Abstract: The storage control device of the present invention reduces the power consumption amount by stopping the transmission of power to enclosures that are not accessed. A plurality of additional enclosures are switch-connected via backend switches to a base enclosure. Drives that have not been accessed for a predetermined time or more undergo spin-down. When all of the drives in the enclosure enter a spin-down state, the supply of power from the power supply in the enclosure to the respective drives is stopped. The base enclosure that manages the system constitution of the storage control device turns OFF the switch connected to the enclosure when all of the drives in a certain enclosure have spun down. The transmission of power to this enclosure is accordingly stopped.

Abstract: Apparatus to navigate connection among a controller housing and disk device housings which constitute a storage device. The controller housing, the disk device housings, and the like are stored in a storage device housing and are connected by ENC cables according to a typical connection method as preparation. A connection information file, which defines a connection state among respective connectors, is inputted to the controller housing. A controller lights or blinks LEDs of connectors, to which the ENC cables should be connected based on the connection information file, in a connection order. The controller navigates connection by sequentially lighting the LEDs of the connectors, which should be connected, in this way.

Abstract: The storage control device of the present invention reduces power consumption by stopping the flow of power to enclosures that are not being accessed. A plurality of additional enclosures are connected to a base enclosure by means of a daisy-chain connection. The respective additional enclosures are divided into three levels, namely a low usage frequency level, a medium usage frequency level, and a high usage frequency level depending on the connection distance of the additional enclosures from the base enclosure. Drives that have not been accessed for a predetermined time are spun down. When all the drives in the enclosure are in the spin down state, the supply of power from the power supply to the respective drives is stopped. Further, when the flow of power to an additional enclosure located below the enclosure itself has stopped, the switch of the latter enclosure is turned OFF and the flow of power to the additional enclosure is stopped.

Abstract: In a disk array device for cooling respective sections including a HDD by a fan, drop of cooling efficiency by the difference of conditions of HDD mounted and unmounted sections is prevented and the use of a dummy HDD is deleted/eliminated. A housing contains a HDA mounted on the HDD, a power controller board for performing control to the HDD, a power unit for supplying power to each section, a fan for cooling the housing therein, and a backboard for connecting all the sections. On one backboard surface, the HDA is mounted, which has a cooling function for making cooling air flowing in the housing and exhausting air from the housing via a region on which the HDA are mounted and via a vent hole on the backboard. For the vent hole, a shutter is mounted, which has a mechanism for adjusting an open area rate of the vent hole by opening when the HDA is mounted and closing when removed.

Abstract: This invention provides a storage apparatus for inhibiting temperature increase in a chassis caused when a cooling fan or a module is detached and replaced due to the failure thereof. The storage apparatus comprises a controller for controlling data transfer, a power source supplying a power to a hard disk drive and the controller and having a fan, and a base chassis. The controller monitors a state of other controller and the power source, rotates the fan of the power source corresponding to the module in which a failure is detected at a first high speed higher than a normal rotational speed when detecting the failure of the other controller or the power source, and rotates the fan rotated at the first high speed at a second high speed higher than the first high speed when detecting the detachment of the module in which the failure is detected.

Abstract: A memory section stores a plurality of electric power saving modes classified into groups by combining a plurality of electric power saving items in a television image receiver, a DVD or an LCD. Microcomputer controls one of the plurality of the electric power saving modes to be set to ON/OFF, thereby making it possible to ON/OFF control a plurality of electric power saving items included in that electric power saving mode includes all together. In accordance with this electric power saving mode, a dimming level of a backlight is decreased to a preset brightness or the backlight is automatically shut down.

Abstract: The present invention is relative to a battery capacity calculating method including a reference discharge curve calculating step of finding a discharge curve, operating as a reference, a corrected voltage calculating step of correcting a measured voltage V1 of the battery with a component of an electrical resistance to find a corrected voltage V, and a capacity calculating step of finding the discharging capacity of the battery from the discharge curve, operating as a reference, using the corrected voltage V. The capacity calculating step includes a sub-step of calculating a capacity deterioration index S, as a ratio of capacity decrease caused by battery deterioration. The discharging capacity, calculated from the discharging capacity, operating as a reference, using the corrected voltage V, is further multiplied with the capacity deterioration index S to calculate the discharging capacity.

Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply apparatus is equipped with a power supply input section a 2 and a power supply input section b 3 that receive two systems of power supply, respectively; a power supply output section a 4 and a power supply output section b 5 that output the power supply inputted in the power supply input section a 2 and the power supply input section b 3, respectively; and a control section 7 that detects a power failure state of the power supply that is inputted in at least of the power supply input section a 2 and the power supply input section b 3, and outputs a backup power supply from at least one of the power supply output section a 4 and the power supply output section b 5 based on a detection result obtained by the control section 7.

Abstract: Apparatus to navigate connection among a controller housing and disk device housings which constitute a storage device. The controller housing, the disk device housings, and the like are stored in a storage device housing and are connected by ENC cables according to a typical connection method as preparation. A connection information file, which defines a connection state among respective connectors, is inputted to the controller housing. A controller lights or blinks LEDs of connectors, to which the ENC cables should be connected based on the connection information file, in a connection order. The controller navigates connection by sequentially lighting the LEDs of the connectors, which should be connected, in this way.

Abstract: Apparatus to navigate connection among a controller housing and disk device housings which constitute a storage device. The controller housing, the disk device housings, and the like are stored in a storage device housing and are connected by ENC cables according to a typical connection method as preparation. A connection information file, which defines a connection state among respective connectors, is inputted to the controller housing. A controller lights or blinks LEDs of connectors, to which the ENC cables should be connected based on the connection information file, in a connection order. The controller navigates connection by sequentially lighting the LEDs of the connectors, which should be connected, in this way.

