Kajima Corporation

Sony Corporation

Taisei Plas Co., Ltd.

Sony Co., Ltd.

Mitsuo Sakamoto

Isao Nishimura

Masaru Hiratsuka

Katsuyasu Sasaki

Kazuhito Hatta

Norihide Koshika

Takao Sawaguchi

Takuji Kobori

Hiroyuki Yamada

Toshikazu Yamada

Satoshi Oorui

Satoshi Orui

Shinichi Takahashi

Masanori Naritomi

Koji Ishii

Takeshi Tsuji

Akihito Nakayama

Jun Tagami

Shuichi Kamagata

Shunichi Yamada

Shozo Maeda

Hiroo Kanayama

Yamada Hiroyuki

An outer casing of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery is capable of being mass-produced as well as thin and resistant to damage. The outer casingcomprises a casing bodyand a cover. After being internally packaged, a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, e.g. a lithium-ion polymer secondary battery, is sandwiched between the casing bodyand the cover, which are then joined together integrally. The coveris formed from a film-shaped sheet materialof a synthetic resin to make the outer casingthin. The casing bodyand the coverhave a casing body outer peripheral frameand a cover outer peripheral frame, respectively, formed by injection molding. Joint portions of the casing bodyand the coverhave stepped portionsand, respectively. The stepped portions ensure the mechanical strength against shock and impact. With this structure, the outer casingis resistant to damage.

Outer casing of non-aqueous electrolyte battery and production method therefor

A battery element is housed and sealed in a package body, and further, packed together with a connecting board and a frame by the package body. A laminate material for sealing the battery element is used as an outer package material of a battery pack. Thus, the increase of volume for the pack is reduced as much as possible.

Battery pack and method for producing battery pack

A battery pack is provided. The battery device is accommodated and hermetically sealed in a packaging unit and is packed along with a connection substrate and a frame by the packaging unit. A laminated material used for hermetically sealing the battery device is also used as an exterior material for the battery pack.

Battery pack and method for producing same

Sensor plate for a fingerprint identifying machine

A laminated hollow rubber damper with increased buckling strength and lengthened period of vibration. The buckling strength of a hollow laminated rubber damper is increased by making at least the inside or the outside wall of the damper of non-uniform section, such as obtained with an arcuately concave wall. By taking advantage of the improved buckling strength of hollow laminated rubber dampers, both the deformability in a horizontal direction and the period of the damper are increased. The hollow laminated rubber damper may be used as a spring element in an active or passive type vibration control device, or as a supporting device suitable for the protection of structures having long natural periods, such as multi-storied buildings.

Laminated rubber vibration control device for structures

A substantially self-contained vibration control system for building structures. A building has mounted on its roof, or an upper level floor, a hollow concrete-steel first mass carried on high damping rubber supports. Within the hollow of the first mass a second mass is mounted on anti-friction rollers which roll on a low coefficient of friction interior floor of the first mass. The first and second masses are interconnected with a single means to vibrate these masses with a period of vibration which can be synchronized with the vibration period of the building to attenuate building vibration.

Vibration control device for structure

A seismic vibration control device for structures which employs a combination of primary and secondary vibratable masses to attenuate the vibration of a structure. The primary vibratable mass is passive and is supported on the structure. One or more active secondary vibratable masses are supported on the primary mass. Control forces are selectively applied to the secondary masses to control the period of the primary mass in a manner which is most effective to attenuate the seismic vibration of the structure.

A vibration control device of an active type for a structure comprising a first additional mass body movable relative to the structure; spring means for giving a period to the additional mass body which synchronizes with the natural period of the structure; a second additional mass body supported by and movable relative to the first additional mass body; and drive means for applying a control force between the first and second additional mass bodies in response to a sensed vibrations of an earthquake or the like. Laminated rubber support provides main spring means for synchronizing with the assumed natural period of the structure. Auxiliary spring means, such as laminated rubber or coil springs, is separately provided for fine tuning the period of the device. The responses from the structure are reduced by adjusting the difference between the assumed and actual natural periods of the structure by use of the auxiliary spring means and by providing the control force from the drive means.

A plurality of laminated rubber or rubber-like elastoplastic ring-configured pads vertically stacked and secured together to provide seismic damping for a building structure. The laminated pads include ring-like steel plates or solid disk-like steel plates to form one laminated stage of a multi-stage seismic damping device. A plurality of damping devices are used to support a vibratable mass on a building structure. The combination of stacked ring-configured elastoplastic pads and steel plates provides a damping device having a high lateral deformation capacity with a long period and high resistance to buckling. The damping device is suitable for protecting building structures having long natural periods, such as multi-storied buildings.

Laminated rubber building support and vibration damping device

The present invention enables simplification of the assembly of a thermal head capable of performing printing at a high density and with a high resolution. A stable support of electrodes is also provided, along with an improvement in characteristics. The thermal head includes a parallel flat cable composed of a plurality of electrode wires aligned in flat fashion in a polymer insulating coating. A supporting body is made of a bonding agent which is abundant in rigidity and which encapsulates the polymer insulating coating, or encapsulates the electrode wires with a portion of the polymer insulating coating removed, at an end portion of the parallel flat cable at a printing plane.

Thermal head formed of a flat cable encapsulated in a supporting body

A positive vibration suppression apparatus is disclosed, which suppresses vibrations of a building caused by earthquakes or winds by applying a control force to the building. The apparatus comprises a weight provided on the top of the building in a suspended form to reduce friction and an actuator provided between the weight and the building. The vibration suppression apparatus is controlled through sensing of the vibrations of the building and weight by a sensor, whereas for excessive vibrations of the building the vibrations of the weight are made close to the vibrations of the building to protect the apparatus, because the capacity of the vibration suppression apparatus is limited. Further, in an oil hydraulic system for obtaining a great control force, small and large size oil hydraulic pumps connected to respective small and large size electric motors and an accumulator are provided in parallel, so that the apparatus is warmed up at all time for oil hydraulic control with low power consumption. Two or more vibration suppression apparatuses are controlled at the same time according to the shape of the building to cope with torsional and secondary vibration components.

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Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuo Sakamoto