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20110226392 | Drive device, lens barrel, image pickup apparatus, lens drive method and method of producing shape memory alloy - A lens barrel, an image pickup apparatus, a lens drive method and a method of producing a shape memory alloy used for the drive device are disclosed. A drive device includes: a lens group for guiding light from a subject; a shape memory alloy adopted to be deformed by an electricity supplied to the shape memory alloy, for moving the lens group in a direction of an optical axis; and electricity-supply controlling means for controlling an amount of the electricity supplied to the shape memory alloy; and a detecting means for detecting whether a movement of the lens group starts or not. In the drive device, a movement amount of the lens group in the direction of the optical axis is controlled based on the amount of electricity supplied when the detecting means detects the movement of the lens group. | 09-22-2011 |
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20100164659 | OPERATING DEVICE - An operating device performs opening and closing operations of a switch. The operating device includes a lever member that is coupled to a movable contact of the switch and biased by an energy storage spring; a tripping latch that can be engaged with the lever; a tripping trigger that can be engaged with the tripping latch; first and second electromagnets that can operate independently of each other and each of which has a plunger; and a rotating lever that can come into contact with a different portions of the plunger of the first electromagnet, the plunger of the second electromagnet, and the tripping trigger and that is rotated by being pushed by at least one of the plunger of the first electromagnet and the plunger of the second electromagnet, thereby pushing the tripping trigger. | 07-01-2010 |
20120012558 | GAS INSULATED BREAKING DEVICE - In a gas insulated breaking device which accommodates open/close elements including a puffer cylinder which compresses an insulation gas and extinguishes an arc and a contact finger which has a slide contact portion which is brought into slide contact with a slide contact portion of the puffer cylinder in the inside of a vessel in which the insulation gas is sealed, a relatively soft plating film is formed on the slide contact portion of the puffer cylinder, and a relatively hard plating film is formed on the slide contact portion of the contact finger, and the silver plating film of each slide contact portion has an inner layer thereof formed of a soft film and an outer layer thereof which constitutes a surface portion formed of a hard film. | 01-19-2012 |
20130155640 | GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR - A gas insulated switchgear includes a transformer mounting body; a bushing mounted on the transformer mounting body; and a main circuit conductor. The main circuit conductor includes a first main circuit conductor which is connected to a circuit breaker and is located in the bushing and a second main circuit conductor which is connected to the first main circuit conductor. An insulator extends below the lower end of the transformer mounting body and toward the vicinity of the connection between the first main circuit conductor and the second main circuit conductor, in a region where the first main circuit conductor is located in the transformer mounting body. A ground shield is arranged in the insulator, and extends below the lower end of the transformer mounting body and above a coupling portion between the transformer mounting body and the bushing. | 06-20-2013 |
20130214886 | SOLENOID OPERATED DEVICE - A solenoid operated device includes: a fixed iron core formed of a horizontal iron core portion and vertical iron core portions; a movable iron core disposed in an axially displaceable manner with respect to the fixed iron core; a magnet coil disposed between the movable iron core and the vertical iron core portions of the fixed iron core; and a drive shaft installed at an axial center portion of the movable iron core and driving a switchgear to open and close a switch thereof. The solenoid operated device is provided with a stopper installed on the drive shaft in a shaft portion penetrating through the horizontal iron core portion of the fixed iron core and regulating an opening direction position of the movable iron core by abutting on the horizontal iron core portion of the fixed iron core during an opening operation of the switchgear. | 08-22-2013 |
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20110157651 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus including a replaceable image forming unit for yellow and others mounted on a photocopier body to share the load of implementing image forming output functions for each color; a memory section on the apparatus body side for storing information of the image forming unit for yellow and others; an operation display section for setting a plurality of body memory areas for unit management to the memory section; and a control section for controlling the image forming unit for yellow as a replaceable spare part for the image forming unit for yellow and others as a regularly installed part, and for processing unit information for each image forming unit for yellow, using a plurality of body memory areas of the set memory section. | 06-30-2011 |
20110194128 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COUNTING METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: an image forming unit to perform an image formation on paper; a storage unit to store a printing rate coefficient corresponding to one of printing rate levels, the printing rate levels being a plurality of levels into which a printing rate is divided, the printing rate coefficient being stored for each of the printing rate levels; a coefficient changing operation section for changing a printing rate coefficient for each of the printing rate levels; and a control unit to calculate a printing rate on each page of the paper on which the image formation is performed, to read a printing rate coefficient, corresponding to one of the printing rate levels to which the calculated printing rate belongs, from the storage unit, and to add up the read printing rate coefficient as a count coefficient. | 08-11-2011 |
