Usami, JP
Akira Usami, Futtsu-Shi JP
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20100003161 | Steel for Crude Oil Tank, Method for Producing the Same, Crude Oil Tank and Corrosion Prevention Method Thereof - The present invention provides: a steel for a welded structure to be used for a crude oil tank that exhibits excellent general and local corrosion resistance in crude oil corrosion caused in a steel oil tank and is capable of suppressing the formation of corrosion products (sludge) containing solid sulfur; a method for producing said steel; a crude oil tank; and a method for preventing a crude oil tank against corrosion. The present invention makes it possible to obtain general and local corrosion resistance in a crude oil tank environment and suppress the formation of corrosion products (sludge) containing solid sulfur by using a steel: containing, in mass, 0.001 to 0.2% C, 0.01 to 2.5% Si, 0.1 to 2% Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.007% or less S, 0.01 to 1.5% Cu, 0.001 to 0.3% Al, 0.001 to 0.01% N as basic components and, further, 0.01 to 0.2% Mo and/or 0.01 to 0.5% W; and preferably satisfying the following expression; | 01-07-2010 |
Atsushi Usami, Kanagawa JP
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20110095171 | PHOTOELECTRIC ENCODER - A photoelectric encoder in which light emitted from a light source is modulated by an optical grating and the modulated light is detected by a light receiving element, includes a one-side telecentric optical system which forms an image of the light modulated by the optical grating. The imaging optical system has an aperture through which part of the light modulated by the optical grating is allowed to transmit, the aperture having a size which is required when a cutoff spatial frequency that is a spatial frequency indicating a resolution limit of the imaging optical system due to the light emitted from the light source has a value between a fundamental spatial frequency of the optical grating obtained by a Fourier transformation and a second harmonic of the fundamental spatial frequency. | 04-28-2011 |
20120194326 | Remote Controller and Method of Controlling Light Emission From Light-Emitting Unit Thereof - When a key input acknowledging unit acknowledges user input from a valid key enabled to control a first electronic device, a light-emission control unit causes a first light-emitting unit for a first selection key to emit light. On the other hand, when the key input acknowledging unit acknowledges user input from a control key other than the valid key, the light-emission control unit causes a second light-emitting unit for a second selection key or a third light-emitting unit for a third selection key to emit light. | 08-02-2012 |
20130242311 | WHITE-LIGHT INTERFEROMETRIC MEASURING DEVICE - A white-light interferometric measuring device includes: a white light source that emits a white light beam; a beam splitter that reflects the white light beam; and an interference objective lens that collects the white light beam having reflected off the beam splitter in the direction of an optical axis and irradiates a measurement workpiece with the white light beam, the interference objective lens generating interference between a measurement light beam obtained by reflection of the white light beam off the measurement workpiece and a reference light beam obtained by branching of the white light beam to be converged on the measurement workpiece. Polarization correcting means that corrects the white light beam to enter the interference objective lens to circularly polarized light is arranged between the white light source and the interference objective lens. | 09-19-2013 |
Hatsuhiko Usami, Aichi JP
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20090092796 | SLIDING MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a sliding member according to the present invention and a manufacturing method thereof, at least one component selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, mullite, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide and iron oxide is transferred onto a base material, thereby forming a transfer layer ( | 04-09-2009 |
Hideaki Usami, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20100054216 | Wireless Communication Terminal and Base Station Selection Method - A wireless communication terminal, in accordance with a time division multiple access system, establishes radio-links to multiple base stations and conducts a communication by using slots assigned by the multiple base stations, including: a synchronization information acquisition means generating synchronization information regarding slots used between the wireless communication terminal and multiple base stations that are candidates to which a communication is conducted; and a selection means, based on the synchronization information, classifies the multiple base stations into multiple synchronized base station groups which include the base stations that provides synchronized slots, and selects one of the synchronized base station groups including the bases stations that are candidates to which the radio-link is established. | 03-04-2010 |
Hideki Usami, Aichi-Gun JP
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20090304960 | METHOD OF CUTTING MULTILAYER BODY, METHOD OF FORMING MULTILAYER CONTAINER, AND MULTILAYER FORMED PRODUCT - An end face of an intermediate layer of a multilayer structure is stably covered by surface resin layers at a time of cutting the multilayer structure. A cutting method of the multilayer structure includes the steps of: compressing and deforming the multilayer structure, while extending respective layers of the multilayer structure to provide a thin thickness portion, so that an upper layer bites into a lower layer by pushing a push cutter, by a predetermined amount, into the multilayer structure supported by a cutter receiving portion, in a fused state of at least one of the resin layers forming the multilayer structure; and push-cutting the compressed thin thickness portion S till the push cutter abuts against the cutter receiving portion so as to converge an intermediate layer and surface resin layers of the multilayer structure to the abutting portion A of the push cutter and the cutter receiving portion. | 12-10-2009 |
20120211928 | THERMOFORMING DEVICE AND THERMOFORMING METHOD USING HOT PLATE HEATING - A thermoforming device using a hot plate heating includes a frame a hot plate; a decompression unit connected to the frame; a decompression unit which is connected to a hot plate; a unit which is connected to the hot plate and opens a heating surface side to an atmosphere or pressures the heating surface side; an adsorption and heating control unit which performs the adsorption and heating operation of the sheet by the hot plate; a decompression control unit which performs a decompression operation in the concave portion; and a molding operation control unit which concurrently performs the adsorption and heating operation and the decompression operation, stops the adsorption and heating operation of the sheet after a predetermined time from the start of the operation, and opens a portion between the hot plate and the sheet to the atmosphere or pressures the portion. | 08-23-2012 |
Hideki Usami, Aichi JP
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20110221235 | ENERGY ABSORBER - An energy absorber in which an energy-absorbing property in a collision can be set to a predetermined property is provided. An energy absorber (1) which is installed between an auto body panel and an interior member of an automobile, so as to absorb impact energy of a collision includes a base (2) which is fastened between the auto body panel and the interior member; and a plurality of projections (3) which projects from the base and is formed into a hollow conical shape or a hollow circular truncated cone shape, wherein the plurality of projections has different heights and different number of liner convex ribs (4), the rib projecting from an outer circumferential face of the projection and extending from a leading end of the projection to the base, the projections next to each other are not coupled via the rib, and the rib is not provided on a line connecting the centers of the projections next to each other. | 09-15-2011 |
Hiroaki Usami, Watari-Gun JP
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20100002315 | Resin lens and method of molding resin lens - A resin lens includes an optical functional section that has an optical function, and a flange section that is formed around the optical functional section. A reference face is used as reference during positioning and fixing, and is formed on one face of the flange section. The face on which the reference face is formed is molded by an insert that mainly forms the optical functional section and a holder that mainly forms the flange section, during molding. The reference face of the flange section and an optical functional face that is the face of the optical functional section facing the reference face are molded by the insert, and a face of the flange section that is closer to the outer periphery than the reference face of the flange section is molded by the holder. | 01-07-2010 |
20100025869 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOLDED ARTICLE FORMED WITH THERMOSETTING RESIN AND INJECTION MOLDING APPARATUS - There is provided a method of manufacturing a molded article formed with a thermosetting resin and an injection molding apparatus so that occurrence of blurs and containing of bubbles at the time of molding can be prevented. Provided is a method of manufacturing a molded article formed with a thermosetting resin by using a mold including: a cavity for molding a product part; a gate which commutes with the cavity to guide a liquid thermosetting resin into the cavity, thereby forming a gate part; a runner which commutes with the gate part to guide the liquid resin into the gate part, thereby forming a runner part; and an overflow catcher which commutes with the cavity to receive the liquid resin overflown from the cavity, thereby forming an overflow part, wherein the method includes: an injecting process of injecting the liquid resin from the runner through the gate to the cavity, until the overflow catcher is filled from the cavity; a hardening process of heating the liquid resin in the mold, thereby hardening the liquid resin; a demolding process of demolding a resin molded article having the runner part, the gate part, the product part, and the overflow part from the mold; and a cutting process of detaching the gate part and the overflow part from the product part of the demolded resin molded article. | 02-04-2010 |
Hirokazu Usami, Suntou-Gun JP
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20080310886 | DEVELOPER REGULATING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS - A developer regulating apparatus including: a flexible sheet member, which regulates a thickness of a developer layer on a developing roller; and a holding member having wall surfaces for holding the sheet member in a curved state, wherein when the sheet member is not pressed by the developing roller, an angle of circumference of an arc of the sheet member is not larger than 180 degrees, a perpendicular bisector of a chord corresponding to the arc when the sheet member is pressed by the developing roller is provided downstream in a rotation direction of the developing roller with respect to a normal line of a surface of the developing roller which is parallel to the perpendicular bisector, and a sheet member holding line of the wall surface of the holding member upstream in the rotation direction is provided coplanar with the normal line or upstream of the normal line. | 12-18-2008 |
Hirokazu Usami, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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20100034564 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developer carrying member to which a developing bias is applied. A frequency f of a developing bias waveform, a developing area S1 which is a time-integrated value of a difference between a voltage value of the developing bias and a solid electrostatic image potential VL in a developing period of the developing bias, a collecting area S2 which is a time-integrated value of a difference between the voltage value of the developing bias and VL in a collecting period of the developing bias, and a developing contrast value Vcon are used for defining a range of a value of the developing bias frequency f, a range of a value of a voltage change rate α at VL during transition of the developing bias voltage value from a developing-side voltage to a collecting-side voltage, and a range of a value represented by the formula: | 02-11-2010 |
