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20140162088 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN SHAPEABILITY AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION OF SAME - High strength steel sheet and high strength galvanized steel sheet which are excellent in shapeability which secure a tensile maximum strength 900 MPa or more high strength while obtaining excellent ductility and stretch flangeability, which sheets have predetermined compositions of ingredients, have steel sheet structures which contain volume fraction 1 to 20% of residual austenite phases, and which have martensite transformation points of the residual austenite phases of −60° C. or less. | 06-12-2014 |
20140170440 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN SHAPEABILITY AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION OF SAME - High strength steel sheet which secures tensile maximum strength 900 MPa or more high strength while having excellent shapeability, which high strength steel sheet which is excellent in shapeability characterized by having a predetermined composition of ingredients, by the steel sheet structure including a ferrite phase and martensite phase, by the ratio of Cu particles incoherent with the bcc iron being 15% or more with respect to the Cu particles as a whole, by a density of Cu particles in the ferrite phase being 1.0×10 | 06-19-2014 |
20140205855 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN IMPACT RESISTANCE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - [Summary] The present invention provides a high-strength steel sheet excellent in impact resistance. The high-strength steel sheet contains predetermined contents of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, Ti, N, and O, with the balance being iron and inevitable impurities, and has a steel sheet structure in which, in a ⅛ thickness to ⅜ thickness region across ¼ of a sheet thickness, 1 to 8% retained austenite is contained in volume fraction, an average aspect ratio of the retained austenite is 2.0 or less, an amount of solid-solution Mn in the retained austenite is 1.1 times an average amount of Mn or more, and TiN grains having a 0.5 μm average grain diameter or less are contained, and a density of AlN grains with a 1 μm grain diameter or more is 1.0 pieces/mm | 07-24-2014 |
20140212684 | HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN BENDABILITY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a high-strength galvanized steel sheet with maximum tensile strength of 900 MPa or more. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet has an alloyed galvanized layer formed on a surface of a base steel sheet containing predetermined amounts of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, N, O with a balance being constituted of iron and inevitable impurities, in which in a structure of the base steel sheet, retained austenite is limited to 8% or less in volume fraction, kurtosis K* of the hardness distribution between 2% hardness and 98% hardness is −0.30 or less, a ratio between Vickers hardness of surface layer of the base steel sheet and Vickers hardness of ¼ thickness of the base steel sheet is 0.35 to 0.70, and a content of iron in the alloyed galvanized layer is 8 to 12% in mass %. | 07-31-2014 |
20140234659 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT DELAYED FRACTURE RESISTANCE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A hot-dip galvanizing layer or an alloyed hot dip galvanizing layer is formed on the surface of a base steel sheet in which in volume fraction, 40 to 90% of a ferrite phase and 5% or less of a retained austenite phase are contained, and a ratio of non-recrystallized ferrite to the entire ferrite phase is 50% or less in volume fraction, and further a grain diameter ratio being a value of, of crystal grains in the ferrite phase, an average grain diameter in the rolling direction divided by an average grain diameter in the sheet width direction is 0.75 to 1.33, a length ratio being a value of, of hard structures dispersed in island shapes, an average length in the rolling direction divided by an average length in the sheet width direction is 0.75 to 1.33, and an average aspect ratio of inclusions is 5.0 or less. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234660 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET, HIGH-STRENGTH ALLOYED HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN BAKE HARDENABILITY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Steel contains each of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, N, O, at a range from ⅛ thickness centered around a ¼ sheet thickness from a surface to ⅜ thickness centered around the ¼ sheet thickness from the surface at a base steel sheet, a structure of the base steel sheet contains, in volume fraction, 3% or more of a retained austenite phase, 50% or less of a ferrite phase, and 40% or more of a hard phase, average dislocation density is 5×10 | 08-21-2014 |
20140242414 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN SHAPE FIXABILITY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a high-strength steel sheet excellent in shape fixability. The high-strength steel sheet contains C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, N, and O with predetermined contents, in which a retained austenite phase of 5 to 20% in volume fraction is contained, an amount of solid-solution C contained in the retained austenite phase is 0.80 to 1.00% in mass %, W | 08-28-2014 |
