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Patent JP-2019136704-A (JP)
Title: Electronic control of fluidic species
Inventor: DARREN R LINK
IPC: G01N15/14
Filed: 2019-02-27
Abstract: To provide control and manipulation of fluidic species, in a microfluidic system.SOLUTION: In one aspect, the invention relates to a system and a method for making droplets of fluid surrounded by a liquid, using, for example, an electric field, mechanical alteration, the addition of an intervening fluid, etc. In a specific embodiment, each of droplets may contain substantially uniform number of components. For example, 95% or more of a plurality or droplets may each contain the same number of entities of a particular species. In another aspect, the invention relates to a system and a method for splitting a fluidic droplet into two or more droplets, through charge and/or interactions of dipole and electric field. The invention, in yet another aspect, relates to a system and a method for fusing droplets, through charge and/or interactions of dipole and electric field. In some cases, the fusion of the droplets may initiate or determine a reaction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Patent JP-2019159319-A (JP)
Title: Image formation device
Inventor: MIURA ATSUSHI
IPC: G03G21/14
Filed: 2019-02-28
Abstract: To provide an image formation device capable of solving a problem for example, when an initial installation operation time is set to become shorter as a toner filling amount is larger, if a toner filling amount in a development device is extremely large, toner supply to a developer carrier is insufficient, and failure such as an outlined image occurs.SOLUTION: A control part of an image formation device identifies a kind of a new development device, when the new development device is attached, and if the identification result corresponds to a first development device storing a first amount of a developer, causes an agitation member 36 to operate in a first mode, if the identification result corresponds to a second development device storing a second amount of a developer being larger than the first amount, causes the agitation member 36 to operate in a second mode, and the second operation amount of the agitation member 36 in the second mode is larger than the first operation amount of the agitation member 36 in the first mode. Then, in addition, a developer storage chamber of the development device has a discharge hole for discharging the developer, operations of the first and second modes are performed before executing a normal image formation step and after removal of a seal member for sealing the discharge hole.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9
Patent JP-2020139375-A (JP)
Title: Work machine
Inventor: YASUDA Mikoto
IPC: B60R16/02
Filed: 2019-03-01
Abstract: To provide a work machine that can appropriately notify objects including operators when errors occur with the body of a work machine or when the body is brought into a state in which it needs to be notified.SOLUTION: The work machine comprises: a determination controller 104 that determines errors in the state of a vehicle body; and an information controller 103 that performs error notification processing for notifying at least one of multiple notification objects of occurrence of an error based on determination results from the determination controller. The information controller 103 has a notification setting table 206 that defines beforehand by error types determined by the determination controller 104: notification objects and notification methods at the time of occurrence of errors; a notification monitoring time that is a reference for determining changes in notification objects and notification methods; notification objects and notification methods after the lapse of the notification monitoring time from the occurrence of errors. When errors occur with the state of the vehicle body, the error notification processing is performed based on the notification setting table.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Patent JP-2020143450-A (JP)
Title: Louver structure and architectural structure
Inventor: IWASE SHIZUO
IPC: E06B9/28
Filed: 2019-03-04
Abstract: To provide a louver structure capable of eliminating dazzling when viewed from outside and inside to allow indoor lighting.SOLUTION: In a louver structure 10, an upper curved surface 51 has a first specular reflection surface 61, a lower curved surface 53 has a first diffuse reflection surface 66 extending from an end 82 to a position 87, and a lower planar surface 54 has a second diffuse reflection surface 67 extending from an end 84 to a position 88.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Patent JP-2020142215-A (JP)
Title: Anaerobic treatment system and control method for anaerobic treatment system
Inventor: KIYOKAWA TATSUNORI
IPC: C02F1/24
Filed: 2019-03-07
