Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Ntt Docomo, Inc.

Renesas Technology Corp.

Kabushiki Kaisha Arai Gakkiten

Hisashi Kato

Masakazu Iwasa

Yoshio Kudo

Takahiro Irita

Akifumi Tsukimori

Daiji Okai

Nobuyuki Yoshiba

Yukihisa Yuasa

The power supply is effectively controlled in a semiconductor integrated circuit device having a multi domain structure so as to reduce the power consumption. When an interrupt signal is inputted, the system controller makes an instruction of wakeup to the corresponding switch control unit. At this moment, the system controller controls power supply so as to be supplied sequentially from the core power source area belonging to the lower hierarchical level dependent on the core power source area to which power is supplied. The system controller outputs the power supply switch-on request signal to the switch control unit. The switch control unit turns ON the power supply switch and sends the power-on completion signal back to the system controller. Similarly, the system controller supplies power sequentially to core power source areas in the dependency relation one after another from the lower hierarchy to the upper hierarchy.

Semiconductor integrated circuit device with power source areas

To the end of obtaining favorable vibrato effects, provided is a tremolo device for stringed musical instruments comprising a string support assembly consisting of at least two individually pivoted segments, each individually carrying a string anchoring member, a spring for biasing the string support assembly segment in the direction for applying a tension to the string and a handle bar for pivoting the segment against the biasing force of the spring in the direction to reduce the tension of the string. By selectively or jointly moving the handle bars of the different segments, hitherto unknown special vibrato effects can be created. Optionally, a provision may be made so that the different segments may be coupled into a single body for producing conventional vibrato effects. Since the string support assembly is segmented, breakage of any single string will only affect the corresponding segment and not the other segment, the tuning process subsequent to the replacement of the broken string can be facilitated.

Split tremolo device

A blow-up gas recirculating apparatus for returning blow-by gases from the crankcase of an internal combustion engine to an intake passage thereof includes a shield panel attached to a cylinder head cover in substantially covering relating to a DOHC valve mechanism housed in a cylinder head. A breather chamber is defined between the cylinder head cover and the shield panel and communicates with the interior of the cylinder head and an air intake unit, such as an air cleaner, of the internal combustion engine. The breather chamber comprises first through third breather chamber sections interconnected by constricted passages, While blow-by gases are flowing through the breather chamber, an oil mist can reliably be separated from the blow-by gases.

Blow-by gas recirculating apparatus

In an electrostatic apparatus using a toner layer carried by a developing roller for developing a latent image, a doctor blade applied with a voltage of the same polarity as that of the toner is used for partly scraping the toner layer. The toner scraped off is sucked by a suction means. An additional doctor blade is preferably used together with the main doctor blade to make rough and fine control of the thickness of the toner layer.

Method of developing electrostatic latent image

In an electrostatic apparatus including a developing roller for applying a toner to an electrostatic latent image carrying drum, a squeeze roller is provided in the vicinity of the developing roller. The squeeze roller is applied with a voltage to attract a part of the toner layer on the developing roller and reduce the thickness of the toner layer.

Apparatus for developing electrostatic latent image

In an electrostatic image recording apparatus employing a series of recording styluses for forming a latent image on an electrostatic image recording drum, an over-discharge is conducted either by applying a very high voltage to the recording styluses or by first subjecting the drum to a pre-charge in one polarity and then forming the latent image on the drum by an over-discharge in the opposite polarity. Pre-charging of the drum enhances the effect of the subsequent discharging and permits over-discharge to be conducted with a lower voltage applied to the recording styluses than would otherwise be possible.

Electrostatic image recording method and apparatus therefor

In an electrostatic print marking apparatus for printing markings on steel plates wherein an intermediate image carrying medium is used for transferring a toner image from an electrostatic image recording drum to a steel plate, a toner image transferred from the drum to the intermediate image carrying medium is re-charged before it is transferred from the image carrying medium to the steel plate.

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Hisashi Kato