Utsunomiya, JP
Akinori Utsunomiya, Hiroshima JP
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20100140978 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VEHICLE BODY - In a vehicle body structure in which a vehicle-body frame of front side frames with a flangeless structure having a rectangular closed cross section and a vehicle-body panel of a dash panel are welded, a concave portion is formed at a specified portion of the vehicle-body panel to which the vehicle-body frame is welded so as to be concaved toward one side which is opposite to a disposition side of the vehicle-body frame and extends in its longitudinal direction, a temporary connection portion which temporarily connects the vehicle-body frame to a side of the concave portion is formed, and a lazar welding portion which connects the vehicle-body frame to the vehicle-body panel is formed near the temporary connection portion so as to extend along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle-body frame. | 06-10-2010 |
Atsushi Utsunomiya, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo JP
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20160113488 | FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - The fundus photographing apparatus of the present invention includes an illumination light source that generates illumination light flux for illuminating a fundus (of a subject eye), a scanning optical system that converts the illumination light flux from the illumination light source unit into spot light to scan the fundus in two-dimensional directions of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction by the spot light, a light receiver that receives reflected light from each portion of the fundus illuminated by the spot light, and a fundus image acquiring unit that acquires a fundus image based on a signal from the light receiver, wherein the scanning optical system is provided with a scanner including a reflection mirror plate that rotates about orthogonal two axes to simultaneously deflect the spot light in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction for scanning. | 04-28-2016 |
Atsushi Utsunomiya, Kitanagoya-City JP
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20150211460 | FUEL INJECTION NOZZLE - In a nozzle, in a cross section including an axis of a nozzle body, a side surface and a seat surface are both smoothly connected to an arc of a circle inscribing both the side surface and the seat surface. A part of a needle which is adjacent to a tip end side of a seat portion is a cone having a diameter reduced toward a tip end side of the cone in the axial direction. Thus, no corner is on the seat surface or the side surface, and the two surfaces form one curved surface. Since a cavitation generated in a sack chamber can be reduced, even when an injection quantity is significantly small such that an injection port does not throttle an injection flow, a flow coefficient of the injection flow is improved and a penetration of a spray of the fuel can be maintained. | 07-30-2015 |
20150247478 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector has a cylindrical nozzle body, a nozzle needle, a pressure chamber and an injection passage. The injection passage includes a first hole and a second hole. A minimum vertical distance between an outer periphery of a first nozzle hole outlet and a contact point relative to an axial center line of the first hole is defined as a vertical distance R. A minimum axial distance between the first nozzle hole outlet and the contact point relative to an axial center line of the first hole is defined as an axial distance L. An angle between the axial center line of the first nozzle hole and the outer periphery line of the fuel spray is defined as an injection angle θ. The vertical distance R, the axial distance L and the injection angle θsatisfy a formula: R/(L×tanθ)>6.0. | 09-03-2015 |
Daisuke Utsunomiya, Kanagawa JP
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20110075817 | Cassette for radiographic imaging and cassette loading orientation detection device - A cassette for X-ray imaging includes a cassette body storing an X-ray detector. Three reflective optical sensors are arranged on an upper end side of a rear surface, which is opposite to a detection surface, of the cassette body. An X-ray detection device for supine-posture imaging has a table. The X-ray detection device includes a tray to which the cassette is loaded. Markers for identifying a loading orientation of the cassette are attached to the tray. The reflective optical sensors read out the markers and detect the loading orientation of the cassette. | 03-31-2011 |
20110222663 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A radiographic image capturing device includes: a radiation detector that has plural sensor portions; a detection circuit that reads out, as electrical signals, electric charge quantities stored in each of the sensor portions and converts the electrical signals into digital image data; a receiver that receives electrical power; a power source that is charged by the electrical power and supplies electrical power for driving to at least the radiation detector and the detection circuit; and a controller which, in the case of performing video imaging, controls the detection circuit so as to allow electric charges to be stored in a predetermined storage period and which performs control such that, in the storage period of each imaging, it stops at least one of the charging of the power source with the received electrical power or the reception of the electrical power from the outside by the receiver. | 09-15-2011 |
Fumiyasu Utsunomiya, Chiba JP
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20130076331 | VOLTAGE REFERENCE CIRCUIT - The voltage reference circuit includes: a first MOS transistor; a second MOS transistor including a gate terminal connected to a gate terminal of the first MOS transistor and having an absolute value of a threshold value and a K value higher than an absolute value of a threshold value and a K value of the first MOS transistor; a current mirror circuit flowing a current based on a difference between the absolute values of the threshold values of the first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor; a third MOS transistor flowing the current; and a fourth MOS transistor having an absolute value of a threshold value and a K value higher than an absolute value of a threshold value of the third MOS transistor and flowing the current. | 03-28-2013 |
Hirofumi Utsunomiya, Shiga JP
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20140212207 | ROTATABLE CONNECTOR DEVICE - An engaging member moved upward by an urging force of a spring member built in a bottom part of a rotatable-side member has a fitting groove for allowing a top end of the spring member to be fit thereto; and engaging parts of the engaging member and engageable parts of a fixed-side member, which are engaged with each other to provisionally fix the rotatable-side member, are formed at one neutral position and at an opposite position opposite thereto. | 07-31-2014 |
20140266168 | ROTARY CONNECTOR WITH SENSOR ASSEMBLED THERETO - A steering angle sensor ( | 09-18-2014 |
Hiroshi Utsunomiya, Suita-City JP
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20100009212 | METAL SHEET ROLLING METHOD AND ROLLED SHEET MANUFACTURED BY METAL SHEET ROLLING METHOD - The present invention provides a metal sheet rolling method of rolling a metal sheet with a pair of rolls, as well as a rolled sheet manufactured by the metal sheet rolling method. In the metal sheet rolling method, respective interfaces between the pair of rolls and the metal sheet have mutually different frictions. Additionally at least one of the interfaces may be lubricated by a procedure other than lubrication by coating of a liquid lubricant agent. Alternatively at least one of the interfaces may be subjected to surface treatment by a procedure other than lubrication, or otherwise the pair of rolls may be made of mutually different materials. | 01-14-2010 |
20100326162 | CONTINUOUS REPETITIVE ROLLING METHOD FOR METAL STRIP - A flow of rolling with a combination of asymmetric rolling (S | 12-30-2010 |
Hiroto Utsunomiya, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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20130112852 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A solid-state image pickup device includes a column ADC realizing higher precision and higher-speed conversion. Converters converts a signal of each pixels output via a corresponding vertical read line to a digital value by sequentially executing first to N-th (N: integer of three or larger) conversion stages. In the first to (N−1)th conversion stages, each converter determines a value of upper bits including the most significant bit of a digital value by comparing the voltage at a retention stage with a reference voltage while changing the voltage at a retention node. In the N-th conversion stage, each converter determines a value of remaining bits to the least significant bit by comparing the voltage at the retention node with the reference voltage while continuously changing the voltage at the retention node in a range of the voltage step in the (N−1)th conversion stage or a range exceeding the range. | 05-09-2013 |
20150288904 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE WITH PLURALITY OF CONVERTERS - A solid-state image pickup device includes a column ADC realizing higher precision and higher-speed conversion. Converters converts a signal of each pixels output via a corresponding vertical read line to a digital value by sequentially executing first to N-th (N: integer of three or larger) conversion stages. In the first to (N−1)th conversion stages, each converter determines a value of upper bits including the most significant bit of a digital value by comparing the voltage at a retention stage with a reference voltage while changing the voltage at a retention node. In the N-th conversion stage, each converter determines a value of remaining bits to the least significant bit by comparing the voltage at the retention node with the reference voltage while continuously changing the voltage at the retention node in a range of the voltage step in the (N−1)th conversion stage or a range exceeding the range. | 10-08-2015 |
Hiroyuki Utsunomiya, Saitama-Ken JP
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20140234492 | COATED CONFECTIONERY - The present invention relates to a coated confection in which the wear resistance and shape retention property in high temperature of the center thereof are improved by coating a sufficient amount of shellac on a center with a complex shape. More particularly, the present invention relates to a coated confection composed of a center composed of an oil-based confection and shellac coating the center, wherein a coating rate of shellac is 0.1 to 10%. | 08-21-2014 |
Hiroyuki Utsunomiya, Saitama JP
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20130273229 | AERATED FAT-BASED CONFECTIONERY - Disclosed is an aerated fat-based confectionery that, unlike a conventional shell-type or tapered shape, has a novel shape, that is, a cubic or rectangular parallelepiped shape having top, bottom, and side surfaces in contact with and perpendicularly to each other, or any shape such as an animal or flower shape having a given thickness, has a light texture and a sharp melt-in-the-mouth sensation, does not require alignment in packaging. The confectionery can be obtained by aerating a fat-based confectionery mass having a fat content of 30 to 60% by weight such as chocolate to a specific gravity of 0.5 to 1.0 and cutting the aerated mass with a heated wire so that the side surface is perpendicularly to the top and bottom surfaces. | 10-17-2013 |
