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20120218527 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - The image projection apparatus is disclosed to which plural interchangeable optical units are selectively attachable. The apparatus includes a shift mechanism moving an attached optical unit, which is one of the plural interchangeable optical units that is attached to the apparatus, with respect to a light modulation element in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis, an actuator driving the shift mechanism, and a controller controlling drive of the actuator using a control parameter for moving the attached optical unit by a specific movement amount via the shift mechanism. The controller acquires information on at least one of a weight and an optical characteristic of the attached optical unit from a memory provided in one of the apparatus and the attached optical unit, and to change the control parameter using the acquired information. | 08-30-2012 |
20130265657 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND LENS UNIT - A first lens unit performing communication with an image pickup apparatus with a first voltage and a second lens unit performing communication with the image pickup apparatus with a second voltage are selectively attached to the image pickup apparatus. The image pickup apparatus includes a controller configured to operate with a third voltage different from at least one of the first and second voltages to output a signal for the communication with the first and second lens units, and a determiner configured to determine the type of the lens unit attached to the image pickup apparatus. The controller is configured to produce, as a voltage of the signal for the communication, from the third voltage, one of the first and second voltages corresponding to a determination result of the determiner. | 10-10-2013 |
20130266303 | CAMERA ACCESSORY AND CAMERA - The camera accessory is attachable to a camera by relatively rotating from a first state to a second state. Camera side contact pins include a first camera side contact pin making contact with an accessory side contact holding portion in the first state and second camera side contact pins not making contact with the accessory side contact holding portion in the first state. Accessory side contact surfaces include a first accessory side contact surface making contact with the first camera side contact pin in the second state and second accessory side contact surfaces not making contact with the first camera side contact pin in the second state. A pitch between the first and second accessory side contact surfaces adjacent thereto is larger than a pitch between the second accessory side contact surfaces adjacent to each other. | 10-10-2013 |
20130266304 | CAMERA AND CAMERA ACCESSORY - The camera side mount is brought, by relative rotation with the accessory side mount, from a first state where each accessory side bayonet claw is inserted between the camera side bayonet claws into a second state where the camera side and accessory side bayonet claws engage with each other. The leaf spring biasing the camera side contact pins in the protruding direction is disposed between the camera side mount and the camera body. When the camera being in the normal position is viewed from the direction facing the camera side mount, the leaf spring extends from both sides of the mount center line, which extends from the center of the camera side mount in the direction of gravity, toward the camera side contact pins. The camera side contact pins are arranged at positions other than a position on the mount center line. | 10-10-2013 |
20130287388 | CAMERA ACCESSORY AND CAMERA - The camera accessory is attachable to a camera. The camera accessory includes an accessory mount to be detachably coupled with a camera mount). The accessory mount is provided with accessory bayonet claws and brought, by relative rotation with the camera mount, from a first state in which each of the accessory bayonet claws is inserted between camera bayonet claws provided in the camera mount into a second state in which the accessory bayonet claws engage with the camera bayonet claws to complete coupling of the accessory and camera mounts. The camera accessory is further provided with accessory contact surfaces arranged in a relative rotation direction of the mounts in the accessory mount. The accessory contact surfaces includes a first accessory contact surface used for indicating type of the camera accessory and is provided adjacent to the accessory bayonet claw. | 10-31-2013 |
20150049244 | CAMERA AND CAMERA ACCESSORY - The present invention provides the following camera. A first camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to detection of a signal change caused by coupling of a camera accessory. A second camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to supply of power for communication with the coupled camera accessory. A third camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to supply of a driving force to an actuator of the camera accessory. The first, second, and third camera-side contact pins are disposed in such a manner that, when a camera-side mount shifts from a first state to a second state, the third camera-side contact pin contacts first and second accessory-side contact surfaces, the second camera-side contact pin contacts the first accessory-side contact surface, and the first camera-side contact pin does not contact the second and third accessory-side contact surfaces. | 02-19-2015 |
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20120287779 | NETWORK AND FAULT RECOVERY METHOD - A ring network of a multicast label switch path scheme includes a transmitting node and receiving nodes connected to form a ring. A signal input to the transmitting node is branched to be transmitted in first and second different directions to first and second receiving nodes through first and second working paths, respectively, in the ring network. The first and second receiving nodes define terminal points of the first and second working paths, respectively, from the transmitting node. A first backup path is set from the first receiving node to the transmitting node, and a second backup path is set from the second receiving node to the transmitting node. The first backup path is in an opposite direction to the first working path and the second backup path is in an opposite direction to the second working path. | 11-15-2012 |
