Abstract: A laminated ceramic electronic component that includes a laminated body formed by laminating a ceramic layer and an internal electrode; and an external electrode formed on an outer surface of the laminated body so as to be electrically connected to the internal electrode. The external electrode includes a conducting layer that is in contact with the internal electrode, and the internal electrode contains Ni. The conducting layer contains metal particles containing a Cu3Sn alloy, and a thermosetting resin. The metal particles contain Sn in a weight ratio of 36.5 to 47.8% to the total amount of Sn and Cu.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic base body and is structured such that fluorine is present between the ceramic base body and a sintered metal layer or between a sintered metal layer and a conductive resin layer.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes a capacitor element including an anode portion having a metal layer, a dielectric layer, and a cathode portion having a solid electrolyte layer and a current collector layer; a leading conductor layer; an insulating resin body covering the capacitor element and the leading conductor layer, the insulating resin body having a first end surface and a second end surface opposite to each other; a first external electrode; and a second external electrode. The first external electrode has at least one plating layer on the first end surface, and is connected to the leading conductor layer at the first end surface. The second external electrode has at least one plating layer on the second end surface, and is connected to the metal layer at the second end surface.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes a plurality of capacitor elements each including an anode portion, a dielectric layer, and a cathode portion having a solid electrolyte layer and a current collector layer; a leading conductor layer; an insulating resin body; a first external electrode; and a second external electrode. The plurality of capacitor elements are stacked in layers, with mutually adjacent capacitor elements having their respective current collector layers connected to each other. The current collector layer of only the capacitor element adjacent to the leading conductor layer is connected to the leading conductor layer. The first external electrode is connected to the leading conductor layer at the first end surface.

Abstract: A ceramic body is prepared that includes an inner electrode disposed inside the ceramic body and in which an end portion of the inner electrode is led to a surface of the ceramic body. An electrode layer is formed on the surface of the ceramic body so as to cover the end portion of the inner electrode, the electrode layer containing a resin, a first metal filler that contains a first metal component, and a second metal filler that contains a second metal component having a higher melting point than the first metal component. A heating step of heating the electrode layer is performed to form an electrode including a metal layer that is located on the surface of the ceramic body and that contains the first and second metal components and a metal contained in the inner electrode.

Abstract: A coil component has a first surface and a second surface facing each other. The coil component has a coil conductor formed into a spiral shape, an insulating resin layer covering the coil conductor, a magnetic resin layer disposed on the first surface side of the insulating resin layer without being disposed on the second surface side of the insulating resin layer, and an external terminal disposed at least on one surface on the first surface side of the magnetic resin layer and electrically connected to the coil conductor. The magnetic resin layer is made of a composite material of a resin and a metal magnetic powder. The external terminal includes a metal film contacting the resin and the metal magnetic powder of the magnetic resin layer.

Abstract: An inductor component has a plurality of layers of spiral wirings a magnetic composite body directly or indirectly covering the plurality of layers of spiral wirings and made of a composite material of a resin and a metal magnetic powder with an average particle diameter of 5 ?m or less an internal electrode embedded in the magnetic composite body with an end surface exposed from an outer surface of the magnetic composite body, the internal electrode being electrically connected to the spiral wirings, and an external terminal disposed on the outer surface of the magnetic composite body and electrically connected to the internal electrode.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a composite body made of a composite material of a resin material and a metal powder; and a metal film disposed on an outer surface of the composite body. The metal film is in contact with the resin material and the metal powder of the composite body, and an average particle diameter of crystals of the metal film contacting the resin material is 60% or more and 120% or less of an average particle diameter of crystals of the metal film contacting the metal powder.

Abstract: A developing device includes a developing roller, a toner supplying roller, a regulation blade, a casing, a toner receiver support member, a toner receiver member, and a vibration generator. The toner receiver member is disposed along a longitudinal direction of the toner receiver support member facing the developing roller, and has a toner receiving surface inclined downward from the image-carrier side toward the toner-supplying-roller side. The toner receiving surface is disposed to be inclined so as to rise from the toner-supplying-roller side toward the image-carrier side. The toner receiving surface has a plurality of grooves formed therein to be inclined to approach a center part of the toner receiving surface from each end side of the toner receiving surface in its longitudinal direction, from an edge of the toner receiving surface on the image-carrier side toward an edge of the toner receiving surface on the toner-supplying-roller side.

Abstract: A developing device of the present disclosure includes a developing roller, a toner supplying roller, a regulation blade, a casing, a toner receiver support member, a toner receiver member, and a vibration generator. The toner receiver support member is disposed inside the casing so as to face the developing roller or the toner supplying roller between the regulation blade and an image carrier. The toner receiver member is disposed along a longitudinal direction of the toner receiver support member, and has a toner receiving surface that receives toner falling from the developing roller. The vibration generator vibrates the toner receiver member. At each end part of the toner receiving surface in its longitudinal direction, there is formed a thin-walled portion that is thinner in thickness than other parts of the toner receiving surface.

