Nagaoka
Atsushi Nagaoka, Mooka-Shi JP
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20120252589 | CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT - A constant velocity joint includes a cylindrical outer cup which has three guide grooves on an inner wall surface thereof, and an inner member which is housed inside of the aforementioned outer cup and has three trunnions. The aforementioned guide grooves are formed to have a large width and to be close to the center of the aforementioned outer cup, and the aforementioned trunnions are formed to have a large width corresponding to the aforementioned guide grooves. Further, annular rollers are mounted on the periphery of the trunnions, and the periphery surfaces of the aforementioned rollers contact rolling surfaces of the aforementioned guide grooves. | 10-04-2012 |
Aya Nagaoka, Odawara-Shi JP
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20130095110 | Hyaluronic Acid Decomposition-Promoting Factor and Inhibitor Thereof - The present invention is directed to KIAA1199, which is a novel factor involved in decomposition of hyaluronic acid, and to use thereof. More specifically, the invention is directed to a hyaluronic acid decomposition-promoting agent containing the KIAA1199 gene and a protein encoded by the gene; to a hyaluronic acid decomposition-inhibiting agent characterized by inhibiting the activity or expression thereof (including an siRNA or a monoclonal antibody); and to a method for screening a novel hyaluronic acid decomposition-controlling agent, in which the method contains employing the expression of KIAA1199 as an index. | 04-18-2013 |
20150274843 | Hyaluronic Acid Decomposition-Promoting Factor and Inhibitor Thereof - The present invention is directed to KIAA1199, which is a novel factor involved in decomposition of hyaluronic acid, and to use thereof. More specifically, the invention is directed to a hyaluronic acid decomposition-promoting agent containing the KIAA1199 gene and a protein encoded by the gene; to a hyaluronic acid decomposition-inhibiting agent characterized by inhibiting the activity or expression thereof (including an siRNA or a monoclonal antibody); and to a method for screening a novel hyaluronic acid decomposition-controlling agent, in which the method contains employing the expression of KIAA1199 as an index. | 10-01-2015 |
Daiji Nagaoka, Fujisawa-Shi JP
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20130025264 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE - The exhaust gas purification device includes an exhaust gas post-processing device | 01-31-2013 |
20130031892 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE - An exhaust gas purification device | 02-07-2013 |
20130263581 | EXHAUST-PIPE INJECTION SYSTEM - An exhaust-pipe injection system capable of accurately monitoring a lowered injection pressure generated in a fuel line due to exhaust pipe injection and appropriately perform feedback control for the exhaust injection amount. The exhaust-pipe injection system includes: an exhaust pipe injector that injects fuel to an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine; a supply pump that sends a fuel to the exhaust pipe injector via a fuel line; a pressure compensating device provided in the vicinity of the exhaust pipe injector of the fuel line; a fuel pressure sensor provided in the fuel line in an upstream side from the pressure compensating device; and an injection control device that adjusts an injection amount of the exhaust pipe injector based on a monitoring value of the fuel pressure sensor. | 10-10-2013 |
20130269427 | DPF SYSTEM - A diesel particulate filter (“DPF”) system is provided with temperature sensors at an entrance side and an exit side of a diesel oxidation catalyst, an SV ratio determining device that determines an exhaust gas SV ratio by measuring flow rate of exhaust gas during the DPF forcible regeneration, and an injector diagnosing device including a heat-generation region determining unit to which detection values of the temperature sensors and a determination value of the SV ratio determining device are input to determine whether or not these values are within a theoretical heat-generation region, and an actual injection amount diagnosing unit that diagnoses a decrease amount in an actual injection amount of an exhaust pipe injector, when the detection values of the temperature sensors and the determination value of the SV ratio determining device are within the theoretical heat-generation region. | 10-17-2013 |
20130306171 | APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING CAUSES OF NOX CONVERSION EFFICIENCY DEGRADATION - An apparatus for on-board diagnoses of causes of NO | 11-21-2013 |
Daiji Nagaoka, Kamakura-Shi JP
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20140325962 | DIESEL ENGINE EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION METHOD AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM - An exhaust gas purification method of a diesel engine, which purifies exhaust gas while suppressing deterioration in drivability and fuel consumption, including when exhaust gas enters a rich reduction state, opening an EGR valve and closing an intake throttle, if a temperature of an NOx occlusion reduction catalyst is at or above a predetermined temperature, and a vehicle having a diesel engine is decelerating from a speed at or above a predetermined speed, and then closing an exhaust throttle provided downstream of the NOx occlusion reduction catalyst and supplying fuel to the NOx occlusion reduction catalyst as a reductant. | 11-06-2014 |
20140325963 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - An engine exhaust gas post-treatment device including a mechanism that can vary opening timing of an exhaust valve, and a control method. A unit is configured to raise a temperature of a part or all of the device to not less than a preset temperature by the mechanism opening the exhaust valve in an exhaust stroke at normal combustion within a range of an afterburning period, and the mechanism feeds the device an exhaust gas whose temperature and pressure are high due to combustion of fuel injected into a cylinder. After the exhaust gas is treated by the device, or when the device is regenerated, the unit adds an unburned fuel component to the exhaust gas by an additional injection of an injector in the cylinder or an injection of a hydrocarbon addition nozzle provided at an exhaust port in accordance with the valve opening timing by the unit. | 11-06-2014 |
20140341781 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION METHOD - An exhaust gas purification system which feeds hydrocarbon by a post-injection under preset conditions to an upstream side of an exhaust gas purification device positioned on the exhaust path of an internal combustion engine, restoring the purifying capacity of the device or purifying the exhaust gas of the device. Under hydrocarbon feed conditions, if a combination of the exhaust gas temperature and exhaust gas flowrate or intake flowrate during control is deemed to be in a misfire region in which hydrocarbon which is fed to the exhaust path no longer combusts in the exhaust gas purification unit, the feed of hydrocarbon is stopped. As a result, it is possible to prevent deposit of hydrocarbon on catalysts or other exhaust gas purification units of the device, making it possible to constantly maintain the temperature of the unit in a controllable state. | 11-20-2014 |
20150090218 | DIESEL ENGINE STARTING DEVICE AND STARTING METHOD - The present invention pertains to a diesel engine starting device, and achieves stable combustion in a short time when the diesel engine is restarted after stoppage of idling. The diesel engine starting device includes injectors ( | 04-02-2015 |
20150238902 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION METHOD - A high-temperature NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst in which an NOx occlusion material containing an alkali metal is supported, and a low-temperature NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst in which an NOx occlusion material containing an alkaline earth metal is supported, are disposed in series on an upstream side and a downstream side, respectively, of an exhaust gas purification system. An oxidation catalyst is disposed on an upstream side of the high-temperature NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst. The desulfurization of the NOx occlusion reduction type catalysts is facilitated, and the NOx reduction efficiency is improved by the partial oxidation of hydrocarbons in the exhaust gas, while a wide NOx active temperature window is achieved. | 08-27-2015 |
20150275801 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION METHOD - Exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine is made to pass through an exhaust gas purification device after passing through a pre-oxidation catalyst. When a first temperature of the exhaust gas on an upstream side of the device is lower than a first set temperature, multistage temperature rise injection is performed. When the first temperature becomes the first set temperature or more, post injection is performed in addition to the multistage temperature rise injection, and feedback control of the post injection is executed so that a second temperature of the exhaust gas on a downstream side of the exhaust gas purification device becomes a second set temperature. | 10-01-2015 |