20140321269 | PACKET TRANSPORT NETWORK SYSTEM - A packet transport network system includes a first node to transmit a control packet through a secondary port, when the first node does not periodically receive, through a primary port, a continuity check packet transmitted on the first MLSP set in the first direction; and a second node, when the second node receives the control packet through a secondary port, to relay or terminate packets on the first and second active MLSPs, to receive, through the primary port, the multicast packet transmitted on the second MLSP set in the second direction, and to bridge the received multicast packet to a recovery path set in an interested link, the second node periodically receiving, through a primary port, the continuity check packet transmitted on the second MLSP set in the second direction, wherein the first node receives, through the second port, the multicast packet bridged to the recovery path. | 10-30-2014 |
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20110219757 | Muffler Draining Apparatus for Working Machine - A muffler draining apparatus for a working machine is provided which allows a drain line having excellent heat resistance to be reliably installed, even when a device or equipment is present at the position below a muffler. In a muffler draining apparatus that is provided to a muffler equipped to a hydraulic excavator, and includes a drain line that discharges water accumulated in the muffler to the outside of a vehicle body, the above-described drain line includes a single metal tubing whose one end is connected to the muffler, and whose intermediate portion provided continuous to the one end is extended into the space formed between the muffler and a hydraulic pump located below the muffler. The intermediate portion of the metal tubing includes a single linear portion and plural bent portions. Also, the muffler draining apparatus includes, for example, a single support bracket that is fixed to the muffler, and supports the intermediate portion of the metal tubing. | 09-15-2011 |
20120079810 | Exhaust Assembly for Construction Machine - Disclosed is an exhaust assembly for a construction machine having a revolving upperstructure and an engine mounted on the revolving upperstructure. The exhaust assembly is to be arranged inside the revolving upperstructure of the construction machine, and is provided with an after-treatment device for exhaust gas from the engine and an exhaust pipe for releasing exhaust gas, which has been guided from an outlet port of the after-treatment device, to an outside. The exhaust assembly includes a concave-convex part, which has plural concavities and convexities, is arranged on an inner wall of the exhaust pipe, and extends in a direction of discharge of the exhaust gas. | 04-05-2012 |
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20130200261 | Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer - As a control parameter given to a direct-current (DC) voltage generator which generates a DC voltage for ion selection, a “mass-related offset” for allowing an adjustment of the offset for each mass-to-charge ratio is provided in addition to the “gain” and “common offset” which respectively determine the gradient and position of a scan line drawn on a stability diagram during a mass-scan operation. In an automatic adjustment operation using a standard sample, under the control of an automatic regulator, the “gain” and “common offset” are initially set, after which the “mass-related offset” for each mass-to-charge ratio is determined so that the mass-resolving power will be substantially uniform, and these data are stored in a control data memory. In an analysis of a sample of interest, a quadrupole voltage controller controls the DC voltage generator and a radio-frequency (RF) voltage generator according to the control parameters read from the memory. | 08-08-2013 |
20130334415 | TRIPLE QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER - A high-quality mass spectrum is provided with alleviated mass/charge axis deviation in a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer even when executing a high-speed mass scan with MS/MS analysis. Mass calibration tables which denote relations between m/z and a mass deviation value which scan speed is a parameter are prepared separately for use in MS analyses without involving dissociation operations and MS/MS analyses with involving dissociation operations. According to a measuring mode, such as a product ion scan measurement or a neutral loss scan measurement, when performing MS/MS analysis, a mass deviation value for the minimum scan speed in a table is used for a quadrupole where the selected m/z is fixed, and a mass deviation value for a designated scan speed in a table is used for a quadrupole where the mass scan is performed, thus controlling the operations of each of a pre-stage and a post-stage quadrupoles. | 12-19-2013 |
20140217280 | MASS SPECTROMETRY DEVICE - Vacuum gauges are arranged in intermediate vacuum chamber and analytical chamber | 08-07-2014 |
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20120105930 | Galvanoscanner and Laser Processing Machine - A galvanoscanner including: a rotor including a shaft as a rotational center, and permanent magnets disposed around the shaft and polarized to a plurality of poles in a circumferential direction of the shaft; and a stator disposed in the outside of the rotor through a clearance and including coils, a yoke, and an outer casing so that the rotor swings in a predetermined angle range; wherein: the permanent magnets are provided with grooves which are formed in a direction of the rotation shaft so as to straddle circumferentially adjacent magnetic poles of the permanent magnets; and the permanent magnets are parted into at least two parts per pole by parting lines. Thus, the ratio of the torque constant to the moment of inertia can be improved so that the current required for driving can be reduced and reduction of power consumption at driving time can be attained. | 05-03-2012 |
20140285036 | Galvanoscanner and Laser Processing Machine - A galvanoscanner including: a rotor including a shaft as a rotational center, and permanent magnets disposed around the shaft and polarized to a plurality of poles in a circumferential direction of the shaft; and a stator disposed in the outside of the rotor through a clearance and including coils, a yoke, and an outer casing so that the rotor swings in a predetermined angle range; wherein: the permanent magnets are provided with grooves which are formed in a direction of the rotation shaft so as to straddle circumferentially adjacent magnetic poles of the permanent magnets; and the permanent magnets are parted into at least two parts per pole by parting lines. Thus, the ratio of the torque constant to the moment of inertia can be improved so that the current required for driving can be reduced and reduction of power consumption at driving time can be attained. | 09-25-2014 |
