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20100331432 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYIMIDE FOAM AND POLYIMIDE FOAM - A polyimide foam formed of an aromatic polyimide prepared from a 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid component and an aromatic diamine component. The polyimide foam has flexibility at least such that no cracking occurs when a specimen of the polyimide foam with a 1 cm by 1 cm cross-section and a length of 5 cm is deformed until both ends thereof come into contact with each other to make a closed loop. The polyimide foam is obtained by dissolving a 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid component and an aromatic diamine component in a solvent in the presence of an acid phosphoric ester having a specific structure to prepare a polyimide precursor and heating the polyimide precursor to expand. | 12-30-2010 |
20120164557 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE - A method for producing a polymer electrolyte membrane having a strong acid group or a superstrong acid group is provided. The method includes casting on a support a polymer electrolyte solution containing from 0.0005 to 2 parts by weight of a phosphate ester represented by formula (11) and/or a salt between an amine represented by formula (12) and a phosphate ester represented by formula (11), with respect to 100 parts by weight of a polymer electrolyte; heating the solution until a solvent of the solution is evaporated to form a self-supporting membrane; and removing the self-supporting membrane from the support. | 06-28-2012 |
20120171598 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION - A polymer electrolyte composition of a sulfonated block copolymer (A) having a hydrophilic segment with a sulfonic acid group and a hydrophobic segment with no sulfonic acid group, each segment having an aromatic ring is its main chain, and an aromatic polymer (B) having no sulfonic acid group with a structural unit that is identical to the structural unit contained in the hydrophobic segment of the sulfonated block copolymer is provided. The ion-exchange capacity of the composition can be in a range of 0.5 mmol/g to 2.9 mmol/g. Electrolyte membranes, membrane/electrolyte assemblies, and electrolyte fuel cells utilizing the polymer electrolyte composition are also provide. | 07-05-2012 |
20120264835 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SULFONATED POLYARYLETHER BLOCK COPOLYMER - A method of producing a sulfonated polyarylether block copolymer is provided. The method includes producing a sulfonated polyarylether block copolymer containing a hydrophobic segment having a structural unit represented by formula (5) and a hydrophilic segment having a structural unit having a sulfonic acid groups or derivative thereof incorporated into a structure represented by formula (6). A hydrophilic segment prepolymer having a sulfonic acid group in a potassium salt form and a hydrophobic segment prepolymer are block copolymerized. A proton conductor that includes the sulfonated polyarylether block copolymer is also provided. | 10-18-2012 |
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20090160408 | BATTERY CHARGING DEVICE, THREE-PHASE VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT, THREE-PHASE VOLTAGE GENERATION METHOD AND DELAY ANGLE CONTROL METHOD - In the battery charging device of the present invention, a U, V, W phase voltage generating circuit detects a voltage signal of a U phase sub-coil of a three-phase alternating current generator, and generates a signal of a triangular wave that is in synchronization with the U phase. Moreover, a first triangular wave is generated in synchronization with a phase from 0° to 180° of the U phase rectangular wave, and a second triangular wave is generated in synchronization with a phase from 180° to 360° of the U phase. In addition, a V phase rectangular wave is generated in which the level is inverted at a voltage point of two thirds the peak voltage of the first triangular wave, and in which the level is inverted at a voltage point of two thirds the peak voltage of the second triangular wave, and a W phase rectangular wave is generated in which the level is inverted at a voltage point of one third the peak voltage of the first triangular wave, and in which the level is inverted at a voltage point of one third the peak voltage of the second triangular wave. | 06-25-2009 |
20090243550 | BATTERY CHARGER AND BATTERY CHARGING METHOD - A rectification processor includes rectifier elements that control charge to batteries independently for each of the batteries. A charge-state detector detects charge states of the batteries from their voltages, and determines whether to select the batteries for charging in a half-cycle determined beforehand in accordance with the detected result. A synchronous signal detector detects a signal synchronized with the phase of the 3-phase alternate current (AC) generator from the 3-phase AC generator, and outputs a synchronous signal. A charge controller controls the charge in the rectification processor in synchronization with the 3-phase AC generator according to the synchronous signal from the synchronous signal detector, and, in accordance with the charge states of the batteries output from the charge-state detector, controls charge amounts to the battery/batteries that was determined for selection. | 10-01-2009 |
20100117572 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND BRUSHLESS MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - A brushless motor control device according to the present invention drives a brushless motor including a stator having coils of three phases U, V, and W and a neutral line, and a sub coil provided in any one phase of the phases U, V, and W, for detecting a voltage induced in the coil of the one phase, and the brushless motor control device carries out a conduction control function, for the respective phase coils of the brushless motor, that performs a 120° conduction when a rotation speed of the brushless motor is lower than or equal to a predetermined rotation speed, and that performs a 180° conduction when the rotation speed is higher than or equal to the predetermined rotation speed, and the brushless motor control device includes a motor control unit that controls the brushless motor based on information of the rotor stop position when activating the brushless motor, controls the brushless motor based on the first rotor position information when in the 120° conduction, and controls the brushless motor based on the second rotor position information when in the 180° conduction. | 05-13-2010 |
