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20100229711 | PEDAL DEVICE OF ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A pedal device of an electronic keyboard musical instrument comprises a pedal lever swingable according to a depressing manipulation and a reaction force exerting unit for exerting on the pedal lever a reaction force of an amount which depends on an amount of the swing of the pedal lever. The reaction force exerting unit comprises, as an integral unit, a first movable member to be displaced via a thrust rod transferring the swing of the pedal lever, a first urging member which urges the first movable member in a direction to exert the reaction force on the pedal lever, a second movable member to be displaced by the first movable member after the swing of the pedal lever exceeds a predetermined amount, and a second urging member which urges the second movable member in the direction to exert the reaction force on the pedal lever. The first movable member, the second movable member, the first urging member and the second urging member are arranged coaxially around a common axis. The first movable member and the second movable member are capable of thrusting along the common axis. | 09-16-2010 |
20110232454 | KEYBOARD APPARATUS - A keyboard apparatus capable of enhancing the return capability of hammer assemblies upon key release to improve the capability of repeated key striking and capable of reducing a height size of action units to make the keyboard apparatus compact. The keyboard apparatus includes hammer assemblies each having a butt disposed pivotable about a hammer pivot shaft and a hammer shank extending from the butt. In a non-key-depression state, the hammer shank obliquely extends downward. As viewed from side, a straight line passing though a gravity center position of the hammer assembly and the hammer pivot shaft forms an acute angle less than 45 degrees relative to a horizontal plane in the entirety of a key depression and key release stroke. | 09-29-2011 |
20110232455 | KEYBOARD APPARATUS - A keyboard apparatus capable of being easily designed to have action units whose upper end positions are made low and whose efficiency of drive of whippens is increased. Each of keys of the keyboard apparatus has an upper front part, a bent part extending downward from a rear end of the upper front part, and a lower rear part extending rearward from a lower end of the bent part. An upper surface of a rear end portion of the lower rear part nearly horizontally extends at a height position lower than that of a key fulcrum. Action units are disposed above respective ones of rear end portions of the keys. A driven point of a whippen of each action unit is located at a position lower than the key fulcrum in a non-key-depression state. | 09-29-2011 |
20110232456 | UPRIGHT PIANO TYPE ACTION - An upright piano type action has a wippen | 09-29-2011 |
20110232457 | UPRIGHT PIANO TYPE ACTION | 09-29-2011 |
20130199356 | KEYBOARD APPARATUS - A keyboard apparatus wherein a hammer body having movable and stationary engagement portions is configured such that, in its pivotal movement in a forward direction, a click feeling in a key depression touch is generated when the movable engagement portion comes into contact with and gets over the stationary engagement portion, wherein a distance from a hammer pivot shaft to the movable engagement portion at a certain key stroke position in a key depression stroke becomes smaller with an increase in a pressing drive force, and wherein the movable engagement portion comes into contact with the stationary engagement portion in the pivotal movement in the forward direction where a magnitude of the pressing drive force is less than a prescribed value, and the movable engagement portion does not come into contact with the same where the magnitude of the force is equal to or larger than the prescribed value. | 08-08-2013 |
20130233150 | KEYBOARD APPARATUS - A keyboard apparatus, including: a key that is pivotable by depressing and release operations between: a pivotal movement start position corresponding to a non-key depression state; and a pivotal movement end position corresponding to a key-depression end state; a hammer body that is pivotable between: a pivotal movement start position; and a pivotal movement end position for imparting inertia to the key depressing operation; and an elastic portion to apply elastic force to at least one of the key and the hammer body, wherein the elastic portion is configured not to apply the elastic force to the key and the hammer body in the non-key depression state and configured to start to apply the elastic force in a direction toward the pivotal movement start position to the at least one of the key and the hammer body from a certain point in a forward stroke of the key depressing operation. | 09-12-2013 |
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20100291458 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack in which, even if the fuel cell stack is mounted in an inclined position, the performance of system components mounted on an end plate is maintained satisfactory. The fuel cell stack has a cell stack body formed by stacking a plurality of fuel battery single cells, and a pair of end plates for holding the cell stack body from respective sides in the stack direction. System components are mounted on one end plate. One end plate has a stack-facing surface facing the cell stack body and also has a system component mounting surface on the opposite side of the stack-facing surface. The system component mounting surface is inclined relative to the facing surface by an inclination angle so that, when the fuel cell stack is placed such that manifolds decline toward the one end plate, the system component mounting surface is vertical. | 11-18-2010 |
20130017470 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system to be mounted on an electric vehicle such as a hybrid vehicle or an electric vehicle. Cooling water is supplied from a cooling water inlet of a stack manifold, flows through a fuel cell stack, and returns to the stack manifold. A groove is formed on the rear surface side of the stack manifold, constituting, together with a terminal, a cooling water channel. The cooling water flows through the cooling water channel, and is discharged to the outside from a cooling water outlet. The cooling water channel is formed extending from the rear side to the front side of the vehicle, and warms an end plate. A pipe length of the cooling water channel to a radiator mounted in a front part of the vehicle is reduced. | 01-17-2013 |
20130295491 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Disclosed is a fuel cell system in which a hydrogen distribution system is configured in a compact size. High-pressure hydrogen gas from a hydrogen tank is decompressed in an injector and is then supplied to a cell stack manifold. A portion of a high-pressure supply system on the upstream side of the injector is formed as a first within-end-plate flow passage, and a portion of a low-pressure supply system on the downstream side of the injector is formed as a second within-end-plate flow passage. The second within-end-plate flow passage is a recess portion or a groove formed in the end plate and is formed as an open channel flow passage. | 11-07-2013 |
