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20090260214 | GUIDE WIRE - A guide wire includes a wire member having a first wire disposed on the distal side of the guide wire, and a second wire disposed on the proximal side from the first wire. The second wire is made from a material having an elastic modulus larger than that of the first wire. For example, the first wire is made from a superelastic alloy, and the second wire is made from a stainless steel. The first wire is joined to the second wire at a welded portion by welding. A coil is disposed on the distal side from the first wire. A cover layer is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the wire member in such a manner as to cover at least the welded portion. The cover layer is made from a material capable of reducing the friction of the cover layer, for example, a fluorocarbon resin or a hydrophilic material, to thereby improve the sliding performance of the guide wire. Such a guide wire is excellent in operationality and kink resistance. | 10-22-2009 |
20100228229 | GUIDE WIRE - A guide wire includes a core possessing a distal end part and a proximal end part, a distal covering layer covering the distal end part of the core, and a proximal covering layer covering the proximal end part of the core. The proximal covering layer includes a first layer that covers the surface of the core, and a second layer that partly covers the surface of the first layer. The first layer has a first part which is not covered by the second layer and a second part which is covered by the second layer, and the surface of the second part is tightly surrounded by the proximal end of the distal covering layer. | 09-09-2010 |
20110278264 | GUIDE WIRE - A guide wire includes a first wire disposed on the distal side of the guide wire and a second wire disposed on the proximal side. The second wire has an elastic modulus larger than the first wire. The first wire is joined to the second wire at a welded portion by welding. A coil is disposed on the distal side of the first wire. A cover layer is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the wire member in such a manner as to cover at least the welded portion. The cover layer is made from a material capable of reducing the friction of the cover layer, for example, a fluorocarbon resin or a hydrophilic material, to thereby improve the sliding performance of the guide wire. Such a guide wire is excellent in operationality and kink resistance. | 11-17-2011 |
20120022503 | GUIDE WIRE - A method of making a guide wire involves butting a connection end face at a proximal end of a first wire against a connection end face at a distal end of a second wire while applying voltage and a pressing force to weld together the first and second wires at a welded portion. The welded portion forms a projection that projects outwardly in an outer peripheral direction relative to portions of the first and second wire adjacent the projection. The outer dimension of the projection at the welded portion is adjusted so that upon completing adjusting the outer dimension of the projection the projection still projects outwardly in the outer peripheral direction relative to the portions of the first and second wire adjacent the projection. | 01-26-2012 |
20130091686 | GUIDE WIRE - A guide wire includes a first wire disposed on the distal side of the guide wire and a second wire disposed on the proximal side. The second wire has an elastic modulus larger than the first wire. The first wire is joined to the second wire at a welded portion by welding. A coil is disposed on the distal side of the first wire. A cover layer is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the wire member in such a manner as to cover at least the welded portion. The cover layer is made from a material capable of reducing the friction of the cover layer, for example, a fluorocarbon resin or a hydrophilic material, to thereby improve the sliding performance of the guide wire. Such a guide wire is excellent in operationality and kink resistance. | 04-18-2013 |
20140188083 | GUIDE WIRE - A guide wire includes a first wire disposed on the distal side, and a second wire disposed on the proximal side and made from a material having an elastic modulus larger than that of the first wire. The first wire and the second wire are joined to each other by welding. The second wire has, in the vicinity of the welded portion, a small cross-sectional area portion having a cross-sectional area smaller than that of a proximal end portion of the first wire. The outer diameter of the small cross-sectional area portion is gradually reduced in the direction toward the distal end. The first wire and the second wire may be welded to each other by a butt resistance welding process. Since the change in rigidity of the guide wire becomes smooth in the longitudinal direction, the operationality and kink resistance of the guide wire are improved. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188084 | GUIDE WIRE - A guide wire includes a first wire disposed on the distal side, and a second wire disposed on the proximal side and made from a material having an elastic modulus larger than that of the first wire. The first wire and the second wire are joined to each other by welding. The second wire has, in the vicinity of the welded portion, a small cross-sectional area portion having a cross-sectional area smaller than that of a proximal end portion of the first wire. The outer diameter of the small cross-sectional area portion is gradually reduced in the direction toward the distal end. The first wire may be made from a superelastic alloy, whereas the second wire may be made from a stainless steel. The first wire and the second wire may be welded to each other by a butt resistance welding process. Since the change in rigidity of the guide wire becomes smooth in the longitudinal direction, the operationality and kink resistance of the guide wire are improved. | 07-03-2014 |
