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| 20080292794 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet recording apparatus is provided with a plurality of inks and includes a unit configured to perform a recovery operation by suction of inks from a plurality of ink ejection portions using a suction cap, wherein the plurality of inks include an ink set including a combination of at least a first ink and a second ink, the first ink containing (i) a self-dispersion pigment having at least one hydrophilic group directly or through another atomic group bonded to the surface of the pigment, and (ii) ammonium ions, the second ink containing a pigment, a polymer having an acid value of 160 mg KOH/g or less, and alkali metal ions, and the suction cap used in the recovery operation is individually provided for each of the first ink and the second ink. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20100021633 | INK SET, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, AND RECORDING UNIT - An object of the present invention is to provide an ink set which can produce images with color developability undoubtedly higher than images produced by a conventional pigment ink and closer to images produced by silver halide photography or output from a laser printer, in particular, color developability in a red color region, while keeping ink reliability. The ink set comprises at least a first ink and a second ink wherein the first ink has a maximum absorption wavelength in a region of 450 mm or more and less than 500 nm and the second ink has a maximum absorption wavelength in a region of 500 nm or more and 570 nm or less, and the ink set has a B/A ratio of a minimum absorbance B to a maximum absorbance A of 0.7 or more and 1.0 or less among absorbances of the first ink and the second ink in total in a region of 450 nm or more and 570 nm or less. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100201769 | INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink contains at least a pigment, wherein the pigment is a solid solution of C.I. Pigment Red 202 and C.I. Pigment Violet 19, and a primary particle diameter D (nm) of the pigment and a 50%-cumulative diameter D | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100271411 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING SYSTEM - An apparatus is configured to perform recording with at least three types of inks that are similar in color and different in pigment density. The apparatus is capable of operating in a first mode for performing recording on a first recording medium using at least one of a second ink having a pigment density that is lower than that of a first ink and a third ink having a pigment density that is lower than that of the second ink, and in a second mode for performing recording on a second recording medium, which has a lower glossiness than the first recording medium, using at least the first ink. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20130293631 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The invention has been made to prevent ink adhesion or an ink discharge failure caused by ink adhesion due to evaporation of volatile components of ink which occurs when the ink receptor of a printhead is exposed to air for a long time. If an inkjet printhead and an ink tank containing ink to be supplied to the printhead are attached to a carriage, the ink supply port of the ink tank is pressed to the ink receptor of the printhead. In this arrangement, the presence/absence of attachment of the ink tank to the carriage is detected. If it is detected that the ink tank is not attached to the carriage, a suction operation for the printhead is performed and controlled to suck out ink from the nozzles of the printhead. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130328973 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING PROCESS - The invention provides an ink for use in an ink jet recording process in which an ink is ejected from a recording head by the action of thermal energy, comprising a pigment, a water-soluble polyurethane polymer, a compound represented by a general formula (1) having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 or more and 8,500 or less, and a polyethylene oxide alkyl ether the alkyl group of which has 12 or more carbon atoms, wherein based on the total mass of the ink the content (mass %) of the compound represented by the general formula (1) is 0.4 times or more and 10.0 times or less in terms of mass ratio with respect to the content (mass %) of the polyethylene oxide alkyl ether. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140078214 | INK SET AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink set for ink jet includes a combination of a first ink and a second ink. The first ink contains a self-dispersible type carbon black and a specified particle A. The content of the particle A in the first ink is 0.05% by mass or more and 0.50% by mass or less, and the mass ratio of the content of the particle A to that of the self-dispersible pigment in the first ink is 0.056 times or more and 0.250 times or less. The second ink contains a specified particle B. The acid value a of the particle A and the acid value b of the particle B satisfy the relation of a≦b. | 03-20-2014 |
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| 20110037870 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image sensing apparatus includes: an image sensing section for sensing an image of a subject; a detector for detecting a luminance of the subject; a compressor for compressing a dynamic range of the subject image; and a controller for controlling a compression characteristic to be used in compressing the dynamic range based on a detection result of the detector. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110063451 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT - A luminance signal and a color information signal having high S/N ratios are generated by combining a visible luminance image component and an infrared image component at an appropriate ratio according to brightness of a subject such as brightness on a sunny day or brightness in darkness. An image pickup element | 03-17-2011 |
| 20130250070 | IMAGE SYNTHESIS DEVICE - An image synthesis device capable of imaging an object regardless of the luminance of the object, and capable of suppressing the misalignment of the objects in the synthesized linage, is disclosed, A viewpoint conversion unit performs viewpoint conversion regarding a visible light image, and thus, a viewpoint of a far-infrared light image matches a viewpoint of a visible light image. Therefore, when image signals of the images are superposed in a superimposition unit, the misalignment of the objects having different object distances is suppressed in the synthesized image, and the synthesized image does not appear strange for a person viewing the synthesized image. | 09-26-2013 |
