Sono, JP
Atsuhiro Sono, Tokyo JP
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20100112790 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - On a translucent substrate, an insulating film having a refractive index n and an amorphous silicon film are deposited successively. By irradiating the amorphous silicon film with a laser beam having a beam shape of a band shape extending along a length direction with a wavelength λ, a plurality of times from a side of amorphous silicon film facing the insulating film, while an irradiation position of the laser beam is shifted each of the plurality of times in a width direction of the band shape by a distance smaller than a width dimension of the band shape, a polycrystalline silicon film is formed from the amorphous silicon film. Forming the polycrystalline silicon film forms crystal grain boundaries which extend in the width direction and are disposed at a mean spacing measured along the length direction and ranging from (λ/n)×0.95 to (λ/n)×1.05 inclusive, and crystal grain boundaries which, in a region between crystal grain boundaries adjacent to each other and extending in the width direction, extend in the length direction and are disposed at a mean spacing measured along the width direction and ranging from (λ/n)×0.95 to (λ/n)×1.05 inclusive. | 05-06-2010 |
Hiroaki Sono, Toyama JP
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20090063597 | Numerical analysis device and numerical analysis program - A second derivative of a second-order differential equation is calculated at a reference variable value. The second derivative is multiplied by an analytical small variable value, the first derivative at the reference variable value is added, and a result is output as a first derivative after an increment of the analytical small variable value. The first derivative after an increment of the analytical small variable value is multiplied by the analytical small variable value, a physical value at the reference variable value is added, and a result is output as a physical value after an increment of the analytical small variable value. | 03-05-2009 |
20120047192 | NUMERICAL ANALYSIS DEVICE AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS PROGRAM - A second derivative of a second-order differential equation is calculated at a reference variable value. The second derivative is multiplied by an analytical small variable value, the first derivative at the reference variable value is added, and a result is output as a first derivative after an increment of the analytical small variable value. The first derivative after an increment of the analytical small variable value is multiplied by the analytical small variable value, a physical value at the reference variable value is added, and a result is output as a physical value after an increment of the analytical small variable value. | 02-23-2012 |
Hiroshi Sono, Wako-Shi JP
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20100147260 | DIRECT FUEL-INJECTION ENGINE - A direct fuel-injection engine includes a piston, a cavity recessed in a central part of a top face of the piston, and a fuel injector. At a main injection collision point of a fuel-injection axis when main injection is performed while the piston is near top dead center, a main injection collision angle formed between its tangent and the fuel-injection axis is set at an obtuse angle. Fuel colliding with the main injection collision point is deflected towards a cavity open end side. At a secondary injection collision point of the fuel-injection axis when performing secondary injection with the piston is further from top dead center, a secondary injection collision angle formed between its tangent and the fuel-injection axis is set at one of a right angle and an acute angle. Fuel colliding with the secondary injection collision point is deflected primarily in the circumferential direction of the cavity. | 06-17-2010 |
20140076280 | COMBUSTION CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND COMBUSTION METHOD FOR HOMOGENEOUS LEAN AIR/FUEL MIXTURE - A combustion control device for an engine capable of operation over a wide range and in which the NOx discharged amount is small is provided, as well as a combustion method for a homogeneous lean air/fuel mixture. The combustion method for a homogeneous lean air/fuel mixture of the present invention forms a homogeneous lean air/fuel mixture inside of the cylinder of the engine, and then causes this homogeneous lean air/fuel mixture to combust by way of spark ignition. A temperature at which a steep rise in a laminar burning velocity occurs when changing a cylinder temperature under a pressure condition corresponding to compression top dead center is defined as an inflection-point temperature. With the combustion method of the present invention, the cylinder temperature at compression top dead center inside of the cylinder is raised to higher than the inflection-point temperature upon combusting the homogeneous lean air/fuel mixture. | 03-20-2014 |
Hiroshi Sono, Saitama JP
