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20090119031 | Member Designing Method, Member Designing Apparatus, Computer Program Product, and Computer-Readable Recording Medium - A first step where a computer performs press forming analysis based on a shape of a formed product or a shape of a member, a blank holder force, a friction coefficient, a tensile strength of a material, a yield strength, a stress-strain relation, and a sheet thickness, as press forming conditions, to calculate sheet thickness distribution and post-formation strain distribution of the formed product; and a second step where the computer performs performance analysis based on the sheet thickness distribution, the post-formation strain distribution, and the shape of the formed product or the shape of the member, as state amounts of the formed product, to calculate performance of the member are included, in which the computer repeats the calculations performed in the process from the first step through the second step a predetermined number of times, with at least one of the press forming conditions being changed, to output an optimum press forming condition that gives a maximum value or a target value of the performance. | 05-07-2009 |
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20110048380 | FUEL DELIVERY PIPE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A fuel delivery pipe for delivering fuel to a plurality of fuel injection valves corresponding to cylinders of an internal -combustion engine. The fuel delivery pipe includes a pipe body made of carbon steel for machine structural use and a plating film disposed on an inner surface of the pipe body. Preferably the fuel delivery pipe includes a plating film disposed on an outer surface of the pipe body. | 03-03-2011 |
20120118746 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FUEL SYSTEM PART AND FUEL SYSTEM PART - Disclosed in the present application is a method of manufacturing a fuel delivery pipe. The fuel delivery pipe includes a crude metal made of forged iron, a nickel-phosphorus plating layer formed on an inner surface of the crude metal, and a nonmetal paint film formed on an outer surface of the crude metal. The method includes the steps of: coating the outer surface of the crude metal with paint to form the paint film; machining the crude metal with the paint film formed thereon to form a machined surface inside the crude metal; and electroless plating the machined crude metal in nickel-phosphorus plating solution to form the nickel-phosphorus plating layer on the machined surface. | 05-17-2012 |
20130306032 | FUEL DISTRIBUTION PIPE - A fuel distribution pipe includes a pipe having a tubular main bore through which fuel is to be passed, a cylindrical injector attachment portion having a cylindrical injector bore to which an injector is to be attached, and a cylindrical bolt attachment portion having a cylindrical bolt bore through which a bolt is to be passed to fix the pipe to the cylinder head with the bolt. The injector bore communicates with the main bore such that an axis of the injector bore intersects with an axis of the main bore. An axis of the bolt bore intersects with the axis of the main bore. | 11-21-2013 |
20130312705 | METHOD OF PRODUCING FUEL DISTRIBUTION PIPE - A method of producing a fuel distribution pipe includes providing a forged bar made of metal, forming a main bore in the forged bar so as to extend along an axial direction of the forged bar, forming an injector bore having an injector opening in the forged bar, forming a bolt through hole having a bolt opening in the forged bar, obtaining a base pipe having the main bore, the injector bore and the bolt through hole from the forged bar, and bending the base pipe such that the injector opening of the injector bore and the bolt opening of the bolt through hole are provided along a line parallel to the axis of the main bore. The injector bore directly communicates with the main bore and the bolt through hole does not communicates with the main bore. | 11-28-2013 |
20140123949 | DELIVERY PIPE, PIPE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DELIVERY PIPE - A delivery pipe includes a pipe integrally including at least one cylindrical tube section and at least one flat tube section, and a valve attachment including a hollow cylindrical portion and a connection portion having a planar shape. The flat tube section includes a planar attachment portion having a distribution hole extending through the planar attachment portion in a thickness direction thereof. The hollow cylindrical portion has a closed end closed by the connection portion and is configured to be attached to a fuel injection valve. The connection portion has an introduction hole that extends through the connection portion in a thickness direction thereof and communicates with the distribution hole of the planar attachment portion. The valve attachment is connected to the planar attachment portion at a position adjacent to one of edges of the planar attachment portion. The edges extend along an axial direction of the pipe. | 05-08-2014 |
20140199480 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FUEL SYSTEM PART AND FUEL SYSTEM PART - A method manufactures a fuel delivery pipe including a crude metal made of forged iron, a nickel-phosphorus plating layer formed on an inner surface of the crude metal, and a nonmetal paint film formed on an outer surface of the crude metal. The method includes coating the outer surface of the crude metal with paint to form the paint film, machining the crude metal with the paint film formed thereon to form a machined surface inside the crude metal, and electroless plating the machined crude metal in nickel-phosphorus plating solution to form the nickel-phosphorus plating layer on the machined surface. | 07-17-2014 |
20140215820 | ROTATING ASSEMBLY AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - An inner hole to which a driving shaft is inserted is formed in a cam piece of a camshaft, and a plurality of grooves extending in the insertion direction of the driving shaft are formed in the inner hole. The driving shaft is inserted into the inner hole with the cam piece heated to expand the diameter of the inner hole. By reducing again the diameter of the inner hole by cooling it in this state, an outer circumferential surface of the driving shaft is pressed and raised by the inner hole and enters the groove, by which the cam piece is firmly fixed onto the driving shaft. | 08-07-2014 |
