Abstract: Provided is a transfer device that includes an intermediate transfer body which is a first endless belt including a resin and conductive carbon particles and in which in a spatial distribution of the conductive carbon particles that are present in an evaluation region of 6.3 ?m×4.2 ?m on an outer peripheral surface; a first transfer component that first-transfers a toner image formed on a surface of an image carrier to a surface of the intermediate transfer body; and a second transfer component which has a second endless belt disposed so as to face the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer body, which second-transfers the toner image transferred to the surface of the intermediate transfer body to a surface of a recording medium on the second endless belt.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a metal base, a metal frame, a semiconductor element, a feedthrough, and a metal side plate is disclosed. The semiconductor element is mounted on the metal base in a space defined by the metal base and the metal frame. The feedthrough is inserted into a cutout of the metal frame, and includes a wiring, a lower block mounting the wiring thereon, and an upper block mounted on the lower block. A combined sectional shape of the lower block and the upper block is a projecting shape. A part of the upper block is located inside the space. The metal side plate is provided between a side surface of the feedthrough and the cutout of the metal frame. The metal side plate has a projecting shape and covers the entire side surface of the feedthrough.

Abstract: A transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer belt including a resin and in which in a spatial distribution of conductive carbon particles that are present in an evaluation region of 6.3 ?m×4.2 ?m on an outer peripheral surface, an integrated value of a statistic L(r) in an interparticle distance r of 0.05 ?m or more and 0.30 ?m or less is 0 or more and 0.1 or less; and a cleaning component including a cleaning blade which contacts the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt and in which a value of M100/Re is 0.25 or more and a value of Re is 25 or more where M100 represents a 100% modulus (MPa) of a contact portion of the cleaning blade contacts the intermediate transfer belt, and Re represents a rebound resilience coefficient (%) of the contact portion: L(r):=?{square root over (K(r)/?)}?r??(1) K ? ( r ) := ? i ? j N ? 1 ? ( ? X i - X j ? ? r ) / s ? ( ? X i - X j ? ) ? 2 .

Abstract: An optical module includes a first semiconductor light-emitting element, a second semiconductor light-emitting element, a first lens, a second lens, a filter that multiplexes the first light and the second light, a base plate that has a first surface on which the first semiconductor light-emitting element, the second semiconductor light-emitting element, the first lens, the second lens, and the filter are mounted and a second surface opposite the first surface in a thickness direction, and a support base that is in contact with a part of the second surface and that supports the base plate. The base plate has a filter mounting region in which the filter is mounted. The optical module has a gap between a region of the second surface corresponding to the filter mounting region and the support base.

Abstract: A belt includes a first layer defining an outer peripheral surface of the belt and a second layer arranged adjacent to the first layer. The first and second layers include a polyimide-based resin. The first layer includes carbon black particles. A part of the carbon black particles which are exposed at the outer peripheral surface of the belt have a size of 5 nm or more and 150 nm or less. The area fraction of the part of the carbon black particles which are exposed at the outer peripheral surface of the belt to the outer peripheral surface of the belt is 2% or more and 35% or less. The belt includes 80 or more conducting points per square micrometer and has a volume resistivity of 10 log ?·cm or more.

Abstract: An optical module includes a first semiconductor light-emitting element, a second semiconductor light-emitting element, a first lens, a second lens, a filter that multiplexes the first light and the second light, a base plate that has a first surface on which the first semiconductor light-emitting element, the second semiconductor light-emitting element, the first lens, the second lens, and the filter are mounted and a second surface opposite the first surface in a thickness direction, and a support base that is in contact with a part of the second surface and that supports the base plate. The base plate has a filter mounting region in which the filter is mounted. The optical module has a gap between a region of the second surface corresponding to the filter mounting region and the support base.

Abstract: A belt includes a first layer defining an outer peripheral surface of the belt and a second layer arranged adjacent to the first layer. The first and second layers include a polyimide-based resin. The first layer includes carbon black particles. A part of the carbon black particles which are exposed at the outer peripheral surface of the belt have a size of 5 nm or more and 150 nm or less. The area fraction of the part of the carbon black particles which are exposed at the outer peripheral surface of the belt to the outer peripheral surface of the belt is 2% or more and 35% or less. The belt includes 80 or more conducting points per square micrometer and has a volume resistivity of 10 log ?·cm or more.

Abstract: An endless belt includes a first resin and first conductive carbon particles. In the spatial distribution of the first conductive carbon particles present in an evaluation region of the outer peripheral surface of the endless belt which has a size of 6.3 ?m×4.2 ?m, the integral of the statistic L(r) represented by Formula (1) below from 0.05 ?m to 0.30 ?m with respect to an interparticle distance r is 0 or more and 0.

Abstract: A polyimide resin film includes: a first layer that contains an imide resin, a bond composition ratio of a sum of a C—N bond and a C—O bond to bonds of all C elements that are present in a surface of the first layer being 4 atm % or more, and a second layer that is provided on the surface of the first layer.

Abstract: A transfer belt includes a resin base material layer and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer contains a polyamide-imide resin A, a siloxane-modified imide resin B, and a conductive material.

Abstract: A belt capable of holding a toner image, the belt being used for an image forming apparatus, includes a multilayer structure including a surface layer defining an outer peripheral surface of the belt. The belt has a 5-sec volume resistivity at 100 V of 10.0 log ?·cm or more and 12.5 log ?·cm or less. The outer peripheral surface of the belt has a 3-sec surface resistivity at 100 V of more than 11.0 log ?/sq and 13.5 log ?/sq or less. The difference between a 1-sec surface resistivity of the outer peripheral surface of the belt at 100 V and a 100-sec surface resistivity of the outer peripheral surface of the belt at 100 V is 0.5 or less.