20140285037 | Galvanoscanner and Laser Processing Machine - A galvanoscanner including: a rotor including a shaft as a rotational center, and permanent magnets disposed around the shaft and polarized to a plurality of poles in a circumferential direction of the shaft; and a stator disposed in the outside of the rotor through a clearance and including coils, a yoke, and an outer casing so that the rotor swings in a predetermined angle range; wherein: the permanent magnets are provided with grooves which are formed in a direction of the rotation shaft so as to straddle circumferentially adjacent magnetic poles of the permanent magnets; and the permanent magnets are parted into at least two parts per pole by parting lines. Thus, the ratio of the torque constant to the moment of inertia can be improved so that the current required for driving can be reduced and reduction of power consumption at driving time can be attained. | 09-25-2014 |
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20120043118 | ADHESIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND LAMINATE AND FLEXIBLE PRINTED WIRING BOARD USING THE SAME - Provided is an adhesive resin composition containing (A) an epoxy resin and/or a phenoxy resin; (B) an epoxy-containing styrene copolymer containing a monomer unit having an epoxy group and a styrene monomer unit; (C) a thermoplastic resin; and (D) a curing agent, in which the content percentage of the epoxy-containing styrene copolymer (B) relative to the total amount of the resin components contained in the adhesive resin composition is 3% to 25% by mass. The adhesive resin composition is a halogen-free adhesive composition having good flame retardancy and a high peel strength. Also provided are a laminate and a flexible printed wiring board that use the adhesive resin composition. | 02-23-2012 |
20120170958 | FIXING BELT - Provided is a fixing belt which has high thermal conductivity capable of achieving an excellent fixing property that can respond to the recent increase in printing speed, which has a proper degree of elasticity such that color toners are sufficiently enveloped so as to be melted and mixed, and which has excellent mechanical strength and durability. A fixing belt includes a tubular base member, an elastic layer disposed on the outer circumferential side of the base member, and a surface layer disposed on a surface on the outer circumferential side of the elastic layer, the fixing belt being characterized in that the elastic layer is composed of rubber into which a filler primarily composed of silicon carbide powder and a carbon nanotube are compounded, and the formulae 10X+3Y<750, 3X+30Y>170, X>10, and Y>0.1 are satisfied, where X is the percent by volume of the filler and Y is the percent by volume of the carbon nanotube in the elastic layer. | 07-05-2012 |
20120309602 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ROLLER FOR OFFICE AUTOMATION EQUIPMENT AND ROLLER FOR OFFICE AUTOMATION EQUIPMENT - Provided are a method for producing a roller for office automation (OA) equipment, the roller capable of realizing an increase in the printing speed and having a good releasing property, and a roller for OA equipment. The method for producing a roller for OA equipment, the roller including a fluororesin layer provided on an outer circumferential surface of a tubular base either directly or with an intermediate layer therebetween, includes the steps of preparing a fluororesin coating material containing a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkylvinylether copolymer (PFA) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) in a ratio of 99:1 to 50:50 (mass ratio); applying the fluororesin coating material onto an outer circumferential surface of a tubular base either directly or with an intermediate layer therebetween; baking the fluororesin coating material at a temperature of 340° C. or higher to form a fluororesin layer; and after baking, cooling the fluororesin layer at a cooling rate of 20° C./min or less. | 12-06-2012 |
20120315418 | FIXING BELT - Provided is a fixing belt which has a high effect of preventing offset and the like and is capable of forming a clear image, which has high adhesion between a surface layer and another layer, and which has no problems in terms of appearance. The fixing belt includes a tubular base, a surface layer provided as an outermost layer and composed of a fluororesin A, and a primer layer provided in contact with the surface layer, wherein the primer layer is composed of a material obtained by mixing a fluorine-containing ion conductive agent, such as a fluorine-containing alkali metal salt, with a fluororesin B. | 12-13-2012 |
20130037760 | BIPOLAR PLATE FOR REDOX FLOW BATTERY - A bipolar plate for a redox flow battery that uses an electrically conductive composite having excellent mechanical strength, plasticity, and liquid-blocking property, and higher electrical conductivity is provided. The bipolar plate includes an electrically conductive composite prepared by mixing a thermoplastic resin, a carbonaceous material selected from graphite and carbon black, and a carbon nano-tube, in which a carbonaceous material content is 20 to 150 parts by weight and a carbon nano-tube content is 1 to 10 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin. | 02-14-2013 |
20130098656 | POLYIMIDE RESIN VARNISH, AND INSULATED WIRE, ELECTRICAL COIL, AND MOTOR USING SAME - Provided is an insulated wire that can realize a high corona inception voltage and that can satisfy required properties such as heat resistance and a mechanical strength. A polyimide resin varnish containing, as a main component, a polyimide precursor resin obtained by allowing an aromatic diamine to react with an aromatic tetracarboxylic dianhydride, wherein the aromatic diamine includes a first aromatic diamine having an aromatic ether bond and three or more benzene rings, and a second aromatic diamine represented by formula (2) below, and an imide group concentration after imidization of the polyimide precursor resin is 25% or more and 35% or less. | 04-25-2013 |
20130178348 | SILICONE RUBBER SPONGE AND RUBBER-COVERED ROLLER - Provided are a silicone rubber sponge that forms an elastic layer of a pressure roller of an image-forming apparatus, and that has a high mechanical strength so as to be used in a high-speed image-forming apparatus or a color image-forming apparatus, and a rubber-covered roller including the silicone rubber sponge. The silicone rubber sponge is produced by mixing expanded resin microballoons with a low-molecular-weight silicone rubber to prepare a compound A, mixing a high-molecular-weight silicone rubber with the compound A to prepare a silicone rubber compound, and heating the silicone rubber compound at a temperature lower than a softening point of the resin microballoons to cure the silicone rubbers. | 07-11-2013 |