20130021650 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus that sets an output unit configured by a plurality of pages of which the order is determined as one copy and outputs the a plurality of copies of output units as a JOB includes an image forming unit that sequentially forms images corresponding to the plurality of pages on a plurality of sheets, a control unit that performs a calculation process of image eigenvalues based on the images for each of output units, a first storage unit storing a result of the calculation process performed for a reference copy of the output unit that is a specific one copy out of the plurality of copies of the output units, and a second storage unit storing a result of the calculation process performed for a copy of the output unit other than the reference copy out of the plurality of copies of the output units. | 01-24-2013 |
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20130300888 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S | 11-14-2013 |
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20130168210 | SHEET MEMBER POSITION CORRECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a sheet member position correcting device and an image forming apparatus according to the present invention, a controller moves a driving roller toward one end side of the width direction by using a moving unit until a driven roller the position of which is deviated in the width direction with respect to the driving roller abuts on a stopper portion, and, subsequently, the controller further moves the driving roller to a predetermined position toward one end side of the width direction by using the moving unit in a state where the driven roller abuts on the stopper portion to correct the position of the driven roller in the width direction with respect to the driving roller. | 07-04-2013 |
20130250328 | SHEET POSITIONING DEVICE, SHEET HOLDING RECEPTACLE INCORPORATING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A sheet positioning device includes a sheet setting plate, first and second regulating members disposed facing each other to move in an orthogonal direction to a sheet conveyance direction to regulate positions of two facing ends of the sheet on the plate by contacting these ends, a driving mechanism to move the first regulating member in the orthogonal direction, first and second contact detectors mounted on the first and second regulating members to detect contact of the two facing ends, and a controller to stop the driving mechanism based on detection results obtained by the first and second contact detectors. The first and second regulating members are used to adjust a position of the sheet to a predetermined position. Respective contact surfaces of the first and second contact detectors with the sheet extend over an entire maximum loadable range In a sheet setting direction on the plate. | 09-26-2013 |
20130270765 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET POSITIONING DEVICE USING METHOD OF SHEET POSITIONING - An image forming apparatus to which a sheet positioning device can be provided to perform a sheet positioning includes an image forming device and a sheet positioning device that includes a sheet setting plate, a pair of side fence units disposed facing each other along opposite sides of the sheet setting plate to move in a lateral direction of the sheet, a moving mechanism to move the pair of side fence units, a contact member to contact and press the sheet, a position detector to detect the position of the contact member, and a controller moving the pair of side fence units when the sheet is placed on the sheet setting plate, halting movement of the pair of side fence units after the contact member has contacted and pressed the sheet, and moving the pair of side fence units again based on detection results obtained by the position detector. | 10-17-2013 |
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20120034215 | ANTI-MST1R ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present disclosure provides recombinant antigen-binding regions and antibodies and functional fragments containing such antigen-binding regions that are specific for MST1R, which plays an integral role in various disorders or conditions, such as cancer. These antibodies, accordingly, can be used to treat these and other disorders and conditions. Antibodies of the disclosure also can be used in the diagnostics field, as well as for further investigating the role of MST1R in the progression of disorders associated with tumors. The disclosure also provides nucleic acid sequences encoding the foregoing antibodies, vectors containing the same, pharmaceutical compositions and kits with instructions for use. | 02-09-2012 |
20130280282 | DR5 LIGAND DRUG CONJUGATES - Ligand Drug Conjugates are provided having a DR5 binding moiety attached via linking groups and/or spacers to a therapeutic agent that are effective in treatment of various cancers. | 10-24-2013 |
20150079114 | DR5 LIGAND DRUG CONJUGATES - Ligand Drug Conjugates are provided having a DRS binding moiety attached via linking groups andor spacers to a therapeutic agent that are effective in treatment of various cancers. In some embodiments, the Ligand Drug Conjugate has the formula: L-(LU-D)p, where L is a Ligand unit, LU is a Linker unit and D is a Drug unit (or cytotoxic agent). The subscript p is an integer of from 1 to 20. Accordingly, the Ligand Drug Conjugates comprise a Ligand unit covalently linked to at least one Drug unit. The Drug units can be covalently linked directly or via a Linker unit (-LU-). The Ligand unit is a DR5 binding agent, such as an anti-DRS antibody. | 03-19-2015 |
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