Kikuta, JP
Daigo Kikuta, Aichi-Gun JP
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20100187025 | MOTOR INSULATION PROTECTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE HAVING THE DEVICE - There is provided a motor insulation protecting device | 07-29-2010 |
20100219785 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND MOTOR DRIVE APPARATUS - An inverter for driving a motor includes a plurality of power semiconductor devices. The plurality of power semiconductor devices include a resistance electrically connected between a collector and an emitter of an IGBT element. Each of the power semiconductor devices forms any one of a U-phase arm, a V-phase arm and a W-phase arm of the inverter. As a result, a discharge resistance is built in the inverter, and therefore, it is not required to prepare the discharge resistance separately. Thus, the number of components required for a motor drive apparatus can be decreased and the number of operation steps can be reduced. | 09-02-2010 |
Daigo Kikuta, Nagakute-Shi JP
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20150221759 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is provided with an electronic transit layer, an electron supply layer, a source region, a drain electrode, a source electrode and an insulated gate. In a region between the drain electrode and the insulated gate, a two-dimensional electron gas layer is configured to be generated at a hetero junction between the electronic transit layer and the electron supply layer. A part of the insulated gate is configured to face to the source region. | 08-06-2015 |
Daigo Kikuta, Aichi-Ken JP
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20100181861 | MOTOR DEVICE MOUNTED ON MOBILE BODY AND MOBILE BODY HAVING THE MOTOR DEVICE MOUNTED THEREON - In a motor device 300 mounted on a mobile body, a pressurizing mechanism for increasing the pressure in a motor chamber 14 in which a motor is installed has a compressor 30, which is driven to rotate by an engine 20 serving as driving means for driving the mobile body, to produce compressed air for motor chamber pressurization, and the compressed air coming from the compressor 30 is fed into the motor chamber 14 through a pipe 72 almost constantly while the engine 20 is being driven. | 07-22-2010 |
Hideo Kikuta, Yokohama JP
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20120317526 | VERIFICATION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DESIGN VERIFICATION APPARATUS - A design verification method is disclosed. A computer searches for a path in accordance with a connection relationship between blocks by referring to a netlist stored in a storage part based on terminal information concerning a verification of a circuit which is formed by the blocks. Then, the computer changes an abstraction level of an operation of an out-of-path block which is a block outside the path and is searched for from the blocks described in the netlist. | 12-13-2012 |
Hikaru Kikuta, Obu-Shi JP
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20080257419 | FLUID PRESSURE REGULATING DEVICE | 10-23-2008 |
Hikaru Kikuta, Takahama-Shi JP
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20090014677 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE - A fuel injection valve is provided with a main body and a valve member. The main body has a fuel passage and a fuel injection opening formed at the downstream-end of the fuel passage. The valve member is provided in the fuel passage. The valve member is configured to move between a first position in which the valve member closes the fuel injection opening and a second position in which the valve member opens the fuel injection opening. The fuel injection valve is further provided with a compression spring disposed in the fuel passage and a spring pin. The compression spring restrains the valve member toward the first position. The spring pin is pressedly inserted into the fuel passage for keeping the compression spring in the fuel passage. A surface of the spring pin has a resistance against sulfur. | 01-15-2009 |
20110186171 | DELIVERY PIPE - A delivery pipe is molded of resin and internally formed with a fuel passage. The delivery pipe has a shape of cross section including a single straight part, a single curved part, and joint parts at joints between ends of the straight part and the curved part. The joint part has an outer appearance protruding outward. The resin contains reinforcing glass fibers. A corresponding portion to a resin injection gate is located at an end region of the straight part in a longitudinal direction of the fuel passage. | 08-04-2011 |
20110265464 | AMMONIA BURNING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Inside an engine compartment of a vehicle, an ammonia concentration sensor is arranged above a liquid ammonia injector which is attached to an internal combustion engine body and to the rear in a direction of progression of the vehicle. An ammonia concentration which is detected by the ammonia concentration sensor is used as the basis to judge if ammonia is leaked. | 11-03-2011 |
20110265766 | FUEL DELIVERY PIPE - A fuel delivery pipe made of resin, comprises: a pipe body internally formed with a fuel passage; an inlet pipe for introducing fuel into the pipe body; and a plurality of injector attaching parts for distributing the fuel introduced into the pipe body to a plurality of injectors through the fuel passage, the inlet pipe having an internal diameter smaller than an internal diameter of the pipe body and being integrally formed at one end of the pipe body through a joint portion provided with a slant surface with a diameter gradually decreasing toward a root of the inlet pipe. | 11-03-2011 |
20110283973 | FUEL DELIVERY PIPE - A fuel delivery pipe made of resin, comprises: a pipe body internally formed with a fuel passage; an inlet pipe for introducing fuel into the pipe body; a plurality of injector attaching parts for distributing the fuel introduced into the pipe body to a plurality of injectors through the fuel passage; and communication passages for communicating the fuel passage with the injector attaching parts, wherein the pipe body includes an absorbing part formed in a flat planar shape extending in a longitudinal direction of the pipe body, and the communication passages are placed so that respective centers are offset to the absorbing part side than a center of the pipe body. | 11-24-2011 |
Hiroaki Kikuta, Moriyama-Shi JP
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20100127792 | NONRECIPROCAL CIRCUIT DEVICE - A nonreciprocal circuit device (2-port isolator) includes a ferrite-magnet assembly including a ferrite, a first center electrode, and a second center electrode. The ferrite is sandwiched between a pair of permanent magnets and receives a direct-current magnetic field applied thereto. The first and second center electrodes are arranged on the ferrite. The ferrite includes a center layer and an outer layer ensuring an insulation state of the first and second center electrodes. The saturation magnetization of the outer layer is larger than the saturation magnetization of the center layer. | 05-27-2010 |