20140287263 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND HIGH-STRENGTH ALLOYED HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN MECHANICAL CUTTING PROPERTY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and the like excellent in mechanical cutting property, which are capable of obtaining high ductility while ensuring high strength with maximum tensile strength of 900 MPa or more. The high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet has a sheet thickness of 0.6 to 5.0 mm and has a plating layer on a surface of a steel sheet with component compositions being set in appropriate ranges, in which the steel sheet structure contains a 40 to 90% ferrite phase and a 3% or more retained austenite phase by volume fraction. In the retained austenite phase, a solid solution carbon amount is 0.70 to 1.00%, an average grain diameter is 2.0 μm or less, an average distance between grains is 0.1 to 5.0 μm, a thickness of a decarburized layer in a steel sheet surface layer portion is 0.01 to 10.0 μm, an average grain diameter of oxides contained in the steel, sheet surface layer portion is 30 to 120 nm and an average density thereof is 1.0×10 | 09-25-2014 |
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20110102121 | SHEET TRANSFORMER FOR DC/DC CONVERTER - A sheet transformer includes a first core having central and lateral legs penetrating a coil on a circuit board, a plate-shaped second core positioned on an end of the first core, the cores being assembled into an integral piece and an air gap being formed between the central leg and the second core, and a fixing member for fixing the cores with respect to the coil. The fixing member has holder portions having claw portions for holding the lateral legs of the first core from a side of the second core respectively, a first spring portion extending from a side of the second core toward the circuit board, for bringing inner plane portions of the legs of the first core into contact with the coil, and a second spring portion for pressing positions of the second core which are opposite to the lateral legs. | 05-05-2011 |
20110280035 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A HEADLAMP LIGHT SOURCE - A lighting device for a headlamp light source includes an connector to be connected to cables for supplying power to the light source, and attached to the bottom of a headlamp case that houses a light source, wherein the output connector is formed such that when the lighting device is attached to the headlamp case, the bottom of a connection opening to which cables of the output connector are connected is disposed at a higher position than a bottom face inside the headlamp case. | 11-17-2011 |
20130044504 | LED LIGHT SOURCE TURN-ON DEVICE FOR HEADLAMP - There is provided a light source lighting device for a headlamp including: a headlamp case to which a front lens is attached; and a planar fixation section that is inserted into the headlamp case, together with an optical component having a light source, from a front opening portion formed in the headlamp case, and that is fixed along an inner wall of the headlamp case. | 02-21-2013 |
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20120110646 | ACCESS AUTHORIZING APPARATUS - An access authorizing apparatus includes a receiving unit, a first transmitting/receiving unit, a token issuer and a transmitting unit. A receiving unit receives first approval information indicating that access to the resource in the device has been approved by an access approver, from the first application via the network. A first transmitting/receiving unit transmits an access approval request including the first approval information to the access approving apparatus, and receives access enable/disable information indicating whether the access to the resource by the first application is permitted, from the access approving apparatus. A token issuer, when the access enable/disable information indicates that the access to the resource is permitted, issues token information that gives authority to access the resource to the first application. A transmitting unit transmits the token information issued by the token issuer, to the first application. | 05-03-2012 |
20130187013 | TUBE SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR AIRCRAFT - A tube support structure for an aircraft includes: a parallel movement mechanism configured to support the tube movably in parallel; and an angle adjustment mechanism configured to support the tube angle-adjustably. The parallel movement mechanism includes: an eccentric sleeve, through which the tube passes, configured to adjust a position of the tube in a Z direction perpendicular to the X direction, and a Y direction adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position of the eccentric sleeve in a Y direction perpendicular to the X direction and the Z direction. The angle adjustment mechanism includes: a first member configured to have a first curved surface and support the tube, and a second member configured to have a second curved surface with a shape corresponding to the first curved surface, have contact slidably with the first curved surface at the second curved surface, and support the first member by the second curved surface. Each of the first curved surface and the second curved surface is formed such that a cross-sectional shape in an XZ plane is a circular arc shape, and an angle of the tube is adjusted by sliding the first curved surface with respect to the second curved surface. Thus, a tube support structure for aircraft, which can suppress a preload, is provided. | 07-25-2013 |
