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Akamatsu, JP
Akio Akamatsu, Utsunomiya-Shi JP
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| 20090168038 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus according to this invention comprises an illumination optical system which illuminates an original with exposure light, a projection optical system which projects an image of the original onto a substrate, an original stage which holds and drives the original, a substrate stage which holds and drives the substrate, and a position detection apparatus which detects the relative position between the original and the substrate. A plurality of different first marks are formed on at least one of the original and a reference plate held on the original stage. The position detection apparatus has a function of selecting a first mark in accordance with the illumination condition from a plurality of first marks, and detecting the relative position between the original and the substrate using the selected first mark and a second mark formed on the substrate stage. | 07-02-2009 |
Akio Akamatsu, Hyogo-Pref JP
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| 20090315756 | Vessel monitoring system - The vessel monitoring system has, in a trial navigation by provisionally setting a value of the speed of the own vessel arbitrarily, a display unit immediately display an Obstacle Zone by Targets (OZT) corresponding to the speed of the own vessel. | 12-24-2009 |
Ayumi Akamatsu, Kanagawa-Ken JP
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| 20100136203 | FERMENTED WHEY PREPRATION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is a fermented whey preparation produced by carrying out high-temperature sterilization of an aqueous whey protein solution having a solid content of 11 to 35% by weight and a pH value adjusted to 6.5 to 8.0, then subjecting the aqueous whey protein solution to lactic acid fermentation, and homogenizing the resultant fermentation liquor as such. The fermented whey preparation has a fermentation-derived unique and good flavor and, at the same time, has a refreshed and invigorating flavor and further has a velvety texture. The fermented whey preparation is also excellent in thermal stability and safety. | 06-03-2010 |
Ena Akamatsu, Miyazaki-Shi JP
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| 20100055065 | AGENT FOR INHIBITING PRODUCTION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS AND ITS USE - This invention provides an agent for inhibiting production of hepatitis C virus with notable anti-HCV activity and without side-effects. The agent comprises a proanthocyanidin polymer composition illustrated in the following the general formula (1), | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110288164 | AGENT FOR INHIBITING PRODUCTION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS AND ITS USE - This invention provides an agent for inhibiting production of hepatitis C virus with notable anti-HCV activity and without side-effects. The agent comprises a proanthocyanidin polymer composition illustrated in the following the general formula (1), | 11-24-2011 |
Hideki Akamatsu, Shizuoka JP
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| 20090154854 | Coreless Seal and Rolling Bearing - A coreless seal | 06-18-2009 |
Hiroshi Akamatsu, Takasago-Shi JP
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| 20090114856 | TRANSPORT/STORAGE CASK FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL - A transport/storage cask for a radioactive material has an inner shell, an outer shell and a circular gamma ray shielding layer and a circular neutron shielding layer both of which are placed between the inner shell and the outer shell. The gamma ray shielding layer is formed by aligning a plurality of gamma ray shielding blocks composed of lead in a block shape in the circumferential direction. The entire gamma ray shielding block in the axial direction is covered with a copper tube having a higher elasticity limit than the gamma ray shielding block. In the above transport/storage cask, the gamma ray shielding layer composed of lead or a lead alloy is not easily deformed. | 05-07-2009 |
Hirotsugu Akamatsu, Kyoto JP
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| 20090263159 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: | 10-22-2009 |
Hisashi Akamatsu, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20090181926 | SKIN EXTERNAL PREPARATION HAVING EXCELLENT STABILITY - Disclosed is an agent for skin external preparation which is hardly reduced in viscosity even when stored for a long period under extreme high temperature storage conditions and is therefore stable. The preparation is in an emulsion form, and comprises (1) an alginic acid polyol ester having an esterification degree ranging from 75 to 95% (e.g., alginic acid propylene glycol ester) and/or a salt thereof; (2) a polyvalent metal ion (e.g., a calcium ion); and (3) a 4-alkylresolcinol (e.g., 4-n-butylresolcinol) and/or a salt thereof. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090253663 | SKIN EXTERNAL PREPARATION CONTAINING TRITERPENIC ACID - Disclosed is a skin external preparation containing a triterpenic acid typified by ursolic acid. For obtaining a skin external preparation having excellent storage stability by improving the dissolution stability of the triterpenic acid and the like, 4-alkylresorcinol such as 4-n-butylresorcinol is added into a skin external preparation containing a triterpenic acid and the like such as benzyl ursolate. | 10-08-2009 |
Kazuo Akamatsu, Okazaki-City JP
