Teijin Pharma Limited

Murata Machinery, Ltd.

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.

Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Company, Limited

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Canon Finetech Inc.

Hoya Corporation

Akihiro Maeda

Fumi Fujita

Jun Takeda

Osamu Oshima

Shohei Tsuzaki

Hiroshi Morita

Hironori Suzuki

Hongkue Lee

Ikuo Nakamoto

Takuya Hayashi

Hiroaki Ohmatsu

Yuichiro Minato

Shigeru Tanaka

Makoto Ando

Shigeru Hirano

Keigo Hasegawa

Motohiro Ogura

Kenji Endo

Koichi Kakubari

Masao Tomioka

Shinsuke Takahashi

Yoshifumi Watanabe

Yusuke Yamaguchi

Sunao Ikegawa

Hironobu Kubo

Daigo Hotomi

Hiroshi Kanatani

An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device, first and second fans, and a reciprocating portion to reciprocate the fixing device in a widthwise direction of the fixing device. The fixing device includes a fixing film, a pressing roller to form a nip portion where a recording material on which a toner image is carried is nipped and conveyed between the fixing film and the pressing roller and the toner image is fixed on the recording material. The first and second fans send an air from openings thereof toward first and second areas of the fixing film on both end sides in the widthwise direction. A controller changes at least one opening width of the first and second fans depending on a position with respect to the widthwise direction of the fixing device.

Image forming apparatus having fixing device with improved uniformity of heating when reciprocated in widthwise direction

A molding provided with a sheet-shaped composite material section formed from a fiber-reinforced composite material containing reinforcing fibers and a matrix resin, and protruding ribs formed directly on a first surface of the composite material section and containing a thermoplastic resin, wherein the ribs intersect with each other on the first surface, and the mean width t, mean height H and the proportion occupied on the first surface are within specified ranges. A manufacturing method for the molding including a composite material section-forming step for forming the composite material section, and a rib-forming step for forming the ribs so as to satisfy the above conditions.

Molded body and manufacturing method therefor

A training device suppresses unintended operation of an operation rod when executing an operation mode in which operation of the operation rod is controlled based on a force applied to the operation rod. The training device includes the operation rod, a motor, a force detector, a rotation information output sensor, a first command calculator, and a force corrector. The operation rod moves a limb. The motor operates the operation rod in a direction of degree of freedom. The force detector detects a force component and outputs a force component signal. The rotation information output sensor detects an operation position of the operation rod in a corresponding direction of degree of freedom. The force corrector calculates a corrected force component value based on operation positions of the operation rod and force component signal. The first command calculator calculates a first motor control command based on the corrected force component value.

Training device and method for correcting force

Provided is a training device capable of executing a plurality of operation modes, in which an operation rod is appropriately operated according to an operation mode. The training device includes the operation rod, a plurality of motors, a plurality of force detection units, and a plurality of first command calculation units. The operation rod allows a limb to move. The plurality of motors operate the operation rod in the direction of degree of freedom in which the operation rod can move. Each of the force detection units detects a corresponding force component and outputs a force component signal. The first command calculation units are connected to the corresponding force detection units. Each of the first command calculation units calculates a first motor control command on the basis of the corresponding force component signal.

Training device and method for correcting force component signals

A fixing device includes a rotating unit, a heating unit configured to heat the rotating unit, and a pressure member configured to nip a recording material between the rotating unit and the pressure member and to convey the recording material. A control portion is configured to change the rotating unit from a rotating state to a halt state. A setting portion is configured to set a heating temperature of the heating unit in the rotating state according to information of a basis weight of the recording material. In addition, a determining portion is configured to determine whether or not a heating operation of the heating unit in the halt state is to be performed according to the information of the basis weight of the recording material.

Fixing device having a setting portion that sets a temperature of a heating unit based on a basis weight of a recording material

An image heating apparatus includes an endless belt, a rotary member configured to form a nip portion with the endless belt, regulating members for regulating the endless belt from moving in a longitudinal direction by being in contact with longitudinal ends of the endless belt, and a sheet-like heating member. The heating member includes a heat transfer member in contact with the inner surface of the endless belt, and a heating portion located on an opposite side from a side, of the heating member, in contact with the inner surface of the endless belt across the heat transfer member. Both end portions of the heat transfer member are disposed at the same location or outside of both end portions of the heating portion in the longitudinal direction and are disposed inside of both end portions of the rotary member in the longitudinal direction.

