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20140113815 | AZOLE DERIVATIVE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING AZOLE DERIVATIVE, AND INTERMEDIATE COMPOUND - In order to provide a novel azole derivative, an azole derivative of the present invention is an azole derivative represented by a general formula (V′). (where R | 04-24-2014 |
20140128611 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OXETANE COMPOUND, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AZOLYLMETHYLCYCLOPENTANOL COMPOUND, AND INTERMEDIATE COMPOUND - In order to produce an intermediate from which a cyclic alcohol compound can be stereoselectively obtained, a method for producing an oxetane compound according to the present invention includes the step of reacting, with a cyanide salt, a compound represented by Formula (I): | 05-08-2014 |
20140179517 | AZOLE DERIVATIVE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, INTERMEDIATE COMPOUND, AND AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL CHEMICAL AGENT AND INDUSTRIAL MATERIAL PROTECTING AGENT - Provided is an azole derivative superior in disease-controlling activity contained as an active ingredient in agricultural or horticultural chemical agents. | 06-26-2014 |
20140315967 | AZOLE DERIVATIVE AND USES THEREOF - In order to provide a compound which exhibits a high controlling effect against plant diseases and is able to reduce phytotoxicity, the present invention is a triazole derivative represented by General Formula (I), the azole derivative being a (−)-enantiomer or (+)-enantiomer having an —R | 10-23-2014 |
20150299144 | AZOLE DERIVATIVE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, INTERMEDIATE COMPOUND, AND AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL CHEMICAL AGENT AND INDUSTRIAL MATERIAL PROTECTING AGENT - Provided is an azole derivative superior in disease-controlling activity contained as an active ingredient in agricultural or horticultural chemical agents. | 10-22-2015 |
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20120226954 | ERROR CORRECTION DECODER AND STORAGE APPARATUS - According to embodiments, an error correction decoder carrying out iterative decoding for coded data based on LDPC code. The decoder comprises a generation unit and an inversion, control unit. The generation unit is configured to generate an inversion node list listing variable nodes connected to check nodes not satisfying a parity check when a code word cannot be obtained after carrying out the iterative decoding a first number of iterations. The inversion control unit is configured to choose a variable node which is a target for inversion from among the variable nodes listed in the inversion node list, and to carry out inversion processing which includes updating an input likelihood of the variable node which is the target for inversion temporarily by inverting a sign of an a posteriori likelihood of the variable node which is the target for inversion. | 09-06-2012 |
20120240008 | ENCODER AND STORAGE APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an encoder has a storage and a generator. The storage stores information indicative of a generator matrix corresponding to a partial parity check matrix in a rank-deficient parity check matrix including a lower triangular matrix and one or more cyclic matrices or zero matrices, the partial parity check matrix including rows different from rows of the lower triangular matrix. The generator carries out semi-systematic coding using the generator matrix to generate a portion of code word. The generator matrix has a cyclic matrix portion with one or more cyclic matrices and a non-cyclic matrix portion with rows number of which is equal to a degree of rank deficiency in the partial parity check matrix. | 09-20-2012 |
20130111292 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130151921 | ENCODING APPARATUS, ENCODING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an encoding apparatus includes an input unit and a generation unit. The input unit inputs a data symbol sequence containing q(N−J) symbols (q, J, and N are integers, N>J). The generation unit generates a codeword containing qN symbols by adding a parity symbol sequence containing qJ symbols to the data symbol sequence. The codeword satisfies parity check equations of a parity check matrix of qJ rows×qN columns. A first submatrix of qJ rows×qJ columns that corresponds to the parity symbol sequence in the parity check matrix includes a second submatrix. The second submatrix includes a first identity matrix of qL rows×qL columns (L is an integer, J>L) and a first non-zero matrix of q(J−L) rows×qL columns. | 06-13-2013 |
20130254633 | DECODER, DECODING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a decoder includes a control unit and a decoding unit. The control unit determines a window size applied to a first target frame to be a first value and determines a window size applied to a second target frame different from the first target frame to be a second value different from the first value. The decoding unit carries out windowed decoding of a spatially coupled code on the first target frame with the window size set to the first value and carries out windowed decoding of a spatially coupled code on the second target frame with the window size set to the second value. | 09-26-2013 |