20140054062 | INSULATING VARNISH AND INSULATED ELECTRICAL WIRE USING SAME - An insulating varnish forms an insulating coating film having a shape that corresponds to the shape of an opening of a die, having a uniform thickness. The insulating varnish is applied onto a surface of a conductor, subsequently passes through a die to remove the excess applied insulating varnish, and is then dried or baked to form an insulating coating film on the surface of the conductor. The insulating varnish has a viscosity of 10 Pa·s or more measured by a B-type viscometer at 30° C. The insulating varnish preferably contains no filler, and is preferably a polyimide precursor solution. Since the insulating varnish has a high viscosity, baking and solidification can be performed while maintaining a shape formed when the insulating varnish passes through a die. | 02-27-2014 |
20140127513 | POLYIMIDE TUBE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FIXING BELT - Provided are a polyimide tube that can be produced at a low cost and has good durability and a good offset property, a method for producing the polyimide tube, and a fixing belt which includes the polyimide tube as a base and which has good durability and a good offset property. Provided are a polyimide tube including a base resin containing a polyimide resin having good rigidity and a soft polyimide resin having good flexibility in a mass ratio of 30:70 to 70:30, 20% to 50% by volume of graphite, 3% by volume or more of a highly conductive carbon black particle, and 0.5% by volume or more of a carbon nanotube relative to the volume of the base resin, a method for producing the polyimide tube, and a fixing belt including the polyimide tube as a base. | 05-08-2014 |
20150015120 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT INCLUDING FLUORORESIN FILM - There is provided a piezoelectric element, including: a porous fluororesin film made of a first fluororesin; and a nonporous fluororesin layer stacked on at least one surface of the porous fluororesin film and made of a second fluororesin, wherein the first fluororesin is different in type from the second fluororesin, and when 50 pores are selected in descending order from a pore having the longest thickness-direction length, of pores present in a cut surface of the porous fluororesin film in a thickness direction, an average value A | 01-15-2015 |
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20120240561 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine which is controlled so that a combustion air-fuel ratio becomes lean at the time of ordinary operation, provided with an adsorption part which adsorb unburned fuel which is contained in exhaust gas and an oxidation part which has catalyst particles of a metal which oxidizes carbon monoxide. The adsorption part includes zeolite which substantially adsorbs the lower olefins which are contained in the exhaust gas. The adsorption part and the oxidation part are arranged so that the exhaust gas contacts the adsorption part, then contacts the oxidation part. | 09-27-2012 |
20130034469 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control system of an internal combustion engine in which a catalyst device having oxidation ability is arranged in the exhaust system, is provided. When a temperature of the catalyst device is lower than a set temperature, the combustion temperature is made a first combustion temperature or under or is made a second combustion temperature or over, to make an amount of lower olefin in the exhaust gas smaller than that when the combustion temperature is higher than the first combustion temperature and is lower than the second combustion temperature. Therefore, an amount of lower olefin which reduces the oxidation rate of CO in the catalyst device is decreased so as to realize the quick warming-up of the catalyst device by using of the oxidation reaction heat of CO. | 02-07-2013 |
20140109767 | METHOD OF REMOVING ASH FROM PARTICULATE FILTER - A method of removing ash from a wall flow type particulate filter which is arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine in which combustion is performed in an excess of oxygen for trapping particulate matter in exhaust gas, using a solid acid which is carried on the particulate filter, renders the state of the particulate filter a state where the exhaust gas which flows into the particulate filter is lowered in concentration of oxygen and the particulate filter is raised in temperature, and then renders the state of the particulate filter a state where the exhaust gas which flows into the particulate filter in an oxidizing atmosphere contains SOx. | 04-24-2014 |
20140116033 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A wall flow type particulate filter is arranged inside the exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine where combustion is performed under an excess of oxygen. The particulate filter carries a solid acid. The solid acid has a Hammett acidity function smaller than −0.83 and larger than −12 in the standard state. To remove the ash from the particulate filter, ash atomization processing for rendering the state of the particulate filter a state where the exhaust gas which flows into the particulate filter is lowered in concentration of oxygen and the particulate filter is raised in temperature is temporarily performed. | 05-01-2014 |
20140116034 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A wall flow type particulate filter is arranged inside the exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine where combustion is performed under an excess of oxygen. The particulate filter carries an ash atomization agent. To remove the ash from the particulate filter, ash atomization processing for rendering the state of the particulate filter a state where the exhaust gas which flows into the particulate filter is lowered in concentration of oxygen and the particulate filter is raised in temperature is temporarily performed. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120001 | PARTICULATE FILTER - A wall flow type particulate filter ( | 05-01-2014 |
20140216016 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A wall flow type particulate filter is arranged inside the exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine where combustion is performed under an excess of oxygen. The particulate filter carries a solid acid. The solid acid has an acid strength which is higher than the acid strength of sulfurous acid and lower than the acid strength of sulfuric acid. To remove the ash from the particulate filter, ash atomization processing for rendering the state of the particulate filter a state where the exhaust gas which flows into the particulate filter is lowered in concentration of oxygen and the particulate filter is raised in temperature is temporarily performed. | 08-07-2014 |