Hiroyuki Utsunomiya, Sakado-Shi JP
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20130337146 | BAKED CONFECTIONERY - The purpose of the present invention is to provide baked fatty or oily confectionery being crispy to the core but giving no burning feel, and a method for producing the same. The baked confectionery can be produced by preparing a fatty or oily confectionery composition containing a glucide, said glucide being selected from among isomaltulose, mannitol and reduced palatinose, and then baking the composition. | 12-19-2013 |
Iwao Utsunomiya, Kanagawa JP
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20090299059 | Novel Compound Having Heterocyclic Ring - The invention provides a novel oxazolidinone derivative represented by the formula (I): | 12-03-2009 |
20120208997 | NOVEL COMPOUND HAVING HETEROCYCLIC RING - The invention provides a novel oxazolidinone derivative represented by the formula (I): | 08-16-2012 |
Iwao Utsunomiya, Kanagawa-Ken JP
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20110098471 | OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE HAVING FUSED RING - The present invention provides a novel antimicrobial drug comprising an oxazolidinone derivative of the formula (I): | 04-28-2011 |
Kazuhiro Utsunomiya, Kanagawa JP
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20090294299 | SPENT FUEL REPROCESSING METHOD - A spent fuel reprocessing method has a dissolution step of dissolving the spent fuel in nitric acid solution, an electrolysis/valence adjustment step of reducing Pu to trivalent, maintaining the pentavalent of Np, a uranium extraction step of collecting UO | 12-03-2009 |
Kazuhiro Utsunomiya, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20100038249 | METHOD FOR REPROCESSING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AND CENTRIFUGAL EXTRACTOR THEREFOR - A spent nuclear fuel is reprocessed by dissolving a spent nuclear fuel in an aqueous nitric acid solution and separating and recovering nuclides contained in the resulting fuel solution by solvent extraction. A spent nuclear fuel reprocessing method includes: an electrolytic valence adjustment step in which nuclides contained in the fuel solution is electrolytically reduced without removing fission products or minor actinides until valence of plutonium is at a level at which solvent extraction efficiency is low by using the valence of plutonium contained in the fuel solution as a parameter; and a nuclide separation step in which, by using an extraction solvent which extracts uranium contained in the fuel solution, uranium is distributed from the fuel solution subjected to the electrolytic valence adjustment step to the extraction solvent. | 02-18-2010 |
20100314260 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RARE METAL AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a process for producing rare metals includes the steps of: electrolyzing an electrolytic solution to extract a Re oxide at a cathode; recovering the Re oxide, and electrolyzing the Re oxide in a molten salt electrolyte to extract metallic Re; recovering a Nd containing residue solution; treating the Nd containing residue solution to produce Nd oxide; electrolyzing the Nd oxide in a molten salt electrolyte to extract metallic Nd; recovering a Dy containing residue solution; treating the Dy containing residue solution to produce Dy oxide; and electrolyzing the Dy oxide in a molten salt electrolyte to extract metallic Dy. | 12-16-2010 |
Kazuki Utsunomiya, Otawara-Shi JP
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20130268555 | MEDICAL INFORMATION SEARCH APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical information search apparatus includes a registration unit, a search condition acquisition unit, and a search unit. The registration unit is configured to register, in a management server, at least medical information and information of a schema template included in the medical information associated with each other. The search condition acquisition unit is configured to acquire information of the schema template based on a search condition set by a user through an input unit. The search unit is configured to retrieve, from the management server, medical information associated with information of the schema template acquired by the search condition acquisition unit. | 10-10-2013 |
20140278558 | MEDICAL OR HEALTH INFORMATION SEARCH SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MEDICAL OR HEALTH INFORMATION SEARCH SUPPORT SYSTEM - An apparatus includes: an input unit to which a search keyword for searching for medical or health information of search target is inputted; a related disease name acquisition unit configured to analyze an administration information database in which administration information of prescriptions-treatments for patients and disease names are stored in association with each other, and thereby to acquire related diseases name related to the disease name; a medical or health information search unit configured to search for medical or health information stored in a medical or health information database on the basis of the search keyword and the related disease names; and a display unit configured to display the medial or health information thus searched out. | 09-18-2014 |
Kazuki Utsunomiya, Nasushiobara JP
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20150310629 | MOTION INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A motion information processing device for supporting a rehabilitation according to an embodiment includes obtaining circuitry and specification circuitry. The obtaining circuitry obtains image information of a subject carrying out a predetermined motion in the rehabilitation and surroundings of the subject. The specification circuitry specifies motion information of the subject carrying out the predetermined motion on the basis of a predetermined feature in the image information obtained by the obtaining circuitry. | 10-29-2015 |
20150320343 | MOTION INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A motion information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes obtaining circuitry, detecting circuitry, and calculating circuitry. The obtaining circuitry obtains depth image information containing coordinate information and depth information of a subject present in a three-dimensional space. The detecting circuitry detects a part of the subject from the depth image information on the basis of the depth information. The calculating circuitry calculates angle information indicating motion in the rotating direction of the part detected from the depth image information by using the coordinate information of the part. | 11-12-2015 |
20150324637 | MOTION INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A motion information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains pieces of motion information of a subject acquired from mutually-different positions with respect to the subject performing a predetermined motion. The processing circuitry calculates association information used for bringing the pieces of motion information obtained into association with one another. The processing circuitry exercises control so as to cause an output circuitry to output such output information in which the pieces of motion information are kept in association with one another on the basis of the association information calculated. | 11-12-2015 |
20150325004 | MOTION INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A motion information processing apparatus of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains motion information of an object person who executes a walking motion. The processing circuitry generates track information, which indicates a position of a landing point of a foot of the object person and a movement of the object person, based on the motion information obtained. The processing circuitry performs control in such a manner that the track information generated is displayed on a display. | 11-12-2015 |
20150325270 | MOTION INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A motion information display apparatus according to an embodiment includes obtaining circuitry, identifying circuitry, and display controlling circuitry. The obtaining circuitry obtains a plurality of pieces of moving image information, and motion information that indicates a motion of a subject included in each of the moving image information. The identifying circuitry identifies a frame corresponding to a timing of a predetermined motion, from each frame group included in each of the moving image information, based on the motion information. The display controlling circuitry performs display control of the plurality of pieces of moving image information, using the frame corresponding to a timing of a predetermined motion. | 11-12-2015 |
Kazuya Utsunomiya, Hyogo JP
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20100075474 | SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A gate electrode | 03-25-2010 |
Kazuya Utsunomiya, Osaka JP
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20100193800 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is fabricated on an off-cut semiconductor substrate | 08-05-2010 |
20100207125 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a silicon carbide substrate ( | 08-19-2010 |
Kohei Utsunomiya, Matsumoto JP
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20130128307 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD OF PRINTING DEVICE - The printing device has a data generating section (controller section) which conducts image processing with a plurality of processors to generate dot data for printing from image data; and a printing section that conducts printing to a printing medium based on the dot data sent from the data generating section. The data generating section has a first processing mode that conducts processing to first image data that is a part of image data using N processors, and a second processing mode that conducts processing to second image data that is a part of image data using M processors, with N and M representing the number of the processors. N and M are natural numbers which are different from each other. The first processing mode and the second processing mode are determined depending on complexity of the image data. | 05-23-2013 |
Kohei Utsunomiya, Matsumoto-Shi JP
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20130100492 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD - A printing system provided with a printer and a host computer which transfers image data to the printer includes a data transfer unit configured to transfer the image data as image data of a first data format in the case where a connection between the printer and the host computer is first connection means, and transfer the image data as image data of a second data format in the case where a connection between the printer and the host computer is second connection means, wherein the second connection means has less data communication amount per unit time than the first connection means, and when given image data is transferred, image data of the second data format, corresponding to the given image data, has less data amount than image data of the first data format, corresponding to the given image data. | 04-25-2013 |
