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20100247991 | BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - It is possible to ensure welding of an exposed portion of an electrode core member protruding from one end surface of an electrode group to a desired connection portion of a current collector plate by constituting a battery wherein an end portion of a first electrode is protruding from an end portion of a second electrode and an end portion of a separator on one end surface of an electrode group, the protruding end portion of the first electrode includes an exposed portion of a first electrode core member, the exposed portion of the first electrode core member is welded to a connection portion on one surface of the first current collector plate, and an insulating layer is formed in an area except for a reverse face portion of the connection portion on the other surface of the first current collector plate. | 09-30-2010 |
20100310938 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention mainly relates to non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries. The present invention intends to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent cycle characteristics and excellent storage characteristics. | 12-09-2010 |
20110008661 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A lithium ion secondary battery of the invention includes an electrode structure including an electrode group composed of a strip-shaped laminate or winding including a positive electrode in which a positive electrode active material layer is attached to a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode, and a separator; a positive electrode current collector plate including aluminum foil; and a negative electrode current collector plate electrically connected to the negative electrode. The positive electrode has, at one longitudinally extending end edge of the laminate, a positive electrode current collector-exposed portion protruding beyond the negative electrode. The positive electrode current collector plate is electrically connected to the positive electrode by applying a non-corrosive flux containing a fluoride to at least one of the positive electrode current collector-exposed portion and the positive electrode current collector plate, and then welding the positive electrode current collector plate to the positive electrode current collector-exposed portion. | 01-13-2011 |
20110033750 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes composite oxide particles including lithium, nickel, and an element M, the element M being at least one of aluminum and cobalt. The composite oxide particles include primary particles and each particle of the primary particles includes a surface portion and an inner portion. A content of the element M in the surface portion is higher than a content of the element M in the inner portion, and a proportion of the primary particles relative to all of the composite oxide particles is 80 to 100 wt %. According to the invention, a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that has excellent cycle characteristics and storage characteristics and is suitable for use in a wide range of the state of charge and in a high-temperature environment and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same can be obtained. | 02-10-2011 |
20110189518 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a high-output, and long-life nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: an electrode group which is formed by winding a positive electrode | 08-04-2011 |
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20100014335 | THREE-PHASE POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS - A three-phase inverter circuit ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100232191 | POWER CONDITIONER AND SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A first circuit generates a first sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to a positive side relative to a first reference potential, which is a potential on a negative-electrode side of a direct current power source, from a direct current voltage. A second circuit generates a second sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level lower than the voltage level of the first sequence of square wave voltages on the positive side that changes to a negative side relative to a second reference potential. The second chopper circuit further generates a third sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to the positive and negative side in turns in the manner of sinusoidal wave relative to the first reference potential by summing the first sequence of square wave voltages and the second sequence of square wave voltages. A third circuit outputs the third sequence of square wave voltages as a charge/discharge output. The third circuit further PWM-controls the charge/discharge output so that a difference of the third sequence of square wave voltages to a sinusoidal wave voltage is corrected and thereby generates a sinusoidal wave voltage that continuously changes to the positive and negative sides relative to the first reference potential from the third sequence of square wave voltages and the PWM-controlled output, and outputs the generated sinusoidal wave voltage to a load. | 09-16-2010 |