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20090245124 | Receiving device, clock synchronizing method, and computer program - There is provided a receiving device including: a receiving unit that receives a packet stream; an oscillator; a measuring unit that performs a measuring operation; an acquiring unit that reads the newest time stamp read from the packet stream received by the receiving unit and the newest measurement value measured by the measuring unit with a predetermined period, from a point of time when the packet stream starts to be received; a calculating unit that calculates an accumulation value of the time stamps and the measurement values acquired by the acquiring unit; a comparing unit that compares a difference between the accumulation value of the time stamps and the accumulation value of the measurement values calculated by the calculating unit, and a value corresponding to a network jitter; and a frequency control unit that controls the oscillation frequency of the oscillator based on the comparison result by the comparing unit. | 10-01-2009 |
20140062525 | INVERTER-DRIVEN ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE, INSULATION INSPECTION METHOD AND INSULATION INSPECTION APPARATUS - Insulation inspection method for an inverter-driven rotary electric machine includes: a step of applying, to an insulation sample ( | 03-06-2014 |
20140084713 | Rotating Electric Machine and Method of Manufacturing Same - A rotating electric machine includes: a stator including a stator core, slots provided in the stator core at equal intervals along the circumferential direction, and coils placed in the stator slots and configured to generate a rotating magnetic field; and a rotor rotatably provided with a predetermined rotation gap between the stator core and the rotor, wherein the rotating electric machine further comprising a first varnish applied between the slots in the stator core and the coils for impregnation, and a second varnish applied directly onto enamel coating of the coils outside of the slots in the axial direction, the first varnish is a thermosetting varnish having a shear bond strength of a flat wire between the coils and the varnish is higher than that of the second varnish, and the second varnish is a thermosetting varnish having a glass transition temperature of approximately 104° C. or lower and the glass transition temperature of the second varnish by the DMA method is lower than that of the first varnish. | 03-27-2014 |
20140117805 | Rotating Machine and Insulator and Slot Liner for Rotating Machine - A rotating machine includes a stator including a stator core having a plurality of slots arrayed in the circumferential direction, a plurality of conductors for stator winding wire inserted respectively into the slots, and slot liners comprising a sheet-shaped insulator surrounding the conductors for stator winding wire; and a rotor rotatably arranged concentrically with the stator. In the rotating machine the slots of which are filled with an electrically insulative resin, concavo-convex is formed on both the top and bottom surfaces of the slot liners. | 05-01-2014 |
20140180617 | INVERTER-DRIVEN ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE, PHASE-TO-PHASE INSULATION PARTIAL DISCHARGE INSPECTION METHOD AND PHASE-TO-PHASE INSULATION PARTIAL DISCHARGE INSPECTION APPARATUS - A phase-to-phase insulation partial discharge inspection apparatus includes: an impulse power supply ( | 06-26-2014 |
20140183985 | Rotating Electric Machine and Method for Manufacturing Stator Coil of Rotating Electric Machine - A large peeling force due to heat occurs at the boundary between the insulation coating over the coil end and the coil conductor when the stator coil emits heat and reaches a high temperature due to the high output of the rotating electric machine that causes the insulation coating to peel from the conductor consequently causing insulation defects. A sloped surface is formed on the insulation coating so that the thickness of the tip of the insulation coating on the coil end has a shape having a slope that becomes gradually thinner towards the welded coupling section made by welding the conductor. | 07-03-2014 |
20150022045 | Electrical Rotating Machine - Reliability related to an insulating process of conductor connection terminals of an electrical rotating machine stator using segment conductors is improved. An electrical rotating machine is configured so that stator coils | 01-22-2015 |
20150381005 | Rotary Machine - The present invention aims to provide a rotary machine in which deterioration or a burnout of a corona prevention layer in the vicinity of a slot outlet of a stator can be suppressed from occurring. The present invention includes a stator that has a stator core, and a rotor that is arranged so as to face the stator and is rotatably held. In the rotary machine in which a stator coil having a low-resistance corona prevention layer wound around is mounted on the stator core, a conductive member is formed on the stator coil at an end portion of the stator so as to have a structure in which a gap with respect to the stator coil is widened as the conductive member is positioned away from the stator core in a rotary shaft direction of the rotary machine. | 12-31-2015 |
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20100017594 | TRANSMITTING METHOD AND TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD AND RECEIVING DEVICE, AND TRANSFER METHOD AND TRANSFER SYSTEM - Data broadcast data, which is broadcast in data broadcasts, is constructed by disposing, for example, EMD (Electric Music Distribution) links required to acquire song data as actual broadcast data, which is broadcast in actual broadcasts by a transmitting device, the actual broadcast data is transmitted, and the data broadcast data wherein the EMD links for the song data in the actual broadcasts are disposed, is transmitted periodically during the transmission of the actual broadcast data. The actual broadcast data and the data broadcast data are received by a user terminal, and the EMD links disposed in the data broadcast data are stored whenever there is an input of an operation to attach a “bookmark”. Thus, audio data such as songs in programs broadcast can easily be acquired by radio. | 01-21-2010 |
