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| 20080261100 | Polymer electrolyte membrane and membrane electrode assembly - It is the objective to provide an electrolyte membrane with low cost, high ion conductivity, and low swelling. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20100209813 | BLOCK COPOLYMER, AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE, POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL USING SAME - A polymer electrolyte for a fuel cell is provided at low cost which has excellent mechanical characteristics, resistance to oxidation and high ion conductivity, and which hardly swells. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110123897 | MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - In a membrane-electrode assembly comprising an anode, a cathode and a polymer electrolyte membrane and having a constitution in which the polymer electrolyte membrane is interleaved between the anode and the cathode, an agglomerate structure of carbon support formed with a plurality of carbon primary particles supporting catalyst particles is contained in the anode and the cathode, and particulate media having polymer electrolyte on the surface thereof are contained between adjacent agglomerate structures of carbon supports. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20120082919 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - There is used a polymer electrolyte membrane containing a polymer segment (A) having an ion-conducting component, and a polymer segment (B) having a composition ratio of the ion-conducting component lower than that in the polymer segment (A), wherein the polymer segment (A) and the polymer segment (B) form a micro phase-separated structure, and inorganic particles | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120107721 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, AND MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a fuel cell in which a membrane electrode assembly less undergoes increase in ion conduction resistance, and a polymer electrolyte membrane less undergoes deterioration. Specifically, the polymer electrolyte membrane includes a first membrane and a second membrane being two different membranes composed of polymer electrolytes having different ion-exchange capacities, in which the first membrane has an area of one surface thereof equal to or larger than an area of one surface of an anode or a cathode, and the second membrane has an area of one surface thereof smaller than that of the first membrane and is arranged in a gas inflow region on a side being in contact with the cathode. The second membrane has an ion-exchange capacity smaller than that of the first membrane or has a number-average molecular weight larger than that of the first membrane. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120164554 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, FUEL CELL WITH THE SAME, AND FUEL CELL GENERATING SYSTEM - A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell comprises a solid polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode being formed on one side of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane and containing a catalyst and a solid polymer electrolyte, a cathode being formed on another side of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane and containing a catalyst and a solid polymer electrolyte, an anode gas diffusion layer formed on one side of the anode, and a cathode gas diffusion layer formed on one side of the cathode. In addition, a formic acid oxidation electrode containing palladium and a solid polymer electrolyte is formed between the anode gas diffusion layer and the anode. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20130059229 | ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL, AND PROTON CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - Disclosed is an electrolyte material containing a copolymer including a polyvinyl as a main chain, the copolymer including a functional group with proton conductivity; and an alkoxide of Si or Ti as a side chain. By using the electrolyte material, a proton conductive polymer electrolyte membrane with flexibility, high ion conductivity, excellent water resistance, and a small change in size can be obtained. And a polymer electrolyte fuel cell can be provided which has high output and durability by using the electrolyte membrane. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130084512 | FUEL BATTERY SYSTEM - A fuel battery system of the present invention includes: an alkaline fuel battery; a fuel supply device for supplying a fuel to an anode of the fuel battery; an oxidizing agent supply device for supplying an oxidizing agent to a cathode of the fuel battery; a liquid supply device which supplies a liquid to the cathode; a valve which switches between fluids to be supplied to the cathode; and a control device which controls the switching of the valve. The fuel battery system suppresses the neutralization of an anion-exchange electrolyte due to carbon dioxide in the air, by supplying the liquid from the liquid supply device to the cathode and making the cathode in the state of being immersed in the liquid when the fuel battery stops power generation. | 04-04-2013 |
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| 20140132800 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a memory storing image data and information data of plural layers to be combined on the image data, a first combination unit to generate first combined image data, and a second combination unit to generate second combined image data, the plurality of layers including a common layer containing information data used for both the first and second combined image data, and a unique layer containing information data used for one of the first and second combined image data and not used for the other, outputs first information data of the common layer from the memory to both units, outputs second information data for the first combined image data from the memory to the first combination unit, and outputs third information data for the second combined image data from the memory to the second combination unit. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140192231 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND AN IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image pickup apparatus includes a first image reduction unit configured to reduce the size of an image output by an image pickup element, a memory configured to store the image reduced by the first image reduction unit, an external output unit configured to output the image stored in the memory, a display configured to display an image being shot, a second image reduction unit configured to reduce, to the display size on the display, the image reduced by the first image reduction unit, without causing the reduced image to be stored in the memory and a signal processor for the display configured to perform signal processing of the image reduced to the display size on the display. | 07-10-2014 |
