Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Kyocera Mita Corporation

Tsubakimoto Chain Company

Nidec Corporation

The Doshisha

Masaki Kato

Hiroshi Hashimoto

Osamu Yoshida

Tadahiro Kiyosumi

Mitsuyuki Kishimoto

Masaki Tsuchiya

Izumi Kadobayashi

Norihisa Yamashita

Masahiro Kimura

Nobuya Matsutani

Masaaki Kuranuki

Naohisa Morimoto

Junichi Kotani

Yohei Ishii

Etsushi Aga

Koichi Sawada

Jun Yamasaki

Ken Hirota

Shintaro Hino

Hirotaka Takahashi

Yasumasa Kodaira

A switch status detection device includes a power source, a first resistor, a first switch, a control device, and a first capacitor. The first resistor has one end connected to the power source. The first switch is configured to switch between a connected state and a disconnected state of a first contact point, provided on a first current path between the other end of the first resistor and ground. The control device detects an on/off status of the first switch, on a basis of a voltage at the other end of the first resistor. The first capacitor has one end connected to the first contact point at a position on the first current path on a side of the first resistor with respect to the first contact point, and the other end connected to the power source or the ground.

Switch status detection device that detects on/off status of switch, and image forming apparatus

In each of battery modules, a processing circuit manages a battery unit connected to a power line. A communication circuit communicates data to be transmitted or received by the processing circuit. An isolated circuit insulates in a direct current between a first terminal of the communication circuit and a positive-electrode terminal or a negative-electrode terminal of the battery unit, and between a second terminal of the communication circuit and a conductive body to be a common potential of a plurality of the battery modules except for the power line.

Battery system

An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a main body, a propulsion assembly including a rotary blade and a motor to rotate the rotary blade about a rotation axis, the propulsion assembly being attached to the main body, a rechargeable battery to supply electric power to the propulsion assembly, a leg portion connected to the main body on a lower side of the main body in a vertical direction, and a power receiving coil to provide non-contact power feeding, the power receiving coil being electrically connected to the battery and being provided in the leg portion.

Unmanned aerial vehicle, unmanned aerial vehicle system, and battery system

A production method for a magnetic material, which is expressed by a chemical structure formula Fe(AlMn)O, where 0&#x3c;x&#x3c;1, and exhibits ferromagnetism, includes: preparing a mixed aqueous solution by dissolving, in distilled water, Fe nitrate, Al nitrate, and an oxide including Mn, the Fe nitrate, the Al nitrate, and the oxide being parent materials; preparing a metal-citric acid complex by mixing citric acid and ethylene glycol with the mixed aqueous solution; obtaining a precursor by boiling the metal-citric acid complex to a gel and drying the gel; and obtaining the magnetic material by sintering the precursor.

Magnetic material and production method therefor

In a power storage system, a three-phase AC wire is connected to a three-phase AC power system. Power storage blocks, each of which includes a power storage module and a power conditioner, are connected in parallel to the three-phase AC wire. A system controller individually controls power storage blocks. The power storage modules each includes: a power storage unit; and a management unit that manages the power storage unit. The power conditioner includes a power converter and a controller. The power converter converts DC power discharged into single-phase AC power and outputs the converted AC power to two lines of the three-phase AC wire, or converts single-phase AC power received from the two lines of the three-phase AC wire into DC power and charges the power storage unit. The controller is connected to the system controller via a communication line and the management unit via a communication line.

Power storage system

A motor apparatus includes a motor body, a circuit board, a driver, and a voice detector. The circuit board, which is connected to the motor body, supplies driving electric power to the motor body. The driver, which is mounted on the circuit board, converts power source electric power to the driving electric power. The voice detector, which is mounted on the circuit board, detects a voice.

Motor apparatus and motor system

An image forming apparatus includes a roller, a motor, a control circuit, an interlock switch, and a regeneration diode. The roller is configured to transport a printing sheet or a document sheet. The motor is configured to drive the roller and the motor is supplied electric power from a predetermined power supply system. The control circuit is connected to the predetermined power supply system. The interlock switch is arranged between the motor and the control circuit in the power supply system. The regeneration diode is arranged to the interlock switch. Further, the control circuit includes a processor that acts in accordance with a program, and increases power consumption of the processor by changing an action of the processor if the interlock switch breaks power supply from the power supply system to the motor.