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20090004825 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate having a DSB structure that enables simplification of a manufacturing process by optimizing a total thickness of oxides on surfaces of two wafers before being bonded together is provided. The method comprises a process of preparing a first semiconductor wafer and a second semiconductor wafer, a process of bonding the first semiconductor wafer and second semiconductor wafer when a total of thickness of an oxide on the surface of the first semiconductor wafer and that of an oxide on the surface of the second semiconductor wafer is 0.4 nm or more and 1.0 nm or less, and a process of providing heat treatment to a semiconductor substrate after the process of the bonding and before a process of thinning one of the wafers. | 01-01-2009 |
20100055884 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SILICON WAFER - In a manufacturing method for a silicon wafer, a first heat treatment process is performed on the silicon wafer while introducing a first gas having an oxygen gas in an amount of 0.01 vol. % or more and 1.00 vol. % or less and a rare gas, and a second heat treatment process is performed while stopping introducing the first gas and introducing a second gas having an oxygen gas in an amount of 20 vol. % or more and 100 vol. % or less and a rare gas. In the first heat treatment process, the silicon wafer is rapidly heated to first temperature of 1300° C. or higher and a melting point of silicon or lower at a first heating rate, and kept at the first temperature. In the second heat treatment process, the silicon wafer is kept at the first temperature, and rapidly cooled from the first temperature at a first cooling rate. | 03-04-2010 |
20100197146 | Method of heat treating silicon wafer - In a method of heat treating a wafer obtained by slicing a silicon single crystal ingot manufactured by the Czochralski method, a rapid heating/cooling heat treatment is carried out by setting a holding time at an ultimate temperature of 1200° C. or more and a melting point of silicon or less to be equal to or longer than one second and to be equal to or shorter than 60 seconds in a mixed gas atmosphere containing oxygen having an oxygen partial pressure of 1.0% or more and 20% or less and argon, and an oxide film having a thickness of 9.1 nm or less or 24.3 nm or more is thus formed on a surface of the silicon wafer. | 08-05-2010 |
20120067272 | Single crystal pulling-up apparatus and single crystal pulling-up method - According to one exemplary embodiment, a single crystal pulling-up apparatus of pulling-up silicon single crystals by a Czochralski method, is provided with: a neck diameter measuring portion which measures a diameter of a grown neck portion; a first compensation portion which outputs a first compensated pulling-up speed for the seed crystals based on a difference between a measured value of the diameter of the neck portion and a target value of the neck portion diameter previously stored; a second compensation portion which outputs a second pulling-up speed while limiting an upper limit of the first pulling-up speed to a first limit value; and a crucible rotation number compensation portion which lowers the number of a rotation of a crucible at least in a period where the upper limit of the first pulling-up speed is limited to the first limit value. | 03-22-2012 |
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20090057677 | FERROELECTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A method for fabricating a ferroelectric device includes Step S | 03-05-2009 |
20140325592 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An information management method includes: receiving, from a manufacturer server via a network, device history information indicating a history of an operation of a device used by a first user and first anonymized user information generated by anonymizing, according to a predetermined rule, first user information including attribute information which allows identification of the first user; receiving, from a service provider server different from the manufacturer server via the network, service history information indicating a history of service used by a second user and second anonymized user information generated by anonymizing, according to the predetermined rule, second user information including attribute information which allows identification of the second user; and associating the device history information and the service history information and managing them as composite information, when the first anonymized user information and the second anonymized user information are determined to be identical or similar. | 10-30-2014 |
20140365345 | INFORMATION-PROVIDING METHOD, AND INFORMATION-PROVIDING SYSTEM - An information-providing method provides a notification relating to an item owned by a user in accordance with change in condition of the item. The information-providing method is implemented on a computer system that stores therein notifications that are each linked to one of a plurality of levels expressing possible conditions of the item. In the information-providing method, condition information is acquired which indicates change in condition of the item resulting from aging or use. Judgment is performed as to whether a current time is a provision time at which a notification is to be provided to the user. Upon judging affirmatively, a level matching condition of the item at the provision time is selected from among the levels, based on the condition information, and a notification linked to the selected level is determined to be the notification that is provided. | 12-11-2014 |