20100127793 | NONRECIPROCAL CIRCUIT DEVICE - A nonreciprocal circuit device (2-port isolator) includes a ferrite-magnet assembly including a ferrite, a first center electrode, and a second center electrode. The ferrite is sandwiched between a pair of permanent magnets and receives a direct-current magnetic field applied thereto. The first and second center electrodes are arranged on the ferrite. The ferrite includes a center layer and an outer layer ensuring an insulation state of the first and second center electrodes. The saturation magnetization of the outer layer is smaller than that of the center layer. | 05-27-2010 |
Hisao Kikuta, Osaka JP
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20110268145 | OPTICAL COMPONENT - At least one surface of a plate member made of ZnSe has a concave-and-convex structure in which a projecting section and a groove section are formed at a spatial cycle equal to or lower than the wavelength of carbon dioxide laser light to thereby provide a substrate body. On a surface of the concave-and-convex structure, an antireflection film is layered that has a lower refractive index than that of ZnSe to carbon dioxide laser light. By this configuration, the polarization state of transmitted carbon dioxide laser light is converted from a linear polarization to a circular polarization or the like. | 11-03-2011 |
Junichi Kikuta, Sakai City JP
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20130318805 | BICYCLE CLEAT POSITIONING KIT - A bicycle cleat positioning kit includes a reference indicating instrument and a cleat adjusting instrument. The reference indicating instrument includes a shoe reference indicator with respect to a bicycle shoe. The cleat adjusting instrument includes a cleat adjusting indicator indicative of an adjustment amount of a cleat with respect to the shoe reference indicator of the reference indicating instrument. | 12-05-2013 |
Junichi Kikuta, Osaka JP
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20110138658 | SHOE POSITIONING PLATE FOR BICYCLE SHOES - A shoe positioning plate has a shoe facing side surface, a sole surface and a shoe positioning member. The sole surface is configured to be a part of a shoe sole when the shoe facing side surface is attached the shoe sole. The shoe positioning member includes at least one abutment disposed on an opposite side of the shoe positioning plate from the shoe facing side surface and extending in an elongated direction of a shoe when the shoe positioning plate is attached the shoe sole. | 06-16-2011 |
20130318763 | BICYCLE CLEAT POSITIONING KIT AND BICYCLE CLEAT POSITIONING METHOD - A bicycle cleat positioning kit includes a foot locating instrument and a foot measuring instrument. The foot locating instrument includes a foot support surface. The foot measuring instrument includes a foot reference indicator indicative of a foot reference location and a cleat attachment indicator indicative of a cleat attachment location relative to the foot reference indicator. | 12-05-2013 |
20130333124 | BICYCLE CLEAT POSITIOINING DEVICE - A bicycle cleat positioning device includes a shoe holder, a cleat holder, and an attachment portion. A bicycle shoe is mounted to the shoe holder. The cleat holder is adjustably arranged relative to the shoe holder. The attachment portion supports the cleat holder relative to the shoe holder. The cleat holder is detachably and rotatable mounted to the attachment portion. | 12-19-2013 |
Kazutaka Kikuta, Kawasaki JP
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20100208580 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - In a communication device for monitoring a network system where a frame is transferred, with a maintenance frame for maintenance and management, an input-output section inputs or outputs a frame. A failure detection section detects occurrence of a failure in the network system on the basis of the inputted frame. A setting section sets the communication device according to the detection of the failure so as to terminate or transfer a data frame inputted from the input-output section. A data frame control section controls whether to terminate or transfer the data frame, according to the setting of the data frame by the setting section. A maintenance frame control section controls whether to terminate or transfer the maintenance frame inputted from the input-output section, according to the setting of the data frame by the setting section. | 08-19-2010 |
Kazuto Kikuta, Hadnioji-Shi JP
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20110043551 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing apparatus that performs display control of an image displayed on a display unit, includes a first control circuit for controlling image data of a frame in question or a display timing control signal corresponding to the image data so as to display each pixel forming the image with different brightness at given intervals, and a second control circuit for controlling the image data or the display timing control signal by different control from that by the first control circuit so as to display each pixel forming the image with different brightness at given intervals, wherein the first control circuit and the second control circuit control image data of an identical frame or a display timing control signal corresponding to the image data. | 02-24-2011 |
Kazuto Kikuta, Hachioji-Shi JP
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20110050744 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing apparatus which corrects pixel data corresponding to pixels configuring a display image of a display device having light emitting elements includes an information storage unit which, in units of one or a plurality of pixels of the display device, stores information corresponding to operating currents of light emitting elements included in the one or plurality of pixels, and a pixel data correction unit which corrects the pixel data based on the information corresponding to the operating currents stored in the information storage unit. | 03-03-2011 |
20110254850 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing apparatus performing frame rate control on image data corresponding to each of dots forming a display image includes a frame rate generating section generating the frame rate of a dot according to a difference in gradation between the dot and a dot around the dot and a frame rate control section performing frame rate control on the image data on a dot-by-dot basis based on the frame rate. | 10-20-2011 |
20110254874 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing apparatus performing display control based on image data corresponding to each of pixels forming a display image includes an image data correcting section correcting the image data of each pixel based on information corresponding to an operating current of each pixel and a display control section compensating for the steps of gradation lost by image data correction by adjusting the lighting time of each pixel. | 10-20-2011 |
Kazuto Kikuta, Hachioji JP
