write data. An assurance code checking unit checks a corresponding assurance code for each of these extended logical blocks. And a block size adjustment unit deletes superfluous data from the adjacent blocks, and adjusts the size of the write object range, so that it becomes an integral multiple of the size of the physical blocks. | 06-11-2009 |
20090240882 | Method of extension of storage capacity and storage system using the method - Provided are a storage system and a method of controlling a storage system in which respective real storage areas of a plurality of disk drives contained in the storage system contain management units, and a control device of the storage system assigns a real storage area of a plurality of first disk drives to the virtual storage area, distributedly stores the data in the plurality of management units of the assigned real storage area, distributedly stores, upon receiving a request for adding a second disk drive, the data stored in the plurality of management units of the plurality of first disk drives in the plurality of management units of the plurality of first disk drives and the second disk drive, and assigns the real storage area of the plurality of first disk drives and the second disk drive to an unused virtual storage area. | 09-24-2009 |
20090271638 | Storage system with an encryption function - To reduce the performance degradation of storage system, this invention provides a storage system comprising a disk drive and a disk controller. The disk controller provides a storage area of the disk drive to a host computer; executes a processing of switching an encryption key that is used to encrypt data stored in the logical volume from a first encryption key to a second encryption key; encrypts write data requested to be written with the second encryption key when the write request for one of storage areas within the logical volume that stores data for which switching of encryption keys has not been finished is received while the encryption key switching processing is being executed; and writes the encrypted write data in the logical volume to switch encryption keys for data stored in the storage area where the data is requested to be written by the received write request. | 10-29-2009 |
20100050012 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, STORAGE SYSTEM AND CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - Maintenance storage system by storage system is enabled, and the removal or replacement of a storage system is enabled while continuing the operation of a system. | 02-25-2010 |
20110252196 | METHOD OF EXTENSION OF STORAGE CAPACITY AND STORAGE SYSTEM USING THE METHOD - Provided are a storage system and a method of controlling a storage system in which respective real storage areas of a plurality of disk drives contained in the storage system contain management units, and a control device of the storage system assigns a real storage area of a plurality of first disk drives to the virtual storage area, distributedly stores the data in the plurality of management units of the assigned real storage area, distributedly stores, upon receiving a request for adding a second disk drive, the data stored in the plurality of management units of the plurality of first disk drives in the plurality of management units of the plurality of first disk drives and the second disk drive, and assigns the real storage area of the plurality of first disk drives and the second disk drive to an unused virtual storage area. | 10-13-2011 |
20120259944 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND ITS DATA PROCESSING METHOD - Data conversion processing for converting access target data into data of a different block size is executed without degradation of data input/output processing performance. | 10-11-2012 |
20120311275 | STORAGE SUBSYSTEM AND LOAD DISTRIBUTION METHOD - Even if abnormality occurs in part of a plurality of data processing resources, data processing is executed by using a normal resource(s). | 12-06-2012 |
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20090197158 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a cathode that is placed opposite an anode via a separator, an open circuit voltage in the full charge state is within a range of 4.25 to 6.00 V per a pair of the cathode and the anode, the separator includes a base material layer which includes a polyolefin resin material and a surface layer which is provided at least on the surface at the side of the cathode of the base material layer and includes at least one selected from the group including polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, and polypropylene, and at least one selected from the group including aramid, polyimide, and ceramics is present on the outermost surface of the surface layer. | 08-06-2009 |
20100209757 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a separator. The positive electrode includes a lithium composite oxide having an average composition represented by the following formula (1) | 08-19-2010 |
20120244410 | SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRIC POWER TOOL, ELECTRICAL VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC POWER STORAGE SYSTEM - A secondary battery capable of suppressing resistance rise even after repeated charge and discharge is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The anode contains titanium-containing lithium composite as an anode active material, and the electrolytic solution contains cyclic disulfonic acid anhydride. | 09-27-2012 |
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20080286998 | Pluggable module suppressing EMI / ESD leakage - A connecting apparatus includes equipment having a cabinet with an opening and a connector inside the cabinet. A module has an electrical circuit and a resilient conductor and is attachable to the cabinet through the opening and thereby pluggable to the equipment. When the module is plugged to the equipment, the electrical circuit of the module is connected to the connector of the equipment, the resilient conductor fills a gap in the opening between the module and the cabinet and the module and the cabinet is electrically connected, and static electricity charged on the module propagates through the resilient conductor to the cabinet. | 11-20-2008 |