20150292425 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION METHOD - An exhaust gas purification system with a diesel particulate filter in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine. A surface filtration cake layer formation enhancement control or a particulate matter generation amount reduction control is temporarily performed immediately after a forced regeneration treatment on the diesel particulate filter. The system and a method are directed to a particulate matter slip-through phenomenon in which the particulate matter slip-through amount temporarily increases immediately after particulate matter re-combustion in a forced regeneration treatment on the diesel particulate filter. The diesel particulate filter is disposed in the exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and reduces the total amount of particulate matter emitted to the atmosphere immediately after the particulate matter re-combustion in the forced regeneration treatment on the diesel particulate filter. | 10-15-2015 |
20160061077 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM - An exhaust gas purification system which can suppress a decrease in engine torque during a desulfurization process applied to a NOx storage reduction catalyst. The system includes a NOx storage reduction catalyst in an exhaust pipe of an engine, and a desulfurization process control unit that controls an amount of intake air introduced to the engine to enrich the exhaust gas, and performs a desulfurization process to the NOx storage reduction catalyst. The desulfurization process control unit is configured to gradually reduce an amount of intake air when the desulfurization process is commenced. | 03-03-2016 |
20160061085 | CONTROL METHOD FOR EXHAUST GAS AFTERTREATMENT DEVICE - A diesel oxidation catalyst, a NOx occlusion reduction catalyst, and a diesel particulate filter are connected to an exhaust pipe of an engine, downstream of an exhaust pipe injector provided on the exhaust pipe. NOx in the exhaust gas is occluded by the NOx occlusion reduction catalyst when an air-fuel ratio is lean. The occluded NOx is reduced and purified when the air-fuel ratio is rich. When a prescribed amount of particulate matter has accumulated in the diesel particulate filter, the exhaust gas temperature is raised when performing particulate matter regeneration. The exhaust gas temperature is further raised to perform a sulphur purge. The rich condition is prohibited during the particulate matter regeneration period and the sulphur purge period. When the sulphur purge is completed, the rich condition prohibition continues until the difference between the inlet temperature of the diesel oxidation catalyst and the outlet temperature of the NOx occlusion reduction catalyst becomes equal to or less than a predetermined threshold. | 03-03-2016 |
20160061087 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEGRADATION OF NOx STORAGE REDUCTION CATALYST IN EXHAUST GAS AFTERTREATMENT DEVICE - An occlusion cycle and a rich reduction cycle are repeated alternately in a NOx occlusion reduction catalyst connected to an exhaust pipe of an engine. When a NOx occlusion rate decreases while the occlusion cycle and the rich reduction cycle are being repeated, a sulphur purge is performed. A NOx occlusion map, which indicates the NOx occlusion amount of the NOx occlusion reduction catalyst during the occlusion cycle, as affected by aging degradation, is prepared in advance, and an ideal NOx occlusion amount is determined based on the NOx occlusion map. In the meantime, an actual NOx occlusion amount during the occlusion cycle is calculated from a NOx sensor value. Degradation of the NOx occlusion reduction catalyst due to sulfur poisoning is distinguished from thermal degradation of the NOx occlusion reduction catalyst based on the difference between the ideal NOx occlusion amount and the actual NOx occlusion amount. | 03-03-2016 |
Hideaki Nagaoka, Kawasaki JP
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20120227954 | LOOP HEAT PIPE SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A loop heat pipe system includes: a loop heat pipe (LHP) including an evaporator, a condenser, a vapor line, and a liquid; a temperature sensor to measure temperature of part of the LHP, a working fluid portion in which has different phases in a situation where the LHP functions as a heat transport device and in a situation where the LHP dose not function as a heat transport device and a liquid phase of the working fluid dose not exist in the evaporator; a heater to heat a heating target part of the vapor line; and a controller, in order to start the LHP, to turn on the heater, to monitor temperature of the heating target part using the temperature sensor, and to turn off the heater when detecting a change caused by condensation of a vapor phase of the working fluid in the monitored temperature. | 09-13-2012 |
20120312506 | LOOP HEAT PIPE - A loop heat pipe includes an evaporator to vaporize a working fluid due to heat supplied from an external heat source; a condenser to cause the vaporized working fluid to condense; and connecting lines to connect the evaporator and the condenser in a loop, wherein the evaporator includes a first space defined by a set of walls including a contact wall that comes into contact with the external heat source, a second space provided adjacent to at least one of the walls other than the contact wall, and a through-hole formed in a dividing wall separating the first space and the second space to allow the first space and the second space to communicate with each other. | 12-13-2012 |
Hideaki Nagaoka, Atsugi JP
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20130223010 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE, COOLING MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - A semiconductor package includes a substrate with a first surface on which a semiconductor device is mounted and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a loop heat pipe including an evaporator and attached to the second surface of the substrate, wherein the substrate has a groove structure in the second surface, the groove structure being in contact with a porous wick provided in the evaporator. | 08-29-2013 |
20140350901 | SIMULATION METHOD AND SIMULATION APPARATUS - Three-dimensional electromagnetic field analysis is performed for a plurality of positional patterns of a first wiring board internal structure model including one glass cloth on the upper side of differential lines and also for a plurality of positional patterns of a second wiring board internal structure model including one glass cloth on the lower side of differential lines to calculate skews, and the calculated skews are summed relating to a plurality of wiring board patterns configured by combining a plurality of combination patterns obtained by combining the plurality of positional patterns of the first model and a plurality of combination patterns obtained by combining the plurality of positional patterns of the second model to calculate a total skew and then a skew distribution in a wiring board having a certain line length is acquired based on the total skew. | 11-27-2014 |
Hideki Nagaoka, Nara JP
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20150274563 | METHOD FOR TREATING BALLAST WATER AND DEVICE FOR TREATING BALLAST WATER USED THEREFOR - Provided are a novel method and device for treating a liquid that can be utilized for treating ballast water used in ships, etc. The method and device for treating a liquid provided herein allow aquatic organisms contained in a liquid to be sufficiently inactivated or separated by being configured in such a manner as to, in supplying the liquid containing aquatic organisms, carry out at least one of an aquatic organism-inactivating treatment and a physical treatment using a centrifugal force and then store the liquid in a storage means, and in discharging the liquid thus stored, determine whether or not the aquatic organism-inactivating treatment is required, carry out the treatment based on the determination, and carry out the physical treatment using a centrifugal force. | 10-01-2015 |
20160039689 | LIQUID TREATMENT METHOD AND LIQUID TREATMENT DEVICE USED THEREIN - A novel method and device for treating a liquid are provided, wherein a concentrated liquid recovered using a centrifugal separation method can be utilized as ballast water. The present disclosure relates to a method for treating a liquid that comprises a storage step including carrying out a physical treatment using a centrifugal force with respect to a supply liquid to be supplied to a storage means located inside a housing, wherein the method comprises carrying out an aquatic organism-inactivating treatment contained in a concentrated liquid obtained by the physical treatment using a centrifugal force and supplying to the storage means the concentrated liquid subjected to the aquatic organism-inactivating treatment. | 02-11-2016 |
Hideyuki Nagaoka, Osaka-Shi JP
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20130114799 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND PHANTOM USED FOR THE SAME - In the imaging space provided by a panoramic imaging apparatus, a phantom is arranged. The phantom is located to a predetermined tomographic plane and includes markers which image known positional information with an X-ray beam. The X-ray beam from an X-ray source is acquired as X-ray transmission data by a detector, and a panoramic image is produced using the data. Based on known positional information of the markers and information of marker positions in the panoramic image, distance information (Rs, Rd) between the X-ray tube and the detector and height information (B | 05-09-2013 |