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20090059319 | Image Reading Device - An image reading device to read an image carried on a document, including: an image reading section to read an image carried on a document; a polygonal member, mounted to face the image reading section, and spaced from the image reading section at a predetermined distance, the polygonal member includes a document feeding flat surface which faces the image reading section when the document is fed thereon, a white flat surface, and a black flat surface; a light source to emit light rays onto the image carried on the document, and onto the polygonal member when the document is not fed; and a control section to control an amount of the light rays emitted from the light source; wherein the control section corrects an amount of light rays concerning the white color and the black color, based on the amount of the light rays read by the image reading section. | 03-05-2009 |
20090304425 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS - A document reading apparatus includes a first reading section for reading a first side of a document and a second reading section for reading a second side of the document, wherein a first reading position and a second reading position are disposed front and back in a conveyance direction at the document conveyance path, and wherein a pre-reading conveyance section and a post reading conveyance section which sandwich the first reading position and the second reading position in the conveyance direction are provided and the document is conveyed at the first reading position and at the second reading position by a conveyance section consisting of the pre-reading conveyance section and the post reading conveyance section, and wherein a conveyance force of the post reading conveyance section is equal to or less than a conveyance force of the pre-reading conveyance section. | 12-10-2009 |
20120250115 | DOCUMENT READING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - In a document reading device, a saddle-stitched document is opened a paper feed tray in a saddle-stitched state. A first reader and a second reader respectively read a front surface and a back surface of the document along a route of transfer. A notifying unit notifies of a manner how the saddle-stitch document is to be opened to be placed on paper feed tray. A reconstructing unit reconstructs images respectively for pages of the saddle-stitch document read by first reader and second reader by rearranging an order of the images. | 10-04-2012 |
20130256986 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding device having; a first conveyance roller pair that feeds a sheet; a second conveyance roller pair that feeds the sheet, the second conveyance roller pair being provided downstream from the first conveyance roller pair in a feed direction in which the sheet is fed; and a third conveyance roller pair that feeds the sheet, the third conveyance roller pair being provided downstream from the second conveyance roller pair in the feed direction, in which, when an edge of the sheet that is located on the downstream side of the feed direction is skewed with respect to a direction perpendicular to the feed direction, the second conveyance roller pair slides in the perpendicular direction with the sheet slacking between the first conveyance roller pair and the second conveyance roller pair. | 10-03-2013 |
20150268600 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that performs image formation on continuous paper having a toner image formed thereon by making the continuous paper pass through a nip section to fix the toner image to the continuous paper, the nip section being formed by heating at least one of a pair of fixing members and pressure-contacting the fixing members with each other, the apparatus including: a conveyance section which conveys the continuous paper; a blowing section which blows air to the heated fixing member; a pressure-contact separation section which switches the pair of fixing members between a pressure-contacted state and a separated state; and a control section which, after the image formation is finished, stops heating of the fixing member, separates the pair of fixing members with the pressure-contact separation section and blows the air to the heated fixing member with the blowing section. | 09-24-2015 |
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20130103198 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD - A service providing system according to an embodiment includes a robot unit, an interface that receives input of order input information, and a control unit that is connected to the robot unit and the interface, and causes the robot unit to execute an operation based on the order input information input with the interface. Furthermore, the service providing system receives input of the order input information with the interface, causes the robot unit to execute the processing operation based on the order input information input with the interface, and provides a product on which the processing operation has been performed by the robot unit. | 04-25-2013 |
