Marutani
Eizo Marutani, Boston, MA US
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20150209438 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO TREAT NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES - The specification provides compositions and methods to treat neurodegenerative diseases. | 07-30-2015 |
Fumio Marutani, Ora-Gun JP
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20130146874 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - There is offered a semiconductor integrated circuit provided with a function to electrically identify a location where a defect such as chipping of an LSI die or separation of resin is caused. Corresponding to each of the four corners of a semiconductor substrate, each of L-shaped first through fourth peripheral wirings having a first end and a second end is disposed on a periphery of the semiconductor substrate. The first end of each of the first through fourth peripheral wirings is connected with a power supply wiring. Each of first through fourth detection circuits detects breaking of corresponding each of the first through fourth peripheral wirings in response to a voltage at the second end of corresponding each of the first through fourth peripheral wirings, and outputs corresponding each of first through fourth detection signals to corresponding each of output pads. | 06-13-2013 |
Hisakazu Marutani, Kanagawa JP
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20120074594 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device comprising a support plate, a semiconductor element mounted on the support plate and including a circuit element surface having a plurality of first electrodes, a first insulation layer covering the circuit element surface of the semiconductor element, and including a plurality of first apertures exposing the plurality of first electrodes, a second insulation layer covering an upper part of the support plate and side parts of the semiconductor element, and wirings formed on an upper part of the first insulation layer and on an upper part of the second insulation layer, and electrically connected to the corresponding first electrodes. | 03-29-2012 |
Kentaro Marutani, Kanagawa JP
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20120062180 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT - A power supply unit includes: (A) a housing having a shape like a polygonal column; (B) a secondary battery cell contained in the housing; (C) charge/discharge control means contained in the housing and connected to the secondary battery cell; (D) at least one power input section disposed on the housing and connected to the charge/discharge control means; and (E) at least one power output section disposed on the housing and connected to the charge/discharge control means. | 03-15-2012 |
20120072042 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device including: (a) a power supply unit group composed of a plurality of power supply units and connected with a power consuming appliance; and (b) a control device configured to control the power supply unit group, wherein the control device and each of the power supply units are connected to each other by a communicating circuit. | 03-22-2012 |
20130171481 | BATTERY PACK AND METHOD OF INSPECTING STORAGE STATE OF SECONDARY BATTERY IN BATTERY PACK - A battery pack is provided. The battery pack has a plurality of secondary batteries and an inspection circuit. When the plurality of secondary batteries are classified into a first secondary battery group configured of secondary batteries selected from the plurality of secondary batteries and a second secondary battery group configured of remaining secondary batteries not belonging to the first secondary battery group, the inspection circuit creates a first data string of the secondary batteries configuring the second secondary battery group, based on a predetermined arithmetic rule, from identification marks of the secondary batteries configuring the first secondary battery group, obtains a second data string by examining identification marks of the secondary batteries configuring the second secondary battery group, subsequently compares the first data string with the second data string, and stops a function of the battery pack when the first data string and the second data string do not match. | 07-04-2013 |
20130177783 | BATTERY PACK AND METHOD OF MONITORING REMOVAL OF SECONDARY BATTERY IN BATTERY PACK - A battery pack and a simple construction is provided. The battery pack includes a plurality of secondary batteries, a housing storing the plurality of secondary batteries, and an inspection circuit stored in the housing. The housing includes a main body section and a closing member to close an opening for taking the plurality of secondary batteries in and out of the main body section, and includes a plurality of fixing members for fixing the closing member on the main body section, the plurality of fixing members being made of a conductive material. An attachment state of the fixing members with respect to the closing member and the main body section is monitored by the inspection circuit, and an attachment order of the fixing members with respect to the closing member and the main body section is memorized by the inspection circuit. | 07-11-2013 |