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20110227961 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device performing a frame rate control a display timing control signal corresponding to an image data, includes: a brightness distribution generating unit that generates a brightness distribution on the basis of the image data; an image type determining unit that determines a type of an image on the basis of the brightness distribution; and a frame rate control unit that performs frame rate control corresponding to the determined image type. | 09-22-2011 |
Kazuyoshi Kikuta, Yokohama JP
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20080224751 | Delay Circuit - A delay circuit, including: a plurality of first delay units coupled in series and each configured to generate a delay time that is approximately double a unit delay time; a second delay unit configured to generate the unit delay time and coupled to a last stage of the plurality of first delay units; and a selector configured to select either an output signal of the last stage of the plurality of first delay units or an output signal of the second delay unit, wherein an external input signal is input to the first delay unit and to each second delay unit, and the first delay unit and the second delay unit each include a switch circuit configured to output with a delay either an output signal of a previous stage delay unit or the external input signal. | 09-18-2008 |
Kengo Kikuta, Saitama-Shi JP
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20100271711 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - The present apparatus includes: a light emitting portion for emitting a detection-receiving light; a light emitting portion arranged parallel to the light emitting portion for emitting a detection-receiving light; a reflecting plate which is moved relative to the light emitting portions along their parallel arranged direction and also includes an optical pattern where a white area and a black area having a reflectance different from the white area with respect to the detection-receiving lights and are arranged alternately; and a light receiving portion which, according to the light intensities of the detection-receiving lights to be reflected by the reflecting plate, outputs output voltage signals. A controller selects one of the output voltage signals as a position detecting signal and obtains information about the position of a moving lens movable in linking with the reflecting plate. | 10-28-2010 |
Koichi Kikuta, Nagoya-Shi JP
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20140027666 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a piezoelectric ceramics, including a perovskite compound of a non-stoichiometric composition represented by a composition formula (K | 01-30-2014 |
Kuniko Kikuta, Kanagawa JP
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20100148307 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING METAL-INSULATOR-METAL CAPACITOR ARRANGEMENT - A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, a multi-layered wiring construction formed over the semiconductor device, and a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor arrangement established in the multi-layered wiring construction. The MIM capacitor arrangement includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth electrode structures, which are arranged in order in parallel with each other at regular intervals. The first, second, fifth and sixth electrode structures are electrically connected to each other so as to define a first capacitor, and the third and fourth electrode structures are electrically connected to each other so as to define a second capacitor. | 06-17-2010 |
20110254130 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING METAL-INSULATOR-METAL CAPACITOR ARRANGEMENT - A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, a multi-layered wiring construction formed over the semiconductor device, and a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor arrangement established in the multi-layered wiring construction. The MIM capacitor arrangement includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth electrode structures, which are arranged in order in parallel with each other at regular intervals. The first, second, fifth and sixth electrode structures are electrically connected to each other so as to define a first capacitor, and the third and fourth electrode structures are electrically connected to each other so as to define a second capacitor. | 10-20-2011 |
Kyohei Kikuta, Tokyo JP
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20130258414 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus for generating a dot pattern by halftone processing using a plurality of threshold matrices, the apparatus comprising a first tone group including at least a pair of discontinuous tone levels, and a second tone group including tone levels different from the tone levels included in the first tone group, wherein, in each of the first tone group and the second tone group, a dot pattern representing each tone level includes all the dots representing brighter tone level. | 10-03-2013 |
20150015915 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus configured to generate print data used for recording image data expressing halftone dots by an image forming apparatus includes an input unit configured to input image data expressing halftone dots, an obtaining unit configured to obtain color tone information indicating color tone for each pixel or for each area including a plurality of pixels in the image data, a conversion unit configured to perform multivalue conversion of the image data based on a degree of smoothing according to the color tone information, a color separation processing unit configured to perform color separation on the image data which has been multi-valued by the conversion unit, and a halftone processing unit configured to convert image data which has been color-separated by the color separation processing unit into print data. | 01-15-2015 |
20150220824 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that generates image data for forming an image by performing printing a plurality of times on the same area of a printing medium. The image processing apparatus includes: a division unit configured to divide the image data into first image data and second image data by comparing a pixel value indicating a density of a pixel with a predetermined threshold value for each pixel constituting the image data so that the first image data includes pixels whose pixel value is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold value and the second image data includes pixels whose pixel value is less than the threshold value; a first halftone processing unit configured to perform dither processing on the first image data; and a second halftone processing unit configured to perform error diffusion processing on the second image data. | 08-06-2015 |
Makoto Kikuta, Tokyo JP