20140147769 | FUEL CELL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF FUEL CELL - A fuel cell that includes a cell stack in which a plurality of unit cells are stacked, a case that houses the cell stack, and a pressure plate that is placed in the case at a position between an end of the cell stack in the stacking direction and the case. The case has a first opening through which a pressing member that presses the pressure plate in the stacking direction from outside the case is brought into contact with the pressure plate, and a fixing portion that fixes the pressure plate in place with the cell stack compressed in the stacking direction. | 05-29-2014 |
20160049681 | FUEL CELL STACK - The present invention provides a fuel cell stack capable of suppressing misalignment between unit cells that causes gas leakage while achieving low cost and a configuration with a small size and small mass. | 02-18-2016 |
20160121752 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a fuel cell having a cell stack and an end plate provided to receive pressing force, the end plate having such a strength as to resist the pressing force; and a vehicle-side stack frame on which the fuel cell is mounted in a vehicle underfloor region in such a mounting posture that fuel-cell unit cells are stacked horizontally. The vehicle-side stack frame is built over a range from an end plate side to the other end side of the cell stack in the stacking direction of the fuel-cell unit cells in an occupation area occupied by the fuel cell in the mounting posture in the vehicle underfloor region. In a region where it is assumed that external force can reach the occupation area in the vicinity of the end plate, the vehicle-side stack frame has a shortest distance to the end plate that is smaller than a shortest distance to any other members in the vicinity of the end plate. | 05-05-2016 |
20160133951 | Insulator and Fuel Cell - In order to improve a power density of a fuel cell and prevent a generation of a poor insulation, an insulator is provided, which is disposed between a current collector disposed in contact with one end of a stacked body having a plurality of stacked unit cells in stacking directions, and an end member disposed outside from the current collector in the stacking directions, and includes a plurality of insulator members, each having a sheet-like planar portion. The plurality of insulator members which are stacked onto each other by the planar portions thereof are disposed oppose to the current collector. | 05-12-2016 |
20160133952 | Fuel Cell End Plate, Method of Manufacturing Same, and Fuel Cell - A fuel cell end plate that is provided at an end portion of a fuel cell includes a through-hole which penetrates the end plate and through which at least one of a fuel gas, an oxygen containing gas and cooling water fed to the fuel cell is distributed and a seal which covers an inner circumferential surface of the through-hole and a circumferential edge surface around the through-hole. The cutting processing mark of a corner portion connected from the inner circumferential surface of the through-hole to the circumferential edge surface is a processing mark in which a curved surface processing mark that is formed with a curved surface from any one of the inner circumferential surface and the circumferential edge surface toward the side of the other surface and a linear processing mark that is formed from the curved surface processing mark to the other surface and that is a straight line in a cross section in an axial direction of the through-hole are continuous. | 05-12-2016 |
20160133953 | END PLATE FOR FUEL CELL, FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - An end plate includes a first surface including a heat generator contact region set such that a heat generator contacts the heat generator contact region, the heat generator being included in a fuel cell system that includes the fuel cell; and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface including a cooling medium flow path through which a cooling medium flows, and at least one flow path rib portion provided inside the cooling medium flow path. | 05-12-2016 |
20160133982 | Fuel Cell Device - A fuel cell device includes: a cell stack; a case including a cover portion that covers one of side surfaces of the cell stack along a stacking direction; an end plate connected to one end portion of the cover portion in the stacking direction; and a fastening member that extends in parallel with the stacking direction on an opposite side of the cell stack from the cover portion, that includes one end portion in the stacking direction connected to the end plate and another end portion in the stacking direction connected to the case, and that fastens the cell stack, the end plate, and the case to each other. A thermal expansion coefficient of the cover portion is larger than a thermal expansion coefficient of the fastening member. | 05-12-2016 |
20160133984 | FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell includes a stacked body formed by stacking a plurality of unit cells, an end plate arranged on at least one end of the stacked body in a stacking direction, a fuel cell case including an opening portion and incorporating the stacked body, wherein the opening portion has a substantially polygonal outer circumference shape with a plurality of corners, and a plurality of types of fasteners with different load resistances that fix the end plate, closing the opening portion of the fuel cell case, to the fuel cell case. A fastener, of the plurality of types of fasteners, of a type with a highest load resistance is arranged at at least one of the plurality of corners of the opening portion. | 05-12-2016 |
20160141657 | Fuel Cell System - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell for causing electrochemical reactions of anode gas and cathode gas, a fuel cell system case accommodating the fuel cell, and a frame disposed below the fuel cell system case and fixing the fuel cell system case. A rib is provided on an upper surface of the frame. A water reservoir portion is provided in the bottom of the fuel cell system case so that the water reservoir portion is a concave in an inner side of the fuel cell system case and is a convex in the outside of the fuel cell system case. The water reservoir portion is located at a position at which at least a part of the convex vertically overlaps with the rib. | 05-19-2016 |
20160141662 | FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - An object is to suppress interference with the flow of a reactive gas or an off-gas in a fuel cell. There is provided a fuel cell comprising a stacked body that includes at least a power generation body configured by stacking a plurality of unit cells; and an end plate that is placed on at least one end in a stacking direction of the stacked body. The stacked body includes a manifold that is formed to pass through at least the power generation body in the stacking direction and is configured to cause a reactive gas or an off-gas to flow through. The end plate comprises a through hole that is formed to communicate with the manifold; and a plate portion that is placed inside of the through hole at a position corresponding to an outer circumference of an opening of the manifold formed in an end face on the one end of the stacked body and is arranged away from the end face of the stacked body across a clearance. | 05-19-2016 |