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20130057868 | OPTICAL SENSOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DETERMINATION METHOD - An optical sensor includes a first illuminating system, a second illuminating system, a first regular reflected light detection system, a second regular reflected light detection system and so forth. The first illuminating system is disposed at the −X side of the opening in the dark box, and the second illuminating system is disposed at the +X side of the opening in the dark box. The first and second illuminating systems emit light to the opening. The incidence angles of irradiation light from the first and second illuminating systems relative to the surface of the stage are set equal to each other. The first regular reflected light detection system detects the light emitted from the first illuminating system and regularly reflected by the recording paper, and the second regular reflected light detection system detects the light emitted from the second illuminating system and regularly reflected by the recording paper. | 03-07-2013 |
20140241742 | SENSOR AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A sensor comprising an optical sensor including a light source and a plurality of light receivers which receive light emitted from the light source and light regularly reflected and diffusely reflected by an object, a database including output data regarding multiple objects of known and different types from the plurality of light receivers when an incident direction of light emitted from the light source forms a first direction to the object and when the incident direction of light emitted from the light source forms a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, and a processor which controls the light emitted from the light source to illuminate an object of unknown type and specifies the type of the object by matching the output data of the plurality of light receivers to the database. | 08-28-2014 |
20140268151 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - An optical sensor includes a light source to illuminate a linear polarization in a first direction, a first optical detector disposed on a path of a light illuminated from the light source and specularly reflected by an object, a first optical element to separate the light reflected by the object into a linear polarization in the first direction and a linear polarization in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a second optical detector to receive the linear polarization in the second direction separated by the first optical element, and a processor to obtain an amount of the light specularly reflected by the object on the basis of an output signal of the first optical detector and an output signal of the second optical detector. | 09-18-2014 |
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20130071283 | TITANIUM ALLOY COMPLEX POWDER CONTAINING CERAMIC AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, CONSOLIDATED TITANIUM ALLOY MATERIAL USING THIS POWDER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - Titanium alloy complex powder is yielded by hydrogenating titanium alloy raw material to generate hydrogenated titanium alloy, grinding and sifting it to obtain hydrogenated titanium alloy powder, adding ceramic powder selected from SiC, TiC, SiO | 03-21-2013 |
20130071284 | TITANIUM ALLOY COMPLEX POWDER CONTAINING COPPER POWDER, CHROMIUM POWDER OR IRON POWDER, TITANIUM ALLOY MATERIAL CONSISTING OF THIS POWDER, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A process for production of titanium alloy material has steps of hydrogenating titanium alloy material to generate hydrogenated titanium alloy; grinding, sifting and dehydrogenating the hydrogenated titanium alloy powder to generate titanium alloy powder; adding at least one of copper powder, chromium powder or iron powder to obtain titanium alloy complex powder; consolidating the titanium alloy complex powder by CIP process and subsequent HIP process, or by HIP process after filling the titanium alloy complex powder into a capsule. In addition, titanium alloy complex powder and titanium alloy material produced by the process are provided. | 03-21-2013 |
20140044584 | Alpha + beta or beta TITANIUM ALLOY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A titanium alloy containing copper, which cannot be realized by a conventional method, is provided, having a composition in which copper is contained in titanium with no segregation, and having improved strength and hardness. In addition a method is also provided, in which the titanium alloy is produced at lower cost than in a conventional method. The α+β or β titanium alloy contains copper at 1 to 10 mass %, has a crystal phase of β and α phase or of β phase, is formed of crystal particles not more than 100 μm, and has a copper concentration per an arbitrary specified 1 mm | 02-13-2014 |
20140334964 | Alpha + beta or beta titanium alloy and method for producing same - Titanium alloy containing iron, that is, iron-containing titanium alloy having high strength and hardness in which iron in a composition which cannot be realized in a conventional method, is contained with no segregation, and is provided in lower cost. The α+β titanium alloy or β titanium alloy is produced by a forming process such as hot extrusion of titanium alloy powder containing 3 to 15 mass % of iron powder. The method for production of the α+β titanium alloy or β titanium alloy includes a step of mixing 3 to 15 mass % of iron powder and titanium alloy powder as the remainder, and a step of performing a forming process of hot extrusion on this powder mixture. | 11-13-2014 |
