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20100044201 | CONTROL KEY UNIT FOR TELEVISION RECEIVER - A control key unit for a television receiver includes a rectangular wiring board, a key switch and a frame. The frame is configured to be attached to a cabinet of the television receiver and supports the wiring board. The frame is integrally formed as a one-piece, unitary member. The frame includes a front panel, a clamping section, a lengthwise positioning section and a lateral positioning section. The front panel has a push operated key top overlying the key switch. The clamping section clamps the wiring board in a thickness direction of the wiring board. The clamping section positions the wiring board in the thickness direction. The lengthwise positioning section positions the wiring board in a lengthwise direction of the wiring board. The lateral positioning section positions the wiring board in a width direction of the wiring board. | 02-25-2010 |
20100045880 | ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR CONTROL KEY UNIT - A control key unit attachment structure includes a control key unit, a base component, a retainer, an engagement member, a board receiver, and a positioning member. A frame of the control key unit is placed on the base component. The retainer and the base component sandwiches the frame of the control key unit in a first direction of the frame therebetween. The engagement member engages with the frame of the control key unit. The board receiver and the engagement member clamp the frame of the control key unit in a second direction of the frame therebetween. The positioning member positions the frame of the control key unit with respect to the board receiver in a third direction of the frame. | 02-25-2010 |
20120257335 | FLAT-SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE - A flat-screen display device includes a cabinet, a display module, a wall bracket, a boss and a linking member. The cabinet has front and rear cabinet components. The front and rear cabinet components define an interior of the cabinet therebetween. The wall bracket has a bolt insertion hole. The boss protrudes from the rear wall of the rear cabinet component towards the interior of the cabinet. The boss has a tubular portion and a bottom portion. The linking member couples the wall bracket to the rear wall of the rear cabinet component. The linking member has a linking bolt and a tubular nut with a male thread on an outer peripheral face of the tubular nut. The linking bolt is disposed through the bolt insertion hole of the wall bracket and fastened to the tubular nut. The tubular nut is fastened to the tubular portion of the boss. | 10-11-2012 |
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20110008502 | PROCESSED FOOD COMPOSITION CONTAINING DEXTRIN - The present invention relates to a processed food or beverage composition containing a dextrin having the following characteristics (a) to (d): (a) the dextrin has a blue value within the range of 0.4 to 1.2, (b) having a gel strength of 4 N/cm | 01-13-2011 |
20110189348 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SUCRALOSE AND APPLICATION THEREOF - Novel utilization of sucralose which is a high intense sweetener. Compositions containing sucralose including: sweetening compositions having excellent sweetness qualities based on the characteristics of sucralose; foods with a masked unpleasant smell and unpleasant taste; performance food compositions (viscous food compositions, gel food compositions, emulsified food compositions); foods with improved flavors; preservatives and foods with improved quality of taste; and flavor compositions with improved flavors. Novel utilization of sucralose as a sweetener improver, a masking agent for unpleasant smell/unpleasant taste, a flavor improver, a function improver (viscosity, gelling properties, emulsification properties), a taste characteristic improver, and a flavor improver/enhancer. | 08-04-2011 |
20120121734 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SUCRALOSE AND APPLICATION THEREOF - Novel utilization of sucralose which is a high intense sweetener. Compositions containing sucralose including: sweetening compositions having excellent sweetness qualities based on the characteristics of sucralose; foods with a masked unpleasant smell and unpleasant taste; performance food compositions (viscous food compositions, gel food compositions, emulsified food compositions); foods with improved flavors; preservatives and foods with improved quality of taste; and flavor compositions with improved flavors. Novel utilization of sucralose as a sweetener improver, a masking agent for unpleasant smell/unpleasant taste, a flavor improver, a function improver (viscosity, gelling properties, emulsification properties), a taste characteristic improver, and a flavor improver/enhancer. | 05-17-2012 |
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20090122467 | ELECTRIC DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In an electric double-layer capacitor, resistance of a polarizable electrode layer is reduced and gas generation inside a case is suppressed in an attempt to improve reliability. On that account, an electric double-layer capacitor is provided, which is obtained by housing in a case, together with a driving electrolyte, a capacitor element wound with a separator interposed between electrodes being paired anode and cathode electrodes in each of which polarizable electrode layers are formed on and lead wires are fixed to both sides of a current collector made of metallic foil, such that the polarizable electrode layers are opposed to each other. Further, an electric double-layer capacitor is provided in which the lead wire is fixed to a polarizable-electrode-layer-removed section on the electrode where the polarizable electrode layer has been removed, and an area of the polarizable-electrode-layer-removed section is not smaller than 1 and not larger than 2.0 when a project area of a portion where the lead wire is connected with the current collector is set to 1. | 05-14-2009 |