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20080231753 | Noise reducer for video signals - A noise reducer for a signal determines a direction of correlation for each picture element (pixel) by calculating sums of absolute differences between a block centered on the pixel and neighboring blocks centered on surrounding pixels and choosing the direction of the neighboring block with the least sum of absolute differences. The pixel is then filtered one-dimensionally by averaging it with neighboring pixels located in the direction of correlation. This noise reduction method is simple, reliable, and avoids needless loss of detail. | 09-25-2008 |
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20110050701 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An intermediate image generating means ( | 03-03-2011 |
20110211766 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - There are provided a first intermediate image generating means ( | 09-01-2011 |
20110298973 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - To interpolate a frame between the current frame and a first delayed frame preceding the current frame, an image processing device generates test interpolation data for the first delayed frame from data in point-symmetric positions in the current frame and in a second delayed frame preceding the first delayed frame. Motion vectors pointing from the first delayed frame to the current frame are found by evaluating different test interpolation data against the actual data of the first delayed frame. These motion vectors are converted to pairs of motion vectors pointing from the first delayed frame and the current frame to the interpolated frame, and these pairs of motion vectors are used to generate accurate data for the interpolated frame from the data of the first delayed frame and the current frame. | 12-08-2011 |
20120008689 | FRAME INTERPOLATION DEVICE AND METHOD - To interpolate a frame between two frames of a video signal, sets of reference images are generated, each set having a different resolution level. Motion between the two frames is estimated at each resolution level by using these sets of reference images. For each pixel processed at each resolution level, multiple motion vector candidates are obtained. Information indicating the multiple motion vector candidates is used to select motion search ranges at the next higher resolution level. To determine the motion search range for a pixel, selected motion vector candidates pertaining both to the pixel itself and to its neighboring pixels are used. An interpolated frame of high image quality is thereby obtainable without increased computation and with reduced risk of major image defects due to erroneous motion estimation. | 01-12-2012 |
20130159401 | MULTI-SCREEN DISPLAY SYSTEM - The image update timings of a plurality of display devices are adjusted by calculating, in their image reproduction/updating control means ( | 06-20-2013 |
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20150056882 | FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A fiber-reinforced composite material is provided which is capable of achieving CAI, ILSS, and interlaminar fracture toughness concurrently at high levels, in particular, capable of achieving high CAI. The composite material is composed of a laminated body including a plurality of reinforcing-fiber-containing layers and a resin layer in each interlaminar region between adjacent reinforcing-fiber-containing layers, wherein the resin layer is a layer wherein a cured product of a compound having in its molecule a benzoxazine ring of formula (1) and epoxy resin is impregnated with at least polyamide 12 powder: | 02-26-2015 |
20150132553 | FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - Fiber-reinforced composite material is provided which is capable of achieving high levels of CAI, ILSS, and interlaminar fracture toughness concurrently, in particular, capable of achieving high ILSS at high CAI, temperature, and humidity. The fiber-reinforced composite material is composed of a laminated body including a plurality of reinforcing-fiber-containing layers and a resin layer in each interlaminar region between adjacent reinforcing-fiber-containing layers, wherein the resin layer is a layer wherein at least polyethersulphone particles are impregnated with a cured product of epoxy resin and a compound having in its molecule a benzoxazine ring represented by formula (1): | 05-14-2015 |
20150251394 | FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A fiber-reinforced composite material is provided which is capable of achieving CAI, ILSS, and interlaminar fracture toughness concurrently at high levels, in particular, capable of achieving high CAI. The composite material is composed of a laminated body including a plurality of reinforcing-fiber-containing layers and a resin layer in each interlaminar region between adjacent reinforcing-fiber-containing layers, wherein the resin layer is a layer wherein a cured product of a compound having in its molecule a benzoxazine ring of formula (1) and epoxy resin is impregnated with at least polyamide 12 powder: | 09-10-2015 |
20150274913 | PREPREG, CARBON-FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND ROBOT HAND - Provided are a carbon-fiber-reinforced composite material having a low saturated water absorption and excellent TML, CVCM, and heat resistance, a robot hand, and a prepreg suitable therefor. The prepreg includes a CFRP sheet composed of resin composition (a) containing 100 parts by mass of cyanate ester resin (a1) having in its molecule not less than 2 cyanate groups, 0.01 to 0.5 parts by mass of metal coordination catalyst (a2), and 1 to 20 parts by mass of thermoplastic, toughness enhancer (a3), and carbon fibers (b) containing carbon fibers (b1) having a tensile elastic modulus of not lower than 450 GPa. The prepreg is useful for a supporting section of a robot hand. | 10-01-2015 |