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| 20090079284 | Hybrid Magnetic Bearing - In a hybrid magnetic bearing, the electromagnet has a core wound with a control coil and has a main pole and a commutating pole with a commutating pole permanent magnet provided approximately parallel to each other at predetermined intervals in a protruding condition radially or axially to the rotor. In the magnetic bearing provided radially, two electromagnets are placed oppositely to each other across the rotor in an approximately horizontal position, and the rotor is arranged so as to have a predetermined gap with the main pole and the commutating pole, and the permanent magnet is provided between the adjacent electromagnets. In the magnetic bearing provided axially, two electromagnets are placed in parallel in an approximately horizontal position, and the rotor is arranged so as to have a predetermined gap with the main pole and the commutating pole, and the permanent magnet is provided between the adjacent electromagnets. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090121571 | MAGNETIC LEVITATION MOTOR AND PUMP - A magnetic levitation motor including a stator having magnetic bearing units and a motor unit, and a rotor provided to the stator. And the occurrence of an eddy current at a magnetic bearing is suppressed and the rotation loss of the rotor can be reduced, and also to provide a pump using such the magnetic levitation motor. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090315421 | HYBRID MAGENTIC BEARING - In a hybrid magnetic bearing, the electromagnet has a core wound with a control coil and has a main pole and a commutating pole with a commutating pole permanent magnet provided approximately parallel to each other at predetermined intervals in a protruding condition radially or axially to the rotor. In the magnetic bearing provided radially, two electromagnets are placed oppositely to each other across the rotor in an approximately horizontal position, and the rotor is arranged so as to have a predetermined gap with the main pole and the commutating pole, and the permanent magnet is provided between the adjacent electromagnets. In the magnetic bearing provided axially, two electromagnets are placed in parallel in an approximately horizontal position, and the rotor is arranged so as to have a predetermined gap with the main pole and the commutating pole, and the permanent magnet is provided between the adjacent electromagnets. | 12-24-2009 |
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| 20100259809 | OSCILLATOR DEVICE, OPTICAL DEFLECTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE OPTICAL DEFLECTOR - An oscillator device includes an oscillation system having first and second oscillators and first and second resilient supporting members, wherein the oscillation system has at least two frequencies of natural oscillation mode around a torsion axis which include a first resonance frequency f | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100271680 | OSCILLATOR DEVICE, OPTICAL DEFLECTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE OPTICAL DEFLECTOR - An oscillator device includes an oscillation system having a first oscillator, a second oscillator, a first resilient supporting member and a second resilient supporting member, wherein the oscillation system has at least two frequencies of natural oscillation mode around the torsion axis which include a first resonance frequency f | 10-28-2010 |
| 20150157409 | MEDICAL MANIPULATOR AND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a medical manipulator | 06-11-2015 |
| 20150182286 | MEDICAL MANIPULATOR AND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING MEDICAL MANIPULATOR - A medical manipulator is improved in terms of invasiveness into a body tissue and an emergency avoidance difficulty. The medical manipulator includes a driving unit including a vibration-type actuator including a vibrating unit that generates a vibration wave, a moving unit movable relative to the vibrating unit in response to receiving the vibration wave, and a pressure application unit configured to apply a pressure between the vibrating unit and the moving unit. The medical manipulator further includes a manipulator unit connected to the driving unit and configured to be movable by being driven by the driving unit, a supporting unit that supports the driving unit and the manipulator unit, a driving circuit connected to the vibrating unit and configured to apply an AC voltage to the vibrating unit, and a torque control unit configured to control a holding torque with which the moving unit is held by the vibrating unit. | 07-02-2015 |
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| 20130149540 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC MEMBER, INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC MEMBER - An object of the present invention is to provide: an electrophotographic member which enhances image quality, prevents the lowering of a grade of an image even when images have been repeatedly output, and can remarkably enhance the stability of the grade of the image; an intermediate transfer member; and an image forming apparatus. The electrophotographic member includes a base layer and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer has a binder resin, perfluoropolymer fine particles, a fluorocarbon resin dispersing agent and a particular fluorine compound, wherein the perfluoropolymer fine particle has a fluorine compound carried on its surface. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20140377564 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An intermediate transfer member for electrophotography comprising a substrate and a surface layer provided on the substrate. The surface layer comprises a binder resin and a perfluoropolyether. An extraction amount of the perfluoropolyether per 10 mm | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140377695 | MEMBER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A member for electrophotography having a multilayer structure or a single-layer structure, including an outermost layer which satisfies the following A, B and C:
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| 20150323888 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an electrophotographic intermediate transfer member that, even if an image is repeatedly and continuously transferred, can retain its transfer performance and can obtain an excellent image for a long time. The electrophotographic intermediate transfer member has a base layer and a surface layer, the surface layer has a matrix-domain structure in the cross section in the thickness direction, the matrix is formed of a binder resin, the domains contains a perfluoropolyether, and a microhardness of a surface of the electrophotographic intermediate transfer member measured by an ultramicro-hardness meter is 50 MPa or more. | 11-12-2015 |
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| 20090278905 | CONVEYING APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A conveying apparatus is provided, the conveying apparatus comprising a lever swinging in contact with a recording medium conveyed along a conveying path in a conveying direction, a sensor detecting the swinging of the lever, a moving unit for moving the lever from a position where the lever is allowed to contact the recording medium in the conveying path to a position where the lever is retracted from the conveying path, a guide unit being movable between a first position and a second position, the guide unit guiding the recording medium conveyed in a direction opposite to the conveying direction, to the conveying path when the guide unit is located in the second position and a transmitting unit for transmitting the movement of the guide unit to the moving unit through motion of at least one member to link the movement of the guide unit from the first position to the second position with the movement of the lever to the position where the lever is retracted from the conveying path, the movement of the lever being performed by the moving unit. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090289974 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS - In order to stabilize a performance of a pump employed for processing in an inkjet printing apparatus such as sucking ink from a printing head with a low cost configuration and without the need of using any specific detecting unit, the following configuration is employed. Namely, a tube pump having a member with a curved surface aligned with a flexible tube for supporting the tube and a roller which moves while pressing (squeezing) the flexible tube is driven with a DC motor. To keep revolutions always constant, a current PWM control is employed for changing a power applied to the motor according to load fluctuations, and a phase of the roller is determined based on the current PWM value to manage a pressure generated by the pump and a discharge rate. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090302532 | CONVEYANCE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A conveyance apparatus increases the conveyance precision of a conveyance unit. The conveyance apparatus has first and second conveyance rollers. The conveyance apparatus includes a DC motor serving as a driving source for the conveyance rollers, a first encoder which outputs a first pulse signal in accordance with rotation of the first conveyance roller, a second encoder which outputs a second pulse signal in accordance with rotation of the second conveyance roller, and a control unit having a first mode in which the DC motor is controlled based on first information about the first pulse signal when executing a conveyance operation to convey a sheet by using the first and second conveyance rollers, and a second mode in which the DC motor is controlled based on second information about the second pulse signal when executing a conveyance operation to convey a sheet by using the second conveyance roller. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20110090271 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS - In order to stabilize a performance of a pump employed for processing in an inkjet printing apparatus such as sucking ink from a printing head with a low cost configuration and without the need of using any specific detecting unit, the following configuration is employed. Namely, a tube pump having a member with a curved surface aligned with a flexible tube for supporting the tube and a roller which moves while pressing (squeezing) the flexible tube is driven with a DC motor. To keep revolutions always constant, a current PWM control is employed for changing a power applied to the motor according to load fluctuations, and a phase of the roller is determined based on the current PWM value to manage a pressure generated by the pump and a discharge rate. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110261130 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus is provided which can prevent foreign matters such as ink adhering to the surface of the conveying belt from getting transferred to other constitutional components. When the conveying belt is rotating in one direction, the foreign matters adhering to the surface of the conveying belt is removed by the wiper. When the conveying belt rotates a predetermined distance in the opposite direction, the pinch roller, the electric charge removing roller and the electric charge supply roller that are in contact with the belt surface are disengaged from the surface of the conveying belt. The predetermined distance is set equal to a rotating distance that the conveying belt rotates until a portion of the surface of the conveying belt, which was in contact with the wiper, comes into contact with the pinch roller, the electric charge removing roller and the electric charge supply roller. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120268542 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus has a pair of bearings | 10-25-2012 |