20140133068 | CAPACITOR - A capacitor comprising a capacitor element including a substrate having first and second faces, a porous first rough surface layer formed on the first face and having pores, a first inner conductive polymer layer formed in the pores, a first outer conductive polymer layer formed on the inner conductive polymer layer, a porous second rough surface layer formed on the second face and having pores, a second inner conductive polymer layer formed in the pores, a second outer conductive polymer layer formed on the second inner conductive polymer layer, and a dielectric layer formed on surfaces of the first and the second rough surface layer. A surface area of the second rough surface layer is smaller than that of the first rough surface layer. The second outer conductive polymer layer is thicker than the first outer conductive polymer layer. This structure enables to eliminate warpage of a capacitor element. | 05-15-2014 |
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20090032896 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device includes a phototransistor for receiving incident light. The phototransistor includes a collector layer of a first conductivity type formed on a semiconductor substrate, a base layer of a second conductivity type formed on the collector layer, and an emitter layer of a first conductivity type formed on the base layer. A thickness of the emitter layer is equal to or less than an absorption length of the incident light in the semiconductor substrate. | 02-05-2009 |
20090115016 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical semiconductor device is provided with an n-type epitaxial layer (second epitaxial layer) | 05-07-2009 |
20090140367 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical semiconductor device is provided with a low concentration p-type silicon substrate ( | 06-04-2009 |
20090230498 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; a light receiving element formed on the semiconductor substrate; a light absorbing element formed on the semiconductor substrate and located adjacent to the light receiving element; and a semiconductor element formed on the semiconductor substrate and used for signal processing. The light absorbing element includes a fifth semiconductor layer, and a light absorption region in the light receiving element has a different structure from a light absorption region in the light absorbing element. | 09-17-2009 |
20090261441 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device includes a light-receiving element on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, the light-receiving element including a light-receiving portion for converting incident light to an electrical current signal and performing a current amplification. The light-receiving portion includes: a semiconductor layer formed on the semiconductor substrate and having an impurity concentration substantially equal to or less than that of the semiconductor substrate; a first semiconductor region of a second conductivity type formed on the semiconductor layer and having an impurity concentration higher than that of the semiconductor layer; and a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type selectively formed between the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor layer and having an impurity concentration higher than those of the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor layer. | 10-22-2009 |
20100301442 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device that performs photoelectric conversion, comprising: a semiconductor substrate that includes (i) a first conductivity-type semiconductor region, (ii) a second conductivity-type semiconductor region that is positioned on the first conductivity-type semiconductor region and has a light receiving surface, and (iii) a first conductivity-type contact region that penetrates, from an upper surface of the second conductivity-type semiconductor region, the second conductivity-type semiconductor region so as to be in contact with the first conductivity-type semiconductor region; an electrode pair for drawing current obtained by performing photoelectric conversion of light incident on the light receiving surface, the electrode pair being composed of (i) a first electrode that is positioned on the first conductivity-type contact region and (ii) a second electrode that is positioned on the second conductivity-type semiconductor region so as to be separated from the first electrode; an insulating film that is positioned on the second conductivity-type semiconductor region and in an area between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a third electrode that is positioned on the insulating film. | 12-02-2010 |
20110062544 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical semiconductor device is provided with a low concentration p-type silicon substrate ( | 03-17-2011 |
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20080230332 | BICYCLE DISK BRAKE PAD - A bicycle disk brake pad basically comprises a backplate part and a friction part. The backplate part is made of a copper-based sintering alloy. The friction part is made of a copper-based sintering alloy that is integrally sintered with the backplate part. | 09-25-2008 |
