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20080265718 | PIEZOELECTRIC BODY, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A piezoelectric body contains a ferroelectric substance phase having characteristics such that, in cases where an applied electric field is increased from the time free from electric field application, phase transition of the ferroelectric substance phase to a ferroelectric substance phase of a different crystal system occurs at least two times. The piezoelectric body should preferably be actuated under conditions such that a minimum applied electric field Emin and a maximum applied electric field Emax satisfy Formula (1): | 10-30-2008 |
20080297005 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, PROCESS FOR DRIVING THE PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - A piezoelectric device constituted by a piezoelectric body and electrodes. The piezoelectric body is a monocrystalline piezoelectric film formed, above a substrate, of an inorganic crystalline compound containing a first ferroelectric crystal when no electric field is applied to the piezoelectric film, and having a characteristic that phase transition of at least a portion of the first ferroelectric crystal to a second ferroelectric crystal occurs when the electric field strength applied to the piezoelectric film is at or above a predetermined level E | 12-04-2008 |
20080302658 | OXIDE BODY, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE - An oxide body formed of one or more of ferroelectric materials and antiferroelectric materials which exhibit asymmetric double hysteresis in a bipolar polarization-electric field characteristic obtained under a condition that the maximum value of an electric field applied to the oxide body and the magnitude of the minimum value of the electric field are equal (i.e., Emax=|Emin|), where the curve indicating the bipolar polarization-electric field characteristic has at least five points of inflection, and the maximum value of polarization of the oxide body and the magnitude of the minimum value of the polarization are different (i.e., Pmax≠|Pmin|). | 12-11-2008 |
20090085445 | PEROVSKITE-OXIDE LAMINATION, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE - A perovskite-oxide lamination constituted by a substrate and one or tore first films of a first oxide of a perovskite type and one or more second films of a second oxide which are alternately formed over the substrate. The first oxide has a composition expressed as ABO | 04-02-2009 |
20100103226 | PEROVSKITE OXIDE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, PIEZOELECTRIC FILM, AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A process for producing a perovskite oxide having a composition expressed by the compositional formulas A(B, C)O | 04-29-2010 |
20100192842 | PEROVSKITE-OXIDE FILM, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE - A film formed on a substrate different from the monocrystalline perovskite substrate contains a piezoelectric oxide expressed as A(B | 08-05-2010 |
20110006243 | PEROVSKITE OXIDE, OXIDE COMPOSITION, OXIDE BODY, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A perovskite oxide represented by a general expression, | 01-13-2011 |
20110074249 | POLYMER COMPOSITE PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A polymer composite piezoelectric material is formed, which includes a matrix of an organic polymer resin, and a piezoelectric material included in the matrix. The piezoelectric material contains a perovskite oxide having a composition represented by general formula (PX) below: | 03-31-2011 |
20110216132 | PEROVSKITE OXIDE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE PEROVSKITE OXIDE, PIEZOELECTRIC BODY, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE - A process for producing a piezoelectric oxide having a composition (A, B, C)(D, E, F)O | 09-08-2011 |
20110292133 | PEROVSKITE OXIDE, OXIDE COMPOSITION, OXIDE BODY, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - Disclosed is a non-lead perovskite oxide having a low Curie temperature and high ferroelectricity represented by General Formula (P) given below. | 12-01-2011 |
20110292134 | PEROVSKITE OXIDE, OXIDE COMPOSITION, OXIDE BODY, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A perovskite oxide, which includes a first component represented by General Formula (P1) given below and a second component represented by General Formula (P2) given below. | 12-01-2011 |
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20080229908 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ELECTRONIC PROOF SYSTEM, ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An automatic player musical instrument is a combination of an acoustic piano and an electric system, which serves as an automatic playing system and an electronic proof system, and a controller of the electric system has an information processing capability; when a user instructs the electric system to check performance on the keyboard, a subroutine program for electronic proof starts to run; while the user is fingering a music tune, the controller monitors the keys with key sensors to see whether or not the user correctly plays the music tune; when the user mistakenly depresses a key instead of another key, the controller gives rise to vibrations of the mistakenly de-pressed key so as to give a notice of incorrect fingering to the user. | 09-25-2008 |
20080314230 | ELECTRONIC PROOF SYSTEM AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - An electronic proof system is provided in association with an automatic player piano; while a human player is practicing a music tune on the acoustic piano, the electronic proof system monitors the pedals of piano to see whether or not the player brings the pedals to target pedal positions; if the current pedal position is spaced from the target pedal position, the electronic proof system gives rise to fine vibrations of the pedal, and makes the player notice the pedal staying at incorrect pedal position through the tactile impression. | 12-25-2008 |
20090013856 | ELECTRONIC ASSISTANT SYSTEM FOR LESSON IN MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - While a player is fingering a music tune on a piano, an electronic assistant system monitors the keys to see whether or not the player starts to produce tones through a particular playing technique such as repetition; when the electronic assistant system finds particular key movements unique to the particular playing technique in an early stage, the electronic assistant system decides that the player intends to produce the tone through the particular playing technique, and forces the key to travel on a reference key trajectory in the later stage, whereby the player learns the particular playing technique. | 01-15-2009 |
