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20090041563 | Wafer Transferring Apparatus, Polishing Apparatus, and Wafer Receiving Method - A wafer transferring apparatus includes a top ring ( | 02-12-2009 |
20090067959 | Substrate processing apparatus, substrate transfer apparatus, substrate clamp apparatus, and chemical liquid treatment apparatus - The present invention relates to a substrate processing apparatus which can improve a tact time of substrate processing. A polishing apparatus as the substrate processing apparatus includes plural polishing sections ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090247057 | Polishing platen and polishing apparatus - The present invention provides a polishing platen which does not require a large force for removing a polishing pad from an upper surface of the polishing platen and can thus make it relatively easy to remove the polishing pad therefrom. The present invention also provides a polishing apparatus having such polishing platen. The polishing platen ( | 10-01-2009 |
20100182763 | Controller And Portable Electronic Apparatus - A controller (portable electronic apparatus) includes a housing and a key provided for protruding and retreating movement on the housing. The housing has a front face, a rear face, and a side face for connecting the front face and the rear face to each other. The key has a body having one end inserted in an opening formed in the side face and the other end exposed to the outside of the housing, and an extension extending along the side face from the other end of the body to the outside farther than an end edge of the opening. With the controller (portable electronic apparatus), the area of the face of the key which is exposed to the outside of the housing, that is, the area of the face which opposes to a finger of a user, can be increased. Therefore, at whichever position the face is depressed, the key can be inputted and the contact area with the finger can be increased. | 07-22-2010 |
20100258425 | Manipulating Apparatus And Mobile Terminal Including The Same - Disclosed herein is a manipulating apparatus (mobile terminal) including a chassis provided with a manipulating portion (directional manipulating portion) with which an input manipulation is carried out. The manipulating portion includes: a key top exposed to an outside of the chassis through an opening portion, which the chassis has, and a key main body having a base portion on which the key top is formed within the chassis; a circuit board in which a detecting portion (switches) is disposed in a position corresponding to the key top,; and a flat plate-shaped elastic body (elastic body) interposed between the key main body and the detecting portion; in which the elastic body is provided integrally with the base portion. According to the manipulating apparatus, not only the soft click feeling can be obtained from the elastic body, but also the manipulating apparatus can be thinned as compared with the case where the existing elastic body (contact rubber) is adopted by adjusting the thickness size each of the elastic body. | 10-14-2010 |
20110257778 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIMULATING NC WORKING MACHINE - Even in an uncuttable state in which an actual rotational direction of a main spindle is not matched with an actually cuttable main spindle rotational direction of a tool, an interference check between a workpiece and the tool is performed. Accordingly, the cuttable main spindle rotational direction of the selected tool or the uncuttable main spindle rotational direction is compared with each main spindle rotational direction of a working machine during execution of a simulation, and it is determined whether an interference check between the tool blade edge and the workpiece is necessary on the basis of the comparison result. When it is determined that the interference check is not necessary in the step above, the interference check between the tool blade edge and the workpiece is not performed. When it is determined that the interference check is necessary, the interference check between the tool blade edge and the workpiece is performed. When the interference therebetween is present, abnormality is detected. | 10-20-2011 |
20110295576 | COLLISION DETERMINATION DEVICE AND COLLISION DETERMINATION PROGRAM - A collision determination device includes a target cell designation unit that designates a target cell for a voxel model which represents the shape of a first object. A determination test point generation unit generates determination test points for the target cell. A spatial curve creation unit creates a spatial curve as the trajectory curve of a determination test point. A curve intersecting determination unit determines whether or not each boundary element of a boundary representation model representing the shape of a second object is intersecting the spatial curve. A distance computation unit computes the closest distance from the spatial curve to the boundary surface of the boundary representation model. A collision determination unit determines, based on the determination result and the computation result, whether there is a possibility of collision between both objects. | 12-01-2011 |
20120001048 | STAND DEVICE FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - To provide a stand device capable of improving workability in removing a portable electronic device. A stand device has a pedestal and a lever mechanism. The pedestal is supported movable between a support portion for supporting an electronic device mounted on the support surface and a removal position at which the pedestal is arranged through a movement thereof in which the pressing portion descends. The lever mechanism includes a pressed arm and a projection. The pressed arm is pressed by the pressing portion to thus move downward when the pedestal moves from the support position to the removal position. The projection moves upward along with the rotation of the fulcrum portion caused by the downward movement of the pressed arm to thus project from the support surface of the pedestal. | 01-05-2012 |