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| 20090202024 | Reducing Apparatus and Method, and Receiving Apparatus - An object of the invention is to allow receiving a radio wave signal in a comfortable manner by overcoming defects in technique and performance according to the related art in reducing a multipath noise by use of an adaptive digital filter. In a multipath noise reducing apparatus ( | 08-13-2009 |
| 20110201290 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETERMINING PRESENCE OF NOISE PERFORMED BY BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS - To provide a broadcast receiving apparatus including an AM detector, an AM noise detector, an FM detector, an FM noise detector and a noise determining unit. The AM detector performs AM detection on an IF signal in airwaves received by a receiving antenna that receives incoming airwaves to acquire an AM detection signal. The AM noise detector detects noise components in the AM detection signal. The FM detector performs FM detection on the IF signal to acquire an FM detection signal. The FM noise detector detects noise components in the FM detection signal. The noise determining unit determines a noise status of a broadcast signal based on detection results acquired by the AM noise detector and the FM noise detector. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110207426 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING NOISE COMPONENTS PERFORMED BY BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS - To provide a broadcast receiving apparatus including an AM detector, an AM noise detector, an FM detector, an FM noise-level detector, and a threshold control unit. The AM detector performs AM detection on a broadcast signal in airwaves received by a receiving antenna that receives incoming airwaves to acquire an AM detection signal. The AM noise detector detects a signal portion, in which the AM detection signal exceeds an AM noise threshold, as an AM noise component. The FM detector performs FM detection on the broadcast signal to acquire an FM detection signal. The FM noise-level detector detects an FM noise level of the FM detection signal. When the FM noise-level detector detects the FM noise level of the FM detection signal, the threshold control unit changes setting of the AM noise threshold in the AM noise detector based on the FM noise level of the FM detection signal. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110294452 | ANTENNA AMPLIFIER DEVICE AND ANTENNA DEVICE PROVIDED IN MOBILE OBJECT - Even when an input is weak, an antenna amplifier device may achieve a high sensitivity while reducing a noise factor (NF). The antenna amplifier device includes an amplification circuit | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110312293 | NOISE REMOVING APPARATUS - A noise removing apparatus includes a variable filter with a changeable cutoff frequency and a variable phase shifter with a changeable cutoff frequency, and switches between the variable filter and the variable phase shifter according to a result of detection of noise component. The variable filter has a circuit configuration corresponding to a function in which a transfer function of second or higher degree is represented as a product of primary factors. The transfer function of second or higher degree is calculated based on the phase characteristics of the variable phase shifter. | 12-22-2011 |
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| 20090126235 | Method and device for excavating submerged stratum - An excavation technique for a stratum capable of excavating a submerged stratum such as a layer containing an underground resource by using laser irradiation in liquid is provided. In this technique, a laser beam transmitted through laser transmission means | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100001179 | METHOD OF PROCESSING ROCK WITH LASER AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - An object is to provide a method capable of boring a borehole even when quartz glass or silicon dioxide is deposited as molten dross by laser irradiation. A laser irradiation position of a workpiece is irradiated with a laser having wavelength of 1.2 μm or longer and a high factor of absorption into liquid, for example, a CO2 laser, from a laser oscillator through liquid. By high pressure generated in an advancing microbubble flow occurring in the liquid, molten dross is scattered. Thus, the processing, such as boring, of the rock is performed. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20130274726 | OPTICAL FIBER AND AN UNDERWATER SHOCKWAVE GENERATING DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - Provided are an optical fiber which has good laser beam condensation efficiency and is highly resilient, and a shockwave generating device employing same. An optical fiber ( | 10-17-2013 |
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| 20090043320 | FLUID JET DEVICE - A fluid jet device being provided with a fluid jet aperture section and producing a jet of fluid from the fluid jet aperture section includes: a pulsation generation section including a fluid chamber whose capacity can be changed, an inlet fluid path linked through the fluid chamber with a volume smaller than that of the fluid chamber, and an outlet fluid path linked through the fluid chamber and the fluid jet aperture section with an inertance set smaller than that of the inlet fluid path; and a pressure generation section that supplies the fluid to the inlet fluid path. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090043480 | FLUID INJECTION DEVICE - A fluid injection device includes a fluid supply unit that accommodates and supplies fluid, a fluid injection unit that injects fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit, and a driving waveform generating device which is equipped with at least one adjusting device, a one-input multiple-control parameter changing unit that simultaneously changes plural control parameters for determining a fluid injection condition of the fluid injection unit on the basis of a signal from the at least one adjusting device, and a driving waveform generator that generates and outputs a driving waveform of the fluid injection unit on the basis of the control parameters set by the one-input multiple-control parameter changing unit. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20110125086 | FLUID INJECTION DEVICE - A fluid injection device includes: a pulse generation section that includes a fluid chamber whose volume is changeable, and an inlet flow passage and an outlet flow passage that are connected to the fluid chamber; a first connection flow passage connected to the outlet flow passage, having an end portion; a second connection flow passage connected to the inlet flow passage; a fluid injection opening formed at the end portion of the first connection flow passage, having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the outlet flow passage; a connection flow passage tube including the first connection flow passage and having rigidity adequate to transmit pulses of fluid flowing from the fluid chamber to the fluid injection opening; and a pressure generation section that supplies fluid to the inlet flow passage. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20130079707 | FLUID INJECTION DEVICE - A fluid injection device includes: a pulse generation section that includes a fluid chamber whose volume is changeable, and an inlet flow passage and an outlet flow passage that are connected to the fluid chamber; a first connection flow passage connected to the outlet flow passage, having an end portion; a second connection flow passage connected to the inlet flow passage; a fluid injection opening formed at the end portion of the first connection flow passage, having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the outlet flow passage; a connection flow passage tube including the first connection flow passage and having rigidity adequate to transmit pulses of fluid flowing from the fluid chamber to the fluid injection opening; and a pressure generation section that supplies fluid to the inlet flow passage. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130218184 | FLUID INJECTION DEVICE - A fluid injection device includes a fluid supply unit that accommodates and supplies fluid, a fluid injection unit that injects fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit, and a driving waveform generating device which is equipped with at least one adjusting device, a one-input multiple-control parameter changing unit that simultaneously changes plural control parameters for determining a fluid injection condition of the fluid injection unit on the basis of a signal from the at least one adjusting device, and a driving waveform generator that generates and outputs a driving waveform of the fluid injection unit on the basis of the control parameters set by the one-input multiple-control parameter changing unit. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20140088628 | FLUID INJECTION DEVICE - A fluid injection device includes a fluid supply unit that accommodates and supplies fluid, a fluid injection unit that injects fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit, and a driving waveform generating device which is equipped with at least one adjusting device, a one-input multiple-control parameter changing unit that simultaneously changes plural control parameters for determining a fluid injection condition of the fluid injection unit on the basis of a signal from the at least one adjusting device, and a driving waveform generator that generates and outputs a driving waveform of the fluid injection unit on the basis of the control parameters set by the one-input multiple-control parameter changing unit. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140163417 | FLUID INJECTION DEVICE - A fluid injection device includes: a pulse generation section that includes a fluid chamber whose volume is changeable, and an inlet flow passage and an outlet flow passage that are connected to the fluid chamber; a first connection flow passage connected to the outlet flow passage, having an end portion; a second connection flow passage connected to the inlet flow passage; a fluid injection opening formed at the end portion of the first connection flow passage, having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the outlet flow passage; a connection flow passage tube including the first connection flow passage and having rigidity adequate to transmit pulses of fluid flowing from the fluid chamber to the fluid injection opening; and a pressure generation section that supplies fluid to the inlet flow passage. | 06-12-2014 |
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| 20090113404 | Optimum code generation method and compiler device for multiprocessor - A method of generating optimum parallel codes from a source code for a computer system configured of plural processors that share a cache memory or a main memory is provided. A preset code is read and operation amounts and process contents are analyzed while distinguishing dependence and independence among processes from the code. Then, the amount of data to be reused among processes is analyzed, and the amount of data that accesses the main memory is analyzed. Further, upon the reception of a parallel code generation policy inputted by a user, the processes of the code are divided, and while estimating an execution cycle from the operation amount and process contents thereof, the cache use of the reuse data, and the main memory access data amount, a parallelization method with which the execution cycle becomes shortest is executed. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100064070 | DATA TRANSFER UNIT FOR COMPUTER - In order to improve throughput by suppressing contention of hardware resources in a computer to which a data transfer unit is coupled, a control unit for transferring data between a first interface coupled to the computer and a second interface coupled to a memory transaction issuing unit for issuing, when one of the first interface and the second interface receives an access request to a memory of the computer, a memory transaction for the main memory to the first interface, the first interface includes a plurality of interfaces coupled in parallel to the computer, and the control unit further includes a memory transaction distribution unit for extracting an address of the main memory, which is contained in the memory transaction issued by the memory transaction issuing unit, and selecting an interface having address designation information set therein, which corresponds to the extracted address to transmit the memory transaction. | 03-11-2010 |