20100237825 | Battery Charging Device and Delay Angle Control Method for Battery Charging Device - A battery charging device of the present invention has a rectifier portion that is formed by switching elements, and performs advance angle/delay angle control. An advance angle/delay angle amount in the advance angle/delay angle control is determined based on a differential voltage between the voltage of a battery and a predetermined target voltage. In this case, when a determined delay angle amount exceeds a delay angle limit value, delay angle control is performed using the delay angle limit value. Moreover, the power generation amount of an alternating current generator is detected, and the delay angle amount and power generation amount are stored. If the current delay angle amount is greater than the previous delay angle amount, and the previous power generation amount is greater than the current power generation amount, then the previous delay angle amount is set as the delay angle limit value. | 09-23-2010 |
20130119946 | BATTERY CHARGER AND BATTERY CHARGING METHOD - A rectification processor includes rectifier elements that control charge to batteries independently for each of the batteries. A charge-state detector detects charge states of the batteries from their voltages, and determines whether to select the batteries for charging in a half-cycle determined beforehand in accordance with the detected result. A synchronous signal detector detects a signal synchronized with the phase of the 3-phase alternate current (AC) generator from the 3-phase AC generator, and outputs a synchronous signal. A charge controller controls the charge in the rectification processor in synchronization with the 3-phase AC generator according to the synchronous signal from the synchronous signal detector, and, in accordance with the charge states of the batteries output from the charge-state detector, controls charge amounts to the battery/batteries that was determined for selection. | 05-16-2013 |
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20110123896 | FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a fuel cell having a blocked passage and showing capability of inhibiting desiccation and flooding of the membrane electrode assembly. The fuel cell comprises: a laminated body comprising at least a membrane electrode assembly which includes: an electrolyte membrane, an anode catalyst layer arranged on one surface of the electrolyte membrane, and a cathode catalyst layer arranged on the other surface of the electrolyte membrane; and a pair of separators sandwiching the laminated body, wherein, between the pair of separators, along the laminated body side surface of at least one separator, an inlet passage is provided for getting through a reaction gas supplied to the laminated body and an outlet passage is provided for getting through a reaction gas having passed through the laminated body; the inlet passage is blocked at a downstream end of the reaction gas being supplied to the laminated body and the outlet passage is blocked at an upstream end of the reaction gas having passed through the laminated body; the inlet passage and the outlet passage are arranged separately from each other along the separator; and the depth of the upstream region of the inlet passage is larger than that of the downstream region of the inlet passage. | 05-26-2011 |
20110236787 | FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a fuel cell having obstructed passages, which is capable of inhibiting the occurrence of flooding. The fuel cell comprises: a stacked body comprising at least a membrane electrode assembly; and a pair of separators sandwiching the stacked body. A face of the stacked body side of the separator is provided with inlet passage(s) through which reaction gas to be supplied to the stacked body passes and outlet passage(s) through which reaction gas having passed the stacked body passes. The inlet passage is obstructed at a downstream end of the reaction gas to be supplied to the stacked body and the outlet passage is obstructed at an upstream end of the reaction gas having passed through the stacked body. The inlet passage and the outlet passage is arranged separately from each other, and the inlet passage is arranged on both ends of the face of the stacked body side of the separator in the passage width direction of the inlet passage and the outlet passage. | 09-29-2011 |
20120010069 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CORE-SHELL CATALYST PARTICLE AND CORE-SHELL CATALYST PARTICLE PRODUCED BY THIS PRODUCTION METHOD - A method of producing a core-shell catalyst particle, the method including: preparing a core particle that contains an alloy including a first core metal having a standard electrode potential of at least 0.6 V and a second core metal having a standard electrode potential lower than that of the first core metal; eluting the second core metal at least at a surface of the core particle, the elution being carried out under conditions at which an equilibrium is maintained for the first core metal between a metal state and a hydroxide and at which an equilibrium is maintained for the second core metal between a metal state and a metal ion; and, with the core particle being designed as a core portion, coating this core portion with a shell portion after the elution of the second core metal. | 01-12-2012 |
20120208105 | FUEL CELL ELECTROCATALYTIC PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is a catalyst particle having high catalyst activity and a method for producing the catalyst particle. | 08-16-2012 |
20130022899 | CORE-SHELL TYPE METAL NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Core-shell type metal nanoparticles including a core portion and a shell portion covering the core portion, wherein the core portion includes a core metal material selected from metals and alloys, and wherein the shell portion includes an alloy of a first shell metal material and a second shell metal material. | 01-24-2013 |
20130029248 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell including a single fuel cell which includes a membrane electrode including a polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode electrode on one surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane, and a cathode electrode on another surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane, the anode electrode including an anode catalyst layer and a gas diffusion layer and the cathode electrode including a cathode catalyst layer and a gas diffusion layer. At least one of the anode cathode catalyst layers includes core-shell type catalyst particles, each having a core and a shell covering the core and including a shell metallic material. At least one of the polymer electrolyte membrane, anode catalyst layer, gas diffusion layer at the anode side, cathode catalyst layer and gas diffusion layer at the cathode side includes metallic nanoparticles having an average particle diameter different from that of the core-shell type catalyst particles and including the shell metallic material. | 01-31-2013 |