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20120151757 | WIRE FORMING DEVICE - A stable wire can be formed continuously over a long period. In a wire forming device supplying a paste material on an insulating substrate by a paste material attaching unit to form a wiring pattern, the paste material attaching unit includes: an atomizing unit atomizing the paste material; and a nozzle spraying the paste material atomized in the atomizing unit on the insulating substrate, and the atomizing unit includes: a medium supplying portion mixing a gas obtained by atomizing a medium with a carrier gas and supplying a mixed gas to an atomizing portion; the atomizing portion atomizing a paste solvent, taking it into the mixed gas from the medium supplying portion, and making a mist stream; and a mixing ratio adjusting unit adjusting a mixing ratio of the mist stream. | 06-21-2012 |
Mamoru Kikuta, Saitama-Shi JP
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20140063038 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING SURFACE TREATMENT DATA - A surface of a product is divided into a plurality of patches and a polygon mesh is formed. Sequences of vertexes on borderlines between the adjacent patches are allowed to correspond to each other, and then, a texture is mapped on each of patch units. The vertexes of the polygon mesh displaced in accordance with the mapped texture are connected together to form crimp applied polygon data for each of the patch units. In each of processing stages, since data to be processed can be limited to data of the two adjacent patches at the maximum, a practicable range of a computer is not exceeded due to the restriction of capacity of an operation memory. | 03-06-2014 |
Mamoru Kikuta, Saitama JP
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20120001908 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING SURFACE PROCESSED DATA - Surface processed data is formed to which a grain having a good outward appearance is applied without generating little distortion on the surface of a product by requiring no enormous data process. | 01-05-2012 |
20130002670 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING SURFACE PROCESSING DATA - A polygon-meshed surface of a product is divided into regions, and a texture GA is mapped in an initial region A. The boundary line of an adjacent region B is multiplexed outward, and an overlapped region D is provided between the initial region and the adjacent region, and a region X to be processed is projected onto a two-dimensional plane and a texture GB is allocated. An optimal boundary line FS in which the difference between the pixel values of the textures GA and GB becomes minimal in the overlapped region is obtained, and the texture GB is mapped in the region X being processed so that the texture is connected to the texture GA at the optimal boundary line. The apexes of the polygon mesh displaced on the basis of the textures mapped in all the regions are connected to obtain grain-given polygon data. | 01-03-2013 |
Manabu Kikuta, Kyoto-Shi JP
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20120115037 | POLYMER GEL ELECTROLYTE AND POLYMER SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAME - The present invention provides a polymer gel electrolyte capable of inhibiting the cell expansion of a polymer secondary battery and improving the cycle characteristics and high-temperature storage characteristics of a polymer secondary battery. The present invention relates to a polymer gel electrolyte comprising an aprotic solvent; a supporting salt; a cyclic sulfonic acid ester which includes at least two sulfonyl groups; and a crosslinked polymer obtained by crosslinking a methacrylic acid ester polymer represented by general formula (1) below. In the general formula (1), n meets 180005-10-2012 | |
Masayoshi Kikuta, Kanagawa JP
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20120327440 | PROGRAM EXECUTING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A program executing apparatus, includes : a nonvolatile memory that stores a program for activating an equipment and a variable used in the program and sustains the stored program and the variable even though power is not supplied, the program and the variable being able to be read out and written into the nonvolatile memory; and an executing unit that transmits the program and the variable to the nonvolatile memory when the activation of the equipment is instructed at an initial status where the program and the variable are not stored in the nonvolatile memory, and successively executes the program using the variable stored in the nonvolatile memory, and, when the activation of the equipment is re-instructed, executes the program using the variable stored in the nonvolatile memory. | 12-27-2012 |
20120331236 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus includes an operation unit, a writable and readable volatile register, a writable and readable nonvolatile memory, first and second writing units and a write-back unit. The operation unit performs an arithmetic operation and a logical operation. The writable and readable volatile register stores data used in the operations performed by the operation unit. The writable and readable nonvolatile memory stores the data in parallel with the volatile register. The data stored in the nonvolatile memory is the data stored in the volatile register. The first writing unit writes the data in the volatile register. The second writing unit writes the data in the nonvolatile memory in parallel with the first writing unit every time the data is written in the volatile register. The write-back unit writes back the data stored in the nonvolatile memory to the volatile register when a power supply is turned on. | 12-27-2012 |
20130222851 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processor including: an operation unit performing logical operation or arithmetical operation; an execution unit executing predetermined functions based on the operation results; a clock signal generating unit generating a first clock signal to be a reference; a clock signal multiplying unit performing a multiplication operation on the first clock signal to generate a second clock signal; a clock signal selection unit selecting one of the first or second clock signals and supplies the selected signal to the execution unit; a memory storing data for setting the execution unit to be in an executable state in a readable and writable non-volatile memory; and a setting unit setting the execution unit to be in an executable state by causing the clock signal selection unit to select the first clock signal when reset is released and reading the data from the memory to start writing the data. | 08-29-2013 |
20130242341 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus having an operation mode, an energy saving mode, and a stop mode includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording member, and a control unit that controls the image forming unit, wherein the control unit includes an arithmetic unit that performs a logical operation or a numerical operation, a storage unit that stores a register value used by the arithmetic unit in a non-volatile register which is readable and writable, and retains stored information even when no power is supplied, and a change unit that changes the register value stored in the non-volatile register so as to correspond to a mode change between the operation mode and the energy saving mode or between the operation mode and the stop mode. | 09-19-2013 |
Naoko Kikuta, Ehime JP