20130181721 | BATTERY PACK AND METHOD OF INSPECTING STORAGE STATE OF SECONDARY BATTERY IN BATTERY PACK - A battery pack and a method of inspecting a storage state of a secondary battery in the battery pack are provided. In the method of inspecting a storage state of a secondary battery in the battery pack, the battery pack includes (A) a plurality of secondary batteries and (B) a housing, the housing having a plurality of storage sections and containing the secondary batteries in the respective storage sections; a conductive member | 07-18-2013 |
20130200848 | BATTERY PACK, METHOD FOR CHARGING/DISCHARGING SAME, AND POWER CONSUMPTION DEVICE - Provided is a method for charging/discharging a battery pack having an auxiliary charging/discharging device and a battery assembly in which a plurality of secondary battery cell parallel modules, each of which includes a plurality of fasecondary battery cells connected in parallel, are connected in series, the method including, when there is no abnormality in the secondary battery cells during charging/discharging, connecting the auxiliary charging/discharging device in parallel to any of the secondary battery cell parallel modules, and when there is an abnormality in any of the secondary battery cells during charging/discharging, releasing connection to the secondary battery cell at which the abnormality has arisen in the secondary battery cell parallel module including the secondary battery cell at which the abnormality has arisen, and connecting the auxiliary charging/discharging device in parallel to the secondary battery cell parallel module including the secondary battery cell at which the abnormality has arisen. | 08-08-2013 |
20150127186 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device including: (a) a power supply unit group composed of a plurality of power supply units and connected with a power consuming appliance; and (b) a control device configured to control the power supply unit group, wherein the control device and each of the power supply units are connected to each other by a communicating circuit. | 05-07-2015 |
Mamoru Marutani, Kariya-Shi JP
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20130079189 | LOAD-SENSITIVE GEAR SHIFTING APPARATUS - A gear shifting apparatus that automatically performs gear shifting in response to a load is constituted by a small number of components. The gear shifting apparatus includes an output shaft coupled to a carrier of a planetary gear shifting mechanism, an operating ring that rotates relative to a ring gear of the planetary gear shifting mechanism, and a coil spring that biases the ring gear and the operating ring so as to maintain their relative rotational orientations in neutral orientations. The apparatus further includes an operating member that couples the ring gear and the carrier to each other when the relative rotational orientations of the ring gear and the operating ring are the neutral orientations, and fixes the ring gear and allows rotation of the carrier when the relative rotational orientations come off the neutral orientations. | 03-28-2013 |
Masazumi Marutani, Yokohama JP
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20110074514 | FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT AND PLL SYNTHESIZER PROVIDED THEREWITH - A frequency measurement circuit includes: a first counter that counts a number of edges of a clock signal; a counter latch circuit that stores a first count value of the first counter in response to a reference edge corresponding to a reference clock; a first delay circuit that includes a plurality of first unit delay circuits coupled in series and receives the clock signal; a plurality of first delay latch circuits that latch a respective output among the plurality of first unit delay circuits; a first edge detection circuit that detects the edge in the first delay circuit based on the outputs of the plurality of first delay latch circuits; and a first calculator that calculates a cycle or a frequency of the clock signal based on the first count value between two reference edges and position information corresponding to a edge detected between the two reference edges. | 03-31-2011 |
20120081170 | DIVIDER AND MIXER CIRCUIT HAVING THE SAME - A divider has a clock generation circuit which combines a first trigger clock and a second trigger clock having a first phase difference, so as to generate a third clock having pulse edges corresponding to pulse edges of the first trigger clock and the second trigger clock; an output dividing circuit which divides the frequency of the third clock in half so as to generate a first differential output clock and a second differential output clock having a duty ratio corresponding to the first phase difference; and a phase correction circuit which detects a phase of the first output clock or the second output clock at a timing of the pulse edge of the first trigger clock or the second trigger clock, so as to generate a phase correction signal for resetting the output dividing circuit when the detected phase is not a normal phase. | 04-05-2012 |