20140105370 | APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING PHOTON-COUNTING TYPE OF RADIATION DETECTOR AND METHOD OF CALIBRATING THE SAME - There is provided a calibration apparatus used for a photon counting type of radiation detector. In this apparatus, a radiation condition of a radiation is set such that particles of the radiation (X-rays) which are incident on a plurality of detection modules are piled up over each other at a probability which is equal to or less than a predetermined value. Under the setting of this radiation condition, detection sensitivities for the radiation are made uniform among the plurality of detection modules. Using this uniformed result, the detection sensitivities for the radiation are further made uniform every channel of each of the pixels formed by circuit groups including the plurality of detection modules, discrimination circuits and data calculation circuits and every discrimination circuit in each channel. | 04-17-2014 |
20140138553 | RADIATION DETECTOR, AND RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH DETECTOR - An X-ray detector is provided with a plurality of modules each having a plurality of detection elements each composing a pixel, in which the detection elements convert incoming radiations to electric data depending on amounts of the radiations. The plural modules are mutually adjacently arranged on the same surface with a gap having a known width formed therebetween, such that the modules are arranged along at least one of a first X-axis and a first Y-axis, wherein the radiation detector is given a scan direction which is set along one of the first X- and Y-axes and the first Y-axis is perpendicular to the first X-axis. The plural detection elements of each module are two-dimensionally arranged along a second X-axis and a second Y-axis which are set obliquely to the first X-axis and the first Y-axis respectively and which are perpendicular to each other. | 05-22-2014 |
20140193768 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A panoramic imaging apparatus functionally includes an image processing apparatus. In this apparatus, two planar images are produced, which are subjected to registration. A registration process is applied to overall areas of two planar images based on curves decided from positions designated on the two planar images respectively. The positions on each of the planar images are aligned along a straight line, both straight lines corresponding to each other in a horizontal direction, and a scale factor for the registration is changed position by position on the straight lines. One of the two planar images is searched for a match of each local region of the other planar image, to any of regions of the one planar image, and images of the matched regions are re-produced to produce a planar image. The difference information is calculated between the planar images. | 07-10-2014 |
Hiroaki Nagaoka, Kanagawa JP
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20130252225 | STUDY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD - A system is provided for displaying data. The system comprises a managing device. The managing device is configured to receive user input specifying lesson data. The managing device is further configured to transmit a display command to display teaching data corresponding to the lesson data, the display command including the lesson data. The system further comprises a plurality of study devices. The study devices comprise a receiving component configured to receive, from the managing device, the display command. The study devices further comprise a teaching component configured to display, in response to the display command, the teaching data on a teaching screen. The study devices still further comprise a notebook component. The notebook component is configured to receive notebook data. The notebook component is further configured to display, on a notebook screen, the notebook data. | 09-26-2013 |
Hirobumi Nagaoka, Ushiku JP
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20130108537 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITRIDE CRYSTAL AND NITRIDE CRYSTAL | 05-02-2013 |
20150247256 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITRIDE CRYSTAL AND NITRIDE CRYSTAL - A high-quality nitride crystal can be produced efficiently by charging a nitride crystal starting material that contains tertiary particles having a maximum diameter of from 1 to 120 mm and formed through aggregation of secondary particles having a maximum diameter of from 100 to 1000 μm, in the starting material charging region of a reactor, followed by crystal growth in the presence of a solvent in a supercritical state and/or a subcritical state in the reactor, wherein the nitride crystal starting material is charged in the starting material charging region in a bulk density of from 0.7 to 4.5 g/cm | 09-03-2015 |
Hirokazu Nagaoka, Hitachi JP
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20140318252 | Scanning Acoustic Tomograph - A scanning acoustic tomograph has a water tank which accommodates water, a sample stand which is disposed in the water tank and on which a subject is placed, a first ultrasonic transducer which irradiates ultrasonic waves toward the subject, and a second ultrasonic transducer which receives the ultrasonic waves transmitted through the subject, the first and second ultrasonic transducers are disposed opposed to each other in a vertical direction, and a hydrophilic film is formed on a lower surface side of the sample stand. | 10-30-2014 |
Hiroshi Nagaoka, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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20150293173 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DIAGNOSTIC TEST, AND DIAGNOSTIC TEST CIRCUIT - Deterioration in operation performance due to a fault diagnosis is prevented. A semiconductor device | 10-15-2015 |
Hiroyuki Nagaoka, Maebashi-Shi JP
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20130295626 | PROTEIN COMPLEX HAVING ACTIVITY CATALYZING ASYMMETRIC OXIDATION REACTION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A process for producing a cross-linked crystallized protein complex, which comprises: a first step of concentrating a crude protein derived from an animal or plant; a second step of encapsulating the protein in a gel, to thereby allow the protein to undergo air oxidation, and then extracting a protein complex from the gel; a third step of allowing the extracted protein complex to undergo crystallization and precipitation; and a fourth step of cross-linking the precipitated protein complex. Alternatively, by use of a fifth step of drying (FD) the obtained crosslinked crystallized protein complex, to thereby form a powder. As a result, there is provided an enzyme which is stable at room temperature storage, and has an activity in catalyzing an asymmetric oxidation reaction. That is, there is provided a useful material which enables an efficient enzyme-mimetic reaction under a mild condition. | 11-07-2013 |
20130295642 | PROTEIN COMPLEX HAVING ACTIVITY CATALYZING ASYMMETRIC OXIDATION REACTION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A process for producing a cross-linked crystallized protein complex, which comprises: a first step of concentrating a crude protein derived from an animal or plant; a second step of encapsulating the protein in a gel, to thereby allow the protein to undergo air oxidation, and then extracting a protein complex from the gel; a third step of allowing the extracted protein complex to undergo crystallization and precipitation; and a fourth step of cross-linking the precipitated protein complex. Alternatively, by use of a fifth step of drying (FD) the obtained crosslinked crystallized protein complex, to thereby form a powder. As a result, there is provided an enzyme which is stable at room temperature storage, and has an activity in catalyzing an asymmetric oxidation reaction. That is, there is provided a useful material which enables an efficient enzyme-mimetic reaction under a mild condition. | 11-07-2013 |
20150284693 | PROTEIN COMPLEX CAPABLE OF CATALYZING ASYMMETRIC OXIDATION REACTION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided are: a protein complex capable of selectively and asymmetrically oxidizing an enantiomer of a secondary alcohol without adding a coenzyme and having an asymmetric oxidation activity in a water-soluble solvent system in the presence of oxygen; a method for producing the same; and a method for coating the protein complex with a high molecular weight compound. The method for producing the protein complex includes: (1) enclosing a crude water-soluble protein in a gel, air-oxidizing the gel, and eluting the protein complex into an aqueous solution; and (2) applying gravity to concentrate and precipitate the protein complex, redissolving the precipitate in an aqueous glycine sodium hydroxide solution of about 0.5 mM and allowing the same to homogeneously coexist with a high molecular weight compound, and re-precipitating the solution and dehydrating and drying the same to yield a protein complex coated with a high molecular weight compound. | 10-08-2015 |
Jiro Nagaoka, Yamagata-Shi JP
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20130280855 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND HAVING CHALCOPYRITE STRUCTURE - To obtain high-quality chalcopyrite particles having a small particle size using a relatively inexpensive raw material in a simple and easy process in which complicated equipment (such as vacuum equipment) is not necessary. Provided is a method for producing a compound having a chalcopyrite structure represented by a compositional formula: ABC | 10-24-2013 |
Junichi Nagaoka, Chuo-Ku JP
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20120161062 | FERRITE MAGNETIC MATERIAL - An object of the present invention is to provide a ferrite magnetic material which can provide a permanent magnet retaining high Br and HcJ as well as having high Hk/HcJ. The ferrite magnetic material according to a preferred embodiment is a ferrite magnetic material formed of hard ferrite, wherein a P content in terms of P | 06-28-2012 |