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| 20110042741 | Semiconductor device having semiconductor chip and metal plate and method for manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device includes a first protection film for covering a first metal wiring. A second protection film is disposed on the first protection film, which is covered with a solder layer. Even if a crack is generated in the second protection film before the solder layer is formed on the second protection film, the crack is restricted from proceeding into the first protection film. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110198733 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF PATTERNNING RESIN INSULATION LAYER ON SUBSTRATE OF THE SAME - In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, an electrode layer is formed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, and a resin insulation layer is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate so that the electrode layer can be covered with the resin insulation layer. A tapered hole is formed in the insulation layer by using a tool bit having a rake angle of zero or a negative value. The tapered hole has an opening defined by the insulation layer, a bottom defined by the electrode layer, and a side wall connecting the opening to the bottom. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110207241 | Formation method of metallic electrode of semiconductor device and metallic electrode formation apparatus - A formation method of a metallic electrode of a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes: acquiring data about surface shape of a surface part of a semiconductor substrate; and causing a deformation device to deform the semiconductor substrate based on the data so that a distance between a cutting plane and the surface part falls within a required accuracy in cutting amount. In deforming the semiconductor substrate, multiple actuators are used as the deformation device. A pitch of the multiple actuators is set to a value that is greater than one-half of wavelength of spatial frequency of a thickness distribution of the semiconductor substrate and that is less than or equal to the wavelength. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110207264 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes cutting a part of a resin insulating layer formed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate with a cutting tool. The cutting the part of the resin insulating layer includes cutting a portion of the resin insulating layer that has a surface on which a metal layer is disposed. The cutting the portion of the resin insulating layer is performed in such a manner that, in a stress distribution inside the resin insulating layer along an edge portion of the cutting tool and a peripheral portion of the edge portion, a width at 90% of a maximum value is not more than 1.3 μm. | 08-25-2011 |
Kazutoshi Akamatsu, Nikko-Shi JP
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| 20090114530 | CONTINUOUS PLATING APPARATUS - A continuous plating apparatus, when the number of the workpieces simultaneously transferred in the plating tank in a completely immersed state is N, (N+1) cathode relay members that extend in a workpiece transfer direction and (N+1) power supply units being provided outside the plating tank, anode terminals of the power supply units being connected to opposed anodes that are provided in the plating tank, cathode terminals of the power supply units being respectively connected to the cathode relay members so that power is supplied to each of the workpieces transferred in the plating tank from a corresponding power supply unit among the power supply units through a corresponding cathode relay member among the cathode relay members, and each of the power supply units being able to be controlled by constant current control when being transferred in the plating tank in a completely immersed state, by current gradual increase control when being carried into the plating tank in a partially immersed state, and by current gradual decrease control when being carried out from the plating tank in a partially immersed state. | 05-07-2009 |
Keiji Akamatsu, Hyogo JP
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| 20120075283 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVE METHOD AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - In a driving method for a plasma display panel, in the initializing period in at least one of a plurality of subfields, selective initializing operation is performed that selectively causes initializing discharge only in a discharge cell having undergone address discharge in an immediately preceding address period. The selective initializing operation includes the step of applying first voltage to the sustain electrode and applying an up-ramp waveform voltage to the scan electrode, the step of applying a first down-ramp waveform voltage to the scan electrode and then applying a positive rectangular voltage to it, and the step of applying second voltage higher than the first voltage to the sustain electrode and applying a second down-ramp waveform voltage to the scan electrode. | 03-29-2012 |
Kenichi Akamatsu, Gotenba-Shi JP
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| 20110268734 | PREVENTIVE OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS COMPRISING IL-6 ANTAGONIST AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - A method for treating psoriatic arthritis comprising an interleukin-6 (IL-6) antagonist such as, for example, an antibody against IL-6 receptor. | 11-03-2011 |
Kenichi Akamatsu, Chiba-Shi JP
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| 20090255016 | APPARATUS STRUCTURE AND SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE INCLUDING APPARATUS STRUCTURE - Provided are a structure of an apparatus for analysis, inspection, and measurement in which a support structure supporting a detection unit is resistant to disturbance, suppresses a reduction in resolution during large-sample measurement, and has high rigidity, and a probe microscope using the apparatus structure. The apparatus structure supporting the detection unit which is opposed to a sample which is located on a unit movable in at least one axis direction and is an object to be analyzed has an arch shape. In the apparatus structure having the arch shape and supporting the detection unit, a surface substantially perpendicular to a flat surface portion of a sample holder located immediately under the apparatus structure is formed. The detection unit is supported on the perpendicular surface. The arch-shaped apparatus structure is a curved structure consistent with a catenary curve. | 10-08-2009 |
Kensuke Akamatsu, Kobe-Shi JP
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| 20100270057 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to the present invention, a circuit board having a further-microfabricated circuit pattern that can be manufactured in further simplified steps is obtained. For such purpose, a mold | 10-28-2010 |
Kensuke Akamatsu, Hyogo JP