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20100116570 | Battery Module, Battery Device, Electric Motor Drive System and Vehicle - A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells; a casing in which the plurality of battery cells are housed; a plurality of conductive members used to electrically connect the plurality of battery cells; a first chamber, formed in the casing, in which the plurality of battery cells are disposed; and a second chamber, formed in the casing and isolated from the first chamber, into which emitted matter from the battery cells is released, wherein: the conductive members and the battery cells are connected together within the second chamber. | 05-13-2010 |
20120256569 | Battery Control Device and Motor Drive System - In a memory, the surface temperature and the internal resistance of an assembled battery detected under the condition where a difference between the surface and the internal temperature is within a predetermined value are stored, and an internal temperature diagnosis unit that diagnoses whether or not the internal temperature estimated by an internal temperature estimation unit is correct, detects the internal resistance with an internal resistance calculation unit when the internal temperature estimation unit estimates the internal temperature, searches for an internal resistance corresponding to the surface temperature equal to the estimated internal temperature value from among the stored internal resistances, and diagnoses the estimated internal temperature value based upon the result of comparison of a search result of the internal resistance and the internal resistance detected during internal temperature estimation. | 10-11-2012 |
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20120182567 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes the following elements. An apparatus body implements plural functions including an image reading function, an image forming function, and a display function in accordance with operations requested by a user. A controller controls first, second, and third power states. An obtaining unit obtains information concerning paper. A first control unit controls the plural functions so that, when the plural functions are returned from the third to the second power state, the display function is returned to the second power state without being synchronized with the other functions and an operation requested by the user is received before the other functions are returned to the second power state. A second control unit controls the other functions so that, if the image forming function is required for executing an operation requested by the user, the operation is executed after the obtaining unit obtains the information concerning paper. | 07-19-2012 |
20120182568 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes the following elements. An apparatus body implements plural functions including an image reading function, an image forming function, and a display function. A controller controls first, second, and third power states. A first operation unit outputs a transition signal for shifting the states of the image reading function and the image forming function to the second power state. A second operation unit outputs a copy start signal for starting an operation to copy a document. A copy controller controls, when the functions other than the display function are in the third power state, the operation to copy a document in accordance with a copy start signal, and performs control so that another copy start signal is not handled during a period from when controlling of the operation to copy a document has started until when a predetermined specific state is detected. | 07-19-2012 |
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20090128778 | Ophthalmic Apparatus - To provide an ophthalmic apparatus capable of performing efficient measurement of a plurality of eye characteristics of an examinee's eye, which comprises a first measurement unit comprising a first measurement system for performing measurement of a first characteristic of the eye, a second measurement unit comprising a second measurement system for performing measurement of a second characteristic of the eye, a measurement unit in which the measurement units are placed such that heights of first and second measurement axes of the respective systems are different from each other, a movement mechanism unit moving the measurement unit in a vertical direction, and a control unit controlling the mechanism unit such that the height of the first measurement axis at the time of first measurement by the first measurement unit becomes almost the same as that of the second measurement axis at the time of second measurement by the second measurement unit. | 05-21-2009 |
20090195750 | Ophthalmic apparatus - An ophthalmic apparatus capable of alignment in total automation and manual alignment with an examinee's eye comprising an ophthalmic examination unit, a unit detecting an alignment state of the examination unit with the eye, a main base, a mobile base on which the examination unit is mounted and moved horizontally on the main base through operation of a control member, driving mechanisms moving the examination unit vertically and horizontally with respect to the mobile base, means switching a mode between a manual mode of performing alignment of the examination unit with each eye in sequence through the operation and a fully automatic mode of performing the alignment through driving of the driving mechanisms, and a control unit controlling the driving based on the detection result which starts in the fully automatic mode the driving based on a predetermined trigger signal so as to perform the alignment. | 08-06-2009 |
20110170062 | FUNDUS OBSERVATION APPARATUS - A fundus observation apparatus that is capable of assisting an examiner in judging the presence or absence of abnormality in an examinee's eye based on a fundus tomographic image. The fundus observation apparatus includes an optical coherence tomography device that has an optical scanner for setting an image pickup position on a fundus of an examinee's eye, and is arranged to obtain a tomographic image of the fundus, and an information display unit that is arranged to display on a monitor the tomographic image obtained by the optical coherence tomography device and assisting information for assisting an examiner in performing judgment on the tomographic image, and the information display unit is arranged to change the assisting information based on image pickup information on the tomographic image. | 07-14-2011 |