20100159382 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT CARRIER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE-FORMING METHOD USING THE TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER - A carrier has an impedance Z having a frequency dependence, obtained by alternating current impedance measurement. When the frequency dependence is fitted by a fitting function, parameter α lies in a range of 0.70 to 0.90 in an electric field of 10 | 06-24-2010 |
20110111337 | MAGNETIC CARRIER - In the formation of images by a two-component development system, provided is a magnetic carrier that can be used to output an image which has sufficient density, in which few white spots are present in a low-density portion located near the boundary between a high-density region and a low-density region, and in which the low-density portion has good graininess. The magnetic carrier contains magnetic carrier particles each of which has resin and a magnetic particle. The magnetic particle contains ferrite phases and phases comprising a perovskite-structured compound. The ferrite phases and phases comprising a perovskite-structured compound are combined. | 05-12-2011 |
20130101931 | TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND TWO-COMPONENT TYPE DEVELOPER - A toner containing toner base particles and an external additive, wherein regions with different tribocharging polarities with respect to a magnetic carrier are present in a domain-matrix structure on the surface of the toner base particles. The island region B has a predetermined height, the external additive has a reverse polarity to the region B in terms of tribocharging polarity to the magnetic carrier, the external additive contains a first external additive having a number-average primary particle size of 80-150 nm and a second external additive having a number-average primary particle size of 10-60 nm, and an average coverage Cb (%) with the first external additive in the region B is 27-100% and a coverage Ca (%) with the first external additive in the sea region A is 12% or less. | 04-25-2013 |
20130216263 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member; an electrostatic image forming device; and a developer carrying member. The developer carrying member is provided so as to be rotated in a direction opposite to a rotational direction of the image bearing member at a peripheral speed higher than that of the image bearing member. When the peripheral speed of the image bearing member is Vp (m/sec), the peripheral speed of the developer carrying member is Vs (m/sec), and a time, of movement of the developer from the surface of the developer carrying member to the image bearing member, actually measured in a gap between the image bearing member and the developer carrying member is Tsd (sec), the peripheral speeds Vp and Vs and the time Tsd satisfy the following relationship: (Vs−Vp)×Tsd<3×10 | 08-22-2013 |
20130223861 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum; a first sleeve for carrying a developer containing toner and a carrier having a volume resistivity lower than that of the toner and for developing an image on the drum by rubbing the drum with the developer; a second sleeve for carrying the developer received from the first sleeve and for developing the image by rubbing the drum with the developer carried on the second sleeve; a voltage source for applying a developing bias voltage including a DC voltage component and an AC voltage component to the first sleeve and second sleeve; and a driving device for rotating the first sleeve at a peripheral speed higher than the drum and for rotating the second sleeve at a peripheral speed which is higher than the drum and which is lower than the first sleeve. | 08-29-2013 |
Hiroyuki Usami, Kariya-Shi JP
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20110127944 | PARKING AND POWER CHARGING SYSTEM - When an arriving electric vehicle arrives at a car park with parking spaces, a parking state detection means in a parking and power charging system detects the presence of empty parking spaces. An assignment means assigns a ranking of charging performance to each detected empty parking space so that the empty parking space having the charging device of a higher charging performance has a higher ranking of charging performance on the basis of descending order of charging performance of the charging devices. A communication means obtains vehicle parameters of the arriving electric vehicle. A parking space instruction means instructs the arriving electric vehicle to move to and be parked in the empty parking space having the ranking of charging performance selected on the basis of the vehicle parameter such as necessity to charge or degree to easily charge the on-vehicle battery mounted on the arriving electric vehicle. | 06-02-2011 |
Hiroyuki Usami, Ibaraki JP
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20080218556 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION HEAD, LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet ejection had having: a vibrating pate at which is formed a piezoelectric element which deforms when voltage is applied; a wiring board disposed above the piezoelectric element, an electric wire for deforming the piezoelectric element being disposed at the wiring board; a liquid storage chamber provided at a side opposite to the piezoelectric element, with the wiring board sandwiched therebetween; a pressure chamber provided at a side opposite to the wiring board, with the vibrating plate sandwiched therebetween; an ejection opening that ejects liquid droplets from the pressure chamber; a liquid supply opening that supplies liquid within the liquid storage chamber to the pressure chamber; and an electrical connection portion that passes through the wiring board and electrically connects the piezoelectric element and the electric wire through the liquid supply opening, is provided. | 09-11-2008 |
Hisanao Usami, Nagano JP
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20100164145 | PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING INORGANIC NANOFIBERS - A process of manufacturing inorganic nanofibers, without using an organic polymer, using a highly reactive metal alkoxide such as titanium alkoxide or zirconium alkoxide, in particular, a process in which inorganic nanofibers can be stably produced over a long period, is provided. It is a process of manufacturing inorganic nanofibers by electrospinning using a sol solution containing an inorganic component as a main component, characterized in that the sol solution contains a metal alkoxide having a high reactivity and a salt catalyst, and that the salt catalyst is an amine compound having an N—N bond, an N—O bond, an N—C═N bond, or an N—C═S bond. | 07-01-2010 |
Hitoshi Usami, Yokoha-City JP
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20110096159 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a measurement apparatus capable of improving measurement precision of a measurement object using measurement light without deteriorating the visibility of the measurement object. An observation illumination device | 04-28-2011 |
Ichiro Usami, Anjo-City JP
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20110125299 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A processing unit executes at least one of a task of a radio tuner, a task of a television tuner, a task of a playback control unit for playback of stored image and sound, a task of an indication unit for indicating image according to image data, a task of a navigation unit for detecting a present position and indicating the detected position on a map, and a task of a route search unit for searching for a route and indicating the searched route on the map, in accordance with a predetermined priority. When execution of multiple tasks by the processing unit exceeds processing performance of the processing unit, a processing suspension unit suspends a task, which satisfies a predetermined condition, among the multiple tasks currently executed by the processing unit, irrespective of a priority of the task. | 05-26-2011 |
20120072069 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A communication system for a vehicle includes: a plurality of controllers mounted on the vehicle; a data communication network for coupling the plurality of controllers with each other so that the controllers transmit data to and receive data from each other via the data communication network; a failure diagnosis device for diagnosing whether each controller is normal; a failure diagnosis activation device for activating the failure diagnosis device; and an avoiding condition setting device for setting an avoiding condition, which provides to avoid execution of the failure diagnosis when the failure diagnosis device is activated. | 03-22-2012 |
Ikuo Usami, Hiroshima JP
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20110297469 | BATTERY MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF ELECTROMOTIVE VEHICLE - Plural battery modules mounted on a first mount portion of a battery unit which is positioned below a front floor portion are arranged in a vehicle longitudinal direction such that the longitudinal direction of each of the battery modules matches a vehicle width direction and the short side of a rectangular section of each of the battery modules extends in a vehicle vertical direction, and plural battery modules mounted on a second mount portion which is positioned below a rear floor portion are arranged in the vehicle width direction such that the longitudinal direction of each of the battery modules matches the vehicle longitudinal direction and the long side of the rectangular section of each of the battery modules extends in the vehicle vertical direction. Accordingly, the plural battery modules can be arranged efficiently. | 12-08-2011 |
20120097466 | BATTERY MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF ELECTROMOTIVE VEHICLE - A battery unit comprises plural side connection portions which are provided at its both-side end portions in a vehicle width direction and connected to said vehicle-body member, and these connection portions are connected to a high rigidity portion of a vehicle-body member, concretely, to the vehicle-body member at a specified position where floor cross members integrally connected to a vehicle floor panel are located, to the vehicle-body member at a specified position where a torque box is located, or to the vehicle-body member at a specified position where a kick-up portion of the vehicle floor panel is located. Accordingly, the torsional rigidity of the vehicle body can be increased by utilizing the battery unit mounted below the vehicle body floor (vehicle floor panel). | 04-26-2012 |
Joe Usami, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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20100150627 | Lubricant molded body, lubricant application apparatus, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus - A lubricant molded body, which is to be applied to a surface of a photosensitive layer for electrophotography in an image forming apparatus, for example, is composed of at least two kinds of higher fatty acid metallic salts having respectively different carbon numbers. As the higher fatty acid metallic salt that forms lubricant molded body, compounds such as zinc stearate, calcium stearate, barium stearate, aluminum stearate, zinc laurate, calcium laurate, etc. may be recited. The higher fatty acid metallic salts may contain at least one kind of fillers selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, tungsten disulfide, molybdenum disulfide, graphite fluoride, graphite, boron nitride, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF). | 06-17-2010 |
Jun Usami, Kyoto-City Kyoto JP
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20090097335 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUNDANT MEMORY CONFIGURATION IN VOLTAGE ISLAND - A method and apparatus to configure redundant memory elements in a system on a chip (SoC) having discrete voltage domains (islands). A plurality of memories are provided for each voltage island, each containing redundancy elements or having the capability to access redundant memory elements in a neighboring voltage domain; a fuse cell stores configuration information for controlling the switching of memory elements of the plurality of memories; a shift register receives and retains configuration information on a memory array from the fuse cell corresponding to each memory; and a control circuit directs operation of the shift register. The shift register includes a shift portion for receiving the data of the configuration information and transferring the data to another shift register, and a latch portion for retaining the data inputted to the shift portion. The control circuit controls whether or not the data of the shift register, which is inputted to the shift portion, is to be retained in the latch portion. | 04-16-2009 |
Junya Usami, Aichi JP