20110176809 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - After implementing a scrambler upon an electric signal of digital signals to be transmitted to a user terminal, this electric signal is converted into a digital optical signal, and an analog optical signal and this digital optical signal are multiplexed by wavelength division multiplexing, thereby reducing influence of cross-talk interference that is exerted on the analog optical signal by the digital optical signal. | 07-21-2011 |
20120155880 | OPTICAL MODULATOR AND OPTICAL MODULATION CONTROL METHOD - An optical modulator includes: a modulator including an optical waveguide provided in a semiconductor substrate having an electro-optical effect and an electrode to apply an electric field depending on a bias voltage and a modulation signal to the optical waveguide; a driver circuit to generate a modulation signal in accordance with an input signal; a superimposer to superimpose a reference signal on the bias voltage, the reference signal having lower frequency than the modulation signal; and a controller to control a bias voltage in a direction orthogonal to a modulation direction of the modulator based on the frequency component of the reference signal extracted from a modulated optical signal generated by the modulator. | 06-21-2012 |
20150071582 | OPTICAL MODULATOR AND OPTICAL MODULATION CONTROL METHOD - An optical modulator includes: a modulator including an optical waveguide provided in a semiconductor substrate having an electro-optical effect and an electrode to apply an electric field depending on a bias voltage and a modulation signal to the optical waveguide; a driver circuit to generate a modulation signal in accordance with an input signal; a superimposer to superimpose a reference signal on the bias voltage, the reference signal having lower frequency than the modulation signal; and a controller to control a bias voltage in a direction orthogonal to a modulation direction of the modulator based on the frequency component of the reference signal extracted from a modulated optical signal generated by the modulator. | 03-12-2015 |
20150071583 | OPTICAL MODULATOR AND OPTICAL MODULATION CONTROL METHOD - An optical modulator includes: a modulator including an optical waveguide provided in a semiconductor substrate having an electro-optical effect and an electrode to apply an electric field depending on a bias voltage and a modulation signal to the optical waveguide; a driver circuit to generate a modulation signal in accordance with an input signal; a superimposer to superimpose a reference signal on the bias voltage, the reference signal having lower frequency than the modulation signal; and a controller to control a bias voltage in a direction orthogonal to a modulation direction of the modulator based on the frequency component of the reference signal extracted from a modulated optical signal generated by the modulator. | 03-12-2015 |
20150089264 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a processing apparatus, including: first and second processors; a first storage which data read or data write is done by one or more fixed-size blocks, data in each block having a sequential address; and a controller to control operation of at least one of the first and the second processors. One of the processors writes, to the first storage, first to N-th data pieces so that an ending address of an X-th data piece and a starting address of an X+1-th data piece are sequential. The controller sets the other processor in a low power consumption mode during at least a part of a period in which the one processor performs writing to the storage, and after that, the controller sets the other processor in a normal or active operating mode in which the other processor is capable of reading the data pieces from the first storage. | 03-26-2015 |
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20080198486 | Driving apparatus, lens barrel and camera - A driving apparatus of the present invention comprises: a lead screw which rotationally drives; and a follower section to hold a driven member L and to rectilinearly move based on rotation of the lead screw. The follower section comprises a first tooth and a second tooth that faced a side portion of the lead screw and are opposite to each other and a third tooth provided in a position different from those of the first tooth and the second tooth. When the follower section rectilinearly moves based on the rotation of the lead screw, power is transferred with the lead screw and the first tooth being engaged with each other, and the lead screw is in a non-contact state with the second tooth and the third tooth. | 08-21-2008 |
20080225157 | Digital camera and interchangeable lens - A digital camera includes: a mirror box that defines a space in which a light flux from a photographic lens is guided to an imaging unit; a mirror unit that is arranged inside the mirror box and is configured to rotate between a viewing position in which the mirror unit is inserted in a photographic light path from the photographic lens to the imaging unit to reflect the light flux and a photographing position in which the mirror unit is retracted from the photographic light path; and an opening section that discharges from the mirror box air that is moved when the mirror unit is rotated. | 09-18-2008 |
20110194020 | Digital camera - A digital camera includes: a light guide section that defines a space in which a light flux from a photographic lens to an imaging unit is guided; a mirror unit arranged inside the light guide section, that is adapted to rotate between a viewing position in which the mirror unit is inserted in a photographic light path from the photographic lens to the imaging unit to reflect the light flux and a photographing position in which the mirror unit is retracted from the photographic light path; a mirror unit control section that controls rotation of the mirror unit; a rotation instruction section that outputs a signal to rotate the mirror unit while no photography is performed to the mirror unit control section; and an opening section provided in the light guide section that discharges from the light guide section air that is moved by the rotation of the mirror unit. | 08-11-2011 |