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20140308183 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NICKEL-CONTAINING ACID SOLUTION - The method for obtaining an acid solution containing nickel is obtained by treating a positive electrode material of a nickel-metal hydride battery. The method includes a water-washing step, wherein a positive electrode material of a nickel-metal hydride battery is water-washed by adding water, and then separated to form a positive electrode material after water-washing and a water-washed slurry. An acid-washing step then is performed, wherein an acid is added and mixed into the positive electrode material obtained after water-washing in the water-washing step, and, separation is performed to form a positive electrode material after acid-washing and an acid-washed slurry. A dissolution step is performed wherein the positive electrode material obtained in the acid-washing step is separated into a nickel solution and a dissolution residue by adding any one of an acid and an oxidizing agent. | 10-16-2014 |
Naoko Kikuta, Nihama-Shi JP
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20130112043 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING NICKEL AND COBALT FROM ACTIVE MATERIAL CONTAINED IN SPENT NICKEL-METAL HYDRIDE BATTERY - A method for separating nickel, cobalt and a rare earth element from a material containing positive and negative electrode active materials of a nickel-metal hydride battery includes mixing a material containing positive and negative electrode active materials with a sulfuric acid solution and dissolving therein, and then separating a leachate from a residue; adding an alkali metal sulfate to the leachate to obtain a mixed precipitate of double sulfate of rare earth elements, and a rare-earth-element-free solution; and adding a sulfurizing agent to the rare-earth-element-free solution to separate a nickel and cobalt sulfide raw material and a residual solution. | 05-09-2013 |
Noriyuki Kikuta, Osaka JP
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20110245749 | STRETCHABLE PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE BANDAGE - The present invention provides a stretchable pressure-sensitive adhesive bandage, which includes a fabric substrate, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a release liner superposed on one surface of the fabric substrate in this order, the stretchable pressure-sensitive adhesive bandage being wound into a roll. When the release liner is removed from the stretchable pressure-sensitive adhesive bandage, the stretchable pressure-sensitive adhesive bandage has a width-direction elongation at a given load higher than a length-direction elongation at the given load, and has a length-direction elongation of 22 to 42% at a load of 0.5 N/5-mm width. | 10-06-2011 |
20120277645 | STRETCH ADHESIVE BANDAGE - Provided is a stretch adhesive bandage having an adhesive layer | 11-01-2012 |
20130022734 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR MEDICAL PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE OR SHEET - In the method for producing a medical pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet of the invention, a water dispersion-type copolymer solution having a specific composition is used. Therefore, the problem caused by high thixotropy can be eliminated and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer can be relatively easily formed on a porous substrate by a direct method. In addition, when the medical pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet obtained by the method of the invention is attached to the skin surface, skin adhesion and tube fixing are excellent and at the same time, irritation to skin is low. | 01-24-2013 |
Ryo Kikuta, Tokyo JP
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20100127609 | COATING LIQUID FOR DIFFUSING FILM OF HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP AND HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP - A high-pressure discharge lamp includes a luminous tube, an outer bulb housing the luminous tube, and a diffusing film formed on at least one of inner and outer surfaces of the outer bulb, in which the diffusing film includes first silica particles having shapes different in surface curvature from each other and hollow second silica particles. | 05-27-2010 |
Sayaka Kikuta, Yokosuka-Shi JP
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20130127346 | Lighting Control Device and Lighting Control Method - In the lighting control device according to the exemplary embodiment, the detection section detects the presence or absence of a person in a lighting area and a movement speed of a person, based on an image data of the lighting area that is lighted by a light source of a plurality of lighting apparatuses and is acquired from an imaging device. A decision section decides whether each of division areas is a stay area or a non-stay area based on the movement speed of a person detected by the detection section. A lighting control section performs different lighting controls on the lighting apparatus of the division area decided as the stay area by the decision section and the lighting apparatus of the division area decided as the non-stay area. | 05-23-2013 |
20140354188 | Remote Monitoring Systems - According to one embodiment, a remote monitoring system includes a remote apparatus to be remotely controlled according to a specified control signal, and a remote control apparatus to communicate with the remote apparatus by specified communication and to remotely control the remote apparatus, in which the remote apparatus includes a holding part to hold location information of a location where the remote apparatus is installed, a detection part to detect specified information, and a communication part which associates the specified information detected by the detection part with the location information held by the holding part and transmits the associated information to the remote control apparatus. | 12-04-2014 |
20150076991 | Lighting Control System, Lighting Control Method and Storage Medium - According to an embodiment, a lighting control system includes a smartphone and a lighting control device, and the smartphone includes an illuminance sensor and a wireless communication section. The lighting control device performs dimming control of a plurality of lighting apparatuses that respectively illuminate the plurality of areas, based on detected values of a plurality of areal illuminance sensors, which detect brightness of the plurality of areas, and performs calibration of the areal illuminance sensors, based on a detected value of the illuminance sensor of the smartphone, which is received in a wireless communication device. | 03-19-2015 |
20150084522 | Lighting Control System and Lighting Control Method - According to one embodiment, a lighting control system includes a determination unit which determines presence of a person in any one area among the plurality of areas based on a detection result of the human detection sensor; and a control unit which performs a control of turning on a lighting apparatus which is arranged in the one area with a first light amount, when a determination result that a person is present in the one area is obtained in the determination unit, and performs a control of turning on a lighting apparatus which is arranged in each area neighboring the one area with a second light amount which is equal to or smaller than the first light amount, when a person is present in the one area for a first predetermined time. | 03-26-2015 |