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20090314253 | DIRECT FUEL INJECTION DIESEL ENGINE - In a direct fuel injection diesel engine equipped with a pentroof-shaped piston, a collision angle (α) at which fuel injected in a direction in which the height of the top face of a piston ( | 12-24-2009 |
20100006061 | DIRECT FUEL INJECTION DIESEL ENGINE - In a direct fuel injection diesel engine having a piston with a pentroof-shaped top face, with regard to a pentroof-shaped piston ( | 01-14-2010 |
20100108022 | DIRECT FUEL-INJECTED ENGINE - In a cross section in which squish flow from an outer peripheral part of a piston ( | 05-06-2010 |
20100186709 | DIRECT FUEL INJECTION DIESEL ENGINE - In a direct fuel injection diesel engine equipped with a pentroof-shaped piston, when fuel is injected into a cavity ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100258078 | DIRECT FUEL-INJECTION ENGINE - In a direct fuel-injection engine equipped with a pentroof-shaped piston, cross-sectional shapes containing a piston central axis (Lp) of a cavity recessed in a central part of the piston having a top face with the height varying in the circumferential direction are set so as to be basically identical at each position in the circumferential direction (see broken line). Since the sizes of the cross-sectional shapes of the cavity thereby become different in a region further on the piston central axis (Lp) side than intersection points (e | 10-14-2010 |
Kazuya Sono, Kanagawa JP
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20110090867 | Communication Terminal, Communication System, Handover Process Method, and Program - It is possible to provide a communication terminal, a handover process method, a communication system, and a program which can reduce a transmission delay accompanying a handover process in a mobile communication and perform a high-speed high-quality data communication. A mobile telephone ( | 04-21-2011 |
Kazuya Sono, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20150117682 | SOUND GENERATOR AND SOUND GENERATION SYSTEM - A sound generator includes a piezoelectric vibrator ( | 04-30-2015 |
Koichi Sono, Kanagawa JP
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20090142000 | Image processing apparatus and method, program, and recording medium - An image processing apparatus includes a computation unit that determines an interpolation process starting point and gradient on the basis of a change point at which a difference between pixel values of adjacent pixels of an image signal is greater than zero and is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, wherein a position of a pixel scanned earlier or later than the change point by substantially one-half a continuous width of pixels having an identical grayscale value is set as the starting point and the gradient is determined based on a difference between pixel values before and after the change point and the continuous width, and a conversion unit that converts pixel values of the image signal on the basis of the determined starting point and gradient so that a grayscale change from the interpolation process starting point in the image signal corresponds to the gradient. | 06-04-2009 |
20100045685 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device with shorter response time and simpler configuration is provided. The liquid crystal display device including: a plurality of pixels each including a liquid crystal element; and a driving section performing an image display driving by applying a driving voltage based on a video signal to the liquid crystal element in each of the pixels. The driving section performs an overdrive processing on the video signal of current frame to generate an overdriven video signal based on a current frame image and an immediately preceding frame image of the input images based on the video signals, and based on immediately-preceding-state information which is additional information briefly representing a immediately preceding state of the liquid crystal element of the pixel. | 02-25-2010 |
20130021387 | DISPLAY AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display includes: a frame-rate conversion section being configured to be capable of changing a frame-rate conversion ratio having a value of 1 or more, the frame-rate conversion section converting a frame rate of an image signal at the frame-rate conversion ratio being set; and a display section displaying an image having undergone frame rate conversion. | 01-24-2013 |
Ryohei Sono, Osaka JP
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20110288038 | HESPERIDIN-CONTAINING COMPOSITION - This invention relates to a composition that stably contains hesperidin. The present invention provides a composition containing (A) hesperidin, (B) at least one dihydric alcohol selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, and 3-methyl-1,3-butanediol, and (C) a sugar alcohol. In the composition, the decomposition of hesperidin is suppressed and hesperidin is stably contained. | 11-24-2011 |
Takahiro Sono, Shiga JP