20110234888 | Digital camera and interchangeable lens - A digital camera includes: a mirror box that defines a space in which a light flux from a photographic lens is guided to an imaging unit; a mirror unit that is arranged inside the mirror box and is configured to rotate between a viewing position in which the mirror unit is inserted in a photographic light path from the photographic lens to the imaging unit to reflect the light flux and a photographing position in which the mirror unit is retracted from the photographic light path; and an opening section that discharges from the mirror box air that is moved when the mirror unit is rotated. | 09-29-2011 |
20120081805 | DRIVING MECHANISM, LENS BARREL AND CAMERA - A driving mechanism includes a first piezoelectric element and a first driving member that is driven by the first piezoelectric element and that vibrates in a first direction. The first driving member includes a second piezoelectric element and a second driving member that is driven by the second piezoelectric element and that vibrates in a second direction different from the first direction. A difference between the vibration resonance frequency of the first driving member and the vibration resonance frequency of the second driving member is equal to or less than the half-width at a half maximum of a function representing an amplitude frequency characteristic in the vibration of the first driving member. | 04-05-2012 |
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20080250187 | Data processing system and data processor - One data processor is provided with an interface for realizing connection with the other data processor. This interface is provided with a function for connecting the other data processor as a bus master to an internal bus of the one data processor, and the relevant other data processor is capable of directly operating peripheral functions that are memory mapped to the internal bus from an external side via the interface. Accordingly, the data processor can utilize the peripheral functions of the other data processor without interruption of the program being executed. In short, one data processor can use in common the peripheral resources of the other data processor. | 10-09-2008 |
20110131349 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSOR - One data processor is provided with an interface for realizing connection with the other data processor. This interface is provided with a function for connecting the other data processor as a bus master to an internal bus of the one data processor, and the relevant other data processor is capable of directly operating peripheral functions that are memory mapped to the internal bus from an external side via the interface. Accordingly, the data processor can utilize the peripheral functions of the other data processor without interruption of the program being executed. In short, one data processor can use in common the peripheral resources of the other data processor. | 06-02-2011 |
20120290743 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSOR - One data processor is provided with an interface for realizing connection with the other data processor. This interface is provided with a function for connecting the other data processor as a bus master to an internal bus of the one data processor, and the relevant other data processor is capable of directly operating peripheral functions that are memory mapped to the internal bus from an external side via the interface. Accordingly, the data processor can utilize the peripheral functions of the other data processor without interruption of the program being executed. In short, one data processor can use in common the peripheral resources of the other data processor. | 11-15-2012 |
20140053010 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSOR - One data processor is provided with an interface for realizing connection with the other data processor. This interface is provided with a function for connecting the other data processor as a bus master to an internal bus of the one data processor, and the relevant other data processor is capable of directly operating peripheral functions that are memory mapped to the internal bus from an external side via the interface. Accordingly, the data processor can utilize the peripheral functions of the other data processor without interruption of the program being executed. In short, one data processor can use in common the peripheral resources of the other data processor. | 02-20-2014 |
20140325093 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSOR - One data processor is provided with an interface for realizing connection with the other data processor. This interface is provided with a function for connecting the other data processor as a bus master to an internal bus of the one data processor, and the relevant other data processor is capable of directly operating peripheral functions that are memory mapped to the internal bus from an external side via the interface. Accordingly, the data processor can utilize the peripheral functions of the other data processor without interruption of the program being executed. In short, one data processor can use in common the peripheral resources of the other data processor. | 10-30-2014 |