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20110191360 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit successively specifying fields to be processed out of a plurality of fields included in program information in electronic program guide information and acquiring a character string included in each specified field; an analysis unit analyzing the acquired character string and outputting an analysis result for dividing the character string into a plurality of units; a sequence generating unit generating, for each field, a sequence corresponding to character string lengths of the units based on the outputted analysis result; a variance value calculating unit calculating, for each field, a variance value showing a degree of variance of magnitudes of values of items in the sequence; and a specifying unit specifying, for each program, a cast member field, in which cast member names are listed, out of the plurality of fields based on the calculated variance values. | 08-04-2011 |
20110196669 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an acquiring unit acquiring a title of content; an analyzing unit dividing the title into tokens; a calculating unit calculating, for each token, an evaluation value based on a token length and weighted according to the token's position in the title; a mapping unit mapping, for each token, a token point shown by an ordinal number showing the token's position in the title and the evaluation value, onto a coordinate plane; a deciding unit deciding, based on the mapped token points, coordinates of a criterion point used as a criterion for extracting a series identifier and an extraction criterion based on the criterion point; an extracting unit extracting token points that confoitu to the extraction criterion out of the token points; and a generating unit generating the series identifier from the character strings included in tokens associated with the extracted token points. | 08-11-2011 |
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20110187105 | MAINTENANCE OPERATION METHOD FOR WIND TURBINE GENERATOR AND WIND TURBINE GENERATOR - The present invention provides a maintenance operation method for a wind turbine generator and a wind turbine generator, which can effectively utilize a phase advance capacitor equipped in the wind turbine generator and contribute to the phase factor improvement of the system side. A maintenance operation method for a wind turbine generator including an induction generator | 08-04-2011 |
20110198854 | HANDY TERMINAL FOR WIND TURBINE GENERATOR AND WIND TURBINE GENERATOR - The present invention provides a handy terminal for a wind turbine generator and a wind turbine generator being able to improve the safety and the work efficiency in a maintenance work such as greasing work with rotating a rotational shaft. | 08-18-2011 |
20110204631 | HANDY TERMINAL FOR WIND TURBINE GENERATOR - A handy terminal for a wind turbine generator which the maintenance of the wind turbine generator, especially the maintenance work inside the nacelle, can be simplified while considering the safety of the maintenance operator. The handy terminal comprises a tower provided to stand on land or off-shore, a nacelle supported on the tower to be controlled to rotate in the yaw direction and a plurality of rotatable blades attached to the nacelle to be controlled to move their pitch, whereby the handy terminal is connectable to connecting ends respectively provided on the lower portion of the tower and the nacelle so as to perform various control of the wind turbine generator, the handy terminal further comprising: an operation button for generating operation signals for various control devices that are incorporated into a control circuit in the wind turbine generator; a display portion for displaying the operating state of the operation button; and a control portion for performing display control of the operation button, wherein the control portion of the operation button makes a mode selecting button to appear that selectively enables a maintenance mode or an operating mode of the wind turbine generator, and makes an operation button to appear that separately controls at least one of: a blade pitch control, a yaw brake control and an accessory motor provided on an oil circuit to control the blade pitch control and the yaw brake control that are incorporated in the wind turbine generator, correspondingly to a corresponding maintenance operation screen displayed on the display portion when the maintenance mode is selected from the selecting button. | 08-25-2011 |
20110215576 | WIND TURBINE GENERATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLING THE SAME - The present invention provides a wind turbine generator and a method of controlling the same which can prevent the decline in power generation efficiency even when the generator is located where the wind is not always strong. The wind turbine generator mainly includes an anemometer, an anemoscope, a nacelle swiveling mechanism which turns a nacelle, and a control unit which controls the nacelle swiveling mechanism. The control unit controls the nacelle swiveling mechanism so as to swivel the nacelle based on the wind direction obtained from the measurement result of the anemoscope when the wind speed obtained from the measurement result of the anemometer is greater than a first threshold V | 09-08-2011 |
