Abstract: To provide an organic EL device having low driving voltage, high luminous efficiency, and particularly a long lifetime by combining various materials for an organic EL device having excellent hole and electron injection/transport performances, electron blocking ability, stability in a thin-film state, and durability as materials for an organic EL device having high luminous efficiency and high durability so as to allow the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. In the organic EL device having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode, in this order, the hole injection layer includes an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1) and a radialene derivative of the following general formula (2).

Abstract: Disclosed is a droplet discharge detection device including a head array unit in which plural nozzles are arranged in a line; a light emitter configured to emit a light beam in a direction in which the nozzles are arranged, wherein the light emitter is disposed at a first end portion of the head array unit and the light emitter has an aperture for limiting a diameter of a light beam; and a light receiver configured to receive a scattered light beam of the light beam generated by a droplet, wherein the light receiver is disposed at a second end portion of the head array unit, the second end portion being opposite to the light emitter of the head array unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a droplet discharge detection device including a head array unit in which plural nozzles are arranged in a line; a light emitter configured to emit a light beam in a direction in which the nozzles are arranged, wherein the light emitter is disposed at a first end portion of the head array unit and the light emitter has an aperture for limiting a diameter of a light beam; and a light receiver configured to receive a scattered light beam of the light beam generated by a droplet, wherein the light receiver is disposed at a second end portion of the head array unit, the second end portion being opposite to the light emitter of the head array unit.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with improved thermal exhaustion property, enabling a thickness reduction, includes a backlight including light sources illuminating a liquid crystal panel from a back face, and a chassis holding the backlight. The backlight includes: plural light-source units each including a combination of a LED emitting light in a direction parallel to a display surface of the panel, a wiring board mounted with the LED, and a light-guide plate having translucency for guiding the LED light toward the panel; a metal chassis supporting the light-source units; and a thermally conductive sheet tightly inserted between the metal chassis and a reverse side of the wiring board opposite to the LED-mounted face. A wiring pattern is formed on the reverse side. The metal chassis and the wiring pattern located within a predetermined distance of the LED outer periphery are connected through the thermally conductive sheet.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an optical scanning system that simultaneously forms a group of two scanning lines extending in a main scanning direction on a surface of a photoconductive member at a prescribed scan line interval in a sub scanning direction. An exposure intensity distribution changing device is provided to symmetrically change exposure intensity distribution of two scanning lines in the main scan direction. A group of two scanning lines formed next on the photoconductive member partially overlaps with the group previously formed with displacement of a prescribed feed pitch in the sub scanning direction so that a prescribed numbers of the two scanning lines neighboring to each other of the different groups are paired to form a prescribed number of combination scan lines.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an optical scanning apparatus including a light source, an optical unit, a first controller and a second controller. The light source emits a predetermined number of laser beams, the laser beams to be arranged in a sub-scanning direction on a recording medium. The optical unit simultaneously scans the laser beams in parallel on the recording medium. The first controller changes a dot size of the laser beams in a main scanning direction. The second controller changes the predetermined number.

Abstract: In a circuit board disposed in parallel to a fixing plane, a guard spacer (abutting member) is disposed on a multi-layer printed circuit board on the side of the fixing plane to suppress deformation of the multi-layer printed circuit board to prevent short circuit if an impact is applied to the circuit board. The guard spacer may be a dummy electronic component or a plate member. An image display using the circuit board is also disclosed.

Abstract: A power transmission mechanism of a shaft and a hub, wherein a shaft tooth part having a plurality of linear spline teeth is formed at the end part of the shaft and a hub tooth part having a plurality of linear spline teeth fitted to the end part of the shaft is formed in the inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in the hub. A first step part is formed by swelling the shaft tooth part toward the hub tooth part from a point (P1) horizontally moved from the center point (P0) of the shaft tooth part to a shaft shank side. On the ridge part side of the hub tooth part, a point is set at a position offset from the point (P1) horizontally to the opposite side of the shaft shank, and a second step part increased in a diameter from the point (P2) in the radial outer direction is formed.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with improved thermal exhaustion property, enabling a thickness reduction, includes a backlight including light sources illuminating a liquid crystal panel from a back face, and a chassis holding the backlight. The backlight includes: plural light-source units each including a combination of a LED emitting light in a direction parallel to a display surface of the panel, a wiring board mounted with the LED, and a light-guide plate having translucency for guiding the LED light toward the panel; a metal chassis supporting the light-source units; and a thermally conductive sheet tightly inserted between the metal chassis and a reverse side of the wiring board opposite to the LED-mounted face. A wiring pattern is formed on the reverse side. The metal chassis and the wiring pattern located within a predetermined distance of the LED outer periphery are connected through the thermally conductive sheet.