Image forming apparatus

An electronic apparatus includes a controller and a control signal generating circuit. The control signal generating circuit generates a first control signal and a second control signal different from each other for on-off control of two loads on the basis of a state of one three-state port of the controller.

Electronic apparatus

An image-reading apparatus includes a gain correction processing portion, and a gain setting control portion including a setting portion that sets a gain condition, the gain setting control portion: repeatedly sets the gain condition in the setting portion at predetermined time intervals, and records the set gain condition in the recording portion, in an idling state from when the power supply portion switches to an on state until a reception portion receives a read instruction; stops setting the gain condition in the setting portion in a reading state after the reception portion receives the read instruction; and implements gain correction on electrical signals output from an imaging element in the gain correction processing portion by applying the gain condition recorded in the recording portion just before the reception portion receives the read instruction.

Image-reading apparatus and image-forming apparatus

A tensioner for maintaining tension in a timing chain or belt comprises a pivotally mounted lever body biased in a direction to increase tension in the chain or belt, and having a built-in, one-way clutch permitting the lever to pivot the tension-increasing direction but blocking pivoting movement in the opposite direction.

Tensioner with one-way clutch

A tensioner, in which an inner body and an outer body, which can deal with tensioner mounting forms and tension imparting functions required from various engines can be assembled and its efficient production and reliable assembling without wobbling and clattering can be performed. A bodyof a tensioneris composed of plastic outer and inner bodiesandformed by different members respectively. The outer bodyis provided with a tensioner mounting means and an inner body fitting hole, the inner body is provided with a plunger accommodating hole, a plungerbiased by a compression springis slidably fitted into the plunger accommodating hole, a bottom portion of the plunger accommodating holeis provided with a check valve, and at least the inner body, the check valve, the compression springand the plungerform an inner body side unit, which imparts proper tension. Further, the inner body, which forms the inner body side unitis adapted to be fixed into the inner body fitting holeof the outer bodyby heat welding.

Tensioner

An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section; a discharger for discharging and guiding the copying paper to an outlet; and a controlling section for operating the image forming section, based on an image forming instruction from an operation section. A data fetching section fetches first image data on a plurality of pages and second image data on a plurality of pages. The operation section accepts, as the image forming instruction, a sheaf-unit sorting instruction which includes a predetermined number of copies of each of the first image data and second image data and sorting of the copies. The controlling section, based on the sheaf-unit sorting instruction executes, for the predetermined number of copies, an operation of guiding the first and second sheafs of copying paper, in sequence, to the outlet so that the first sheaf and second sheafs of copying paper are piled in order.

Image forming apparatus with function of sorting plurality of sheaves of original paper

A tensioner, in which an outer body and an inner body, which can deal with a tensioner mounting form required by various engines and a tension-imparting function, can be assembled. The inner body and a movement backward preventing mechanism, which form an inner body unit, can be unitized in a shape by which press-fitting and assembling is easy, and its efficient assembling production can be performed. A bodyof a tensioneris composed of outer and inner bodiesandof different members. The outer bodyis provided with a tensioner mounting means and an inner body fitting hole. The inner bodyis provided with a plunger accommodating holeinto which a plungerbiased by a compression springwas slidably fitted, and a movement backward preventing mechanismfor preventing the backward movement of the plungeris incorporated into the inner body. The movement backward preventing mechanismcomprises a rackformed on a part of the outer circumference of the plunger, a pawl bodypivotably supported with a pivot shaftin a cutaway groove formed on a front end of the inner body, and a spring, which biases a pawl of the pawl bodyso that the pawl engages the rack. An inner body side unitcomposed of at least the inner body, the movement backward preventing mechanism, the compression springand the plunger, is adapted to be press-fitted and fixed into the inner body fitting holeof the outer body

An image forming apparatus includes a data fetching section that fetches first image data on a plurality of pages and second image data on a plurality of pages. An operation section accepts a sheaf-unit sorting instruction, which includes a predetermined number of copies of each of the first image data and second image data. A controlling section conducts finishing processing of each of a first sheaf of paper on which the first image data is copied and a second sheaf of paper on which the second image data is copied based on the sheaf-unit sorting instruction. The controlling section then guides the first sheaf of paper and the second sheaf of paper, in sequence, to the outlet so that the first sheaf of paper and the second sheaf of paper are piled in this order.

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Masaki Kato