20160141700 | Fuel Cell Module - A fuel cell module includes a fuel cell and a case housing the fuel cell. The fuel cell includes a cell stack and a pressure plate arranged at an outermost position of a stacking direction relative to the cell stack. The case includes a cover section that faces the pressure plate and covers the pressure plate while the fuel cell is housed in the case. The cover section includes a pin housing portion having a through hole and a pin placed in the through hole with which the pressure plate is pressed. The pin housing portion has a thick part thicker than a thin part that is at least a part of the cover section continuous with the pin housing portion. The thick part is formed in an inward direction of the case. | 05-19-2016 |
20160141701 | FUEL CELL DEVICE - A fuel cell device includes a fuel cell body, a case and a pin having one end contacting a part of the fuel cell body. A through hole is formed in the case. The through hole penetrates the case from the outside to the inside. The pin is inserted in the through hole and provided with a sealing member formed on at least a part of an outer circumferential surface. The through hole has a constant inner diameter from a position inside the case to a border with the outside. In the through hole, an inner diameter between a portion of the constant inner diameter and the border with the outside is larger than the constant inner diameter. The pin has an opposite end located inside the through hole in a portion from an end of the portion of the constant inner diameter to the border with the outside. | 05-19-2016 |
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20100060394 | Electromagnetic relay - An electromagnetic relay includes a case, a base, a magnet coil, a movable member driven by electromagnetic force of the coil, a moving contact, a fixed contact engaged with or disengaged from the moving contact, a fixed contact holding member fixed to the base with the holding member passing therethrough and having a load circuit terminal, and a magnet applying Lorentz force to arc generated between the fixed contact and the moving contact. The case includes a guide part on its region with which arc extended in a Lorentz force application direction collides. The guide part guides arc after the collision to extend arc in a different direction from the application direction. The case includes a case partition wall between the guide part and the base. The holding member has a guide part opposing portion opposed to the guide part. The opposing portion is covered with the case partition wall. | 03-11-2010 |
20100066471 | Electromagnetic relay - An electromagnetic relay includes a housing having an accommodating space therein, a magnet coil in the accommodating space to generate electromagnetic force when energized, a moving contact disposed in the accommodating space and driven by the coil, a fixed contact in the accommodating space, the moving contact engaged with or disengaged from the fixed contact as a result of whether the moving contact is driven or not, a breathing hole formed in the housing to communicate between the accommodating space and an exterior space of the housing, and a flame propagation route along which a flame of flammable gas ignited by arc generated between the moving contact and the fixed contact propagates toward the breathing hole. The route includes a flame extinguishment clearance that is set to have such a gap size that the flame is extinguished when passing through the clearance. | 03-18-2010 |
20140084085 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector which injects a gaseous fuel includes a nozzle and a housing. The nozzle has an outlet which injects the gaseous fuel at a flow rate greater than or equal to a predetermined rate. The housing has a mixing chamber which communicates with the outlet. The housing further has an air introducing passage which introduces an outer air into the mixing chamber and an injection hole which injects an air-mixed fuel formed by mixing the gaseous fuel with the outer air. Thus, a mixing of the gaseous fuel and the outer air can be improved, and the gaseous fuel can be efficiently combusted. | 03-27-2014 |
20140283762 | COMBUSTION SYSTEM - A combustion system includes a reformer reforming a fuel on a catalyst to increase a combustion energy generated by the fuel per unit quantity of the fuel. The system includes an injection unit injecting a reformed fuel and a non-reformed fuel in such a manner that the reformed fuel is annularly distributed along an inner circumferential wall of a cylinder and the non-reformed fuel is distributed inside of the annularly distributed reformed fuel. The reformed fuel and the non-reformed fuel are combusted in a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine at a substantially same time. The reformed fuel is annularly distributed along an inner circumferential wall of an internal combustion engine. The non-reformed fuel is distributed in a center portion of the annularly distributed reformed fuel. The non-reformed fuel is compressed self-ignited to be combusted and the reformed fuel is ignited by a combustion of the non-reformed fuel. | 09-25-2014 |
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20090103902 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, DEBUG DEVICE, SYSTEM LSI, AND PROGRAM - A playback device according to the present invention has a function of supporting application development. The playback device acquires, via a network, file system information of a recording medium storing an application and mounts the acquired file system information to file system information of a recording medium equipped in the playback device. A playback control engine executes playback of an AV content that is accessible in the file system resulting from the mounting. A platform unit executes the application that is accessible the file system resulting from the mounting. When executing the application, the platform unit transmits an execution log to a debugging device that is for debugging the application to support the application development. | 04-23-2009 |
20090199232 | RECORDING AND PLAYING SYSTEM, CLIENT TERMINAL AND SERVER TERMINAL - Provided is a recording and playing system that prevents, even when a client terminal having no recording function receives emergency information, missing out on a program viewed with the client terminal. The system includes a server terminal and a client terminal connected to each other via a network. From among a plurality of broadcast contents, the server terminal receives a portion of a broadcast content that is broadcast after an instruction to perform recording is received. It transmits the portion to the client terminal as a recorded content. The client terminal detects start and finish of reception of the emergency information, and during the emergency information reception, notifies the user of the emergency information. When detected that the emergency information reception has started, the client terminal instructs the server terminal to perform recording, receives a recorded content from the server terminal through a request to the server terminal, and plays the recorded content in place of a broadcast content. | 08-06-2009 |