20120271923 | TRANSMITTING METHOD AND TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD AND RECEIVING DEVICE, AND TRANSFER METHOD AND TRANSFER SYSTEM - Data broadcast data, which is broadcast in data broadcasts, is constructed by disposing, for example, EMD (Electric Music Distribution) links required to acquire song data as actual broadcast data, which is broadcast in actual broadcasts by a transmitting device, the actual broadcast data is transmitted, and the data broadcast data wherein the EMD links for the song data in the actual broadcasts are disposed, is transmitted periodically during the transmission of the actual broadcast data. The actual broadcast data and the data broadcast data are received by a user terminal, and the EMD links disposed in the data broadcast data are stored whenever there is an input of an operation to attach a “bookmark”. Thus, audio data such as songs in programs broadcast can easily be acquired by radio. | 10-25-2012 |
20130329335 | CAPACITOR - A capacitor is provided, which allows a user to readily change or adjust its capacitance value. The capacitor includes a dielectric film, which includes first and second conductor layers disposed on opposite surfaces thereof, and which is wound into a rod shape. First and second electrodes are led out from the first and second conductor layers, respectively. At least one of the first and second conductor layers includes an area-changeable conductor pattern, which is disposed (e.g., exposed) on an outer circumference side of the capacitor wound into the rod shape to receive physical treatment (e.g., cutting, connecting) from outside to thereby change the size of a conductor area of the at least one of the first and second conductor layers. Thus, the physical treatment changes the conductor area of the conductor layers, to thereby selectively set or adjust the capacitance value of the capacitor. | 12-12-2013 |
20140009863 | VARIABLE CAPACITANCE TYPE CAPACITOR - A variable capacitance type capacitor includes an inside member and an outside member including a space for housing the inside member. The inside member has a columnar shape, and a first conductor pattern is formed on a circumferential surface thereof. The outside member has a predetermined dielectric constant, and a second conductor pattern is formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof so as to oppose the first conductor pattern formed on the inside member. The inside member housed in the space of the outside member is displaced relative to the outside member in a direction of a central axis of the inside member in response to an externally applied force, and an opposed area between the first conductor pattern and the second conductor pattern changes to thereby form a capacitance corresponding to the externally applied force between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 01-09-2014 |
20140029156 | POSITION POINTER OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION TYPE AND ELECTRONIC INK CARTRIDGE - A position pointer is disclosed, in which an electronic ink cartridge of an electromagnetic induction type is accommodated. The electronic ink cartridge includes a resonance circuit having a coil and a capacitor circuit, and is configured to detect pressure applied to a core member accommodated in the position pointer based on a variation of a resonance frequency of the resonance circuit. The cartridge includes a tubular member, in which the core member and the coil are accommodated such that the coil is positioned between the core member, which extends outwardly from one end of the tubular member, and the capacitor circuit along a direction of a center axis of the tubular member. The cartridge also includes a connection member in the tubular member, which electrically connects a first end and a second end of the coil to a first terminal and a second terminal of the capacitor circuit, respectively. | 01-30-2014 |
20140069532 | POSITION INDICATOR OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC INK CARTRIDGE - An electronic ink cartridge includes, in a direction of a central axis within a cylindrical body, a core body extended out from a distal end of the cylindrical body, a coupling member disposed on a side of a proximal end of the cylindrical body, a coil housed between the core body and the coupling member and having a predetermined inductance, and a pressure sensitive element whose capacitance changes according to pressure applied to the core body. Two terminals of the coil are electrically connected respectively to two terminals of the pressure sensitive element to thereby form two terminals of a resonance circuit formed by the coil and the pressure sensitive element. A connecting terminal electrically connected to at least one of the two terminals of the resonance circuit is disposed on a proximal end surface side of the coupling member to be accessible thereon from outside. | 03-13-2014 |