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20110310472 | INFRARED OPTICAL FILTER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE INFRARED OPTICAL FILTER - The infrared optical filter of the present invention comprises a substrate formed of an infrared transmitting material and a plurality of filter parts arranged side by side on one surface side of the substrate. Each filter part includes: a first λ/4 multilayer film in which two kinds of thin films having mutually different refractive indices but an identical optical film thickness are alternately stacked; a second λ/4 multilayer film in which the two kinds of thin films are alternately stacked, said second λ/4 multilayer film being formed on the opposite side of the first λ/4 multilayer film from the substrate side, and; and a wavelength selection layer interposed between the first λ/4 multilayer film and the second λ/4 multilayer film, said wavelength selection layer having an optical film thickness different from the optical film thickness of each the thin film according to a desired selection wavelength. A low refractive index material of the first λ/4 multilayer film and the second λ/4 multilayer film is an oxide, and a high refractive index material thereof is a semiconductor material of Ge. A material of the wavelength selection layer is identical to a material of the second thin film from the top of the first λ/4 multilayer film. | 12-22-2011 |
20120318980 | PYROELECTRIC INFRARED DETECTION ELEMENT AND INFRARED SENSOR USING THE SAME - The pyroelectric infrared detection element has a pyroelectric element including opposite first and second electrodes and an infrared absorption part. The first and second electrodes are formed on first and second thickness-direction surfaces of a pyroelectric substrate respectively. The detection element includes an output terminal unit including first and second output terminals on the substrate, and first and second wiring parts connecting the first and second output terminals to the first and second electrodes respectively. The first wiring part includes a connecting line being a conductive layer on the first surface to connect the first output terminal to the first electrode, and a canceling line for canceling charges generated at the connecting line in response to a change in temperature of the substrate. The canceling line is a conductive layer on the second surface to be insulated from the second electrode and to be connected to the connecting line. | 12-20-2012 |
Yasuhiko Sono, Hekinan-Shi JP
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20110254287 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCK DEVICE - A vehicle door lock device includes a latch mechanism having a lift lever and further includes an inside open lever, an outside open lever, an open link and an active lever. A spring is interposed between the outside open lever and the open link. In the housing, provided is an unlocked state holding guide for holding the open link in an unlocked state when the active lever is in an unlock position and when the outside open lever rotates. In the active lever, provided is a locked state holding guide for holding the open link in a locked state when the active lever is in a lock position and when the outside open lever rotates. This construction enables reduction of the number of components and construction of the device in a simple and inexpensive manner. | 10-20-2011 |
20120247160 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCK DEVICE - An outside locking lever of a lever mechanism section in a lock mechanism of a vehicle door lock apparatus includes a hub portion being rotatable relative to a housing and having a connection subportion to which an inner end portion of a rod is connected in a torque transmittable manner; an arm portion extending radially outward from the hub portion and linked to an active lever; a hub-side engagement subportion provided on the hub portion and engaged in the vehicle interior-exterior direction with a first support portion of the housing; an arm-side engagement subportion provided on the arm portion and engaged in the vehicle interior-exterior direction with a second support portion of the housing; and a fragile portion provided between the two engagement portions and being breakable with a force of a predetermined value or greater. A space for allowing breakage at the fragile portion is provided within the housing. | 10-04-2012 |
20120313385 | AUTOMOTIVE DOOR LATCH DEVICE - Provided is an automotive door latch device, including: a latch pushed to rotate by a striker; a latch return spring for biasing the latch toward a return position thereof; a pawl engageable with the latch to inhibit the latch to pivot in a door opening direction (return position); and a pawl return spring for biasing the pawl toward a return position thereof. A housing part of a body, which houses the latch and the pawl, is opened downward at a position below the pawl on one side of the body. The pawl return spring is assembled to a spring mounting part formed on another side of the body at a position spaced downward from a rotational support part of the pawl, and includes a pawl-side end part that engages with the pawl through a through hole provided in the body. Thus, dust or the like entering the housing part of the body, which houses the latch and the pawl, can be discharged out of the body with higher efficiency. | 12-13-2012 |