20100232192 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS, POWER CONDITIONER, AND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A first chopper circuit generates a first sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to a positive side by chopping a direct current voltage at a system frequency. A second chopper circuit generates a second sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to a negative side by chopping a direct current voltage at a frequency twice as high as the system frequency. The second chopper circuit further generates a third sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to the positive and negative side in turns in the manner of sinusoidal wave by summing the first sequence of square wave voltages and the second sequence of square wave voltages. A third chopper circuit chops the third sequence of square wave voltages at a frequency determined by a timing that depends on if a voltage difference thereof to a sinusoidal wave voltage results in a positive value or a negative value and outputting the chopped third sequence of square wave voltages as a charge/discharge output. The third chopper circuit PWM-controls the charge/discharge output at a PWM frequency so that the difference is corrected to thereby generate a sinusoidal wave voltage that continuously changes to the positive and negative sides. | 09-16-2010 |
20110128763 | POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS - A power converting apparatus is provided with three sets of half-bridge inverters ( | 06-02-2011 |
20130307352 | INVERTER APPARATUS AND SOLAR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - An inverter apparatus comprising a first switch group that is connected to a DC power source and includes a first switch and a second switch connected in series; a capacitor that has one end thereof connected to a first connection point between the first switch and the second switch; a second switch group that is connected in parallel with the capacitor and includes a third switch and a fourth switch that are connected in series; a switch control section that controls an ON/OFF state of the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, and the fourth switch to convert DC voltage from the DC power source into AC voltage and output the AC voltage from a second connection point between the third switch and the fourth switch; and a smoothing circuit that is connected to the second connection point and normalizes a pulse waveform of the AC voltage. | 11-21-2013 |
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20100016629 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF TEREPHTHALIC ACID - The invention provides a method for producing terephthalic acid, characterized by including subjecting a p-phenylene compound to liquid-phase oxidation reaction by use of a molecular-oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst at least containing a heavy metal compound and a bromine compound, and hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 1 to 15 mass %, to thereby yield a slurry; regulating the temperature of the slurry to 35 to 140° C., to thereby cause terephthalic acid to precipitate; removing the terephthalic acid through solid-liquid separation, to thereby recover a mother liquor; and recovering the catalyst from the mother liquor through a series of the following steps (1) to (4) for reusing at least a portion of the catalyst in the liquid-phase oxidation reaction: (1) an adsorption step including regulating the ratio “amount by mole of bromide ions in the mother liquor/total amount by mole of heavy metal ions in the mother liquor” to 0.6 to 3, and then exposing the mother liquor to a pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has been heated to 35 to 140° C., so that the resin adsorbs catalyst-derived heavy metal ions and bromide ions, and also adsorbs a carboxylic acid mixture which has been by-produced through the liquid-phase oxidation reaction, (2) an elution step (A) of exposing hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 1 to 15 mass % to the pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has undergone the adsorption step, thereby yielding an eluate containing the by-produced carboxylic acid mixture, (3) an elution step (B) of exposing water or hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 20 mass % or more to the pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has undergone the elution step (A), thereby yielding an eluate containing catalyst-derived heavy metal ions and bromide ions, and (4) a displacement step of exposing hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 1 to 15 mass % to the pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has undergone the elution step (B), serving as a displacement liquid, thereby regenerating the resin. | 01-21-2010 |
20100048943 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ISOPHTHALIC ACID - The invention provides a method for producing isophthalic acid, characterized by including subjecting a m-phenylene compound to liquid-phase oxidation reaction by use of a molecular-oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst at least containing a heavy metal compound and a bromine compound, and hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 1 to 15 mass %, to thereby yield a slurry; regulating the temperature of the slurry to 35 to 140° C., to thereby cause isophthalic acid to precipitate; removing the isophthalic acid through to solid-liquid separation to thereby recover a mother liquor; and recovering the catalyst from the mother liquor through a series of the following steps (1) to (4) for reusing at least a portion of the catalyst in the liquid-phase oxidation reaction: (1) an adsorption step including regulating the ratio “amount by mole of bromide ions in the mother liquor/total amount by mole of heavy metal ions in the mother liquor” to 0.3 to 3, and then exposing the mother liquor to a pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has been heated to 35 to 140° C., so that the resin adsorbs catalyst-derived heavy metal ions and bromide ions, and also adsorbs a carboxylic