20090245758 | VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM, VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS, AND VIDEO RECORDING METHOD - A content can be recorded for certain in a video recording system including a video recording apparatus and a video recording and transmitting apparatus. The video recording apparatus includes: a recording control unit that starts recording the content when a period of time indicated by scheduled recording information starts; and a message transmitting unit that transmits recording-state information to the video recording and transmitting apparatus at regular intervals. The video recording and transmitting apparatus includes: a recording-state monitoring unit that determines whether or not the continued reception of a signal has been suspended during the period of time; and a recording control unit that starts recording the content when the recording-state monitoring unit determines that the continued reception of the signal has been suspended. | 10-01-2009 |
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20130121689 | OPTICAL AMPLIFYING DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An optical amplifying device includes an optical amplification medium configured to be excited by excitation light and amplify signal light, a light loss detector configured to detect a light loss of an optical component optically connected to the optical amplification medium in the amplifying device, and a noise figure deterioration detector configured to detect, based on the light loss detected by the light loss detector, deterioration of a noise figure of the optical amplification medium. | 05-16-2013 |
20130314768 | CONTROL CIRCUIT, CONTROL METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - There is provided a control circuit for a transmission system in which signal light transmitted from a transmission-side apparatus via a transmission path to a reception-side apparatus is subjected to Raman amplification by inputting excitation light from the reception-side apparatus to the transmission path. The control circuit includes a first detection unit configured to detect a change amount of an optical loss of the transmission path caused by a state change of the transmission path, a second detection unit configured to detect a backscattered light amount of the excitation light, and a control unit configured to control an intensity of the excitation light input by the reception-side apparatus to the transmission path on the basis of the change amount of the optical loss detected by the first detection unit and the backscattered light amount detected by the second detection unit. | 11-28-2013 |
20130329278 | AMPLIFYING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An amplifying-apparatus that raman-amplifies light transmitted through an optical-fiber-transmission-path, includes: an inputting-unit that inputs pump light to the optical-fiber-transmission-path; a path-switching-unit that is capable of switching between a first state in which the light transmitted through the optical-fiber-transmission-path is output to a first path and a second state in which the light transmitted through the optical-fiber-transmission-path is output to a second path; a splitting-unit that splits the light output to the second path by the path-switching-unit and outputs resulting first light and second light; and a control-circuit that stores information based on a result of reception of the light output to the first path by putting the path-switching-unit into the first state and then controls power of the pump light on a basis of the stored information and a result of reception of the first light output by the splitting-unit by putting the path-switching-unit into the second state. | 12-12-2013 |
20140139906 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An optical amplifier includes: a first amplifier amplifying a signal light by a first excitation light; a variable optical attenuator attenuating the signal light; a second amplifier amplifying the signal light by a second excitation light; a mode selector selecting one of first and second modes; a gain controller, in first mode, controlling first and second excitation lights so that a gain of power of the signal light becomes constant; a first output controller, in second mode, controlling the first excitation light; a second output controller that, in second mode, controlling the second excitation light so that a spontaneous emission light having fixed level is outputted; and an attenuation controller controlling an attenuation of the variable optical attenuator according to an input level of the signal light in first mode, and controlling the attenuation to become a given value larger than a value of first mode in second mode. | 05-22-2014 |
20140146385 | RAMAN AMPLIFIER - Raman amplifier includes: a pump-light generator configured to supply pump light to a transmission fiber; a measurement circuit configured to measure a relationship between power of the pump light and power of noise output from the transmission fiber with respect to a range from first pump-light power to second pump-light power; a signal detector configured to monitor a supervisory signal in output light of the transmission optical; and a decision unit configured to decide a state of the transmission fiber according to the monitoring result. When the supervisory signal is detected without the pump light, the measurement circuit measures the relationship while increasing the power of the pump light from the first pump-light power. When the supervisory signal is not detected without the pump light, the measurement circuit measures the relationship while decreasing the power of the pump light from the second pump-light power. | 05-29-2014 |
20150125145 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE - An optical transmission system includes: a first optical transmission device configured to perform bidirectional optical transmission with a second optical transmission device via an optical transmission line, wherein the first optical transmission device includes a transmitted light power adjusting section configured to transmit, to the second optical transmission device, a first light power which is set based on a measurement result, the second transmission device measuring a fluctuating light power transmitted from the first transmission device and informing the first transmission device of the measurement result. | 05-07-2015 |