20120161910 | FERRITE MAGNETIC MATERIAL - An object of the present invention is to provide a ferrite magnetic material capable of providing a permanent magnet in which high Br and HcJ are kept, and which has a high Hk/HcJ. A ferrite magnetic material in accordance with a preferred embodiment has a ferrite phase having a hexagonal structure and has a main composition represented by Ca | 06-28-2012 |
Katsutoshi Nagaoka, Oita JP
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20150231605 | CATALYST USING Pd-Ru SOLID SOLUTION ALLOY FINE PARTICLES - The catalyst disclosed is a catalyst including palladium-ruthenium alloy fine particles in which palladium and ruthenium form a solid solution. The palladium-ruthenium alloy fine particles used in this catalyst can be produced by a production method including the step of maintaining a solution containing a protective agent, a reducing agent, a palladium compound or palladium ions, and a ruthenium compound or ruthenium ions at a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature. | 08-20-2015 |
Katsutoshi Nagaoka, Kyoto JP
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20140151602 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CARBON MONOXIDE SHIFT CONVERSION, AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION APPARATUS - A shift conversion catalyst layer is divided into at least two front and back stages. A first catalyst and a second catalyst are provided on the upstream side and the downstream side, respectively. The first catalyst has a property that a carbon monoxide conversion rate decreases with an increase in carbon dioxide concentration in a supplied reaction gas at a constant carbon monoxide concentration in the supplied reaction gas and a constant reaction temperature. The first catalyst is combined with the second catalyst such that the degree of decrease in carbon monoxide conversion rate with respect to an increase in carbon dioxide concentration in the supplied reaction gas in the second catalyst is lower than that in the first catalyst. Whereby, the conversion rate of a carbon monoxide concentration of a carbon monoxide shift conversion apparatus can be improved without increasing the used amount of a shift conversion catalyst. | 06-05-2014 |
Kazuaki Nagaoka, Sunono-Shi JP
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20120195649 | REGENERATED ELASTIC ROLLER MANUFACTURING PROCESS, REGENERATED ELASTIC ROLLER, ELECTROPOHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPOHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A regenerated elastic rollers manufacturing process is provided. The process includes the step of removing an agglutinated stain of toner adhered to the surface of an elastic roller including a mandrel and an elastic layer. The step further includes the steps of: (1) pressing a pressing roller against the surface of the elastic roller so as to crack the agglutinated stain on the surface of the elastic roller; and (2) removing the agglutinated stain cracked in the step (1) from the surface of the elastic roller by means of an adhesive roller. | 08-02-2012 |
Kazuhiro Nagaoka, Fujisawa-Shi JP
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20150138663 | MAGNETIC RECORDING DISK DRIVE WITH WRITE DRIVER TO WRITE HEAD TRANSMISSION LINE WITH MULTIPLE SEGMENTS HAVING DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF CONDUCTIVE TRACES - A multiple-segment transmission line in a hard disk drive enables a wider optimization range of the slope, duration and amplitude of the transmission line overshoot (TLO) wave shape. There is a first segment with two traces for connection to the write driver circuitry, an end segment with two traces for connection to the write head and at least two intermediate segments. The number of traces in a segment is different from the number of traces in the segments to which the segment is immediately connected. There is an even number of traces in each segment and the traces in each segment are interleaved. The number of segments and the number of traces in each segment can be selected to achieve the desired impedance levels for the different segments to achieve the desired wave shape for the TLO. All of the traces on the transmission line are preferably coplanar. | 05-21-2015 |
Kazuhiro Nagaoka, Koga-Shi JP
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20130047691 | PIPE BENDING PROCESSING APPARATUS - An object of the invention is to provide a compact and inexpensive pipe bending processing apparatus. To attain this object, provided is a pipe bending processing apparatus which positions a pipe with respect to a bending roll in response to the rotation of a rotary shaft, and bends the pipe by moving the pipe along the bending roll while pressing the pipe against the bending roll, wherein an outer cylinder in which a linear slit is formed along a bus line and a circumferential slit extending in a circumferential direction is formed at an upper end of the linear slit is arranged in a machine casing, an inner cylinder formed with a spiral groove is rotatably arranged inside the outer cylinder, the rotary shaft is inserted into the inner cylinder so as to be vertically movable and rotatable, a pin is provided in a protruding manner at the rotary shaft and is inserted into the spiral groove of the inner cylinder and into the linear slit of the outer cylinder, the inner cylinder is linked to an output shaft of a rotary actuator, and the rotary shaft is lifted and is also rotated at an uppermost position by the rotary actuator. | 02-28-2013 |
Kazuma Nagaoka, Kawasaki JP
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20120252426 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SCHEDULING CONTROL COMPUTER PROGRAM - A mobile phone includes a condition storage unit storing therein a condition related to periodically-scheduled events that involve ringing of a device. In addition, the mobile phone includes a judging unit that judges whether an input operation input via an input unit of the device matches the condition stored in the condition storage unit. The mobile phone also includes a skip processing unit that, when the judging unit determines that the input operation matches the condition, inhibits the ringing scheduled at a nearest ringing time from being performed, calculates a ringing time that arrives following the nearest ringing time according to a periodical schedule, and configures a setting so as to enable the ringing scheduled at the calculated ringing time. | 10-04-2012 |
Kazutaka Nagaoka, Kumagaya-Shi JP
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20120182330 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD OF DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a display apparatus includes a display region including a plurality of display pixels arranged in a matrix, a plurality of scanning lines arranged along rows in which the plurality of display pixels are arranged, a plurality of signal lines arranged along columns in which the plurality of display pixels are arranged, a driver including a scanning line driver configured to drive the plurality of scanning lines and a signal line driver configured to drive the plurality of signal lines, and a controller configured to control operation of the driver. The signal line driver includes a memory configured to store at least two frames of video signal data supplied from an external signal source. | 07-19-2012 |
Kohei Nagaoka, Kyoto JP
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20160087623 | GATE DRIVER - In a gate driver for driving a first transistor, the gate driver includes first, second and third push-pull circuits, in each of the push-pull circuits, two transistors are connected in series, an output terminal of the first push-pull circuit is connected to the gate of the first transistor, an output terminal of the second push-pull circuit is connected to the gate of a second transistor included in the first push-pull circuit and an output terminal of the third push-pull circuit is connected to the gate of a third transistor included in the first push-pull circuit. | 03-24-2016 |
Kunihiko Nagaoka, Takasaki-Shi JP
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20150036264 | MULTI-LAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR - A multi-layer ceramic capacitor has a structure where its dielectric layers are constituted by a sintered compact that contains a mol of ReO | 02-05-2015 |
Kyosuke Nagaoka, Kodaira-Shi JP
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20140285577 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a liquid ejection head including a substrate on a first surface of which an energy-generating element for generating energy for ejecting liquid is formed; and a flow path forming member formed on the substrate, the flow path forming member forming an ejection orifice for ejecting the liquid and a liquid flow path communicating with the ejection orifice. The flow path forming member includes, at a position surrounding the liquid flow path, a first depression that opens to an upper surface of the flow path forming member and a groove that opens to the first depression. The angle between the upper surface of the flow path forming member and a slope surface of the first depression on the flow path forming member side is an obtuse angle. The groove has a serrated side wall. | 09-25-2014 |