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| 20140060485 | INTAKE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake control system for an internal combustion engine, which, even when there are a plurality of intake air amounts for attaining one target torque, is capable of positively selecting a minimum intake air amount therefrom without causing hunting, and setting the minimum intake air amount as a target intake air amount, thereby making it possible to improve fuel economy. The intake control system calculates a maximum intake air amount, sets a plurality of provisional intake air amounts within a range of 0 to the maximum intake air amount, calculates torques estimated to be output from the engine with respect to the provisional intake air amounts, respectively, selects a minimum provisional intake air amount that makes the estimated torque equal to or close to the target torque from the relationship between the provisional intake air amounts and the estimated torques, and sets the same as the target intake air amount. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20150184601 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control system for an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve disposed in an intake passage of the engine. A target intake air amount of the engine is calculated, and an intake pressure of the engine is estimated. A wide-open intake air amount is calculated according to the engine rotational speed, and a theoretical intake air amount is calculated according to the wide-open intake air amount and the intake pressure. The wide-open intake air amount is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where the throttle valve is fully opened, and the theoretical intake air amount is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where no exhaust gas of the engine is recirculated to a combustion chamber of the engine. further, an exhaust gas recirculation ratio is calculated using the theoretical intake air amount and the target intake air amount, and a target output torque of the engine is calculated using the target intake air amount and the exhaust gas recirculation ratio. The engine is controlled using the target output torque. | 07-02-2015 |
| 20150184602 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control system for an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve disposed in an intake passage of the engine. A target intake air amount of the engine is calculated, and an intake pressure of the engine is estimated. A wide-open intake air amount is calculated according to the engine rotational speed, and a theoretical intake air amount is calculated according to the wide-open intake air amount and the intake pressure. The wide-open intake air amount is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where the throttle valve is fully opened, and the theoretical intake air amount is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where no exhaust gas of the engine is recirculated to a combustion chamber of the engine. further, an exhaust gas recirculation ratio is calculated using the theoretical intake air amount and the target intake air amount, and a target output torque of the engine is calculated using the target intake air amount and the exhaust gas recirculation ratio. The engine is controlled using the target output torque. | 07-02-2015 |
| 20150184608 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control system for an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve disposed in an intake passage of the engine. A target intake air amount of the engine is calculated, and an intake pressure of the engine is estimated. A wide-open intake air amount is calculated according to the engine rotational speed, and a theoretical intake air amount is calculated according to the wide-open intake air amount and the intake pressure. The wide-open intake air amount is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where the throttle valve is fully opened, and the theoretical intake air amount is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where no exhaust gas of the engine is recirculated to a combustion chamber of the engine. further, an exhaust gas recirculation ratio is calculated using the theoretical intake air amount and the target intake air amount, and a target output torque of the engine is calculated using the target intake air amount and the exhaust gas recirculation ratio. The engine is controlled using the target output torque. | 07-02-2015 |
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| 20090133927 | JOINT STRUCTURE OF COPPER WIRE AND ALUMINUM WIRE, AND JOINT METHOD - A joint structure of electric wires includes: a copper wire which includes a conductor formed of copper; an aluminum wire which includes a conductor formed of aluminum or aluminum alloy; and a joint terminal provided with a conductor press-fitting part having a U-shape in cross section. The conductor press-fitting part includes a bottom plate and a pair of conductor caulking pieces which are upwardly extended from both side edges of the bottom plate, and is inwardly folded to caulk the conductors of the copper wires and the aluminum wires so as to enclose the conductors. The conductor press-fitting part is press-fitted to the conductors of the aluminum wire and the copper wire in a state that the conductor of the aluminum wire is disposed on the upper face of the bottom plate, and the conductor of the copper wire is disposed on the conductor of the aluminum wire. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090137144 | PRESS-CLAMPING STRUCTURE AND PRESS-CLAMPING TERMINAL - A press-clamping structure includes: a wire; and a press-clamping terminal which includes a conductor press-clamping portion having a generally U-shaped cross-section. The conductor press-clamping portion includes a bottom plate and a pair of conductor caulking pieces which are bent inwardly to embrace the conductor of the wire and caulk the conductor. Distal end portions of the conductor caulking pieces are bent outwardly in a opposite direction to each other. When P1 represents a point closest to the bottom plate on an area in which the outer surfaces of the conductor caulking pieces are contacted with each other, and P2 represents a point closest to the bottom plate on the distal end portion of each of the conductor caulking piece, a formula Lh| 05-28-2009 | |