20130000363 | CHILD LOCK MECHANISM - Provided is a child lock mechanism which provides satisfactory operability at the time of operation of opening/closing a door while maintaining satisfactory operability at the time of setting/unsetting operation. The child lock mechanism includes: a base member; a first lever; a second lever; and an intermediate member assembled to the first lever and not assembled to the second lever. In a state in which the intermediate member is retained at an unset position, the intermediate member is rotatable relative to the base member, and a rotation center of the first lever relative to the base member and a rotation center of the intermediate member relative to the base member are arranged coaxially with each other. | 01-03-2013 |
20130015673 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCK DEVICEAANM Akizuki; RyujiroAACI NoviAAST MIAACO USAAGP Akizuki; Ryujiro Novi MI USAANM Nishio; TakashiAACI Kariya-shiAACO JPAAGP Nishio; Takashi Kariya-shi JPAANM Watanabe; NobukoAACI Anjo-shiAACO JPAAGP Watanabe; Nobuko Anjo-shi JPAANM Sono; YasuhikoAACI Hekinan-shiAACO JPAAGP Sono; Yasuhiko Hekinan-shi JPAANM Kojima; KazunoriAACI Aichi-gunAACO JPAAGP Kojima; Kazunori Aichi-gun JP - A vehicle door lock device includes a latch mechanism, a lever mechanism, a link mechanism, and an electric actuator, assembled to a housing. The housing includes a housing body and a housing cover joined to each other, and is arranged so that a joining surface between the housing body and the housing cover extends along an up-and-down direction. A sealing portion is formed along a joining portion between the housing body and the housing cover to surround an upper part of an inner space of the housing accommodating the link mechanism and the electric actuator. The sealing portion includes a communication path including one open end, and inner and outer welded portions formed continuously along the communication path on an inner side of the housing and an outer side of the housing with respect to the communication path, respectively. This achieves waterproofing for the electric actuator. | 01-17-2013 |
20130036779 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCK DEVICE - A vehicle door lock device includes an active lever configured to bring an open link into a locked or unlocked state, and a child safety lock mechanism built into an inside open lever, and configured to enable pushing force transfer from the inside open lever to the open link in an unset state, and to disable the pushing force transfer in a set state. An engagement portion is set on the active lever, and a pushing portion is set on an intermediate member of the child safety lock mechanism. When the intermediate member is situated at an unset position, the inside door handle is operated to open a door, and a child safety protector lever moves the intermediate member to a set position, the pushing portion of the intermediate member engages the engagement portion of the active lever so that the active lever is moved to a locked position. | 02-14-2013 |
20130056996 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCK DEVICE - A vehicle door lock device includes a housing including: an outer housing body including a covering portion covering an outer side of an electric motor and an outer side of a worm, an outer shaft-supporting portion supporting an active lever, and an outer shaft-supporting portion supporting a worm wheel; and an inner housing body including an inner shaft-supporting portion supporting an active lever, and an inner shaft-supporting portion supporting the worm wheel. An outer surface of the covering portion of the outer housing body and an outer surface of the outer shaft-supporting portion, which is provided in the outer housing body, for supporting the active lever, are formed in the same flat surface, and an outer surface of the outer shaft-supporting portion, which is provided in the outer housing body, for supporting the worm wheel, is formed in a dented surface dented inwardly with respect to the flat surface. | 03-07-2013 |
20130285389 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCK DEVICE - A vehicle door lock device includes a latch mechanism having a latch and a pawl, and a lock mechanism having an open lever linked with the pawl. The lock mechanism is combined with the latch mechanism. A latch-side axial support portion is provided in a latch housing of the latch mechanism. The latch-side axial support portion rotatably supports a coil portion of a pawl spring for biasing the pawl toward a default position. A lock-side axial support portion is provided in a lock housing of the lock mechanism. The lock-side axial support portion rotatably supports a coil portion of an open lever spring for biasing the open lever toward a default position. At least part of the latch-side axial support portion overlaps with the lock-side axial support portion, so that pulling out of the open lever spring is prevented by means of the latch-side axial support portion. | 10-31-2013 |