20140329175 | PHOTOSENSITIVE NEGATIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, FINE STRUCTURE, PRODUCTION PROCESS OF FINE STRUCTURE AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A photosensitive negative resin composition containing a resin (a) having at least three cyclohexene oxide skeletons in its molecule, an onium salt (b) composed of a cation moiety structure represented by the formula b1 defined in the description and an anion moiety structure represented by the formula b2 defined in the description, a silane compound (c) and an organic solvent (d). A fine structure using the resin composition, a production process of the fine structure and a liquid ejection head. | 11-06-2014 |
20150097892 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A liquid discharge head has a substrate having an inorganic material layer, an organic material layer, and an intermediate layer contacting the inorganic material layer and the organic material layer between the inorganic material layer and the organic material layer, in which the intermediate layer contains a resin having three or more cyclohexene oxide skeletons in the molecules, a photocationic polymerization initiator, a thermal cationic polymerization initiator, and an onium salt containing a cation portion structure represented by (d1) and an anion portion structure represented by (d2). | 04-09-2015 |
Kyosuke Nagaoka, Hino-Shi JP
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20130120509 | ELASTIC MEMBER FOR INKJET - An elastic member for inkjet includes a resin composition including at least a (b)-(a)-(b) type isobutylene-based triblock copolymer including an isobutylene-based polymer block (a) and a styrene-based polymer block (b), and a styrene-based polymer. | 05-16-2013 |
Masakatsu Nagaoka, Kohtoh-Ku JP
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20140066715 | HARNESS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING MEDICAL DEVICE - A harness for a medical device is provided which can suppress defective products from being passed to the subsequent process. The harness | 03-06-2014 |
Masaki Nagaoka, Shizuoka JP
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20150377281 | VEHICLE INCLUDING AN OPERATING MEMBER - Provided is a vehicle including a vehicle body. The vehicle includes an operating member to be pressed so that the operating member performs an operation, and a wire having a first end and a second end. The first end is closer than the second end to the operating member. The vehicle includes a wire cover slidably covering the wire and slidable relative to the wire. The vehicle includes an actuating section that supports a first portion of the wire cover and that moves the wire cover in a direction away from the first end of the wire in accordance with the operation. The vehicle includes a non-actuating section supporting the first end so that an operation amount of the first end with respect to the vehicle body is smaller than an operation amount of the actuating section with respect to the vehicle body when the operating member performs the operation. | 12-31-2015 |
Masato Nagaoka, Brookfield, WI US
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20140113372 | CELL CULTURE SUBSTRATE, AND CELL CULTURING METHOD USING THE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR INDUCING DIFFERENTIATION OF PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS USING THE SUBSTRATE - [Problem] To provide a cell culture substrate, and a cell culturing method using the substrate and a method for inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells using the substrate, which allow culturing of pluripotent stem cells and allow differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into a specified cell species, particularly neural and neural progenitor cells, at a high purity. | 04-24-2014 |
Masayuki Nagaoka, Kashiba-Shi JP
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20160107676 | STEERING APPARATUS - A steering apparatus includes a first member which rotates together with an operation lever which is operated to rotate and a third member which is supported rotatably via a friction reducing mechanism by a second member which is restricted from rotating. A cam mechanism which brings a fixed side plate into press contact with a column side plate includes an axially facing surface which is provided on the first member and on which a cam surface is formed, an axially facing surface which is provided on the third member, rolling elements which are interposed between both the axially facing surfaces, and a retainer which holds the rolling elements and which is restricted from rotating by the second member. | 04-21-2016 |
Minami Nagaoka, Okayama JP
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20150028085 | BONDING MATERIAL AND BONDING METHOD IN WHICH SAID BONDING MATERIAL IS USED - The occurrence of uneven drying in the center and end of a surface of a bonding layer during a desolvation process of a pre-drying step is reduced to ensure highly reliable bonding without peeling of a bonding surface even after repeated exposure to heat shock after bonding. The bonding material of the present invention to achieve the object contains silver nanoparticles coated with organic substance having 6 or less carbon atoms and having an average primary particle diameter of 10 to 30 nm as main silver particles, silver nanoparticles coated with an organic substance having 6 or less carbon atoms and having an average primary particle diameter of 100 to 200 nm as secondary silver particles, two kinds of solvents having different boiling points, and a dispersant. | 01-29-2015 |
Minami Nagaoka, Okayama-Shi, Okayama-Ken JP
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20160121435 | METAL PASTE FOR JOINING, JOINING METHOD AND JOINED BODY - A metal paste for joining includes aggregates of metal nanoparticles and a solvent, and an average particle size of the aggregates is 1 μm or more. | 05-05-2016 |
Minami Nagaoka, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo JP
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20160121435 | METAL PASTE FOR JOINING, JOINING METHOD AND JOINED BODY - A metal paste for joining includes aggregates of metal nanoparticles and a solvent, and an average particle size of the aggregates is 1 μm or more. | 05-05-2016 |
Minoru Nagaoka, Suwa-Shi JP
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20120236363 | RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A RECORDING DEVICE - Jobs can be executed continuously by using buffer efficiently. A printer-side control unit divides an image buffer into blocks of a size that can store at least the image data for the largest image included in the image data of an input job, and writes the image data for one job to one block. | 09-20-2012 |
Minoru Nagaoka, Yamagata-Mura JP
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20150091966 | Printer and Control Method of a Printer - Waste of time and consumables is reduced and efficiency is improved by printing to near the end of the medium in a device that prints on media. A printer | 04-02-2015 |
Mitsuo Nagaoka, Atsugi-Shi JP
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20140348349 | SPEAKER DEVICE - The object of the present invention is that the surplus vibration involved therewith simultaneously generating a sound wave by the vibration of the vibrating cone of the loudspeaker unit is generated in the loudspeaker system, which has impaired the sound quality of the loudspeaker system. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a technique for improving the sound quality by reducing the this surplus vibration which are the loudspeaker frame vibration and the cabinet vibration like a front baffle vibration. The present invention is characterized in being configured with a viscoelastic material layer upon rear portions such as the frame surface of the loudspeaker unit and inside and outside surfaces of each surface configuring the loudspeaker cabinet, and additionally suppresses vibration by addition of a heavy member or pressurization caused by constraint of a binding member. | 11-27-2014 |
Naoki Nagaoka, Ibaraki-Shi JP
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20160047745 | SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR CELL AND SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR - The present invention provides an SPR sensor cell having very excellent detection sensitivity, the SPR sensor cell including: an under-cladding layer; a core layer formed so that at least a part of the core layer is adjacent to the under-cladding layer; and a metal layer covering the core layer. In the SPR sensor cell, the core layer includes a uniform refractive index layer and a graded refractive index layer. The graded refractive index layer is arranged between the uniform refractive index layer and the metal layer. A refractive index of the graded refractive index layer is equal to or more than a refractive index of the uniform refractive index layer, and the refractive index of the graded refractive index layer increases continuously from a surface thereof on a uniform refractive index layer side to the metal layer side in a thickness direction of the graded refractive index layer. | 02-18-2016 |
Naoki Nagaoka, Ibaraki JP
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20150029412 | Capacitive Touch Panel - Provided is a capacitive touch panel which has enhanced sensitivity and is usable in an image display panel, etc. in this capacitive touch panel, a window, a first transparent film having a first transparent conductive electrode pattern formed on one surface thereof, and a second transparent film having a second transparent conductive electrode pattern which is formed on one surface thereof and disposed with respect to the first transparent film in such a manner as to allow a capacitance to be formed therebetween, are stacked in turn. The capacitive touch panel comprises a first transparent inter-layer resin provided between the window and the first transparent film, and a second transparent inter-layer resin provided between the first transparent film and the second transparent film, wherein the first transparent inter-layer resin has a dielectric constant greater than that of the second transparent inter-layer resin. | 01-29-2015 |