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| 20090134364 | Polyamide acid containing ultrafine metal particle - The present invention provides a method for producing a polyamic acid containing ultrafine metal particles, which contains the steps of contacting an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble metal compound with fine polyamic acid particles to adsorb metal ions to the fine polyamic acid particles, and then performing a reduction treatment; and a conductive adhesive which contains as an active ingredient the polyamic acid containing ultrafine metal particles. The conductive adhesive of the present invention has excellent performance which enables the adhesive to be used as an alternative to high-temperature lead solders. | 05-28-2009 |
Masaru Akamatsu, Kobe-Shi JP
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| 20100302551 | SHAPE MEASURING DEVICE - When a shape of an end face of a disc-shaped measurement target is to be measured on the basis of its projection image, a shape measuring device in which a non-parallel light component is not contained in a light flux projected to the measurement target as much as possible and moreover, correct shape measurement can be made by ensuring parallelism between a light projection direction and each face of front and back sides of the measurement target. | 12-02-2010 |
Masaru Akamatsu, Hyogo JP
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| 20100134615 | SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND SHAPE MEASUREMENT METHOD - To provide a shape measurement apparatus and a shape measurement method with which it is possible to perform a shape measurement, when a shape of an end surface of a disk-shaped semiconductor wafer or the like is measured on the basis of a projection image thereof, without receiving an influence of a contaminant on the end surface. | 06-03-2010 |
Megumi Akamatsu, Ibaraki JP
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| 20080197023 | Method Of Measuring the Number Of Bacteria, Device Of Measuring the Number Of Bacteria and Cell Used In the Device - A method of measuring the number of bacteria according to the present invention includes step (a) through step (d). First, in step (a), a to-be-measured sample (specimen) including a predetermined bacterial strain (such as | 08-21-2008 |
| 20090007631 | Oxygen Electrode - An oxygen electrode used to measure an amount of dissolved oxygen in a liquid culture medium includes an electrode base material, and a surface metal layer being any one of Au, Pt, and Ti. The surface metal layer covers a surface of the electrode base material. Especially, in a case where the surface metal layer of Au is formed on the electrode base material of copper with electroplating, a nickel layer is formed on the surface of the electrode base material by layering with electroplating, etc. Then, the Au layer is formed on the nickel layer by layering with electroplating, etc. | 01-08-2009 |
Naotoshi Akamatsu, Fujisawa JP
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| 20090072135 | Micro Sample Heating Probe and Method of Producing the Same, and Analyzer Using the Micro Sample Heating Probe - An object of the present invention is to extract a micro foreign body of a few μm, which may cause a product defect of a device or the like, and to subject the foreign body to a mass analysis at a favorable S/N ratio without any contamination. A micro sample heating probe includes a sample holder made up of two members different in diameter, a supporting part, and a terminal part. The sample holder includes a heating mechanism only in a limited part, and just a region extremely close to the micro sample being an analysis target is heated locally. Therefore, even when a contaminated substance is attached to the probe, such substance is not heated, thereby preventing a noise from occurring, and enabling an analysis at a quite favorable S/N ratio. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090261329 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device using a TFT serving as a switching element, in which image deterioration of the display device is prevented by suppressing a photo leakage current to be small, and in particular, in which a density of defects which become positive fixed charges by light present in a protective insulating film of the TFT is defined to suppress the photo leakage current. In the display device using the TFT, the TFT includes an insulating film, an amorphous silicon film, a drain electrode and a source electrode, and a protective insulating film laminated on a gate electrode covering a part of a surface of an insulating substrate in the stated order, in which the protective insulating film includes a defect which becomes a positive fixed charge under light irradiation. A surface density of the defects is preferably 2.5×10 | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100271582 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a technology for preventing current leak of a charge holding capacitor which constitutes a pixel of a display device so as to prevent deterioration of display image quality of the display device. The display device includes a first contact hole connecting a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer which is formed over the first wiring layer, a second contact hole connecting the second wiring layer and a third wiring layer which is formed over the second wiring layer, and an electrode layer formed between the plurality of insulating films disposed between the second wiring layer and the third wiring layer, wherein at a position in a substrate surface direction, a distance between a electrode layer and the second contact hole is larger than a distance between the electrode layer and the first contact hole. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110127420 | MASS SPECTROMETER AND MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD - A mass spectrometer and a mass spectrometry method adapted for mass spectrometry of a hardly volatile minuscule organic foreign matter of several μm often causing a device defect are disclosed. A sample gasified by a sample heating probe is introduced into an ion source, and the sample thus ionized is detected by being separated in accordance with the mass-to-charge ratio. In this mass spectrometry technique, the sample heating probe is covered with a cylindrical gas guide mechanism, and the gasified sample is led efficiently to the ion source by the gas guide mechanism, thereby making possible the contribution by the sample components which otherwise might be dispersed and wasted in the prior art. As a result, the mass spectrometry with higher sensitivity and S/N than in the prior art is realized. | 06-02-2011 |