Abstract: To provide an anaerobic treatment system and a control method for an anaerobic treatment system capable of stably maintaining a performance of fat and oil decomposition by suppressing a decrease of fat and oil decomposing bacteria in an anaerobic treatment tank for fluctuations of the fat and oil containing waste water in the anaerobic treatment of the fat and oil containing waste water.SOLUTION: An anaerobic treatment system and a control method for the anaerobic treatment system includes an acid generation tank, a methane fermentation tank, an oil-water separation tank for separating fat and oil in waste water containing fat and oil, and an adjustment function for adjusting a separation degree of fat and oil in the oil-water separation tank. According to the present invention, a stable performance of fat and oil decomposition is maintainable by suppressing a selection of fat and oil decomposition bacteria in the anaerobic treatment tank with a fixed concentration of fat and oil in the treated water in which the anaerobic treatment is performed by providing an oil-water separation tank for separating fat and oil in waste water containing fat and oil and introducing a treated water with an adjusted degree of separation of fat and oil into an anaerobic treatment tank such as an acid generation tank or a methane fermentation tank.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2019131815-A (JP)
Title: Composition containing bitter taste agent
Inventor: PHILLIP FRANK SOUTER
IPC: C11D7/60
Filed: 2019-03-11
Abstract: To provide a unit dosage article by adding a bitter taste agent to both of a detergent and a film.SOLUTION: There is provided a unit dosage article containing a water-soluble film, which contains 50 to 1000 ppm of a first bitter taste agent, a water-soluble polymer containing polyvinyl alcohol of 80 to 99% hydrolyzed, and a plasticizer selected from a group consisting of water, glycerol, diethylene glycol, sorbitol, and a mixture thereof of 2 to 35 wt.% based on weight of the film; a liquid composition encapsulated by the film, which contains 50 to 2500 ppm of a second bitter taste agent, and a plasticization solvent containing water, glycerol, and propane diol of 10 to 50 wt.% based on weight of the liquid composition; in which a ratio of the second bitter taste agent to the first bitter taste agent is 5:1 to 1:2, and the first bitter taste agent and the second bitter taste agent are a denatonium salt or a derivative thereof. There is further provided a manufacturing method of the unit dosage article.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2020146256-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: TSUCHIYA YOSHITAKA
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2019-03-14
Abstract: To enhance interest of a game.SOLUTION: A Pachinko game machine PY1 can execute specific performance (story ready-to-win, battle ready-to-win) that can be branched into success performance suggesting jackpot winning or failure performance suggesting loss. The Pachinko game machine PY1 can execute revival performance suggesting jackpot winning after it executes the failure performance suggesting loss on the basis of a result of determination of jackpot winning. The Pachinko game machine PY1 may also execute symbol promotion performance suggesting promotion from a normal symbol to an advantageous symbol (probability variation symbol) after it executes the success performance in the specific performance. Also, the Pachinko game machine PY1 may execute abrupt winning performance notifying jackpot winning without making performance symbols EZ1, EZ2, EZ3 ready-to-win. The Pachinko game machine PY1 executes common prescribed performance (symbol display performance) in the revival performance, the symbol promotion performance, and the abrupt winning performance.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 35
Patent JP-2020153737-A (JP)
Title: Thermal image correction device, thermal image correction method, and thermal image correction program
Inventor: TAKEUCHI KAZUMA
IPC: G01J5/48
Filed: 2019-03-19
Abstract: To provide a thermal image correction device, a thermal image correction method, and a thermal image correction program which effectively correct the amount of infrared reaching a photographing device for capturing a thermal image from an observation object even when the amount is attenuated by disturbance.SOLUTION: A thermal image correction device 1a includes a correction section 22 for correcting temperatures in predetermined correction target regions Q which include first regions R1 corresponding to predetermined positions P of an observation object (installation 131) in a thermal image TI of the observation object on the basis of differences between temperatures in the predetermined positions P which are obtained from the thermal image TI, and temperatures in the predetermined positions P, which are measured by temperature measurement devices (thermometers 12).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2020152805-A (JP)