20130300137 | LATCH MECHANISM FOR A VEHICLE DOOR LOCK DEVICE - A vehicle door latch mechanism includes a resin body, a base plate and a sub base plate nipping this body. The body has an accommodating portion capable of accommodating a latch and a pawl, an insertion groove through which a striker is inserted, a cantilever support portion nipping the striker with a facing inner wall surface, a receiving portion for restricting inclination of the cantilever support portion to a predetermined amount, and a cushion accommodating portion capable of accommodating a cushion for pressing the cantilever support portion toward the striker. A support portion for suppressing a deformation of the receiving portion when a free front end of the cantilever support portion is engaged with the receiving portion is provided in the sub base plate. | 11-14-2013 |
20140028036 | POSITION HOLDING DEVICE FOR ROTATING LEVER AND VEHICLE DOOR LOCK DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAID POSITION HOLDING DEVICE FOR ROTATING LEVER - Provided is a position holding device for a rotating lever, which includes a rotating lever and a torsion spring, and is capable of elastically holding the rotating lever at the two positions including a first position and a second position. The torsion spring includes a coiled part, and a first arm part and a second arm part each extending from the coiled part and facing each other across an engagement portion of the rotating lever. The first arm part includes a mountain portion formed at an intermediate portion thereof. The second arm part includes an urging portion. As a result, an urging force generated by the urging portion can be applied to the rotating lever as a braking force against an urging force generated by the mountain portion. Consequently, it is possible to reduce an abutment noise generated when the rotating lever abuts against a stopper member. | 01-30-2014 |
20140047874 | CHILD PROTECTOR MECHANISM - A child protector mechanism includes a base member, a first lever, a second lever, a bush arranged between the first lever and the second lever, a child protector lever for moving the bush to an unset position or a set position, and a position retaining means provided between the first lever and the bush. The bush is retained at each of the unset position and the set position by the position retaining means provided between the first lever and the bush. Therefore, when assembling the bush and the first lever to the base member, the bush is retained at a predetermined position (for example, unset position) with respect to the first lever so that the bush does not move. Thus, the easiness of assembly of the bush and the first lever and the easiness of assembly of the child protector lever are excellent. | 02-20-2014 |
20150191945 | DOOR LOCK DEVICE - A door lock device has a high degree of freedom in the disposition of an open link for switching between a locked state and an unlocked state and has low operational resistance when being put into the locked state. When there is a malfunction in which the open link is jammed by dust and therefore does not move from a lock waiting position to an unlock waiting position even when an unlock action is performed, when an outside handle interlock lever is turned, a sliding-contact tilt guide provided on a support body slides and makes sliding-contact with the open link and forcibly tilts the open link, and as a result, it becomes unnecessary to increase an energizing force of a torsion coil spring as a precaution against such malfunction. This makes it possible to reduce the operational resistance when the door lock device is put into the locked state. | 07-09-2015 |
20150247347 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCK APPARATUS - A vehicle door lock device includes: a housing having an opening; a coupling member configured to be coupled to an operation mechanism arranged on a door; an operation lever arranged inside the housing and coupled to the coupling member through the opening; and a cover capable of opening and closing the opening and a coupling point between the coupling member and the operation lever. The cover is separate from the housing and assembled to the housing to be mountable on and demountable from the housing and rotatable between opened and closed states. Each of the housing and the cover includes: a temporary retaining mechanism to temporarily retain the cover in the opened state when the cover is assembled to the housing in a rotatable manner; and a full retaining mechanism configured to retain the cover in the closed state when the cover is rotatably assembled to the housing. | 09-03-2015 |
