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20080302517 | Heat exchange member and heat exchange apparatus - A heat exchange member comprising a liquid layer and a solid layer capable of conducting a heat exchange reaction with the liquid layer upon their solid-liquid contact at an interface between the solid layer and the solid layer, wherein the solid layer further comprises on a surface thereof which is contacted with the liquid layer a surface coating layer capable of reducing a difference of the vibration between a thermal vibration of the solid and a thermal vibration of the liquid, and the surface coating layer comprises a plurality of fibrous structures arranged on a surface of the solid layer, and a heat exchange apparatus using the heat exchange member. | 12-11-2008 |
20150068718 | EVAPORATOR - An evaporator is provided with a refrigerant pipe, a cold storage case which has inner fins mounted therein, and air-side fins. The evaporator is characterized in that the cold storage case is provided with: a filling opening for filling the cold storage case with a cold storage material; a first flow passage connecting to the filling opening and extending in the same direction as the direction of inflow of the cold storage material; and a second flow passage connecting to the first flow passage and extending in the direction intersecting the first flow passage. | 03-12-2015 |
20150184909 | EVAPORATOR - An evaporator includes multiple refrigerant tubes, multiple air passages provided between the refrigerant tubes, a cold storage container disposed in the multiple air passages, and a temperature detector. The evaporator further includes a freezing allowable region and a freezing unallowable region that is provided above the freezing allowable region. The cold storage container has a small thickness region and a large thickness region that is positioned above the small thickness region. The large thickness region demarcates a smaller space with the refrigerant tubes than the space demarcated between the small thickness region and the refrigerant tubes. The small thickness region of the cold storage container is positioned within the freezing allowable region, the large thickness region is positioned in the freezing unallowable region, and the temperature detector is disposed in the freezing allowable region. | 07-02-2015 |
20150198383 | COLD STORAGE HEAT EXCHANGER - A cold storage heat exchanger has refrigerant pipes fins, and cold-storage-medium containers. The cold-storage-medium container is arranged next to the refrigerant pipe. A cold storage medium is accommodated in the cold-storage-medium container in order to leave an air cell, and to provide a filling ratio of less than 90%. The cold-storage-medium container has a plurality of depressions at an inside of the cold-storage-medium container. The depression is a dimple. The plurality of depressions are joined each other at top parts and provide high rigidity. The cold-storage-medium container is positioned on the refrigerant pipe by an engaging projection. An open end of an open depression is covered by the refrigerant pipe. The cold storage medium can flow into the open depression. Therefore, the cold storage medium may directly contact the refrigerant pipe, and is directly cooled with the refrigerant. | 07-16-2015 |
20150211806 | COLD STORAGE HEAT EXCHANGER - A cold storage heat exchanger has: refrigerant pipes each of which has a refrigerant passage therein, the refrigerant pipes arranged to be distanced from each other with clearances therebetween; and a cold storage material disposed in at least one of the clearances. At least an another one of the clearances provides an air passage. The heat storage material is disposed in at least two of the clearances arranged adjacent to each other. A refrigerant pipe pitch between two of the refrigerant pipes that are adjacent to each other and therebetween have the cold storage material is shorter than a refrigerant pipe pitch between two of the refrigerant pipes that are adjacent to each other and therebetween have the air passage. Thus, a time duration required for a cold storage can be shortened. | 07-30-2015 |
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20110320995 | Noise Analysis Designing Method - To provide a simulation technology of ending multiphysics analysis on heat, vibration, and EMC within a practical time and with a low-price computation process at an early stage of product designing, in a noise analysis designing method for an electric device, such as an inverter for automobile, this electric device includes one or more energy sources, a propagation path through which energy from the energy source propagates, and a noise occurring part where an electromagnetic radiated noise occurs due to the energy coming from the propagation path, the method has a step of estimating the occurring noise, such as a occurring radiated noise, by analyzing a path specified by a user by using a calculator, and the path specified by the user is a path of the energy flowing through the propagation path. | 12-29-2011 |
20120326799 | Power Conversion Apparatus - There is provided a power conversion apparatus which allows a noise current or voltage to be suppressed at a low cost and in a small size, the noise current or voltage mixing into the power conversion apparatus by propagating through a control wiring connected to an external appliance. | 12-27-2012 |
20130275111 | NOISE ANALYSIS DESIGNING METHOD - To provide a simulation technology of ending multiphysics analysis on heat, vibration, and EMC within a practical time and with a low-price computation process at an early stage of product designing, in a noise analysis designing method for an electric device, such as an inverter for automobile, this electric device includes one or more energy sources, a propagation path through which energy from the energy source propagates, and a noise occurring part where an electromagnetic radiated noise occurs due to the energy coming from the propagation path, the method has a step of estimating the occurring noise, such as a occurring radiated noise, by analyzing a path specified by a user by using a calculator, and the path specified by the user is a path of the energy flowing through the propagation path. | 10-17-2013 |