20140085270 | POSITION POINTER AND ELECTRONIC INK CARTRIDGE - An electronic ink cartridge is provided, which improves the mass productivity of a position pointer and which ensures reliability of a characteristic of a pressure sensor to detect writing pressure. The electronic ink cartridge includes a core member provided so as to extend outwardly from a distal end portion of a tubular member in a direction of a center axis of the tubular member, a pressure sensor accommodated in a hollow portion of the tubular member to sense pressure applied to the core member, a connection member provided fixedly on the tubular member to interpose the pressure sensor between the connection member and the core member along the direction of the center axis of the tubular member, and a connection terminal, which is formed on a proximal end face of the connection member and from which an electric characteristic corresponding to the pressure sensed by the pressure sensor is extracted. | 03-27-2014 |
20150346849 | POSITION POINTER OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION TYPE AND ELECTRONIC INK CARTRIDGE - A position pointer is disclosed, in which an electronic ink cartridge of an electromagnetic induction type is accommodated. The electronic ink cartridge includes a resonance circuit having a coil and a capacitor circuit, and is configured to detect pressure applied to a core member accommodated in the position pointer based on a variation of a resonance frequency of the resonance circuit. The cartridge includes a tubular member, in which the core member and the coil are accommodated such that the coil is positioned between the core member, which extends outwardly from one end of the tubular member, and the capacitor circuit along a direction of a center axis of the tubular member. The cartridge also includes a connection member in the tubular member, which electrically connects a first end and a second end of the coil to a first terminal and a second terminal of the capacitor circuit, respectively. | 12-03-2015 |
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20140337597 | COMPUTER, PROGRAM, AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD - A computer capable of managing reference relationships between data executes access of first and second storage regions in which stored data can be altered and a third storage region in which stored data cannot be altered. The computer sets specification data in the first storage region for accessing data stored in the second and third storage regions, and shifts data having a reference relationship with the specification data from among the data stored in the third storage region to the second storage region. If the accessing occurs while the shifting is being carried out and the data has already been shifted to the second storage region, the reference information for the specification data is amended to the shifted location of the data, and all of the references to data in the third storage region that are referenced by the specification data are amended, thereby releasing the third storage region. | 11-13-2014 |
20150242312 | METHOD OF MANAGING MEMORY, COMPUTER, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A memory use amount used by each object can be calculated for each of a plurality of pieces of generator property information that is information related to generation of data such as user information and request information. A computer for executing a program to generate data executes a step of specifying, from a storage device in which the plurality of pieces of generator property information on the data and identification information that the data has are associated and held, data corresponding to each piece of the generator property information and calculating a memory use amount of the specified data, and a step of outputting the calculated memory use amount to an interface. Further, a data structure of the data has a control area for storing information on control of the data and a data area, and the computer inserts the identification information into the data area. | 08-27-2015 |
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20100178206 | Gelation measuring apparatus and sample cell - It is intended to allow the concentration of a substance such as an endotoxin or β-D glucan measured via gelation reactions to be measured in a short time and at a high sensitivity and a high specificity. In a measuring apparatus for measuring a target substance in a sample cell via a gelation reaction, a sample cell | 07-15-2010 |
20110013185 | GEL PARTICLE MEASURING APPARATUS - Provided is a gel particle measuring apparatus for detecting a gel particle production starting point with high sensitivity in the measurement of a target substance in a sample by a gelation reaction. The gel particle measuring apparatus includes a sample cell ( | 01-20-2011 |
20130078150 | GEL PARTICLE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - To measure a starting point of production of gel particles with high sensitivity in measurement of a target substance in a sample through a gelation reaction while minimizing light attenuation in a solvent in which a phenomenon occurs, provided is a gel particle measurement device including: a sample cuvet ( | 03-28-2013 |
20130183763 | GELATION MEASURING APPARATUS AND SAMPLE CELL - In a measuring apparatus for measuring a target substance in a sample cell via a gelation reaction, a sample cell houses a specimen containing the substance to be measured, and a solution containing a gelating reagent is irradiated with a laser beam. The solution in the sample cell is stirred to generate minute and uniform gel particles, which are caused to pass through the laser beam. Scattered light from the gel particles generated in the sample cell is detected by a photodiode array, and the scattered-light intensity of the generated gel particles or the diameter and the number thereof is measured on time series by a computer on the basis of a scattered-light detection output of the photodiode array. | 07-18-2013 |