20120083667 | METHOD OF OBSERVING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF EXAMINEE'S EYE - A method of observing a three-dimensional image of an examinee's eye to be examined, includes: obtaining a first three-dimensional image which is a three-dimensional image of an anterior segment of the examinee's eye by optical coherence tomography for obtaining a tomographic image by converging a measurement light on the anterior segment of the examinee's eye; obtaining a second three-dimensional image which is a three-dimensional image of a fundus of the examinee's eye by optical coherence tomography for obtaining a tomographic image by converging the measurement light on the fundus of the examinee's eye by a timing different from a timing of obtaining the first three-dimensional image; constructing a three-dimensional eyeball image of the examinee's eye through image processing based on the obtained first and second three-dimensional images; and displaying the constructed three-dimensional eyeball image on a monitor. | 04-05-2012 |
20120127428 | OPHTHALMIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - An ophthalmic photographing apparatus of the present invention is capable of favorably assisting an examiner when a three-dimensional tomographic image is obtained. The ophthalmic photographing apparatus includes an optical scanner for two-dimensionally scanning light from a measurement light source, a detector for detecting the state of interference of measurement light from the measurement light source and reference light, an optical coherence tomography device for obtaining a three-dimensional tomographic image of an examinee's eye, an observation optical system for obtaining a front observation image of the eye as a moving image, an arithmetic analyzing unit for specifying an abnormal portion by analyzing through image processing the three-dimensional tomographic image, and a display control unit for extracting a tomographic image corresponding to the abnormal portion from the three-dimensional image, and controls a monitor to display at the same time the extracted tomographic image and the moving image of the front observation image. | 05-24-2012 |
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20090061592 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method of manufacturing the semiconductor device includes forming a first polysilicon film on an active region and an element isolation region made of a dielectric material provided in a semiconductor substrate; forming a hard mask on the first polysilicon film; etching the first polysilicon film, the semiconductor substrate in the active region and the dielectric material in the element isolation region by using the hard mask to form first and second gate trenches in the active region and the element isolation region, respectively; and filling the first and second gate trenches with a second polysilicon film before the hard mask is removed. | 03-05-2009 |
20100155891 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING CYLINDRICAL LOWER ELECTRODE OF CAPACITOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide a semiconductor device including: plural capacitors each including a cylindrical lower electrode having an internal wall and an external wall, and an upper electrode that covers the external wall of the lower electrode via a capacitance dielectric film; and a supporting film having a buried portion buried in an internal region surrounded by the internal wall of the lower electrode, and a supporting portion a part of which is positioned within the internal region and remaining parts of which are positioned at outside of the internal region. The supporting portion sandwiches an upper end of the lower electrode at both ends of the upper end by covering the internal wall and the external wall of the upper end of the lower electrode. | 06-24-2010 |
20110165756 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a guard ring surrounding a memory cell region; a peripheral circuit region outside of the guard ring; a supporting film formed on the guard ring and on the peripheral circuit region; and a contact plug formed in the peripheral circuit region. The guard ring and the contact plug are completely filled with the same conductive material. | 07-07-2011 |
20130032924 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING CYLINDRICAL LOWER ELECTRODE OF CAPACITOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide a semiconductor device including: plural capacitors each including a cylindrical lower electrode having an internal wall and an external wall, and an upper electrode that covers the external wall of the lower electrode via a capacitance dielectric film; and a supporting film having a buried portion buried in an internal region surrounded by the internal wall of the lower electrode, and a supporting portion a part of which is positioned within the internal region and remaining parts of which are positioned at outside of the internal region. The supporting portion sandwiches an upper end of the lower electrode at both ends of the upper end by covering the internal wall and the external wall of the upper end of the lower electrode. | 02-07-2013 |
20140030865 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING CYLINDRICAL LOWER CAPACITOR ELECTRODE - To provide a semiconductor device including: plural capacitors each including a cylindrical lower electrode having an internal wall and an external wall, and an upper electrode that covers the external wall of the lower electrode via a capacitance dielectric film; and a supporting film having a buried portion buried in an internal region surrounded by the internal wall of the lower electrode, and a supporting portion a part of which is positioned within the internal region and remaining parts of which are positioned at outside of the internal region. The supporting portion sandwiches an upper end of the lower electrode at both ends of the upper end by covering the internal wall and the external wall of the upper end of the lower electrode. | 01-30-2014 |