Abstract: In a disk array device for cooling respective sections including a HDD by a fan, drop of cooling efficiency by the difference of conditions of HDD mounted and unmounted sections is prevented and the use of a dummy HDD is deleted/eliminated. A housing contains a HDA mounted on the HDD, a power controller board for performing control to the HDD, a power unit for supplying power to each section, a fan for cooling the housing therein, and a backboard for connecting all the sections. On one backboard surface, the HDA is mounted, which has a cooling function for making cooling air flowing in the housing and exhausting air from the housing via a region on which the HDA are mounted and via a vent hole on the backboard. For the vent hole, a shutter is mounted, which has a mechanism for adjusting an open area rate of the vent hole by opening when the HDA is mounted and closing when removed.

Abstract: A compound having 3-oxo-3, 4-dihydro-2H-1, 4-thiazine 4-tetrahydropyrazine as a main skeleton. The compound is a chymase inhibitor and is represented by the following formula [I] and salts thereof: In the formula [I], X is S; R1 and R2 are H, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl; R3 and R4 are H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or an aromatic heterocycle; R5 is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or -A3-A4-R7; R6 is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy or an aromatic heterocycle; R7 is H, alkyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, an aromatic heterocycle or a nonaromatic heterocycle; A1 is alkylene; A2 is carbonyl or sulfonyl; A3 is alkylene; A4 is carbonyl or oxalyl; and n is 0 or 1.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to navigate connection among a controller housing and disk device housings which constitute a storage device. The controller housing, the disk device housings, and the like are stored in a storage device housing and are connected by ENC cables according to a typical connection method as preparation. A connection information file, which defines a connection state among respective connectors, is inputted to the controller housing. A controller lights or blinks LEDs of connectors, to which the ENC cables should be connected based on the connection information file, in a connection order. The controller navigates connection by sequentially lighting the LEDs of the connectors, which should be connected, in this way.

Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply apparatus is equipped with a power supply input section a 2 and a power supply input section b 3 that receive two systems of power supply, respectively; a power supply output section a 4 and a power supply output section b 5 that output the power supply inputted in the power supply input section a 2 and the power supply input section b 3, respectively; and a control section 7 that detects a power failure state of the power supply that is inputted in at least of the power supply input section a 2 and the power supply input section b 3, and outputs a backup power supply from at least one of the power supply output section a 4 and the power supply output section b 5 based on a detection result obtained by the control section 7.

Abstract: The present invention is relative to a battery capacity calculating method including a reference discharge curve calculating step of finding a discharge curve, operating as a reference, a corrected voltage calculating step of correcting a measured voltage V1 of the battery with a component of an electrical resistance to find a corrected voltage V, and a capacity calculating step of finding the discharging capacity of the battery from the discharge curve, operating as a reference, using the corrected voltage V. The capacity calculating step includes a sub-step of calculating a capacity deterioration index S, as a ratio of capacity decrease caused by battery deterioration. The discharging capacity, calculated from the discharging capacity, operating as a reference, using the corrected voltage V, is further multiplied with the capacity deterioration index S to calculate the discharging capacity.

Abstract: A compound having 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-thiazine 4-tetrahydropyrazine as a main skeleton.

Abstract: A compound which is a chymase inhibitor and which is represented by a formula [I] and salts thereof. In the formula [I], X is R6—(A2)n—N, R1 and R2 are H, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, R3 and R4 are H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aromatic heterocycle, R5 is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or —A3—A4—R7, R6 is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, OH, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy or an aromatic heterocycle, R7 is H, alkyl, OH, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, an aromatic heterocycle or a nonaromatic heterocycle, A1 is alkylene, A2 is carbonyl or sulfonyl, A3 is alkylene, A4 is carbonyl or oxalyl and n is o or 1.

Abstract: An artificial heart has a driving section, a nozzle section, a pump section for insertion into a ventricle of a human heart, and a sealing section forming a seal for a driving shaft extending from the driving section for driving the pump section. A sealing liquid chamber filled with a sealing liquid is formed around the driving shaft between the sealing mechanism and the driving section. The sealing liquid in the sealing liquid chamber maintains the sealing mechanism in a liquid-tight state and lubricates the sealing mechanism, whereby blood is prevented from entering the driving section. Even if blood happens to enter the driving section, the blood is mixed with the sealing liquid and does not coagulate. Thus, the operation of the artificial heart is not suppressed.

Abstract: An artificial heart has a driving section, a nozzle section, a pump section for insertion into a ventricle of a human heart, and a sealing section forming a seal for a driving shaft extending from the driving section for driving the pump section. A sealing liquid chamber filled with a sealing liquid is formed around the driving shaft between the sealing mechanism and the driving section. The sealing liquid in the sealing liquid chamber maintains the sealing mechanism in a liquid-tight state and lubricates the sealing mechanism, whereby blood is prevented from entering the driving section. Even if blood happens to enter the driving section, the blood is mixed with the sealing liquid and does not coagulate. Thus, the operation of the artificial heart is not suppressed.

Abstract: An artificial heart has a driving section, a nozzle section, a pump section for insertion into a ventricle of a human heart, and a sealing section forming a seal for a driving shaft extending from the driving section for driving the pump section. A sealing liquid chamber filled with a sealing liquid is formed around the driving shaft between the sealing mechanism and the driving section. The sealing liquid in the sealing liquid chamber maintains the sealing mechanism in a liquid-tight state and lubricates the sealing mechanism, whereby blood is prevented from entering the driving section. Even if blood happens to enter the driving section, the blood is mixed with the sealing liquid and does not coagulate. Thus, the operation of the artificial heart is not suppressed.