Abstract: In the method for manufacturing a glass-fine-particle-deposited body according to the present invention, at least a part of a gas supplying pipe 25 from a temperature controlled booth 24 to a burner 18 for cladding is temperature-controlled so that the temperature at the burner side becomes high and temperature gradient becomes 5° C./m or more. The temperature control is performed so that the temperature gradient becomes preferably 15° C./m or more, more preferably 25° C./m or more. Specifically, the part is controlled to the predetermined temperature gradient by winding a tape heater 26 that is a heating element on the outer circumference of the gas supplying pipe 25 from the temperature controlled booth 24 to the burner 18 for cladding and temperature-controlling the tape heater 26.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a toner image forming device that includes a photoreceptor and forms a toner image on a surface of the photoreceptor, the photoreceptor having an outermost surface layer that contains polytetrafluoroethylene particles and a dispersant containing fluorine atoms and has a perfluorooctanoic acid content of 25 ppb or less relative to the polytetrafluoroethylene particles; and a transfer device that includes an intermediate transfer body having a hexadecane contact angle of 30 degrees or more at a surface and transfers a toner image on the surface of the photoreceptor onto a recording medium via the intermediate transfer body.

Abstract: Electrolytic hard gold plating solution substitution inhibitors containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an imidazole compound having a mercapto group, a triazole compound having a mercapto group, and an aliphatic compound having a sulfonic acid group and a mercapto group are provided. Electrolytic hard gold plating solutions containing at least one electrolytic hard gold plating solution substitution inhibitor, a gold salt, a soluble cobalt salt and/or a soluble nickel salt, an organic acid conducting salt, and a chelating agent are also provided.

Abstract: The electronic module including a metal base, a ceramic substrate, and a die-capacitor is disclosed. The ceramic substrate is mounted on the metal base via eutectic solder. The ceramic substrate includes a main substrate having a back surface facing the metal base and a front surface opposite to the back surface, and a back metal layer placed on the back surface of the main substrate and joined to the eutectic solder. The die-capacitor is mounted on the front surface of the ceramic substrate along one edge of the ceramic substrate. The back surface of the ceramic substrate is provided with an exposure region where the back metal layer is not provided. The exposure region includes a main region corresponding to an outer shape of the die-capacitor spreading along the front surface and an edge region extending from the main region to the one edge of the ceramic substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a metal base, a metal frame, a semiconductor element, a feedthrough, and a metal side plate is disclosed. The semiconductor element is mounted on the metal base in a space defined by the metal base and the metal frame. The feedthrough is inserted into a cutout of the metal frame, and includes a wiring, a lower block mounting the wiring thereon, and an upper block mounted on the lower block. A combined sectional shape of the lower block and the upper block is a projecting shape. A part of the upper block is located inside the space. The metal side plate is provided between a side surface of the feedthrough and the cutout of the metal frame. The metal side plate has a projecting shape and covers the entire side surface of the feedthrough.

Abstract: A production method for a fiber-reinforced plastic, in which a preform made of a reinforcing fiber substrate and having a three-dimensional shape and an inner mold operatable in a lateral direction different from an up-down direction are disposed in a mold cavity formed by an upper mold and a lower mold, and a state in which a plate thickness of the preform has been made greater than the thickness of a molded article to be obtained is brought about, and a matrix resin is injected and impregnated into the preform, and, after that, at least one of the upper mold and the lower mold is operated toward the other and the inner mold is operated in the lateral direction to pressurize the preform, whereby the thickness of the preform is controlled so as to be equal to a predetermined product's thickness, and subsequently the matrix resin is hardened by heating to obtain the molded article, and a production apparatus for a fiber-reinforced plastic for use in the production method.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus temporarily stores, in an image memory, image data generated by a front surface reading unit and a back surface reading unit for reading images of a front surface and a back surface of an original respectively. A CPU of an image forming apparatus, at a time of starting a copy job, sets an output frequency of the image memory (transfer rate of image data) to a first frequency F1 that is lower than a second frequency F2. The CPU sets the output frequency of the image memory to the second frequency F2 when transfer of the image data of the first page which corresponds to the front surface of a first original completes.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus, including: a first distance detector configured to measure a first distance of the original conveyed after a sensor is changed from a first state detecting the original to a second state not detecting the original; a second distance detector configured to measure a second distance of the original conveyed after the second state is changed to the first state; and a controller configured to control a conveyor so that the conveyor starts a conveyance of a succeeding original when the second distance reaches a conveyance permission distance before the first distance reaches a hole detection distance and the conveyor stops the succeeding original when the second state is changed to the first state before the first distance reaches the hole detection distance, and thereafter starts the conveyance of the succeeding original when the first distance reaches the hole detection distance.

Abstract: Provided is an image reading apparatus for suppressing an image defect ascribable to shading correction using a white reference plate arranged at a position different from a reading position of an original. The image reading apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read an image from the original passing through the reading position, the white reference plate arranged such that a distance between the reading unit and the white reference plate is larger than the distance between the reading unit and the reading position, and a control system. The control system includes a memory for backup configured to store in advance correlation data representing a correlation between a reading result of the white reference plate obtained by the reading unit, and a reading result of a reference member having a uniform density and arranged at the reading position.