Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle, which includes an inner slide rail, an outer slide rail including an outer upper rail and an outer lower rail, a seat cushion provided slidably in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and configured to be flipped up to a wall portion of the vehicle compartment to be in a storage position, a hinge mechanism fixing the outer upper rail to the seat cushion, a bearing smoothly sliding the outer upper rail relative to the outer lower rail, a spring provided around a rotational shaft of the hinge mechanism for biasing the seat cushion in a direction to be flipped up, and at least one rotating member provided between the outer upper rail and the outer lower rail so as to receive a load in a lateral direction of the vehicle applied to the outer upper rail by the spring.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus improves the operating efficiency while preventing trouble due to the contact of a recording medium with a discharging surface of a recording head. A distance sensor for detecting the distance of the leading edge of a sheet from a conveying surface is provided upstream from the inkjet head in the conveying direction of the sheet. A gap control unit controls a frame moving mechanism to move the inkjet head up so that a gap between the discharging surface and the conveying surface increases when the distance detected by the distance sensor is above a first distance, and the gap distance may be increased by different amounts depending on the distance detected by the distance sensor. A discharging control unit controls the inkjet head to discharge ink droplets after the gap is increased.

Abstract: A temperature detector of the present invention includes a temperature sensor, a reference signal generation circuit, a level memory which rewritably stores therein a first signal level and a second signal level, a control circuit which controls the reference signal generation circuit so as to make a level of the reference signal change from the first signal level to the second signal level, a comparator circuit which compares the level of the reference signal and a level of the output signal, and a level rewriter which rewrites at least either one of the first signal level and the second signal level. When the level of the reference signal reaches the level of the output signal, the control circuit generates a detected temperature signal, and controls the level rewriter so as to change a range where a level of the reference signal changes.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording apparatus of the present invention includes one or more ink-jet heads, a drive waveform generation circuit, a plurality of drive waveform selection circuits, and a plurality of drive signal generation circuits. The drive waveform generation circuit generates m different drive waveforms (m is equal to or greater than three). The drive waveform selection circuit selects n drive waveforms (n is smaller than m, and equal to or greater than two) from the m drive waveforms. The drive signal generation circuit selects in every predetermined recording cycle one drive waveform for one nozzle from the n drive waveforms selected by the drive waveform selection circuit, and generates a drive signal based on the drive waveform thus selected. At least one of the n drive waveforms selected by any one of the plurality of drive waveform selection circuits is the same as the drive waveform selected by another one of the drive waveform selection circuits.

Abstract: A recording apparatus of the present invention includes a temperature detector which detects a temperature of a pulse generator, and a driver which drives the pulse generator. When the temperature detector detects a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined maximum temperature, a stopper stops a driver after driving of the pulse generator corresponding to one or a plurality of driving units is completed. A temperature estimator estimates an increased temperature of the pulse generator based on a pulse pattern which will be generated by the pulse generator thus driven again. A restarter makes the driver restart driving the pulse generator when, after the driver is stopped, a temperature detected by the temperature detector drops to a restart temperature which is equal to or lower than a temperature value obtained by subtracting the increased temperature from the maximum temperature.

Abstract: A waveform signal output circuit selectively outputs, to an ejection energy applier, either one of a first waveform signal so as to make an ink droplet ejected from a nozzle and a second waveform signal so as not to make an ink droplet ejected from the nozzle. A continuous non-ejection counter counts a continuous non-ejection number. A ejection history memory stores therein an ejection history. A non-ejection frequency detector detects a non-ejection frequency. A thickening degree determiner determines a thickening degree of ink in the nozzle. A waveform signal selector makes the waveform signal output circuit output the second waveform signal to the ejection energy applier when an ink droplet is not ejected in the current printing cycle and in addition a thickening degree is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

Abstract: There is provided a novel switch having a function of overcurrent protection. In a switch comprising a conductive movable member (9) and at least two terminals (1, 2, 3) and being switchable by mechanically moving the movable member (9) between a state in which the movable member (9) contacts with the two terminals (1, 2) simultaneously and a state in which the movable member (9) is apart from either one (1) of the two terminals (1, 2), at least one (2) of the two terminals (1, 2) is separated into a conductive contact part (2a) for contacting with the movable member (9) and a conductive connect part (2b) for being electrically connected with an external element (not shown), and a PTC member (2b) is located between the contact part (2a) and the connect part (2c). The PTC member (2b) may be a PTC element having a PTC material layer and a pair of conductive material layers each located on opposed surfaces of the PTC material layer.

Abstract: In a current conducting terminal in contact with the positive electrode of a battery (A) and with the negative electrode of a battery (B) in order to conduct current between the two batteries (A), (B), a conductive polymer is placed between the positive electrode side electrode 1, which is in contact with the positive electrode of the battery (A), and the negative electrode side electrode (2), which is in contact with the negative electrode of the battery (B).

Abstract: A temperature protection device is provided, which comprises with a polymeric PTC device 1 having a conductive polymer 5 placed between two electrodes 6 and 7, and a metal member 2 bonded to one of the electrodes 7 of the polymeric PTC device, and which, when the ambient temperature exceeds a prescribed temperature, terminates the current-flowing state between the other electrode 6 of the polymeric PTC device 1 and the metal member 2; the conductive polymer 5 is given a characteristic wherein it expands thermally when the ambient temperature exceeds the prescribed temperature, and a material is selected for the metal member 2 that will melt through the heat generation of the conductive polymer, which has overheated through thermal expansion.