20130294040 | Electrical Converter - Radiated noise caused by switching noise of power semiconductor elements in an electrical converter is reduced. The electrical converter is characterized in comprising: a case; a power module mounted on the case and comprising a plurality of power semiconductor elements; a metal plate mounted to the power module and fixed to the case; a control circuit board arranged on the metal plate, for controlling the power semiconductor elements; and a direct-current input terminal electrically connected to a battery. The electrical converter is also characterized in being provided at the bottom with a transmission or motor, and at the top with a connector for connecting the battery and the direct-current input terminal. The electrical converter is further characterized in that the metal plate is curved, and a portion of the curved metal plate is arranged in the space between the control circuit board and the direct-current input terminal. | 11-07-2013 |
20130322144 | Electric Power Converter - There is provided a technology for realizing a low-cost electric power converter operating at low noise under a high-temperature environment. The electric power converter is provided with an enclosure, a power module including a switching element, a driver circuit for generating a signal for driving the switching element, a control circuit board for generating an actuating signal to be sent out to the driver circuit, a base plate with the control circuit board mounted thereon, and a connection part for connecting between the enclosure and the control circuit board. The enclosure is provided with two openings adjacent to each other, and the base plate or the opening of the enclosure is provided with the connection part. | 12-05-2013 |
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20120144341 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An exemplary display area includes a scroll image display region for displaying a scroll target image. When at least either one of a result of a determination as to whether or not a touch position on the display area by a user has continuously been detected for a predetermined time on a first region which is located in a first direction (scrolling direction) with respect to a reference position or a result of a determination as to whether or not the touch position has shifted in a direction different from the first direction, is positive, the scroll target image is scrolled and displayed in the first direction. | 06-07-2012 |
20120147058 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An exemplary display area includes a scroll image display region for displaying a scroll target image. When at least either one of a result of a determination as to whether or not a touch position on the display area by a user has shifted in a first direction (scrolling direction) or a result of a determination as to whether or not the touch position on the display area by the user has shifted in a direction different from the first direction, is positive, the scroll target image displayed in the scroll image display region is scrolled and displayed in the first direction. | 06-14-2012 |
20120167002 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - When it is determined that a touch position by a user has shifted on a scroll image display region in a direction different from a first direction (scrolling direction), a scroll target image is scrolled and displayed in the first direction (scrolling direction). | 06-28-2012 |
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20090092916 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes an electrically conductive substrate, an organic photosensitive layer and a surface layer laminated in this order. The surface layer includes at least gallium (Ga) and oxygen (O) as constituent elements thereof, and has a thickness of 0.2 μm to 1.5 μm, and a microhardness of 2 GPa to 15 GPa. | 04-09-2009 |
20090214967 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor having at least a photosensitive layer and a surface layer provided at a surface of the photosensitive layer The surface layer contains a first layer which is provided at the photosensitive layer side and has a refractive index of n | 08-27-2009 |
20090253061 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE SAME - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer, an intermediate layer having a thickness of 2 nm to 70 nm, and a surface layer, which are disposed in this order on the conductive substrate. The refractive index n | 10-08-2009 |
20090297217 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor having at least a photosensitive layer and a surface layer provided at a surface of the photosensitive layer. The surface layer contains a first layer which is provided at the photosensitive layer side and has a refractive index of n1 and a second layer which is provided at the opposite side of the first layer to the photosensitive layer and has a refractive index of n2. The refractive index of the photosensitive layer, the refractive index of the first layer, the refractive index of the second layer, the film thickness of the first layer, an integer of 0 or more, and the wavelength of light with which the surface of the photoreceptor is irradiated when an electrostatic latent image is formed satisfy specific relationships. | 12-03-2009 |
20100203435 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including: an electroconductive substrate; a photosensitive layer arranged on or above the electroconductive substrate; and a surface layer arranged on or above the photosensitive layer, and containing about 90% or more by atom of gallium (Ga), oxygen (O) and hydrogen (H), and having an atomic number density of about 7.8×10 | 08-12-2010 |
20110229810 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoconductor includes a base, a photosensitive layer formed on the base, and an overcoat layer formed on the photosensitive layer, wherein the overcoat layer includes gallium, oxygen, and hydrogen, and the intensity ratio (I | 09-22-2011 |
20130344422 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an organic photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate, and an inorganic protective layer that is provided on the organic photosensitive layer, wherein the inorganic protective layer includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer in this order from the organic photosensitive layer side and satisfies the relationship of the following expression (1): | 12-26-2013 |
20140295334 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; an organic photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate; and an inorganic protective layer that is provided on the organic photosensitive layer so as to be in contact with a surface of the organic photosensitive layer, wherein the organic photosensitive layer includes at least a charge transport material and silica particles in a region on the surface side in contact with the inorganic protective layer. | 10-02-2014 |