20120016507 | PROCESSING SIMULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM MAKING COMPUTER EXECUTE THE METHOD - A processing simulation method and apparatus is provided, which can appropriately detect interference between a tool processing area and a shape model of a material without being affected by the accuracy of expression of a tool movement path and the shape model. A tool shape model for processing a material, that includes a strict tool shape, and a tool shape model for checking interference, that is included in the strict tool shape, are generated by tool model setting unit according to an error range set in consideration of the tool movement path and the expression accuracy of the shape model, and the processed material shape model is generated by generating a tool processing area shape model from the tool movement path during processing feed and the tool shape model for processing the material and removing the tool processing area shape model from the material shape model. The tool processing area shape model is generated from a tool movement path during fast feed and the tool shape model for detecting the interference, and the interference between the tool processing area shape model and the material shape model is detected. | 01-19-2012 |
20120188156 | OPERATION MEMBER PROVIDED IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An operation member and an electronic device capable of maintaining operability while enhancing cushioning properties provided in the outer surface of an operation member are provided. An operation stick has a cushion portion and a base portion on which the cushion portion is placed. The base portion is supported to be movable. The base portion has a frame portion surrounding the outer periphery of the cushion portion. The base portion and the frame portion are formed of a material having a higher rigidity than that of the material of the cushion portion. | 07-26-2012 |
20120193506 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE CLAMP APPARATUS, AND CHEMICAL LIQUID TREATMENT APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a substrate processing apparatus which can improve a tact time of substrate processing. A polishing apparatus as the substrate processing apparatus includes plural polishing sections each for polishing a semiconductor wafer (W), and a swing transporter for transferring the wafer (W). The swing transporter includes a wafer clamp mechanism adapted to clamp the wafer (W), a vertically moving mechanism for vertically moving the wafer clamp mechanism along a frame of a casing of the polishing section, and a swing mechanism for swinging the wafer clamp mechanism about a shaft adjacent to the frame. | 08-02-2012 |
20120312665 | Controller And Portable Electronic Apparatus - A controller includes a housing and at least one key provided for protruding and retreating movement on the housing. The key includes: a body formed in a transversely elongated configuration elongated in a first direction; and a first stem positioned on one end side of the body in the first direction and extending along a third direction which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction and a second direction which is a protruding direction of the key from the housing. The housing includes: a biasing member for biasing the key in the second direction; and a first restricting portion positioned on the second direction side with respect to the first stem for engaging with the first stem biased by the biasing member. | 12-13-2012 |
20130030781 | PROCESSING STIMULATION METHOD, DEVICE FOR THE SAME, AND PROGRAM FOR CAUSING A COMPUTER TO EXECUTE THE METHOD - When a material shape model is separated in shear through processing, a shape model of a material in a state of being suspended remains in mid-air, and thus, interference is detected excessively. In order to prevent the excessive detection of interference, in a processing simulation method for generating a shape model of a processed material from a shape model of a material and a shape model of a tool processing area which is defined from a shape model of the tool and a movement path of the tool, the shape model of the material being separated into a plurality of shapes by processing is detected; a material shape to be cut-off is extracted from the separated material shapes; and the extracted material shape to be cut-off is excluded from subject of simulation. | 01-31-2013 |
20130063879 | Electric Apparatus - A support arm has an attachment hole formed thereon. The support arm has a first side wall and a second side wall both constituting edge of the attachment hole. An engaged convex portion is formed on the second side wall. The first side wall restricts a hook of the front panel from moving in a direction away from the second side wall toward the first wall. The first side wall is elastically deformable such that it swells in the direction. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066457 | METHOD OF GENERATING A NUMERICAL CONTROL PROGRAM, APPARATUS FOR THE SAME, AND PROGRAM FOR CAUSING A COMPUTER TO EXECUTE THE METHOD - In a method of generating a numerical control program in which, based on sectional shape data of a product to which a relief processing is to be performed, a numerical control program for turning-processing the product is generated in order to recognize a groove shape data existing in the vicinity of a corner as a relief sectional shape, wherein groove shape data is extracted from the sectional shape data, an intersection of a line segment parallel to a turning axis and a line segment that is not parallel to the line segment is calculated as a corner of the sectional shape data, and the groove shape data is recognized as a relief sectional shape in a case where dimensions of a frame which includes from the corner to the groove shape data are within predetermined dimensions. | 03-14-2013 |