Shigeki Kikuta, Mie JP
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20100194788 | Driving method for vacuum fluorescent display, and vacuum fluorescent display - Luminance life can be enhanced in a vacuum fluorescent display that is driven according to a dynamic drive scheme and that uses a phosphor having remarkable luminance saturation. A drive method for a vacuum fluorescent display, having causing a phosphor layer formed on an anode to display under low-energy electron excitation by the dynamic driving, wherein the phosphor included in the phosphor layer is a phosphor in which the luminance increases when a pulse width is reduced under conditions in which the Du is kept the same in the dynamic driving, and in which, after a voltage is applied to the anode and the luminance of the phosphor is saturated, the time at which the luminance value decreases to 10% of the saturation luminance value following stoppage of the voltage application is 200 μsec or more; and wherein the pulse width and pulse repetition period in the dynamic driving are made variable in the direction of maintaining the initial luminance of the phosphor as driving time elapses. | 08-05-2010 |
Shigenori Kikuta, Kyoto-Shi JP
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20140203812 | ENERGY STORAGE UNIT CONNECTION INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - An energy storage unit connection information acquiring apparatus that acquires information for connecting a plurality of energy storage units in parallel, each energy storage unit including one or more energy storage elements connected in series, the connection information acquiring apparatus including: a connectable range acquiring unit that acquires a connectable range by determining the connectable range that is a range of energy storage units that can be connected in parallel among the plurality of energy storage units; and a charge/discharge information acquiring unit that acquires information for charging or discharging a connected energy storage unit group such that at least one energy storage unit outside the connectable range can be connected in parallel to the connected energy storage unit group that is composed of the energy storage units in the connectable range that are connected in parallel. | 07-24-2014 |
Shinya Kikuta, Nirasaki City JP
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20150214429 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ROD-TYPE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND ROD-TYPE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - There is provided a method for manufacturing a rod-type light emitting device, which includes: forming a rod having lateral surfaces and an upper surface on a GaN layer of a first conductivity-type, the rod being made of a GaN of the first conductivity-type; selectively growing a high-resistivity layer on the upper surface of the rod; forming a multi-quantum well layer to cover the lateral surfaces and the upper surface of the rod and the high-resistivity layer; and forming a GaN layer of a second conductivity-type to cover the multi-quantum well layer. | 07-30-2015 |
Shinya Kikuta, Tsukuba City JP
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20150214423 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A method for manufacturing an optical device includes forming a mask on main surface of a first GaN layer such that the mask has one or more openings in first region on the main surface of the first layer, selectively growing first GaN in the opening such that core including the first GaN is formed on exposed portion of the first layer, forming an active layer on the core such that active region is formed, forming a second GaN layer on the active region, removing a portion of the mask covering second region, forming a first electrode in the second region on the first layer, forming a second electrode covering the second layer and extending onto the mask in third region on the first layer, forming a first pad on the first electrode, and forming a second pad in a pad-forming region of the second electrode in the third region. | 07-30-2015 |
Shunichi Kikuta, Tokyo JP
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20120177852 | HEAT REGENERATING ELEMENT AND HEAT REGENERATING MATERIAL USING SAME - There is provided a novel heat regenerating element having an excellent heat regenerating property which can accumulate thermal energy and effectively radiate the accumulated thermal energy to various objects. The present invention further provides a heat regenerating material including the heat regenerating element. The heat regenerating element of the present invention includes: 100 parts by weight of a base component composed of 60 to 90 parts by weight of a hydrotalcite compound and a remnant including at least one of zinc oxide and electrically-conductive zinc oxide; and 0.5 to 1 parts by weight of at least one heat regeneration enhancing component selected from a group of zirconium oxide components and zirconium carbide components. | 07-12-2012 |
Tadashi Kikuta, Akishima-Shi JP
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20090252006 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an optical disc device includes a semiconductor laser which generates laser light to irradiate an optical disc, and an automatic power control circuit which detects an optical output of the semiconductor laser, sets driving current data equalized to reflect the detection result, and drives the semiconductor laser based on the driving current data. This optical disc device further includes a protection circuit which monitors the driving current data set in the automatic power control circuit to invalidate the driving current data in a case where the abnormality of the driving current data is detected. | 10-08-2009 |
Takashi Kikuta, Kariya-Shi JP
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20140145473 | VEHICLE SUNROOF APPARATUS - A vehicle sunroof apparatus includes: a pair of first and second opening and closing drive units provided in a widthwise direction, the pair of first and second opening and closing drive units each including: a rail extending in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle; a movable body provided so as to be movable on the rail; and a coupling mechanism configured to couple the movable body to a movable panel provided in a roof opening portion, and arranged at widthwise both end portions of the roof opening portion so as to be capable of opening and closing the movable panel; and a control device configured to control operations of the opening and closing drive units. | 05-29-2014 |