Norio Akamatsu, Tokushima-Shi JP
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| 20090192794 | Digital filtering method, digital filtering equipment,digital filtering program, and recording medium and recorded device which are readable on computer - Included in the digital filtering equipment for extracting a feature quantity from a speech signal in order to execute a speech recognition based on an inputted speech signal are: a) an waveform determining section for obtaining an inputted speech signal and quantizing the speech signal waveform; b) a division value operating section for summing a quantized signal data in a prescribed adjoining region to divide the summation value by the number of summed data, with respect to a data quantized at each point by the waveform determining section, whereby a division value is obtained with the data being centered; c) a comparison section for comparing a division value calculated by the division value operating section and the quantized data calculated in the division value operating section to output logical truth of a comparison result, with respect to each data; and d) a conversion section for converting the quantized data into the selected data points based on an output from the comparison section. Thus, the feature quantity can be extracted only by applying an integer summation and comparison operation, so that performance of arithmetic operation is extremely simplified to be fast and inexpensive. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20110169276 | FIELD EFFECT POWER GENERATION DEVICE - The objective is to develop a device that generates power with high efficiency and utilizes the obtained electrical energy effectively without external combustion energy such as fossil fuels or the like. Electrical energy is obtained by carriers passing through a potential barrier due to a field effect, and thus energy is pre-supplied to the carriers to increase the number of carriers contributing to electrical energy generation, whereby a highly efficient field power generation device can be realized. | 07-14-2011 |
Ryo Akamatsu, Kyoto JP
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| 20100190695 | LIQUID CRYSTAL EMULSION TYPE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING CYCLOSPORINE, AND THEREPEUTIC METHOD OF TREATING CUTANEOUS DISEASE THEREWITH - A dermal external pharmaceutical composition that excels in feeling at application or after application and that by enhancing of the transdermal absorption of cyclosporine, exerts medicinal benefits at low concentration. There is provided a liquid crystal emulsion-type pharmaceutical composition comprising cyclosporine, a hydrophilic nonionic surfactant, a lipophilic nonionic surfactant, an oil, a fatty acid that is insoluble in the oil at room temperature, a solid fatty alcohol that is insoluble in the oil at room temperature and a water-soluble polyhydric alcohol that is immiscible with the oil at room temperature, and a method of treating cutaneous diseases with the use of the pharmaceutical composition. | 07-29-2010 |
Seiji Akamatsu, Otsu JP
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| 20100210661 | STAT3/5 ACTIVATION INHIBITOR - An object of the present invention is to provide a STAT3/5 activation inhibitor. The present invention provides a STAT3/5 activation inhibitor containing an aromatic compound represented by the general formula or a salt thereof as an active ingredient: | 08-19-2010 |
Seijiro Akamatsu, Chuo-Ku JP
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| 20090270365 | BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE OR SALT THEREOF - There is provided a compound having a capsaicin receptor VR1 inhibitory activity and useful as a therapeutic agent for various pains including inflammatory pain and neurogenic pain, migraine, cluster headache, bladder diseases including overactive bladder, and the like. | 10-29-2009 |
Shigeaki Akamatsu, Ichikawa-Shi JP
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| 20110104352 | Health-Food Product with Mixed-In Concentrated Guava-Leaf Extract of Savoriness Improved by Cereal Grain - In the proper quantity intake of the extract element of the Guava leaf origin, we can achieve a health food of the grain base with easily. | 05-05-2011 |
Shinji Akamatsu, Hyogo JP
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| 20100251718 | DAMPING DEVICE AND GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR - In a damping device according to the present invention, a damping device | 10-07-2010 |
Shinji Akamatsu, Hyogo-Ken JP
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| 20110016873 | FUEL CONTROL METHOD AND FUEL CONTROL APPARATUS FOR GAS TURBINE AND GAS TURBINE - A fuel control method for a gas turbine with a combustor being formed of at least two groups of a pluralities of main nozzles for supplying fuel, and that supplies fuel from the main nozzles of all groups upon ignition of the combustor (S | 01-27-2011 |
Tadashi Akamatsu, Tochigi JP
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| 20090074990 | Method for manufacturing optically anisotropic material - When an optically anisotropic material is manufactured, an optically anisotropic liquid crystal layer with good adhesion properties and without irregular alignment is formed on a substrate. The optically anisotropic material having the optically anisotropic liquid crystal layer formed on the substrate can be manufactured by subjecting the surface of the substrate to rubbing treatment, subjecting the rubbing-treated surface to surface treatment with the hydrolysate of an alkoxysilane compound, applying a polymerizable nematic liquid crystal composition to the surface-treated surface, subjecting the applied polymerizable liquid crystal composition to alignment treatment, and subjecting the polymerizable liquid crystal composition to curing treatment while the alignment state thereof is maintained, whereby the optically anisotropic liquid crystal layer is formed. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090269514 | Polarizing Plate - A polarizing plate is provided in which adhesion properties between a polarizer and a protection film are improved and in which the optical properties of the polarizer are stable under the influence of moisture and the like. Specifically, in polarizing plates | 10-29-2009 |