20140025202 | ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot system includes: a robot arm; a robot hand provided on the robot arm; a contact unit provided on the robot hand for rotating a rotation body of a rotation device which includes the rotation body capable of housing a work and a fixed part rotatably supporting the rotation body and which performs a predetermined process on the work; a detection unit configured to detect a detection target part provided on the rotation body; and a first control unit configured to control operation of the robot arm and the robot hand so that the contact unit rotates the rotation body up to a predetermined rotational position according to a result of detecting the detection target part by the detection unit. | 01-23-2014 |
20140102239 | ROBOT HAND AND ROBOT - A robot hand includes a pair of bits and holds a microtube by causing the pair of bits to perform an opening-closing operation. The pair of bits has a lug that comes into contact with an outer peripheral surface of a container body or a cap portion of the microtube, and a rectangular recess in which parts of the cap portion and a flange of the microtube are inserted while the lug is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the microtube. The rectangular recess includes surfaces between which the cap portion and the flange are disposed. The pair of bits is closed while a corner of the rectangular recess is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the container body to retain the microtube in an orientation different from that in the state in which the cap portion is inserted in the rectangular recess. | 04-17-2014 |
20140106386 | LIQUID PROCESSING SYSTEM AND LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD - A liquid processing system to process liquid biological material includes: a trunk provided turnable on an axis, set within a predetermined work space; a first arm provided to the trunk and having at least three degrees of freedom or higher degrees of freedom; a second arm provided to the trunk and having at least three degrees of freedom or higher degrees of freedom; a driving mechanism configured to drive each of the trunk, the first arm, and the second arm; and physiochemical equipment situated within the work space and within the range of movement of at least one of the first and the second arm. The driving mechanism is operated by teaching playback based on the positions and shapes of the physiochemical equipment, and the biological material is processed using the physiochemical equipment. | 04-17-2014 |
20140172167 | TEACHING DATA GENERATOR, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TEACHING DATA - A teaching data generator includes a storage device. An arithmetic device includes a first window display section to cause a display device to display a first window displaying first images respectively corresponding to some pieces of work unit job data stored in the storage device and included in teaching data. The first images are arranged in an execution order of pieces of work respectively corresponding to the some pieces of the work unit job data. A first job editing section performs an editing operation including replacing the some pieces of the work unit job data with other pieces of the work unit job data stored in the storage device, and changing the execution order. A teaching data generation section generates the teaching data based on a display content of the first window changed in accordance with the editing operation. | 06-19-2014 |
20140373662 | ROBOT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ROBOT, AND COVERING - A robot includes a robot arm, a robot hand, and a covering. The robot hand is disposed on the robot arm. The covering covers at least a part of the robot hand. | 12-25-2014 |
20150151434 | ROBOT HAND AND ROBOT - A robot hand includes a first bit, a second bit, a first holding member, and a second holding member. The second bit holds a microtube between the first bit and the second bit. The first holding member is disposed on the first bit. The second holding member is disposed on the second bit. The second holding member holds a vessel between the first holding member and the second holding member. | 06-04-2015 |
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20130001970 | ROBOT AND ROBOT HAND - A robot includes a robot arm. A robot hand is disposed at a distal end of the robot arm and grips an object. The robot hand includes an air chuck device including a pair of pistons and an air cylinder. The air cylinder opens and closes the pistons in parallel to one another. A pair of first gripping members are disposed at a first side of the pistons and move close to and apart from one another within a first movable range on a movable plane. A pair of second gripping members are disposed at a second side of the pistons and move close to and apart from one another within a second movable range different from the first movable range on the movable plane. The robot hand pivots relative to the distal end of the robot arm about a pivot axis approximately perpendicular to the movable plane. | 01-03-2013 |
20130331989 | ROBOT CELL, ASSEMBLING METHOD OF ROBOT CELL, AND ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot cell according to an aspect of the embodiments includes a first surface part and a second surface part. A robot that performs a work by performing a predetermined operation is arranged on the first surface part. In the second surface part, a plurality of fixing portions that are used to fix a working unit used in the work by the robot is arranged at a predetermined position, and the working unit is fixed to the second surface part by using a fixing portion selected from the fixing portions. | 12-12-2013 |