20140145474 | VEHICLE SUNROOF APPARATUS - A vehicle sunroof apparatus includes: a pair of first and second opening and closing drive units arranged in a widthwise direction, the pair of first and second opening and closing drive units each including: a rail extending in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle; a movable body provided so as to be movable on the rail; and a coupling mechanism configured to couple the movable body to a movable panel provided in a roof opening portion, and arranged at widthwise both end portions of the roof opening portion so as to be capable of opening and closing the movable panel; and a control device configured to control operations of the opening and closing drive units. | 05-29-2014 |
Teruo Kikuta, Suita-Shi JP
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20140221568 | MOLDING MATERIAL - Provision of a molding material excellent in molding accuracy without using a silicone resin and suitable for use in producing a molded body having high hardness and excellent appearance; a resin film formed from the molding material; a molded body obtained by using the molding material as a starting material; and a method for producing the molded body. A molding material used as a starting material in producing a molded body, containing a (meth)acrylic resin emulsion, a polyfunctional (meth)acrylic acid ester and a polymerization initiator; a resin film formed from the molding material; a molded body including a substrate and a molding material layer formed on the substrate wherein the molding material layer is formed from the molding material; and a method for producing the molded body. | 08-07-2014 |
Tomohiro Kikuta, Kanagawa JP
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20090162006 | Holding Member for Holding a Plurality of Circuit Boards and Module Utilizing This Holding Member - The object of the present invention is to provide a technique for accurately transmitting information, wherein optical signals are the medium of information, between circuit boards. | 06-25-2009 |
Tomoyuki Kikuta, Toyohashi-City JP
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20120266926 | WASHER APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A branch conduit is branched from a main conduit. A switching device is provided at a location between an upstream side portion of the main conduit and the branch conduit and is adapted to connect the upstream side portion of the main conduit to one of a rear window wash nozzle and a camera wash nozzle. When the switching device receives an electric signal, which indicates placement of a vehicle in a reverse drive mode, the switching device connects the upstream side portion of the main conduit to the camera wash nozzle through the branch conduit upon disconnecting the upstream side portion of the main conduit from the at least one window wash nozzle. | 10-25-2012 |
20130037627 | WASHER APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A controller may drive a solenoid switch valve to switch the same between a first connecting state and a second connecting state in a state where an electric pump is stopped. In the first connecting state, the switch valve connects the pump to a rear washer nozzle. In the second connecting state, the switch valve connects the pump to a camera washer nozzle. The controller may also display a captured image of an onboard camera and a camera wash touch panel switch on a display when the controller receives a reverse mode signal. The controller may drive the pump to feed the washer fluid to the camera washer nozzle when the controller receives a command signal from the camera wash touch panel switch. | 02-14-2013 |
20130319486 | WASHER SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An electric pump pumps washer fluid out of a tank installed in a vehicle. A rear camera washer nozzle discharges the washer fluid to a lens side of a rear camera installed to a back door of the vehicle upon receiving the washer fluid from the electric pump. A control circuit unit limits discharging of the washer fluid from the rear camera washer nozzle when the back door is in an open state. The tank may be installed in a luggage room located at a rear side of the vehicle. | 12-05-2013 |
Tomoyuki Kikuta, Toyohashi-Shi JP
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20130255023 | WASHING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - When receiving no reverse state signal, which indicates that a vehicle is in reverse, a wash control circuit allows the actuation of the wiper motor by the interlocking operation and retains a changeover valve device on the side of the window washing nozzle. When receiving a reverse state signal, the wash control circuit switches the changeover valve device from the window washing nozzle to a camera washing nozzle and inhibits the actuation of the wiper motor by the interlocking operation. | 10-03-2013 |
20150040953 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR ON-VEHICLE OPTICAL SENSOR - An on-board optical sensor cleaning device includes an on-board camera and a discharge port. The on-board camera is mounted on a vehicle. The on-board camera includes a lens. The discharge port discharges fluid toward the lens. The discharged fluid removes foreign material collected on the lens. The lens and the discharge port are relatively movable. At least one of the lens and the discharge port is movable between a cleaning position, where the discharge port is located proximal to an image capturing range center of the on-board camera, and a non-cleaning position, where the discharge port is located farther from the image capturing range center than the cleaning position. | 02-12-2015 |
20150078940 | ELECTRIC PUMP AND CLEANING DEVICE FOR ON-VEHICLE OPTICAL SENSOR - An electric pump includes a cylinder, a piston, a motor, and a discharge valve. The cylinder includes a valve port and a discharge port, which is in communication with the valve port. The discharge valve opens and closes the valve port. When the piston is moved forth to narrow a void in the cylinder, air is compressed in the cylinder. The discharge valve opens when operated by the piston that moves forth. The discharge valve opens and discharges compressed air from the valve port so that fluid including air is discharged from the discharge port. | 03-19-2015 |
Tomoyuki Kikuta, Gunma JP
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20140158454 | SUPPORT BRACKET, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRIC POWER-STEERING APPARATUS - A support bracket structure is realized, in which the support bracket is made using a metal plate and sufficient strength and rigidity thereof can be maintained, and the production costs thereof can be kept sufficiently low by improving the yield of material. A support bracket | 06-12-2014 |
20140190760 | ELECTRIC POWER-STEERING APPARATUS - Structure of an electric power-steering apparatus is achieved that is capable of both preventing damage to a connector | 07-10-2014 |
Tomoyuki Kikuta, Osaka JP
