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| 20100044950 | SHEET TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - In one embodiment of the present invention, a sheet transport apparatus is provided with a registration roller, a sheet transport path, a first optical sensor, a second sensor that detects the presence or absence of a sheet at an upstream side of the first optical sensor in a sheet transportation direction Xd, and a sheet transportation control unit that stops the driving of the registration roller after an elapse of a transportation time after the detection of sheet absence following sheet presence by the first optical sensor, wherein the sheet transportation control unit does not perform control with sheet detection by the first optical sensor within a detection restricted time after predetermined sheet detection by the second sensor when the sheet is of a specific type. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20110140350 | CONVEYING DEVICE - A conveying device includes a switching gate, a handle, and a link mechanism. The switching gate switches the direction in which a sheet of paper is conveyed along a conveying path. Normally, the weight of the switching gate keeps a front end portion of the gate engaging with a recess. A user grips the handle when he/she opens the conveying device from an apparatus. The user's grip on the handle makes the link mechanism disengage the gate portion from the recess. The link mechanism includes a protrusion protruding toward the apparatus and having a slope, which tapers off. When the conveying device closes into the apparatus, compressive contact of the protrusion slope with a wall of the apparatus disengages the gate portion from the recess. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20120018947 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus ( | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120119431 | SHEET TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A sheet transport apparatus includes a sheet transport portion that transports a sheet in a first transport direction and a second transport direction, a bending member that bends without breaking the sheet by corrugating the sheet in an orthogonal direction, and a restriction member that restricts, in a perpendicular direction, a corrugation in the sheet bent by the bending member. The restriction member is provided on an upstream side in the first transport direction of the bending member. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20130187334 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH THE SAME - A sheet conveying device ( | 07-25-2013 |
| 20140312553 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH THE SAME - A sheet conveying device ( | 10-23-2014 |
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| 20090056655 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND COOLING DEVICE FOR THE SAME - A variable valve timing control apparatus of an internal combustion engine includes a phase change mechanism configured to control engine valve timing by changing a relative angular phase between a timing sprocket and a camshaft by braking torque application via an electromagnetic brake. A flow control valve is arranged downstream of an oil supply passage that supplies cooling oil into an inside of the phase change mechanism. The flow control valve includes a valve element configured to control a flow rate of the oil supplied into the inside of the phase change mechanism, by changing an opening area of a valve bore communicating the oil supply passage by way of an advancing/retreating motion of the valve element in the valve bore, and a temperature-sensitive member configured to create the advancing/retreating motion of the valve element responsively to a temperature of the oil. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090090322 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A variable valve timing control apparatus of an internal combustion engine has a drive rotary member rotated by an engine crankshaft, a driven rotary member fixedly connected to a camshaft and transferring a turning force from the drive rotary member to the camshaft, and a phase-change mechanism changing a relative rotational phase between the drive and driven rotary members and having an intermediate rotary member installed between the drive and driven rotary members for a relative rotational phase control. The variable valve timing control apparatus further has a holding mechanism and a releasing mechanism. The holding mechanism forces the intermediate rotary member and holds the relative rotational phase between the drive and driven rotary members, and the releasing mechanism releases a holding state of the holding mechanism. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090210137 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A valve timing control apparatus includes a phase varying mechanism arranged to vary a relative rotational phase of a cam shaft with respect to a crank shaft; a driving mechanism arranged to provide a driving force to the phase varying mechanism by energization; a control mechanism configured to control a current applied to the driving mechanism; and a phase angle sensing mechanism arranged to sense the relative rotational phase of the cam shaft with respect to the crank shaft, and to have a detection period longer than a control period of the control mechanism in accordance with an engine operating state. The control mechanism is configured to repeat increasing and decreasing of the current applied to the driving mechanism when the phase varying mechanism continuously varies the relative rotational phase of the cam shaft with respect to the crank shaft by a predetermined angle or more. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20110129356 | ELECTRIC-MOTOR-DRIVEN OIL PUMP CONTROL SYSTEM - In an electric-motor-driven oil pump unit with automatic engine-stop system interaction, in which an electric-motor-driven oil pump is driven by an electric motor for hydraulic pressure supply to a transmission of an automotive vehicle employing an automatic engine-stop system, at least in a stopped state of a mechanical oil pump driven by the engine, a motor current/speed detector is provided for detecting a motor current and/or a motor speed of the electric motor. Also provided is a controller configured to output an inhibiting signal to the automatic engine-stop system for inhibiting a mode shift to an automatic engine-stop mode, when a change in the motor current and/or the motor speed during a preliminary operation of the electric-motor-driven oil pump executed from a point of time when an automatic engine-stop condition of the vehicle becomes satisfied, is out of a specified characteristic. | 06-02-2011 |