20110298213 | HANDY TERMINAL FOR WIND TURBINE GENERATOR, WIND TURBINE GENERATOR AND WIND POWER SITE - A handy terminal for a wind turbine generator that can prevent management of control logics of control devices for controlling operation of the wind turbine generator from becoming cumbersome. The handy terminal for the wind turbine generator comprises, a connecting portion that connects to a connecting end provided on the wind turbine generator, an operating ends group that generate operation signals to selectively enable control logics included in a control circuit that is incorporated in the wind turbine generator, and a display portion that displays the operating state of the operating ends, wherein the operation signals generated by the operating ends group are operation signals that selectively enables the operating or maintenance control logics of the control circuit of the corresponding wind turbine generator connected via the connecting portion, that are common to the other wind turbine generators in the same site. | 12-08-2011 |
20110304140 | WIND TURBINE GENERATOR AND SOUNDNESS DIAGNOSIS METHOD THEREOF - An accumulator is provided in an oil circuit of the pressure supply device and has a gas chamber for storing the pressure generated by the oil pump. A gas pressure judgment unit judges a soundness on the gas pressure of the gas chamber of the accumulator. A pitch movement judgment unit judges whether the pitch movement is performed soundly by the oil pressure accumulated in the accumulator if the gas pressure judgment unit judges that the gas pressure is sound. A start judgment unit judges a start condition to start the gas pressure judgment unit every predetermined period or when a start switch is operated. | 12-15-2011 |
20130214534 | METHOD FOR OPERATING WIND FARM AND OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WIND FARM - An operation control system for a wind farm having wind turbines includes: a remaining-lifetime estimation unit for estimating remaining lifetime of a component of each wind turbine; a sales-income estimation unit for estimating, for each wind turbine, an income from sales of electric power under a plurality of output control conditions; a maintenance-cost estimation unit for estimating, for each wind turbine, maintenance cost based on the remaining lifetime of the component under each of the plurality of power limit conditions; a power-limit-condition selection unit for selecting, for each wind turbine, a power limit condition that maximizes income obtained from the wind farm, based on the income from sales of electric power and the maintenance cost estimated for each wind turbine under each of the power limit conditions; and an operation command unit for sending an operation command to each wind turbine based on the selected power limit condition. | 08-22-2013 |
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20110025885 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus, including, an imaging section to image a subject continuously, an image processing section to perform predetermined image processing to a plurality of pieces of image data imaged by the imaging section continuously, a designating section to designate a piece of image data as main image data among the plurality of pieces of image data, and a recording section to record the plurality of pieces of image data subjected to the image processing, and the main image data, as one file. | 02-03-2011 |
20150081539 | INFORMATION DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE, AND WEARABLE INFORMATION DEVICE - An information device makes a payment with a payment terminal through a contactless communication, using amount data of an electronic purse function of a mobile device. The mobile device with the electronic purse function permits the information device to be used for performing payment processing with the payment terminal, using amount data of the electronic purse function of the mobile device. A wearable information device includes an image taking unit configured to take an image of an object in the direction of line of vision of a user, and notifies the information device of the presence or absence of the information device in a taken image. The information device makes a payment with the payment terminal through a contactless communication based on the notification from the wearable information device of the presence or absence of the information device. | 03-19-2015 |
20150281569 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION DEVICE, AND WEARABLE INFORMATION DEVICE - A wearable information device is configured to store device identifying information used for identifying the information device registered in advance, to confirm whether or not a taken image, in which an object in a direction of line of vision of a user is taken, shows the information, by image analysis based on the stored device identifying information, and to notify the information device of a result of the confirmation. The information device is configured to execute a predetermined function on the basis of the result of the confirmation of the information device notified from the wearable information device. | 10-01-2015 |
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20090050473 | Conducting belt for use with anode holder and anode holder - A conducting belt is used with an anode holder for supplying an electric current to an anode for plating a surface of a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer. The anode and the substrate are vertically disposed so as to face each other in a plating tank of a plating apparatus. The conducting belt includes a belt capable of contacting an outer circumferential edge of the anode and holding the anode. | 02-26-2009 |
20090301395 | PLATING APPARATUS AND PLATING METHOD - A plating apparatus has an ashing unit ( | 12-10-2009 |