Nobusuke Nagaoka, Kariya-City JP
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20160065087 | CURRENT DETECTING CIRCUIT FOR POWER ELEMENT - A current detecting circuit includes a current detecting unit and a signal production and transmission unit, and detects a current value through a power element, in response to a pulse width modulation signal inputted from a control circuit. The current detection unit detects the current value through the power element, at the timing when a carrier of the pulse width modulation signal determined based on a signal inputted from the control circuit takes on a minimal value and/or a maximal value. The signal production and transmission unit that produces a detection signal which has a pulse width dependent on the current value detected by the current detection unit, and transmits the detection signal to the control circuit at every cycle of the carrier. | 03-03-2016 |
Nobuyuki Nagaoka, Kanagawa JP
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20150318542 | ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ACTIVE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE, AND SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode including an active material, and non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The active material includes a center portion and a covering portion provided on part or all of the center portion. The center portion includes silicon, tin, or both as constituent elements. The covering portion includes a plurality of fibrous carbon materials. Part or all of the fibrous carbon materials extend in a direction along a surface of the center portion and are closely attached to the center portion. | 11-05-2015 |
Nobuyuki Nagaoka, Miyagi JP
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20120202103 | BATTERY SEPARATOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BATTERY SEPARATOR, BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A battery separator includes a porous base material and a heat-resistant layer. The porous base material includes a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface, and a hole. The hole is formed in the porous base material and causes the first surface and the second surface to communicate with each other. The heat-resistant layer is configured to cover at least the first surface and a surface of the hole. The heat-resistant layer is formed of an inorganic material and deposited by an atomic layer deposition method. | 08-09-2012 |
20130260184 | BATTERY SEPARATOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BATTERY SEPARATOR, BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A battery separator includes a porous base material and a heat-resistant layer. The porous base material includes a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface, and a hole. The hole is formed in the porous base material and causes the first surface and the second surface to communicate with each other. The heat-resistant layer is configured to cover at least the first surface and a surface of the hole. The heat-resistant layer is formed of an inorganic material and deposited by an atomic layer deposition method. | 10-03-2013 |
Nobuyuki Nagaoka, Utsunomiya-Shi JP
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20150234198 | ADAPTER AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera system includes an interchangeable lens including an image-pickup optical system, a camera body including an image sensor, and an adapter attached between the interchangeable lens and the camera body. The adapter includes a lens side mount to which the interchangeable lens is detachably attached, a camera side mount detachably attached to the camera body, and a tilt-shift unit configured to provide at least one of a tilt operation and a shift operation. A flange focal length of the interchangeable lens is longer than a flange focal length of the camera body. A length of the adapter from the lens side mount to the camera side mount in an optical axis direction is equal to or smaller than a difference between the flange focal length of the interchangeable lens and the flange focal length of the camera body. | 08-20-2015 |
Shigeru Nagaoka, Yamaguchi JP
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20150079394 | FLUORINATED PHOSPHORUS-DOPED ELECTROCONDUCTIVE TIN OXIDE POWDER, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE POWDER AND FILM USING THE POWDER - It is an object of the present invention to provide a transparent electroconductive tin oxide powder which has electroconductivity superior to that of conventional phosphorus-doped electroconductive tin oxide powders, undergoes less temporal change in air and gives coating films comprising the powder of the present invention a total light transmittance, haze and surface resistance that are superior to those of coating films comprising conventional phosphorus-doped electroconductive tin oxide powders. | 03-19-2015 |
20150243403 | FINE POWDER OF TRANSPARENT AND ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVE OXIDE COMPOSITES AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF AND TRANSPARENT ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVE FILM - Fine powder of transparent conductive oxide composites is obtained by covering a surface of a rod-like rutile-type titanium oxide particle having a long axis diameter of 0.05 μm or higher and 0.15 μm or lower, a short axis diameter of 0.01 μm or higher and lower than 0.03 μm, and an axis ratio of 5 or higher, with a doped tin oxide using a wet method, wherein antimony is doped at 10 to 25 wt % as Sb against SnO | 08-27-2015 |
Shinichi Nagaoka, Niigata JP
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20120218760 | LED UNIT AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS USING SAME - An LED unit includes a plate-shaped base; a light-emitting device placed on a surface of the base and having one or more LED chips; and a cover mounted to the base at a location above a front side of the light-emitting device and having a function to transmit light emitted from the light-emitting device. The base has on the surface thereof an annular groove for receiving a seal therein, and the cover has on a surface thereof directed to the base an annular protruding part, the annular protruding part being inserted into the annular groove to seal the base and the cover through the seal. A distance between the protruding part and the groove in a width direction of the groove is shorter in a section of the groove than the other sections of the groove. | 08-30-2012 |
Shuji Nagaoka, Hiroshima JP
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20140342650 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER - A vehicle air conditioner | 11-20-2014 |
Shuyu Nagaoka, Komatsu-Shi JP
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20160069043 | WHEEL LOADER - An engine room is disposed rearward of a cab. An engine is disposed inside the engine room. A first exhaust processing device and a second exhaust processing device are disposed over the engine. An air cleaner is disposed in the engine room in front of the first exhaust processing device and the second exhaust processing device. A tank is disposed between the cab and the air cleaner in the vehicle front-back direction. A rear surface of the tank has a lower rear surface part and an upper rear surface part. The upper rear surface part is disposed above the lower rear surface part and is positioned forward of the lower rear surface part. At least a portion of the air cleaner is disposed facing the upper rear surface part. | 03-10-2016 |
Sunao Nagaoka, Mie JP
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20130261243 | UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION FOR USE IN LED REFLECTOR, AND LED REFLECTOR AND LED LUMINAIRE USING SAID COMPOSITION - Provided are a resin composition for general-purpose LED reflectors, which discolors little through thermal deterioration and is excellent in heat discoloration resistance, which can provide an LED lamp using it and having a long life, which is relatively inexpensive and has good storage stability, and which is excellent in handleability and workability, and an LED reflector and an LED luminaire using the resin composition. | 10-03-2013 |
Takayuki Nagaoka, Osaka-Shi JP
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20130027525 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - The liquid crystal display device ( | 01-31-2013 |
Tatsuji Nagaoka, Nagakute-Shi JP
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20140231868 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a first electrode. An element region, and a non-element region that surrounds this element region, are formed on the semiconductor substrate. The first electrode is arranged on the semiconductor substrate and is electrically connected to the element region formed on the semiconductor substrate. The first electrode is made of at least two materials having different moduli of elasticity. A modulus of elasticity per unit area of an outer peripheral portion of the first electrode when the semiconductor substrate is viewed from above is smaller than a modulus of elasticity per unit area of a center portion of the first electrode. | 08-21-2014 |