| 20120124826 | TERMINAL CRIMPING APPARATUS - There is provided a terminal crimping apparatus which can detect a crimping failure mode which produces a transversely asymmetrical crimped shape in a crimped product. The terminal crimping apparatus includes an anvil ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20130035007 | CRIMPING TERMINAL AND MANUFACTURING OF SAME - Disclosed is a crimping terminal that suppresses as far as possible an increase in contact resistance with an electrical wire even in a severe thermal impact environment. A crimping terminal ( | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130035008 | TERMINAL FITTING - Disclosed is a terminal fitting that is little affected by thermal shock, and has no reduction in crimping performance on a wire terminal even if the terminal fitting is thin. The terminal fitting is equipped with a draw-formed portion (bead) for reinforcement, extending in an extending direction of side wall portions, on a bottom wall portion of a wire connection portion. With this, bottom wall portion rigidity is improved. Therefore, even if the terminal fitting is thin, it is little affected by thermal shock, and there is no reduction in crimping performance on a wire terminal. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130044333 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING CONDUCTOR CRIMPING PORTION OF CRIMPING TERMINAL - In a method for inspecting a conductor crimping portion of a crimping terminal, a laser displacement meter is disposed on a final stage of the terminal manufacturing line, and an upper surface of the flat-shaped bottom plate of the conductor crimping portion of a conveyed crimping terminal is measured, thereby acquiring, as an inspection result, data pertaining to at least one of items; namely, a width of the interior surface of a bottom plate, a width of the serrations, and a depth of the serrations. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130130564 | CRIMPED TERMINAL - A conductor crimp portion (11) before being crimped to a conductor (Wa) of an electric wire includes, in an inner surface (11R) of the conductor crimp portion (11), circular recesses (20) as serrations of the conductor crimp portion (11) scattered to be spaced from each other. At an inner periphery corner portion where an inner bottom surface (20A) and an inner periphery side surface (20B) of each of the recesses (20) intersect with each other, a roundness portion (20C) for connecting the inner bottom surface (20A) with the inner periphery side surface (20B) by a smooth continuous curved surface are provided. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130565 | CRIMP-STYLE TERMINAL - A crimp-style terminal ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130566 | CRIMP TERMINAL - A crimp terminal ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130568 | CRIMP TERMINAL - A conductor crimp portion ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130570 | CRIMP TERMINAL - Disclosed is a crimp terminal ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130137315 | CRIMP TERMINAL - A conductor crimp portion ( | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130143454 | CRIMP TERMINAL - A conductor crimp portion ( | 06-06-2013 |
| 20140004759 | CRIMPING TERMINAL | 01-02-2014 |
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| 20120021438 | Method of Detecting Target, Method of Suppressing Increase in Background and Detection Apparatus - Provided are a method of detecting a target with high accuracy, a method of suppressing an increase in background, and a detection apparatus. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120202230 | Liquid Reagent of Thyroid Hormone-Immobilized Carrier and Use Thereof - A liquid reagent of a stabilized thyroid hormone-immobilized carrier, by which a thyroid hormone can be measured easily in a short time and at low cost, is provided. The liquid reagent of a thyroid hormone-immobilized carrier according to the present invention includes: a thyroid hormone-immobilized carrier; and a solvent, and a pH of the solvent containing the thyroid hormone-immobilized carrier is in a range from 8.7 to 11.5. The detection of a thyroid hormone using the liquid reagent of the present invention can be carried out by competitively binding a thyroid hormone in a sample and the thyroid hormone-immobilized carrier in the liquid reagent with an anti-thyroid hormone antibody and detecting a composite of the thyroid hormone-immobilized carrier and the anti-thyroid hormone antibody. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20140202858 | Sample Analysis Method and Solution to be Used Therein - Provided are a sample analysis method using capillary electrophoresis capable of enhancing analysis accuracy, a solution for capillary electrophoresis, and a sample analysis kit. The sample analysis method includes separating and/or detecting a substance to be analyzed in a sample through capillary electrophoresis, in which the substance to be analyzed is separated and/or detected in the presence of a pH buffer substance and a non-surfactant-type zwitterionic substance. Further, the solution for capillary electrophoresis contains a pH buffer substance, a non-surfactant-type zwitterionic substance, and water. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20150233865 | Method for Manufacturing Chip Comprising Microchannel and Chip - A method for manufacturing a chip that includes a microchannel is described, wherein the method includes the steps of: fixing a cationic polymer having a quaternary onium group to at least one surface of each of a pair of resin substrates; and joining the resin substrates together on the surfaces on which the cationic polymer has been fixed. | 08-20-2015 |