Takaaki Akamatsu, Suntou-Gun JP
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| 20090092426 | FIXING APPARATUS, ROLLER FOR THE FIXING APPARATUS, FLEXIBLE SLEEVE FOR THE FIXING APPARATUS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE ROLLER FOR THE FIXING APPARATUS AND THE FLEXIBLE SLEEVE FOR THE FIXING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus, a roller for a fixing apparatus, and a flexible sleeve for a fixing apparatus are a roller for the fixing apparatus ( | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090202281 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a belt for conveying the toner image; and a transfer device for rubbing the belt, and a surface of the transfer device, which is brought into contact with the belt includes linear concave portions or linear convex portions. The image forming apparatus of the present invention prevents a friction force between the belt and the transfer device rubbing the belt from increasing and brings a transfer member into a stable contact with the belt for conveying the toner image, thereby suppressing increase in drive torque of the belt which rubs the transfer device and suppressing occurrence of image failure. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090232530 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes an image bearing member for carrying an image; an intermediary transfer member for receiving the image; a primary transfer member for transfer of the image onto the intermediary transfer member in a primary transfer station; a secondary transfer member for transfer of the image onto a transfer material in a secondary transfer station; a first charging member for charging toner remaining in a region upstream of the primary transfer station and downstream of the secondary transfer station; and a second charging member for charging the toner remaining in a region upstream of the primary transfer station and downstream of the first charging member. The first charging member rubs a surface of, and the second charging member moves in contact with, the intermediary transfer member, to transfer the toner remaining on the intermediary transfer member to the image bearing member simultaneously with the primary transfer. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090257779 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming image on a recording medium includes a photosensitive member, a motor, a belt, and a drive member to rotate the belt, the drive member including a driven coupling. The apparatus also includes a drive coupling to rotate by a driving force generated by the motor, the drive coupling being movable in an axial direction to take an engagement position at which the driving force is transmittable to the driven coupling, and a release position. The apparatus further includes a transfer member to transfer a toner image onto the recording medium or the belt, a voltage application unit to apply a voltage to the transfer member, and a control unit to cause the voltage application unit to apply the voltage to the transfer member after the drive coupling moves to the engagement position and the driving force is transmitted to the driven coupling. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20110188902 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; an endless rotatable intermediary transfer belt onto which the toner image is to be transferred from the image bearing member; a transfer device disposed at a position in which the transfer device opposes the image bearing member through the intermediary transfer belt, the transfer device including a sheet member surface-contacted to an inner surface of the intermediary transfer belt and including an urging member for urging the sheet member toward the intermediary transfer belt; and a primary transfer voltage source for applying a voltage to the sheet member. With respect a rotational direction of the intermediary transfer belt, an upstream end portion of a contact area formed between the intermediary transfer belt and the sheet member and an upstream end fportion of a contact area formed between the sheet member and the urging member are within a range of a contact area formed between the intermediary transfer belt and the image bearing member. The upstream end portion of the contact area formed between the intermediary transfer belt and the sheet member is located upstream of the upstream end portion of the contact area formed between the sheet member and the urging member. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110268481 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is capable of setting a cleaning mode in which a fixing portion is cleaned by a cleaning sheet while nip-conveying the cleaning sheet in a fixing nip. When the cleaning mode is set, an image forming apparatus provides a period in which a first rotatable member and a second rotatable member are rotated in a state in which a heater is controlled so that a surface temperature Th of the first rotatable member immediately after passing through the fixing nip is kept within a temperature range of Th≦Tf | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110268482 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion for forming an unfixed toner image on a recording material; and a fixing portion for heat-fixing the unfixed toner image on the recording material while nip-conveying the recording material in a fixing nip, the fixing portion includes a first rotatable member contactable to the unfixed toner image, and a second rotatable member contacted to the first rotatable member to form the fixing nip between itself and the first rotatable member. The image forming apparatus is capable of setting a cleaning mode in which the fixing portion is cleaned by a cleaning sheet while nip-conveying the cleaning sheet in the fixing nip. When the cleaning mode is set, the image forming apparatus executes a plurality of types of cleaning operations in a period in which a single cleaning sheet passes through the fixing nip. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110318035 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming image on a recording medium includes a photosensitive member, a motor, a belt, and a drive member to rotate the belt, the drive member including a driven coupling. The apparatus also includes a drive coupling to rotate by a driving force generated by the motor, the drive coupling being movable in an axial direction to take an engagement position at which the driving force is transmittable to the driven coupling, and a release position. The apparatus further includes a transfer member to transfer a toner image onto the recording medium or the belt, a voltage application unit to apply a voltage to the transfer member, and a control unit to cause the voltage application unit to apply the voltage to the transfer member after the drive coupling moves to the engagement position and the driving force is transmitted to the driven coupling. | 12-29-2011 |