Abstract: A laminated ceramic electronic component that includes a laminated body formed by laminating a ceramic layer and an internal electrode, and forming an external electrode on an outer surface of the laminated body so as to be electrically connected to the internal electrode. The external electrode includes a conducting layer that is in contact with the internal electrode, and the internal electrode contains Ni. The conducting layer contains metal particles containing a Cu3Sn alloy, and a thermosetting resin. The internal electrode and the conducting layer are bonded to each other with a CuSnNi alloy phase interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A developing device includes a supplying chamber, an agitating member, a toner carrier, a retaining part and a detecting part. The supplying chamber accommodates a toner replenished from a toner container. The agitating member agitates the toner in the supplying chamber. The toner carrier supplies an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier with the toner from the supplying chamber. The retaining part recovers and retains the toner dispersed in the vicinity of the image carrier and the toner carrier. The detecting part detects an amount of the toner in the retaining part. The retaining part is moreover configured to replenish the recovered toner from the retaining part to the supplying chamber when the detecting part detects an amount of the toner in the retaining part more than a predetermined amount in a state where the toner is needed to be replenished to the supplying chamber.

Abstract: A silver powder for silver clay, wherein a main component is Ag, and an amount of P is controlled to be 100 ppm or less.

Abstract: A developing device of the present disclosure includes a developing roller, a toner supplying roller, a regulation blade, a casing, a toner receiver support member, a toner receiver member, and a vibration generator. The toner receiver support member is disposed inside the casing so as to face the developing roller or the toner supplying roller between the regulation blade and an image carrier. The toner receiver member is disposed along a longitudinal direction of the toner receiver support member, and has a toner receiving surface that receives toner falling from the developing roller. The vibration generator vibrates the toner receiver member. At each end part of the toner receiving surface in its longitudinal direction, there is formed a thin-walled portion that is thinner in thickness than other parts of the toner receiving surface.

Abstract: A developing device includes a developing roller, a toner supplying roller, a regulation blade, a casing, a toner receiver support member, a toner receiver member, and a vibration generator. The toner receiver member is disposed along a longitudinal direction of the toner receiver support member facing the developing roller, and has a toner receiving surface inclined downward from the image-carrier side toward the toner-supplying-roller side. The toner receiving surface is disposed to be inclined so as to rise from the toner-supplying-roller side toward the image-carrier side. The toner receiving surface has a plurality of grooves formed therein to be inclined to approach a center part of the toner receiving surface from each end side of the toner receiving surface in its longitudinal direction, from an edge of the toner receiving surface on the image-carrier side toward an edge of the toner receiving surface on the toner-supplying-roller side.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a main body made of an insulator, a circuit element positioned inside the main body, and outer electrodes. The outer electrodes are constituted of bottom surface electrodes and post-like electrodes. The post-like electrodes are extended from a bottom surface of the main body toward the interior of the main body. Further, the post-like electrodes are embedded in the main body, and parts of the post-like electrodes are exposed to side surfaces of the main body. Furthermore, the bottom surface electrodes are made of a resin containing metal powder.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminated body including ceramic layers and internal electrodes, and a pair of external electrodes on both end surfaces of the laminated body to be electrically connected to the internal electrodes, and each external electrode includes a base electrode layer containing Cu and provided on the surface of the laminated body, a metallic interlayer containing a Cu3Sn alloy and provided on the surface of the base electrode layer, and a conductive resin layer provided on the surface of the metallic interlayer.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body, an inner electrode, an outer electrode, and a connecting portion. The inner electrode is disposed inside the ceramic body. The end portion of the inner electrode extends to a surface of the ceramic body. The outer electrode is disposed on the surface of the ceramic body so as to cover the end portion of the inner electrode. The outer electrode includes a resin and a metal. The connecting portion is disposed so as to extend from an inside of the outer electrode to an inside of the ceramic body. In a portion of the surface of the ceramic body on which the outer electrode is disposed, the length of the connecting portion that extends in a direction in which the inner electrode is extends about 2.4 ?m or more.

Abstract: In the case where development is performed by a two-component developing method, a previous charge removal light-emitting portion applies charge removal light to a first charge removal target region of an effective outer circumferential surface of a photosensitive member on which effective outer circumferential surface an electrostatic latent image can be formed. The first charge removal target region includes a part of a magnetic brush contact region of the effective outer circumferential surface and a region of the effective outer circumferential surface between the magnetic brush contact region and a transfer position of a toner image.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body and a pair of outer electrodes on end surfaces of the multilayer body. The multilayer body includes a stack of ceramic layers and inner electrodes electrically connected to the outer electrodes. Each of the pair of outer electrodes includes an underlying electrode layer on a surface of the multilayer body, an intermediate metal layer on a surface of the underlying electrode layer, and a conductive resin layer on a surface of the intermediate metal layer. The underlying electrode layer contains Ni, and the intermediate metal layer contains a Cu—Ni—Sn alloy.