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20100003464 | Interior Panel and Injection Molding Method - A resin-made interior panel molded into a thin-plate shape using a cavity die and a core die in which portions which corresponds to undercut portions with respect to the die-cutting direction of the molding die includes on the front surface side of a panel a flat bottom portion having a shape which cancels an entire undercut space on the side of the core-die and a rib structure having a plurality of ribs projecting in the shape of plugging back the undercut space and having a plurality of grooves extending from the bottom portion in the die-cut direction. According to the invention as described above, means which maintain the design shape of the interior panel on the front surface side having the undercut portions is provided without necessity of a slide die in the core die. | 01-07-2010 |
Kazuhiro Usami, Odawara JP
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20080270670 | Storage system and path switching method - A storage system is characterized by including: a host apparatus for sending various requests and backup-target data; a virtualization apparatus including a volume that stores the data sent from the host apparatus and a virtual volume that stores replicated data for the data; and a virtual disk library apparatus having a controller apparatus that includes an actual volume for the virtual volume and a tape library apparatus having a tape that stores the replicated data stored in the actual volume, and is characterized in that the controller apparatus has a path switching unit for conducting switching, for a plurality of paths for transferring the data, between a path that connects the controller apparatus to the tape library apparatus and a path that connects the controller apparatus to the virtualization apparatus according to a request from the host apparatus. | 10-30-2008 |
20090070385 | Storage apparatus, data restoration method and computer system - An LU management table | 03-12-2009 |
20100115222 | HIERARCHICAL STORAGE SYSTEM - Pools of a plurality of types of storage devices are configured and are included in different layers. Based on at least one storage device of the same type, the pools of types corresponding to the type are configured. The controller in the storage system carries out storage location change processing in which the storage location of targeted data that has been stored into the targeted first real page allocated to a virtual page in a virtual volume is changed to the second real page that has not been allocated in a pool of the second type different from a pool of the first type including the targeted first real page in the case in which the controller conforms to the prescribed storage location change conditions. A size of a real page is different depending on a type of a pool. | 05-06-2010 |
20100142070 | Storage system and operation method thereof - Aiming to suitably balance, when backing up data to a magnetic tape, search time and writing/reading performance depending on the purpose of the backup, provided is a disk array apparatus including a disk device having hard disks, a magnetic tape device including a magnetic tape to which data to be backed up is written, and a control unit performing writing and reading processings of data between the disk device and the magnetic tape device. The control unit includes an FM (file mark) interval managing unit which receives a purpose of use when backing up the data on the magnetic tape, and from FM intervals which is held in association with the purpose of use thus received and which indicates an interval of recording FMs on the magnetic tape, acquires an FM interval corresponding to the purpose of use thus received, and transmits the acquired FM interval to the control unit. | 06-10-2010 |
20100293150 | Storage apparatus, data restoration method and computer system - An LU management table | 11-18-2010 |
20110320707 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD - The performance to transfer data to external storage media in thin provisioning is enhanced. | 12-29-2011 |
20110320710 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A storage system including: a virtualization apparatus having a control unit, said control unit setting an actual volume for storing data sent from a host apparatus, formed in a storage area provided by a physical disk; and a virtual volume paired with the actual volume, for storing replicated data for the data; and an external storage apparatus having a logical volume that functions as an actual storage area for the virtual volume; and a tape associated with the logical volume, for storing the replicated data; wherein the external storage apparatus has a copy unit for copying the replicated data stored in the logical volume to the tape. | 12-29-2011 |
20120233437 | HIERARCHICAL STORAGE SYSTEM - Pools of a plurality of types of storage devices are configured and are included in different layers. Based on at least one storage device of the same type, the pools of types corresponding to the type are configured. The controller in the storage system carries out storage location change processing in which the storage location of targeted data that has been stored into the targeted first real page allocated to a virtual page in a virtual volume is changed to the second real page that has not been allocated in a pool of the second type different from a pool of the first type including the targeted first real page in the case in which the controller conforms to the prescribed storage location change conditions. A size of a real page is different depending on a type of a pool. | 09-13-2012 |
Koichi Usami, Shiga JP
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20080273030 | DRAWING APPARATUS AND DRAWING METHOD | 11-06-2008 |
20090157934 | Data Processing Unit and Bus Arbitration Unit - An effective bus arbitration unit is described in which it is possible to reduce, as much as possible, the waiting time until a bus master obtain bus ownership and improve the rate of operating the bus while improving the throughput of data transfer. A bus master issues a size signal (for example, signal “CDSZ”) indicative of the size of data to be read or written. A state machine | 06-18-2009 |
20090213110 | IMAGE MIXING APPARATUS AND PIXEL MIXER - An image mixing apparatus and a pixel mixer capable of mixing image data items having different pixel resolutions, and mixing image data items in an arbitrary display priority, irrespective of the order of mixing, even if the order of mixing is determined in advance is provided. Of two pixel data items having depth values “Zc” and “Zb”, one pixel data item having the depth value indicating that the pixel is located in a foreground position is selected by a pixel selection determination circuit | 08-27-2009 |
20090259789 | MULTI-PROCESSOR, DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS CONTROLLER, AND SERIAL DATA TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING APPARATUS | 10-15-2009 |
20090278845 | IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE, TEXTURE MAPPING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND TEXTURE STORING METHOD - A vertex sorter | 11-12-2009 |
Koichi Usami, Kusatsu City JP
Kyohei Usami, Inazawa-Shi JP
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20080199778 | Electrode for secondary batteries and method for making same, and secondary batteries using the electrode - An electrode for secondary batteries comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a support electrolyte is used as at least one of the electrodes. The electrode comprises a radical compound and a single ion-conducting material. The single ion-conducting material has a functional group of —COOX or -S0 | 08-21-2008 |
Makoto Usami, Kanagawa JP
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20080316293 | Camera unit - There is provided a camera unit used in a communications system having a display section and arranged to exchange sound and images via communication between at least two locations. The camera unit includes a camera section having an image sensor for photoelectrically converting a visual image to an electric signal; a transparent filter section having signal lines for supplying power to the camera section and transferring the image signal supplied thereto from the camera section; a frame section for holding the transparent filter section therein, the frame section having a power input terminal for supplying power to the camera section and a video output terminal for outputting the image signal transferred thereto from the camera section; and attaching members for attaching the frame section holding the transparent filter section therein, to a front surface of a display screen of the display section of the communications system. | 12-25-2008 |
20110157685 | LASER SYSTEM - The present invention is a laser system including a DFB laser | 06-30-2011 |
20140211004 | MONITORING CAMERA - A monitoring camera is provided. The monitoring camera includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject therein, the image capturing unit having an image capturing field angle adjustable by a zooming optical system; and a light source having a light emitting diode configured to emit an illuminating radiation. The camera further includes a lens unit configured to apply the illuminating radiation in a direction which is substantially identical to a direction in which the image capturing unit captures the image; and an irradiation moving unit configured to variably set an irradiation range of the illuminating radiation to irradiate an area which is substantially the same as the image capturing field angle of the image capturing unit. | 07-31-2014 |
Mamoru Usami, Kagoshima JP
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20100007283 | Light-Source Drive Circuit, Light Source Component Including Light-Source Drive Circuit and Display Apparatus - Provided are a light-source drive circuit substrate and a light source component which can drive a light source with sufficiently high light source characteristics even when environmental temperature greatly changes, and a display apparatus which includes the light source component. A light-source drive circuit (X) according to the present embodiment includes a controller (C) configured to drive a first light source (L | 01-14-2010 |
Masaru Usami, Toride-Shi JP
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20080225356 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus which can reduce a change of color balance due to the exchange of the optical unit. The image reading apparatus comprises an original glass plate on which an original is placed, and an optical unit adapted to move in parallel to the original glass plate below the original glass plate, the optical unit comprising an illumination light source adapted to illuminate the original placed on the original glass plate, and a charge coupled device adapted to read the reflected light from the original placed on the original glass plate, and the optical unit being exchangeable with a spare optical unit. The image reading apparatus retains thickness information of the original glass tableplate. The spare optical unit retains change information of an image resolution of the image reading apparatus due to a change of an optical path length of the optical unit the exchange of the optical unit. | 09-18-2008 |
20100157375 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes first and second reading portions which read images of first and second faces of an original, an image forming portion which forms an image on a sheet based on image data read by the reading portions, a calculation portion which calculates difference between respective image data, a correction portion which calculates correction data to decrease difference of the image data based on the image data difference, and a control portion which controls the image forming portion so that an image for correction to correct the reading accuracy difference is formed on a sheet based on the correction data; and the calculation portion calculates difference between respective image data when the image for correction formed on a sheet is respectively read by the first and second reading portions, and the correction portion recalculates correction data based on the image data difference calculated by the calculation portion. | 06-24-2010 |
Masayuki Usami, Nagoya JP
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20090055685 | Electronic apparatus in which functioning of of a microcomputer is monitored by another microcomputer to detect abnormal operation - In an electronic apparatus, a first microcomputer is monitored by a second microcomputer, which periodically transmits data relating to a main function to the first microcomputer to be processed. The first microcomputer periodically updates a variable value, performs a predetermined calculation operation whose final result should be a specific fixed value, adds that final result to the updated variable value to obtain a sum value, and transmits the sum value and updated variable value concurrently to the second microcomputer. The second microcomputer determines that the first microcomputer is operating abnormally if the difference between the received sum value and variable value is not equal to the specific fixed value. | 02-26-2009 |