20150151431 | ROBOT SIMULATOR, ROBOT TEACHING DEVICE, AND ROBOT TEACHING METHOD - A robot simulator according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a display unit, an image generation unit, a display controller, and a simulation instruction unit. The display unit displays an image. The image generation unit generates a virtual image of a robot. The virtual image includes an operating handle capable of operating axes of a three-dimensional coordinate in which the origin is a certain control point of the robot. The display controller causes the display unit to display the virtual image. The simulation instruction unit acquires, when an operation on the operating handle by an operator is received, a displacement amount of the control point and a rotation amount of the three-dimensional coordinate axes based on the operation, and causes the image generation unit to regenerate the virtual image of the robot whose posture is changed according to the acquired displacement and rotation amounts. | 06-04-2015 |
20150210410 | AUTOMATIC PREPARATION SYSTEM - An automatic preparation system according to embodiments includes a work table, a robot, and a jig. The robot is disposed near the work table and includes a plurality of arms. The jig is provided on the work table and rotatably holds a syringe. The robot, after taking out the syringe from a syringe storage case and attaching the syringe to the jig, operates the arms in a cooperative manner to perform a preparation of a medication using the syringe. | 07-30-2015 |
20150251317 | ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOT MONITORING DEVICE, AND ROBOT MONITORING METHOD - A robot system, includes: a robot; a camera configured to capture an image of operation of the robot; and a circuit configured to: control the robot so as to perform work in accordance with work contents information preliminarily stored to indicate a series of work contents; save image information captured by the camera during work performance by the robot in association with time information; and display the saved image information together with the time information. | 09-10-2015 |
20150251778 | ROBOT SYSTEM, LIQUID TRANSFER CONTROLLER, LIQUID TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD, AND MEDICINE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A robot system includes a multi-jointed robot, a syringe actuator which pulls and pushes a plunger of a syringe having a needle; and a controller which controls the multi jointed robot to handle a vessel storing a liquid and the syringe and controls the syringe actuator. The controller includes a first control module which controls the multi-jointed robot such that the needle of the syringe punctures a cap of the vessel, a second control module which controls the syringe actuator such that the air in the syringe is sent into the vessel by pushing the plunger in a state where the vessel is positioned on an upper side of the syringe and a tip portion of the needle is positioned on an upper side of the liquid in the vessel after the first control module controls the multi-jointed robot, and a third control module which controls the syringe actuator such that the liquid in the vessel is absorbed through the needle by pulling the plunger in a state where the tip portion of the needle is positioned in the liquid in the vessel after the second control module controls the syringe actuator. | 09-10-2015 |
20150251779 | ROBOT SYSTEM, LIQUID TRANSFER CONTROLLER, LIQUID TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD, AND MEDICINE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A robot system includes a multi-jointed robot, a syringe actuator which pulls and pushes a plunger of a syringe having a needle, and the controller which controls the multi-jointed robot to handle a vial and the syringe and controls the syringe actuator. The controller includes a first control module which controls the multi-jointed robot such that the needle of the syringe punctures a cap of the vessel, a second control module which controls the syringe actuator such that a liquid in the vessel is absorbed through the needle by pulling the plunger after the first control module controls the multi-jointed robot, and a third control module which controls the multi-jointed robot such that the needle is inclined with respect to the cap of the vessel by changing an orientation of at least one of the vessel and the syringe after the first control module controls the multi-jointed robot. | 09-10-2015 |
20150251780 | FLUID TRANSFER APPARATUS, FLUID TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD, FLUID TRANSFER CONTROLLER, FLUID TRANSFER SYSTEM, AND MEDICINE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A fluid transfer system includes a multi-jointed robot which is capable of transferring a vial and a syringe, and a syringe driving apparatus. The syringe driving apparatus includes a cylinder body holder which holds a cylinder body of the syringe, an actuator which pulls and pushes a plunger of the syringe, and a rotation mechanism configured to make the cylinder body holder and the actuator freely rotatable about an axial line intersecting with a center axial line of the syringe. | 09-10-2015 |
20150251781 | LIQUID TRANSFER SYSTEM, LIQUID TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD, LIQUID TRANSFER CONTROLLER, AND MEDICINE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A fluid transfer system includes a multi-jointed robot, a syringe actuator configured to pull and push a plunger of a syringe, and a controller. The controller performs control of the multi-jointed robot so as to reverse a vertical relation between the vial and the syringe in a state where a vial containing a liquid is disposed on a lower side of the syringe and a needle of the syringe punctures the vial, and control of the syringe actuator so as to absorb a liquid in the vial into the syringe by pulling the plunger in a state where the vial is disposed on an upper side of the syringe. | 09-10-2015 |