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| 20100108433 | ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER DIAPHRAGM - A method for manufacturing an electroacoustic transducer diaphragm of a multilayered structure which includes a first diaphragm layer made from a synthetic resin material and molded into a predetermined shape through injection molding, and a second diaphragm layer laminated in close contact with the first diaphragm layer and made from a material differing from that of the first diaphragm layer, the method includes inserting the second diaphragm layer into a mold for injection molding, and forming the first diaphragm layer integrally with the second diaphragm layer by injection foam-molding within the injection mold. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110116662 | SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device includes a vibrating body including a diaphragm and a voice coil supported by a part of the diaphragm and a magnetic circuit including a first magnetic pole part having a magnet and a second magnetic pole part different from the first magnetic pole part and arranged spaced apart from the first magnetic pole part. The voice coil is arranged between the first magnetic pole part and the second magnetic pole part, the vibrating body includes a conducting part formed at a part or whole of the diaphragm, in the proximity of the voice coil, and the conducting part is arranged between the first magnetic pole part and the second magnetic pole part. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110232990 | VIBRATING BODY FOR SPEAKER AND SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker vibrating body vibrated by a driving part includes a plurality of diaphragms vibratably supported by a static part supporting said driving part and a diaphragm connecting part, provided between a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm among said plurality of diaphragms, coupling said first diaphragm and said second diaphragm and synchronously moving said first diaphragm and said second diaphragm toward or away from each other. | 09-29-2011 |
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| 20080287703 | LAYERED COMPOSITION AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING AND USING THE COMPOSITION - A layered composition which can be used in various processes has been developed. The composition comprises an inner core such as a cordierite core and an outer layer comprising a refractory inorganic oxide, a fibrous component and an inorganic binder. The refractory inorganic oxide layer can be alumina, zirconia, titania, etc. while the fibrous component can be titania fibers, silica fibers, carbon fibers, etc. The inorganic oxide binder can be alumina, silica, zirconia, etc. The layer can also contain catalytic metals such as gold and platinum plus other modifiers. The layered composition is prepared by coating the inner core with a slurry comprising the refractory inorganic oxide, fibrous component, an inorganic binder precursor and an organic binding agent such as polyvinyl alcohol. The composition can be used in various hydrocarbon conversion processes including production of vinyl acetate. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20110152066 | LAYERED COMPOSITION AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING AND USING THE COMPOSITION - A layered composition which can be used in various processes has been developed. The composition comprises an inner core such as a cordierite core and an outer layer comprising a refractory inorganic oxide, a fibrous component and an inorganic binder. The refractory inorganic oxide layer can be alumina, zirconia, titania, etc. while the fibrous component can be titania fibers, silica fibers, carbon fibers, etc. The inorganic oxide binder can be alumina, silica, zirconia, etc. The layer can also contain catalytic metals such as gold and platinum plus other modifiers. The layered composition is prepared by coating the inner core with a slurry comprising the refractory inorganic oxide, fibrous component, an inorganic binder precursor and an organic binding agent such as polyvinyl alcohol. The composition can be used in various hydrocarbon conversion processes including production of vinyl acetate. | 06-23-2011 |
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| 20100089796 | Layered Composition and Processes for Preparing and Using the Composition - A layered composition which can be used in various processes has been developed. The composition comprises an inner core such as a cordierite core and an outer layer comprising a refractory inorganic oxide, a fibrous component and an inorganic binder. The refractory inorganic oxide layer can be alumina, zirconia, titania, etc. while the fibrous component can be titania fibers, silica fibers, carbon fibers, etc. The inorganic oxide binder can be alumina, silica, zirconia, etc. The layer can also contain catalytic metals such as gold and platinum plus other modifiers. The layered composition is prepared by coating the inner core with a slurry comprising the refractory inorganic oxide, fibrous component, an inorganic binder precursor and an organic binding agent such as polyvinyl alcohol. The composition can be used in various hydrocarbon conversion processes. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100092681 | Layered Composition and Processes for Preparing and Using the Composition - A layered composition which can be used in various processes has been developed. The composition comprises an inner core such as a cordierite core and an outer layer comprising a refractory inorganic oxide, a fibrous component and an inorganic binder. The refractory inorganic oxide layer can be alumina, zirconia, titania, etc. while the fibrous component can be titania fibers, silica fibers, carbon fibers, etc. The inorganic oxide binder can be alumina, silica, zirconia, etc. The layer can also contain catalytic metals such as gold and platinum plus other modifiers. The layered composition is prepared by coating the inner core with a slurry comprising the refractory inorganic oxide, fibrous component, an inorganic binder precursor and an organic binding agent such as polyvinyl alcohol. The composition can be used in various hydrocarbon conversion processes. | 04-15-2010 |