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| 20080314564 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE - A temperature control device controls the temperature of a controlled object by circulating a fluid in a temperature adjustment unit arranged near the controlled object. The temperature control device comprises a heating pathway that heats and circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit, a cooling pathway that cools and circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit, a bypass pathway that does not pass the fluid through the heating pathway and cooling pathway, but circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit, and adjustment means that adjust a flow ratio of the fluid that is supplied from the heating pathway, cooling pathway, and bypass pathway to the temperature adjustment unit via a confluence unit that combines these flows. The adjustment means are provided on a downstream side of each of the heating pathway, the cooling pathway, and the bypass pathway and on the upstream side of the confluence unit. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090136336 | EXHAUST SYSTEM AND EXHAUSTING PUMP CONNECTED TO A PROCESSING CHAMBER OF A SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An exhausting system and an exhausting pump connected to a processing chamber of a substrate processing apparatus are provided. The exhausting pump is provided with at least one rotary blade and a cylindrical intake part disposed at the processing chamber side from the rotary blade. The exhausting pump includes a reflecting device disposed inside the intake part and having at least one reflecting surface oriented to the rotary blade. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20110162678 | REFLECTING DEVICE, COMMUNICATING PIPE, EXHAUSTING PUMP, EXHAUST SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CLEANING THE SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PARTICLE CAPTURING COMPONENT - A reflecting device that enables to prevent infiltration of particles into a processing chamber. The reflecting device is disposed in a communicating pipe. The communicating pipe allows the processing chamber of a substrate processing apparatus and an exhaust pump to communicate with each other. The exhaust pump has at least one rotary blade. The reflecting device comprises at least one reflecting surface. The at least one reflecting surface is oriented to the exhausting pump. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110228439 | SUBSTRATE MOUNTING AND DEMOUNTING METHOD - A substrate mounting and demounting method that can prevent fine particles from getting stuck in a rear surface of a substrate. A substrate processing apparatus that implements the substrate mounting and demounting method has an electrostatic chuck that has therein an electrode plate to which a DC voltage is applied, and attracts and holds a substrate through an electrostatic force generated due to the applied DC voltage, and a heat-transmitting gas supply unit that supplies a heat-transmitting gas into a gap between the attracted and held substrate and the electrostatic chuck. When the DC voltage applied to the electrode plate is increased while being gradually changed, the pressure of the supplied heat-transmitting gas is increased in stages in response to the increase in the DC voltage. | 09-22-2011 |
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| 20140202386 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUSCEPTOR - A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber, a susceptor to receive a substrate and provided in the chamber, a gas supply source to supply a predetermined gas into the chamber, and a high frequency power source to treat the substrate by plasma. The susceptor includes a first ceramics base member including a flow passage to let a coolant pass through, a first conductive layer formed on a principal surface and a side surface on a substrate receiving side of the first ceramics base member, and an electrostatic chuck stacked on the first conductive layer and configured to electrostatically attract the wafer received thereon. A volume of the flow passage is equal to or more than a volume of the first ceramics base member. The high frequency power source is configured to supply high frequency power to the first conductive layer. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140213055 | SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND PROCESSING METHOD - A semiconductor manufacturing device includes a stage, a plurality of pins, and a driving unit. The stage includes a mounting surface. The mounting surface has a first region for mounting thereon a substrate, and a second region for mounting thereon a focus ring. The second region is provided to surround the first region. A plurality of holes is formed in the stage. The holes extend in a direction that intersects the mounting surface while passing through the boundary between the first region and the second region. The pins are provided in the respective holes. Each of the pins has a first and a second upper end surface. The second. upper end surface is provided above the first upper end surface, and is offset towards the first region with respect to the first upper end surface. The driving unit moves the pins up and down in the aforementioned direction. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140251212 | HOPPER AND THERMAL SPRAYING APPARATUS - A hopper includes a container to contain a powdered material having a diameter of 0.1 through 10 micrometers, a pressure control part configured to create a periodic pressure difference inside the container, and a vibration exciter configured to vibrate the container. The container has a hole provided in a bottom thereof to feed the powdered material downward. | 09-11-2014 |
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| 20140234634 | THERMAL SPRAY POWDER AND FILM THAT CONTAIN RARE-EARTH ELEMENT, AND MEMBER PROVIDED WITH FILM - A thermal spray powder of the present invention contains a rare earth element and a diluent element that is not a rare earth element or oxygen, which is at least one element selected, for example, from zinc, silicon, boron, phosphorus, titanium, calcium, strontium, and magnesium. A sintered body of a single oxide of the diluent element has an erosion rate under specific etching conditions that is no less than 5 times the erosion rate of an yttrium oxide sintered body under the same etching conditions. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140234653 | THERMAL SPRAY POWDER AND FILM THAT CONTAIN RARE-EARTH ELEMENT, AND MEMBER PROVIDED WITH FILM - A thermal spray powder of the present invention contains a rare earth element and a group 2 element, which belongs to group 2 of the periodic table. The thermal spray powder, which contains a rare earth element and a group 2 element, is formed, for example, from a mixture of a rare earth element compound and a group 2 element compound or from a compound or solid solution containing a rare earth element and a group 2 element. The thermal spray powder may further contain a diluent element that is not a rare earth element or a group 2 element and is not oxygen, which is at least one element selected, for example, from titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, zinc, boron, aluminum, gallium, silicon, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, germanium, and phosphorus. | 08-21-2014 |