Takayoshi Akamatsu, Shiga JP
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| 20080259575 | Tape-Style Flexible Circuit Board, and Manufacturing Method and Manufacturing Apparatus for the Same - When a number of flexible circuit boards where a circuit pattern is formed on at least one surface are connected to each other so as to form a tape-style flexible circuit board, a space for conveyance is provided in the pairs of end portions facing each other of the flexible circuit boards, at least a portion of the space for conveyance protrudes in the direction parallel to the direction of conveyance of the flexible circuit boards, and the protruding space for conveyance overlaps and is fixed to a space for conveyance of an adjacent flexible circuit board. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20120015458 | MOUNTING APPARATUS AND MOUNTING METHOD - Provided is a mounting apparatus which mounts a chip component on a circuit pattern on a circuit board having a plurality of circuit patterns formed thereon. The mounting apparatus is provided with a plurality of bonding tools each of which mounts the chip component on each of the circuit patterns on the circuit board. Each bonding tool is provided with, within a region on the circuit board where the chip component is to be mounted, an exclusive mounting region where only each bonding tool can mount the chip component, and a common mounting region where both the bonding tool and the adjacent bonding tool can mount the chip component. A mounting method is also provided. The mounting tact time of the chip components can be shortened even in case where a plurality of circuit patterns are formed on the circuit board and a failure circuit pattern is included among the circuit patterns which have been formed. | 01-19-2012 |
Takeshi Akamatsu, Kanagawa-Ken JP
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| 20090327630 | SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION ITEM BACK-UP FACILITY - A system may identify a second software configuration item for possible backup in response to selection of a first software configuration item for backup, where the first and second software configuration items are related. The system may include a detecting unit for detecting information regarding at least one hardware and at least two software configuration items. A repository may store a set of data for each configuration item based on the detected information. The set of data may include a predetermined attribute of the configuration item and a relation between the configuration item and another configuration item. An identifying unit may then identify the second software configuration item from the attribute and/or the relation upon selection of the first software configuration item for backup. | 12-31-2009 |
Takeshi Akamatsu, Shiga JP
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| 20100178121 | SMALL-DIAMETER DEEP HOLE DRILL AND A MICRO DEEP HOLE DRILLING METHOD - A small-diameter drill for deep hole drilling is provided which is capable of inhibiting the cutting chips from getting bitten and producing a straightness for a drilled hole, thus suitable for drilling a hole having a depth (L) which is 15 or more times the diameter (D) of a drilled hole. The small-diameter drill | 07-15-2010 |
Teruaki Akamatsu, Kyoto-Shi JP
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| 20100040498 | ROTOR DRIVE MECHANISM, ECCENTRIC SHAFT SEALING STRUCTURE, AND PUMP APPARATUS - To transfer and fill a fluid with high flow rate accuracy and a long operating life, and realize small size, light weight, low cost, and energy saving. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100092317 | Uniaxial Eccentric Screw Pump - An object of the present invention is to provide a uniaxial eccentric screw pump capable of transferring and filling a fluid while realizing high flow rate accuracy, low pulsation, and long life. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110033279 | ROTOR DRIVE MECHANISM AND PUMP APPARATUS - To provide a rotor drive mechanism which realizes that a rotor rotating at high speed can be used by reducing the amount of heat and vibrations generated when the rotor is rotated at high speed and lowering a contact pressure between an outer surface of the rotor and an inner surface of a stator inner hole or preventing the outer surface of the rotor and the inner surface of the stator inner hole from contacting each other. | 02-10-2011 |
Tetsuya Akamatsu, Ibarahi-City JP
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| 20100056731 | PARTICLES COMPRISING COMPOSITE OF PARA-ARAMID AND ADDITIVE MATERIAL - The invention pertains to a method for making a polymer-additive composite particle from a dope by jet spinning the dope to obtain a pulp, fibril or fibrid, wherein the solvent of the dope is selected from N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N,N′-dimethylformamide, N,N′-dimethylacetamide, tetramethylurea, and 4 to 75 wt % of a composition consisting of 2 to 95 wt % of a para-aramid polymer and 5-98 wt % of a solid additive material, to a total of 100 wt %, and wherein the aramid polymer is dissolved in the solvent; or coagulating the dope by means of a rotor-stator apparatus in which the polymer solution is applied through the stator on the rotor so that the precipitating polymer-additive composite particle is subjected to shear forces while they are in a plastic deformable stage. | 03-04-2010 |
Toru Akamatsu, Chiba-Ken JP