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20150268299 | GAS-SENSOR CONTROL DEVICE - A gas-sensor control device includes a sweep circuit, a return sweep circuit, and a control portion. The sweep circuit energizes a detection current to flow through an oxygen sensor to calculates an impedance of the oxygen sensor. The return sweep circuit energizes a neutralization current to flow through the oxygen sensor in a direction opposite to a direction of the detection current, so as to remove electricity from the oxygen sensor that is energized by the detection current. The control portion executes a detection of an off failure of the sweep circuit and the return sweep circuit, only based on a sensor voltage acquired in a time period where the neutralization current flows through the oxygen sensor, and a threshold. | 09-24-2015 |
20150327354 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a circuit board, first and second electronic components, a housing, and a heat conduction member. The first electronic component is mounted on a first surface of the circuit board, and the second electronic component is mounted on a second surface of the circuit board. The first electronic component and the second electronic component are arranged in an arrangement direction. The heat conduction member is disposed between the housing and a first component-opposite portion of the circuit board opposite to the first electronic component, and between the housing and a second component-opposite portion of the circuit board opposite to the second electronic component. The circuit board has a through hole in a formation area between the first electronic component and the second electronic component. The heat conduction member integrally covers each of the first component-opposite portion and the second component-opposite portion and the formation area of the circuit board. | 11-12-2015 |
20150362456 | CONTROL UNIT FOR A GAS CONCENTRATION SENSOR - A control circuit includes a sweep circuit for supplying a sweep current to a gas concentration sensor, a current detection resistor for detecting a sensor current flowing in the gas concentration sensor, a calculation circuit for calculating an impedance of the gas concentration sensor based on the sensor current and an inter-terminal voltage of the gas concentration sensor, and a protective element for suppressing external noise from being applied to the sweep circuit and the calculation circuit. The sweep current is divided to flow in a first protective element and the gas concentration sensor. The sensor current is divided to flow in a second protective element and the current detection resistor. The calculation circuit calculates a loss current flowing to the first protective element or a second loss current flowing to the second protective element and calculates the sensor current based on the calculated current. | 12-17-2015 |
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20100022805 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING ALKYLATED AROMATIC COMPOUND - The present invention provides a process in which a ketone is directly reacted with an aromatic compound in a single reaction step to obtain the corresponding alkylated aromatic compound in a higher yield. By reacting an aromatic compound with a ketone and hydrogen in the presence of a solid acid substance and a catalyst composition containing Cu and Zn in a ratio of Zn to Cu ranging from 0.70 to 1.60 (atomic ratio), the corresponding alkylated aromatic compound is prepared. | 01-28-2010 |
20100022812 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALKYLATED AROMATIC COMPOUND AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHENOL - The present invention provides an industrially practical process where a ketone and an aromatic compound are directly reacted to obtain a corresponding alkylated aromatic compound in a single reaction step. The process for producing an alkylated aromatic compound is characterized in that it comprises reacting an aromatic compound, a ketone and hydrogen in the presence of a solid acid substance and a catalyst composition comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Re, Ni and a platinum group metal. | 01-28-2010 |
20100063341 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING HYDROCARBONS WITH ZEOLITE SHAPED CATALYST - The invention provides methods for converting hydrocarbons as starting material by industrial fixed-bed reaction processes with a zeolite shaped catalyst which has a low content of inorganic binder and a high pore volume and which shows high catalytic activity, long catalyst life and high crushing strength. A zeolite shaped catalyst used in the methods of the invention includes zeolite and an inorganic binder and is obtained by kneading zeolite, a starting material of an inorganic binder, shaping auxiliary(ies), organic polymer particles having an average diameter of 0.1 to 6 μm and water into a kneaded product, and extruding, drying and calcining the kneaded product; and the zeolite shaped catalyst has a zeolite component content of not less than 60 wt % relative to the total weight, a pore volume of 0.4 to 1.0 ml/g, a half-volume pore diameter of 80 to 500 nm and a crushing strength of not less than 0.9 kg. | 03-11-2010 |