Masayuki Usami, Aichi-Ken JP
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20090115846 | Mounting construction for a facial image photographic camera - A facial image photographic device for vehicle mounting includes a facial image photographic camera which photographs the face of a driver of a vehicle while the vehicle is running, and a changeover device. The changeover device changes over a utilization environment of the facial image photographic camera between a position in which, when performing photography, the facial image photographic camera can be exposed to direct insolation by sunlight, and a position in which, when not performing photography, at least a part of the facial image photographic camera is not to be exposed to direct insolation by sunlight than when performing photography. | 05-07-2009 |
20100260495 | ON-BOARD CAMERA - An on-board camera is disposed, behind a neighboring member that is located above a steering column, on the steering column that can move forward at the time of a collision of a vehicle in which the on-board camera is installed. The on-board camera includes: a camera portion; and a support mechanism. The support mechanism supports the camera portion in such a manner that the camera portion can move in a direction away from the neighboring member when the neighboring member and the camera portion are brought into contact with each other because of a forward movement of the steering column at the time of the collision. | 10-14-2010 |
Masayuki Usami, Nagoya-Shi JP
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20080297374 | VEHICLE IMAGING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle imaging system includes an imaging device that images at least a part of an area around a vehicle; and a visible light attenuation device that attenuates part of visible light that enters the imaging device. The imaging device includes an imaging element that converts both of the infrared light and an infrared ray to electric signals. The imaging device outputs both of image data produced based on the electric signal to which the visible light, which has entered the imaging device without passing through the visible light attenuation device, has been converted, and image data produced based on the electric signal to which the infrared ray, which has passed through the visible light attenuation device, has been converted. | 12-04-2008 |
20120206707 | DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD - Provided is a distance measuring apparatus and a distance measuring method enabling measurement of, based on an image, a relative distance from an object even during nighttime. Included are imaging means for taking an image in a traveling direction of an own-vehicle as a taken image; specifying means for respectively specifying combinations of positions, in the taken image, of direct light which is imaged in the taken image and of a reflected light which is a reflection of the direct light on a travel path surface; and measuring means for measuring a relative distance from an object based on the combinations of the positions of the direct light and the positions of the reflected light, which are specified by the specifying means. | 08-16-2012 |
20120212616 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL AXIS ADJUSTING SYSTEM FOR IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - Provided is an image capturing device. | 08-23-2012 |
20130010112 | Object detection apparatus and storage medium storing object detection program - In an object detection apparatus, a captured image of a scene around a host vehicle, information indicating a travel state of the host vehicle, and information indicating a surrounding situation around the host vehicle are obtained; risk areas in each of which an object is likely to exist, and area risk degrees of the risk areas are estimated based on the obtained information; posture risk degrees of respective postures are estimated based on a relation between each of the risk areas and the postures of the object assumed to exist in the risk area; a window image is extracted from a search range in the captured image, which corresponds to each of the risk areas, according to descending order of overall risk degrees; and it is identified whether the window image is an image showing the object, by comparing an identification model with the window image. | 01-10-2013 |
20140161317 | EYELID DETECTION DEVICE, EYELID DETECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A secondary curve, the ends of which coincide with the inner corner and the outer corner of the eye, is determined successively, and the total of the edge values of the pixels overlapping the secondary curve is calculated as an evaluation value. Next, a characteristic curve is generated on the basis of data made up of the calculated evaluation value and the Y-coordinate of the intersection between the secondary curve and a straight line passing through the center of a line segment whose ends coincide with the inner corner and the outer corner of the eye. Then, the reference positions for the upper eyelid and the lower eyelid of the eye are set on the basis of the result of an attempt to detect a pixel group occurring because of the red-eye effect in a search area defined on the basis of peaks in the characteristic curve. | 06-12-2014 |
Mitsuo Usami, Tachikawa JP
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20090140300 | ELECTRONIC TAG CHIP - In order to extend the communication distance of an electronic tag chip, it is required to reduce power consumption of the electronic tag chip. After having formed capacitors and diodes on an SOI (Silicon on Insulator), remove a silicon substrate of the SOI. It becomes possible to reduce the capacitors and diodes of the electronic tag chip in parasitic capacitance relative to the ground, which makes it possible to reduce the power consumption of the electronic tag chip, thereby enabling the electronic tag chip to increase in communication distance thereof. | 06-04-2009 |
20090146794 | READING METHOD, RESPONDER, AND INTERROGATOR - Transmission and reception of the identification number to/from an interrogator includes an interrogator that reads a recognition number from a responder by radio. When a clock pulse is modulated on a high-frequency carrier and transmitted to the responder from the antenna of the interrogator, there are a first case when the clock pulse interval is short and a second case when the clock pulse interval is long. By combining the clock pulse of the first case and the clock pulse of the second case so as to control the read of the recognition number from the interrogator, it is possible to realize reduction of the semiconductor chip size of the responder and suppress the cost of the semiconductor chip | 06-11-2009 |
20090191668 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IC TAG INLET - An IC tag inlet ( | 07-30-2009 |
20090267745 | READER FOR WIRELESS IDENTIFICATION IC TAG AND WIRELESS IDENTIFICATION IC TAG SYSTEM - A reflected electromagnetic wave received, for example, from a wireless identification IC tag through an antenna ( | 10-29-2009 |
20110204871 | Core Recognition System and Core Recognition Method - An object of the invention is to prevent a human error, greatly reducing man-hours and to securely identify a core. To achieve the object, a request for a serial number is first made via a conductor of a core from a recognition unit that functions as a master to a recognition unit that functions as a slave. Next, the recognition unit as the slave reads a serial number for an IC tag and transmits the serial number via the conductor of the core. The recognition unit as the master receives the serial number transmitted from the recognition unit as the slave and collates the serial number and a serial number stored in an IC tag. It is ascertained by the collation that the conduction of the core is correctly made and it is displayed on a display of the recognition unit as the master and others that no disconnection on the way and no error in selecting an end of wiring are caused. | 08-25-2011 |
Motohiro Usami, Sagamihara-Shi JP
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20100232820 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus include an image carrier, an intermediate transfer member, a primary transfer member, a power supply unit to form a primary-transfer electric-field between the image carrier and the primary transfer member by applying a primary transfer current to the primary transfer member by performing constant-current control and to detect a change in a primary transfer voltage in a sub-scanning direction that is applied to the primary transfer member from the power supply unit in the sub-scanning direction, a conductive member, a secondary transfer member, a secondary-transfer electric-filed forming member to apply a secondary transfer current to the secondary transfer member or the conductive member, and a control device to control the secondary transfer current applied to the secondary transfer member or the conductive member in accordance with the change in the primary transfer voltage in the sub-scanning direction detected by the power supply unit. | 09-16-2010 |
Motohiro Usami, Kanagawa JP
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20110058831 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes: an image carrier; a charger to uniformly charge a surface of the image carrier; an exposing unit to perform write scanning on the image carrier; a developing unit that includes a developer carrier carrying a developer including a toner and that is configured to perform a visible image process on an electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier; and a transferor to transfer a toner image that has been subjected to the process onto a material. If length Lg of a non-image part directly before an image part in an image carrier moving direction has the relation of | 03-10-2011 |
20140056622 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A developing device to develop a latent image includes a developer bearer including a rotatable, hollow developer supporter to carry two-component developer on a surface thereof, and a stationary magnetic field generator having multiple magnetic poles and disposed inside the hollow developer supporter, and a magnetic field adjuster. The magnetic field generator generates a magnetic flux on the surface of the hollow developer supporter, and the magnetic field adjuster suppresses a maximum value of magnetic flux density in a tangential direction to the surface of the hollow developer supporter from a predetermined value for image formation. | 02-27-2014 |
Noritaka Usami, Sendai-Shi JP
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20100202955 | Method for Producing Si Bulk Polycrystal Ingot - A method is provided for producing a Si bulk polycrystal ingot with high quality and high homogeneity, which has no significant crystal defects and is free from diffused impurities with a high yield. An upper face of a Si melt is locally cooled by bringing coolant close to a surface of the Si melt from an upper part of a crucible in the crucible containing the Si melt or by inserting the coolant into the Si melt. A dendrite crystal is formed in the vicinity of the surface of the Si melt. Cooling is performed thereafter while maintaining a proper temperature distribution, and a Si bulk crystal is grown from an upper part toward a lower part using a lower face of the dendrite crystal as a fresh growth face. | 08-12-2010 |
Satoru Usami, Shizuoka JP
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20080254536 | Method of elevating photosynthesis speed of plant by improving pyruvate phosphate dikinase - The present invention relates to the transformation of C4 plants. It also relates to the high-level expression of foreign genes in C4 plants. More specifically, the present invention relates to the creation of C4 plants retaining an excellent photosynthetic capacity at low temperature by achieving high-level expression of an enzyme constituting the C4 photosynthetic pathway. In the present invention, C4 plants are transformed using an expression cassette that comprises a promoter, a C4 plant genomic gene, under control of said promoter, encoding an enzyme constituting a photosynthetic pathway, and a terminator. The C4 plant genomic gene encoding an enzyme constituting a photosynthetic pathway is preferably a C4 plant genome-derived PPDK gene or a modified form thereof. The present invention is particularly useful in improving the production of C4 plants having PPDK (especially, in improving the production of maize under low temperature conditions). | 10-16-2008 |