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20090236158 | In-Wheel Motor System - An in-wheel motor system includes a knuckle supporting a hub to be rotatable and including a tank portion in which a refrigerant is accumulated, a housing fixedly attached to the knuckle, a motor incorporated within the housing and driving the hub to rotate, and a pump incorporated within the housing and pumping the refrigerant accumulated within the tank portion to the motor by means of a rotational power of the motor to refrigerate the motor. | 09-24-2009 |
20100320852 | ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING WIRE CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND WIRE CONNECTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - An electric motor having a wire connection structure includes a stator including a stator coil, a rotor, a motor housing accommodating the stator and the rotor and having a hole, a cable retaining portion formed on the motor housing for retaining end portions of feed cables, a fixing portion formed on the stator, first terminals connected to the stator coil and arranged on the fixing portion in an orientation different from an orientation of the end portions, second terminals each projecting from each of the end portions to face the corresponding first terminal after being inserted into the hole, at least one of the second terminals being bent, and screw members engaged with the fixing portion after being inserted into the corresponding first and second terminals, each of the screw members jointly fastening the first and second terminals to the fixing portion to electrically connect the first and second terminals. | 12-23-2010 |
20100320853 | ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING WIRE CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND WIRE CONNECTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - An electric motor includes a stator having a stator coil, a rotor, a motor housing having a through hole, a fixing portion extending from the stator within the motor housing towards the through hole, a load receiving member inserted into the through hole and having a through bore, a conductive member connected to an electric power supply wire member and arranged at a first end portion of the load receiving member, a first terminal connected to the stator coil and provided between a second end portion of the load receiving member and the fixing portion, and a screw bolt fixing the conductive member, the load receiving member and the first terminal on the fixing portion, so that the load receiving member is press-fixedly sandwiched by the conductive member and the first terminal so that an electric power flows therebetween via the load receiving member. | 12-23-2010 |
20110115316 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A rotating electrical machine includes a stator including a coil, a case accommodating the stator and oil, an external connection terminal block arranged at an outer circumferential portion of the case and connecting the coil to an external device, a terminal box arranged at the outer circumferential portion and including a case connecting hole and an external connecting hole respectively in connection with an inner portion of the case and an external atmosphere, the terminal box accommodating the external connection terminal block, a coil wiring member connecting an end portion of the coil to the external connection terminal block by penetrating through the case connecting hole, an external device wiring member connecting the external connection terminal block to the external device by penetrating through the external connecting hole, and a case connecting hole sealing member fixed to the coil wiring member to seal the case connecting hole by fitting thereinto. | 05-19-2011 |
20120061201 | DRIVE APPARATUS FOR HYBRID VEHICLE AND CASE THEREOF - A drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle, includes an input shaft configured to be rotatably connected to an engine, a motor including a rotor and a stator held inside a stator holder, an output shaft arranged coaxially with a rotation axis of the rotor and connected integrally with the rotor, a clutch device selectively engaging the input shaft with the output shaft, and a case supporting the input shaft and the output shaft, accommodating the motor and the clutch device, and including an oil sump for pooling oil, wherein at least one recessed portion is provided on a peripheral wall portion of the case, at a position where the peripheral wall portion is located lower than a level of the oil pooled in the oil sump and where the peripheral wall portion faces the stator holder. | 03-15-2012 |
20120062077 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE AND CASE FOR THE SAME - A drive device for a hybrid vehicle includes an input shaft, a motor having a rotor and a stator, an output shaft integrally and coaxially connected to the rotor along a rotation axis and configured so as to be engaged with and disengaged from the input shaft, a rotation angle sensor including a rotating portion and a fixed portion, which forms an angle relative to the rotating portion, and detecting a rotation angle of the rotor, and a case rotatably and axially supporting the input shaft and the output shaft on the rotation axis and accommodating the motor and the rotation angle sensor, wherein a side wall portion of the case includes an angle adjusting member coaxially supporting the fixed portion relative to the rotation axis while allowing the angle of the fixed portion to be adjustable, and a clamp member supporting a harness movably connected to the fixed portion. | 03-15-2012 |