Title: Sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber, vulcanizate, molded product using vulcanizate, and method of producing sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber
Inventor: KONDO ATSUNORI
IPC: C08F8/34
Filed: 2019-03-20
Abstract: To provide a sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber providing a vulcanizate that is excellent in compressive set and scorch resistance, and has a reduced heat generation property.SOLUTION: The sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber having a terminal structure such as the following chemical formula (in the formula, R1 and R2 independently represent an alkyl group which may have a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a cyano group, or a substituent, or an arylthio group which may have a substituent; and R1 and R2 may be bound to each other to form a ring having a substituent).SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2019167339-A (JP)
Title: Methods for screening antibodies
Inventor: ROBERT LYON
IPC: A61K38/05
Filed: 2019-03-27
Abstract: To provide an improved method for screening antibodies for use as antibody drug conjugates (ADC).SOLUTION: The present invention provides methods for making antibody conjugates for use in antibody screening assays and antibody conjugates to be produced by methods described within a range of patent claims. In one aspect, the methods comprise the steps of: providing a first and second antibody-containing sample, in which the first and second antibody-containing sample vary with respect to an antibody quantity and an antibody sequence, provided that substantially all of the antibodies present in the first sample is of the same sequence and substantially all of the antibodies present in the second sample is of the same sequence; and immobilizing the antibodies on an immobilization support to provide a first and second sample including immobilized antibodies.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 11
Patent JP-2020158930-A (JP)
Title: Method of producing fibrillated solvent-spun cellulose fibers
Inventor: MIDORIKAWA MASATOSHI
IPC: H01G9/00
Filed: 2019-03-27
Abstract: To provide a method of producing fibrillated solvent-spun cellulose fibers, which is capable of obtaining fibrillated solvent-spun cellulose fibers having fine cadres and a low ratio of fine components.SOLUTION: There is provided a method of producing fibrillated solvent-spun cellulose fibers, in which a slurry in which solvent-spun cellulose fibers are dispersed in water is treated using a disintegrator in which a ring-shaped blade with fine slits that rotates at high speed and a ring-shaped blade with fixed fine slits is arranged so as to engage with each other.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2020156907-A (JP)
Title: Surgical forceps
Inventor: YOSHIMI YUKIHARU
IPC: A61B17/29
Filed: 2019-03-27
Abstract: To provide a technique capable of easily inserting a grip part in a patient's body.SOLUTION: A grip part 6 is provided at a distal end of surgical forceps. The grip part 6 is configured to be able to grip a gripping object. The grip part 6 includes a pair of tip end portions 61. The pair of tip end portions 61 face each other and are configured to be openable/closable. The pair of tip end portions 61 are opened/closed, with respective gripping faces 66 facing each other. When the pair of tip end portions 61 are closed, the gripping object is gripped between the pair of tip end portions 61. The pair of tip end portions 61 are formed of a shape-memory alloy.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2020140187-A (JP)
Title: Fixing device
Inventor: HANDA HIROSHI
IPC: G03G15/20
Filed: 2019-03-28
Abstract: To provide a fixing device which can prevent pressure distribution on a sheet in a nip area in a conveyance direction from becoming unstable while securing a pressure in a downstream nip area formed by a first pressure pad to be higher than a pressure in an upstream nip area formed by a second pressure pad.SOLUTION: A fixing device comprises a heating roller 2, a belt 3, a first pressure pad 4, a second pressure pad 5, a pad holder 6, a stay 68 and a spring. The pad holder 6 holds the first pressure pad 4 and the second pressure pad 5. The stay 68 holds the pad holder 6. The spring biases the first pressure pad 4 and the second pressure pad 5 toward the heating roller 2 via the stay 68. A contact position A of the stay 68 and the pad holder 6 is located downstream of a center B of a nip area N and upstream of a center C of the first pressure pad 4 in a conveyance direction of a sheet in the nip area N.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2020163874-A (JP)
Title: Lock release auxiliary member
Inventor: SHIROTA MASASHI
IPC: B60N2/08
Filed: 2019-03-28