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| 20140339544 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a semiconductor device in which deterioration of electric characteristics which becomes more noticeable as the semiconductor device is miniaturized can be suppressed. The semiconductor device includes a first oxide film, an oxide semiconductor film over the first oxide film, a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, a second oxide film over the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, a gate insulating film over the second oxide film, and a gate electrode in contact with the gate insulating film. A top end portion of the oxide semiconductor film is curved when seen in a channel width direction. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150021596 | Semiconductor Device - A semiconductor device is provided with a first oxide semiconductor film over an insulating surface; a second oxide semiconductor film over the first oxide semiconductor film; a third oxide semiconductor film in contact with a top surface of the insulating surface, a side surface of the first oxide semiconductor film, and side and top surfaces of the second oxide semiconductor film; a gate insulating film over the third oxide semiconductor film; and a gate electrode in contact with the gate insulating film and faces the top and side surfaces a of the second oxide semiconductor film. A thickness of the first oxide semiconductor film is larger than a sum of a thickness of the third oxide semiconductor film and a thickness of the gate insulating film, and the difference is larger than or equal to 20 nm. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150034945 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device with a transistor in which current flowing between a source and a drain when the voltage of a gate electrode is 0 V can be reduced is provided. The semiconductor device incorporates a multi-gate transistor having an oxide semiconductor film formed over an insulating surface, a first gate insulating film in contact with a first surface of the oxide semiconductor film, a first gate electrode between the insulating surface and the oxide semiconductor film, a second gate insulating film in contact with a second surface of the oxide semiconductor film, and a second gate electrode in contact with the second gate insulating film. The oxide semiconductor film has a first region overlapping with the first gate electrode and a second region not overlapping with the first gate electrode, and the second gate electrode overlaps with the first region and the second region of the oxide semiconductor film. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150069384 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a first oxide semiconductor film over an insulating surface; a second oxide semiconductor film over the first oxide semiconductor film; a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with side surfaces of the first oxide semiconductor film, side surfaces of the second oxide semiconductor film, and the top surface of the second oxide semiconductor film; a third oxide semiconductor film over the second oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode; a gate insulating film over the third oxide semiconductor film; and a gate electrode in contact with the top surface of the gate insulating film. A length obtained by subtracting a channel length between the source electrode and the drain electrode from a length of the second oxide semiconductor film in the channel length direction is 0.2 times to 2.0 times as long as the channel length. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150076493 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide a transistor having high field effect mobility. To provide a transistor having stable electrical characteristics. To provide a transistor having low off-state current (current in an off state). To provide a semiconductor device including the transistor. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor; a source electrode and a drain electrode including regions in contact with a top surface and side surfaces of the semiconductor; a gate insulating film including a region in contact with the semiconductor; and a gate electrode including a region facing the semiconductor with the gate insulating film provided therebetween. A length of a region of the semiconductor, which is not in contact with the source and drain electrodes, is shorter than a length of a region of the semiconductor, which is in contact with the source and drain electrodes, in a channel width direction. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150200305 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A semiconductor device of one embodiment of the present invention includes a semiconductor, an insulator, a first conductor, and a second conductor. In the semiconductor device, a top surface of the semiconductor has a region in contact with the insulator; a side surface of the semiconductor has a region in contact with the insulator; the first conductor has a first region overlapping with the semiconductor with the insulator positioned therebetween; the first region has a region in contact with the top surface of the semiconductor and a region in contact with the side surface of the semiconductor; the second conductor has a second region in contact with the semiconductor; and the first region and the second region do not overlap with each other. | 07-16-2015 |
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| 20150076763 | PAPER CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE DEVICE AND PAPER CONVEYING METHOD - A paper conveying device includes: a registration roller pair provided along a paper conveying path; a pick-up roller, a paper feed roller and a separation roller for feeding sheets of paper to the paper conveying path; and a controller controlling conveyance of sheets of paper such that when a preceding sheet is stopped at the registration roller pair, a following, succeeding sheet is temporarily stopped at a prescribed position G downstream of a conveying roller in the paper conveying direction, and the succeeding sheet is re-conveyed toward the registration roller pair at a prescribed timing. The controller changes the timing to start re-conveyance of the succeeding sheet in accordance with paper length of the conveyed sheet of paper. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150210490 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a sheet feeding device, when a leading end of a recording sheet is guided to a nip region along a leading end portion of a sheet guide member in contact with a surface of a separation roller, the leading end of the recording sheet slides and moves on surfaces of projected end portions to be guided to the vicinity of the nip region, and the leading end of the recording sheet passes through the nip region quickly. Hence, a sheet feed error is much less likely to occur. Since a distance from recessed end portions to the nip region is longer and the leading end of the recording sheet is in contact with the separation roller for a longer time right after passing the recessed end portions until reaching the nip region, even though a plurality of recording sheets is stacked, the recording sheets are separated one by one by the separation roller, preventing a multi-sheet feed of the sheets. | 07-30-2015 |