20130328955 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus comprising: a print head which relatively moves on a printing medium, and a print control unit that controls the print mechanism, a plurality of nozzle columns are formed in the print head, wherein the print control unit is configured to execute printing by using a first nozzle use setting configured such that a first group of a first nozzle column on an upper stream side is used and a second group of a second nozzle column on the downstream side is used, or a second nozzle use setting configured such that an entire third column is used, and a third nozzle use setting configured such that a third group of the second nozzle column on the upper stream side is used, and a fourth group of the first nozzle column on the downstream side is used in order of each first, second, and third nozzle use setting. | 12-12-2013 |
20140015883 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a printing mechanism performing printing by ejecting ink from a printing head which is relatively moved with respect to the printed medium and a printing control section controlling operation of the printing mechanism. A plurality of nozzle rows are formed side by side for each of ink types in a main scanning direction in the printing head. The printing mechanism includes a transportation section which is configured so as to be capable of switching a transportation direction of the printed medium between a first direction and a second direction. The printing control section performs the printing by switching the first printing mode which uses two or more nozzle rows and the second printing mode which uses one or more nozzle rows, which is caused by switching the transportation direction. | 01-16-2014 |
20150306872 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND LIQUID DISCHARGE METHOD - A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a liquid discharge head including plural nozzle rows each arrayed with plural nozzles and discharging liquid droplets onto a workpiece by a multi-pass method using n recording passes (n is an integer of 3 or more); and a head drive section that controls driving of n nozzle groups corresponding to the n recording passes in each of the nozzle rows with a discharge duty upper limit specific to each nozzle group, and for a pair of nozzle groups adjacent across the nozzle rows, when controlling driving of one of the nozzle groups with a discharge duty upper limit being the maximum discharge duty upper limit of one nozzle row containing the one nozzle group, controls driving of the other nozzle group with a discharge duty upper limit that is not the maximum discharge duty upper limit of another nozzle row containing the other nozzle group. | 10-29-2015 |
Kohichi Utsunomiya, Atsugi-Shi JP
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20090087214 | TONER SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner supply device includes a toner container, a transport-path forming member, an opening, a shutter member, and a first seal member. The opening is provided at a side wall of the transport-path forming member. The shutter member is movable between a closed position to close the transport path by being inserted in the opening and an open position. The first seal member fills a gap between an inner wall of the opening and the shutter member in a toner transport direction in which the toner is transported through the transport path. When the shutter member is inserted in the opening, the shutter member is elastically deformable in a deformation direction perpendicular to both the toner transport direction and a moving direction of the shutter member, and when the shutter member is not inserted in the opening, the shutter member is wider than the opening in the deformation direction. | 04-02-2009 |
20090263164 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A developer supply system includes a container, a memory, and a positioning mechanism. The container has a deformable bag formed of flexible material to accommodate developer therein. The memory is attached to a given planar surface of the deformable bag to store information for communication to the image forming apparatus. The positioning mechanism holds the container therein while maintaining the given planar surface in position relative to the image forming apparatus when the deformable bag collapses as it discharges developer. An image forming apparatus employing such a developer supply system is also disclosed. | 10-22-2009 |
Kohichi Utsunomiya, Kanagawa JP
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20120230738 | DRIVING FORCE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A driving force transmission mechanism includes a connection for integrally rotating a driving shaft on the driving source side and a driven shaft of a rotary member. The connection includes a tubular boss portion; and a fitting shaft portion fitted into the tubular boss portion. An inner shaft portion is provided in a projecting manner from bottom center of the tubular boss portion toward inside the tubular boss portion. An inner recessed portion into which the inner shaft portion fits is provided in center of a leading edge plane for fitting of the fitting shaft portion. Micro gaps are provided between an inner surface of the tubular boss portion and an outer surface of the fitting shaft portion and between an inner surface of the inner recessed portion and an outer surface of the inner shaft portion. | 09-13-2012 |
20120237249 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An imaging device provided with a latent image carrying body rotatably disposed to carry a latent image, a developing unit that develops the latent image carried on the carrying body by using a developer containing toner at least, and a duct disposed downstream of the developing unit and having a wall with an upstream suction port and a downstream suction port formed. An air flow path is formed by a surface of the latent image carrying body and a surface of the duct wall, between the upstream suction port and the downstream suction port. A gap of the air flow path is wider at the downstream side than at the upstream side with respect to the rotational direction of the latent image carrying body. | 09-20-2012 |
20120269544 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A development device includes a development casing, a developer bearer disposed facing a latent image bearer through an opening formed in the development casing, a magnetic field generator, a developer regulator disposed facing the developer bearer, a first seal member to cover a clearance between the latent image bearer and a rim of the development casing upstream from the opening, and a second seal member. The first seal member includes a first end portion fixed to the rim of the development casing and a second end portion in contact with the latent image bearer, and the second seal member includes a first end portion fixed to an inner face of the development casing farther from the latent image bearer than the first seal member, and a second end portion hanging to contact the developer carried on the developer bearer downstream from the developer regulator. | 10-25-2012 |
20120269553 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A development device includes a development casing, a developer bearer disposed facing a latent image bearer through an opening in the development casing to carry developer, a magnetic field generator disposed inside the developer bearer, a developer regulator extending in an axial direction of the developer bearer to adjust an amount of developer carried on the developer bearer, and a first axial end seal provided in an axial end portion of the development device outside an image range, in contact with an upstream face of the developer regulator to reduce a size of a clearance between the developer regulator and the development casing. | 10-25-2012 |
20140294456 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND FIXING METHOD - A fixing device includes a pressing rotary body to press against a fixing rotary body. A pivotable pressure lever rotatably mounts the pressing rotary body. A pressurization cam assembly pivots the pressure lever to press the pressing rotary body against the fixing rotary body and release pressure between the pressing rotary body and the fixing rotary body. A pivotable cleaning unit includes a cleaning web separably contacting the pressing rotary body to clean the pressing rotary body, a pressure adjuster contacting the cleaning web to separably press the cleaning web against the pressing rotary body, a take-up reel to reel up the cleaning web, and a supply reel to reel out the cleaning web. A cleaning unit cam assembly contacts the cleaning unit to pivot the cleaning unit to press against and separate from the pressing rotary body. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294461 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes an exciting coil and a heat generator disposed opposite the exciting coil. The heat generator includes a heat generation layer disposed opposite the exciting coil to generate heat by a magnetic flux from the exciting coil and a temperature sensitive magnetic body disposed opposite the exciting coil via the heat generation layer to obtain and lose magnetism at a temperature defined by a Curie temperature by composition adjustment to selectively create a heating region and a non-heating region of the heat generation layer. A degausser is disposed opposite the heat generator and made of a non-magnetic material having an electrical resistivity smaller than that of the temperature sensitive magnetic body. A holder contacting and supporting the degausser is disposed inboard from a lateral edge of the degausser and outboard from a lateral end of the exciting coil in a longitudinal direction of the degausser. | 10-02-2014 |
20150227097 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes an exciting coil to generate a magnetic flux and a heat generation layer disposed opposite the exciting coil to generate heat by the magnetic flux from the exciting coil. A temperature sensitive magnetic body, disposed opposite the exciting coil via the heat generation layer, obtains and loses magnetism at a temperature defined by a Curie temperature by composition adjustment to selectively create a heating region and a non-heating region of the heat generation layer. A degausser is made of a non-magnetic material having an electrical resistivity smaller than an electrical resistivity of the temperature sensitive magnetic body. The degausser is disposed opposite the exciting coil with an interval in a range of from about 4.2 mm to about 8.2 mm. | 08-13-2015 |
20150261147 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing member configured to be revolvable while being heated by a heat source; a counter rotator configured to form a nip between the fixing member and the counter rotator by applying a pressure to the fixing member in a contact state with the fixing member; a shield member disposed inside the fixing member to partially shield heat from the heat source; and a holding member attached to an end of the fixing member. The shield member includes a spacer configured to define a clearance to allow the holding member to be inserted into the fixing member from an end of the fixing member, the clearance being between the shield member and an inner surface of the end of the fixing member. | 09-17-2015 |