20120068562 | ROTARY ELECTRICAL APPARATUS - A rotary electrical apparatus includes a housing, a stator including a center axis inclined by a predetermined angle relative to a horizontal direction in a case where the housing is fixed to a mounting member, a rotor, and an oil stored at a lower side within the housing relative to the center axis and functioning as at least one of a cooling oil, a lubricating oil, and an operating oil. The housing includes an oil inlet port and an oil discharge port allowing the oil to be discharged once a predetermined amount of the oil is stored within the housing, the oil discharge port being displaced from a first oil passage on which the oil supplied from the oil inlet port moves downward along an inner peripheral wall surface of the housing in a state where the housing is held so that the center axis is arranged to be horizontal. | 03-22-2012 |
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20100098695 | BIOMARKER SPECIFIC TO BRAIN/NERVE OR SPECIFIC TO NEURONAL DIFFERENTIATION - The invention provides a polypeptide and a specific partial peptide thereof, as well as a polynucleotide and a specific partial nucleotide thereof, that can be used as a biomarker specific for the brain/nerves or specific for nerve differentiation; an expression vector for such a polynucleotide and a specific partial peptide thereof; a transformant incorporating such an expression vector; an antisense molecule, RNAi-inducing nucleic acid (e.g., siRNA), aptamer, or antibody for such a biomarker, and a composition comprising the same; a mammalian cell or non-human mammal wherein the expression or a function of such a biomarker is regulated; a measuring means (e.g., primer set, nucleic acid probe, antibody, aptamer) for such a biomarker, and a reagent comprising the same and the like. | 04-22-2010 |
20100100979 | BIOMARKER SPECIFIC FOR CANCER - It is an object of the present invention to provide diagnostic reagents, pharmaceuticals and the like for particular diseases, and providing means that are useful in developing such reagents, pharmaceuticals and the like. The present invention provides a novel polypeptide and a specific partial peptide thereof, as well as a novel polynucleotide and a specific partial nucleotide thereof, that can be used as cancer-specific biomarkers; an expression vector for such a polynucleotide and a specific partial peptide thereof; a transformant incorporating such an expression vector; an antisense molecule, RNAi-inducing nucleic acid (e.g., siRNA), aptamer, or antibody for a cancer-specific biomarker, and a composition comprising the same; a mammalian cell or non-human mammal wherein the expression or a function of a cancer-specific biomarker is regulated; a measuring means (e.g., primer set, nucleic acid probe, antibody, aptamer) for a cancer-specific biomarker, and a reagent comprising them and the like. | 04-22-2010 |
20130095107 | BIOMARKER SPECIFIC TO BRAIN/NERVE OR SPECIFIC TO NEURONAL DIFFERENTIATION - The invention provides a novel polypeptide and a specific partial peptide thereof, as well as a novel polynucleotide and a specific partial nucleotide thereof, that can be used as a biomarker specific for the brain/nerves or specific for nerve differentiation; an expression vector for such a polynucleotide and a specific partial peptide thereof; a transformant incorporating such an expression vector; an antisense molecule, RNAi-inducing nucleic acid (e.g., siRNA), aptamer, or antibody for such a biomarker, and a composition comprising the same; a mammalian cell or non-human mammal wherein the expression or a function of such a biomarker is regulated; a measuring means (e.g., primer set, nucleic acid probe, antibody, aptamer) for such a biomarker, and a reagent comprising the same and the like. | 04-18-2013 |
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20090156413 | Method, system, apparatus and device for discovering and preparing chemical compounds for medical and other uses - Disclosed in this invention are methods, systems, databases, user-interfaces, software, media, and services useful for evaluating interactions between chemical compounds and proteins and for utilizing the information resulting from such evaluation for the purpose of discovering chemical compounds for medical and other fields. An approach termed “reverse proteomics” is disclosed. This invention generates an enormously large pool of new target proteins for drug discovery, novel methods for designing of new drugs, and a previously unthinkable pool of virtually synthesized small molecules for therapeutic uses. This invention is also applicable, for example, to discovery of substitutes for environmentally hazardous chemicals, more effective agrochemicals, and healthier food additives. | 06-18-2009 |
20090311748 | HEART20049410 POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Novel full-length cDNAs are provided. | 12-17-2009 |
20110269141 | TARGET PROTEIN AND TARGET GENE FOR DRUG DISCOVERY, AND SCREENING METHOD - The problems of the present invention are to provide target proteins and target genes for bioactive substances such as drugs, and means that enable the development of novel bioactive substances using the same. The present invention provides target proteins and target genes for bioactive substances; screening methods for substances capable of regulating bioactivities; bioactivity regulators; a bioactive substance derivative production method; a complex comprising a bioactive substance and a target protein, and a method of producing the complex; and kits comprising a bioactive substance or a salt thereof; determination methods for the onset or risk of onset of a specified disease or condition, determination methods for susceptibility to a bioactive substance, and determination kits used for the determination methods, and the like. | 11-03-2011 |
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20090054544 | HARD COATING COMPOSITION FOR METAL SUBSTRATE - The object of the present invention is to provide a hard coating composition for a metal substrate, including a film-forming resin component which contains a urethane(meth)acrylate obtained by reacting a polyisocyanate compound, a polyol, and a (meth)acrylate monomer having a hydroxyl group, wherein the polyisocyanate compound is hydrogenated xylylene diisocyanate and/or dicyclohexylmethane diisocyanate. | 02-26-2009 |