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| 20090256305 | FEEDING DEVICE - In a feeding device, a first friction pad and a second friction pad are disposed on a circumferential surface of a pick roller so that a first contact area and a second contact area overlap each other. Thus, to a conveyance-target medium, which is either one of a conveyed medium and a separation-target medium, pressing forces are successively applied by the first friction pad or the second friction pad over the first contact area to the second contact area. Therefore, the conveyance-target medium, which is either one of the conveyed medium and the separation-target medium, successively receives a separation force in a total contact area wider than an area when receiving a separation force only in either one of the first contact area and the second contact area. With this, the capability of separating the conveyed medium and the separation-target medium can be increased. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20110133394 | FEEDING DEVICE - A feeding device includes a tray for stacking sheet-like conveyance-target media, a first pressing unit, and a second pressing unit. The first and second pressing units face and apply a first and second pressing force, respectively, on a circumferential surface of a pick roller so that a first contact area and a second contact area overlap each other. The first pressing unit includes a first pressing unit separation roller, and the first contact area is defined wherein the first pressing unit and the pick roller make contact with each other. The second contact area is defined wherein the second pressing unit and the pick roller make contact with each other such that the first contact area and the second contact appear to partly overlap each other when viewed from an axial direction of the pick roller. | 06-09-2011 |
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| 20100085228 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING AE MODULATOR, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM - A semiconductor device comprises an overflow detection circuit ( | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110018752 | FLASH A/D CONVERTER, FLASH A/D CONVERSION MODULE, AND DELTA-SIGMA A/D CONVERTER - In a flash A/D converter, a predictor predicts next analog input data based on a digital output signal from an A/D converter, and outputs prediction data. Based on the prediction data from the predictor, a controller turns on comparators having reference voltages near the prediction data, and in order to ensure a certain degree of A/D conversion accuracy even when the prediction fails, also turns on even-numbered comparators | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110050476 | INTEGRATOR, RESONATOR, AND OVERSAMPLING A/D CONVERTER - An integrator includes an operational amplifier, a first filter connected to an inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier, and a second filter connected between the inverting input terminal and an output terminal of the operational amplifier. The first filter includes n resistive elements connected in series, and (n−1) capacitive elements each having one end connected to an interconnecting node of the resistive elements and the other end connected to ground. The second filter includes n capacitive elements connected in series, and (n−1) resistive elements each having one end connected to an interconnecting node of the capacitive elements and the other end connected to ground. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20140320329 | TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - An edge detector includes flip-flops receiving phase signals of a ring oscillator, a resetter canceling the reset states of the flip-flops at the edge timing of an input signal, and a logical operator performing a logical operation on output signals of the flip-flops. A phase state detector detects a phase state of the ring oscillator occurring at the edge timing of the input signal based on the output signals of the flip-flops. A time-to-digital converter converts an edge interval between the input signal and an output signal of the logical operator into a digital value. A latch latches a value of a counter counting the number of cycles of an output signal of the ring oscillator, at the edge timing of the input signal. An operator calculates a digital value of a received signal from output signals of the latch, the phase state detector, and the time-to-digital converter. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140340250 | TIME INTEGRATOR AND DELTA-SIGMA TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - A time integrator integrates time axis information represented by a phase difference between two signals. The time integrator includes a pulse generation circuit configured to convert a time difference between edges of two input signals to a difference between pulse widths of two pulse signals, and to output the two pulse signals, a load circuit having load characteristics changed by the two pulse signals, and an oscillation circuit coupled to the load circuit, and having an oscillation frequency changing in accordance with the load characteristics of the load circuit. An output of the oscillation circuit is output as a result of time integration. | 11-20-2014 |
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| 20090261612 | INSTRUMENT PANEL DEVICE - An instrument panel device comprises an instrument panel body, a meter cluster portion, a display indication portion, an instrument-panel recess portion comprising a bottom face portion extending from a central portion of the recess portion to a driver's-seat-side end portion of the recess portion and a portion of difference in level which rises upward from a front end portion of the bottom face portion, a projection portion provided in front of the steering wheel, the projection portion being formed in such a manner that a specified portion of the bottom face portion of the recess portion which is located in front of the steering wheel projects upward. A meter-panel face portion of the meter cluster portion is provided at the projection portion. The display indication portion is provided at a central portion of the portion of difference in level. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100244484 | PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A pedestrian protection device for a vehicle is provided at a vehicle-body front portion which comprises an engine room, a cowl box provided at an upper portion of a dash panel and extending in a vehicle width direction, and an engine hood pivotally supported at the vehicle body via a first hinge provided at a rear end portion so as to cover over the engine room. An engine-hood guide mechanism guides the engine hood upwardly and rearwardly so as to cover at least part of the cowl box when a collision of a pedestrian against a front bumper face is detected or predicted, and lowers the engine hood downwardly when a load acting on the engine hood exceeds a specified load. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110062750 | FRONT BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A front body structure of a vehicle comprises a pair of front side frames, a bumper reinforcement, a bumper face, a leg-part sweeping-away member which is provided below the bumper reinforcement and extends in a vehicle width direction, a front end of which is positioned in front of the bumper reinforcement, and a support member which supports the leg-part sweeping-away member at the front side frame. The support member has a specified length in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and comprises beads which absorb an impact load inputted in the vehicle longitudinal direction through their deformation in the longitudinal direction. | 03-17-2011 |