20150280391 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER - An optical amplifier includes an optical amplifying unit, a splitting unit, and a loss adjusting unit. The optical amplifying unit provides gain to wavelength multiplexed light received from a transmission line, to amplify light intensity. The splitting unit splits the amplified wavelength multiplexed light. The loss adjusting unit adjusts loss provided to each wavelength of a first portion or the split wavelength multiplexed light based on the gain. | 10-01-2015 |
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20130143128 | NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided are a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery in which short circuits between the positive- and negative-electrode layers can be suppressed with certainty and a method for producing the battery. A nonaqueous-electrolyte battery | 06-06-2013 |
20130273438 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A positive-electrode body | 10-17-2013 |
20130302698 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte battery that has a high capacity and a high volume power density and can have an enhanced charge-discharge cycle capability. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive-electrode layer, a negative-electrode layer, and a solid-electrolyte layer disposed between these layers. The negative-electrode layer contains a powder of a negative-electrode active material and a powder of a solid electrolyte. In the negative-electrode active material, a charge-discharge volume change ratio is 1% or less and the powder has an average particle size of 8 μm or less. The solid-electrolyte layer is formed by a vapor-phase process. Examples of the negative-electrode active material having a charge-discharge volume change ratio of 1% or less include Li | 11-14-2013 |
20150155107 | LITHIUM ION CAPACITOR - Provided is a lithium-ion capacitor having increased capacity, while also having suppression of the falling away of an active material from a current collector. The lithium-ion capacitor includes: a positive electrode and a negative electrode, both including the active material and the current collector holding the active material; and a non-aqueous electrolyte having lithium ion conductivity. At least one of the current collectors is a porous body having interconnected pores and a porosity of over 30% and 98% or less, the pores filled with either one of the active materials that can reversibly carry lithium. At least one of the active materials is pre-doped with lithium. The lithium pre-doped into the negative electrode active material is, in part or in whole, pre-doped from lithium electrochemically connected to the negative electrode, directly or after passing through at least one or more of the positive electrodes. | 06-04-2015 |
20160079006 | ELECTRODE FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE, POWER STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE - The electrode for the power storage device includes carbon nanotubes, an ionic liquid, and a three-dimensional network metal porous body having a plurality of pore portions filled with the carbon nanotubes and the ionic liquid, wherein, in pore portions exposed at a surface of the three-dimensional network metal porous body, of the plurality of pore portions, a ratio (d/D) between a pore portion diameter (D) in a first direction within the surface of the three-dimensional network metal porous body and a pore portion diameter (d) in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction within the surface of the three-dimensional network metal porous body is in a range of 003-17-2016 | |
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20100137475 | EPOXY RESIN-FORMING LIQUID PREPARATION CONTAINING INORGANIC PARTICLE - There is provided a liquid preparation for forming an epoxy resin having curing properties combining high transparency and high bending strength while maintaining advantageous handling properties as in a liquid state. A liquid preparation for forming an epoxy resin comprising: an A agent; and a B agent; wherein the A agent contains a modified epoxy resin (I) formed from at least one type of compound (i) having in a molecule thereof, at least one functional group of Formula (1): | 06-03-2010 |
20100311871 | COLLOIDAL SILICA PARTICLES, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ORGANIC SOLVENT-DISPERSED SILICA SOL, POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND-DISPERSED SILICA SOL, AND DICARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDE-DISPERSED SILICA SOL EACH OBTAINED FROM THE SAME - There is provided colloidal silica particles comprising at least one polyvalent metal element M selected from a group consisting of iron, aluminum, zinc, zirconium, titanium, tin, and lead in an average content of 0.001 to 0.02 in terms of an M/Si molar ratio, and having an average primary particle diameter of 5 to 40 nm, wherein the content of the polyvalent metal element M present in an outermost layer of the colloidal particles is 0 to 0.003 atom per square nanometer (nm | 12-09-2010 |
20110281974 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITION OF POLYMERIZABLE ORGANIC COMPOUND CONTAINING SILICA PARTICLES - A process for producing a composition of a polymerizable organic compound containing silica particles characterized by comprising: (a) a process of preparing an amine-added organic solvent-dispersed silica sol, in which an amine compound is added to an organic solvent-dispersed silica sol that contains colloidal silica particles having an average primary particle size of 5 to 100 nm and that has a pH of 2.5 to 4.0 at 20° C. as measured in a diluted solution obtained by a method in which the same mass of the organic solvent-dispersed silica sol, methanol, and pure water are mixed together, so that the diluted solution obtained by the mixing method has a pH of 4.5 to 11.0 at 20° C.; and (b) a process of mixing the amine-added organic solvent-dispersed silica sol obtained in the process (a) with a polymerizable organic compound. | 11-17-2011 |
20110319589 | LONG CHAIN ALKYLENE GROUP-CONTAINING EPOXY COMPOUND - It is an object to provide a liquid thermosetting composition that yields an epoxy resin having physical properties of the cured product such as high flexural strength along with adequate handleability as liquid, to be used in transparent sealants for optical semiconductors, such as transparent sealants for LEDs (light-emitting devices) and the like. There is provided a thermosetting composition containing an epoxy compound that a side chain between a triazinetrione ring and an epoxy group substituted on the triazinetrione ring is long (elongated). | 12-29-2011 |
20120292487 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MICROLENS - There is provided a resist composition suitable for forming a microlens which is excellent in transparency, heat resistance, and sensitivity characteristics, excellent in solubility in a developer, and as the result thereof has high resolution. A positive resist composition comprising; a component (A): an alkali-soluble polymer; a component (B): a compound having an organic group to be photolyzed to generate an alkali-soluble group; a component (C): a crosslinkable compound of Formula (1): | 11-22-2012 |