20080301832 | Method for Screening Genomic Dna Fragments - The present invention provides a method for selecting genomic DNA fragments which are useful for providing a plant with an agriculturally advantageous improvement. | 12-04-2008 |
20100311076 | METHOD OF BINDING PROTEINS TO CARRIERS BY MAKING USE OF TAMAVIDINS - The present invention provides a method of binding a protein to a carrier in such a way that the protein is not impaired in its function but can be allowed to act more efficiently than when it is bound directly. | 12-09-2010 |
20110277181 | DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS AND RELATED CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS INVOLVING GENES ENCODING DTP21 POLYPEPTIDES - Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs useful for conferring drought tolerance, compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs, and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs. The recombinant DNA construct comprises a polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter that is functional in a plant, wherein said polynucleotide encodes a DTP21 polypeptide. | 11-10-2011 |
Satoru Usami, Iwata-Shi JP
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20100330701 | USE OF HEAT-RESISTANT BIOTIN-BINDING PROTEIN, AND SOLID SUPPORT HAVING THE PROTEIN ATTACHED THERETO - The present invention relates to a solid support having a heat-resistant biotin-binding protein attached thereto. The present invention also relates to the use of the solid support of the present invention having a heat-resistant biotin-binding protein attached thereto. The present invention further relates to technical fields such as purification, concentration, detection and/or capture of a biotin-linked substance by means of a heat-resistant biotin-binding protein. Such a biotin-binding protein used in the solid support of the present invention is heat-resistant and is therefore useful for use in assay systems involving exposure to a temperature of 70° C. or more. | 12-30-2010 |
20130309691 | USE OF HEAT-RESISTANT BIOTIN-BINDING PROTEIN, AND SOLID SUPPORT HAVING THE PROTEIN ATTACHED THERETO - The present invention relates to a solid support having a heat-resistant biotin-binding protein attached thereto. The present invention also relates to the use of the solid support of the present invention having a heat-resistant biotin-binding protein attached thereto. The present invention further relates to technical fields such as purification, concentration, detection and/or capture of a biotin-linked substance by means of a heat-resistant biotin-binding protein. Such a biotin-binding protein used in the solid support of the present invention is heat-resistant and is therefore useful for use in assay systems involving exposure to a temperature of 70° C. or more. | 11-21-2013 |
Satoshi Usami, Aichi JP
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20090005507 | GAP-FILLING MEMBER FOR VEHICLES, AND PLATE-LIKE BODY FOR VEHICLE WINDOWS PROVIDED WITH GAP-FILLING MEMBER USING THE SAME - To provide a gap-filling member for vehicles using an olefinic thermoplastic elastomer, which has a wide range for regulating a gloss value representing gloss, can provide a high initial gloss value and is excellent also in mechanical properties such as scratch resistance, chemical resistance and adhesion, and recycling properties. | 01-01-2009 |
Shinji Usami, Okazaki-City JP
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20090195098 | Starter for cranking internal combustion engine - A starter for cranking an internal combustion engine includes an electric motor, an output shaft, a pinion gear coupled to the output shaft. The starter motor further includes one-way clutch for transmitting the rotational torque of the electric motor to the output shaft while interrupting transmission of the rotational torque from the pinion gear driven by the engine to the electric motor. A clutch-inner of the one-way clutch is integrally formed with the output shaft. When the output shaft is driven by the engine via the pinion gear, a swinging rotation may be caused due to a small inclination of the output shaft relative to a real center axis of the starter. To suppress the swinging rotation, a washer is connected to a front end of the one-way clutch, and the washer is adapted to contact a rear end of the sliding bearing supporting the output shaft when the output shaft is rotated by the engine. | 08-06-2009 |
Shiro Usami, Osaka JP
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20090066397 | LEVEL SHIFT CIRCUIT - In a level shift circuit, even when a power supply voltage of an input signal is reduced, a level shift operation is reliably performed without causing increase in circuit area and process costs. For a pair of n-type transistors which receive an input signal and a reverse signal of the input signal as a pair of complementary signals at their gates, respectively, a layout which allows reduction in unit gate width size is adopted. The layout configuration includes a plurality of divided rectangular doped regions which function as drains and sources and a plurality of gates arranged to align in a gate length direction with a gate width direction according with a short side direction of the doped regions. The gates are electrically connected with one another, the drains are electrically connected with one another, and the sources are electrically connected with one another. | 03-12-2009 |
20110001218 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND SYSTEM LSI INCLUDING THE SAME - A semiconductor integrated circuit having a diode element includes a diffusion layer which constitutes the anode and two diffusion layers which are provided on the left and right sides of the anode and which constitute the cathode, such that the anode and the cathode constitute the diode. A well contact is provided to surround both the diffusion layers of the anode and cathode. Distance tS between a longer side of the well contact and the diffusion layers of the cathode is shorter, while distance tL between a shorter side of the well contact and the diffusion layers of the anode and cathode is longer (tL>tS). Accordingly, the resistance value between the diffusion layer of the anode and the shorter side of the well contact is larger, so that the current from the diffusion layer of the anode is unlikely to flow toward the shorter side of the well contact. Thus, convergence of the current at the contact holes of the diffusion layer of the anode is reduced, so that the reliability of the diode element improves. | 01-06-2011 |
20120025272 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP AND LAYOUT METHOD FOR THE SAME - A semiconductor integrated circuit chip mounted on a substrate by flip chip bonding includes: a plurality of electrode pads; a corner portion of a flat periphery of an inner layer; a first linear region adjoining one side of the corner portion; a second linear region adjoining another side of the corner portion; and a third linear region adjoining a side of the first linear region opposite to the side adjoining the corner portion. A circuit core placeable region is provided in at least part of the corner portion and the first linear region. A plurality of IO cells connected to the electrode pads are arranged in the second and third linear regions. The IO cells in the second linear region are connected to the electrode pads arranged inwardly in n rows×n columns from a corner of the chip above the corner portion. | 02-02-2012 |
20130240954 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP AND LAYOUT METHOD FOR THE SAME - A semiconductor integrated circuit chip mounted on a substrate by flip chip bonding includes: a plurality of electrode pads; a corner portion of a flat periphery of an inner layer; a first linear region adjoining one side of the corner portion; a second linear region adjoining another side of the corner portion; and a third linear region adjoining a side of the first linear region opposite to the side adjoining the corner portion. A circuit core placeable region is provided in at least part of the corner portion and the first linear region. A plurality of IO cells connected to the electrode pads are arranged in the second and third linear regions. The IO cells in the second linear region are connected to the electrode pads arranged inwardly in n rows×n columns from a corner of the chip above the corner portion. | 09-19-2013 |
20140191368 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - Diffusion regions having the same conductivity type are arranged on a side of a second wiring and a side of a third wiring, respectively under a first wiring connected to a signal terminal. Diffusion regions are separated in a whole part or one part of a range in a Y direction. That is, under first wiring, diffusion regions are only formed in parts opposed to diffusion regions formed under the second wiring and third wiring connected to a power supply terminal or a ground terminal, and a diffusion region is not formed in a central part in an X direction. Therefore, terminal capacity of the signal terminal can be reduced without causing ESD resistance to be reduced, in an ESD protection circuit with the signal terminal. | 07-10-2014 |
Shiro Usami, Kyoto-Shi JP
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20080238481 | LEVEL SHIFT CIRCUIT - In a level shift circuit, the threshold voltage of N-type high-voltage transistors, to whose gates the voltage of a low-voltage supply VDD is applied, is set low. An input signal IN powered by the low-voltage supply VDD is input to the gate of an N-type transistor by way of an inverter. Therefore, even if the potentials at nodes W | 10-02-2008 |
Sho Usami, Susono-Shi JP
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20090136805 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a porous element, a first electrode, and a separator. The porous element is an element as a channel through which a reaction gas passes into the interior, the porous element having a first surface and a second surface. The first electrode is disposed on the first surface side of the porous element. The separator in contact with the second surface of the porous element is includes a first plate and a second plate, the first plate having a contact part in contact with the second surface, the second plate facing the first plate. A cooling medium channel is formed between the first plate and the second plate. The first plate has first dimples that are indented on a side of the first porous element and protrude on a side of the cooling medium channel. | 05-28-2009 |
20120100449 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell activation portion that starts electricity generation of a fuel cell; a cooling medium passage that is provided with a pump and that is provided for passing a cooling medium through a cell-side passage for the cooling medium; and a pump control portion that stops the pump for a first predetermined period after a start of the electricity generation caused by the fuel cell activation portion at a time when a temperature of the fuel cell is a low temperature lower than or equal to a predetermined value, and that starts operating the pump after the first predetermined period elapses. The pump control portion includes a cooling medium reverse portion that alternately reverses a direction of flow of the cooling medium in the cell-side passage according to elapsed time by controlling operation of the pump after the first predetermined period elapses. | 04-26-2012 |
20130089798 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell system | 04-11-2013 |
Sho Usami, Shizuoka-Ken JP
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20100167150 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - To provide a simple and compact fuel cell system that prevents degradation of the performance of a fuel cell stack due to accumulation of impurities and improves fuel efficiency by reducing discharge of a fuel gas. | 07-01-2010 |
20100167174 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Provided is a fuel cell system using the dead end method and capable of exhausting impurities accumulated at the anode side while suppressing the oxidization of carbon. In the fuel cell system ( | 07-01-2010 |
20110177403 | HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - In a hydrogen concentration measurement device that employs a proton conducting electrolyte membrane, more stable measurement of hydrogen concentration that is less susceptible to temperature and humidity state of measurement target gas becomes possible. | 07-21-2011 |