20150345191 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCK DEVICE - A vehicle door lock device includes: a latch mechanism configured to enable a vehicle door to maintain a closed state in a vehicle body; and a lock mechanism configured to set an unlocked state or a locked state, wherein the lock mechanism includes an inside opening lever connected to an inside door handle , and capable of being operated so as to be rotatable around a lever support portion between an initial position and a maximum operation position, an opening link capable of switching between a first position and a second position, a lock operation lever capable of being operated so as to be rotatable around the lever support portion between an unlocking position and a locking position, and a lever actuating mechanism actuating the inside opening lever toward the initial position. | 12-03-2015 |
Yasuhiko Sono, Aichi-Ken JP
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20120118029 | DOOR LOCK DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A door lock device includes a lever mechanism which carries out lock/unlock operation in response to turn operation of a key cylinder. The lever mechanism includes a key rotor which includes a coupling hole to which an inner end of a rod is coupled in a torque transmittable manner and is rotatably assembled to a housing, and a key lever which includes a hub which is coupled to the key rotor in a torque transmittable manner and is arranged in the housing. The key lever includes a first arm which extends to radial outward direction from the hub and is capable of engaging with a first engagement portion of the active lever, and a second arm which extends to radial outward direction from the hub and is capable of engaging with a second engagement portion of the active lever. | 05-17-2012 |
20120119520 | DOOR LOCK DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A door lock device for a vehicle, provided with an opening lever driven as a door handle is operated, an opening link interposed between the opening lever and a lift lever of a latch mechanism, a lock operation unit for switching the opening link to an unlock position or a lock position, and a locking lever for driving the lock operation unit. A holding section is provided to the opening lever. The holding section holds the opening link at a holding position between the lock position and the unlock position when the opening link becomes switched by the locking lever through the lock operation unit from the lock position to the unlock position with the opening link driven by the opening lever. | 05-17-2012 |
Yasuhiko Sono, Hekinan-Shi, Aichi-Ken JP
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20150300051 | DOOR LOCK DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle door lock device includes: a door lock body configured to be mounted to a door; an outside open lever mounted, in a pivotable manner, to a support shaft arranged on the door lock body; and a coupling member mounted to a pivot end portion of the outside open lever and having an insertion hole. An end portion of a rod on the outside open lever side is insertable through the insertion hole. The rod is configured to couple the outside open lever and an outside door handle configured to be mounted to a vehicle exterior side of the door. A mounting hole in the coupling member intersects the insertion hole, and the pivot end portion of the outside open lever has a mounting portion. The coupling member is fitted and fixed onto the mounting portion of the outside open lever through the mounting hole. | 10-22-2015 |
20150323954 | ROTATING-LEVER-POSITION-HOLDING DEVICE - A position holding device for a rotating lever includes a rotating lever and a torsion spring. The rotating lever is elastically held at two positions, that is, a first position and a second position. The torsion spring includes a coiled part, and a first arm part and a second arm part each extending from the coiled part. The first arm part has a mountain portion formed thereon, and the second arm part has a reversely urging portion formed thereon. An urging force of the reversely urging portion is applied to the rotating lever as a braking force against an urging force of the mountain portion. Further, a regulating member is formed on a base member so as to abut against the first arm part when the rotating lever rotates toward the first position through a neutral position. | 11-12-2015 |
Yuichi Sono, Kanagawa JP
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20160119493 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes plural image holding bodies, plural image writing devices, a movement member, and a retractor. The image holding bodies are arranged in a predetermined direction. The image writing devices face and write images onto the respective image holding bodies. The movement member holds the image holding bodies, is able to be drawn through an opening in a cover of a housing of the image forming apparatus, and is moved in an image holding body arrangement direction. The retractor retracts the image writing devices when the movement member is drawn through the opening. The retractor includes first and second retracting mechanisms. The first retracting mechanism retracts the image writing devices to respective first retracted positions. The second retracting mechanism retracts the image writing devices to respective second retracted positions after the first retracting mechanism has retracted the image writing devices. | 04-28-2016 |