20150261155 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes: a rotatable fixing member formed as an endless belt; a heat source to heat the fixing member; a nip-forming member being not rotatable and arranged inside the fixing member; and a pressure member arranged outside the fixing member and forming a nip between the pressure member and the fixing member. The nip-forming member is formed of a first heat transmission unit and a sliding sheet. The first heat transmission unit includes an abutting part abutting the fixing member with the sliding sheet therebetween, and a bent part or bent parts extending inside the fixing member at upstream or upstream and downstream of the nip in a transport direction of a recording medium. A retaining part to catch and retain the sliding sheet is provided at a tip of at least the bent part at upstream of the nip in the transport direction. | 09-17-2015 |
20150261157 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes: a fixing member that is rotatable and in an endless shape; a heat source that heats the fixing member; a nip forming member that is arranged inside the fixing member; and a pressurizing member that is pressurized to be in contact with the nip forming member through the fixing member, to form a fixing nip. The fixing device fixes an unfixed image on a recording medium by passing the recording medium that carries the unfixed image through the fixing nip. The nip forming member includes a base layer, and a high thermal-conductive layer that is arranged on a surface layer of the base layer on a fixing nip side, and that has higher thermal conductivity than the base layer, and in the high thermal-conductive layer, a low thermal-conductive portion is arranged near an end portion in an axial direction of the fixing member. | 09-17-2015 |
20150268626 | PAPER CONVEYANCE DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A paper conveyance device comprises: a conveyance member having a conveyance surface for conveying a recording medium, the conveyance member extending in a first direction along a front-rear direction of the image forming apparatus that has an opening member for exposing inside of the apparatus, and including a handle disposed on an exposure surface of the opening member, and a swing pivot point that is used to swing the conveyance member around the first direction to expose the conveyance surface when the handle is operated in the open state. The handle is disposed in at least one position in a range between positions near a center of the conveyance member in the first direction. The positions are a certain distance away from the center of the conveyance member along the first direction. | 09-24-2015 |
20160033906 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes: a fixing member; an opposing member that provides a fixing nip with the fixing member; a heating unit that heats the fixing member; a heating area changing member that moves to change a heating area of the fixing member heated by the heating unit; and a position detection sensor that detects a position of the heating area changing member. The fixing device controls a stop position of the heating area changing member based on detection by the position detection sensor. The single position detection sensor detects the position of the heating area changing member both when the heating area changing member is moving from a preset reference position to an arbitrary position and when the heating area changing member is moving back from an arbitrary position to the reference position. | 02-04-2016 |
20160062286 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes: a rotatable endless belt type fixing member; a pressurizing member that is opposed to the fixing member and rotates; and a nip forming member that is arranged inside the fixing member, and forms a nip part by contact with the pressurizing member through the fixing member. The nip forming member includes: a heat-uniformizing member having bent portions opposed to each other; a heat-insulating member arranged inside the heat-uniformizing member; a heat-absorbing member arranged on an upper surface of the heat-insulating member; and a sliding sheet that covers a nip side of the heat-uniformizing member, and is held between the bent portions of the heat-uniformizing member and the heat-insulating member. The heat-uniformizing member and the heat-insulating member are fastened to each other by fitting a fitting part formed on the heat-uniformizing member to a fitted part formed on the heat-insulating member. | 03-03-2016 |
Masahide Utsunomiya, Chichibu-Shi JP
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20090000701 | RARE EARTH MAGNET ALLOY INGOT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, R-T-B TYPE MAGNET ALLOY INGOT, R-TB TYPE MAGNET, R-T-B TYPE BONDED MAGNET, R-T-B TYPE EXCHANGE SPRING MAGNET ALLOY INGOT, R-T-B TYPE EXCHANGE SPRING MAGNET, AND R-T-B TYPE EXCHANGE SPRING BONDED MAGNET - An R-T-B exchange spring magnet alloy ingot is provided, wherein the R-T-B exchange spring magnet alloy ingot comprises at least one element selected from Nd, Pr, and Dy in a total amount of 1 to 12% by atom and B in an amount of 3 to 30% by atom, with a balance being T (T represents a substance predominantly comprising Fe, with a portion of Fe atoms being optionally substituted by Co, Ni, Cu, Al, Ga, Cr, and Mn). The R-T-B exchange spring magnet alloy ingot is produced through formation of a composite of crystal grains of a hard magnetic phase and crystal grains of a soft magnetic phase. The R-T-B exchange spring magnet alloy ingot contains crystal grains of a hard magnetic phase having a grain size of 1 μm or less and crystal grains of a soft magnetic phase having a grain size of 1 μm or less in a volume of at least 50% on the basis of the entire volume of the alloy. | 01-01-2009 |
Masamichi Utsunomiya, Otsu JP
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20150118596 | GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODE MEDIUM FOR FUEL CELL - A gas diffusion electrode medium is for a fuel cell, has a low in-plane gas permeability and favorable water drainage characteristics in addition to high conductivity, and is able to exhibit high cell performance across a wide temperature range from low temperatures to high temperatures. The gas diffusion electrode medium is characterized by a microporous region being disposed at least at one surface of an electrode substrate, and the microporous region containing flake graphite having an aspect ratio of 50-5000. | 04-30-2015 |
20150207151 | GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODE MEDIUM FOR FUEL CELL - A fuel cell gas diffusion electrode medium has exceptional anti-flooding characteristic and anti-dry-out characteristic, the capability to achieve high cell performance across a wide temperature range from low to high temperatures, and exceptional mechanical properties, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity, a microporous layer being arranged on one surface of an electrode base material; wherein the fuel cell gas diffusion electrode medium is characterized in that linear carbon having an aspect ratio of 30-5000 is included in the microporous layer, and the areal weight of the gas diffusion electrode medium is 30-60 g/m2. | 07-23-2015 |
Masamichi Utsunomiya, Otsu-Shi JP
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20140329164 | GAS DIFFUSION MEDIUM FOR FUEL CELL, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL - A gas diffusion medium for a fuel cell includes a microporous region [A], an electrode base material, and a microporous region [B] arranged in the order mentioned, wherein the microporous region [A] has an areal ratio of 5 to 70%, and the microporous region [B] has an areal ratio of 80 to 100%. | 11-06-2014 |
Masao Utsunomiya, Saitama JP
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20080292937 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FUEL CELL METALLIC SEPARATOR - A metallic separator according to a first embodiment is formed by obtaining a blank by rolling a metallic material having conductive inclusions, and removing a surface of the blank by 2% or more of the thickness of the blank. A metallic separator according to a second embodiment is formed by pressing a metallic plate so as to have a cross section including ridges and grooves alternatively, and removing parts of the ridged portions so as to make flattened surfaces. A metallic separator having conductive inclusions in its metal texture according to a third embodiment is formed by blasting a liquid containing two or more kinds of abrasives having different particle diameters to a blank after it has been rolled. A metallic separator having conductive inclusion in its metal texture according to a fourth embodiment is formed by blasting a passivation treatment liquid mixed with abrasives to the separator. | 11-27-2008 |
20130288161 | METAL SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELLS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide a metal separator for fuel cells that can equalize the wet environment of a membrane electrode assembly and a manufacturing method thereof. A metal separator for fuel cells and a manufacturing method thereof are characterized in that, a first separator ( | 10-31-2013 |
Masao Utsunomiya, Wako-Shi JP
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20100098986 | FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a fuel cell having a layered structure, including: a membrane electrode assembly having a fuel electrode, an oxidation electrode, and an electrolyte membrane held between the fuel electrode and the oxidation electrode; and stainless steel separators holding the membrane electrode assembly therebetween. The stainless steel separator contains Cr and Fe; the Cr concentration by mass % by mass ratio of Cr to Fe at the separator surface facing the fuel electrode is from 0.7 to 1.3; and the Cr concentration by mass % by mass ratio of Cr to Fe at the separator surface facing the oxidation electrode is less than 0.7. | 04-22-2010 |
20110033783 | METAL SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - The present invention provides a metallic separator for fuel cells capable of suppressing dropping out of conductive inclusions due to gaps formed at the interface of a base material and the conductive inclusions due to press-forming, thereby decreasing the contact resistance and enhancing the power generation performance, and also provides a method for producing the same. | 02-10-2011 |
Masao Utsunomiya, Utsunomiya-Shi JP
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20090035643 | FUEL CELL SEPARATOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE FUEL CELL SEPARATOR - The present invention relates to a fuel cell separator and a method of producing the fuel cell separator. A first separator and a second separator are provided as the fuel cell separators. Firstly, the first separator and the second separator are heated. Thus, an Fe rich layer is formed in a surface layer of each of the first separator and the second separator, and a Cr rich layer where a proportion of Cr is 60% or more is formed in an inner portion of each of the first separator and the second separator. Then, an electrolytic treatment is applied to each of the first separator and the second separator to remove the Fe rich layer. By the removal, the Cr rich layer is exposed to the outside on the outermost surface layer of each of the first separator and the second separator. | 02-05-2009 |