20100144956 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR AQUEOUS COATING MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND AQUEOUS COATING MATERIAL - A resin composition for an aqueous coating material that includes a propylene-butene resin component and/or propylene-ethylene-butene resin component (A), and a (meth)acrylic resin component (B), wherein the mass ratio between the propylene-butene resin component and/or propylene-ethylene-butene resin component (A) and the (meth)acrylic resin component (B) is within a range from 15:85 to 75:25. Also disclosed are a method for producing such a resin composition and an aqueous coating material. The present invention is able to provide a resin composition for an aqueous coating material that is useful as a binder within an aqueous coating material that uses no organic solvents or chlorine compounds, and yet exhibits excellent adhesion to polyolefin-based resins and is capable of forming a coating film that is resistant to discoloration and exhibits favorable resistance to the oils contained within gasoline, cosmetic products and foodstuffs and the like, and is also able to provide a method for producing the resin composition and an aqueous coating material that uses the resin composition. | 06-10-2010 |
20100203325 | COATING COMPOSITION FOR METAL THIN FILM AND PHOTOLUMINESCENT COATING FILM FORMED FROM SAME - A coating composition for a metal thin film for coating a vapor-deposited film or sputtered film provided on the surface of a base material, comprising: a coating film forming component containing 50% by weight or more of urethane (meth)acrylate that is a reaction product of hydrogenated xylene diisocyanate and/or hydrogenated diphenylmethane diisocyanate, polyol, and (meth)acrylate having a hydroxyl group. | 08-12-2010 |
20120288707 | BASE COAT COATING COMPOSITION, COMPOSITE FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A base coat coating composition which is able to suppress cracking of a metal thin film, even when a tough top coat layer capable of satisfactorily protecting the metal thin film is formed on the metal thin film, and even when a heat resistance test is performed, as well as a composite film and a method for producing the composite film. Specifically, a base coat coating composition used for undercoating a metal thin film formed on a metal substrate, and containing a coating film-forming component which contains at least 30% by mass of an epoxy (meth)acrylate having a cyclic structure and has an average molecular weight between crosslinks of 180 to 1,000, as well as a composite film having a base coat layer obtained from the base coat coating composition, and a method for producing the composite film. | 11-15-2012 |
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20090092483 | Turbocharger with variable nozzle mechanism - A turbocharger having a variable nozzle mechanism, which is accommodated in an accommodating chamber, is disclosed. The variable nozzle mechanism has a nozzle ring, a nozzle vane, a nozzle vane drive mechanism, and a support ring. The nozzle ring defines a gas passage through which exhaust gas is guided to a turbine wheel. The nozzle vane is supported by the nozzle ring and varies the flow area of the gas passage. The nozzle vane drive mechanism drives the nozzle vane. The support ring is connected to the nozzle ring. The nozzle vane drive mechanism is accommodated in the accommodating chamber as spaced from the nozzle ring through the support ring. The turbocharger has a drain passage that extends through a lower portion of the support ring and reaches the gas passage. The drain passage is located downward from the nozzle vane drive mechanism. | 04-09-2009 |
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20140119907 | TURBINE HOUSING AND EXHAUST GAS TURBINE SUPERCHARGER - A turbine housing includes an outer housing member, which has a proximal housing portion and a distal housing portion, and an inner housing member, which is provided inside the outer housing member and has a shroud surface that faces a turbine wheel in an axial direction. A distal portion of the inner housing member serves as a slide portion slidable in the axial direction. Further, a proximal portion of the inner housing member is fixed to the proximal housing portion at a part closer to a distal side than a proximal portion of the proximal housing portion. Further, a scroll portion is formed by the inner housing member and a proximal scroll portion of the proximal housing portion located closer to a proximal side than the inner housing member. | 05-01-2014 |
20140147256 | COMPRESSOR HOUSING AND EXHAUST TURBINE SUPERCHARGER - A compressor housing is provided with a shroud member, which surrounds a compressor impeller, and a sealing member. The shroud member has a facing surface that is located at a position on a radially outside of the compressor impeller on an inner circumferential surface of the shroud member. The sealing member is provided on the facing surface. The sealing member is formed from a cylindrical material that has free-cutting property to the compressor impeller. The sealing member is press-fitted into the facing surface of the shroud member. | 05-29-2014 |
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20090253658 | Fat Accumulation Inhibitor - To provide a fat accumulation inhibitor and a food or drink for inhibiting fat accumulation, a visceral fat accumulation inhibitor and a food or drink for inhibiting visceral fat accumulation, or an agent for accelerating increase and/or inhibiting decrease of an adiponectin concentration in blood and a food or drink for accelerating increase and/or inhibiting decrease of an adiponectin concentration in blood. | 10-08-2009 |
20100279985 | LIVER FUNCTION-PROTECTING AGENT - Disclosed is a liver function-protecting agent which comprises a phospholipid as an active ingredient, and which can exhibit an excellent prophylactic and ameliorating effect on the deterioration in the liver function when ingested orally. Also disclosed is a liver function-protecting food, beverage or feed. The phospholipid is preferably one derived from milk or a milk material. Alternatively, the phospholipid may be used in the form of a phospholipid-containing composition prepared from milk or a milk material and containing the phospholipid in an amount of 10 wt % or more relative to the total solid content. | 11-04-2010 |