20150255587 | A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING A MAIN REGION, A CURRENT SENSE REGION, AND A WELL REGION - A semiconductor device disclosed herein is configured such that a well region including a well layer is disposed between a main region of a semiconductor substrate and a current sense region of the semiconductor substrate, that a well region electrode is disposed above the well region, and that the well layer and the well region electrode are in contact with each other through a contact hole formed in an interlayer insulating film. | 09-10-2015 |
Teruko Nagaoka, Suita-Shi JP
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20130079183 | POWER TRANSMISSION CHAIN AND POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A power transmission chain includes a plurality of links respectively having front and rear insertion parts into which pins are inserted, a plurality of first pins and a plurality of second pins which are arranged in front and back for connecting the links A plurality of the links includes two types of the links having different pitch lengths, wherein provided that a radius of a pulley shaft is RA, a radius of curvature of a face of the link having a shorter pitch length at an inner diameter side of the chain is RS, and a radius of curvature of a face of the link having a longer pitch length at an inner diameter side of the chain is RL, relation is set to be RA≦RS≦1.5 RA, and RS03-28-2013 | |
Tomoharu Nagaoka, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20120256429 | ACTUATOR IN A VEHICLE DOOR LATCH DEVICE - A vehicle door latch device configured so that the pivoting of a gear which is performed by motor drive reliably moves a lock lever to a lock position and an unlock position. When a lock lever is at a lock position, if a worm wheel is rotated in one direction by a motor, a first engagement protrusion section makes contact with a first engagement arm in the direction of the pivoting thereof, the lock lever is pivoted to an unlock position, and after that, a second engagement protrusion section makes contact with a pivoting end section of a second engagement arm to cause the worm wheel to stop at a first stop position. Also, when the lock lever is at the unlock position, if the worm wheel is rotated in the other direction by the motor, a second engagement protrusion section makes contact with the second engagement arm in the direction of the pivoting thereof, the lock lever is pivoted to a lock position, and after that, a first engagement protrusion section makes contact with a pivoting end section of the first engagement arm to cause the worm wheel to stop at a second stop position. | 10-11-2012 |
20130270845 | LATCH DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A latch device for a vehicle includes: a latch configured to hold and engage with a striker; and a latchet configured to maintain an engagement condition between the striker and the latch by meshing with the latch. Between a meshing surface of the latch and a meshing surface of the latchet that mesh with each other, one meshing surface is formed narrower than the other meshing surface. A supporting member is arranged at a side of the latch or the latchet having the one meshing surface narrower than the other meshing surface with a gap provided between a side face of the latch or the latchet and the supporting member. A periphery of the supporting member including the end face is covered with a resin material and the gap is filled up with the resin material. | 10-17-2013 |
20140312632 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH DEVICE - In a vehicle door latch device, a first outside lever is pivotally mounted via a pivot shaft, and second outside lever is connected to an outside handle on an outer panel of a door via a motion-transmitting member to move toward the inside of a vehicle. Usually, turning of the second outside lever for disengaging a latch from a striker is transmitted to the first outside lever. If the second outside lever is impacted by an external force, the outer panel is deformed to move the second outside lever inward of the vehicle with respect to the first outside lever. But release turning of the second outside lever cannot be transmitted to the first outside lever. Even if the door is deformed by the external force, the door is still closed. | 10-23-2014 |
20140319852 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH DEVICE - A vehicle door latch device which comprises a body having a holding portion, an engagement member pivotally mounted in the holding portion, a cover member closing an opening of the holding portion, and a shaft comprising a shank which passes through a bearing hole of the body and a shank hole of the engagement member, a retaining head and a smaller-diameter shank. The shank passes through the shank hole of the engagement member and the smaller-diameter shank is pressingly fitted in the shank hole of the cover member without swaging the end of the smaller-diameter shank thereby assembling the vehicle door latch device more efficiently. | 10-30-2014 |
20150091309 | ACTUATOR UNIT AND DOOR LATCH DEVICE PROVIDED WITH ACTUATOR UNIT - When a worm wheel is in a first stop position a locking surface of a first projecting portion and a locking surface of a second projecting portion, which is provided back to a pressing surface of a first projecting portion adjacent to the locking surface of the first projecting portion, are situated along concentric arc-shaped rotational loci of the rotational end faces of a first engagement arm and a second engagement arm, while when the worm wheel is in a second stop position a locking surface of the second projecting portion and the locking surface of the first projecting portion, which is provided back to a pressing surface of the second projecting portion adjacent to the locking surface, are situated along the concentric arc-shaped rotational loci of the rotational end faces of the first engagement arm and the second engagement arm. | 04-02-2015 |
Tomoharu Nagaoka, Yokohama JP
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20150376918 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH DEVICE - A vehicle door latch device comprises an engagement assembly comprising an engagement mechanism which is engagable with a striker of a vehicle body; a first casing which can be connected from one direction to an operating mechanism which can turn to a locking state and an unlocking state; an operating assembly comprising a second casing to which the engagement assembly is attached; an outside lever pivotally supported on the engagement assembly; and positioning-guide means by which the engagement assembly can be connected from the same direction as a direction in which the operating mechanism is connected to the first casing, thereby improving assembling efficiency and getting smaller. | 12-31-2015 |
Tomotsugu Nagaoka, Minami-Ku JP
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20150231511 | STATIONARY GAME APPARATUS, GAME APPARATUS, GAME SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM AND SPEED CONTROL METHOD - An example system includes an internal hard disk drive storing a program and/or data, a communication unit transmitting/receiving a program and/or data via a network, and a processor executing a program stored in the hard disk drive to perform game processing. The example system is not provided with an optical disk drive for reading out a program and/or data from an optical disk. | 08-20-2015 |
Toru Nagaoka, Osaka JP
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20120186160 | METHOD FOR MODIFICATION OF CEMENTED CARBIDES AND CEMENTED CARBIDES MODIFIED BY THE METHOD - Provided are a method of modifying a cemented carbide and a cemented carbide modified by the method. Particularly provided is an advantageous method of modifying a cemented carbide layer formed by a thermal spraying method on a surface of a metal substrate. The method of modifying a cemented carbide includes applying a friction stir process to a cemented carbide, thereby allowing crystal grains in a binder phase included in the cemented carbide to become finer. It is possible to achieve modification effectively by applying the friction stir process particularly to a cemented carbide layer formed on a surface of a metal substrate by using the thermal spraying method. | 07-26-2012 |
20130068735 | METHOD FOR FORMING METAL MEMBRANE - The present invention provides a method of forming a metal coating having a microstructure as well as a structural member having a metal coating formed by the method. In particular, the invention provides an advantageous method of forming a metal coating in which minute carbides are uniformly dispersed. The method of forming the metal coating of the present invention includes the steps of cladding a surface of the substrate with metal powder by a laser cladding method and forming the metal coating having a microstructure by applying a friction stir processing to the cladded region. | 03-21-2013 |
Toshihiro Nagaoka, Hyogo JP
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20140220245 | HOLLOW WEAVE FABRIC FOR AN AIR BAG AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A hollow weave fabric for an air bag in which the periphery of a double-layer hollow weave portion is formed with a seam zone, wherein the warp yarn and the weft yarn forming the base fabric are each a poly(hexamethylene adipamide) fiber having a total size of 150 to 500 dtex, the double-layer hollow weave portion has a fabric weight of 120 to 350 g/m | 08-07-2014 |
Toshinori Nagaoka, Shiga JP
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20160023444 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM - A transparent conductive film includes a substrate with transparency and flexibility, and a conductive layer arranged on at least one surface of the substrate, the conductive layer comprising a conductive resin. The conductive layer has a surface with a center-line average roughness Ra75 of 0.002 to 0.02 μm inclusive, a maximum height Rz of 0.03 to 0.10 μm inclusive, and a ten-spot average roughness RzJIS94 of 0.02 to 0.05 μm inclusive. | 01-28-2016 |