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20090247688 | THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITION - A thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising from 35 to 50 parts by mass of a hydrogenated block copolymer (a) having a weight-average molecular weight of from 70000 to 120000, from 30 to 50 parts by mass of a rubber softener (b) and from 5 to 25 parts by mass of a polystyrene-based resin (c) having a weight-average molecular weight of from 100000 to 400000 [provided that the total of (a), (b) and (c) is 100 parts by mass], wherein the hydrogenated block copolymer (a) is prepared by hydrogenating a block copolymer having at least two polymer blocks A mainly comprising a vinyl aromatic compound unit and at least one polymer block B mainly comprising a conjugated diene unit, and has a vinyl aromatic compound unit content of from 35 to 45% by mass, and at least 50% of the carbon-carbon double bonds derived from the conjugated diene in the polymer block B are hydrogenated. | 10-01-2009 |
20100273012 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER COMPOSITION AND SHAPED ARTICLE COMPOSED OF THE SAME - Provided is a thermoplastic polymer composition, including a thermoplastic elastomer (A) and a polyvinyl acetal (B), wherein the thermoplastic elastomer (A) is a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer or an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer. Thus, a thermoplastic polymer composition is provided that has good flexibility as a thermoplastic elastomer composition, is excellent in mechanical properties and formability, and also itself has excellent adhesion to a ceramic, a metal, or a polar polymer. In addition, provided is a shaped article in which the thermoplastic polymer composition is adhered to a ceramic, a metal, or a polar polymer, in particular a shaped article adhered to a glass. | 10-28-2010 |
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20100015101 | NOVEL TUMOR ANTIGEN PEPTIDES - The invention relates to novel tumor antigen proteins and peptides derived therefrom and use of the same in the filed of cancer immunity. Specifically, the inventions relates to a peptide which comprises a partial peptide derived from Lengsin, BJ-TSA-9, C20orf42, BUB1, C10orf3 or HIFPH3 and is capable of binding to an HLA antigen and is recognized by a CTL, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the peptide and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. | 01-21-2010 |
20100093862 | POTENTIATION OF CELLULAR IMMUNITY USING HISTONE DEACETYLASE (HDAC) INHIBITORS. - [Technical Problem] The present invention provides an enhancer of cellular immunity, and provides applications to carcinogenesis or preventive therapy against cancer recurrence, immunotherapy for cancer, treatment for pathogenic microorganism infection, and the like. | 04-15-2010 |
20110262358 | MOLECULAR MARKER FOR CANCER STEM CELL - A molecular marker for detecting a cancer stem cell in a cell mass which is a subject of interest, wherein the molecular marker can be detected in a cancer stem cell contained in the subject of interest but cannot be detected in a normal cell and a cancer cell that is different from a cancer stem cell; a method for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell in a subject of interest by using the molecular marker as an measure; a kit for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell, which comprises at least a reagent for detecting the molecular marker; a polypeptide encoded by the molecular marker; an antibody capable of recognizing an epitope of an expression product of a gene derived from the molecular marker; a nucleic acid capable of inhibiting the expression of the molecular marker; and a nucleic acid vaccine comprising a gene derived from the molecular marker. | 10-27-2011 |
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20100288753 | INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE - There are provided a first excitation coil that is wound so as to have an axis in the same direction as that of a shaft of a heating roller and that is connected to a first power source, and a second excitation coil that is wound so as to have an axis in a direction substantially orthogonal to the shaft of the heating roller and that is connected to a second power source. The second excitation coil has parallel portions that extend in parallel to an axial direction of the first excitation coil and two folded sections provided at respective ends of the parallel portions. The two folded sections are provided along a circumference of the first excitation coil in such a way that circular arcs of the respective folded sections become opposite in direction to each other. Thus, the maximum available power is increased. When rapid warm-up is required, heating is caused by a coil connected to the auxiliary power source, to thus shorten a warm-up time. Occurrence of a temperature drop at the ends of the heating roller is prevented, to thus enhance energy efficiency. In ordinary situations other than the rapid warm-up operation, recharging can be performed by use of the coil. | 11-18-2010 |
20110073587 | INDUCTION HEATER - There are provided a heating roller that performs electromagnetic induction heating; a first exciting coil that heats the heating roller; a first degaussing coil that decreases magnetic fields of the first exciting coil; and a first axial direction core that guides magnetic fluxes, to thus make up a magnetic circuit between the first axial direction core and the heating roller. The first exciting coil has parallel portions extending in parallel with the axial direction of the heating roller and two turn portions provided at both ends of the parallel portions. The first degaussing coil has parallel portions extending in parallel with the axial direction of the heating roller and two turn portions provided at both ends of the parallel portions. One of the two turn portions and the parallel portions of the exciting coil are superimposed on one of the two turn portions and the parallel portions of the degaussing coil, and the first axial direction core is provided on a remaining side of the two turn portions of the first degaussing coil. Thus, the width of a heat zone is controlled in agreement with a sheet feeding area, and capability to control a temperature increase in a non-sheet-feeding area of the heating roller is enhanced. Thus, power can be saved during continual feeding of small recording sheets. | 03-31-2011 |