20130147561 | DIGITALLY CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR AND DIGITAL PLL INCLUDING THE SAME - A digitally controlled oscillator has a high-order ΔΣ modulator configured to be of at least an order higher than a first order and configured to input a digital control signal and output a pseudorandom digital output signal, a first-order ΔΣ modulator configured to input the pseudorandom digital output signal and generate a control pulse signal including a pulse width corresponding to the pseudorandom digital output signal, a low pass filter configured to pass the a low frequency component of the control pulse signal, and an oscillator configured to generate a high-frequency output signal whose frequency is controlled based on the control pulse signal outputted by the low pass filter and is a frequency corresponding to the digital control signal. | 06-13-2013 |
Masazumi Marutani, Kawasaki JP
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20090267666 | Phase Difference Detector And Phase Difference Detection Method - A phase difference detector for detecting a phase difference between input clocks which both have a same first frequency, including: a pulse width conversion unit for converting the input clocks into a phase difference signal indicating by a pulse width a phase difference between the input clocks; and a counter unit which samples a level of the phase difference signal using a reference clock having a second frequency which is slower than the first frequency, and counts the number of levels of the phase difference signal using a first weighting according to the sampled level of the phase difference signal. When the count value of the counter unit transits in a predetermined range, the phase difference between the input clocks is detected according to the first weighting. | 10-29-2009 |
20090302900 | FREQUENCY DIVIDING DEVICE - In a frequency dividing device, a 1/P frequency divider subjects an input clock signal to 1/P frequency division. A phase shifter shifts the phase of the 1/P frequency signal and outputs multiple different Q-phase signals. A switch controls phase shifting in accordance with a division ratio control signal, to switch the Q-phase signals from one to another. A 1/R frequency divider subjects the output from the switch to 1/R frequency division and outputs an Rth frequency clock signal. A ½ frequency divider subjects the Rth frequency clock signal to ½ frequency division and outputs a frequency divided clock signal. A division ratio setter receives a division ratio set signal and generates the division ratio control signal. As a division ratio, P×R×2−2×P/Q, P×R×2−P/Q, P×R×2, P×R×2+P/Q, and P×R×2+2×P/Q can be set. | 12-10-2009 |
20100141319 | CLOCK SIGNAL OUTPUT CIRCUIT - A clock signal output circuit includes a clock signal source which produces a clock signal, a buffer circuit which drives the clock signal while adjusting rise and fall times of the clock signal according to control signals, a rise-time frequency generator, responsive to the control signals, which produces a rise-time signal having a frequency corresponding to the rise time given by the buffer circuit, a fall-time frequency generator, responsive to the control signals, which produces a fall-time signal having a frequency corresponding to the fall time given by the buffer circuit, and a control signal generator which produces the control signals, based on the frequencies of the rise-time signal and fall-time signal. | 06-10-2010 |
Takashi Marutani, Nishio-Shi JP
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20150048608 | STEERING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - A steering apparatus is capable of configuring an electrically operated tilt mechanism, which is interchangeable with a manually operated tilt mechanism, and which is small in size and easily mounted on a vehicle. A tilt bracket holding a steering column and supported on the fixing bracket to be relatively movable thereto, and a tilt shaft extending in a lateral direction of the vehicle body and supported on the fixing bracket to be relatively movable thereto in an axial direction of the steering column are provided. By way of a driving unit, the tilt bracket is rotated about the tilt shaft axis to adjust a relative position of the tilt shaft to the fixing bracket. Furthermore, a tilt slider is disposed between an elongated hole on the fixing bracket and the tilt shaft, and a biasing member biasing the tilt slider in the axial direction of the tilt shaft. | 02-19-2015 |
Takeo Marutani, Kobe-Shi JP
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20110203481 | Laser Welding Method, Laser-Welded Joint, Outside Sheathing Panel, and Body Structure for Rolling Stock - A body structure for rolling stock is disclosed. The body structure may include an outside sheathing of a side construction, and a plurality of reinforcement members joined to said outside sheathing interiorly of said outside sheathing. Each of said plurality of reinforcement members may include a U-shaped part which is substantially U-shaped in cross-section and two fitting flange parts extending continuously from end edges of the U-shaped part in opposite directions. The fitting flange parts may be joined to said outside sheathing by laser welding, and the U-shaped part of at least one of said plurality of reinforcement members may be smaller in width than the U-shaped part of another of said plurality of reinforcement members provided on another part of said outside sheathing. | 08-25-2011 |