acid mixture which has been by-produced through the liquid-phase oxidation reaction, (2) an elution step (A) of exposing hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 1 to 15 mass % to the pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has undergone the adsorption step, thereby yielding an eluate containing the by-produced carboxylic acid mixture, (3) an elution step (B) of exposing water or hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 20 mass % or more to the pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has undergone the elution step (A), thereby yielding an eluate containing catalyst-derived heavy metal ions and bromide ions, and (4) a displacement step of exposing hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 1 to 15 mass % to the pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has undergone the elution step (B), serving as a displacement liquid, thereby regenerating the resin. | 02-25-2010 |
20110213180 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ISOPHTHALIC ACID - A method for producing isophthalic acid, comprising:
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20110213181 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF TEREPHTHALIC ACID - A method for producing terephthalic acid comprising:
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20120322929 | PRETREATMENT METHOD FOR CHELATE RESIN HAVING PYRIDINE RING USED FOR COLLECTING CATALYST IN TEREPHTHALIC ACID PRODUCTION PROCESS - In pretreating a pyridine ring-containing chelate resin which is used in the step for adsorption and collection of a heavy metal ion and a bromide ion derived from a catalyst from the oxidation reaction mother liquid in the process of producing a terephthalic acid, there may occur phenomena such as swelling of the resin, heat generation of the resin, and air bubbles generation, thereby causing fracture and deterioration of the resin. As a first treatment, Br | 12-20-2012 |
20120326082 | PRETREATMENT METHOD FOR CHELATE RESIN HAVING PYRIDINE RING USED FOR COLLECTING CATALYST IN AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID PRODUCTION PROCESS - In pretreating a pyridine ring-containing chelate resin which is used in the step for adsorption and collection of a heavy metal ion and a bromide ion derived from a catalyst from the oxidation reaction mother liquid in the process of producing an aromatic carboxylic acid, there may occur phenomena such as swelling of the resin, heat generation of the resin, and air bubbles generation, thereby causing fracture and deterioration of the resin. As a first treatment, Br | 12-27-2012 |
20130281732 | CROSSFLOW TYPE FILTERING OPERATION METHOD USING CERAMIC FILTER - Provided is a simple filtering operation method capable of conducting a filtering operation without clogging in a ceramic filter for a long period of time, in the operation of filtering fine crystals of terephthalic acid in an oxidation reaction mother liquor obtained in a process of terephthalic acid production by a cross-flow filtration using the ceramic filter. The present invention can be accomplished by conducting an operation for filtering the fine crystals and a back washing operation with a filtrate while maintaining a flowing circulation operation of the oxidation reaction mother liquor under predetermined conditions. | 10-24-2013 |
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20080315803 | HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A hybrid electric vehicle includes, in one example, a motor-generator driven by an engine to generate alternating current, wherein the motor-generator is further configured to start the engine, a motor for driving the vehicle, a diode rectifier to rectify alternating current generated by the motor-generator, an inverter connected to a feed circuit between the diode rectifier and the motor to convert direct current in the feed circuit into alternating current, a power supply connected to a line connecting the diode rectifier with the inverter, a first feed circuit to supply current to the motor to drive the vehicle through the diode rectifier and the inverter in series a second feed circuit to connect the motor-generator with the power supply while bypassing at least the diode rectifier, and an alternating current converter provided in the second feed circuit. | 12-25-2008 |
20080315817 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A control system and method for a hybrid electric vehicle. One example control system includes a current calculating module to calculate a current, the current being at least one of a current to drive a motor of the vehicle and a current generated by the motor, and a feed controller to selectively implement a first mode when the calculated current is below a predetermined current value and to selectively implement a second mode when the calculated current is more than the predetermined current value, wherein either the first feed circuit or the second feed circuit is used in the first mode and both the first feed circuit and the second feed circuit are used in the second mode. | 12-25-2008 |