20130203177 | GEL PARTICLE MEASUREMENT REAGENT AND MEASUREMENT METHOD USING SAME - Provided is a gel particle measurement reagent effective in quickly measuring a time point of initiation of production of gel particles. A gel particle measurement reagent R is a gel particle measurement reagent to be used to be agitated continuously with a sample S containing a target substance St as a measuring object to turn the target substance St into gel particles, including: a reagent base material | 08-08-2013 |
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20090031437 | Method of constructing nucleus-implanted egg, parthenogenetic embryo and parthenogenetic mammal - The present invention is to provide a method for constructing a nucleus-implanted egg, a parthenogenetic embryo and for producing a parthenogenetic mammal each having 2 haploid genome sets originating in mammarian ova, and provides methods of constructing a nucleus-implanted egg having a haploid genome set derived from ng ovum and a haploid genome set from fg ovum, a parthenogenetic embryo and a parthenogenetic mammal, which includes the steps of (1) introducing a primitive ovarian follicle egg (ng ovum) into a nucleus-deleted egg in a germinal vesicle stage (GV stage egg) and then developing them to MII phase (second meiosis metaphase) by in vitro maturing and culturing to prepare a first nucleus-implanted egg, and (2) extracting MII phase chromosome from said first nucleus-implanted egg and introducing it into other MII phase egg (fg ovum) to prepare a second nucleus-implanted egg, wherein ovum from which an imprinted gene that undergoes gene modification posteriori during the generation of sperm is deleted is used as the ng ovum or fg ovum. | 01-29-2009 |
20100122364 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING NUCLEUS-IMPLANTED EGG, PARTHENOGENETIC EMBRYO AND PARTHENOGENETIC MAMMAL - Disclosed is a method for constructing a nucleus-implanted egg, a parthenogenetic embryo and for producing a parthenogenetic mammal each having 2 haploid genome sets originating in mammalian ova, and provides methods of constructing a nucleus-implanted egg having a haploid genome set derived from primitive ovarian follicle egg (ng ovum) and a haploid genome set from MII phase (second meiosis metaphase) egg (fg ovum), a parthenogenetic embryo and a parthenogenetic mammal, including steps (1) introducing ng ovum into a nucleus-deleted deleted germinal vesicle stage (GV) egg, developing the obtained egg to MII phase by in vitro maturing and culturing to prepare a first nucleus-implanted egg, and (2) extracting MII phase chromosome from the first nucleus-implanted egg and introducing it into other fg ovum to prepare a second nucleus-implanted egg, wherein a ng or fg ovum from which an imprinted gene undergoing epigenetic modification during sperm generation is used. | 05-13-2010 |
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20090012306 | Cationic Amino Acid Type Lipid - The present invention provides a novel complex lipid having a cationic functional group derived from an amino acid. Namely, the present invention provides a cationic acid amino acid type lipid represented by the following formula: | 01-08-2009 |
20090136443 | Drug Carrier - The present invention has an object of providing a drug carrier capable of controlling in vivo pharmacokinetics. The present invention is directed to a drug carrier comprising a molecular assembly having a drug incorporated therein, and the above object can be achieved by a part of the amphiphilic molecules included in the molecular assembly being released from the molecular assembly by an external environmental change. The present invention utilizes a phenomenon that the hydrophilic-hydrophobic balance of the amphiphilic molecules is shifted toward hydrophilicity by an external environmental change and thus the amphiphilic molecules are freed from the molecular assembly. | 05-28-2009 |
20100209458 | AMPHIPHILIC MOLECULE, MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING THE AMPHIPHILIC MOLECULE, AND USE OF THE MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides an amphiphilic molecule having a plurality of zwitterionic functional groups in its hydrophilic moiety and a molecular assembly comprising the amphiphilic molecule as a constituent lipid. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the molecular assembly of the present invention forms a stable vesicular structure under a physiological pH environment to carry a substance of interest in the vesicular structure, and can release the substance of interest to the outside of the vesicular structure when it is deformed under an acidic pH environment. The molecular assembly of the present invention can be used as a carrier for a drug, a probe, a nucleic acid, a protein or the like. | 08-19-2010 |
20100291672 | REAGENT FOR INTRODUCTION OF PROTEIN OR GENE - The present invention provides a reagent for introducing a protein or gene into a cell. The reagent of the present invention is, for example, a reagent for introducing a protein or gene into a cell, which comprises a composition comprising a cationic amino acid type lipid represented by the following formula (I)-1: | 11-18-2010 |
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20110263148 | CONNECTOR AND WATERPROOF CONNECTOR - A connector includes a contact, a housing having a cavity into which the contact may be inserted formed therein, the housing retaining the contact inserted into the cavity, and a retainer piece that may be inserted into the cavity in the direction opposite to an insertion direction. The housing includes a pressing piece that moves the contact inserted into the cavity in the moving direction substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction, an abut part that the contact abuts due to the movement by the pressing piece, and a locking member that locks the contact abutted to the abut part. The retainer piece is inserted into a back-side gap formed between the contact and an inner wall surface of the housing due to the movement by the pressing piece. | 10-27-2011 |