20090084642 | BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY FOR A BICYCLE DISC BRAKE - Disclosed herein is a brake pad assembly for a disc brake on a bicycle, the brake pad assembly comprising a brake friction pad and a back plate. The back plate includes a first layer deposited onto the brake friction pad and a second layer deposited onto the first layer. The first layer is made of an aluminum alloy and the second layer is made of a stainless steel. | 04-02-2009 |
20130133993 | BICYCLE DISC BRAKE ROTOR - A bicycle disc brake rotor basically has an outer portion, an inner portion and an intermediate portion. The outer portion is made of a first material. The inner portion is made of the first material. The intermediate portion is disposed between the outer portion and the inner portion. The intermediate portion is made of the first material. The intermediate portion is partially laminated by a layer made of a second material. The second material is different from the first material. The layer has a contour tracing a contour of the intermediate portion. | 05-30-2013 |
20130133994 | BICYCLE DISC BRAKE ROTOR - A bicycle disc brake rotor basically has a base rotor plate and a first thermally sprayed layer. The base rotor plate includes an outer portion having first and second base surfaces facing in opposite axial directions. The first thermally sprayed layer is laminated on the first base surface of the outer portion of the base rotor plate to form a first outer surface. | 05-30-2013 |
20130133996 | BICYCLE DISC BRAKE ROTOR - A bicycle disc brake rotor basically has an outer portion, an inner portion and an intermediate portion. The outer portion is made of a first material. The inner portion is made of the first material. The intermediate portion is disposed between the outer portion and the inner portion. The intermediate portion is made of the first material. The intermediate portion is at least partially laminated by a layer made of a second material. The second material is different from the first material. The layer has a contour tracing a contour of the intermediate portion. | 05-30-2013 |
20130133997 | BICYCLE DISC BRAKE ROTOR - A bicycle disc brake rotor basically has a base rotor plate and a first thermally sprayed layer. The base rotor plate includes an outer portion having first and second base surfaces facing in opposite axial directions. The first thermally sprayed layer is laminated on the first base surface of the outer portion of the base rotor plate to form a first outer surface. | 05-30-2013 |
20130168193 | BICYCLE DISC BRAKE ROTOR - A bicycle disc brake rotor basically has an outer portion and a cooling fin. The outer portion has first and second base surfaces facing in opposite axial directions. The cooling fin is disposed radially offset from at least one of the first and second braking surfaces. | 07-04-2013 |
20130180806 | BICYCLE DISC BRAKE ROTOR - A bicycle disc brake rotor is provided with a base rotor plate and a first layer. The base rotor plate includes an outer portion formed of iron. The outer portion has first and second base surfaces facing in opposite axial directions. The first layer overlies the first base surface of the outer portion of the base rotor plate to form a first outer surface. The first layer has a corrosion resistant characteristic which is superior to the base rotor plate. | 07-18-2013 |
20130180807 | BICYCLE DISC BRAKE ROTOR - A bicycle disc brake rotor is provided with a base rotor plate and a surface region. The base rotor plate includes an outer portion that is formed of iron. The outer portion has first and second base surfaces facing in opposite axial directions. The surface region is formed by a diffusion process on the base rotor plate. The surface region has a corrosion resistant characteristic which is superior to the base rotor plate. | 07-18-2013 |
20130333986 | BICYCLE BRAKE PAD - A bicycle brake pad includes a cooling plate and a friction plate. The cooling plate has a first surface and a second surface. The cooling plate includes a pad supporting section and a heat dissipation section. The friction pad is connected to the pad supporting section of the cooling plate. | 12-19-2013 |
20140042798 | COMPOSITE BICYCLE RIM - A composite bicycle rim includes a first annular side wall, a second annular side wall and an annular bridge. The first annular side wall has a first braking contact portion. The second annular side wall has a second braking contact portion. The annular bridge extends between the first and second annular side walls. At least one of the first and second braking contact portions has a plurality of exposed hard particles partially embedded in a non-metallic layer. The exposed hard particles are partially exposed on an outermost surface of the at least one of the first and second braking contact portions. | 02-13-2014 |