Abstract: A line head inkjet printer includes an inkjet head, a storage unit, and a controller. The inkjet head includes a flow path unit and individual electrodes. The flow path unit is formed with pressure chambers communicating with nozzles. The individual electrodes correspond to the pressure chambers. The storage unit stores a table in which plural blocks, each of which includes at least one nozzle, are ranked in accordance with an amount of ejected ink per nozzle in each block. The controller generates plural kinds of waveforms, which are used to eject different amounts of ink from the nozzles. The controller selects a waveform for each block from the plurality kinds of waveforms on a basis of the table stored in the storage unit so that a difference among the blocks in the amount of ejected ink per nozzle becomes small. The controller outputs the selected waveforms to the individual electrodes.

Abstract: A line head inkjet printer includes an inkjet head, a controller and a storage unit. The controller generates n kinds of waveforms used to eject different amounts of ink from the nozzles (3?n (natural number)). The storage unit stores a combination of m kinds of waveforms selected from the n kinds of waveforms, for each block including at least one nozzle (2?m (natural number)?n?1). When the printer conducts gradation printing with using m kinds of waveforms selected from the n kinds of waveforms, a difference among the blocks in an amount of ejected ink per nozzle in a case of using the stored combinations of m kinds of waveforms for the respective blocks is smaller than that in a case of using one and the same combination of m kinds of waveforms for all the blocks.

Abstract: An ink-jet image forming apparatus includes an inkjet head having at least a first nozzle portion and a second nozzle portion, where each nozzle portion may independently perform preliminary ink ejection is provided.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus forms an image based on print data in which a gradation level is selected from a plurality of gradation levels with respect to each pixel. The ink-jet recording apparatus includes an ink-jet head including a plurality of nozzles that eject ink therefrom, a plurality of pressure chambers, each of which communicates with a corresponding one nozzle of the plurality of nozzles, and an actuator that allows the plurality of nozzles to eject ink thereform by applying pressure to ink stored in the plurality of the pressure chambers based on pulse train signals. The actuator is capable of allowing the plurality of nozzles to eject different amounts of ink based on the pulse train signals having different waveform patterns.

Abstract: A side defroster includes an outlet, a duct, and a front-end corner member. The outlet is for blowing defogging air to a front side windshield. The duct demarcates a ventilation passage for leading the defogging air to the outlet. The front-end corner member neighbors a front end of the front side windshield, is provided with the outlet opened therethrough, and accommodates the duct therein. The side defroster little impairs the unity of interior decorations, exhibits a high defogging efficiency, and can secure a satisfactory air delivery rate for the defogging air.

Abstract: An electrical device comprising a pair of electrodes, three substrates, and PTC elements inserted between the substrates, each PTC element having metal layers on both surfaces, in which each of the outer substrates has a metal layer on the inner surface, the two metal layers being electrically connected to one of the electrodes and in electrical contact with the respective metal layers of the PTC elements facing said metal layers of the outer substrates, and the center substrate has a metal layer on both surfaces, such metal layers being electrically connected to the other electrode and in electrical contact with the respective metal layers of the PTC elements facing said metal layers of the center substrate. This electrical device can increase the area of the PTC elements without increasing the projected area as a whole.

Abstract: An electrical device comprising a pair of electrodes, three substrates, and PTC elements inserted between the substrates, each PTC element having metal layers on both surfaces, in which each of the outer substrates has a metal layer on the inner surface, the two metal layers being electrically connected to one of the electrodes and in electrical contact with the respective metal layers of the PTC elements facing said metal layers of the outer substrates, and the center substrate has a metal layer on both surfaces, such metal layers being electrically connected to the other electrode and in electrical contact with the respective metal layers of the PTC elements facing said metal layers of the center substrate. This electrical device can increase the area of the PTC elements without increasing the projected area as a whole.

Abstract: By reaction of halogenated organic compounds with at least one amino acid compound selected from a group consisting of amino acid, polyamino acid, amino acid salts and polyamino acid salts under heating, halogenated organic compounds such as dioxins contained in soil can be easily and effectively decomposed. By adding and mixing the amino acid compound to the halogenated organic compounds, followed by adding and mixing of a water-absorbing agent thereto and subsequent heating, an effective decomposition treatment can be carried out with excellent operation properties, preventing lumping and deposition of the treated material. A method for decomposing halogenated organic compounds in which the amino acid compound is added and mixed with solid material such as soil contaminated with halogenated organic compounds, followed by adding and mixing of a water-absorbing agent and subsequent heating of resultant mixture to decompose halogenated organic compounds.

Abstract: A computer system comprises a system management subsystem and one or more operational subsystems, which are connected in a network, and the operational computer subsystem comprises notifying means for notifying management information relating to all resources under the management of a host computer to the system management subsystem, and verifying means for verifying the resources under the management in accordance with an instruction of the system management subsystem, notifying the results to the system management subsystem, and the system management subsystem comprises state display means for displaying a total system state in a standardized format common to the whole system, and instructing means for instructing the verifying means to verify.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an on-line monitoring system which detects faults of one or more applications of the computer system comprises monitoring means for instructing each on-line control means included in the applications to execute routine processing for application programs periodically, and in a case that the time required for the routine processing is longer than a predetermined time, the monitoring system decides that a fault which deteriorates application functions or a fall in processing efficiency occurs.

Abstract: An operating knob-mounting structure in an air-conditioner for vehicle includes a support shaft provided on an equipment and an operating knob having a boss provided with an axial hole formed therethrough, the operating knob being rotatable and supported on the supported shaft fitted in the axial hole. The support shaft has an engagement portion formed thereon and engageable with an outer end face of the boss of the operating knob. The axial hole of the boss has an insertion recess formed in a periphery thereof and allowing the engagement portion to pass therethrough in a direction of an axis of the support shaft when the operating knob is mounted on said support shaft.