20120295199 | LONG-CHAIN ALKYLENE-CONTAINING CURABLE EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION - A curable composition that maintains good handleability in the liquid form and that can be photo- or heat-cured to form a cured product having physical properties including both high transparency and high flexural strength. A curable composition includes, an epoxy compound of (1): | 11-22-2012 |
20130172522 | EPOXY COMPOUND WITH NITROGEN-CONTAINING RING - There is provided an epoxy compound that provides properties of cured products combining high transparency with high flexural strength by being thermally cured while maintaining advantageous handling properties in a liquid state thereof. An epoxy compound of Formula (1): | 07-04-2013 |
20130172525 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING EPOXY COMPOUND HAVING CYANURIC ACID SKELETON - There is provided an epoxy compound that provides properties of cured products combining high transparency with high flexural strength by being thermally cured while maintaining advantageous handling properties in a liquid state thereof; and a method for producing a composition by using the epoxy compound. A method for producing an epoxy compound of Formula (1): | 07-04-2013 |
20130177849 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION HAVING MONOCYCLIC ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON RING - There is provided a curable composition having a low viscosity and high cationic curability. A curable composition including an epoxy compound of Formula (1): | 07-11-2013 |
20130274433 | POLYFUNCTIONAL EPOXY COMPOUND - There is provided an epoxy resin composition having low viscosity and a high cationic curing property. An epoxy compound of Formula (1): | 10-17-2013 |
20150376018 | COLLOIDAL SILICA PARTICLES, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ORGANIC SOLVENT-DISPERSED SILICA SOL, POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND-DISPERSED SILICA SOL, AND DICARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDE-DISPERSED SILICA SOL EACH OBTAINED FROM THE SAME - There is provided colloidal silica particles comprising at least one polyvalent metal element M selected from a group consisting of iron, aluminum, zinc, zirconium, titanium, tin, and lead in an average content of 0.001 to 0.02 in terms of an M/Si molar ratio, and having an average primary particle diameter of 5 to 40 nm, wherein the content of the polyvalent metal element M present in an outermost layer of the colloidal particles is 0 to 0.003 atom per square nanometer (nm | 12-31-2015 |
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20080240241 | FRAME INTERPOLATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A first motion vector points from a source region of a source picture to a destination region of a destination picture. A second motion vector is scaled from the first motion vector based on a first temporal distance between the source picture and the interpolation picture. A third motion vector is scaled from the first motion vector based on a second temporal distance between the destination picture and the interpolation picture. A weight of a first interpolation region of the interpolation picture is calculated using distortion energy of the source region. A first motion compensation picture compensated from the source region to a temporal position of the interpolation picture using the second motion vector, and a second motion compensation picture compensated from the destination region to the temporal position using the third motion vector are calculated. A third motion compensation picture is calculated by weighted-averaging the first motion compensation picture and the second motion compensation picture. A second interpolation region of the interpolation picture is calculated by averaging a region of the third motion compensation picture and a region of an artifact prevention picture with the weight. | 10-02-2008 |
20110157213 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE, AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - According to one embodiment, a first extraction unit extracts a first group of pixels having a specific hue from an input image. A second extraction unit extracts a second group of pixels having large distance from a reference axis on a plane defined by a chroma axis and a luminance axis from the first group. A first transform unit executes a plurality of color-transform processing to the second group and obtains a plurality of third groups of pixels as the second group transformed by each color-transform processing. A reliability calculation unit calculates a reliability of each third group. The reliability is larger when pixels of the third group are more located in shape of a straight line on the plane. A selection unit selects a color-transform processing by which the third group has the largest reliability from the plurality of color-transform processing. A second transform unit executes the color-transform processing to the input image to obtain an output image. | 06-30-2011 |
20130071018 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a hue calculation unit configured to calculate a hue of a pixel included in a target image; an extraction unit configured to extract a first group including a pixel, a hue of which is close to a hue of the target pixel; a chromaticity calculation unit configured to calculate a chromaticity of the pixel included in the first group and that of the target pixel; a diffuse reflection factor calculation unit configured to calculate an estimated diffuse reflection factor by using the chromaticity of the pixel included in the first group and that of the target pixel; and a separation unit configured to separate a diffuse reflection component from a pixel value of the target pixel by using the diffuse reflection factor, the diffuse reflection component representing a component in the pixel value that varies as the diffuse reflection factor varies. | 03-21-2013 |
20130251288 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE, AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a scale down unit, a calculation unit, a scale up unit, and a subtraction unit. The scale down unit generates a scaled down image by scaling down a target image. The scaled down image has a size smaller than the target image. The calculation unit calculates a pixel value of a diffuse reflection component of each pixel in the scaled down image, and generates a first diffuse reflection image having the pixel value and the same size as the scaled down image. The scale up unit generates a second diffuse reflection image by scaling up the first diffuse reflection image. The second diffuse reflection image has the same size as the target image. The subtraction unit generates a specular reflection image by subtracting the second diffuse reflection image from the target image. | 09-26-2013 |