20130184852 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A numerical control device including a collision determining unit that detects a possibility of collision between a machine and an area set as an entry prohibited area; an operation-continuation instructing unit that instructs whether to continue an operation when the collision determining unit detects the possibility of collision and shaft movement is temporarily stopped; a machining-information storage unit that stores internal operation information of the numerical control device regarding the temporary stop when the operation-continuation instructing unit instructs continuation of the operation; and a collision-determination processing unit that invalidates a collision determination on the basis of the operation information stored in the machining-information storage unit when executing the same machining program the next and subsequent times | 07-18-2013 |
20130299369 | ACCOMMODATING CASE FOR PORTABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An accommodating case from which a user can easily detach a recording medium is provided. An accommodating case includes an inner surface thereof with a medium disposition area that is an area to dispose the recording medium. In addition, the accommodating case includes an engagement plate portion for engaging with edges of the recording medium so that the recording medium disposed in the medium disposition area is prevented from separating from the inner surface thereof. Furthermore, the accommodating case includes a movable plate portion defining a part of the inner surface thereof. The movable plate portion is movable relative the other portion of the inner surface of the accommodating case to be recessed toward the outside of the accommodating case. The movable plate portion is located over the medium disposition area and an outside area of the medium disposition area. | 11-14-2013 |
20140087629 | PRESSURE REGULATOR, POLISHING APPARATUS HAVING THE PRESSURE REGULATOR, AND POLISHING METHOD - A pressure regulator includes: a pressure-regulating valve configured to regulate pressure of a fluid supplied from a fluid supply source; a first pressure sensor configured to measure the pressure regulated by the pressure-regulating valve; a second pressure sensor located downstream of the first pressure sensor; a PID controller configured to produce a correction pressure command value for eliminating a difference between a pressure command value and a pressure value of the fluid measured by the second pressure sensor; and a regulator controller configured to control operation of the pressure-regulating valve so as to eliminate a difference between the correction pressure command value and a pressure value of the fluid measured by the first pressure sensor. | 03-27-2014 |
20140163711 | NC PROGRAM SEARCHING METHOD, NC PROGRAM SEARCHING UNIT, NC PROGRAM CREATING METHOD, AND NC PROGRAM CREATING UNIT - In the invention, there are included a first image generating that generates image data corresponding to a shape data of a machining target as machining target image data, a second image generating that generates, based on NC programs created in the past, image data of a machining finish shape as finish shape image data, a storing that stores the finish shape image data associating with an NC program corresponding thereto, a similarity calculating that compares the machining target image data and the finish shape image data to calculate similarity of both the image data, a searching that searches, based on the similarity, candidates of finish shape image data similar to or matching the machining target image data and displays the candidates, and a first program displaying that displays, out of the candidates of the finish shape image data, an NC program for designated finish shape image data. | 06-12-2014 |
20140340312 | OPERATION MEMBER PROVIDED IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An operation member and an electronic device capable of maintaining operability while enhancing cushioning properties provided in the outer surface of an operation member are provided. An operation stick has a cushion portion and a base portion on which the cushion portion is placed. The base portion is supported to be movable. The base portion has a frame portion surrounding the outer periphery of the cushion portion. The base portion and the frame portion are formed of a material having a higher rigidity than that of the material of the cushion portion. | 11-20-2014 |
20150151401 | POLISHING APPARATUS - A polishing apparatus capable of stably controlling a pressure in a pressure chamber of a top ring is disclosed. The polishing apparatus includes: a rotatable polishing table for supporting a polishing pad; a rotatable top ring having a pressure chamber for pressing a substrate against the polishing pad; a pressure regulator configured to regulate a pressure of a gas in the pressure chamber; and a buffer tank provided between the pressure chamber and the pressure regulator. The pressure regulator includes a pressure-regulating valve, a pressure gauge configured to measure the pressure of the gas at a downstream side of the pressure-regulating valve, and a valve controller configured to control an operation of the pressure-regulating valve so as to minimize a difference between a target value of the pressure in the pressure chamber and a pressure value measured by the pressure gauge. | 06-04-2015 |