20120289090 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND HARNESS - A waterproof connector includes a female contact, a housing, and a retainer. The housing includes a first inner wall surface, a second inner wall surface, a first engaging part, and a lance. The female contact includes a pressed surface that is pressed by the lance, and a first engaged part that is formed to protrude in a direction away from the pressed surface. A second engaging part is formed in the housing and a second engaged part that can be engaged with the second engaging part is formed in the female contact so that a second engagement between the housing and the female contact is achieved on a side opposite to the side of a first engagement between the first engaging part and the first engaged part with respect to a central axis of the female contact. | 11-15-2012 |
20120302086 | CONNECTOR - The connector matable with a mating connector comprises a housing, a lever and an attached member. The housing has a front end, a rear end and an accommodating portion. The accommodating portion communicates with the front end and the rear end. The accommodating portion has an upper portion, a lower portion and side portions. The side portions are formed on respective opposite ends in a width direction of the accommodating portion so as to couple the upper portion and the lower portion with each other. The lever is configured to mate the connector with the mating connector and accommodated in the accommodating portion so as to be pivotable. The attached member is other than the housing. The attached member is attached to the housing so as to couple the upper portion and the lower portion with each other at a position located between the side portions in the width direction. | 11-29-2012 |
20130109211 | CONNECTOR AND WATERPROOF CONNECTOR | 05-02-2013 |
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20140028752 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a print medium, a conveyance unit, art image forming unit, a cutter unit, a holding unit, a sensor, and a controller. The print medium has an adhesive face with no separation sheet. The cutter unit cuts the medium having an image formed into a print medium piece. The holding unit is configured to hold the piece in a state in which the piece is drawable from outside of the body. The holding unit has a surface separatable from an adhesive face of the piece to hold the adhesive face of the piece. The sensor detects presence or absence of the piece held by the holding unit. After the sensor detects that the piece is drawn out, the controller controls the conveyance unit to convey the medium to the holding unit and controls the holding unit to hold the medium. | 01-30-2014 |
20140029023 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a recording unit, a conveyance unit, a protection member, and at least one rotor pair. The recording unit forms an image on a print medium having an adhesive face. The conveyance unit conveys the print medium. The protection member presses against the adhesive face of the print medium to protect the adhesive face. Each of the at least one rotor pair includes rotors to sandwich and press the print medium and the protection member therebetween. The conveyance unit is configured to rotate the at least one rotor pair to convey the print medium and the protection member together to an image forming position at which the recording unit is configured to form the image on the print medium. The protection member is configured to separate from the adhesive face before discharge of the print medium to an outside of the image forming apparatus. | 01-30-2014 |
20140078232 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a conveyance unit, and an adhesive-surface guide unit. The adhesive-surface guide unit includes a second rotary body and an adhesive-surface guide member. The second rotary body is disposed at a position downstream from a first rotary body of a pair of rotary bodies of the conveyance unit in a conveyance direction. The adhesive-surface guide member is wound around the first and second rotary bodies to guide an adhesive surface of a print medium. The adhesive-surface guide unit is configured to press the adhesive-surface guide member against the adhesive surface, sandwich the print medium and the second rotary body between the pair of rotary bodies, move the print medium and the second rotary body together, and separate the adhesive-surface guide member from the adhesive surface at a side of the adhesive-surface guide unit at which the second rotary body is disposed. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079461 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a conveyance unit. The image forming unit forms an image on a print medium. The conveyance unit has a belt member to convey the print medium in a state in which an end of the print medium in a width direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the print medium is placed outside an end of the belt member in the width direction. | 03-20-2014 |