20120258383 | FUEL CELL METAL SEPARATOR AND NOBLE METAL COATING METHOD THEREFOR - A first metal separator and an electrolyte electrode assembly are stacked in a fuel cell. The first metal separator comprises a convex portion that abuts against the electrolyte electrode assembly, and a concave portion forming an oxygen-containing gas flow channel between the electrolyte electrode assembly and the concave portion. A gold coating layer is formed on the convex portion. The gold coating layer includes a main gold coating portion and a reticulate gold coating portion that extends around the main gold coating portion. | 10-11-2012 |
Masaru Utsunomiya, Mie JP
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20100298613 | PROCESS OF PRODUCING ALCOHOL - A subject for the invention is to provide a process of producing a dimeric alcohol in high yield with high selectivity by the Guerbet reaction conducted using an alcohol having 4 or less carbon atoms as a starting material in the presence of a complex including a transition metal and of a base. The invention relates to a process of producing an alcohol which includes dimerizing a starting-material alcohol having 4 or less carbon atoms in an environment having a partial hydrogen pressure of 0.1 MPa or higher. | 11-25-2010 |
20120130137 | PRODUCTION PROCESS OF CONJUGATED DIENE - The present invention relates to a process of producing a conjugated diene including a step of mixing a raw material gas containing a monoolefin having a carbon atom number of 4 or more with a molecular oxygen-containing gas and supplying the mixture into a reactor, and a step of obtaining a corresponding conjugated diene-containing product gas produced by the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction of the monoolefin having a carbon atom number of 4 or more in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the concentration of a combustible gas in the gas supplied to the reactor is not less than the upper explosion limit and the oxygen concentration in the product gas is from 2.5 to 8.0 vol %. | 05-24-2012 |
Masayuki Utsunomiya, Fukuoka JP
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20130270833 | POWER GENERATOR - A power generator according to an embodiment includes a rotor shaft, a slip ring, a detecting shaft, and a position sensor. The rotor shaft through which wires from a propeller are inserted rotates with the propeller. The slip ring is coupled to the rotor shaft at one end. The detecting shaft is provided at the other end of the slip ring and rotates along with the rotor shaft. The position sensor detects the rotational position of the detecting shaft, thereby detecting the rotational position of the propeller. | 10-17-2013 |
Masayuki Utsunomiya, Kitakyushu-Shi JP
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20130270832 | POWER GENERATOR - A power generator according to an embodiment includes a hollow shaped speed-increasing gear, a hollow shaped power generation unit, a rotor shaft, and a position detector. With the input shaft and the output shaft of the hollow shaped speed-increasing gear coaxially disposed with a propeller shaft, and coupled to the propeller shaft. With the input shaft of the power generation unit coaxially disposed with the speed-increasing gear, the power generation unit generates power through the output of the speed-increasing gear. The rotor shaft is coaxially disposed with the speed-increasing gear and the power generation unit and rotates integrally with a propeller while being provided in hollow portions of the speed-increasing gear and the power generation unit. The position detector detects a rotational position of the propeller by detecting the rotational position of the rotor shaft. | 10-17-2013 |
Mio Utsunomiya, Nasushiobara JP
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20160000404 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasound probe, a calculator, a transmission and reception unit, and a medical image generator. The ultrasound probe includes an ultrasound probe configured to transmit and receive ultrasound waves to perform a scan in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The calculator calculates scan line densities each in the first direction and the second direction based on parameters as conditions for imaging. The transmission and reception unit drives the ultrasound transducer to transmit and receive ultrasound waves so that the scan line densities are at a predetermined ratio. The medical image generator generates a medical image based on the scan lines received. | 01-07-2016 |
Naoki Utsunomiya, Machida JP
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20090240790 | Network Switching Apparatus, Server System and Server Migration Method for Server System - A network switching apparatus, a server system and a server migration method for the server system are provided which can perform server migration easily. The server system has a physical server, a physical server having a server virtualization mechanism, a network switching apparatus having a plurality of ports and a management server connected to the network switching apparatus for managing a server migration process for using a migration destination virtual server as the physical server of a migration source, wherein the management server has a migration mechanism for transmitting setting information to be designated to the plurality of ports to the network switching apparatus during the server migration process, and the network switching apparatus changes settings of the plurality of ports in accordance with the transmitted setting information on the plurality of ports. | 09-24-2009 |
20100011095 | Method for reproducing configuration of a computer system in a remote site - A computer system that has formerly handled a service is quickly reproduced with another computer system to resume the service immediately. The association relations between services run by a primary site ( | 01-14-2010 |
20100036872 | DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A data storage or management method is provided which allows both a content object-based access and a file-based access. A first request for storing a content object in accordance with the processing of an application program executed in a host is sent to an object archive control functionality executed in the host, an intermediate server, or a storage apparatus. The object archive control functionality generates an object identifier corresponding to the content object received in response to the first request, a directory name corresponding to the object identifier, and a plurality of file names corresponding to a plurality of fields contained in the content object. The storage apparatus stores a directory having the directory name and the plurality of files having the plurality of file names in accordance with the second request. | 02-11-2010 |
20110047192 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides a mechanism for a plurality of archive servers to collaborate and archive data. To realize this, a data processing system (storage system including a data classification function) associates archive servers that manage data types, digitalizes values determined by corresponding archive products for the data belonging to the data types, determines that the determinations by the archive products are different when the difference between the values is large, and selects such data as a further archive target. | 02-24-2011 |
20110231459 | DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A data storage or management method is provided which allows both a content object-based access and a file-based access. A first request for storing a content object in accordance with the processing of an application program executed in a host is sent to an object archive control functionality executed in the host, an intermediate server, or a storage apparatus. The object archive control functionality generates an object identifier corresponding to the content object received in response to the first request, a directory name corresponding to the object identifier, and a plurality of file names corresponding to a plurality of fields contained in the content object. The storage apparatus stores a directory having the directory name and the plurality of files having the plurality of file names in accordance with the second request. | 09-22-2011 |
20110295968 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - A technique for increasing the speed of data entry into a distributed processing platform is provided. According to a computer system of the present invention, when data is entered into each node in a distributed manner, the most efficient entry method (a method with the highest processing speed) is selected from among a plurality of entry methods, so that the data is entered into each node with no overlaps in accordance with the selected method. | 12-01-2011 |
20120016854 | FILE-SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FILES, AND PROGRAM - A file, for which writing has been reserved, in a file-sharing system can be efficiently read. A check-in file agent is provided in a computer that executes check-in of a file as the file-write reserving processing, a file manager is provided in a file-sharing computer, and a check-out file agent is provided in a computer that executes check-out of a file as the file reading processing. Upon request for check-in of a file, the check-in file agent divides the file into divided files and generates metadata that indicates the order of division of the file, and transmits them to the file-sharing computer for storage therein. Upon request for check-out of the file, the check-out file agent receives the metadata from the file-sharing computer, and based on the metadata, sequentially receives the divided files to generate a file to be checked out. | 01-19-2012 |
Nobuaki Utsunomiya, Kanagawa-Ken JP
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20090194409 | MAGNETRON SPUTTERING MAGNET ASSEMBLY, MAGNETRON SPUTTERING DEVICE, AND MAGNETRON SPUTTERING METHOD - A magnetron sputtering magnet assembly of the invention is a magnetron sputtering magnet assembly movable in a direction generally parallel to a sputtered surface of a target while facing the target, the magnetron sputtering magnet assembly comprises an inner magnet extending in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of the movement, the N pole or S pole of the inner magnet being opposed to the target; an outer magnet surrounding the inner magnet with a spacing from the inner magnet, the magnetic pole of the outer magnet opposed to the target being opposite to that of the inner magnet; and a nonmagnetic member provided between the inner magnet and the outer magnet and holding the inner magnet and the outer magnet. The magnetic pole opposed to the target in each of the inner magnet and the outer magnet is invertible. The nonuniformity of electron density at the end of the target can be reduced, and the plasma density therein can be made uniform. Thus, the sputtering rate at the target end can be made uniform, and the nonuniformity of film formation distribution on the object under film formation can be reduced. Furthermore, the nonuniformity of target erosion can also be decreased to improve target utilization efficiency. | 08-06-2009 |