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20090196647 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CARTRIDGE THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus including a main assembly to which a cartridge having a storing element for storing information, a cartridge electrical contact electrically connected with the storing element, and a first contact portion, the image forming apparatus includes a movable member including a first shaft, a second shaft, a main assembly electrical contact for electrical connection with the cartridge electrical contact when the cartridge is set to the main assembly, a portion to be contacted for being contacted, when the cartridge is mounted to the main assembly, by the first contact portion to receive a force in an inserting direction in which the cartridge is mounted to the main assembly; a first guide portion, rotatably supporting the first shaft, for guiding the first shaft such that movable member is rendered movable in the inserting direction by the portion to be contacted being pushed by the first contact portion when the cartridge is mounted to the main assembly; a second guide portion for guiding the second shaft by the portion to be contacted being pushed by the first contact portion when the cartridge is mounted to the main assembly, such that movable member is rotated about the first shaft in a direction of electrically connecting the main assembly electrical contact to the cartridge electrical contact. | 08-06-2009 |
20090267292 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Positioning in the width direction of a sheet is performed by a skew correcting unit which is provided on a re-conveying path for reversing the sheet and conveying it again to an image forming unit and which has a reference surface that is come into contact with a side edge of the sheet and a plurality of diagonal feed units which obliquely convey the sheet so as to be come into contact with the reference surface. The pressures in nip portions of the other diagonal feed units excluding one of the plural diagonal feed units are reduced or cancelled by a reducing/cancelling unit according to a length in the sheet conveying direction of the sheet which is conveyed. | 10-29-2009 |
20120001386 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a sheet conveyance apparatus, and a control unit. The main body includes an image forming unit to form an image on a sheet. The sheet conveyance apparatus and the main body are detachable from each other and the sheet conveyance apparatus may convey the sheet to the image forming unit. The sheet conveyance apparatus includes a sheet conveyance path through which the sheet passes and a detection unit. The detection unit includes light emitting and receiving units that transmit light across the sheet conveyance path therebetween. The detection unit detects a reference and an edge position of the conveyed sheet in a width direction of the sheet orthogonal to a sheet conveyance direction. The control unit determines a position of the sheet based on detections of the reference and the edge position of the conveyed sheet by the detection unit. | 01-05-2012 |
20130011156 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus including a fixing unit having a film and a heater in contact with the inner surface of the film, an electrical breakdown may occur in the protection layer of the heater, when a surge voltage is applied to a power supply line connected to the heater. An arrester is provided on a power supply line connected to the heater of the image forming apparatus. | 01-10-2013 |
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20080318874 | Novel Cyclohexane Derivative, Prodrug Thereof and Salt Thereof, and Therapeutic Agent Containing the Same for Diabetes - A cyclohexane derivative having the function of reducing a blood sugar level and having preferable properties required of medicines, such as long-lasting drug activity, metabolic stability, and safety; and a medicinal composition for use in the prevention or treatment of diseases attributable to hyperglycemia, such as diabetes, e.g., insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (type 1 diabetes) or noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes), complications of diabetes, and obesity. The derivative is a compound represented by the formula (I): | 12-25-2008 |
20080319047 | Novel Glucitol Derivative, Prodrug Thereof And Salt Thereof, And Therapeutic Agent Containing The Same For Diabetes - The invention provides a glucitol derivative having the function of reducing a blood sugar level and having preferable properties required of medicines, such as long-lasting drug activity; and a medicinal composition for use in the prevention or treatment of diseases attributable to hyperglycemia, such as diabetes, complications of diabetes, and obesity. The derivative is a compound represented by the formula (I): | 12-25-2008 |
20090030006 | SPIROKETAL DERIVATIVES AND USE THEREOF AS DIABETIC MEDICINE - The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I): | 01-29-2009 |
20100234609 | FUSED RING SPIROKETAL DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF AS ANTI-DIABETIC DRUG - Provided are a compound represented by Formula (I): | 09-16-2010 |
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20080292224 | Plastic Pouch and Manufacturing Method Therefor - At least one of an obverse surface film and reverse surface film, which are used to together constitute a plastic pouch, is folded back across the entire width of the plastic pouch, and peripheral edge portions of the pouch are heat-sealed, to thereby form, on at least one position, a folded-back section communicating with the body of the pouch. | 11-27-2008 |
20090314773 | PACKAGING POUCH FOR MICROWAVE OVEN - Provided is a packaging pouch for a microwave oven, provided with a steam releasing seal portion having a weakened portion, in which no clogging occurs in the steam releasing seal portion at the time of heat-cooking in a microwave oven, and any clogging occurred can be automatically eliminated. In the present invention, hermetic sealing is effected through heat sealing of a plastic film, and at least one steam releasing seal portion having a weakened portion is provided, with a width of the weakened portion gradually increasing from a forward end portion thereof to be opened toward a rear end portion thereof. | 12-24-2009 |