Abstract: To provide a lock release auxiliary member for operating a lock lever of a seat easily in an elderly and a pregnant woman.SOLUTION: A lock release auxiliary member comprises a lock lever attachment part, an attitude holding part and a hand hold part. The lock release auxiliary member, of which the attitude holding part is a self-supporting type belt and which is at least one kind selected from a group of which a core material of the self-supporting type belt consists of a rubber, a plastic and a metal fiber, is used. In addition, the lock release auxiliary member, of which the attitude holding part is structure formed in one piece with the hand hold part, is used.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2020167247-A (JP)
Title: Manufacturing method of electronic component
Inventor: WAKIZAKA AKIHIRO
IPC: H05K3/06
Filed: 2019-03-29
Abstract: To manufacture fine wiring that cannot be manufactured by current wet etching.SOLUTION: In a method of masking a material laminated on a substrate of an electronic component with a resist and etching a gap not covered with the resist, a potential difference between a nozzle of electrospray which sprays an etching solution for etching the material and the material is provided, such that a droplet of the etching solution is moved along the electric field formed between the nozzle and the gap not covered with the resist.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2020163415-A (JP)
Title: Joining method for aluminum alloy material, and joined body of aluminum alloy material
Inventor: MATSUMOTO TAKESHI
IPC: B23K11/18
Filed: 2019-03-29
Abstract: To provide a joining method for aluminum alloy material capable of always stably spot-welding an aluminum alloy material into a high-intensity joined body without complicating a spot-welding process, and to provide a joined body of the aluminum alloy material obtained thereby.SOLUTION: A joining method for aluminum alloy material comprises mutually overlapping the first and second aluminum materials 21 and 23 comprising plural 6000 series aluminum alloy materials to carry out spot-welding. During energization of a welding current for spot-welding, a nugget-forming process and a strength restoration process including the solution treatment and aging treatment of the nugget are continuously performed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2020167351-A (JP)
Title: Manufacturing method of positive electrode precursor of non-aqueous alkali metal storage element
Inventor: HIRAOKA KOICHI
IPC: H01G11/50
Filed: 2019-03-29
Abstract: To provide a manufacturing method of a positive electrode precursor capable of reducing resistance and increasing high temperature durability while suppressing a slight short circuit of an obtained non-aqueous alkali metal battery.SOLUTION: The manufacturing method of a positive electrode precursor includes: a step of arranging a positive electrode active material layer on one side or both sides of a positive electrode current collector to provide the positive electrode precursor, the positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material containing a carbon material, an alkali metal compound other than the positive electrode active material, a binder containing a water-soluble polymer, and a solvent; and a drying step of reducing an amount of solvent contained in the positive electrode active material layer by heating the positive electrode precursor by decompression heating or infrared heating.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2020168274-A (JP)
Title: Image reconstruction apparatus, radiation imaging system, image reconstruction method and program
Inventor: MIKI YUICHIRO
IPC: A61B6/03
Filed: 2019-04-05
Abstract: To provide an image reconstruction apparatus which automatically selects and executes the proper all-reduce processing method for the change in the apparatus configuration.SOLUTION: An image reconstruction apparatus comprises a data processing device which has a plurality of computing units and reconstructs a three-dimensional image of a subject on the basis of a plurality of pieces of two-dimensional radiation projection image data. The data processing device comprises: forward projection calculation means which divides the numerical data of the three-dimensional image to allocate the data to the plurality of computing units, and causes each of the plurality of computing units to perform forward projection calculation for the allocated numerical data; a plurality of pieces of contraction dispersion means which perform processing of contracting the numerical data held by the plurality of computing units to disperse the data to the plurality of computing units in mutually-different processing methods; and decision means which decides one contraction dispersion means on the basis of the processing results of the contraction dispersion means, and performs reconstruction processing by using the decided contraction dispersion means for the numerical data of the two-dimensional image obtained by the forward projection calculation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Patent JP-2019183843-A (JP)
Title: Internal combustion engine and modular system for internal combustion engine
Inventor: SOENGEN MATTHIAS
IPC: F02M55/02