Risa Utsunomiya, Kyoto-Shi JP
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20130302552 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE, AND CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE ASSEMBLY - There is provided a method for manufacturing a carbon nanostructure with reduced occurrence of a bend and the like. The method for manufacturing a carbon nanostructure according to the present invention includes the steps of: preparing a base body formed of a catalyst member including a catalyst and a separation member that are in contact with or integral with each other (preparation step); oxidizing at least a part of a contact portion or integral portion of the catalyst member and the separation member (oxidation step); bringing a carbon-containing source gas into contact with the catalyst member and/or the separation member (CNT growth step); and growing a carbon nanostructure (CNT growth step). In the CNT growth step, the carbon nanostructure is grown in a separation interface region between the catalyst member and the separation member, by heating the base body while separating the separation member from the catalyst member. | 11-14-2013 |
20130342965 | CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE, CAPACITOR, METHOD FOR PROCESSING CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE - A carbon nanostructure's geometry and electrical characteristics can be controlled. A method for processing a carbon nanostructure according to the present invention includes the steps of: preparing a carbon nanostructure (e.g., a carbon nanotube) (a CNT preparation step); and exposing the carbon nanotube to an energy beam (e.g., an electron beam) while vibrating the carbon nanotube (an exposure step). This facilitates modifying the carbon nanotube in length and electrical characteristics. | 12-26-2013 |
20150375210 | POROUS MEMBER AND CATALYST MEMBER - A porous member includes a base member and carbon nanostructures. The base member includes a porous body having a porosity of more than or equal to 80%. The carbon nanostructures are formed on a surface of the base member, and have a width of less than or equal to 100 nm. A catalyst member includes a catalyst arranged on surfaces of the carbon nano structures. | 12-31-2015 |
20160002041 | CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE - A method for manufacturing a carbon nanostructure according to the present invention includes a preparation step of preparing a base body, an oxidization step and a step of growing a carbon nanostructure. In the step of preparing a base body, a base body with at least a part of a contact portion or an integral portion of a catalyst member and a separation member having been oxidized is prepared. In the step of growing a carbon nanostructure, a carbon nanostructure is grown in a separation interface region between the catalyst member and the separation member. The step of growing a carbon nanostructure includes at least one of a step of locally supplying a source gas to a portion of the catalyst member facing the separation interface region where the carbon nanostructure is being grown, and a step of locally heating the separation interface region. | 01-07-2016 |
Risa Utsunomiya, Kyoto JP
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20140127472 | CARBON NANOWALL ARRAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CARBON NANOWALL - A carbon nanowall array ( | 05-08-2014 |
20150221779 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A thin film transistor is equipped with a silicon substrate, a channel layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The channel layer, the source electrode and the drain electrode are arranged on the main surface of the silicon substrate. The channel layer is composed of multiple carbon nanowall thin films, wherein the multiple carbon nanowall thin films are arranged in parallel to each other between the source electrode and the drain electrode, one end of each of the multiple carbon nanowall thin films is in contact with the source electrode, and the other end of each of the multiple carbon nanowall thin films is in contact with the drain electrode. An insulating film and a gate electrode are arranged on the rear surface side of the silicon substrate. | 08-06-2015 |
Saori Utsunomiya, Ibaraki JP
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20100062258 | THIN FILM-LIKE POLYMER STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - A thin film polymer structure having a functional substance on the face (A surface) and reverse face (B surface) of the film, obtained by the steps of | 03-11-2010 |
Saori Utsunomiya, Moriya-Shi JP
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20140158287 | THIN FILM-LIKE POLYMER STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - A thin film polymer structure having a functional substance on the face (A surface) and reverse face (B surface) of the film, obtained by the steps of: | 06-12-2014 |
Satoshi Utsunomiya, Shizuoka JP
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20090069099 | Shaft coupling - An object is to provide a shaft coupling of the type in which power is transmitted between two parallel shafts through rolling elements each disposed at the intersecting portion of two guide grooves that intersect each other at a right angle which always operates stably. | 03-12-2009 |
20090156318 | Shaft Coupling and In-Wheel Motor System Using the Same - There is provide a shaft coupling of the type which can transmit power between two parallel shafts through rolling elements disposed at intersecting portions of guide grooves that intersect each other at a right angle which can always stably transmit power. | 06-18-2009 |
Shigeo Utsunomiya, Oita JP
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20090312667 | Birth Prediction Reporting System for Live Stock Animals - A system of accurately predicting birth of large-sized livestock such as cows sufficiently before the time of making delivery preparations and attending delivery is provided. Vaginal temperatures of livestock such as cows measured by temperature sensor/transmission modules | 12-17-2009 |
Shinichi Utsunomiya, Kyoto JP
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20100070189 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING DEGREE OF RELIABILITY OF NUCLEIC ACID BASE SEQUENCE - Disclosed herein is a method for assessing the degree of reliability of a nucleic acid base sequence, by which a higher-accuracy assessment result of the degree of reliability can be obtained as compared to a case where the degree of reliability is assessed based on only the evaluation of analytical data. The method includes the steps: (A) when measured data is processed into analytical data, computing a processing evaluation value E1 | 03-18-2010 |
20100089771 | METHOD OF DETERMINING BASE SEQUENCE OF NUCLEIC ACID - To enable accurate analysis of a base sequence even in an electrophoretic pattern containing a degraded part. The base sequence of a nucleic acid is determined by conducting the following steps (A) to (C) in this order: (A) a basic peak extracting step wherein basic peaks are extracted from electrophoretic data involving the respective peaks of the four bases obtained by electrophoresing a sample nucleic acid; (B) a condition determining step wherein a basic peak at the search starting point, from which the search is started, and a standard peak-to-peak distance are determined based on the time-series data composed of the basic peaks extracted above; and (C) a base sequence determining step wherein peak-to-peak intervals are successively scanned forward and backward in the above-described time-series data starting from the basic peak at the search starting point and then the peak-to-peak distance is compared with the standard peak-to-peak distance as determined above so as to add an interpolation peak to a peak-missing area. | 04-15-2010 |
Shinichi Utsunomiya, Kyoto-Shi JP
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20160069848 | LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH MASS SPECTROMETER - In a liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer (LC/MS) for performing mass spectrometry of fractionated samples prepared with a multi-dimensional LC or similar LC with high separatory capability, fractionated sample useful information which shows the degree of usefulness of various substances with respect to retention time is prepared from prior information which includes, for example, elution characteristics in the LC depending on the kind of column or other factors or the degree of ease of ionization in the MS. During a measurement, the preparative separation of an eluate and the preparation of fractionated samples are not performed within a period of time which has been judged to be useless based on the fractionated sample useful information. By selecting fractionated samples at each dimension of the multi-dimensional LC, the number of fractionated samples to be eventually subjected to mass spectrometry can be significantly reduced. | 03-10-2016 |
Shin-Ichi Utsunomiya, Kyoto-Shi JP
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20140078182 | GRAPH DISPLAY PROCESSING SYSTEM - After an operator has roughly moved a plurality of windows | 03-20-2014 |
Shoko Utsunomiya, Chiyoda-Ku JP
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20140046626 | ISING MODEL QUANTUM COMPUTATION DEVICE AND ISING MODEL QUANTUM COMPUTATION METHOD - This computation device and method exponentially shortens a computation time of an NP-complete problem or the like mapped into an Ising model by exponentially shortening a computation time of the Ising mode. For each pair of a plurality of slave lasers, by controlling the intensity, the polarization, and the phase of light exchanged between two slave lasers using an attenuator and a wave plate, the magnitude and the sign of pseudo Ising interaction between two slave lasers are implemented. Then, after the plurality of slave lasers arrive at a steady state, by measuring the polarization of light generated by each slave laser with left-handed circular polarization and right-handed circular polarization used as bases, a pseudo spin of each slave laser is measured. | 02-13-2014 |
Sumio Utsunomiya, Motsumoto-Shi JP
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20080231607 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND POSITION DETECTING METHOD - A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal panel, a touch panel, a position signal generating device, and a display control device. The liquid crystal panel is formed so that a liquid crystal is sealed in a gap between an element substrate and an opposite substrate, which are opposed to each other, and a transmittance ratio of the liquid crystal is controlled on the basis of a voltage applied between a first electrode and a second electrode. The touch panel is arranged on a side of the opposite substrate and provided with a plurality of detection electrodes. The position signal generating device specifies one or plurality of the plurality of detection electrodes in conformity with a predetermined rule and generates a position signal that indicates a position of a pointing body on the basis of an electric potential of the specified detection electrode or on the basis of electric potentials of the specified detection electrodes. The display control device displays an image of a fixed luminance level on a display area of the liquid crystal panel, which overlaps the detection electrode or detection electrodes specified by the position signal generating device. | 09-25-2008 |