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20100129102 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductive drum; a developing roller carrying toner; a DC voltage application portion outputting a DC voltage to be applied to the developing roller, and receiving a feedback voltage; an AC voltage application portion applying an AC voltage to be applied to the developing roller; a detection portion detecting occurrence of electric discharge; a first resistor portion generating a feedback voltage that is fed to the DC voltage application portion; a second resistor portion connected between the DC voltage application portion and the AC voltage application portion, and having a switching portion with which conducting on and off are switchable; and a control portion controlling the switching portion, at the time of printing, to bring the second resistor portion into a conducting state and, at the time of electric discharge detection, to bring the second resistor portion into a non-conducting state. | 05-27-2010 |
20140298118 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ERROR PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a communication control portion, an error code storage portion, an acquiring portion, and a determination portion. Communication control portion communicates with storage device based on interface communication standard, to perform data transfer therewith. Error code storage portion stores one or a plurality of selected error codes selected from a plurality of error codes defined by interface communication standard. Acquiring portion acquires error information outputted from storage device. Determination portion determines whether or not error code indicated by error information coincides with selected error code. When determination portion determines that error code coincides with selected error code, communication control portion communicates again with storage device to perform data transfer therewith. When determination portion determines that error code does not coincide with selected error code, communication control portion executes error processing corresponding to error code indicated by error information. | 10-02-2014 |
Toshiaki Kikuta, Tokyo JP
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20110102317 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, FACILITY APPLIANCE CONTROL DEVICE, AND APPLIANCE STATE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An application program changes a property value of a graphic object arranged in an object database. An object manager reads out the property value from the object database and then issues a drawing command. A graphics engine executes the drawing command to configure a memory image of the graphic object on a VRAM to display the image on a liquid crystal display via an LCDC. | 05-05-2011 |
20120032907 | POSITION INPUT APPARATUS - As for a position input apparatus that, when a user applies a pressure to an operation area, determines a pressed position where the pressure is applied, the manufacturing cost of the position input apparatus is reduced. An operation plate is a flat plate having the operation area on one surface. A plurality of pressure sensors (pressure detection devices) detect, at respectively different pressure detection positions, a detection position pressure generated by the pressure applied to the pressed position. A pressed position determination device determines the pressed position, based on a plurality of detection position pressures detected by the plurality of pressure sensors. | 02-09-2012 |
Toshihiko Kikuta, Yao-Shi JP
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20150018451 | SIZING AGENT FOR REINFORCEMENT FIBER AND APPLICATION THEREOF - The present invention aims to provide a sizing agent for a reinforcement fiber used for reinforcing thermoplastic matrix resins. The sizing agent uniformly spreads on reinforcement fiber surface and imparts, to a reinforcement fiber, both excellent splittability and bonding performance to thermoplastic matrix resins. | 01-15-2015 |
Wataru Kikuta, Atsugi-Shi JP
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20080220355 | IMAGE CARRIER, LUBRICANT-MOLDED BODY, LUBRICANT APPLICATION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image carrier includes a photosensitive layer which carries a latent image, and a lubricant-coated layer formed on a surface of the photosensitive layer, and the lubricant-coated layer is made of a mixture containing a melaminecyanurate, and a polyimide or a silicone resin. | 09-11-2008 |
Yasushi Kikuta, Tokyo JP
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20100273414 | DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A ground station multiplexes audio digital data of a plurality of audio broadcasts, GUI data, and download audio data and transmits the multiplexed signal to a receiving side through a satellite. The receiving side displays a GUI screen corresponding to an audio broadcast. When a music information selection command is input on the display screen, an audio broadcast of a music program corresponding to the music information is selected. When a music information download command is input on the display screen, download audio data corresponding to the music information is output. The download audio data is stored to a storage device so as to download audio data corresponding to a desired music title. | 10-28-2010 |
Yukio Kikuta, Toyonaka-Shi JP
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20100062510 | Protein exhibiting activity of pyrethrin biosynthetic enzyme, gene encoding the protein, and vector bearing the gene - The present invention relates to an enzyme determining amino acid sequences of an enzyme involved in pyrethrin biosynthesis and a base sequence of the gene thereof; constructing vectors bearing the gene and transformants; and extractable from plant bodies producing pyrethrin by applying such creative techniques to plant bodies with faster growth aiming to provide a method to efficiently produce pyrethrin; and the enzyme is a gene encoding a protein of the following (i) or (ii): | 03-11-2010 |
20120040434 | Protein exhibiting activity of pyrethrin biosynthetic enzyme, gene encoding the protein, and vector bearing the gene - The present invention relates to an enzyme determining amino acid sequences of an enzyme involved in pyrethrin biosynthesis and a base sequence of the gene thereof; constructing vectors bearing the gene and transformants; and extractable from plant bodies producing pyrethrin by applying such creative techniques to plant bodies with faster growth aiming to provide a method to efficiently produce pyrethrin; and the enzyme is a gene encoding a protein of the following (i) or (ii) or (iii): | 02-16-2012 |
20130109076 | PROTEIN EXHIBITING ACTIVITY OF PYRETHRIN BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYME, GENE ENCODING THE PROTEIN, AND VECTOR BEARING THE GENE | 05-02-2013 |
Yuya Kikuta, Nagoya-City JP
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20110006639 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL/ELECTROSTRICTIVE MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE CERAMICS COMPOSITION, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT, AND PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR - There is provided a piezoelectric element/electrostrictive element having little decease of Qm even in a high electric field in the case of a piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric body/electrostrictive body is characterized in that the rate of Qm in an electric field of 10 V/mm is 30% or more with respect to Qm in an electric field of 1 V/mm. | 01-13-2011 |