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20090133835 | PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a structure of an improved processing vessel for a processing apparatus which processes a target object, such as a semiconductor wafer, which is heated in the metal cylindrical shaped processing vessel by using a processing gas. The processing vessel ( | 05-28-2009 |
20090194238 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a plasma processing apparatus capable of easily processing a top surface of a mounting table to have a smooth shape, and also capable of preventing a temperature of a peripheral portion of a substrate from decreasing. A plasma processing apparatus | 08-06-2009 |
20110011341 | SHOWER PLATE AND PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A shower plate ( | 01-20-2011 |
20110108195 | Temperature adjusting mechanism and semiconductor manufacturing Appratus using temperature adjusting mechanism - Provided is a temperature adjusting mechanism, which can keep deviation of a temperature of a portion in contact with the temperature adjusting mechanism to be small by controlling the temperature accurately at a high speed. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus using such temperature adjusting mechanism is also provided. A cooling jacket ( | 05-12-2011 |
20110168673 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD, AND MECHANISM FOR REGULATING TEMPERATURE OF DIELECTRIC WINDOW - Provided are a plasma processing apparatus, a plasma processing method, and a mechanism for regulating a temperature of a dielectric window, which can achieve a better plasma processing characteristic by more precisely controlling the temperature of the dielectric window through which a microwave used for plasma processing is transmitted. The plasma processing apparatus is provided with a processing container, a dielectric window (shower plate), an antenna, a waveguide, a cooling block, a substrate holder, and a holding ring (upper plate) attached to the upper portion of the processing container. A circumferential portion of the dielectric window is engaged with the holding ring. The cooling block provided with a cooling flow path through which a heat medium can flow is provided on the antenna. A temperature sensor is provided around the waveguide, and a temperature of the antenna or the like is detected. A lamp heater is provided in an inside of the holding ring. The dielectric window is controlled to have a predetermined temperature distribution, by a cooling means of the cooling block and a heating means of the holding ring which are controlled by a control means. | 07-14-2011 |
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20090078083 | Transaxle Provided With Power Take-Off Device - A power take-off support portion, including a shaft hole and an outer side surface formed around the shaft hole, is formed on a transaxle housing. The outer side surface of the power take-off support portion is shaped to fit a power take-off casing supporting a power take-off shaft in a first direction. A power take-off casing includes a power take-off main casing member and a base casing member joined to each other. The base casing member is formed with an inner side surface and an outer side surface. The inner side surface and the outer side surface of the base casing member are shaped so that the power take-off shaft supported by the power take-off main casing member is oriented in a second direction different from the first direction when the inner side surface of the base casing member is fitted to the outer side surface of the power take-off support portion, and the outer side surface of the base casing member is fitted to the inner side surface of the power take-off main casing member. | 03-26-2009 |
20100120565 | Power Unit - A power unit may include an engine, a belt transmission driven by the engine, a belt transmission chamber incorporating the belt transmission, a second transmission driven by the belt transmission, a second transmission chamber incorporating the second transmission, and a housing member constituting both a part of the belt transmission chamber and a part of the second transmission chamber. | 05-13-2010 |
20100263958 | Power Unit and Vehicle Equipped With It - A power unit includes an engine, a belt transmission driven by the engine, and a second transmission driven by the belt transmission. The engine includes an engine output shaft having an end portion projecting outward from the engine. The second transmission includes a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft having respective end portions projecting outward from the second transmission. The belt transmission includes a drive pulley provided on the end portion of the engine output shaft, a driven pulley provided on the end portion of the transmission input shaft, and a belt looped over the drive and driven pulleys. The belt has first and second portions between the drive and driven pulleys. The first portion runs from the drive pulley to the driven pulley. The second portion runs from the driven pulley to the drive pulley. The end portion of the transmission output shaft is extended through a portion of the belt transmission between the drive and driven pulleys and between the first and second portions of the belt so as to project outward from the belt transmission. | 10-21-2010 |
20120217116 | TRANSMISSION FOR MULTI-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE - A transmission comprises a housing, a transmission gear mechanism disposed in the housing, an output shaft for transmitting power outputted from the transmission gear mechanism to a front wheel and a rear wheel in a vehicle, a torque limiter for the front wheel, and another torque limiter for the rear wheel. The output shaft is provided with both of the torque limiters in the housing. The transmission is protected from respective peak loads applied on the front wheel and the rear wheel. | 08-30-2012 |