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| 20100086637 | Injection Molding Die - There is provided an injection die characterized in that the injection die is separated into at least two pieces, that a cavity for frame is formed between the separated dies, that the cavity for frame is provided with an additional cavity via a coupling hole, and that the coupling hole communicating with the additional cavity is provided at a confluence point of a resin in melted condition of the cavity for frame, at around a gate, at around a cavity for a fixing component, or at around a cavity for frame of which thickness is deep. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110031647 | Metal Mold for Injection Molding of Framed Glass and Manufacturing Method for Framed Glass - Disclosed herein is an injection molding die used for producing a frame-mounted plate glass by injection molding. The die is characterized in that an auxiliary cavity is provided at a position to exposed a surface of a plate glass and communicated with a cavity for a frame through a communication opening, the cavity for the frame being provided at position facing a vehicle inside surface of the plate glass. When the die is practically used for injection molding, a load applied to a peripheral portion of the plate glass during the injection molding is reduced, so that when the frame is molded onto the plate glass by injection molding, undesired breakage of the plate glass is suppressed. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110045123 | Die for Injection Molding Glass with Frame - In an injection molding die, there is defined a cavity for a frame or a cavity for the frame and an auxiliary cavity communicating with the cavity for the frame, and into the cavity for the frame or the auxiliary cavity, there is injected a melted resin from a runner through a gate, and a section of the gate has a width of 1 to 5 mm in the direction of a thickness of a plate glass and a width of 10 mm or more in the direction parallel with a side of the plate glass but smaller than a side length of the plate glass. When this die is practically used, a load that would be applied to a peripheral portion of the plate glass during injection molding is reduced, so that when the frame is integrally molded to the plate glass by injection molding, undesired breakage of the plate glass is suppressed. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20120025554 | Decorative Molding and Framed Window Glass Plate for Vehicle | 02-02-2012 |
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| 20100245236 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - When a gravity center position enters a right input area, a motion of a character in a virtual game space pushing down the right pedal of a bicycle is started, and the bicycle is accelerated. Further, a reference position is moved so as to gradually approach the gravity center position, and the boundary between a non-input area and a left input area is also moved so as to gradually approach the gravity center position in conjunction with the reference position. When the gravity center position enters the left input area, a motion of the character in the virtual game space pushing down the left pedal of the bicycle is started, and the bicycle is accelerated. Further, the reference position is moved so as to gradually approach the gravity center position, and the boundary between the non-input area and the right input area is also moved so as to gradually approach the gravity center position in conjunction with the reference position. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110074768 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Movement means moves, in accordance with a user performing an operation, a moving object including a vehicle object, and a rider object riding the vehicle object, and the vehicle object and the rider object are positioned in the virtual world. Contact determination region defining means defines at least one contact determination region for the moving object. Contact determination means determines a contact in the virtual world by using the at least one contact determination region. Contact action control means selects a foot, of the rider object, which is to contact a contact object positioned in the virtual world, in accordance with a determination result of the contact determination means, and performs control such that the selected foot contacts the contact object. Display control means displays the moving object by using the display device. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074769 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING OVERHEAD MAP RESOURCE GENERATION PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING OVERHEAD MAP DISPLAY PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, OVERHEAD MAP RESOURCE GENERATION APPARATUS, AND OVERHEAD MAP DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a virtual three-dimensional space, an overhead image of a region in the virtual three-dimensional space is shot by a virtual camera provided in the virtual three-dimensional space. Next, it is determined whether or not the information about a color included in the shot overhead image satisfies a predetermined condition. Image data of the overhead image which it is determined in the result of the determination does not satisfy the predetermined condition is accumulated in a predetermined storage medium, thereby generating resource data. The above processing is repeated until all overhead images corresponding to a predetermined region in the virtual three-dimensional space are shot. | 03-31-2011 |