20100288102 | ELECTRONIC SUPPORTING SYSTEM FOR MUSICIANS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - An automatic player piano is equipped with an electronic supporting system, which makes a player learn an optimum pedal stroke to a half pedal region; while the player is practicing a music tune on the piano, the electronic supporting system monitors the damper pedal; when the player starts to depress the damper pedal, the electronic supporting system exerts an assisting force on the damper pedal so as to make the player feel the damper pedal light; when the damper pedal reaches an entrance of the half pedal region, the electronic supporting system removes the assisting force from the damper pedal so that the player feels the damper pedal heavy, whereby the player learns the pedal stroke to the half pedal region through the change of load borne by the player. | 11-18-2010 |
20110185876 | KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A keyboard musical instrument provides plural keys of a keyboard to be driven by an automatic playing system; although the automatic playing system selectively drives the keys in accordance with a performance rule expressing a music tune, a motion controller of the automatic playing system changes the performance rule if the human player drives the keys different from those defined in the performance rule so that the automatic playing system changes a part of the music tune in real time fashion during the automatic performance. | 08-04-2011 |
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20090196789 | SOLDER ALLOY, SOLDER BALL AND ELECTRONIC MEMBER HAVING SOLDER BUMP - To provide a solder alloy, a solder ball and an electronic member having a solder bump, used for connection with a mother board or the like, having a melting temperature of less than 250° C. for the solder alloy, achieving high drop impact resistance required in mobile devices or the like. A solder alloy is used which consists of not less than 0.1 mass ppm of boron and not greater than 200 mass ppm of boron and a remainder comprising substantially not less than 40% by mass of Sn, in which its melting temperature is less than 250° C. | 08-06-2009 |
20120038042 | LEAD-FREE SOLDER ALLOY, SOLDER BALL, AND ELECTRONIC MEMBER COMPRISING SOLDER BUMP - A lead-free solder alloy, a solder ball and an electronic member comprising a solder bump which enable the prevention of the occurrence of yellow discoloration on the surface of a solder after soldering, the surface of a solder bump after the formation of the bump in a BGA, and the surface of a solder bump after a burn-in test of a BGA. Specifically disclosed are: a lead-free solder alloy; a solder ball; and an electronic member comprising a solder bump, containing at least one additive element selected from Li, Na, K, Ca, Be, Mg, Sc, Y, lanthanoid series elements, Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, Zn, Al, Ga, In, Si and Mn in the total amount of 1 ppm by mass to 0.1% by mass inclusive, with the remainder being 40% by mass or more of Sn. | 02-16-2012 |
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20110217083 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier that holds a latent image thereon, a developer carrier that develops the latent image on the latent image carrier by using a liquid developer including a toner and a carrier liquid, a squeeze roller being in contact with the latent image carrier, that holds an image developed by the developer carrier, to squeeze the liquid developer on the latent image, and a control unit that applies a first bias to the squeeze roller, when a first position of the latent image carrier that does not hold the latent image is in contact with the squeeze roller, and that applies a second bias being different from the first bias to the squeeze roller, when a second position of the latent image carrier that holds the latent image is in contact with the squeeze roller. | 09-08-2011 |
20110262170 | CLEANING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning apparatus includes a first cleaning roller, and a second cleaning roller. The first cleaning roller is contrived to contact to a circumferential surface against a moving member to be cleaned and to apply a bias to the member to be cleaned while rotating such that the circumferential surface of the first cleaning roller moves in a same direction as the member to be cleaned moves. The second cleaning roller is contrived to contact to the member to be cleaned after the member has been cleaned by the first cleaning roller and to rotate such that a circumferential surface of the second cleaning roller moves in a direction opposite a direction in which the member being cleaned moves. | 10-27-2011 |
20120294653 | RECOVERY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - Developer is recovered by a development unit, a first squeeze unit, a second squeeze unit, and a photoreceptor cleaning unit, but the developer recovered by the development unit or the first squeeze unit has a relatively high concentration, and is therefore returned to a stirring tank for reuse. The developer recovered by the second squeeze unit or the photoreceptor cleaning unit has a relatively low concentration, and is therefore accumulated in a buffer tank separate from the stirring tank to prevent the toner concentration in the stirring tank from decreasing. | 11-22-2012 |
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20120255895 | WATER PURIFIER - A water purifier that performs back washing extremely effectively even when raw water contains a large amount of impurities includes an attachment main body including an inflow passage into which raw water from an inflow port flows, and first and second outflow passages through which water flows toward outflow ports; and a water purification main body that is attached rotatably to the attachment main body and includes a first flow passage, a second flow passage, and a third flow passage, a first filter member disposed between the first flow passage and the second flow passage and a second filter member disposed between the second flow passage and the third flow passage, wherein, when the attachment main body and the water purification main body are in a rotation position corresponding to a water purification mode, the first flow passage and the second flow passage communicate with the inflow passage and the first outflow passage, respectively, and when the attachment main body and the water purification main body are in a rotation position corresponding to aback washing mode, the third flow passage and the first flow passage communicate with the inflow passage and the second outflow passage, respectively, whereby the first filter member is back washed. | 10-11-2012 |
20140110330 | FILTRATION DEVICE - Provided is a filtration device with a plurality of filters that can be backwashed with purified water with a simple operation. The filtration device | 04-24-2014 |