20150224620 | PRESSURE REGULATOR AND POLISHING APPARATUS HAVING THE PRESSURE REGULATOR - A pressure regulator capable of improving both stability of pressure and responsiveness to an input signal is disclosed. A PID controller is configured to stop producing a corrective command value from a point in time when a pressure command value has changed until a PID control starting point and to produce the corrective command value after the PID control starting point. A regulator controller is configured to control operation of a pressure regulation valve so as to eliminate a difference between the pressure command value and a first pressure value from the point in time when the pressure command value has changed until the PID control starting point, and to control the operation of the pressure regulation valve so as to eliminate a difference between the corrective command value and the first pressure value after the PID control starting point. | 08-13-2015 |
20150231760 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDITIONING POLISHING PAD - A conditioning method which can efficiently produce surface roughness of a polishing pad to obtain an optimum polishing rate by performing dressing while monitoring the surface roughness of the polishing pad and adjusting a temperature of the polishing pad is disclosed. The conditioning method includes measuring surface roughness of the polishing pad during dressing of the polishing pad, comparing the measured surface roughness with preset target surface roughness to obtain comparison result, and adjusting a surface temperature of the polishing pad by heating or cooling the polishing pad based on the comparison result. The surface roughness is represented by at least one of five indexes comprising arithmetical mean deviation of the roughness profile (Ra), root mean square deviation of the roughness profile (Rq), maximum profile valley depth of the roughness profile (Rv), maximum profile peak height of the roughness profile (Rp), and maximum height of the roughness profile (Rz). | 08-20-2015 |
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20090303158 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY SYSTEM - A head-up display system having a judgment boundary information storage storing judgment boundary information defining judgment area used for judging based on a movement of the driver's eye position whether or not a reflecting angle of the reflector is adjusted, an imaging device imaging an imaging area, an eye position detecting device detecting a driver's eye position in the imaging area based on image information imaged by the imaging device, a judging device judging whether or not a predetermined adjusting condition is satisfied when the eye position detected by the eye position detecting device is outside the judgment boundary, an install state determining device determining an install state of the reflector based on the detected eye position when the judging device judges that the adjusting condition is satisfied, and a reflector adjusting device adjusting the reflector to be in the determined install state. | 12-10-2009 |
20090321526 | CABLE HOUSING UNIT, SCANNER SYSTEM, CHECKOUT SYSTEM AND INSTALL METHOD - A cable extends from a ceiling section of a unit body to a bottom section of the unit body, is wound around a lower half circumference of a pulley, and extends to the ceiling section of the unit body. A fixed end as one end of the cable is fixed to the ceiling section of the unit body. A handy scanner is connected to a free end as the other end of the cable. The ceiling section of the unit body has a passing section through which the cable passes. The pulley rotates and rises and falls between the bottom section and the ceiling section along the longitudinal direction of the unit body. | 12-31-2009 |
20100258634 | FIXING DEVICE FOR HAND SCANNER AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a hand scanner including a head section having a reading section configured to read a mark affixed to a commodity and a handle having width formed smaller than that of the head section, a fixing device including a holding section having, from a part of the periphery to the center thereof, an opening formed wider than the width of the handle and movable sections provided to be opposed to each other in the opening, arranged to have width therebetween smaller than the width of the handle, and configured to move until the width therebetween increases to width same as or larger than the width of the handle when the handle is inserted through the opening, and control unit configured to enable the reading section to read the commodity according to movement of the movable sections. | 10-14-2010 |
20110225055 | CHECKOUT APPARATUS AND CHECKOUT PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a checkout processing apparatus includes an operator unit, a rotation mechanism, a determination unit, and a switching unit. The operator unit executes checkout processing. The rotation mechanism rotatably supports the operator unit and stops the operator unit at least at two positions. The determination unit determines which of the positions the operator unit is stopped at. The switching unit switches a function of the checkout processing according to a result of the determination by the determination unit. | 09-15-2011 |
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20080207786 | Ethylene-propylene-diene rubber foamed material - The present invention provides an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber foamed material obtained by foaming a rubber composition containing an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, a quinoid cross-linking agent, and an organic peroxide cross-linking agent. | 08-28-2008 |