Takeshi Marutani, Tokai-Shi JP
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20130098194 | Steering Apparatus for a Vehicle - A lift-up mechanism is provided with a link member with one end thereof being supported rotatably on a movable bracket for holding a movable columnar member, and the other one end thereof being disposed to be engaged with and removed from a fixing bracket. The link member selectively provides a hold state for engaging the link member with the fixing bracket at a rear part of the vehicle body to hold the movable bracket at an initial position or a lift-up position, and a release state for releasing its engagement. A spring member is disposed between the fixing bracket and the movable bracket, with component forces of its biasing force biasing the movable bracket in a direction to be lifted up from the fixing bracket, and biasing the link member in a direction to be engaged with the fixing bracket. | 04-25-2013 |
20130104689 | Steering Apparatus for a Vehicle | 05-02-2013 |
Takeshi Marutani, Nishio-Shi JP
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20150061271 | STEERING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - A steering apparatus is provided for reducing its size by reducing a load applied to a driving unit, and configuring an electrically operated tilt mechanism which is small in size and easily mounted on a vehicle. A driving unit adjusting a relative position of a steering column to a fixing bracket, and a biasing member (e.g., tension coil spring) having one end supported on the fixing bracket, and holding the steering column at a predetermined neutral position when the driving unit is not actuated, are provided, so that the driving unit adjusts the steering column to be placed at a tilt position with a desired tilt angle relative to the fixing bracket. | 03-05-2015 |
Yoji Marutani, Kaizuka-Shi JP
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20090008055 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOLD - A method for manufacturing a mold, including steps of (a) expanding a powder mixture containing a water-soluble inorganic salt powder and a water-soluble organic polymer powder in a plane on a table and then selectively spraying a spray liquid containing at least one selected from a water-miscible organic solvent and water through a nozzle on this powder mixture layer to make a bonding strength among particles of the powder mixture in a sprayed region higher than that among particles of the powder mixture in an unsprayed region, (b) further expanding the powder mixture on the powder mixture layer after spraying and then selectively spraying the spray liquid through the nozzle on this powder mixture layer, (c) repeatedly conducting the step (b) over several times to form a mold shaped by the sprayed regions, and (d) taking out the mold. | 01-08-2009 |
20110186257 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOLD - A method for manufacturing a mold, including steps of (a) expanding a powder mixture containing a water-soluble inorganic salt powder and a water-soluble organic polymer powder in a plane on a table and then selectively spraying a spray liquid containing at least one selected from a water-miscible organic solvent and water through a nozzle on this powder mixture layer to make a bonding strength among particles of the powder mixture in a sprayed region higher than that among particles of the powder mixture in an unsprayed region, (b) further expanding the powder mixture on the powder mixture layer after spraying and then selectively spraying the spray liquid through the nozzle on this powder mixture layer, (c) repeatedly conducting the step (b) over several times to form a mold shaped by the sprayed regions, and (d) taking out the mold. | 08-04-2011 |
Yoshie Marutani, Otsu JP
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20150283515 | COMPOSITE SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE AND COMPOSITE SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE ELEMENT - An object of the invention is to provide a composite semipermeable membrane which has the high ability to remove substances other than water and high water permeability and which suffers little decrease in performance due to fouling. The invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including: a supporting membrane having a substrate and a porous supporting layer disposed on the substrate; and a separation functional layer disposed on the supporting membrane, in which, in any ten sites of cross-sections of the composite semipermeable membrane which have a width of 2.0 μm in a membrane surface direction, the projections having a height of one-fifth or more of a 10-point average surface roughness of the separation functional layer have a standard deviation of height of 60 nm or less. | 10-08-2015 |