20140097288 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeder includes a spool and a pair of roll holders. The spool is configured to hold a roll of print medium having an adhesive surface with no release liner attached thereto, with the roll fitted around the spool. The pair of roll holders is configured to hold the spool at opposed ends of the spool, each including at least a first rotary member, a second rotary member, and a third rotary member that contact an outer circumferential surface of the spool at different locations along the outer circumferential surface of the spool to rotatably hold the spool. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099148 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a spool that holds a roll of print medium; an image forming device that forms an image on the medium; a transporting device including a transport rotary member that transports the medium to the image forming device, and a drive source that generates drive force; and a drive force transmission device which transmits the drive force to the spool when the transport rotary member rotates in a medium rewinding direction, and which includes a first gear train for rotating the spool in the same direction as the transport rotary member when the transport rotary member and the spool rotate in the same direction during the transport of the medium and a second gear train for rotating the spool in an opposite direction to the transport rotary member when the transport rotary member and the spool rotate in opposite directions during the medium transport. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099149 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes, an image forming device, a transporting device, a first medium holding device, and a second medium holding device. The image forming device forms an image on a print medium unwound from a roll. The transporting device is configured to transport the unwound print medium on a transport path facing the image forming device. The first medium holding device is disposed upstream of the image forming device in a medium transporting direction, and configured to hold the print medium on the transport path and retract to an open position for opening the transport path. The second medium holding device is disposed downstream of the image forming device in the medium transporting direction, and configured to hold the print medium on the transport path and retract to an open position for opening the transport path. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099150 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SETTING PRINT MEDIA - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a sheet feeder to load a roll body including a recording medium wound around, an image forming unit to form an image on the recording medium, and a conveyance unit including a conveyance belt to convey the recording medium drawn out from the roll body so as to oppose the recording medium to the image forming unit. The sheet feeder and the conveyance unit are integrated as a sheet feed conveyance unit. The sheet feed conveyance unit is configured to load the roll body in at least the sheet feeder and be drawable from the apparatus body to a position at which the conveyance belt is visible. | 04-10-2014 |
20140105661 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a roll body including a print medium wound around, the medium having an adhesive face, an image forming unit to form an image on the adhesive face, a conveyance unit having a pair of a conveyance rotor and an opposed rotor to convey the medium with the medium interposed between the conveyance rotor and the opposed rotor and an adhesive face guide unit to guide the medium when the conveyance unit returns the medium in a return direction opposite a conveyance direction of the medium. The adhesive face guide unit has a downstream rotor disposed downstream from the opposed rotor in the return direction and an endless adhesive face guide member wound around the opposed rotor and the downstream rotor. The adhesive face guide member is configured to receive and guide the adhesive face of the medium returned, in a separable state. | 04-17-2014 |
20140253623 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a conveyance unit, a correction unit, and an attitude controller. The image forming device forms an image on a printing medium. The conveyance unit is disposed opposing the image forming device to convey the printing medium. The correction unit corrects an attitude of a leading edge of the printing medium sent out from the conveyance unit. The attitude controller controls correction of the attitude of the leading edge of the punting medium performed by the correction unit. The attitude controller determines whether or not the correction of the attitude of the leading edge of the printing medium is to be performed, and causes the correction unit to perform the correction when the attitude controller determines that the correction is to be performed. | 09-11-2014 |
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20150077494 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SEPARATION MEMBER - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a conveyor, and a separation unit. The image forming device forms an image on a printing medium. The separation unit separates a printing medium from the belt. The separation unit includes a claw portion to contact the belt, and a first wing and a second wing disposed at both sides of the claw portion in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the printing medium. Each of the first wing and the second wing has a guide face to guide the printing medium. The guide face is a sloped face that slopes downward in a direction away from the claw portion with respect to the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the printing medium. Each of the first wing and the second wing has an upstream end that recedes toward a downstream side in the conveyance direction. | 03-19-2015 |