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20110149986 | SWITCHING HUB, LINE CARD AND FRAME RELAY METHOD - A switching hub includes a plurality of ports including receiving ports for receiving a frame from outside and transmitting ports for transmitting the frame to outside, a distributed ID calculation portion for calculating a distributed ID based on the frame received by one of the receiving ports of the plurality of ports and adding the distributed ID to the frame, a first distribution table that stores a port ID for identifying the transmitting port for transmitting the frame associated with the distributed ID to outside, a second distribution table that stores the port ID associated with the distributed ID so that the correspondence relation is different from that of the first distribution table, a distribution table identification information adding portion for adding first table identification information for identifying the first distribution table or second table identification information for identifying the second distribution table to the frame, and a transmission distribution table access portion for obtaining the port ID stored in the first or second distribution table so as to be associated with the distributed ID that is added to the frame by referring to the first distribution table when the first table identification information is added to the frame and by referring to the second distribution table when the second table identification information is added to the frame. | 06-23-2011 |
20120300773 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A network system includes a plurality of lower switches, a plurality of upper switches, and a link group for interconnecting the plurality of lower switches to the plurality of upper switches in a multipoint-to-multipoint relationship. The link group includes a sub-link for interconnecting the plurality of lower switches to the plurality of upper switches in a point-to-point relationship as one logical link and a main link for interconnecting the plurality of lower switches to the plurality of upper switches in a point-to-multipoint relationship as one logical link. The plurality of lower switches are each set such that a broadcast frame with a broadcast address set as a destination is transmitted to the plurality of upper switches through the sub-link. The plurality of upper switches each receive the broadcast frame and resister a source address contained in the broadcast frame into an FDB of the plurality of upper switches. | 11-29-2012 |
20130021930 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system has lower switches and upper switches connected to the lower switches. Each of the upper switches includes a connection information notifying means for notifying connected lower switch list informations each of which includes an identification information on each of the lower switches connected to each of the upper switches, to the lower switches connected to each of the upper switches. Each of the lower switches includes a comparison determination means for comparing the connected lower switch list informations notified by the connection information notifying means, in order to determine a connection state between the upper switches and the lower switches. | 01-24-2013 |
20130022044 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system includes lower switches and upper switches connected to the lower switches. Each of the upper switches transmits a first notification frame containing a connected lower switch number information indicative of the number of the lower switches connected to each of the upper switches, to the lower switches connected to each of the upper switches. Each of the lower switches configures a link aggregation group for ports which received the first notification frames each of which contains a maximum value of the connected lower switch number information among the connected lower switch number informations contained in the received first notification frames. | 01-24-2013 |
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20130147440 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL CIRCUIT AND POWER SOURCE CUT-OFF DETECTION METHOD - A power supply control circuit arranged to prevent a steady power loss from occurring in an input filter connected to an alternating current power source. In order to detect that an AC input has been turned off, diodes are connected to AC lines, thus detecting a full-wave rectified waveform. This detected voltage is compared with a reference voltage by a comparator. An output signal of the comparator is input into the reset terminal of a timer circuit having a time measurement period longer than the power source frequency of an alternating current power source. A switch element of a discharging circuit is turned on by an output signal of the timer circuit. | 06-13-2013 |
20140043867 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE CONTROL CIRCUIT AND SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - A switching power supply device control circuit and switching power supply can combat fluctuation due to the input voltage in the peak current of a switching element, even when using an oscillator. A control IC is connected to a switching element and to a current detecting resistor, and controls the switching element, the control IC being configured of an OCP comparator that detects an overcurrent with respect to a load, an overcurrent level setting circuit that corrects a fluctuation occurring in the peak current of the switching element in response to the output voltage from the AC input, an oscillator having a frequency modulating function whereby the switching frequency with respect to the switching element can be modulated, and a slope compensation circuit that generates a slope compensation signal increasing monotonically in proportion to the time from the start of each cycle of an oscillating signal of the oscillator. | 02-13-2014 |
20140085949 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - A switching power supply that conducts switching of an input voltage by a switching element to obtain a specified output voltage includes: an ON width controlling component that controls an ON width of the switching element; a zero current detecting component that detects zero current through the switching element to turn ON the switching element; a frequency reducing component that delays a turn ON timing of the switching element upon detection of a light load condition by a load condition detecting component to reduce a switching frequency of the switching element; and an AC period detecting component that detects a period of the input voltage to hold the load condition detected by the load condition detecting component over every period detected by the AC period detecting component. | 03-27-2014 |
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20120206668 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A thin-film transistor device manufacturing method forms a plurality of gate electrodes above a substrate. A silicon nitride layer is formed on the plurality of gate electrodes. A silicon oxide layer is formed on the silicon nitride layer. An amorphous silicon layer is formed on the silicon oxide layer. The amorphous silicon layer is crystallized using predetermined laser light to produce a crystalline silicon layer. A source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the crystalline silicon layer in a region that corresponds to each of the plurality of gate electrodes. A film thickness of the silicon oxide layer, a film thickness of the silicon nitride layer, and a film thickness of the amorphous silicon layer satisfy predetermined conditional expressions. | 08-16-2012 |