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| 20080202652 | Ferrous seal sliding parts and producing method thereof - A ferrous seal sliding part excellent in heat crack resistance, seizure resistance and abrasion resistance is provided. The ferrous seal sliding part has a seal sliding surface, wherein the seal sliding surface has a quench hardened layer having a structure in which a martensite parent phase forms a solid solution with carbon of 0.15 to 0.6 wt % and contains cementite dispersed therein in a content of 3 to 50% by volume. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20100074791 | Ferrous abrasion resistant sliding material - A ferrous abrasion resistant sliding material capable of improving seizing resistance, abrasion resistance and heat crack resistance is provided. The ferrous abrasion resistant sliding material has a martensite parent phase which forms a solid solution with carbon of 0.15 to 0.5 wt %, and the martensite parent phase contains one or more types of each special carbide of Cr, Mo, W and V dispersed therein in a total content of 10 to 50% by volume. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100108199 | Ferrous abrasion resistant sliding material - A ferrous abrasion resistant sliding material capable of improving seizing resistance, abrasion resistance and heat crack resistance is provided. The ferrous abrasion resistant sliding material has a martensite parent phase which forms a solid solution with carbon of 0.15 to 0.5 wt %, and the martensite parent phase contains one or more types of each special carbide of Cr, Mo, W and V dispersed therein in a total content of 10 to 50% by volume. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20120160832 | GEAR PART AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THEREOF - A gear part has a quench hardened layer around the teeth surface thereof. The gear part is made of a steel containing carbon of 0.43 to 1.2 wt %, and a relationship between a DI value and a module M (mm) of the gear part satisfies an expression of DI≦0.12×M+0.2. An alloy element concentrates in the cementite phase in a pretreated steel, thereby causing concentration of the alloy element in the ferrite phase in the pretreated steel to decrease, and a rapid induction heating to A3 transformation temperature or Acm transformation temperature causes carbon of 0.3 to 0.8 wt % to diffuse and dissolve in the austenite phase, and the DI value is determined by using a concentration of the alloy element and a concentration of the carbon. The alloy element is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mn, Cr, Mo, V and the like. | 06-28-2012 |
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| 20080295512 | Electrically driven brake booster - The present invention relates to an electrically driven brake booster in which boost control is performed as follows; when an input piston is displaced forward by an input rod upon an operation of a brake pedal, an electric motor is operated according to the input, and a primary piston is displaced forward by a ball-screw mechanism, and then a primary and secondary pressure chamber in a master cylinder main body are pressurized. A first seal and a second seal are disposed at a seal portion between the primary piston and the input piston. A portion between the first seal and the second seal is in communication with an outside through a discharge passage. Brake fluid which leaks from the first seal is sealed off by the second seal, and is discharged to the outside through the discharge passage, whereby it becomes possible to prevent that the electric motor and the ball-screw mechanism otherwise might be corroded by the leaking brake fluid. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20120073286 | BOOSTER - An electric booster including a plunger movable by operation of a brake pedal, an electric motor controlled based on a relative displacement between the plunger and the linear motion member, which is detected by a relative displacement sensor, and a ball and screw mechanism. The linear motion member pushes a piston of a master cylinder through a reaction member, thereby generating a brake force. Part of a reaction force from the master cylinder is fed back to the brake pedal through the reaction member. When a reference position sensor detects that a relative position of the plunger to the linear motion member coincides with a predetermined reference position, a detection value of the relative displacement sensor is stored as a relative displacement reference value, and relative displacement between the plunger and the linear motion member is determined. | 03-29-2012 |
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| 20100112858 | CABLE CONNECTION STRUCTURE - A cable connection structure includes a coaxial cable that includes an inner conductor, an inner insulator covering the inner conductor, a braided wire covering the inner insulator, and a sheath covering the braided wire, a cable that includes a core wire and a sheath covering the core wire, and is arranged in series with the coaxial cable, a ground terminal that connects the braided wire to a ground, and fixes the coaxial cable and the cable, a crimp terminal that press-clamps the inner conductor of the coaxial cable and the core wire of the cable to electrically connect to each other, and an insulative heat-shrinkable tube that covers the coaxial cable, the cable, and the crimp terminal. The inner conductor, exposed from the inner insulator and arranged between the crimp terminal and an end portion of the inner insulator of the coaxial cable in the heat-shrinkable tube, has a bent portion. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100175906 | WIRE CONNECTION UNIT - A wire connection unit includes a connector, a first case, and a second case. The connector electrically connects a first wire and a second wire. The second case is joined with the first case, and has an inner face opposing the first case. The inner face is formed with a groove and a concave portion. The groove holds the first wire and the second wire. The concave portion is disposed at the groove and accommodates the connector. A projection is provided in the groove. The projection protrudes toward the first case from a bottom of the groove | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100178785 | WIRE CONNECTION UNIT - A wire connection unit includes a connector electrically connecting a first wire and a second wire, a first case and a second case. The second case is joined with the first case, and has an inner face opposing the first case. The inner face is formed with a first groove adapted to hold the first wire and the second wire, a second groove intersecting the first groove, and a first concave portion. The first concave portion is disposed at a part of the first groove except for a position where the second groove intersects the first groove, and accommodating the connector. One of a braided wire pulled out from the first wire and an earth wire electrically connected to the braided wire is accommodated in the second groove. The second groove communicates between a first outside face of the second case and a second outside face of the second case, the second outside case opposite to the first outside face. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20120205423 | WIRE END PROCESSING METHOD - A wire end processing method includes tree steps. In a core wire portion exposing step, a sheath of a wire is stripped so as to expose a core wire portion composed of a plurality of element wires. In a core wire portion unifying step, ultrasonic vibration is applied to the exposed core wire portion while applying a pressure thereto, thereby causing the plurality of the element wires to rub against one another so as to unify the core wire portion. In a terminal connecting step, the unified core wire portion is press-contacted or press-fitted to the terminal. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20130025935 | WIRE CONNECTING METHOD AND WIRING HARNESS - [Technical Problem]An object of the present invention is to provide a wire connecting method and a wiring harness allowed to reduce the number of types of terminals for reducing cost by increasing the number of core wire sizes able to be crimped or press-connected with respect to one terminal. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20140057502 | CONDUCTOR CONNECTING STRUCTURE - A conductor connecting structure comprises a flat circuit body having an insulator and a conductor, and a conductive terminal metal fitting having a conductor connecting part including a first conductor holding part and a second conductor holding part. The first conductor holding part has a first plate-like part formed into a plate-like shape, and a projecting part which projects from a surface of the first plate-like part that is faced to the conductor. The second conductor holding part has a second plate-like part formed into a plate-like shape, and a through hole arranged so as to correspond to a position of the projecting part and penetrating the second plate-like part. When the conductor is sandwiched by the first conductor holding part and the second conductor holding part, the conductor is deformed so as to be pushed into the through hole. | 02-27-2014 |
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| 20090204568 | DECODING DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - When an external recording medium connected to an interface is removed therefrom and a new external recording medium is connected to the interface, a processor selects either first file analysis information read from a memory or second file analysis information generated based on analysis of data recorded on the new external recording medium as file analysis information to be used for decoding a file stored in the new external recording medium, and the processor makes such selection based on comparison between first recording medium management information and second recording medium management information. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20130201040 | DECODING DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD - A decoding device includes an interface unit, a readout unit that reads out a file and recording medium management information from an external recording medium, a decoding unit that analyzes a read out file, a storage unit that stores file analysis information and recording medium management information, a determination unit that determines whether or not the recording medium management information pieces are the same when the external recording medium is connected to the interface unit, and a matching confirmation unit that, when the recording medium management information pieces are determined as being the same, determines whether or not the file contents match. When the determination results in a mismatch, the decoding unit generates new file analysis information and performs file decoding using the generated file analysis information, and when the determination results in a match, the decoding unit performs file decoding using the file analysis information in the storage unit. | 08-08-2013 |
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| 20090195019 | AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - An automotive vehicle body structure including a dash panel separating an engine room from a passenger compartment, a front pillar extending vertically along each outboard edge of the dash panel and a wheel house portion connected between an outboard edge of the dash panel and an opposing side of a lower part of the front pillar, a reinforcing member extends along a boundary between the outboard edge of the dash panel and wheel house portion and defines a closed cross section jointly with the dash panel and wheel house. The wheel house portion has a three dimensional contour bulging toward the passenger compartment and relatively high rigidity to reinforce the dash panel by reinforcing the boundary between the wheel house portion and dash panel. The impact load applied to the dash panel during a frontal crash is evenly distributed to various structural parts and a favorable crash safety is achieved. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20100109385 | VEHICULAR SIDE BODY STRUCTURE - Side sill includes a side sill body formed of a steel plate, and a side sill reinforcing member formed by extruding an aluminum alloy and provided inside the side sill body. Reinforcing bracket formed by casting an aluminum alloy covers the outer surface of the side sill body. The reinforcing bracket has protruding portions projecting, through through-holes formed in the side sill body, generally toward the interior of the side sill to be fixed to portions of the side sill reinforcing member, so that the side sill reinforcing member is restrainedly held by the reinforcing bracket. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110233970 | VEHICLE SIDE BODY STRUCTURE - A center pillar section formed of a high-tensile steel plate is fixed to a side panel frame section including a roof rail section formed of an ordinary-tensile steel plate. A reinforcing member formed of a high-tensile steel plate is provided inside the roof rail section, and the center pillar section is fixed at its upper end portion to the outer surface of the reinforcing member and at its lower end portion to the side sill section. A door beam provided within a front door overlaps the center pillar section and lower portion of a front pillar section. Front and rear end portions of the door beam are opposed to respective increased-width portions of the front pillar section and center pillar section. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120299334 | STRUCTURE FOR SIDE SECTION OF VEHICLE BODY - A vehicle body side part structure having high strength against a load in a frontal collision and a load in a side collision. A side panel outer member ( | 11-29-2012 |