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| 20100030815 | IMAGE FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND IMAGE FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A method for managing an image file in which a plurality of images each having ancillary information is sequentially included, and in which a main image among the plurality of images is indicated based on the ancillary information of the image stored at a head of the image file, includes inputting an instruction to delete an image included in the image file, and based on the input of the instruction, deleting images other than at least the main image from among the plurality of images included in the image file based on the ancillary information of the image stored at the head of the image file. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100309520 | IMAGE SUPPLY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF THE DEVICE, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - In this invention, to enable printing of an image that has undergone an image process or print process complying with the desire of a user on an image supply device side, real object handles and virtual object handles are set to, of images to be supplied to the printing device, images that require a predetermined image process and remaining images, respectively. A print job including the object handle of a print target image is issued in accordance with a print instruction. If the handle of an image requested by the printing device in response to the issued print job is a virtual object handle, the predetermined image process is executed for image data corresponding to the handle, and the processed image data is supplied to the printing device. | 12-09-2010 |
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| 20130304105 | GRASPING TREATMENT DEVICE - A grasping treatment device includes a first sheath section, a second sheath section including a bending cylindrical section, and a rotating transmitting portion configured to rotate to allow a grasping section and the first sheath section to rotate in one of periaxial directions of a longitudinal axis with respect to the second sheath section. The grasping treatment device includes an opening/closing transmitting portion configured to move a movable portion of the first sheath section toward a proximal direction with respect to a probe fixed portion by being pulled toward the proximal direction, and an acting force transmitting portion configured to transmit an acting force from the probe fixed portion to the bending cylindrical section, the acting force being configured to act on the probe fixed portion from the movable portion toward the proximal direction. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140135762 | GRASPING TREATMENT DEVICE - A grasping treatment device includes a probe including a first electrode portion in its distal portion, and a jaw configured to open or close relative to the first electrode portion and including a second electrode portion. The grasping treatment device includes a grasping force converting unit converting a grasping force so that a second grasping force between the distal portion of the probe and the jaw in a second treatment mode in which high-frequency current alone is transmitted to the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion is greater than a first grasping force between the distal portion of the probe and the jaw in a first treatment mode in which at least an ultrasonic vibration is transmitted to the distal portion of the probe. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140142573 | GRASPING TREATMENT DEVICE - A grasping treatment device includes a first electrode portion functioning as an electrode when a high-frequency current is transmitted thereto through a probe unit, and a second electrode portion functioning as an electrode when a high-frequency current is transmitted thereto through a sheath unit. The grasping treatment device includes an inter-electrode distance changing unit changing an inter-electrode distance so that a second distance between the electrode portions in a second treatment mode, in which the high-frequency current alone is transmitted to the two electrode portions, is smaller than a first distance between the electrode portions in a first treatment mode, in which at least an ultrasonic vibration is transmitted to a probe electric conducting portion. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20150282874 | GRASPING TREATMENT DEVICE - A grasping treatment device includes a first electrode portion provided at least one of in a part between a jaw and a probe electric conducting portion in opening-and-closing directions of the jaw and in the probe electric conducting portion, and a second electrode portion provided at least one of in a part between the jaw and the first electrode portion in the opening-and-closing directions of the jaw and in a jaw electric conducting portion. The grasping treatment device includes an inter-electrode distance changing unit changing an inter-electrode distance so that a second distance between the electrode portions in a second treatment mode, in which the high-frequency current alone is transmitted to the first electrode portion and second electrode portion, is smaller than a first distance between the electrode portions in a first treatment mode, in which at least an ultrasonic vibration is transmitted to a probe electric conducting portion. | 10-08-2015 |
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| 20100285208 | ION SENSOR, ION SENSOR MODULE, AND ION SENSOR MANUFACTURING METHOD - An ion sensor includes a sensor main body having a channel for a sample and an opening connected to the channel, a responsive portion which is filled in the opening and selectively responds to a specific ion, an electrode which has a ring shape, is set such that a central axis of the ring is substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the channel, and senses the response, and an output terminal which is formed out of one metal plate out of which the electrode is formed, has a pin shape, and is held by the sensor main body such that an axis extends along a direction substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the channel and the central axis of the ring. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20130126351 | ION SENSOR, ION SENSOR MODULE, AND ION SENSOR MANUFACTURING METHOD - An ion sensor includes a sensor main body having a channel for a sample and an opening connected to the channel, a responsive portion which is filled in the opening and selectively responds to a specific ion, an electrode which has a ring shape, is set such that a central axis of the ring is substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the channel, and senses the response, and an output terminal which is formed out of one metal plate out of which the electrode is formed, has a pin shape, and is held by the sensor main body such that an axis extends along a direction substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the channel and the central axis of the ring. | 05-23-2013 |