Sumio Utsunomiya, Suwa-Shi JP
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20140202259 | DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND ROBOT - A detection unit includes a sensor that detects the presence of force and a force component separation mechanism that separates the magnitude and the direction of the force and a control unit that controls the detection action of the force component separation mechanism based on the detection result of the sensor. | 07-24-2014 |
Tadashi Utsunomiya, Kanagawa JP
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20080211884 | Liquid Feed Tube for Liquid Jetting Device and Liquid Jetting Device - A liquid feed tube for feeding a liquid from a liquid tank disposed on a liquid jetting device body side to a jetting head mounted on a reciprocating carriage, including: a long elastic member and a film member connected in an airtight state to the elastic member along a longitudinal direction of the elastic member; and a space part formed by the elastic member and the film member and used as a liquid feed passage, wherein the elastic member is made of a specific resin composition. Thus, the bending rigidity of the liquid feed tube can be lowered, and the resistance to moisture permeability and the gas barrier property thereof can be realized at low cost. | 09-04-2008 |
Takanori Utsunomiya, Oita-Ken JP
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20100123693 | DATA LINE DRIVER - A data line driver includes a counter, a data converter, a gray-scale voltage generating circuit, multiple voltage selectors and multiple output circuits. Each voltage selector receives n voltages generated by the gray-scale voltage generating circuit. The voltage selector includes: n switches; a capacitor which holds electric charges; and a selector which generates n control signals to control ON and OFF of the n switches, respectively. The voltage selector selects two voltages out of the n voltages, and makes a control signal variable which is inputted into one of switches to which the two voltages are respectively applied. Thereby, the voltage selector generates k intermediate voltages, and outputs the n voltages and the k intermediate voltages. | 05-20-2010 |
Takehito Utsunomiya, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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20090097083 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus which is capable of suppressing occurrence of color moire. A second storage unit stores image data associated with at least two colors. A controller reads out the stored color-specific image data while designating a reading position in a sub scanning direction of the image data. A transfer unit transfers a color image onto a recording medium based on the read-out image data of each color. An image processing unit corrects the reading position in the sub scanning direction of the image data of each color according to profile data of each color defined based on position curve information in the main scanning direction of the transfer unit, when the controller reads out the image data. The controller regenerates the profile data if at least two pieces of the profile data satisfy a predetermined condition. | 04-16-2009 |
20090141319 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to an image forming device that realizes accurate image forming positioning at a desired position without any complex operation about the image forming position by firmware in the image forming device that can involve the unevenness or mounting position difference of lenses of a deflection scanning device. The image forming device obtains the amount of shift in a subscanning direction of image forming from the image forming position of the image data in the main scanning direction and from the curve correction information, adds dummy data by the number of lines of shifting the reading position of the image data at the image forming start position in accordance with the amount of shift obtained, and delivers the dummy data added and the image data to an image forming component. | 06-04-2009 |
20090207430 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COLOR IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A color image forming apparatus is provided that forms an image by correcting registration shifts during an image forming process by using image data and which prevents toner from being blown away and scattered during a fixing process by thinning pixels without making an erroneous decision. When multivalued color image is binarized, the threshold is corrected by using information on grayscale level correction. Further, when trailing phenomenon prevention operation is performed on the binarized image data, the patterns to be used for pattern matching are changed and selected according to whether the subscan direction line shifting point lies within the reference window. | 08-20-2009 |
20110141504 | IMAGE READING DEVICE FOR CORRECTING IMAGE READ FROM ORIGINAL, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image reading device which corrects images read from respective first and second sides of an original without increasing the total circuit size. A scanner unit (image reading device) reads an image on a front surface of an original by a front-side reading section and reads an image on a back-side of the original by a back-side reading section in a single feeding operation. The scanner unit detects a skew angle of the original read by the front-side reading section, with respect to the front-side reading section, and corrects image data read by the front-side reading section and image data read by the back-side reading section, according to the detected skew angle of the original. | 06-16-2011 |
20110149357 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method includes reading an image of a document obtained by a reading unit exposing the document to light with an exposure unit, causing the reading unit to perform first reading processing for reading first information obtained by causing the exposure unit to perform exposure with a first light amount, and second reading processing for reading second information obtained by causing the exposure unit to perform exposure with a second light amount that is smaller than the first light amount while no document is placed at a reading position of the reading unit, and detecting a foreign matter existing at the reading position according to a difference between the first and second information. | 06-23-2011 |
20110213996 | POWER CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - Provided is technology for enabling power saving control that allows a change of control content according to a user selection in a power control system that saves power consumed by an information processing apparatus. The power control system of the present invention include an image processing apparatus | 09-01-2011 |
20120218598 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a web server generates a preview screen, the web server transmits conversion information (e.g., an image size) for generating a preview image to a multifunction peripheral (MFP). The MFP generates converted image data using the conversion information, and transmits the converted image data to a web server. | 08-30-2012 |
20130335754 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image reading unit configured to rotate and read a front and a back of a document may deviate from an original reading position due to aged deterioration or an external physical impact and become incapable of reading an image accurately. An image processing apparatus rotates an image reading unit including a sensor in units of predetermined angles to read a white reference member, acquires luminance information about the white reference member at the respective predetermined angles of rotation, determines an angle at which the luminance information is greater than other pieces of the luminance information among a plurality of pieces of the acquired luminance information at the respective predetermined angles, and rotates the image reading unit based on the determined angle to correct a reference position of the image reading unit. | 12-19-2013 |
20130335788 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire luminance information of a white reference member by reading the white reference member with an image reading unit including a sensor while rotating the image reading unit in units of a predetermined angle, and a correction unit configured to correct the luminance information acquired by the acquisition unit using a correction coefficient predetermined for each rotation angle of the image reading unit. | 12-19-2013 |
Takeshi Utsunomiya, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20110199642 | PRINTING SYSTEM, JOB PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a receive controller that enables by using a user interface unit an input of an instruction during performing of first print processing with a print apparatus, and an operation controller that enables the print apparatus to perform check processing before completion of the first print processing in the case where the instruction is input, the check processing being second print processing by using print data which is used in the first print processing, the operation controller enabling the print apparatus to continue the first print processing after the second print processing. | 08-18-2011 |
20120120452 | DISPLAYING UNCOMPLETED JOBS IN RESPONSE TO PRINT REQUEST - This invention allows a user to immediately grasp the print status of a job only by inputting a print instruction of a job stored and held in an image forming apparatus. This invention also provides a user-friendly apparatus that notifies the user of a predicted time until completion of printing. For this purpose, the image forming apparatus of this invention has a touch panel formed on the display screen of the operation unit. A list of jobs registered in a Hold job list is displayed on the display screen. When the user selects at least one job and touches a “Test print” or “Print” button, the print job is registered in the print execution queue. Simultaneously, a list of unprinted print jobs registered in the print execution queue is automatically displayed. | 05-17-2012 |
20130271788 | PRINTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PRINTING METHOD - A CPU of a printing apparatus selects one of a plurality of setting permission information items based on sheet property information in a case in which printing processing is performed employing a specific sheet type. Subsequently, the CPU of the printing apparatus performs a setting regarding each of a plurality of printing setting items so as to obtain a setting permitted in the selected setting permission information item in a case in which printing processing is performed employing a specific sheet type. Thus, a printing apparatus capable of executing the printing settings of a plurality of printing setting items appropriately is provided. | 10-17-2013 |