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20080299086 | Cultured muscle cells with high metabolic activity and method for production of the cultured muscle cells - The object of the present invention is to provide a method of preparing excellent cultured muscle cells having high metabolic capacity and insulin responsiveness, and further provide a method for the measurement of sensitive metabolic capacity using the cells. Moreover, its purpose is to provide a culture system/culture apparatus that can smoothly translocate such highly advanced cultured muscle cells intact to activity evaluation systems of a number of drugs. Moreover, the object of the present invention is to provide cultured muscle cells that are very suitable for measurement of the membrane-translocation activity of GLUT4 in an extraneous stimulus-dependent manner such as insulin, etc., and to provide a method for the measurement of the membrane-translocation activity of GLUT4 using the cells. The present invention is a method of preparing myotube cells, comprising a step (1) of culturing myoblast cells, a step (2) of differentiation-inducing the myotube cells into the myoblast cells in a culture medium with a high content of amino acids, and a step (3) of applying an electric pulse to the differentiation-induced myotube cells, and a method for the measurement of insulin-dependent sugar uptake using the myotube cells prepared by said method, and relates to the method for the measurement, comprising applying insulin stimulation by culturing the cells in a culture medium containing insulin, culturing the cells in the culture medium further supplemented with sugar, and measuring the sugar uptake. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a differentiation-type culture myotube cell constitutively expressing a recombinant GLUT4 having a labeled substance at its extra-cellular site, which is prepared by co-culturing wild-type myoblast cells and recombinant myoblast cells constitutively expressing said recombinant GLUT4, and a method for the measurement of membrane-translocation activity of the recombinant GLUT4 using the cells, and particularly a method for the measurement of insulin-dependent sugar uptake activity. | 12-04-2008 |
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20110217590 | ELECTRODE BODY FOR USE IN NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - In an electrode body for use in non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a first end of a separator is located more interiorly than one positive electrode end of a positive electrode plate in a width direction, located more exteriorly than one end of a coated positive electrode portion of the positive electrode plate, and located more exteriorly than one end of a coated negative electrode portion of a negative electrode plate. The first end of the separator is thicker than an intermediate portion. A second end of the separator is located more interiorly than an other negative electrode end of the negative electrode plate in the width direction, located more exteriorly than the other end of the coated positive electrode portion of the positive electrode plate, and located more exteriorly than an other end of the coated negative electrode portion of the negative electrode plate. The second end of the separator is thicker than the intermediate portion. | 09-08-2011 |
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20130011708 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, VEHICLE, AND BATTERY MOUNTING DEVICE - A lithium ion secondary battery includes a flat wound electrode body including a positive electrode sheet and a negative electrode sheet that are wound while interposing therebetween separators into a flat shape, and a battery case. In the flat wound electrode body, a central portion has a more constricted shape than end portions by pressing toward a winding axis in a short-side direction and each end portion includes an end-portion positive electrode sheet, an end-portion negative electrode sheet, and end-portion separators, and a core member arranged more inward than them. With tensile forces generated by pressing of the central portion in a central-portion positive electrode sheet, central-portion negative electrode sheet, and central-portion separators, the end-portion positive electrode sheet, end-portion negative electrode sheet, and end-portion separators are in pressure contact with each other and press the outer surfaces of the core member. | 01-10-2013 |
20140193691 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery | 07-10-2014 |
20150079478 | EELECTRODE BODY FOR USE IN NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - In an electrode body for use in non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a first end of a separator is located more interiorly than one positive electrode end of a positive electrode plate in a width direction, located more exteriorly than one end of a coated positive electrode portion of the positive electrode plate, and located more exteriorly than one end of a coated negative electrode portion of a negative electrode plate. The first end of the separator is thicker than an intermediate portion. A second end of the separator is located more interiorly than an other negative electrode end of the negative electrode plate in the width direction, located more exteriorly than the other end of the coated positive electrode portion of the positive electrode plate, and located more exteriorly than an other end of the coated negative electrode portion of the negative electrode plate. The second end of the separator is thicker than the intermediate portion. | 03-19-2015 |
20150194664 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which exhibits excellent energy density and excellent input/output density (and especially output density in low SOC regions). This invention discloses a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layers formed on the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode active material layer has two regions that are demarcated in a surface direction of the positive electrode current collector, which are a first region | 07-09-2015 |
20150194705 | LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A lithium-ion secondary battery ( | 07-09-2015 |