20120211758 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A thin-film transistor device manufacturing method of forming a crystalline silicon film of stable crystallinity using a laser of a wavelength in a visible region is provided. The thin-film transistor device manufacturing method forms a plurality of gate electrodes above a substrate. A gate insulation layer is formed on the plurality of gate electrodes. An amorphous silicon layer is formed on the gate insulation layer. The amorphous silicon layer is crystallized using predetermined laser light to produce a crystalline silicon layer. A source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the crystalline silicon layer in a region that corresponds to each of the plurality of gate electrodes. A film thickness of the gate insulation layer and a film thickness of the amorphous silicon layer satisfy predetermined conditional expressions. | 08-23-2012 |
20120286282 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A thin-film transistor device manufacturing method for forming a crystalline silicon film of stable crystallinity using a visible wavelength laser includes: a process of forming a plurality of gate electrodes above a substrate; a process of forming a silicon nitride layer on the plurality of gate electrodes; a process of forming a silicon oxide layer on the silicon nitride layer; a process of forming an amorphous silicon layer on the silicon oxide layer; a process of crystallizing the amorphous silicon layer using predetermined laser light to produce a crystalline silicon layer; and a process of forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on the crystalline silicon layer in a region that corresponds to each of the plurality of gate electrodes. A film thickness of the silicon oxide layer, a film thickness of the silicon nitride layer, and a film thickness of the amorphous silicon layer satisfy predetermined conditional expressions. | 11-15-2012 |
20130049004 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY MANUFACTURING METHOD, THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a thin-film transistor array includes: forming a gate insulating layer on gate electrodes; forming an amorphous silicon layer on the gate insulating layer; generating a crystalline silicon layer by crystallizing the amorphous silicon layer; and forming source electrodes and drain electrodes. The thicknesses of the gate insulating layer on the gate electrode is within a range in which there is a positive correlation between light absorbances of the amorphous silicon layer above the gate electrodes for the laser light and equivalent oxide thicknesses of the gate insulating layer on the gate electrodes. The thicknesses of the amorphous silicon layer above the gate electrodes is within a range in which variation of the light absorbances according to variation of the thicknesses of the amorphous silicon layer is within a predetermined range from a first standard. | 02-28-2013 |
20130134431 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY MANUFACTURING METHOD, THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Preparing a substrate; forming a plurality of gate electrodes above the substrate; forming a gate insulating layer above the gate electrodes; forming an amorphous silicon layer above the gate insulating layer; forming crystalline silicon layer regions by irradiating the amorphous silicon layer in regions above the gate electrodes with a laser beam having a wavelength from 473 nm to 561 nm so as to crystallize the amorphous silicon layer in the regions above the gate electrodes, and forming an amorphous silicon layer region in a region other than the regions above the gate electrodes; and forming source electrodes and drain electrodes above the crystalline silicon layer regions are included, and a thickness of the gate insulating layer and a thickness of the amorphous silicon layer satisfy predetermined expressions. | 05-30-2013 |
20130164892 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A thin-film transistor device manufacturing method and others according to the present disclosure includes: forming a plurality of gate electrodes above a substrate; forming a gate insulating layer on the plurality of gate electrodes; forming an amorphous silicon layer on the gate insulating layer; forming a buffer layer and a light absorbing layer above the amorphous silicon layer; forming a crystalline silicon layer by crystallizing the amorphous silicon layer with heat generated by heating the light absorbing layer using a red or near infrared laser beam; and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on the crystalline silicon layer in a region that corresponds to each of the plurality of gate electrodes, and film thicknesses of the gate insulating layer, the amorphous silicon layer, the buffer layer, and the light absorbing layer satisfy predetermined expressions. | 06-27-2013 |
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20110119521 | REPRODUCIBILITY IN A MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM - Fixing a problem is usually greatly aided if the problem is reproducible. To ensure reproducibility of a multiprocessor system, the following aspects are proposed: a deterministic system start state, a single system clock, phase alignment of clocks in the system, system-wide synchronization events, reproducible execution of system components, deterministic chip interfaces, zero-impact communication with the system, precise stop of the system and a scan of the system state. | 05-19-2011 |
20120036412 | LOW DELAY AND AREA EFFICIENT SOFT ERROR CORRECTION IN ARBITRATION LOGIC - There is provided an arbitration logic device for controlling an access to a shared resource. The arbitration logic device comprises at least one storage element, a winner selection logic device, and an error detection logic device. The storage element stores a plurality of requestors' information. The winner selection logic device selects a winner requestor among the requestors based on the requestors' information received from a plurality of requestors. The winner selection logic device selects the winner requestor without checking whether there is the soft error in the winner requestor's information. | 02-09-2012 |
