Patent application number | Description | Published |
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20090061283 | CARTRIDGE FOR FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL - A cartridge for fuel cell for supplying a fuel to a fuel cell, the cartridge for fuel cell including: a cartridge case | 03-05-2009 |
20090201268 | Panel-type input device, method of manufacturing panel-type input device, and electronic apparatus having panel-type input device - A panel-type input device including a pair of electrode plates, each electrode plate having a substrate and a conductive coat provided on a surface of the substrate, the conductive coat of each electrode plate being formed from a conducting polymer. The conductive coat of each electrode plate includes a detecting area adapted to detect a touch input and an inoperative area disposed adjacent to the detecting area, the inoperative area having a surface resistivity higher than a surface resistivity of the detecting area. A parallel electrode pair adapted to apply a voltage to the conductive coat is formed in the detecting area, and conductors connected to the parallel electrode pair are formed in the inoperative area. The inoperative area insulates the conductors from the detecting area. | 08-13-2009 |
20090292123 | LIGAND, METAL COMPLEX COMPOUND CONTAINING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLECULAR DEVICE - A ligand contains: a benzimidazole skeleton; and functional groups at the 5-position and the 6-position of the benzimidazole skeleton. The functional group is capable of forming a coordinate bond with a metal, and contains a nitrogen atom. | 11-26-2009 |
20110070525 | ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION, SOLID ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SOLID ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE - An electrolyte composition that shows low methanol cross-over and exhibits high proton conductivity when used as a solid electrolyte for solid polymer fuel cells or the like, and a solid electrolyte membrane and a solid polymer fuel cell that use the electrolyte composition are provided. This electrolyte composition comprises a perfluorocyclobutane-containing polymer having a specific structure. High proton conductivity is provided by sulfonic acid groups connected to the benzene rings. Reduction of methanol crossover is realized by introduction of a rigid structure with aromatic rings, or a combination o a rigid structure with aromatic rings and a three-dimensional cross-linked structure. | 03-24-2011 |
20110097634 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING WATER FORMED IN FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel-cell power generation part containing a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte and an air electrode, and a heat-exchange chamber configured to cool a gas emitted from the fuel-cell power generation part to thereby form water. A power generation reaction using a fuel yields electric power and water in the fuel-cell power generation part. The electric power is utilized as driving force typically for an electrical apparatus. A gas containing the water as vapor undergoes heat exchange and condensation to thereby form water in the heat-exchange chamber. The formed water remains inside the heat-exchange chamber without leaking out. The fuel cell system is free from deteriorated performance and uncomfortable feeling in use and can easily and reliably recover the water. | 04-28-2011 |
20110111312 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING WATER FORMED IN FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel-cell power generation part containing a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte and an air electrode, and a heat-exchange chamber configured to cool a gas emitted from the fuel-cell power generation part to thereby form water. A power generation reaction using a fuel yields electric power and water in the fuel-cell power generation part. The electric power is utilized as driving force typically for an electrical apparatus. A gas containing the water as vapor undergoes heat exchange and condensation to thereby form water in the heat-exchange chamber. The formed water remains inside the heat-exchange chamber without leaking out. The fuel cell system is free from deteriorated performance and uncomfortable feeling in use and can easily and reliably recover the water. | 05-12-2011 |
20110283736 | HEAT PUMP - A heat pump including: a refrigerant accumulator in which a substance accumulating a refrigerant is disposed, the refrigerant accumulator having a heating means heating the substance in order to release the refrigerant; a flow path connected at one end thereof to the refrigerant accumulator, the flow path holding the refrigerant released from the substance in the refrigerant accumulator by capillary action; a first heat exchanger provided between the refrigerant accumulator and the flow path or around the flow path and exchanging heat with the refrigerant in order to condense the refrigerant; and a second heat exchanger provided around the flow path and exchanging cold energy generated by evaporation of the refrigerant from the other end of the flow path. | 11-24-2011 |
20120033206 | CABLE INSTALLED STATE ANALYZING METHOD AND CABLE INSTALLED STATE ANALYZING APPARATUS - An image of an installed state of an optical fiber is captured by a camera. The optical fiber is provided with position marks at fixed intervals, the position marks each indicating a distance from a predetermined position and a direction of the optical fiber. An installed state analyzing apparatus performs image processing on the captured image and analyzes the installed state of the optical fiber by using the optical fiber installation tools and the position marks. | 02-09-2012 |
20120033709 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD - A temperature measurement system includes: a laser light source; an optical fiber; and a temperature measurement unit configured to acquire a measured temperature distribution of a temperature of a temperature measurement area along an installation path of the optical fiber by detecting backscattered light of the incident laser light in the optical fiber, wherein the temperature measurement unit sequentially makes a correction for the measured temperature distribution a plurality of times so as to make a square error between a convolution of a transfer function of the optical fiber along the installation path and the corrected temperature distribution and the measured temperature distribution smaller in each of the corrections, and the temperature measurement unit also replaces a corrected temperature at a specific point of the installation path with an estimated temperature at the specific point in each of the corrections. | 02-09-2012 |
20120307861 | ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENT METHOD - An optical fiber is provided with a first measurement portion and a second measurement portion provided with covering layers different at least in any one of heat capacity and heat conductivity. Then, the first measurement portion and the second measurement portion are located in the same measurement position and light is inputted from a temperature measurement device into the optical fiber. Thereafter, the temperature measurement device receives backscattered light generated inside the optical fiber to measure temperature distribution in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber. An analyzer analyzes a variation over time of the temperature distribution outputted from the temperature measurement device to calculate a temperature and a wind velocity in a measurement position where the first measurement portion and the second measurement portion are located. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310535 | ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENT METHOD - An optical fiber is provided with a first measurement portion and a second measurement portion. The first measurement portion is provided with a heater and a hygroscopic layer made of a resin in which a material having a deliquescent property is dispersed. Meanwhile, the second measurement portion is provided with the heater and a non-hygroscopic layer having a lower moisture absorption capacity than the capacity of the hygroscopic layer. The heater is brought into heat generation by being supplied with electric power, and temperatures at the second measurement portion and temperatures at the first measurement portion are measured with a temperature measurement device. Then, an analyzer calculates a humidity based on an integrated value of differences between the temperatures at the first measurement portion and the temperatures at the second measurement portion. | 12-06-2012 |
20140362312 | PANEL-TYPE INPUT DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PANEL-TYPE INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING PANEL-TYPE INPUT DEVICE - A panel-type input device including a pair of electrode plates, each electrode plate having a substrate and a conductive coat provided on a surface of the substrate, the conductive coat of each electrode plate being formed from a conducting polymer. The conductive coat of each electrode plate includes a detecting area adapted to detect a touch input and an inoperative area disposed adjacent to the detecting area, the inoperative area having a surface resistivity higher than a surface resistivity of the detecting area. A parallel electrode pair adapted to apply a voltage to the conductive coat is formed in the detecting area, and conductors connected to the parallel electrode pair are formed in the inoperative area. The inoperative area insulates the conductors from the detecting area. | 12-11-2014 |