20150207134 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery includes an electrode body. The electrode body includes a positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer includes a plurality of hollow positive electrode active material particles, a plurality of void supporting particles, and a plurality of conductive material particles. The void supporting particles are configured to provide voids having a pore diameter of 0.5 μm or more in the positive electrode active material layer. The conductive material particles are configured to provide an electrical continuity of the positive electrode active material layer. A ratio of an average particle size of the void supporting particles to an average particle size of the hollow positive electrode active material particles is1/3 or more and 2 or less. The crushing strength of the void supporting particles is larger than the crushing strength of the conductive material particles. | 07-23-2015 |
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20140166903 | PARTICLE DETECTOR - There is provided a particle detector that can increase a detection sensitivity to fluorescence emitted from biogenic particles. A particle detector for detecting biogenic particles includes a substrate having a principal surface and configured to collect the biogenic particles on the principal surface, a light emitting element configured to irradiate particles collected on the principal surface with excitation light, and a light receiving element configured to receive fluorescence emitted from the particles when the particles are irradiated with the excitation light from the light emitting element. An optical axis of the Fresnel lens and a ray direction of the excitation light intersect with each other. The principal surface is a mirror surface. | 06-19-2014 |
20140175304 | PARTICLE DETECTION DEVICE - A particle detection device detects a biological particle. The particle detection device includes a collection unit that collects a particle to a collection substrate, a fluorescence detection unit that emits excitation light toward the particle collected on the collection substrate and receives fluorescence emitted from the particle, and a cleaning unit that removes the particle from the collection substrate at a refreshing position separated from a collection/heating position and a detection position. At the collection/heating position, the particle is collected onto the collection substrate by the collection unit. At the detection position, fluorescence is received by the fluorescence detection unit. With such a structure, the particle detection device in which the particle is highly accurately detected is provided. | 06-26-2014 |
20140218810 | FRESNEL LENS - A Fresnel lens includes an incident surface that is flat, and a prism-forming surface that has a plurality of prisms, the prism-forming surface being provided on the side of the Fresnel lens opposite to the incident surface. Each of the prisms has a converging surface that is located on the side away from the optical axis of the Fresnel lens. | 08-07-2014 |
20150041681 | PARTICLE DETECTOR - There is provided a particle detector that can increase a detection sensitivity to fluorescence emitted from biogenic particles. A particle detector for detecting biogenic particles includes a substrate having a principal surface and configured to collect the biogenic particles on the principal surface, a light emitting element configured to irradiate particles collected on the principal surface with excitation light, and a light receiving element configured to receive fluorescence emitted from the particles when the particles are irradiated with the excitation light from the light emitting element. An optical axis of the Fresnel lens and a ray direction of the excitation light intersect with each other. The principal surface is a mirror surface. | 02-12-2015 |
20150177143 | PARTICLE DETECTION DEVICE - A particle detection device detects a biological particle. The particle detection device includes a collection sheet, a collection unit, a heating unit, a fluorescence detection unit, and a movement mechanism. The collection unit introduces an airborne particle into the device so that the airborne particle is collected on the collection sheet. The heating unit heats the particle collected on the collection sheet so as to increase fluorescence emitted from the particle. The fluorescence detection unit detects the fluorescence emitted from the particle which is collected on the collection sheet. The movement mechanism moves the collection sheet. With the configuration as described above, the particle detection device with which a measurement time period and the cost of measurement can be reduced can be provided. | 06-25-2015 |
20150321227 | CLEANING TOOL FOR COLLECTION MEMBER, PARTICLE DETECTOR, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CLEANING TOOL FOR COLLECTION MEMBER - A cleaning tool for a collection member includes a brush unit and a mount portion. The brush unit includes a bristle and a woven portion into which a root of the bristle is woven so as to be held by the woven portion. The mount portion includes a placement surface on which the woven portion is placed and a securing portion to which the brush unit is bonded. In the cleaning tool for the collection member, the woven portion includes two first outer surfaces that are located at respective ends of the placement surface and that extend parallel to a direction in which the bristle extends. In the cleaning tool for the collection member, the brush unit is secured to the mount portion by bonding a region that includes at least part of each of the two first outer surfaces to the securing portion with an adhesive. | 11-12-2015 |