20110217601 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A hydrogen circulation type fuel cell system equipped with an electrochemical cell executes discharging an anode off-gas with impurities being condensed toward the outside of the system at a proper timing. The fuel cell system having a circulation route so that a fuel gas containing hydrogen is supplied on the side of an anode electrode for electrochemical reaction in a fuel cell and a part or whole of an anode off-gas given from the fuel cell can be circulated on the side of the anode electrode of the fuel cell again for the electrochemical reaction, includes an electrochemical cell enabling the hydrogen in the anode off-gas flowing through the circulation route by flowing the current between electrodes to be selectively supplied on the side of the anode electrode, in which a discharge timing of discharging the anode off-gas in the inlet port electrode of the electrochemical cell toward the outside of the system is controlled based on a predetermined discharge reference determined by a correlation between electric power consumed for hydrogen transmission in the electrochemical cell and a residual hydrogen concentration in the anode off-gas discharged by a discharge unit. | 09-08-2011 |
Syo Usami, Shizuoka-Ken JP
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20100035121 | FUEL CELL SEPARATOR AND FUEL CELL - This separator is equipped with a first plate | 02-11-2010 |
20100119899 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell and a process executing unit. The fuel cell includes a plurality of flow channel-defining members and a plurality of membrane-electrode assemblies. The flow channel-defining member is combined with the membrane-electrode assembly and defines a flow channel for supplying a reactant gas to the membrane-electrode assembly. The process executing unit executes a process for increasing the amount of water held in each of the plurality of flow channel-defining members, so as to reduce variation in the amount of water among each of the plurality of flow channel-defining members. In this way, the variation in the amount of water can be reduced. | 05-13-2010 |
20110008703 | FUEL CELL WITH DEAD-END ANODE - A fuel cell ( | 01-13-2011 |
Takatada Usami, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20090169928 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cell system having a fuel cell for causing reactant gas to be electrochemically reacted to generate power, a reactant gas supply path for supplying reactant gas to the fuel cell, a reactant gas recirculation path for recirculating exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell and combining the recirculating exhaust gas with reactant gas flowing through the reactant gas supply path to the fuel cell, and a pump unit disposed in the reactant gas recirculation path to pump the recirculating exhaust gas through the reactant gas recirculation path. A pump-tempering apparatus increases the temperature of the pump unit and a controller controls the pump-tempering apparatus. After the controller receives a fuel cell system stop signal, the controller controls the pump-tempering apparatus such that the temperature of the pump unit becomes higher than the temperature of piping in the reactant gas recirculation path. | 07-02-2009 |
Takatada Usami, Kanagawa JP
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20100304260 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell stack includes a heat exchange unit that performs heat exchange between a gas mixture containing source hydrogen and a circulating gas and cooling water used for controlling the temperature of the fuel cell stack. A system controller adjusts the temperature of the cooling water by controlling a temperature control unit on the basis of the temperature of source hydrogen flowing into a junction at which the source hydrogen and a circulating gas are mixed such that the temperature of a source/recirculated hydrogen mixture that is mixed at the junction and that is supplied to the fuel cell stack is kept within a managed temperature range. | 12-02-2010 |
20120070758 | FUEL GAS SUPPLY DEVICE OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel gas supply device for supplying fuel gas to a fuel cell stack includes a control valve provided in a fuel gas path connecting a fuel tank and the fuel cell stack, an upstream-side pressure sensor and a downstream-side pressure sensor for detecting an upstream-side pressure and a downstream-side pressure, and a programmable controller. The programmable controller calculates a required opening based on a target fuel gas pressure and the downstream-side pressure and calculates an opening time and a closing time based on the required opening and the upstream-side pressure, or calculates an opening time and a closing time based on the target fuel gas pressure and the downstream-side pressure and calculates a required opening based on the opening time and the upstream-side pressure, and controls the control valve using the calculated required opening, opening time and closing time. | 03-22-2012 |
Takuya Usami, Kariya-City JP
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20090165736 | Cooling unit - A cooling unit includes a motor, a driving shaft, a first fan, a second fan, and a fan shroud. The driving shaft extends from the motor and is disposed parallel to a core of a heat exchanger. The first fan is disposed to oppose the core for generating air for cooling the core. The first fan has a first rotation shaft connected to the driving shaft through a gear such that the first fan is rotated by the driving shaft. The fan shroud is configured to support the first fan and conduct the air from the core to the first fan. The second fan has a second rotation shaft disposed coaxial with the driving shaft and rotatable with the driving shaft. The second fan is rotated by the driving shaft when the first fan is rotated, thereby to supply the motor with air for cooling the motor. | 07-02-2009 |
20090175745 | Blower Unit for Vehicle - A blower unit for generating air for cooling a heat exchanger includes a plurality of blowers, a single motor, a driving shaft, gears, gear boxes and a joint. The blowers are arranged in parallel with each other with respect to a flow of air passing through the heat exchanger. The driving shaft extends from the motor and is connected to rotation shafts of the blowers through the gears. The gear boxes house the gears therein and support the driving shaft and the rotation shafts of the blowers to be rotatable. The driving shaft is divided into a plurality of shaft parts in a longitudinal direction thereof. The adjacent shaft parts are connected to each other through the joint. | 07-09-2009 |
Tamotsu Usami, Kokubunji JP
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20090096029 | Semiconductor Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof - Disclosed is a semiconductor device wherein the switching speed of a transistor is increased. Specifically disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor layer formed on a part of an insulating layer, a first transistor formed on a lateral face of the semiconductor layer and having a first gate insulating film, a first gate electrode and two first impurity layers forming a source and a drain, and a second transistor formed on another lateral face of the semiconductor layer and having a second gate insulating film, a second gate electrode and two second impurity layers forming a source and a drain. | 04-16-2009 |
Taro Usami, Hyogo JP
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20090170323 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING METHOD AND CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING DEVICE - A chemical mechanical polishing method including a step of forming a plurality of interlayer insulating films so as to coat a plurality of projecting patterns, at least one of the plurality of projecting patterns being formed on each of a plurality of substrates, whereby the plurality of projection patterns have different area ratios R with respect to the corresponding substrates, and performing a flattening process on the interlayer insulating films before linear approximation; a step of obtaining a linear approximation formula R=aT+b expressing a relationship between the area ratio R and a polishing time T, where R | 07-02-2009 |
Tatsumi Usami, Sammu-Shi JP
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20110272021 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL, AND SOLAR CELL - A manufacturing method of a solar cell including a transparent conductive film formed on a transparent substrate includes the steps of: preparing a target, the target including ZnO and a material including a substance including an Al or a Ga, the ZnO being a primary component of the target; in a first atmosphere including a process gas, applying a sputter electric voltage to the target and forming a first layer included in the transparent conductive film; in a second atmosphere including a greater amount of an oxygen gas compared to the first atmosphere, applying a sputter electric voltage to the target and forming a second layer on the first layer, the second layer being included in the transparent conductive film; and forming an irregular shape by performing an etching process on the transparent conductive film. | 11-10-2011 |
Tomokazu Usami, Yokosuka-Shi JP
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20110279062 | DC POWER SUPPLY UNIT AND LED LIGHTING APPARATUS - In one embodiment, a DC power supply unit includes a DC power supply source; a load circuit connected to an output end of the DC power supply source; a load state detection device to detect a load voltage or an electric quantity corresponding to the load voltage; and a control device to receive the detected output of the load state detection device. The control device controls a maximum output voltage of the DC power supply source so that the voltage difference between the maximum output voltage of the DC power supply source and the load voltage at the time of normal operation falls within a predetermined range in which arc discharge is suppressed. | 11-17-2011 |
20140003049 | Luminaire | 01-02-2014 |
20150023015 | Attachment Plate and Cover Configuration for a Luminaire - A luminaire may include a luminaire main body, an attachment plate, a plurality of light-emitting modules, a plurality of lenses, and a lighting circuit. In some examples, the luminaire main body may include an opening in a lower surface. The attachment plate may have a flat plate shape and may be arranged in the luminaire main body, and a lower surface faces the opening. The plurality of light-emitting modules may include semiconductor light-emitting elements, and may be attached to the lower surface of the attachment plate. The plurality of lenses may be provided for the respective light-emitting modules, and control luminous intensity distribution of light from the light-emitting modules. The lighting circuit may be arranged above the attachment plate in the luminaire main body, and configured to light the light-emitting modules. | 01-22-2015 |
Tomokazu Usami, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20100052565 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT - An LED lighting device includes light emitting diode, a current control circuit having a first series circuit of first and second switching elements, a second series circuit of third and fourth switching elements, and a condenser, which is configured so that the first and second series circuits are parallel connected and the condenser is connected between a connection point of the first and second switching elements and a connection point of the third and fourth switching elements, and a control circuit for alternatively on-off controlling a pair of the first and fourth switching elements and a pair of the second and third switching elements. | 03-04-2010 |
Toshihiko Usami, Akita JP
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20080290488 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Detachably mountable memory card featuring a memory chip(s) and a control chip includes a substrate of an insulating material, conductive layers provided on a first main surface of the substrate, a plurality of external electrode terminals exposed to the opposing, second main surface of the substrate, and conductive portions electrically connecting the conductive layers with corresponding ones of the external electrode terminals. The memory chip(s) and the control chip are electrically connected with ones of the conductive layers. The memory card also includes an encapsulating insulating layer covering the first main surface of the substrate, the fixedly disposed memory and control chips thereon, and the conductive layers, the encapsulating insulating layer having an exposed flat surface representing one main plane surface of the finished memory card, and the second main surface of the substrate representing another main plane surface of the memory card with the exposed external electrode terminals. | 11-27-2008 |