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20090148355 | OXIDATION CATALYST APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING EXHAUST GAS - To provide an oxidation catalyst apparatus for purifying an exhaust gas which enables to oxidize and purify particulate matter in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine at a lower temperature. The oxidation catalyst apparatus | 06-11-2009 |
20090149319 | PRODUCTION PROCESS OF OXIDATION CATALYST APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING EXHAUST GAS - To provide a production process of an oxidation catalyst apparatus for purifying an exhaust gas which enables to oxidize and purify particulate matter in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine at a lower temperature. The production process of the oxidation catalyst apparatus | 06-11-2009 |
20090192033 | METHOD OF PRODUCING OXIDATION CATALYST FOR CLEANING EXHAUST GAS - The present invention provides a method of producing an oxidation catalyst for cleaning exhaust gas, capable of achieving an excellent catalytic activity at a lower temperature for particulates and high boiling point hydrocarbons in exhaust gas from internal-combustion engines. A primary firing is performed after mixing nitrate of a first metal element Ln, manganese nitrate, and oxide of a third metal element A. A resultant material from the primary firing is subjected to grinding and then a secondary firing is performed at the range of to 1200° C. for 1 to 5 hours. By doing so, a catalyst comprising a composite metal oxide represented by the general formula Ln | 07-30-2009 |
20090202412 | METHOD OF PRODUCING OXIDATION CATALYST FOR CLEANING EXHAUST GAS - A method of producing an oxidation catalyst for cleaning exhaust gas, excellent in the function of oxidizing high boiling point materials such as particulates and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons contained in the exhaust gas of internal-combustion engines is provided. Metal elements A and B are selected so that the value of the ionic radius of metal element A/the ionic radius of metal element B is in the range of from 1.349 to 1.580. After reacting the grind mixed material of the first metal element A, the second metal element B, and urea, the reactant material is grind mixed, and thereafter subjected to firing at 600 to 1200° C. for 1 to 5 hours. By doing so, an oxidation catalyst for cleaning exhaust gas comprising a composite oxide represented by the general formula ABO | 08-13-2009 |
20090270250 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF OXIDATION CATALYST DEVICE FOR EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION - According to a first embodiment of a production method of an oxidation catalyst device for exhaust gas purification of the present invention, a plurality of slurries containing a catalyst precursor prepared from mutually different organic acids is coated respectively on a porous filter carrier ( | 10-29-2009 |
20110287928 | LOW LEVEL NOBLE METAL-SUPPORTING THREE-WAY CATALYST - The invention provides a catalyst for catalytically removing three components which are carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from combustion exhaust gas generated by combusting fuel in the neighborhood of the stoichiometric air to fuel ratio by bringing the combustion exhaust gas into contact therewith, the catalyst comprising:
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20140079998 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a positive electrode active material capable of obtaining high capacity density and also capable of obtaining sufficient charge-discharge characteristics in a region which involves high current density, when the positive electrode active material is used in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The positive electrode active material for the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes FeF3 in which at least a part of a surface thereof is coated with an electroconductive metal oxide. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079999 | CATHODE MATERIAL - The present invention provides a cathode material that can achieve a high energy density and excellent instantaneous output characteristics in lithium ion secondary batteries. The cathode material is used in a lithium ion secondary battery | 03-20-2014 |
20140103263 | CATHODE MATERIAL - Provided is a cathode material capable of obtaining high energy density and superior instantaneous output characteristics in a lithium ion secondary battery. The cathode material is used in a lithium ion secondary battery ( | 04-17-2014 |
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20130011751 | METAL OXYGEN BATTERY - There is provided a metal oxygen battery which uses an oxygen-storing material of a composite oxide containing Y and Mn as a positive electrode material, and can reduce the reaction overpotential. The metal oxygen battery | 01-10-2013 |
20130011752 | METAL OXYGEN BATTERY - There is provided a metal oxygen battery which uses an oxygen-storing material of a composite oxide containing YMnO | 01-10-2013 |
20130011754 | METAL-AIR BATTERY - A metal air battery capable of obtaining larger charge-discharge capacity than before, is provided. The metal air battery | 01-10-2013 |
20130164616 | METAL OXYGEN BATTERY - There is provided a metal oxygen battery which uses an oxygen-storing material containing YMnO | 06-27-2013 |
20130164638 | METAL-OXYGEN BATTERY - Aims at providing a metal oxygen battery capable of supplying oxygen and perform charge/discharge stably. A metal oxygen battery | 06-27-2013 |
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20140045082 | LITHIUM ION OXYGEN BATTERY - A lithium ion oxygen battery capable of achieving a high energy density without being decreased in performance due to moisture or carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is provided. A lithium ion oxygen battery | 02-13-2014 |
20140072885 | OXYGEN CELL - An oxygen cell capable of minimizing overvoltage increases is provided. An oxygen cell | 03-13-2014 |