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| 20080237793 | Semiconductor device having projection on lower electrode and method for forming the same - A method of forming a semiconductor device, includes forming a lower electrode including a metal and a nitrogen on a semiconductor substrate, irradiating a reducing gas to a surface of the lower electrode, and irradiating a gas containing silicon to the surface of the lower electrode to form a projection containing silicide by reacting the metal with the silicon in an island shape on the surface of the lower electrode. Then, a capacitor film is formed on the lower electrode and the projection, and an upper electrode is formed on the capacitor film. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080277762 | Semiconductor device including capacitor including upper electrode covered with high density insulation film and production method thereof - A semiconductor device includes a lower electrode provided on a semiconductor substrate, an upper electrode provided on the lower electrode to overlap a part of the lower electrode, a first insulating film provided between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and a second insulating film provided in contact with an upper part of the upper electrode and on the upper part of the lower electrode, and having a density higher than that of the first insulating film, the second insulating film covering a side surface and a top surface of the upper electrode. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090184350 | Non-volatile semiconductor memory device - A non-volatile semiconductor memory device having a memory cell in which operating potentials are few and the scale of the peripheral circuitry is reduced includes a select transistor having a source/drain on both sides of a channel of a semiconductor substrate and having a gate electrode disposed on the channel via a thick gate insulating film; an element isolation region formed on the semiconductor substrate in an area adjacent to the select transistor; an antifuse adjacent to the element isolation region, having a lower electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate and having an upper electrode disposed on the semiconductor substrate in an area between the element isolation region and lower electrode via a thin gate insulating film; and a connection contact electrically connecting the source and upper electrode and contacting the source and the upper electrode. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090305496 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A post-CMP cleaning process of a copper layer is to be performed as follows. An alkaline aqueous solution, a polycarboxylic acid, BTA, and an alkaline aqueous solution are sequentially brought into contact with a primary surface of a silicon substrate over which the copper layer is provided. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20110075500 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLING A SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a first anti-fuse element and a second anti-fuse element, respectively composed of a transistor, wherein the first anti-fuse element and the second anti-fuse element are configured so as to be concomitantly programmable, respectively formed in P-wells on a substrate, and the adjacent P-wells are isolated by N-wells of an opposite conductivity type, formed therebetween. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110108923 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device has a conventional NMOS transistor and an NMOS transistor functioning as an anti-fuse element and having an n type channel region. The conventional NMOS transistor is equipped with an n type extension region and a p type pocket region, while the anti-fuse element is not equipped with an extension region and a pocket region. This makes it possible to improve the performance of the transistor and at the same time improve the characteristics of the anti-fuse element after breakdown of its gate dielectric film. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110122672 | Non-volatile semiconductor memory device - A non-volatile semiconductor memory device having a memory cell in which operating potentials are few and the scale of the peripheral circuitry is reduced includes a select transistor having a source/drain on both sides of a channel of a semiconductor substrate and having a gate electrode disposed on the channel via a thick gate insulating film; an element isolation region formed on the semiconductor substrate in an area adjacent to the select transistor; an antifuse adjacent to the element isolation region, having a lower electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate and having an upper electrode disposed on the semiconductor substrate in an area between the element isolation region and lower electrode via a thin gate insulating film; and a connection contact electrically connecting the source and upper electrode and contacting the source and the upper electrode. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110127591 | METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING AN ANTI-FUSE ELEMENT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for programming an anti-fuse element in which the ratio between current values before and after writing is increased to ensure accuracy in making a judgment about how writing has been performed on the anti-fuse element. The method for programming the anti-fuse element as a transistor includes the steps of applying a prescribed gate voltage to a gate electrode to break down a gate dielectric film, and moving the silicide material of a silicide layer formed on a surface of at least one of a first impurity diffusion region and a second impurity diffusion region, into the gate dielectric film in order to couple the gate electrode with at least the one of the first impurity diffusion region and the second impurity diffusion region electrically through the silicide material. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110230051 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A post-CMP cleaning process of a copper layer is to be performed as follows. An alkaline aqueous solution, a polycarboxylic acid, BTA, and an alkaline aqueous solution are sequentially brought into contact with a primary surface of a silicon substrate over which the copper layer is provided. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110318900 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device including: a substrate; an insulating film formed over the substrate; a copper interconnect, having a plurality of hillocks formed over the surface thereof, buried in the insulating film; a first insulating interlayer formed over the insulating film and the copper interconnect; a second insulating interlayer formed over the first insulating interlayer; and an electroconductive layer formed over the second insulating interlayer, wherein the top surface of at least one hillock highest of all hillocks is brought into contact with the lower surface of the second insulating interlayer is provided. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120026810 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND ANTIFUSE PROGRAMMING METHOD - An antifuse comprised of an NMOS transistor or an NMOS capacitor includes a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode, a second terminal coupled to a diffusion layer, and a gate insulating film interposed between the gate electrode and the diffusion layer. A programming circuit includes a first programming circuit which has first current drive capability and which performs first programming operation and a second programming circuit which has second current drive capability larger than the first current drive capability and which performs second programming operation to follow the first programming operation. In the first programming operation, the first programming circuit breaks down the gate insulating film by applying a first programming voltage between the first terminal and the second terminal. In the second programming operation, the second programming circuit applies a second programming voltage lower than the first programming voltage between the first terminal and the second terminal. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120044741 | Semiconductor device having memory unit, method of writing to or reading from memory unit, and semiconductor device manufacturing method - A first semiconductor device is formed over a substrate and includes a first insulation film, a first electrode, and a first diffusion layer. A second semiconductor device is formed over a substrate and includes a second insulation film, a second electrode, and a second diffusion layer. The second electrode is coupled to the first electrode. A control transistor allows one of a source and a drain to be coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode, allows the other one of the source and the drain to be coupled to a bit line, and allows a gate electrode to be coupled to a word line. A first potential control line is coupled to the first diffusion layer and controls a potential of the first diffusion layer. A second potential control line is coupled to the second diffusion layer and controls a potential of the second diffusion layer. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120080736 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An antifuse whose internal written information cannot be analyzed even by utilizing methods to determine whether there is a charge-up in the electrodes. The antifuse includes a gate insulation film, a gate electrode, and a first diffusion layer. A second diffusion layer is isolated from the first diffusion layer by way of a device isolator film, and is the same conduction type as the first diffusion layer. The gate wiring is formed as one integrated piece with the gate electrode, and extends over the device isolator film. A common contact couples the gate wiring to the second diffusion layer. The gate electrode is comprised of semiconductor material such as polysilicon that is doped with impurities of the same conduction type as the first diffusion layer. The second diffusion layer is coupled only to the common contact. | 04-05-2012 |
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| 20110227513 | POWER CONVERTER DEVICE - A power converter device for achieving a stable braking operation, preventing excessive current to flow therein, when conducting DC braking on a permanent synchronous motor, comprises: a switching circuit for converting DC to AC; a PWM controller means, for controlling ON or OFF of said switching circuit; a means for detecting or estimating current flowing through a permanent magnet synchronous motor; and a means for executing DC braking of said permanent magnet synchronous motor, wherein there are provided a DC braking maximum current setup value, which is determined from an outside or is determined in advance within an inside, and a PWM all-phases cutoff function and a zero vector output function within said PWM controller means, within said PWM controller means, whereby the PWM all-phases cutoff and the zero vector output are repeated within said PWM controller means, if a current value, which is obtained by said means for detecting or estimating the current, exceeds said DC braking maximum current setup value, when running DC current to the permanent magnet synchronous motor, so as to execute DC braking for obtaining a braking power. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20130127380 | Power Converter Device - An electric power converting apparatus includes a switching circuit, a PWM controller, conducting PWM all phase shut-off and zero-vector outputting, a unit configured to detect or estimate current flowing through a motor, a unit configured to conduct a DC braking, and a current comparator configured to compare between a DC braking time maximum current setup value, and a current value obtained by the unit configured to detect or estimate current. The PWM all phase shut-off and zero-vector outputting are conducted, repetitively, by the PWM controller, if the current comparator determines that a current value, which is obtained by the unit configured to detect or estimate current, exceeds the DC braking time maximum current setup value, when conducting the DC braking to obtain a braking power by running current through the motor. | 05-23-2013 |