Takeshi Utsunomiya, Toyota-Shi JP
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20130239924 | HEAT-SHIELDING FILM AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A heat-shielding film formed on the wall surface of a metal base material contains a plurality of ceramic hollow particles ( | 09-19-2013 |
Takeshi Utsunomiya, Shikokuchuo-Shi JP
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20090069776 | Disposable Diaper - [Problem] To improve the fastening property of a fastening type disposable diaper. | 03-12-2009 |
Tokuaki Utsunomiya, Daito-Shi JP
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20120307157 | AUDIO/VIDEO DEVICE AND AUDIO/VIDEO SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME - In an audio/video system, an audio/video device including a signal amplifier, and an external device are connected via an HDMI cable, and the audio of the audio/video device or the external device is output from an audio output device. When there is a change in a specified state of the external device, if operation setting information has not been set to activate a system audio control function or to indicate start-up in an external input mode, then this function is deactivated, and the audio/video device is started up as a content reproduction device; and if the operation setting information has been set to activate the system audio control function and to indicate start-up in the external input mode, then this function is activated, and the audio/video device is started up as an audio amplification device. | 12-06-2012 |
Tokuichiro Utsunomiya, Yamato-Shi JP
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20110009352 | RESTORATIVE AGENT FOR ANTIBACTERIAL PEPTIDE PRODUCTION ABILITY - There is provided a medicament capable of enhancing the antimicrobial peptide production ability. The medicament contains, as an active ingredient, a compound which is glycyrrhizin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and capable of inhibiting the production of at least one of interleukin-10 (IL-10) and chemokine CCL2. The antimicrobial peptide is preferably defensin or cathelicidin. | 01-13-2011 |
Tomoaki Utsunomiya, Kyoto-Shi JP
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20160025074 | FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND POWER GENERATION FACILITY - A floating offshore wind power generation facility includes a floating body, a mooring cable, a tower, and a windmill installed at the top of the tower, one windmill including a nacelle and a plurality of blades. The rotation axis of the windmill has a predetermined upward angle to avoid contact between the blades and the tower, and the windmill is of a downwind type in which the blades are attached to the leeward side of the nacelle and installed with the back surfaces of the blades facing windward, and the mooring point of the mooring cable to the floating body is set at a position below the surface of the sea and higher than the center of gravity of the floating body. | 01-28-2016 |
Tomohisa Utsunomiya, Chiba JP
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20100137612 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF 3-HYDROXYPROPAN-1-ONE COMPOUND FOR PRODUCTION OF 2- PROPEN-1-ONE COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF ISOXAZLINE COMPOUND - There is provided a novel intermediate for producing pesticides. A method for producing 1,3-bis(substituted phenyl)-3-substituted-3-hydroxypropan-1-one compound of Formula (3) comprises reacting an aromatic ketone compound of Formula (4) and a substituted acetophenone compound of Formula (5) as starting raw materials in an organic solvent or water in the presence or absence of an additive in the presence of a base in a suspended state. A method for producing 1,3-bis(substituted phenyl)-3-substituted-2-propen-2-one compound of Formula (2) comprises dehydrating the compound of Formula (3). A method for producing compound (2) in one step comprises reacting compound (4) and compound (5) to obtain compound (3). Further, a method for producing an isoxazoline compound of Formula (1) comprises reacting compound (2) and a hydroxylamine in an aliphatic or an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent which is optionally substituted by a halogen atom by adding an additive selected from a phase-transfer catalyst, a C | 06-03-2010 |
Tomohisa Utsunomiya, Funabashi-Shi JP
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20100197938 | Process for producing indole compoud - There is provided a novel process for producing an indole derivative which comprises cyclizing 2-nitrobenzylcarbony compound in the presence of a catalyst comprising a Group VIII metal of the Periodic Table, characterized by conducting the cyclization in a gas atmosphere containing carbon monoxide. The process enables an indole compound to be selectively produced in a high yield from 2-nitrobenzylcarbonyl compound, and hardly yields an indoline compound as a reduction by-product that has been a problem in the catalytic hydrogenation method employing a noble metal catalyst. The indole derivative produced by the present process is useful for various fine chemical intermediates including compounds and physiologically active substances such as pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. | 08-05-2010 |
20150119576 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF 3-HYDROXYPROPAN-1-ONE COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF 2-PROPEN-1-ONE COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF ISOXAZOLINE COMPOUND - There is provided a novel intermediate for producing pesticides. A method for producing the compound of Formula (3) comprises reacting an aromatic ketone compound of Formula (4) and a substituted acetophenone compound of Formula (5) as starting raw materials in an organic solvent or water in the presence or absence of an additive in the presence of a base in a suspended state. A method may comprise dehydrating the compound of Formula (3). A method for producing compound (2) in one step comprises reacting compound (4) and compound (5) to obtain compound (3). Further, a method for producing an isoxazoline compound of Formula (1) comprises reacting compound (2) and a hydroxylamine in an aliphatic or an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent which is optionally substituted by a halogen atom by adding an additive selected from a phase-transfer catalyst, a C | 04-30-2015 |
Tsuyoshi Utsunomiya, Ehime JP
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20090105682 | Disposable Diaper - Provided is a disposable diaper, in which fastening tapes are brought into direct engagement with the surface of an outer-face back sheet made of a nonwoven fabric. The disposable diaper is enabled to adjust its size slightly according to the body shape of a baby, by improving the force of the fastening tapes to engage with the outer-face back sheet and the force to join the outer-face back sheet and a leakage-preventing sheet. | 04-23-2009 |
Yamato Utsunomiya, Kariya-Shi JP
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20080227556 | Engine starter having improved helical spline structure for ensuring reliable engagement between output shaft and pinion gear - A starter includes a motor, an output shaft driven by the motor, a pinion gear provided on the output shaft, and a shifter. The output shaft has first helical splines that are formed on an outer periphery of the output shaft. The pinion gear has second helical splines that are formed on an inner periphery of the pinion gear to engage with the first helical splines. The shifter shifts the pinion gear along the output shaft through the engagement between the first and second helical splines, thereby bringing the pinion gear into mesh with a ring gear of an engine. Further, in the starter, X09-18-2008 | |
20080314195 | Starter for engines - The clutch outer | 12-25-2008 |
Yoriko Utsunomiya, Ota-Ku JP
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20090059877 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device includes: a determination unit that determines a selected first and second numbers based on relationship information; a calculation unit that calculates the number of frames transmittable through the first channel within a time period as a first frame number based on the selected first number, and the number of frames transmittable through the second channel within the time period as a second frame number based on the selected second number; a selection unit that selects smaller one of the first and second frame numbers; an aggregation unit that aggregates frames for the selected frame number to generate a single aggregation frame; and a transmission unit that transmits the aggregation frame through one of the first channels or the second channel for which a transmission permission is acquired based on a channel status of the first and the second channels. | 03-05-2009 |
Yuichi Utsunomiya, Yokosuka JP
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20120275545 | DISTORTION COMPENSATION APPARATUS AND DISTORTION COMPENSATION METHOD - A distortion compensation apparatus for performing distortion compensation processing by applying the inverse properties of distortion properties of said power amplifier to a transmission signal to be input to a power amplifier, includes a plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage units configured to store a plurality of distortion compensation coefficients used for said distortion compensation processing, an offset correction processing unit configured to subject said distortion compensation coefficient stored in each of said plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage units to offset correction processing, and to generate distortion compensation coefficients in the case that said offset correction processing has not been performed, corresponding to said plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage units, in a pseudo manner and a distortion compensation processing unit configured to subject said transmission signal to said distortion compensation processing based on said distortion compensation coefficients generated in a pseudo manner. | 11-01-2012 |
20120288030 | DISTORTION COMPENSATION DEVICE AND DISTORTION COMPENSATING METHOD - A distortion compensation device which reduces a distortion of an amplifier which is added to an output signal of the amplifier, the distortion compensation device including: a plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits which stores a plurality of distortion compensation coefficients and outputs the distortion compensation coefficients according to an amplitude of an input signal of the amplifier, a distortion compensating processing circuit which adds the distortion compensation coefficient output from each of the plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits to the input signal of the amplifier, and a distortion compensation coefficient updating circuit which performs weighting processing on the distortion compensation coefficient output from each of the plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits to reduce the distortion compensation coefficient and which calculates an update value of the distortion compensation coefficient by using the distortion compensation coefficient which is subjected to the weighting processing. | 11-15-2012 |