20120142986 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC HYDROCARBON AND TRANSITION-METAL-CONTAINING CRYSTALLINE METALLOSILICATE CATALYST FOR USE IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS - Provided is a process for producing an aromatic hydrocarbon efficiently at high yield from a lower hydrocarbon containing methane as a major component, and such a process for producing an aromatic hydrocarbon includes the step of reacting a lower hydrocarbon containing methane as a major component in the presence of a transition-metal-containing crystalline metallosilicate catalyst which is obtainable by supporting 5 to 25 parts by weight of a transition metal (X) on 100 parts by weight of a modified crystalline metallosilicate obtainable by subjecting a crystalline metallosilicate to a series of treatment (A) including a step (i) of eliminating part of a metal from the crystalline metallosilicate and a silylation step (ii). | 06-07-2012 |
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20090258298 | Graphite Particle, Carbon-Graphite Composite Particle and Their Production Processes - The present invention relates to a graphite particle and a carbon-graphite composite particle both suitable for use in electrode for lithium ion secondary battery, as well as to processes for producing these particles. | 10-15-2009 |
20130309578 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries comprises amorphous coated particles that are composed of a plurality of consolidated particles having no specific shape, said consolidated particles being obtained by consolidating a plurality of primary spheroidized graphite particles, and 0.5-20% by mass of an amorphous carbon layer that covers the surfaces of the consolidated particles and binds the consolidated particles with each other; and 0.5-20% by mass of a highly crystalline carbon layer that is formed so as to cover the outer surfaces of the amorphous coated particles and has an interplanar distance ascribed to CVD processing of 0.335 nm or more but less than 0.3369 nm. The negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries is also characterized by having a porosity of 5% by volume or less, and a method for producing the negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries. | 11-21-2013 |
20150303447 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE CARBON MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE CARBON MATERIAL USING SAME - The present invention provides an apparatus for manufacturing a lithium-ion secondary cell negative-electrode carbon material by heat-treating carbon particles while causing the carbon particles to flow within a heat-treatment furnace, the apparatus for manufacturing a lithium-ion secondary battery negative-electrode carbon material having: a heat-treatment furnace provided with a carbon-particle supply opening for supplying the carbon particles into the interior, and a negative-electrode carbon material recovery opening for taking out the negative-electrode carbon material from the interior; and a cooling tank connected in an airtight manner to the negative-electrode carbon material recovery opening of the heat-treatment furnace, and provided with a cooling means. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a lithium-ion secondary battery negative-electrode carbon material by using the apparatus. | 10-22-2015 |
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20100026941 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - An electro-optical device, includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, two electrodes optically modulating the liquid crystal layer in accordance with an electric field being generated by therebetween, a planarization layer configured to be included in one substrate from among the pair of substrates, the planarization layer configured to have a flat planar surface including at least one electrode formed thereon from among the two electrodes formed thereon, and concave portions configured to be formed in the flat planar surface of the planarization layer and be formed so that the depth of each of the concave portions is appropriate for causing an optical diffraction phenomenon. | 02-04-2010 |
20110234960 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In a liquid crystal device according to the invention, a pre-tilt angle of a liquid crystal layer is greater on an opposing electrode side than on a pixel electrode side. A high potential and a low potential relative to an opposing electrode potential are alternately applied to pixel electrodes through switching elements; and the opposing electrode potential is higher than a standard potential, the standard potential being a potential in which the average potential between the high potential and the low potential has been shifted by an amount equivalent to the average value of the amount of change in the potential of the pixel electrodes caused by parasitic capacitance in the switching elements when the high potential is applied to the pixel electrodes and the amount of change in the potential of the pixel electrodes caused by parasitic capacitance when the low potential is applied to the pixel electrodes. | 09-29-2011 |
20150160493 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In a liquid crystal device according to the invention, a pre-tilt angle of a liquid crystal layer is greater on an opposing electrode side than on a pixel electrode side. A high potential and a low potential relative to an opposing electrode potential are alternately applied to pixel electrodes through switching elements; and the opposing electrode potential is higher than a standard potential, the standard potential being a potential in which the average potential between the high potential and the low potential has been shifted by an amount equivalent to the average value of the amount of change in the potential of the pixel electrodes caused by parasitic capacitance in the switching elements when the high potential is applied to the pixel electrodes and the amount of change in the potential of the pixel electrodes caused by parasitic capacitance when the low potential is applied to the pixel electrodes. | 06-11-2015 |