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20110135904 | EPDM foam and sealing material - There is provided an EPDM foam including, in which an amount of N-nitrosodimethylamine and N-nitrosodiethylamine generated therefrom by heating the EPDM foam at 200° C. for three hours is not more than 1 μg/g, and a 50% compression load value thereof is in a range of 0.10 to 2.0 N/cm | 06-09-2011 |
20110135909 | EPDM foam, producing method thereof, and sealing material - An EPDM foam is obtained by foaming a foam composition containing, based on 100 parts by weight of an ethylenepropylenediene rubber, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a vulcanizer, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a vulcanization accelerator, 1 to 30 parts by weight of a foaming agent, and a foaming auxiliary agent. The vulcanization accelerator contains a thiourea vulcanization accelerator, a thiazole vulcanization accelerator, a dithiocarbamate vulcanization accelerator, and a thiuram vulcanization accelerator such that a thiourea vulcanization accelerator/thiazole vulcanization accelerator/dithiocarbamate vulcanization accelerator/thiuram vulcanization accelerator weight ratio is in a range of 1 to 20/1 to 20/1 to 20/1 to 30. | 06-09-2011 |
20120277337 | EPDM foam and adhesive sealing material - An EPDM foam contains an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, in which the EPDM foam has water stopping performance lasting for 1 hour or more according to 50% waterstop test and metal corrosion is not observed according to metal corrosion test. | 11-01-2012 |
20130267619 | EPDM FOAM, PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF, AND SEALING MATERIAL - An EPDM foam is obtained by foaming a foam composition containing, based on 100 parts by weight of an ethylenepropylenediene rubber, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a vulcanizer, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a vulcanization accelerator, 1 to 30 parts by weight of a foaming agent, and a foaming auxiliary agent. The vulcanization accelerator contains a thiourea vulcanization accelerator, a thiazole vulcanization accelerator, a dithiocarbamate vulcanization accelerator, and a thiuram vulcanization accelerator such that a thiourea vulcanization accelerator/thiazole vulcanization accelerator/dithiocarbamate vulcanization accelerator/thiuram vulcanization accelerator weight ratio is in a range of 1 to 20/1 to 20/1 to 20/1 to 30. | 10-10-2013 |
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20120115820 | ACID PUMP ANTAGONIST FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES INVOLVED IN ABNORMAL GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY - The present invention relates to a use of a compound having an acid pump antagonistic activity, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutical composition thereof for the manufacture of a medicament for prevention or treatment of diseases in which abnormal gastrointestinal motility is involved. In addition, the present invention relates to the method of prevention or treatment including administering to a human or animal. The compound, the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions containing them, may be used in combination with one or more second active agent. Further, the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising a compound having an acid pump antagonistic activity or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the prevention or treatment of said diseases. | 05-10-2012 |
20120322821 | GHRELIN RECEPTOR AGONIST FOR TREATMENT OF CACHEXIA - The present invention relates to use of a compound of the present invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or the salt, for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of cachexia. The invention also relates to a method for the treatment of cachexia, comprising administering the compound of the present invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same to a human or an animal. The invention further relates to use of said compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or the salt, in combination with one or more second active agents. Moreover, the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and a kit comprising the compound of the present invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment of said disease. | 12-20-2012 |
20140051726 | 5-HT4 Receptor Agonist as a Prokinetic Agent - This invention relates to Compound A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof with 5-HT4 agonistic activities, which is useful in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. This invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases which comprises a therapeutically effective amount of Compound A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Further this invention relates to a method for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases in an animal subject including a mammalian subject, which comprises administering to the animal subject including a mammalian subject Compound A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 02-20-2014 |
20150099709 | GHRELIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACHLORHYDRIA - The present invention relates to a use of a compound having ghrelin receptor agonistic activity, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutical composition thereof for the manufacture of a medicament for treatment of diseases including achlorhydria in which abnormal gastric acid secretion is involved. In addition, the present invention relates to the method of treatment including administering to a human or animal. The compound, the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions containing them, may be used in combination with one or more second active agents. Further, the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising a compound of the present invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the treatment of said diseases. | 04-09-2015 |