20150045184 | POWER TAKE-OFF UNIT - A power take-off (PTO) unit takes-off power from a transmission for driving a first drive wheel of a vehicle and transmits the taken-off power to a second drive wheel of the vehicle. The PTO unit includes a PTO casing, a PTO shaft and a brake for braking the PTO shaft. The PTO casing is mounted on another casing incorporating the transmission. The PTO shaft is journalled by the PTO casing, drivingly connected to the transmission shaft of the transmission and drivingly connected to the second drive wheel. The brake is disposed in the PTO casing. The brake includes an unslidable pawl that is not slidable axially in the axial direction of the PTO shaft, and includes a slidable pawl that is slidable axially in the axial direction of the PTO shaft so as to selectively engage or disengage with and from the unslidable pawl. | 02-12-2015 |
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20090015987 | CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a separator placed between the first and second electrodes, and an electrolyte. The first electrode includes a first collector made of metal foil, a first electrode layer containing carbon formed on the surface of the first collector, and a first protector covering the cross section of the first collector. The second electrode includes a second collector made of metal foil, a second electrode layer containing carbon formed on the surface of the second collector, and a second protector covering the cross section of the second collector. | 01-15-2009 |
20090102434 | AUXILIARY POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, HAVING THE AUXILIARY POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND AUTOMOBILE - An auxiliary power supply device for vehicle includes a capacitor unit, a temperature detector, and a charge controller. The capacitor unit includes at least one electric double layer capacitor. The temperature detector detects temperature in vicinity of the capacitor unit. The charge controller controls charging voltage of the capacitor unit based on a detection result of the temperature detector. | 04-23-2009 |
20120082887 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE UNIT - A plurality of electrical storage elements ( | 04-05-2012 |
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20100233415 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM AND AZO METAL CHELATE COMPOUND - The present invention is to provide an optical recording medium which is capable of performing good recording and reproducing by using a laser having a wavelength of 300 to 900 nm, a novel azo metal chelate compound, and a novel azo compound. Furthermore, the present invention is to provide an optical recording medium having an azo metal chelate compound in a recording layer. | 09-16-2010 |
20120132846 | PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The invention provides a piezoelectric polymer material comprising a helical chiral polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and optical activity, the piezoelectric polymer material having: crystallinity as obtained by a DSC method of from 20% to 80%; a transmission haze with respect to visible light of 50% or less; and a product of the crystallinity and a standardized molecular orientation MORc, which is measured with a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter at a reference thickness of 50 μm, of from 40 to 700. | 05-31-2012 |
20140339724 | PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A piezoelectric polymer material comprising a helical chiral polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and optical activity, the piezoelectric polymer material having: crystallinity as obtained by a DSC method of from 40% to 80%; a transmission haze with respect to visible light of 50% or less; and a product of the crystallinity and a standardized molecular orientation MORc, which is measured with a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter at a reference thickness of 50 μm, of from 40 to 700. | 11-20-2014 |
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20080289439 | ROTARY CLICKING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - Rotary body | 11-27-2008 |
20090079595 | ROTARY OPERATION TYPE INPUT DEVICE - Including an operation body of circular ring shape, a first guide plate of magnetic body fixed to the downside of the operation body, a plurality of movable magnets disposed on the downside of a first flat plane of the first guide plate concentrically with the operation body, a base for rotatably supporting the operation body from beneath, a detection element for detecting a change in magnetic field from the movable contacts due to rotating operation of the operation body without making contact, and a second guide plate of a magnetic body fixed to the base having a plurality of second flat planes opposite to the disposing position of the movable magnets so as to be opposite to each one of the movable magnets, the plurality of movable magnets face to or depart from each one of the second flat planes of the second guide plate depending on the rotation of the operation body. Hence, a rotary operation type input device having a clear click feel can be obtained at low cost and in thin type. | 03-26-2009 |
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20090184848 | ROTARY ENCODER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A rotary encoder includes a case made of insulating resin, a rotatable operation shaft, a slidable brush fixed to the operation shaft, and a signal contact embedded in a surface of the case. The slidable brush has a contacting section sliding on a surface of the case on a predetermined circumference according to a rotation of the operation shaft. The signal contact has an upper surface flush with the surface of the case, a first side surface connected to the upper surface at a first corner having a right angle, a second side surface connected to the upper surface at a second corner having a right angle, and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface. The first and side surfaces are positioned on the predetermined circumference. The lower surface has a width smaller than a width of the upper surface. This rotary encoder has a small size and outputs a signal precisely. | 07-23-2009 |
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