Abstract: A power transmission mechanism of a shaft and a hub, wherein a shaft tooth part comprises a ridge part formed of a crowning with varied tooth thickness, and a hub tooth part comprises a ridge part having tooth thickness formed in a specified linear shape and having an inner diameter varying from the end part thereof to a shaft shank side. A first step part swelling to the hub tooth part is formed in the bottom part of the shaft tooth part, and a second step part recessed in a direction opposite to the shaft tooth part is formed in the ridge part of the hub tooth part. The start point of the first step part and the start point of the second step part are set at positions offset by a specified distance from each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical scanning device including a light source including multiple light-emitting elements, the multiple light-emitting elements being arranged in a linear manner, a collimator lens to collimate a light beam from the light source, a light-deflecting device to deflect a light beam having passed through the collimator lens to a medium to be scanned and scan the medium with the light beam, and a rear optical system arranged in an optical path between the collimator lens and the medium to be scanned, wherein the collimator lens deviates an image surface in a direction opposite to an image surface deviation on the medium to be scanned by a nearly same amount as the image surface deviation, the image surface deviation being caused by a change of an image height of the light source, and the change being caused by the rear optical system.

Abstract: A spline rolling tool including a plurality of forming teeth that are to bite into a cylindrical workpiece so as to roll splines in the workpiece. Each of the forming teeth has an incomplete toothed region in which a crest of each forming tooth is removed such that an upper end of each forming tooth in the incomplete toothed region is defined by an incomplete-toothed region surface that includes a curved surface portion, a flat surface portion and a slant surface portion. The incomplete-toothed region surface is defined at its periphery by a chamfered edge that has a surface roughness of not larger than about 3.2 ?m. Also disclosed is a process of manufacturing the spline rolling tool, which includes a chamfering step of forming the chamfered edge by using a wire brush having abrasive grains that are fixed to bristles of the wire brush.

Abstract: A light scanning unit by which misalignment in imaging caused by a scanning angle can be reduced. The light scanning unit includes a light source array device having a plurality of light sources, an imaging optics, and an optical deflection module. The plurality of light sources are used selectively in accordance with positions of light beams in a scanning direction on a to-be-scanned surface.

Abstract: An optical scanning device is disclosed, including: a light deflection part, an imaging optical element, a variable focus optical element, and a focal point control device. The light deflection part repeatedly deflects and scans a light flux emitted from a light source on a scan surface. The imaging optical element forms an image in a vicinity of the scan surface with the light flux. The focal point control device changes a focal distance of the variable focus optical element, which is arranged in an optical path from the light source to the light deflection part, in executing each of deflection scans, and correct an image misalignment on the scan surface due to an optical path difference for each scan angle.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an optical scanning system that simultaneously forms a group of two scanning lines extending in a main scanning direction on a surface of a photoconductive member at a prescribed scan line interval in a sub scanning direction. An exposure intensity distribution changing device is provided to symmetrically change exposure intensity distribution of two scanning lines in the main scan direction. A group of two scanning lines formed next on the photoconductive member partially overlaps with the group previously formed with displacement of a prescribed feed pitch in the sub scanning direction so that a prescribed numbers of the two scanning lines neighboring to each other of the different groups are paired to form a prescribed number of combination scan lines.

Abstract: An optical scanning device is disclosed, including: a light deflection part, an imaging optical element, a variable focus optical element, and a focal point control device. The light deflection part repeatedly deflects and scans a light flux emitted from a light source on a scan surface. The imaging optical element forms an image in a vicinity of the scan surface with the light flux. The focal point control device changes a focal distance of the variable focus optical element, which is arranged in an optical path from the light source to the light deflection part, in executing each of deflection scans, and correct an image misalignment on the scan surface due to an optical path difference for each scan angle.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical scanning device including a light source including multiple light-emitting elements, the multiple light-emitting elements being arranged in a linear manner, a collimator lens to collimate a light beam from the light source, a light-deflecting device to deflect a light beam having passed through the collimator lens to a medium to be scanned and scan the medium with the light beam, and a rear optical system arranged in an optical path between the collimator lens and the medium to be scanned, wherein the collimator lens deviates an image surface in a direction opposite to an image surface deviation on the medium to be scanned by a nearly same amount as the image surface deviation, the image surface deviation being caused by a change of an image height of the light source, and the change being caused by the rear optical system.

Abstract: A shaft tooth section has a mountain section of a twisted shape crossing the axis of a shaft (mountain section of hub tooth section). The hub tooth section has the mountain section of a linear shape having a constant tooth thickness, and the inner diameter of the mountain section varies from an end section toward the shaft shank side. A first step expanding toward the hub tooth section side is formed in a valley section of the shaft tooth section. A second step recessed toward the opposite side of the shaft tooth section is formed in the mountain section of the hub tooth section. The start point (P1) of the first step and the start point (P2) of the second step are set at the positions separated by a predetermined distance (L4).

Abstract: In a circuit board disposed in parallel to a fixing plane, a guard spacer (abutting member) is disposed on a multi-layer printed circuit board on the side of the fixing plane to suppress deformation of the multi-layer printed circuit board to prevent short circuit if an impact is applied to the circuit board. The guard spacer may be a dummy electronic component or a plate member. An image display using the circuit board is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention is to provide a multi-beam light source where the interval of core portions is reduced and the core portions are arranged on a straight line. The multi-beam light source includes a first substrate where a plurality of optical fibers each having a core portion and a clad portion surrounding the core portion coaxially are fixed at predetermined intervals, and a second substrate where a plurality of similar optical fibers are fixed at predetermined intervals. The first and second substrates are put and bonded on top of each other so that the core portion of each optical fiber on the second substrate is inserted between core portions of adjacent optical fibers on the first substrate, and the core portions of the optical fibers on the first and second substrate are arranged substantially on a straight line.