Yoshie Marutani, Otsu-Shi JP
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20140339152 | COMPOSITE SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A composite semipermeable membrane includes: a supporting membrane having a substrate and a porous supporting layer; and a separation functional layer provided on the supporting membrane, in which, when any 10 cross sections of the composite semipermeable membrane, having a length of 2.0 μm in a membrane surface direction, are observed using an electron microscope, an average number density of projections on the separation functional layer, which have a height equivalent to or higher than ⅕ of a 10-point average surface roughness of the separation functional layer, is 10.0 pieces/μm or more, in each cross section, and an average height of the projections is 100 nm or more. | 11-20-2014 |
20150190759 | COMPOSITE SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE - A composite semipermeable membrane includes a porous supporting membrane and a separation functional layer, in which, in cross-sections having a length of 2.0 μm in a membrane surface direction, the average number density of projections in the separation functional layer which have a height of one-fifth or more of the 10-point average surface roughness is 10.0-30.0 projections/μm and the projections have an average height less than 100 nm, and in which a water production rate and a salt rejection are predetermined values or more after an aqueous solution is passed through under certain conditions. | 07-09-2015 |
Youichi Marutani, Tokyo JP
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20100263624 | PREMIXED COMPRESSION IGNITION DIESEL ENGINE - In a premixed compression ignition diesel engine | 10-21-2010 |
20100294234 | FUEL INJECTION METHOD FOR DIESEL ENGINE AND DIESEL ENGINE - In a diesel engine | 11-25-2010 |
20110155101 | FUEL INJECTION METHOD FOR DIESEL ENGINE AND DIESEL ENGINE - In a diesel engine including a fuel injection valve for injection of fuel into a combustion chamber to produce sprays in the chamber, an axis of the valve is deviated radially outwardly of an axis of a cylinder, so that the valve is positioned close to an inner periphery of the cylinder. Nozzle holes of the valve are grouped into two groups with respect to a line formed by connecting, in plan view, the axis of the valve with the axis of the cylinder. The sprays injected from the nozzle holes advance in a fan-like manner in the plan view and strike against the inner periphery of the cylinder on a side away from the valve. | 06-30-2011 |
Youichi Marutani, Odawara-Shi JP
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20120096840 | BURNER APPARATUS - The present invention is a burner apparatus (S | 04-26-2012 |
20120107755 | BURNER APPARATUS - This burner apparatus (S | 05-03-2012 |
20120196235 | IGNITION DEVICE - An ignition device that ignites a mixture including an oxidizer and fuel includes a heating element ( | 08-02-2012 |
20130011801 | BURNER DEVICE - A burner device (S | 01-10-2013 |
Yukitoshi Marutani, Tokyo-To JP
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20120243105 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A light source device includes a light source main unit made of a combination of a plurality of semiconductor laser devices, a plurality of collimator lens respectively capable of converting light beams emitted by the respective semiconductor laser devices of the light source main unit to respective approximately parallel light beam fluxes, and a condenser lens capable of condensing light beam fluxes emitted by the plurality of collimator lenses. The light source main unit has the plurality of semiconductor laser devices arranged, when viewed from the condenser lens, so that the stems of the adjacent semiconductor laser devices are seemingly continuous in a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the condenser lens, and the stems of the adjacent semiconductor laser devices are overlapped in a second direction perpendicular to both the direction of optical axis and the first direction. | 09-27-2012 |
Yukitoshi Marutani, Anan-Shi JP
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20140038325 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device comprises retaining a conductor wire so that a straight-line distance between adjacent mounting portions while the conductor is retained is less than a distance along the conductor wire between the adjacent mounting portions; mounting a plurality of light emitting diodes to respective ones of the mounting portions on the retained conductor wire; and after the mounting step, sealing the plurality of light-emitting diodes mounted on the conductor wire. | 02-06-2014 |