Image heating apparatus

A rehabilitation assistance device (), provided with: an arm part () having a holding part () for holding a part of the upper limb or the lower limb of a user, the arm part () movably supporting the holding part (); a memory unit () for storing training information, the memory unit () storing first training information defined in advance; a motion information acquisition unit () for acquiring motion information associated with the movement of the holding part (), the motion information acquisition unit () acquiring first motion information for the holding part () moved on the basis of the first training information; a motion evaluation unit () for generating evaluation information in which the motion information is evaluated, the motion evaluation unit () evaluating the first motion information and generating first evaluation information; and a display () for displaying at least one of the training information, the motion information, and the evaluation information.

Rehabilitation assistance device and program for controlling rehabilitation assistance device

A fixing device includes a rotating unit, a heating unit configured to heat the rotating unit, and a pressure member configured to nip a recording material between the rotating unit and the pressure member and to convey the recording material. In addition, a control portion is configured to variably control, when the rotating unit is changed from a rotating state to a halt state, a heating temperature of the heating unit in the halt state according to the heating temperature of the heating unit in the rotating state.

Fixing device having a control portion that controls a heating temperature of a heating unit in a halt state according to a heating temperature of the heating unit in a rotating state

A training apparatus includes a fixed frame, an training rod, a motor, a rotation information detection sensor, a tilt angle calculation unit, a feedback current detection unit, a position difference calculation unit, and a determination unit. The training rod tilts with at least one degree of freedom. The motor tilts the training rod. The rotation information detection sensor outputs an amount of rotation of the motor. The tilt angle calculation unit calculates a tilt angle. The feedback current detection unit detects a feedback current value. The position difference calculation unit calculates a position difference every time when a first time period elapses. The determination unit determines an error when the position difference generated during the first time period is a first threshold or higher, or when the feedback current value keeps a first current value or higher for a second time period or longer.

Training apparatus

A training apparatus includes a fixed frame, a training rod, a motor, rotation information detection sensor, tilt angle and position difference calculation units, determination, motor drive and position difference eliminating units. The training rod is supported by the fixed frame in a manner capable of being tilted by a motor about at least an X-axis or a Y-axis so as to hold the limb. The tilt angle calculation unit calculates a tilt angle of the training rod. The position difference calculation unit calculates a position difference. The determination unit obtains the position difference every time when a second time period elapses. If the position difference generated in the second time period is a first threshold or lower, the motor drive unit drives the motor so that the position difference is accumulated and maintained. The position difference eliminating unit resets the position difference at a predetermined timing.

Stationary bike

Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of performing stable charging and thus stable image formation over a long term by changing a charge control method based on various environments. An engine control section serves as a first applied voltage determining unit, obtains a relationship between an applied voltage and a discharge current amount to a charging roller, and determines a voltage value of an applied voltage corresponding to a predetermined discharge current amount. The engine control section serves as a second applied voltage determining unit and determines a voltage value of a voltage to be applied to the charging roller based on the environment information detected by the environmental sensor. The engine control section selects, as the voltage to be applied to the charging roller, any one of the voltage values determined by the first and the second applied voltage determining units based on the environment information.

Image forming apparatus

The present invention provides an apparatus which stably provides highly concentrated oxygen to a patient, regardless of an environmental temperature and/or a highly concentrated oxygen gas flow rate. The present invention is an oxygen concentrator characterized in that an oxygen concentration sensor detecting a concentration of the oxygen gas produced by the oxygen concentrator, a temperature sensor measuring an environmental temperature and/or a flow rate sensor are provided, a control increasing/decreasing a supply airflow volume of the compressed air supply device based on a detected oxygen concentration detected value to maintain an oxygen concentration at a predetermined concentration is performed, and a control device is switched based on a value measured by the temperature sensor and/or flow rate sensor of the apparatus.

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Tokyo, Japan

Akihiro Maeda