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20100054797 | DRUM CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A drum cartridge detachably mountable to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, which apparatus including a main assembly, and a supporting member, swingably mounted to the main assembly, for supporting a plurality of developing devices and for bring the developing devices sequentially to a developing position by rotation thereof, the apparatus comprising: an electrophotographic photosensitive member drum; and a detachable spacer member for moving the supporting member away from the electrophotographic photosensitive member drum by contacting to the supporting member when the drum cartridge is mounted to the main assembly. | 03-04-2010 |
20100054799 | COVERING MEMBER AND CARTRIDGE - A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, includes an image bearing member; a frame; process means contactable to and actable on the image bearing member; a covering member detachably mounted to the frame to protect a surface of the image bearing member; and a spacing portion provided on the covering member and inserted between the image bearing member and the process means to space the image bearing member and the process means from each other, the spacing portion being movable relative to the covering member while being interposed between the image bearing member and the process means when the covering member is removed from the frame. | 03-04-2010 |
20100054807 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a cleaning member for removing a developer from the image bearing member; a frame provided with an opening; a developer accommodating portion for accommodating the developer which was removed by the cleaning member and has passed through the opening; a sheet member, contacting the image bearing member, for preventing the developer from leaking out of the developer accommodating portion; a supporting portion, provided to the frame, for supporting the sheet member; a reinforcing portion, provided to the frame, connecting a one end-side portion of the frame located upstream of the opening with the other end-side portion of the frame located downstream of the opening, with respect to a rotational direction of the image bearing member; and a space, provided downstream of the reinforcing portion with respect to a direction from the opening toward the developer accommodating portion, for permitting movement of the developer in an axial direction of the image bearing member. | 03-04-2010 |
20110103830 | COVER AND CARTRIDGE - An electrophotographic image forming apparatus detachably mountable to a main assembly of the apparatus, includes a rotatable image bearing member on which a latent image is to be formed; charging means for contacting said image bearing member to charge a surface of said image bearing member; a frame supporting said image bearing member and said charging means; a covering member, demountably mounted to said frame, for protecting the surface of said image bearing member; and a spacer member including a spacing portion, movably provided on said covering member, for entering between said image bearing member and said charging means to space them therebetween, and a retaining portion, contacting said covering member when said spacing portion is not between said image bearing member and said charging means, for preventing said spacer member from disengaging from said covering member. | 05-05-2011 |
20110103831 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus to which a cartridge including an image bearing drum and a frame supporting the image bearing member, the apparatus includes a belt member for transferring a developed image formed on the drum onto a recording material; an opening provided to permit the cartridge to enter an inside of a main assembly; a first guide portion for guiding the cartridge through the opening from a position where a bottom end portion of the drum is below a transfer position where the drum and the belt member contact with each other when the cartridge is mounted; a second guide portion provided downstream of the first guide portion with respect to a mounting direction in which the cartridge is mounted to the main assembly, the second guide portion guiding the cartridge from a position where the bottom end portion of the drum is below the transfer position to a position where the bottom end portion of the drum is above the transfer position; and a third guide portion provided downstream of the second guide portion with respect to the mounting direction, the third guide portion guiding the cartridge from the position where the bottom end portion is above the transfer position to the transfer position. | 05-05-2011 |
20120183328 | COVER AND CARTRIDGE - An electrophotographic image forming apparatus detachably mountable to a main assembly of the apparatus, includes a rotatable image bearing member on which a latent image is to be formed; charging means for contacting said image bearing member to charge a surface of said image bearing member; a frame supporting said image bearing member and said charging means; a covering member, demountably mounted to said frame, for protecting the surface of said image bearing member; and a spacer member including a spacing portion, movably provided on said covering member, for entering between said image bearing member and said charging means to space them therebetween, and a retaining portion, contacting said covering member when said spacing portion is not between said image bearing member and said charging means, for preventing said spacer member from disengaging from said covering member. | 07-19-2012 |
20140029980 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a belt member for transferring a developed image, an opening provided to permit a cartridge including an image bearing drum to enter a main assembly, a first guide portion for guiding the cartridge through the opening from a position where a bottom end portion of the drum is below a transfer position where the drum and the belt member contact each other when the cartridge is mounted, and a second guide portion provided downstream of the first guide portion. The second guide portion guides the cartridge to a position where the bottom end portion of the drum is above the transfer position. In addition, a third guide portion, provided downstream of the second guide portion, guides the cartridge from the position where the bottom end portion is above the transfer position to the transfer position. | 01-30-2014 |
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20080304349 | VOLTAGE SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - A voltage supply circuit that switches and outputs multiple set voltages from an output terminal, has a boosting circuit that boosts a voltage supplied from a power supply and outputs the voltage to the output terminal; a voltage detecting circuit that outputs a first flag signal when detecting that the voltage outputted from the boosting circuit is not lower than the set voltage, outputs a second flag when detecting that the voltage outputted from the boosting circuit is not lower than a frequency adjusting voltage set lower than the set voltage; and a control circuit that controls an operation of the boosting circuit in response to the set voltage and the output signal of the voltage detecting circuit. | 12-11-2008 |