20140061684 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A light-emitting device may comprise a substrate, an electric wire fixed to the substrate, and a plurality of light-emitting diodes mounted to the electric wire. According to one embodiment, each of the plurality of light-emitting diodes is an LED chip, and the light-emitting diodes on the substrate are sealed individually or collectively by one or more sealing members. According to another embodiment, the substrate has a plurality of through holes, wherein a plurality of portions of the electric wire provided on a rear surface side of the substrate communicates with a front surface side of the substrate at the plurality of through holes of the substrate, and wherein the plurality of light-emitting diodes is respectively mounted to the respective portions of the electric wire that communicate with the front surface side of the substrate. Other embodiments relate to methods of manufacturing a light-emitting device. | 03-06-2014 |
20140140079 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a substrate member and at least one light emitting element. The substrate member has a groove portion defined between two wiring portions spaced apart from each other. The groove portion includes a first groove portion, a second groove portion, and a third groove portion. The first groove portion extends in a direction that forms a slanted angle with respect to a first direction, the second groove portion is spaced apart from the first groove and extends in a direction that forms a slanted angle with respect to the first direction, and the third groove portion is interconnected with the first groove portion and the second groove portion. The light emitting element is disposed over the third groove portion. | 05-22-2014 |
20150137152 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY - A light emitting element includes a semiconductor including an active layer, and a planar shape of the light emitting elements including a concave polygon. The planar shape of the concave polygon has interior angles including at least one acute angle. | 05-21-2015 |
Yusuke Marutani, Hiroshima-Shi JP
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20150159540 | COOLING DEVICE OF MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE - A cooling device of a multi-cylinder engine circulates a coolant from a water pump through water jackets of a cylinder head and a cylinder block. The cooling device includes a main jacket of the water jacket of the cylinder head, formed around combustion chambers, an exhaust jacket of the water jacket of the cylinder head, communicating to the main jacket and formed on an opposite side of exhaust ports to the combustion chambers, a circulation system for suppressing that the coolant flows through the main jacket in an engine cold start, by circulating the coolant through the water pump and the exhaust jacket, and a convection suppressor for suppressing that the coolant flows into the main jacket from the water jacket of the cylinder block in the engine cold start, by suppressing a convection of the coolant inside the water jacket of the cylinder block. | 06-11-2015 |
20150345363 | COOLING STRUCTURE OF MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE - A cooling structure of a multi-cylinder engine is provided. The engine has cylinders and a cylinder block formed with a cylinder bore wall. The cooling structure includes a water jacket formed in the cylinder block and defined by the cylinder bore wall and a jacket outer surface surrounding the cylinder bore wall, a water pump for feeding a coolant to the water jacket, an introduction portion formed in the cylinder block, having an introduction port opening to the jacket outer surface, and for introducing the coolant to the water jacket, and a spacer member accommodated inside the water jacket. The spacer member has a spacer main body surrounding the cylinder bore wall, and a dividing wall protruding toward the jacket outer surface from an outer circumferential surface of the spacer main body. The dividing wall extends in a circumferential direction at a position opposing the introduction port. | 12-03-2015 |
Yuuki Marutani, Tokyo JP
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20150211783 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a storage compartment, a door opening and closing a front opening of the storage compartment, a terminal mounting part located on a front of the door so that a portable information terminal is detachably mounted thereon, and a terminal power supply part supplying power to the portable information terminal when the portable information terminal is mounted on the terminal mounting part. | 07-30-2015 |
20150260449 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a biological information obtaining unit for obtaining biological information of a person. | 09-17-2015 |
20150260450 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes an outside environment information obtaining unit including at least one of a sound obtaining unit configured to obtain outside environment information and an imaging unit configured to image an outside environment, the outside environment information obtaining unit being configured to obtain outside environment information which is capable of grasping an outside situation and a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device connected thereto via a network, thereby rendering the outside environment information obtained by the outside environment information obtaining unit referable at the external device side. | 09-17-2015 |