20140335986 | BICYCLE SPROCKET - A bicycle sprocket includes a sprocket body and a plurality of sprocket teeth. The sprocket teeth extend radially outwardly from an outer periphery of the sprocket body. The sprocket body includes a first layered member, a second layered member and a third layered member. The first layered member has a first axial surface and a second axial surface. The second layered member is attached to the first axial surface such that the first and second layered members overlap each other in an axial direction as viewed parallel to a rotational axis. The third layered member is attached to the second axial surface such that the first and third layered members overlap each other in the axial direction as viewed parallel to the rotational axis. At least one of the second and third layered members has at least one concavo-convex portion. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335987 | BICYCLE SPROCKET - A bicycle sprocket includes a sprocket body, and a plurality of sprocket teeth. At least one of the sprocket teeth includes a first layered member, a second layered member and a third layered member. The first layered member has a first axial surface and a second axial surface. The second layered member is attached to the first axial surface such that the first and second layered members overlap each other in an axial direction as viewed parallel to a rotational axis of the sprocket body. The third layered member is attached to the second axial surface such that the first and third layered members overlap each other in the axial direction as viewed parallel to the rotational axis of the sprocket body. The first layered member has a specific gravity that is less than those of the second layered member and the third layered member. | 11-13-2014 |
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20090256717 | BATTERY AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, BATTERY, AND BATTERY CHARGER - A battery authentication system according to the present invention includes a battery and an electronic device. The battery includes a battery authentication portion that includes battery identification information and performs authentication between the battery and the electronic device. The electronic device includes: a power source that supplies electric power from the battery to respective portions in the electronic device; a storage portion that stores the battery identification information of usable batteries; a device authentication portion that performs authentication of the battery; and a control portion that compares the battery identification information of the battery with the battery identification information stored in the storage portion. The control portion compares the battery identification information of the battery authenticated successfully in the device authentication portion with the battery identification information stored in the storage portion, and controls the power source based on a result of the comparison. According to the battery authentication system of the present invention, it is possible to recognize whether a battery mounted is authenticated or not, and accordingly to determine whether the battery can be used or not. Therefore, it is possible to permit the use of a genuine battery and a non-genuine battery and to eliminate a counterfeit battery. | 10-15-2009 |
20100052608 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - During charging of a battery, the start-up of the main body of an apparatus due to the switching on of a controller leads to increased consumption of power and also leads to heating of the battery, and therefore it is not possible to pass a sufficient charging current. A main microcomputer | 03-04-2010 |
20100088051 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, BATTERY, AND BATTERY REMAINING CAPACITY DISPLAY METHOD - The present invention provides an electronic device capable of displaying a remaining capacity of a battery | 04-08-2010 |
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20090049487 | ROUTER APPARATUS AND NETWORK TROUBLE DETERMINING METHOD - The router apparatus monitors packets among plural networks and relays the packets among the networks based on information obtained from the packets. The router apparatus includes an HTTP server and a speed measuring page. The HTTP server monitors a transmission request from an HTTP client and transmits information to the client on the basis the request. The speed measuring page includes information on which the transmission speed of data is measured in a storage device controlled by the HTTP server. A terminal requests transmitting the speed measuring page and measures a bit rate between the router apparatus and the terminal according to information in the speed measuring page transmitted responding to the request. | 02-19-2009 |
20120008628 | NETWORK COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A network communication apparatus connected to a network for communication using Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addresses includes: a communication control unit configured to generate an IPv6 address of the network communication apparatus, and generate a packet including the generated IPv6 as a source IP address; and a communication interface unit configured to transmit the packet generated by the communication control unit. The communication control unit generates the IPv6 address by including communication to information in an interface ID in the IPv6 address, and the communication information includes information indicating a dynamically changeable communication environment between the network communication apparatus and another apparatus connected in the network. | 01-12-2012 |
20130093670 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - When a television screen is split into sub-screens and the sub-screens are allocated to a plurality of operators, a television appropriately controls display positions and sizes of the sub-screens according to a position relationship between the operators, distances between the operators and the sub-screens, and rearrangement of the positions of the operators. Specifically, the television includes an external information obtaining unit that obtains position information items of the gesture operations and a generation unit that generates an image in a layout set based on a relative position relationship between the position information items. | 04-18-2013 |