Filed: 2019-04-09
Abstract: To provide a new type of modular internal combustion engine.SOLUTION: An internal combustion engine (10) comprises: a cylinder crankcase (11) in the inside of which a crankshaft (12) is installed; at least one cylinder bank (14) having a plurality of cylinders (13), in which each cylinder (13) includes at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve; a valve train for operating the respective intake valve and exhaust valve of each cylinder (13); and a fuel supply system (15) for supplying fuel to the cylinders (13). In a modular design method, the fuel supply system (15) has at least one pump module (16) fixed to the cylinder crankcase (11) for each cylinder bank (14). Each pump module (16) can be driven with the crankshaft (12) as a starting point.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2020171451-A (JP)
Title: Lawn state measurement device
Inventor: TOGASAKA MASANARI
IPC: A63B71/00
Filed: 2019-04-10
Abstract: To provide a lawn state measurement device capable of, easily and in a short period of time, measuring a grass grain state and lawn surface state in a specific range.SOLUTION: When a detector is rotated by an electric motor 32, a resistance value received by the detector from the lawn is detected as a current value flowing in the electric motor 32, and the result is output by current detecting means 37 as a signal. A position of a body of a main measuring instrument is detected and the result is output by a position detection device 54 as a signal. Self-travelling control means 28 controls travelling means 22 so that a body 21 self-travels in the specific range, captures a detection signal of the current detecting means 37 and a detection signal of the position detection device 54 respectively, and allows grass grain measurement means 58 to measure a direction and level of an inclination of the grass in the whole of the specific range.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
Patent JP-2019108173-A (JP)
Title: Container for heated food using microwave oven
Inventor: SHIMONO TAISUKE
IPC: B65D81/34
Filed: 2019-04-15
Abstract: To provide a container for a heated food using a microwave oven which proposes a new exhaust structure that replaces exhaust of steam using a tongue-shaped opening by a conventional U-shaped or V-shaped slit, enables good steam exhaust, at the same time, realizes improvement of sealing performance and suppression of foreign material contamination, is less restrictive on a shape of a lid body part, and is also advantageous for reduction of a material cost.SOLUTION: In a lid fitting container 1 which comprises a container body part 100 and a lid body part 10 made of a synthetic resin sheet, on a lid surface part of the lid body part, a group of exhaust elongated holes 20 made of a plurality of exhaust elongated holes 21 for exhausting to the outside steam generated from a food product stored in the container body part is formed without providing a member that covers or wraps up the group of exhaust elongated holes. The exhaust elongated holes are formed within a range of width of 0.15 to 1.0 mm by irradiation of a laser beam.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2020176175-A (JP)
Title: Curable resin composition
Inventor: TAKEI YOSHIHITO
IPC: H01L33/56
Filed: 2019-04-16
Abstract: To provide a curable resin composition capable of forming a cured product excellent in heat resistance and light resistance.SOLUTION: The curable resin composition contains an organopolysiloxane (A) having an alkenyl group bonded to a silicon atom; an organopolysiloxane (B) having a hydrogen group bonded to a silicon atom; a hydrosilylation catalyst (C); and an organometallic compound (D) containing copper. The content of the organometallic compound (D) is 1-1,000 ppm in terms of metal element based on the total mass of the organopolysiloxane (A) and the organopolysiloxane (B).SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2020176538-A (JP)
Title: Wind turbine blade and wind power generation system
Inventor: UEDA AKIRA
IPC: F03D1/06
Filed: 2019-04-17
Abstract: To provide a wind turbine blade in which divided portions can be easily joined and which has desired strength reliability and power generation performance even after being joined.SOLUTION: The wind turbine blade according to the present invention is comprised of at least one blade constituting a rotor rotating by receiving wind. The blade is divided into at least two in the longitudinal direction, and an intermediate blade is disposed between the root side and the tip side of the divided blade. The root side and the tip side of the blade have webs to be joined to the intermediate blade, and the intermediate blade has guides to be joined to the root side and the tip side of the blade. The root side and the tip side of the divided blade and the intermediate blade are joined in series in the longitudinal direction via the webs and the guides.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2