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| 20110015777 | MONEY HANDLING SYSTEM - In order to improve a handling efficiency of a deposit operation and a dispense operation as a whole, a money handling system of the present invention includes: a reception unit configured to receive moneys; a recognition unit configured to recognize denominations of the moneys and to count the number of the moneys for each denomination; a storing and feeding unit configured to store and feed the moneys; a dispense unit configured to dispense the moneys such that the moneys can be taken out from outside; a transport unit configured to transport the moneys to the storing and feeding unit or the dispense unit; a storage unit configured to store change information showing the number of the change funds for each denomination; and a control unit configured to control the transport unit such that, based on the change information stored in the storage unit and a recognition result of the recognition unit, the transport unit transports the moneys received by the reception unit to the storing and feeding unit or the dispense unit, and that the transport unit transports the moneys fed by the storing and feeding unit to the dispense unit. | 01-20-2011 |
Toshihiro Akamatsu, Osaka-Shi JP
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| 20090316020 | Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, control program, readable recording medium, solid-state image capturing apparatus, and electronic information device - A signal processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a common pre-processing section for performing signal processing common to a photographed image process and a flicker detection process on an input image signal; a photographed image processing section for performing image signal processing for a displayed image on an image signal from the common pre-processing section; a flicker detection pre-processing section for performing image signal processing for flicker detection on the image signal from the common pre-processing section; and a flicker detecting section for performing flicker detection based on the image signal from the flicker detection pre-processing section. | 12-24-2009 |
Toshiya Akamatsu, Kawasaki JP
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| 20090090543 | CIRCUIT BOARD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There is provided a circuit board to which a solder ball composed of a lead (Pb)-free solder is to be connected, a semiconductor device including an electrode and a solder ball composed of a lead (Pb)-free solder disposed on the electrode, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, in which mounting reliability can be improved by enhancing the bonding strength (adhesion strength) between the solder ball composed of a lead (Pb)-free solder and the electrode. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20100218853 | SOLDERING FLUX AND METHOD FOR BONDING SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT - The method for bonding a semiconductor element comprises the step of applying to solder bumps | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110220398 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT-MOUNTING BOARD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing an electronic apparatus including a first and a second components, includes: forming a first solder bump on one of the first component and the second component; forming a second solder bump on the other one of the first component and the second component; bringing the first solder bump into contact with the second solder bump at a temperature higher than the liquidus temperature of any of the first and the second solder bumps such that the first and the second solder bumps are fused together to form a solder joint of an alloy having a lower liquidus temperature than any of the first and the second solder bumps; and solidifying the solder joint between the first and the second component. | 09-15-2011 |
Yasuhiko Akamatsu, Sammu-Shi JP
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| 20110048926 | MAGNETRON SPUTTERING APPARATUS AND MAGNETRON SPUTTERING METHOD - The present invention is to provide a magnetron sputtering technique for forming a film having an even film thickness distribution for a long period of time. A magnetron sputtering apparatus of the present invention includes a vacuum chamber, a cathode part provided in the vacuum chamber, the cathode part holding a target on the front side thereof and having a backing plate to hold a plurality of magnets on the backside thereof, and a direct-current power source that supplies direct-current power to the cathode part. A plurality of control electrodes, which independently controls potentials, is provided in a discharge space on the side of the target with respect to the backing plate. | 03-03-2011 |
Yasuhiko Akamatsu, Chiba JP
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| 20100051454 | MAGNETRON SPUTTERING ELECTRODE, AND SPUTTERING APPARATUS PROIDED WITH MAGNETRON SPUTTERING ELECTRODE - In a magnetron sputtering apparatus an arrangement is made such that the peripheral portion of a target is uniformly eroded to attain a high efficiency in target utilization and, in addition, that an abnormal discharging hardly occurs to thereby enable satisfactory thin film forming. A magnet assembly is provided behind a target that is disposed opposite to the process substrate. This magnet assembly has a central magnet that is disposed linearly along the longitudinal direction, and a peripheral magnet that is disposed so as to enclose the periphery of the central magnet, while changing the polarity on the side of the target. At this time, among the respective magnetic fluxes generated between the central magnet and the peripheral magnet at the longitudinally end portions of the magnet assembly, the position at which the vertical component of the magnetic field becomes zero is locally shifted to the central magnet within a certain range. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110180402 | Vacuum Processing Apparatus - To provide a vacuum processing apparatus capable of supporting and conveying a substrate by a method suitable for a processing content in each processing step and capable of suppressing various mechanisms provided within a processing chamber from being adversely affected. More particularly, the CVD chamber of the apparatus is configured to be horizontal, and hence the above-mentioned problem can be solved. Further, by configuring a sputtering apparatus as the vertical type processing apparatus, problems with abnormal electrical discharge can be solved. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110195562 | Sputtering Apparatus, Thin-Film Forming Method, and Manufacturing Method for a Field Effect Transistor - [Object] To provide a sputtering apparatus, a thin-film forming method, and a manufacturing method for a field effect transistor, which are capable of reducing damage of a base layer. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110198213 | Sputtering Apparatus, Thin-Film Forming Method, and Manufacturing Method for a Field Effect Transistor - [Object] To provide a sputtering apparatus, a thin-film forming method, and a manufacturing method for a field effect transistor, which are capable of reducing damage of a base layer. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110201150 | Sputtering Apparatus, Thin-Film Forming Method, and Manufacturing Method for a Field Effect Transistor - [Object] To provide a sputtering apparatus, a thin-film forming method, and a manufacturing method for a field effect transistor, which are capable of reducing damage of a base layer. | 08-18-2011 |
Yoshinobu Akamatsu, Shizuoka JP
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| 20090169144 | Rolling Contact Bearing - The sectional shape of a rolling surface of at least one of bearing component parts has the following relation between the order n (n being an arbitrarily chosen natural number) and the amplitude r of waviness relative to the circularity of the sectional shape. The order n and the amplitude r are logarithmically transformed to define X=Log(n) from the order n and Y=Log (r | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090236157 | Sensor-equipped axle unit having a built-in motor of in-wheel type - A sensor equipped axle unit having an in-wheel type motor built therein, in which a hub bearing assembly (A), an electric motor (B), a reduction gear unit (C) and a brake assembly (D) are arranged coaxially on a center axis of a vehicle drive wheel. Sensors ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100089162 | Evaluation Method for Rolling Bearing Part - An evaluation method for a rolling bearing part capable of easily and properly detecting deformation of the rolling contact surface of the rolling bearing part formed of raceway rings ( | 04-15-2010 |
Yoshinori Akamatsu, Matsusaka-Shi JP
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| 20110132397 | Silicon Wafer Cleaning Agent - A silicon wafer cleaning agent includes at least a water-based cleaning liquid, and a water-repellent cleaning liquid for providing water-repellent to an uneven pattern at least at recessed portions during a cleaning process. The water-repellent cleaning liquid is a liquid composed of a water-repellent compound containing a reactive moiety which is chemically bondable to Si in the silicon wafer, and a hydrophobic group, or is a liquid wherein 0.1 mass % or more of the water-repellent compound relative to the total quantity of 100 mass % of the water-repellent cleaning liquid and an organic solvent are mixed and contained therein. A cleaning process wherein a pattern collapse is easily induced can be improved by using the cleaning agent. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110162680 | Liquid Chemical for Forming Protecting Film - Disclosed is a liquid chemical for forming a water-repellent protecting film on a wafer. The liquid chemical is a liquid chemical containing a water-repellent-protecting-film-forming agent for forming the water-repellent protecting film, at the time of cleaning the wafer which has a finely uneven pattern at its surface and contains at least at a part of a surface of a recessed portion of the uneven pattern at least one kind of matter selected from the group consisting of titanium, titanium nitride, tungsten, aluminum, copper, tin, tantalum nitride, ruthenium and silicon, at least on the surface of the recessed portion. The liquid chemical is characterized in that the water-repellent-protecting-film-forming agent is a water-insoluble surfactant. The water-repellent protecting film formed with the liquid chemical is capable of preventing a pattern collapse of the wafer, in a cleaning step. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110214685 | Cleaning Agent For Silicon Wafer - A cleaning agent for a silicon wafer (a first cleaning agent) contains at least a water-based cleaning liquid and a water-repellent cleaning liquid for providing at least a recessed portion of an uneven pattern with water repellency during a cleaning process. The water-based cleaning liquid is a liquid in which a water-repellent compound having a reactive moiety chemically bondable to Si element in the silicon wafer and a hydrophobic group, and an organic solvent including at least an alcoholic solvent are mixed and contained. With this cleaning agent, the cleaning process which tends to induce a pattern collapse can be improved. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20120017934 | Liquid Chemical for Forming Protecting Film - Disclosed is a liquid chemical for forming a water-repellent protecting film at least on a surface of a recessed portion of an uneven pattern at the time of cleaning a wafer having a finely uneven pattern at its surface and containing silicon at least a part of the uneven pattern. This liquid chemical contains a silicon compound A represented by the general formula: R | 01-26-2012 |
Yoshitada Akamatsu, Kobe JP
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| 20090252630 | Single-Shaft Eccentric Screw Pump - A double/triple-thread single-shaft eccentric screw pump is provided. The rotor of the pump overhangs little in comparison with the flange type connecting structure. The whole length of the pump is short, and the pump casing of the pump is short and small in diameter, so that the pump is small in size and light in weight. One end of a flexible rod is tapered and has a tapped hole formed at its axis. One end of the rotor has a tapered bore formed at its axis, into which the tapered end of the flexible rod is fitted. The rotor has a through bore formed at its axis, through which a tension bolt extends from the other end of the rotor. The tension bolt has a front threaded end, which is screwed into and fastened to the tapped hole of the flexible rod. | 10-08-2009 |