20120100709 | PLATING APPARATUS AND PLATING METHOD - A plating apparatus allows a substrate holder to be serviced easily while ensuring easy access to the substrate holder and while a substrate is being processed in the plating apparatus. The plating apparatus includes a plating section for plating a substrate, a substrate holder for holding the substrate, a substrate holder transporter for holding and transporting the substrate holder, a stocker for storing the substrate holder, and a stocker setting section for storing the stocker therein. The stocker includes a moving mechanism for moving the stocker into and out of the stocker setting section. | 04-26-2012 |
20120305387 | PLATING APPARATUS - A plating apparatus for plating a surface of a substrate includes a plurality of plating tanks for holding a plating solution therein, a plurality of pumps combined respectively with the plating tanks, for circulating the plating solution through the plating tanks, a plurality of suction pipes connecting respective suction ports of the pumps to the plating tanks, respectively, and a plurality of discharge pipes connecting respective discharge ports of the pumps to respective different ones of the plating tanks from the plating tanks which are connected to the suction ports of the pumps. The plating tanks and the pumps are connected in series with each other. | 12-06-2012 |
20130015075 | PLATING APPARATUS AND PLATING METHOD - A plating apparatus has an ashing unit ( | 01-17-2013 |
20130255360 | PLATING METHOD AND PLATING APPARATUS - A plating method includes holding a substrate with a substrate holder while bringing a sealing member into pressure contact with a peripheral portion of the substrate to form an enclosed internal space in the substrate holder; performing a first-stage leakage test of the substrate holder by producing a vacuum in the internal space and checking whether pressure in the internal space reaches a predetermined vacuum pressure within a certain period of time; and if the substrate holder has passed the first-stage leakage test, performing a second-stage leakage test of the substrate holder by closing off the internal space after producing the vacuum therein and checking whether a change in the pressure in the internal space reaches a predetermined value within a certain period of time. | 10-03-2013 |
20140245954 | PLATING APPARATUS - A plating apparatus is described. The apparatus includes: a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate in a vertical position; at least one processing bath configured to process the substrate held by the substrate holder, a transporter configured to grip and horizontally transport the substrate holder; at least one lifer configured to receive the substrate holder from the transporter, lower the substrate holder to place the substrate holder in the processing bath, elevate the substrate holder from the processing bath after processing of the substrate, and transfer the substrate holder to the transporter; and a controller configured to control operations of the transporter and the lifter. | 09-04-2014 |
20140314957 | SUBSTRATE PLATING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PLATING METHOD - A substrate plating apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a substrate holder; a plating bath configured to plate a surface of the substrate in a plating solution; a cleaning bath configured to clean the substrate holder and the substrate with a cleaning liquid; an inner shell disposed in the cleaning bath and configured to house the substrate holder holding the substrate therein; and a cleaning liquid supply conduit configured to supply a cleaning liquid into the inner shell to clean the substrate, together with the substrate holder, with the cleaning liquid. The inner shell has an inner surface having an uneven configuration that follows an uneven exterior configuration of the substrate holder holding the substrate. | 10-23-2014 |
20150090584 | PLATING APPARATUS AND CLEANING DEVICE USED IN THE PLATING APPARATUS - A plating apparatus for plating a substrate is disclosed. The plating apparatus includes: a dip-type plating bath; a dry-type plating bath having a hole in a sidewall thereof; and a pressing mechanism configured to press a substrate holder, holding a substrate, against the sidewall of the dry-type plating bath to close the hole. The substrate holder includes a base member and a holding member configured to sandwich the substrate therebetween, a first seal portion configured to seal a gap between the substrate and the holding member, a second seal portion configured to seal a gap between the base member and the holding member, and a third seal portion configured to seal a gap between the holding member and the sidewall of the dry-type plating bath. | 04-02-2015 |
20150276835 | PLATING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETERMINING ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF ELECTRIC CONTACT OF SUBSTRATE HOLDER - A plating apparatus that can obtain each one of electric resistances of plural inner contacts of a substrate holder is disclosed. The plating apparatus includes a resistance-measuring device configured to measure a combined resistance of two electric contacts selected from the plural electric contacts, repeat measuring of a combined resistance of two electric contacts while changing a combination of two electric contacts until a same number of plural combined resistances as the plural electric contacts are measured, create linear equations by coupling each of the plural combined resistances to two variables with use of an equal sign, the two variables representing electric resistances of the corresponding two electric contacts, and solve the linear equations to determine each one of electric resistances of the plural electric contacts. | 10-01-2015 |