Tsutomu Nagaoka, Sakai-Shi JP
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20130252275 | DEVICE AND METHOD UTILIZING A METALLIC NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE FOR DETECTING A TARGET SUBSTANCE - Disclosed is a device and method allowing a trace amount of a target substance to be detected. A metallic nanoparticle assembly structure is formed of metallic nanoparticles assembled together and modified with a host molecule allowing the target substance to specifically adhere thereto. A metallic nanorod is modified with a host molecule allowing the target substance to specifically adhere thereto. The metallic nanorod is conjugated to the metallic nanoparticle assembly structure by the target substance. An extinction spectrum of localized surface plasmon resonance or a surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectrum induced in the metallic nanoparticle assembly structure and the metallic nanostructure is measured with a spectroscope. The target substance is detected based on that spectrum. | 09-26-2013 |
20130337498 | MICROORGANISM DETECTION SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a sensor including a detection unit having a detection electrode and a polymer layer that is disposed on the detection electrode and includes a mold having a three-dimensional structure complementary to a steric structure of a microorganism to be detected. The sensor detects the microorganism based on a state of capturing the microorganism in the mold. The polymer layer is formed by a manufacturing method including: a polymerization step of polymerizing a monomer in the presence of the microorganism to be detected, to form the polymer layer having captured the microorganism on the detection electrode; a destruction step of partially destroying the microorganism captured in the polymer layer; and a peroxidation step of peroxidizing the polymer layer to release the microorganism from the polymer layer. | 12-19-2013 |
Yasuhiko Nagaoka, Cupertino, CA US
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20100310135 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING DIGITAL MEDIA BASED ON FACE RECOGNITION - In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for organizing digital media, particularly digital photos, using face recognition. According to a first aspect of the present invention, a computer-based method for organizing digital photos comprises: extracting objects of interest from a plurality of photographs; cropping said plurality of photographs to generate images of isolated objects of interest; applying a recognition algorithm to determine the similarity of isolated objects of interest with a reference; displaying a plurality of objects arranged as a function of the determined similarity; and receiving user input to associate said objects with a particular classification. | 12-09-2010 |
20140286543 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING DIGITAL MEDIA BASED ON FACE RECOGNITION - In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for organizing digital media, particularly digital photos, using face recognition. According to a first aspect of the present invention, a computer-based method for organizing digital photos comprises: extracting objects of interest from a plurality of photographs; cropping said plurality of photographs to generate images of isolated objects of interest; applying a recognition algorithm to determine the similarity of isolated objects of interest with a reference; displaying a plurality of objects arranged as a function of the determined similarity; and receiving user input to associate said objects with a particular classification. | 09-25-2014 |
Yasunori Nagaoka, Sennan-Gun JP
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20150037452 | RESIN-RELEASING JIG - Provided are a resin-releasing jig including a base and a releasing layer formed on a surface side of the base, in which the releasing layer is composed of a resin containing a perfluorinated polymer as a main component, and the perfluorinated polymer is crosslinked; and the resin-releasing jig further including a primer layer disposed between the base and the releasing layer, in which the primer layer is composed of a resin containing, as a main component, a perfluorinated polymer and an engineering plastic, the perfluorinated polymer in the primer layer is crosslinked, and the releasing layer has high abrasion resistance and a good adhesive force to the base and thus the resin-releasing jig has good durability. In particular, provided is the resin-releasing jig which is an extrusion molding mold used in an extruder for producing a long resin molded article. | 02-05-2015 |
20150307800 | SLIDING MEMBER - There is provided a sliding member that has sufficient wear resistance and good adhesion to a base formed of a sintered body. The sliding member includes a surface layer formed of a crosslinked fluoropolymer and a base that adheres closely to the surface layer. The base is a sintered body having a full density ratio in the range of 0.75 to 0.96 and is formed of a material having higher thermal conductivity than a fluoropolymer. The surface layer has a thickness in the range of 1 to 300 μm. | 10-29-2015 |
Yasushi Nagaoka, Nisshin-Shi JP
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20160101753 | VEHICLE BUMPER STRUCTURE INCLUDING A PEDESTRIAN COLLISION DETECTION SENSOR - A vehicle bumper structure including: bumper reinforcement at a rear of a bumper cover; an absorber in front of the bumper reinforcement; and a pedestrian collision detection sensor including a pressure tube between the bumper reinforcement and the absorber, wherein a position of a width direction outer end of the bumper reinforcement is set between a first normal line and a second normal line, where a front-rear reference line passes through a width direction outer end of a front hood or apron upper member and extends along a front-rear direction, the first normal line passes through an intersection point between the front-rear reference line and the bumper cover and extends along the direction of a normal line with respect to the width direction outer end of the bumper reinforcement, and the second normal line is offset by 100 mm to a width direction inner side of the first normal line. | 04-14-2016 |
Yasutaka Nagaoka, Makinohara-Shi JP
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20140045387 | TERMINAL-MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND TERMINAL USED IN THE SAME TERMINAL-MOUNTING STRUCTURE - The invention provides a terminal-mounting structure for mounting a terminal to a terminal-receiving portion, which includes the terminal and the terminal-receiving portion. The terminal includes an elongated plate-shaped connecting portion, a pair of wings extending from both edges of the connecting portion which are disposed in a width direction of the connecting portion and being perpendicular to the connecting portion, and a locking hole formed in the connecting portion and located between the pair of wings. The terminal-receiving portion includes a tube portion for receiving the terminal therein, and a lance capable of being locked to the locking hole of the terminal and positioned between the pair of wings. A front face of the connecting portion is not covered by the pair of wings at all. The pair of wings extends in a same direction. | 02-13-2014 |
Yasutaka Nagaoka, Nagoya-Shi JP
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20140339102 | PLANAR PATCH CLAMP DEVICE, ELECTRODES FOR SAID DEVICE AND CELL ION CHANNEL CURRENT MEASUREMENT METHOD - An object of the present invention is that variations in an applied membrane potential in the planar patch clamp device are suppressed to reduce a noise current, thereby enabling accurate measurement of an ion channel current. | 11-20-2014 |
Yasutaka Nagaoka, Aichi JP
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20150233890 | FORMATION AND USE OF NEURONAL NETWORK, AND NEURON SEEDING DEVICE - Provided are a culture device for neuronal network formation that makes it possible to construct a neuronal network while restricting movement of neurons grown in the culture medium, and a means for the use thereof. A culture device for neuronal network formation in which is formed a cell fixation part surrounded by a plurality of projections on a flat substrate that can be filled with cell culture medium, and in which (1) there are established spaces having widths such that the neuron cells cannot pass through between the plurality of projections, (2) the inner diameter is such that the cell fixation part can house the cells of from one to a number of neurons, (3) the substrate surface, which is the bottom of the cell fixation part, is coated by an extracellular matrix-forming substance and/or provided with minute through-holes for suctioning culture medium by a suction device on the lower side of the substrate surface. | 08-20-2015 |
Yoshio Nagaoka, Kamagaya-Shi JP
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20130177479 | COMPONENT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A component measurement device, namely a blood-glucose measurement device, that has a measurement unit that focuses measurement light on a test paper through an illumination lens and receives reflected light from the test paper. The blood-glucose measurement device measures blood components on the basis of results from detecting the reflected light. The illumination lens is provided in the measurement unit such that the focal point of the measurement light is beyond the test paper. | 07-11-2013 |