20100068850 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A technique for mounting two semiconductor chips over a wiring substrate including mounting a first chip having first bonding pads over a surface of the wiring substrate having electrodes and stacking the second chip having second bonding pads over the first chip; connecting each of the first bonding pads to an associated one of the electrodes of the wiring substrate via an associated first wire; and connecting each of the second bonding pads to an associated one of the electrodes of the wiring substrate via an associated second wire. The bondings being carried out using a reverse bonding method in which at least one of the first and second wires are first bonded to an associated one of the electrodes of the wiring substrate followed by the bonding thereof to an associated one of the bonding pads of the first or second semiconductor chip. | 03-18-2010 |
20110195530 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method including forming an intermediate product, the intermediate product being configured to include a wiring substrate including a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes and a plurality of test electrodes, a first semiconductor chip mounted over the wiring substrate and including a plurality of first pads electrically connected respectively to the first electrodes, and a second semiconductor chip stacked over the first semiconductor chip and including a plurality of second pads electrically connected respectively to the second electrodes; encapsulating the first and second semiconductor chips; and performing electrical tests on the first and second semiconductor chips by use of the test electrodes, after the encapsulating of the first and second semiconductor chips. | 08-11-2011 |
20120013027 | SEMICONDUCTOR AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method including forming an intermediate product, the intermediate product being configured to include a wiring substrate including a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes and a plurality of test electrodes, a first semiconductor chip mounted over the wiring substrate and including a plurality of first pads electrically connected respectively to the first electrodes, and a second semiconductor chip stacked over the first semiconductor chip and including a plurality of second pads electrically connected respectively to the second electrodes; encapsulating the first and second semiconductor chips; and performing electrical tests on the first and second semiconductor chips by use of the test electrodes, after the encapsulating of the first and second semiconductor chips. | 01-19-2012 |
20120168965 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device featuring a substrate having a first surface defined by a first edge and an opposing second edge, electrode pads formed on the first surface, a first semiconductor chip mounted over the first surface between the first edge and the electrode pads and including first pads each electrically connected to a corresponding electrode pad, a second semiconductor chip stacked over the first semiconductor chip and including second pads each electrically connected to a corresponding electrode pad, a third semiconductor chip mounted over the first surface of the substrate between the second edge and the electrode pads and including third pads each electrically connected to a corresponding electrode pad, in which one electrode pad is electrically connected to one first pad, one second pad and one third pad and another electrode pad is electrically connected to a first pad and a second pad corresponding thereto, via separate bonding wires. | 07-05-2012 |
20130328046 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A device featuring a substrate configured to include an upper surface and an opposing lower surface and, in parallel, a first and an opposing second peripheral edge, the first peripheral edge being smaller in length than the second peripheral edge, one or more semiconductor chip mounted over the upper surface of the substrate, a control semiconductor chip mounted over the upper surface of the substrate, a sealing resin covering the memory and control chips, and a plurality of external terminals provided over the lower surface of the substrate, the external terminals being arranged in a line along the first peripheral edge. The external terminals are used to fit the device to an electronic apparatus. The device may be a memory card having a stacked arrangement of two or more memory chips, and with the control chip being apart from or included in the stacked arrangement. | 12-12-2013 |
Toshihiko Usami, Numazu-Shi JP
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20080311504 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TONER AND TONER - A method of manufacturing toner including adding an oil phase comprising an organic solvent in which a binder resin, a coloring agent and a releasing agent are dissolved or dispersed and an aqueous phase to an emulsification device equipped with a stirrer, continuously dispersing or emulsifying the oil phase and the aqueous phase in the emulsification device equipped with a stirrer to form a liquid dispersion or emulsion comprising oil phase particles, transporting the liquid dispersion or emulsion to a tank, removing the organic solvent from the liquid dispersion or emulsion followed by drying to form mother toner particles, wherein the releasing agent has been preliminarily prepared to have a dispersion diameter of from 0.15 to 0.7 μm before the releasing agent is contained in the oil phase, a circumferential speed of the stirrer is from 15 to 25 m/s, and a volume particle diameter (DV′) of the oil phase particles at an exit of the emulsification device to the tank and a volume average particle diameter (Dv) of the oil phase particles in the tank satisfy the following relationships: | 12-18-2008 |
Yasushi Usami, Shiga JP
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20090181295 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS LAMINATE AND POROUS LAMINATE - A process for producing a porous laminate having many micropores interconnected in the thickness direction, which comprises: a step in which a laminate is produced which comprises at least three layers comprising an interlayer made of a thermoplastic resin having a hard segment and a soft segment and two nonporous outer layers made of a filler-containing resin and located as outer layers respectively on both sides of the interlayer; a step in which the laminate obtained is impregnated with a supercritical or subcritical fluid and this state is relieved to vaporize the fluid and thereby make the interlayer porous; and a step in which the two nonporous outer layers located respectively on both sides are made porous by stretching. | 07-16-2009 |
20110165473 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - An object of this invention is to improve battery performance such as a rate capability of a nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery using a separator constituting a thermoplastic resin-based porous film containing a filler. | 07-07-2011 |
20110212358 | LAMINATED POROUS FILM AND SEPARATOR FOR BATTERY - A laminated porous film having at least two porous layers layered one upon another. One porous layer consists of a resin layer containing a polypropylene resin. The other layer is a heat-resistant layer consisting of a resin composition whose crystal fusion peak temperature is higher than that of the resin composition of the layer containing the polypropylene resin. The laminated porous film has a β activity and/or a β crystal generation power. | 09-01-2011 |
20110217584 | LAMINATED POROUS FILM, SEPARATOR FOR LITHIUM CELL, AND CELL - Provided is a laminated porous film having excellent shutdown characteristics and breakdown characteristics, good tearing strength and dimensional stability, and B activity. The laminated porous film comprises layer A, the main component of which is a polypropylene resin, and layer B which contains a polyethylene resin, and the ratio of the rearing strength (H | 09-08-2011 |
20110300430 | SEPARATOR FOR BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS LITHIUM BATTERY - Disclosed is a separator for a battery, which comprises a porous film mainly composed of a polyolefin film, has heat resistance, and can improve battery properties. Specifically disclosed is a separator for a battery, which is characterized by having a layer mainly composed of a polyolefin resin, wherein at least one surface of the separator has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 0.3 μm or more. | 12-08-2011 |
20110305940 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS LAMINATE AND POROUS LAMINATE - A process for producing a porous laminate having many micropores interconnected in the thickness direction, which comprises: a step in which a laminate is produced which comprises at least three layers comprising an interlayer made of a thermoplastic resin having a hard segment and a soft segment and two nonporous outer layers made of a filler-containing resin and located as outer layers respectively on both sides of the interlayer; a step in which the laminate obtained is impregnated with a supercritical or subcritical fluid and this state is relieved to vaporize the fluid and thereby make the interlayer porous; and a step in which the two nonporous outer layers located respectively on both sides are made porous by stretching. | 12-15-2011 |
20120101180 | POROUS POLYPROPYLENE FILM - Provided is a porous polypropylene film having both air permeability properties and puncture strength. A porous polypropylene film which has an air permeability of 700 seconds/100 ml or less and a puncture strength of 1.5 N or greater, and has β activity can be obtained when the porous polypropylene film is made to have a tensile strength in the machine direction of the film, E | 04-26-2012 |
20120329894 | POLYPROPYLENE SERIES RESIN POROUS FILM, BATTERY SEPARATOR AND BATTERY - Regarding a polypropylene series resin porous film having a polypropylene series resin as the main component, so as to exert excellent slipping ability and processability when used as a battery separator, a polypropylene series resin porous film fabricated in such a way that the coefficient of static friction against film is greater than the coefficient of static friction against SUS is proposed. | 12-27-2012 |
20130011743 | POROUS POLYPROPYLENE FILM - In order to provide a porous polypropylene film in which the ratio of change in air permeability is small and the initial air-permeating property is satisfactory even under high temperature environment, a porous polypropylene film is proposed, satisfying the following conditions (1) and (2) regarding air-permeability (Pa | 01-10-2013 |
20130017430 | POLYOLEFIN RESIN POROUS FILM AND BATTERY SEPARATORAANM Terakawa; ToruAACI ShigaAACO JPAAGP Terakawa; Toru Shiga JPAANM Yamada; TakeyoshiAACI ShigaAACO JPAAGP Yamada; Takeyoshi Shiga JPAANM Usami; YasushiAACI ShigaAACO JPAAGP Usami; Yasushi Shiga JP - As an object of the present invention, to provide a polyolefin resin porous film fulfilling high continuity, excellent dimensional stability and shutdown function which closes the pores sensitively and completely in a temperature range of 120 to 140° C. without closing the pores at less than 120° C. The present invention relates to a polyolefin resin porous film having at least one layer each of a layer comprising as the main component a polypropylene resin composition (A) and a layer comprising as the main component a polyethylene resin composition (B) fulfilling the condition (i) the melting point of the polyethylene resin composition (B) is 130° C. or higher, and the condition (ii) the melt flow rate (MFR) of the polyethylene resin composition (B) is 2.0 to 15 g/10 minutes. | 01-17-2013 |
20130017452 | POLYPROPYLENE SERIES RESIN POROUS FILM, BATTERY SEPARATOR AND BATTERYAANM Yamamoto; MihoAACI ShigaAACO JPAAGP Yamamoto; Miho Shiga JPAANM Yamada; TakeyoshiAACI ShigaAACO JPAAGP Yamada; Takeyoshi Shiga JPAANM Usami; YasushiAACI ShigaAACO JPAAGP Usami; Yasushi Shiga JP - As a porous film in which the air-permeability at the time of elongation of the porous film was adjusted, whereby, when used as a battery separator, the holes of a separator in an electrode/separator wound body have been controlled, a polypropylene series resin porous film is proposed, in which, for a porous film having a polypropylene series resin as the main component, regarding air-permeability (Pa) prior to elongation and air-permeability (Pa′) at 5% elongation, (1) Pa′ is 1,000 seconds/100 ml or less and (2) Pa′/Pa is 1.5 or less. | 01-17-2013 |
20140087167 | POROUS POLYPROPYLENE FILM - Provided is a porous polypropylene film having both air permeability properties and puncture strength. A porous polypropylene film which has an air permeability of 700 seconds/100 ml or less and a puncture strength of 1.5 N or greater, and has β activity can be obtained when the porous polypropylene film is made to have a tensile strength in the machine direction of the film, E | 03-27-2014 |