20130029842 | CORE-SHELL TYPE METAL NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides core-shell type metal nanoparticles having a high surface coverage of the core portion with the shell portion, and a method for producing the same. Disclosed is core-shell type metal nanoparticles comprising a core portion comprising a core metal material and a shell portion covering the core portion, wherein the core portion substantially has no {100 } plane of the core metal material on the surface thereof. | 01-31-2013 |
20130059219 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system which prevents a reduction in catalyst activity, wherein at least one of the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer includes a core-shell type catalyst particle having a core portion including a core metallic material and a shell portion covering the core portion and including a shell metallic material; and wherein the fuel cell system has: a means for storing an initial value of a ratio of the core metallic material to a surface area of the core-shell type catalyst particle, and a means for determining whether or not the ratio of the core metallic material to the surface area of the core-shell type catalyst particle is increased at a predetermined stage, compared to the initial value. | 03-07-2013 |
20130189607 | CATALYST PARTICLES, CARBON-SUPPORTED CATALYST PARTICLES AND FUEL CELL CATALYSTS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SUCH CATALYST PARTICLES AND CARBON-SUPPORTED CATALYST PARTICLES - A catalyst particle is composed of an inner particle and an outermost layer that includes platinum and covers the inner particle. The inner particle includes on at least a surface thereof a first oxide having an oxygen defect. | 07-25-2013 |
20140178575 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FINE CATALYST PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON-SUPPORTED FINE CATALYST PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYST MIX AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing fine catalyst particles, a method for producing carbon-supported fine catalyst particles, a method for producing a catalyst mix, and a method for producing an electrode, all of which are configured to inhibit, when used in fuel cells, etc., performance deterioration during operation at especially high temperature. Disclosed is a method for producing fine catalyst particles each comprising a core particle and an outermost layer, the core particle containing palladium and the outermost layer containing platinum and covering the core particle, the method comprising the steps of: preparing palladium-containing particles; preparing an acid solution configured to dissolve palladium more preferentially than platinum; covering each palladium-containing particle with an outermost layer containing platinum; and bringing the palladium-containing particles each covered with the outermost layer into contact with the acid solution. | 06-26-2014 |
20140200133 | CORE-SHELL TYPE METAL NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides core-shell type metal nanoparticles having a high surface coverage of the core portion with the shell portion, and a method for producing the same. Disclosed is core-shell type metal nanoparticles comprising a core portion comprising a core metal material and a shell portion covering the core portion, wherein the core portion substantially has no {100} plane of the core metal material on the surface thereof. | 07-17-2014 |
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20130178901 | COMPOSITE INTERFERENCE SCREWS AND DRIVERS - The present disclosure relates to an anchor. The anchor includes a suture bridge having a proximal end and distal end. The distal end of the suture bridge has a thickness greater than a thickness of the proximal end of the suture bridge. At least two ribs extend from the proximal end of the suture bridge to a proximal end of the anchor. At least one open helical coil wraps around the at least two ribs and extends, substantially, from the proximal end of the suture bridge to the proximal end of the anchor. The at least one open helical coil defines an internal volume communicating with a region exterior to the anchor through apertures between turns of the at least one open helical coil. The at least two ribs are engagable with a grooved shaft of a driver. | 07-11-2013 |
20140277129 | FENESTRATED LOCKING SUTURE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY - The technology includes an anchor assembly for tissue repair having an open helical coil sleeve and a tip structure. The tip structure includes an aperture for passing a suture and a suture capture member for capturing a suture. The technology also includes an anchor driver for installing an anchor into bone. The anchor driver includes an outer shaft and a sleeve advancement member for advancing the sleeve as well as an inner shaft and a suture capture advancement member for advancing the suture capture member. The technology also includes a system for tissue repair having an anchor assembly and an anchor driver for installing the anchor assembly into bone. | 09-18-2014 |
20140358015 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CHANGES OF CARDIOVASCULAR INDICES USING PERIPHEAL ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE WAVEFORM - The systems and methods described herein enable reliable estimation of cardiovascular indices on real-time, non-invasive or minimally-invasive, and heat-to-beat basis. Cardiovascular indices which can be estimated include: stroke volume (SV), which being limited to, cardiac output (CO) and total peripheral resistance (TPR). In various embodiments, one or more of these indices are estimated continuously, on a beat-to-beat basis, using peripheral arterial blood pressure (ABP) waveforms and certain parameters derived from the peripheral ABP waveforms. The derived parameters are substantially insensitive to distortions of the ABP waveform arising from tapered arterial branches throughout the arterial tree. The methods describe herein can provide a more accurate and reliable estimate of hemodynarnic parameters than existing techniques. | 12-04-2014 |