Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Toudai Tlo, Ltd.

Fuji Xeorx Co., Ltd

Shigemi Ohtsu

Eiichi Akutsu

Keishi Shimizu

Kazutoshi Yatsuda

Toshihiko Suzuki

Akira Fujii

Lyong Sun Pu

Masahiro Igusa

Takao Tomono

Makoto Furuki

Satoshi Tatsuura

Osamu Ueno

Kazuhiro Sakai

Koichi Matsumoto

Yoshinori Yamaguchi

Kazuhito Hashimoto

Takeshi Mikami

Shinya Kyozuka

Yasunari Nishikata

Tatsuya Maruyama

Satoshi Mizoguchi

Osamu Ohtani

Motohiko Tsuchiya

Provided is a wiring board including a substrate formed of an insulation material, and plural conductive patterns including plural electrodes arranged on a surface of the substrate along an end surface of the substrate, and plural wiring patterns connected to the plural electrodes, respectively, wherein the substrate includes a notch formed between electrode groups each of which includes a predetermined number of the electrodes.

Wiring board and connection structure

A conductor connecting structure includes a mounting board, a target board, and an anisotropic conductive material. The mounting board includes a base material including a first surface, a second surface, and an end surface. The mounting board also includes a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer. The target board includes a mounting surface and a third conductor layer formed on the mounting surface. The anisotropic conductive material includes a polymeric material and electrically conductive particles dispersed in the polymeric material. The electrically conductive particles, when heated, aggregate to connect an end portion of the first or second conductor layer to the third conductor layer. One of the end portions not subjected to connection established with the anisotropic conductive material is separated further from the end surface of the base material than another end portion which is connected to the third conductor layer.

Conductor connecting structure and mounting board

Provided is a sliding member for a fixing device including in order a first fluororesin layer having a sliding surface dotted with recessed portions, a substrate, and a second fluororesin layer.

Sliding member for fixing device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus

A production method of an optical waveguide includes: preparing a laminated body that includes a first clad layer and at least a core layer laminated on the first clad layer; forming a light propagating optical waveguide core by cutting the core layer by use of a dicing saw from a side where the core layer is laminated while intruding an edge of a blade portion of the dicing saw into the first clad layer so as to partially cut the first clad layer; and embedding at least a cut portion of the laminated body with a second clad layer.

Production method of optical waveguide

A sliding member for a fixing device includes at least a fluororesin layer that has a sliding surface, the sliding surface having a plurality of recesses that are dotted over the sliding surface, the sliding member satisfying conditions (1) and (2) below: (1) the dotted recesses exhibit an array pattern including a grid array, the grid array having a plurality of basic arrays that are contiguous, the basic arrays each including a basic grid and a central point of the basic grid, the basic grid being defined by four grid points and having one side parallel to a sliding direction, at least one of the central points of the basic arrays in the grid array being displaced from the grid array; and (2) at least one of the recesses is placed over an entire width of the sliding surface, when the sliding surface is viewed along the sliding direction.

A sliding member for a fixing device includes at least a fluororesin layer that has a sliding surface, the sliding surface including a first region that is dotted with a plurality of first recesses, and a second region that is dotted with a plurality of second recesses having a diameter larger than the first recesses.

A sliding member for a fixing device includes a base body and a sliding sheet that is disposed on the surface of the base body and is made of cross-linked polytetrafluoroethylene provided with through holes passing therethrough in a thickness direction.

A polymer optical waveguide includes: at least one core through which light propagates; a cladding which surrounds the core and has a refractive index less than that of the core; at least one conductive wire being provided on at least one side of the cladding, the polymer optical waveguide having a sheet shape, the conductive wire including a conductive layer which is provided on the at least one side of the cladding and being partitioned by a first groove, and the core being formed between second grooves each of which is formed in at least a part of the first groove.

Polymer optical waveguide and method for production thereof

A method of manufacturing an optical waveguide includes forming a core layer on a first clad layer, forming a second clad layer on the core layer, forming a first groove including at least one inclined surface in the second clad layer and the core layer to be in substantially parallel to and near one end of the second clad layer and one end of the core layer, the at least one inclined surface of the first groove having such an angle that the core layer is exposed when viewed above the second clad layer, forming a second groove including at least one inclined surface in the second clad layer on a inner side of the first groove, forming a separation groove in the clad layers and the core layer in a direction intersecting the first groove, and forming a plurality of cores intersecting the first groove.

Optical waveguide, optical waveguide type touch panel and method of manufacturing the optical waveguide

A polymer optical waveguide includes: a core; and a cladding enclosing the core and extending along a direction of light propagation, the polymer optical waveguide having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the polymer optical waveguide having, at least at a position near one end thereof in a longitudinal direction, a groove that has a surface inclined at an angle of 45&#xb0; with respect to the light propagation direction which reflects light propagating through the core so as to change the light propagation direction by 90&#xb0;.

Polymer optical waveguide and method of producing the same

An optical waveguide film includes: an optical waveguide film main body including an optical waveguide core through which light travels and a cladding portion that encloses the optical waveguide core and has a lower refractive index than that of the optical waveguide core; and a marking member that is disposed at least at a portion of a principal surface of the optical waveguide film main body so as to protrude from the principal surface and that includes, at a surface thereof, a groove-shaped mark for positioning.

Optical waveguide film with mark for positioning and method for producing the same

An optical waveguide comprising: a waveguide core through which light propagates; a cladding that surrounds the waveguide core and has a refractive index that is less than the refractive index of the waveguide core; a metal layer that is formed on a surface of at least one end of the optical waveguide in a longitudinal direction, the surface being inclined so as not to be perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; and a channel that is formed at a portion of an outer surface of the cladding, the outer surface forming an acute angle with the inclined surface, and the channel being positioned such that light entering the optical waveguide adjacent the channel is reflected by the inclined surface into the waveguide core.

Optical waveguide, optical module, method of producing optical module, and method of producing optical waveguide

An optical waveguide includes: an optical waveguide core through which light propagates, at least one end portion of the optical waveguide core in a longitudinal direction thereof having an inclined surface; a reflective layer provided on the inclined surface and formed by a metal layer of silver or a silver alloy; a protective layer disposed to cover the reflective layer; and a cladding portion enclosing the optical waveguide core and having a lower refractive index than that of the optical waveguide core.

Optical waveguide film and optical transmitter and receiver module

An optical waveguide film includes an optical waveguide film main body having an optical waveguide core through which light is propagated, and a cladding portion that encloses the optical waveguide core and has a lower refractive index than that of the optical waveguide core; and an electric wiring layer formed on at least a part of a principal surface of the optical waveguide film main body.

Optical waveguide film, method for manufacturing the same, and optical transmission and reception module

An optical element mounting method includes: illuminating ultraviolet light onto a polymer optical waveguide device; under the ultraviolet light illumination, capturing, by an image pickup device, the polymer optical waveguide device including a light incident/exiting position of a waveguide core; and judging, from a difference between bright and dark in a captured image, that a portion brighter than other portions or a portion darker than other portions is the light incident/exiting position of the waveguide core.

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