Yasushi Usami, Nagahama-Shi JP
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20100151311 | LAMINATED POROUS FILM AND SEPARATOR FOR CELL - A laminated porous film having a shutdown (SD) property and a high breakdown (BD) property combined includes at least two layers, which are a porous membrane layer (A layer) having a thickness of 10 μm or greater other than non-woven fabric and a non-woven fabric layer (B layer) having a fiber diameter of 1 μm or less. A value of the ratio (AP | 06-17-2010 |
20120135317 | NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A subject for the invention is to improve the cycle characteristics of a high-capacity secondary battery containing an active material packed at a high density, by using a particulate active material having a low aspect ratio. | 05-31-2012 |
20120141885 | NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A subject for the invention is to improve the cycle characteristics of a high-capacity secondary battery containing an active material packed at a high density, by using a particulate active material having a low aspect ratio. | 06-07-2012 |
20120141886 | NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A subject for the invention is to improve the cycle characteristics of a high-capacity secondary battery containing an active material packet at a high density, by using a particulate active material having a low aspect ratio. | 06-07-2012 |
20120141887 | NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A subject for the invention is to improve the cycle characteristics of a high-capacity secondary battery containing an active material packed at a high density, by using a particulate active material having a low aspect ratio. | 06-07-2012 |
20120231323 | LAMINATED POROUS FILM, SEPARATOR FOR BATTERY, AND BATTERY - Disclosed is a laminated porous film which has both gas permeability and heat resistance and can exhibit excellent smoothness and excellent pin extraction properties when used as a separator for a battery. The laminated porous film is characterized by having a heat-resistant layer laminated on at least one surface of a polyolefin resin porous film, wherein the heat-resistant layer comprises a filler and a resin binder, and wherein the surface of the heat-resistant layer has a static friction coefficient of 0.45 or less, a gas permeability degree of 2000 sec/100 ml or less and a tensile elastic modulus of 400 to 1000 MPa when the film is stretched in the lengthwise direction at a stretching rate of 3%. | 09-13-2012 |
20130288132 | POLYOLEFIN RESIN POROUS FILM, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE CELL SEPARATOR USING SAME - This polyolefin resin porous film can be easily produced, and when used as a non-aqueous electrolyte cell separator, can suppress clogging and can evince a high cell output. The polyolefin resin porous film is a porous film having a polyolefin resin as the primary component and is characterized by the average flow diameter pressure (P | 10-31-2013 |
20150044541 | LAMINATED POROUS FILM, SEPARATOR FOR BATTERY, AND BATTERY - Disclosed is a laminated porous film which has both gas permeability and heat resistance and can exhibit excellent smoothness and excellent pin extraction properties when used as a separator for a battery. The laminated porous film is characterized by having a heat-resistant layer laminated on at least one surface of a polyolefin resin porous film, wherein the heat-resistant layer comprises a filler and a resin binder, and wherein the surface of the heat-resistant layer has a static friction coefficient of 0.45 or less, a gas permeability degree of 2000 sec/100 ml or less and a tensile elastic modulus of 400 to 1000 MPa when the film is stretched in the lengthwise direction at a stretching rate of 3%. | 02-12-2015 |
Yasutsugu Usami, Hitachinaka-Shi JP
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20080302964 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PATTERN - A circuit pattern inspection method and an apparatus therefor, in which the whole of a portion to be inspected of a sample to be inspected is made to be in a predetermined changed state, the portion to be inspected is irradiated with an image-forming high-density electron beam while scanning the electron beam, secondary charged particles are detected at a portion irradiated with the electron beam after a predetermined period of time from an instance when the electron beam is irradiated, an image is formed on the basis of the thus detected secondary charged particle signal, and the portion to be inspected is inspected by using the thus formed image. | 12-11-2008 |
20100193686 | Electron Beam Exposure Or System Inspection Or Measurement Apparatus And Its Method And Height Detection Apparatus - An electron beam apparatus equipped with a height detection system includes an electron beam unit emitting an electron beam to the specimen, and a height detection system for detecting height of the specimen which is set on a table. The height detection system includes an illumination system configured to direct first and second beams of light through a mask with a multi-slit pattern to a surface of the specimen at substantially opposite azimuth angles and at substantially equal angles of incidence, first and second detectors which respectively detect first and second multi-slit images of the first and second beams reflected from the specimen and generate output signals thereof, and a device which receives the output signals and generates a comparison signal which is responsive to the height of the specimen. An objective lens of the electron beam unit is controlled in accordance with the comparison signal. | 08-05-2010 |
Yasutsugu Usami, Toshima-Ku JP
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20090039259 | SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - To make it possible to observe the bottom of a contact hole and internal wires, in observation of the contact hole | 02-12-2009 |
Yasutsugu Usami, Toshina-Ku JP
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20090057556 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF AN INSPECTION SYSTEM USING AN ELECTRON BEAM - Problems encountered in the conventional inspection method and the conventional apparatus adopting the method are solved by the present invention using an electron beam by providing a novel inspection method and an inspection apparatus adopting the novel method which are capable of increasing the speed to scan a specimen such as a semiconductor wafer. | 03-05-2009 |
20120132801 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS OF AN INSPECTION SYSTEM USING AN ELECTRON BEAM - Problems encountered in the conventional inspection method and the conventional apparatus adopting the method are solved by the present invention using an electron beam by providing a novel inspection method and an inspection apparatus adopting the novel method which are capable of increasing the speed to scan a specimen such as a semiconductor wafer. | 05-31-2012 |
Yoko Usami, Chiba JP
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20090274801 | Cup shaped baked confectionary and manufacturing method thereof - A cup shaped baked confectionary has light texture, uniform thickness and easy to release from the die. The cup shaped baked confectionary may be produced by mounting a dough of a cup shaped baked confectionary having desired contour shape on a top of a metallic three-dimensional baking die having desired shape of outer peripheral surface, in a condition extending horizontally with placing outer periphery thereof outside of the three dimensional baking die and heating the dough for softening the dough of the cup shaped baked confectionary to contact on the outer peripheral surface of the three-dimensional baking die and baking. | 11-05-2009 |
Yoshihisa Usami, Minami-Ashigara-Shi JP
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20100246191 | OPTICAL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An optical sheet including a first layer having a concavo-convex pattern which reflects light, and a second layer laminated over the concavo-convex pattern and made of a light-transmissive material, wherein the optical sheet is disposed opposite to a light-emitting surface of a light-emitting element. | 09-30-2010 |
Yoshihisa Usami, Kanawaga JP
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20090086604 | Optical Recording Method, Optical Recording Apparatus and Optical Recording Medium - To provide an optical recording method, optical recording apparatus and optical recording medium, capable of effective control of light irradiation position, such as focusing control or tracking control, at the time of recording or reproducing and efficiently adjusting the light irradiation position control according to variations in distance between layers in an optical recording medium or according to manufacturing errors in optical recording and reproducing apparatus, the method including applying at least one of an information light and a reference light to an optical recording medium for detection and control of focus positions of the information light and reference light in a thickness direction of the optical recording medium; and applying the information light and reference light to form an interference image to be recorded in a recording layer provided in the optical recording medium, wherein information is recorded in the recording layer by holography. | 04-02-2009 |
Yoshihisa Usami, Shizuoka-Ken JP
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20090231972 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD AND INFORMATION RECORDING SYSTEM - An optical information recording medium is provided with a substrate having a pregroove formed on one main plane; a reflecting layer arranged on the one main plane of the substrate and reflecting an access controlling laser beam; a selective reflecting layer arranged on the reflecting layer, transmitting the access controlling laser beam and reflecting a recording laser beam; a recording layer arranged on the selective reflecting layer for having information recorded thereon by the recording laser beam; and a reflection preventing layer arranged on the recoding layer. On the substrate, a dummy groove having a shape similar to that of the pregroove is formed on forming regions adjacent to an effective access region on the one main plane. | 09-17-2009 |
Yoshihisa Usami, Shizuoka JP
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20080212147 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CAPTURING AN IMAGE - An image capturing device includes: at least two field limiting parts which limit a field of view to a dot-like section to define a passage of light; a light sensor which detects light passing through the field limiting parts; a scanning device which moves a scanning spot defined by the dot-like section in two-dimensional directions within a scanning area of an image to be captured; and a control device which controls movements of the scanning spot by the scanning device while receiving detection signals from the light sensor. | 09-04-2008 |
Yoshinori Usami, Minato-Ku JP
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20090116048 | IMAGE DATA CORRECTING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE IMAGE DATA CORRECTING PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM, IMAGE DATA CORRECTING METHOD AND PRINTING SYSTEM - An image data correcting apparatus includes: an image data obtaining section that obtains print image data representing a print image; an area designation receiving section that receives a designating operation to designate an area in the print image represented by the print image data; a density adjusting section that has an adjustment value designated through an operation for the printing density; a change estimating section that estimates a change in a print color in the printing system that is caused by the adjustment of the printing density with the use of the adjustment value; and a data correcting section that corrects the print image data to cancel the change estimated by the change estimating section in the area other than the designated region in the print image. | 05-07-2009 |
Yoshiya Usami, Saitama JP
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20100007971 | LENS DRIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE LENS DRIVING APPARATUS - A lens drive device has (i) an objective lens and (ii) a lens holder, to a side face of which coils for drive control are attached. The surface where the coils are adhered, or the side surface, is an irregular surface where a recess/projection section for restricting the direction of flow of an adhesive is formed. The coils and the lens holder are integrally formed together by the adhesive with the recess/projection section in between. | 01-14-2010 |