20130290473 | REMOTE PROCESSING AND MEMORY UTILIZATION - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for operating memory includes a first node coupled to a second node by a network, the system configured to perform a method including receiving the remote transaction message from the second node in a processing element in the first node via the network, wherein the remote transaction message bypasses a main processor in the first node as it is transmitted to the processing element. In addition, the method includes accessing, by the processing element, data from a location in a memory in the first node based on the remote transaction message, and performing, by the processing element, computations based on the data and the remote transaction message. | 10-31-2013 |
20140044006 | T-STAR INTERCONNECTION NETWORK TOPOLOGY - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for network communication includes an M dimensional grid of node groups, each node group including N nodes, wherein M is greater than or equal to one and N is greater than one and each node comprises a router and intra-group links directly connecting each node in each node group to every other node in the node group. In addition, the system includes inter-group links directly connecting each node in each node group to a node in each neighboring node group in the M dimensional grid. | 02-13-2014 |
20140044015 | T-STAR INTERCONNECTION NETWORK TOPOLOGY - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of constructing network communication for a grid of node groups is provided, the grid including an M dimensional grid, each node group including N nodes, wherein M is greater than or equal to one and N is greater than one, wherein each node includes a router. The method includes directly connecting each node in each node group to every other node in the node group via intra-group links and directly connecting each node in each node group of the M dimensional grid to a node in each neighboring node group in the M dimensional grid via inter-group links. | 02-13-2014 |
20140047060 | REMOTE PROCESSING AND MEMORY UTILIZATION - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for operating memory includes a first node coupled to a second node by a network, the system configured to perform a method including receiving the remote transaction message from the second node in a processing element in the first node via the network, wherein the remote transaction message bypasses a main processor in the first node as it is transmitted to the processing element. In addition, the method includes accessing, by the processing element, data from a location in a memory in the first node based on the remote transaction message, and performing, by the processing element, computations based on the data and the remote transaction message. | 02-13-2014 |
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20110173399 | DISTRIBUTED PARALLEL MESSAGING FOR MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for distributed parallel messaging in a parallel computing system. The apparatus includes, at each node of a multiprocessor network, multiple injection messaging engine units and reception messaging engine units, each implementing a DMA engine and each supporting both multiple packet injection into and multiple reception from a network, in parallel. The reception side of the messaging unit (MU) includes a switch interface enabling writing of data of a packet received from the network to the memory system. The transmission side of the messaging unit, includes switch interface for reading from the memory system when injecting packets into the network. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173413 | EMBEDDING GLOBAL BARRIER AND COLLECTIVE IN A TORUS NETWORK - Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for embedding a global barrier and global interrupt network in a parallel computer system organized as a torus network. The computer system includes a multitude of nodes. In one embodiment, the method comprises taking inputs from a set of receivers of the nodes, dividing the inputs from the receivers into a plurality of classes, combining the inputs of each of the classes to obtain a result, and sending said result to a set of senders of the nodes. Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for embedding a collective network in a parallel computer system organized as a torus network. In one embodiment, the method comprises adding to a torus network a central collective logic to route messages among at least a group of nodes in a tree structure. | 07-14-2011 |
20110179199 | SUPPORT FOR NON-LOCKING PARALLEL RECEPTION OF PACKETS BELONGING TO THE SAME RECEPTION FIFO - A method and apparatus for distributed parallel messaging in a parallel computing system. A plurality of DMA engine units are configured in a multiprocessor system to operate in parallel, one DMA engine unit for transferring a current packet received at a network reception queue to a memory location in a memory FIFO (rmFIFO) region of a memory. A control unit implements logic to determine whether any prior received packet destined for that rmFIFO is still in a process of being stored in the associated memory by another DMA engine unit of the plurality, and prevent the one DMA engine unit from indicating completion of storing the current received packet in the reception memory FIFO (rmFIFO) until all prior received packets destined for that rmFIFO are completely stored by the other DMA engine units. Thus, there is provided non-blocking support so that multiple packets destined for a single rmFIFO are transferred and stored in parallel to predetermined locations in a memory. | 07-21-2011 |
20110219208 | MULTI-PETASCALE HIGHLY EFFICIENT PARALLEL SUPERCOMPUTER - A Multi-Petascale Highly Efficient Parallel Supercomputer of 100 petaOPS-scale computing, at decreased cost, power and footprint, and that allows for a maximum packaging density of processing nodes from an interconnect point of view. The Supercomputer exploits technological advances in VLSI that enables a computing model where many processors can be integrated into a single Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). Each ASIC computing node comprises a system-on-chip ASIC utilizing four or more processors integrated into one die, with each having full access to all system resources and enabling adaptive partitioning of the processors to functions such as compute or messaging I/O on an application by application basis, and preferably, enable adaptive partitioning of functions in accordance with various algorithmic phases within an application, or if I/O or other processors are underutilized, then can participate in computation or communication nodes are interconnected by a five dimensional torus network with DMA that optimally maximize the throughput of packet communications between nodes and minimize latency. | 09-08-2011 |