20090067255 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY INCLUDING MEMORY CELL FOR STORING MULTILEVEL DATA HAVING TWO OR MORE VALUES - A write controller performs verification for checking whether each memory cell is on a predetermined verification level. For a memory cell to be written to a voltage level higher than the predetermined verification level, the write controller stores, in first and second latch circuits, the number of times of write to be performed by a write voltage after the verification. Whenever write is performed by the write voltage, the write controller updates the number of times of write stored in the first and second latch circuits. After write is performed the number of times of write by the write voltage, the write controller performs write by an intermediate voltage lower than the write voltage. | 03-12-2009 |
20090073764 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE CAPABLE OF HIGH-SPEED WRITING - A memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells in each of which a plurality of bits are stored. A sense amplifier detects data read from a memory cell selected from the memory cell array. At the time of a write verify operation for verifying write data, when a threshold voltage of the memory cell exceeds a predetermined checkpoint, the data control unit converts write data to be written to the memory cell into data of the number of times indicating the remaining number of write voltage application times, inverts only one bit of the data of the number of times each time a write voltage application operation is performed, and changes a definition of the data of the number of times to thereby perform a subtraction operation. | 03-19-2009 |
20090212852 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - A power supply circuit outputs different set potentials in response to control signals, wherein a voltage detecting circuit changes levels of a first reference potential and a second reference potential in response to inputs of control signals, and a clock generating circuit increases a frequency of the frequency divided clock signal when the levels of the first reference potential and the second reference potential are greatly changed in response to the inputs of the control signals. | 08-27-2009 |
20110231687 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND SERVER SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a NAND flash memory includes a memory cell array includes pages, and a volatile data register with a storage capacity of one page, and configured to write page data to the memory cell array through the data register, each of the pages includes nonvolatile memory cells and being a unit of data write, a volatile RAM, and a controller includes a power saving mode in which power consumption of the RAM is reduced, and configured to transfer data of the RAM to the data register before entering the power saving mode. | 09-22-2011 |
20130262901 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND SERVER SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a NAND flash memory includes a memory cell array includes pages, and a volatile data register with a storage capacity of one page, and configured to write page data to the memory cell array through the data register, each of the pages includes nonvolatile memory cells and being a unit of data write, a volatile RAM, and a controller includes a power saving mode in which power consumption of the RAM is reduced, and configured to transfer data of the RAM to the data register before entering the power saving mode. | 10-03-2013 |
20140140152 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of semiconductor chips and a control unit. The plurality of semiconductor chips is configured to connect to a signal transmission path and is controlled individually by individual chip enable signals. The plurality of semiconductor chips each includes a termination circuit connected to the signal transmission path. When one of the semiconductor chips is selected to input or output data, the control unit activates the termination circuit provided in the semiconductor chip that is not selected based on a first instruction signal and the chip enable signal. | 05-22-2014 |
20150131397 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND ASSEMBLING METHOD OF MEMORY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, each memory chip included in a memory package includes a first storage unit that stores therein first information that is n-bit information and is a comparison target of a chip address, and is used for identifying its own memory chip, a second storage unit that stores therein second information for determining an effective bit of the n-bit first information, and a control unit that determines an effective bit of the n-bit first information and an effective bit of the chip address based on the second information. | 05-14-2015 |
20160141033 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND ASSEMBLING METHOD OF MEMORY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, each memory chip included in a memory package includes a first storage unit that stores therein first information that is n-bit information and is a comparison target of a chip address, and is used for identifying its own memory chip, a second storage unit that stores therein second information for determining an effective bit of the n-bit first information, and a control unit that determines an effective bit of the n-bit first information and an effective bit of the chip address based on the second information. | 05-19-2016 |
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20090028588 | CONTROLLING TIMING FOR STARTING IMAGE FORMATION - Exemplary embodiments provide an apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of controlling a timing for starting image formation such that when forming a preceding image and a following image, a timing for starting formation of the following image is adjusted based on a timing for starting the preceding image. | 01-29-2009 |
20130051886 | SHEET BINDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an adhesive toner pattern in a predetermined bonding range of a sheet, outside a printable range in which an image according to image data is formed, a stacking unit to stack multiple sheets one on top of another, and a sheet binding device that includes a fusing device to fuse and fix the adhesive toner pattern formed on the multiple sheets to bind the multiple sheets together, and a bonding strength setting unit to determine, in accordance with a desired bonding strength, at least one of a number of color toners used for forming the adhesive toner pattern, a bonding manner, a number of pixels of the adhesive toner pattern, a toner area ratio of the adhesive toner pattern, and a layer thickness of the adhesive toner pattern. | 02-28-2013 |
20140072388 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND SHEET BINDING METHOD - A sheet post-processing apparatus includes: a binding unit that binds, as a bundle, a plurality of sheets by heating and pressing binding margin portions of the sheets set in advance, using toner interposed between the sheets as an adhesive material; and a pre-heating unit that heats the binding margin portions of the sheets while the sheets are stacked. | 03-13-2014 |