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Akifumi Gawase, Ibaraki JP
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| 20100055893 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes: forming an interlayer sacrificial film and an insulating film located thereon above a semiconductor substrate having a semiconductor element, the interlayer sacrificial film having a wiring provided therein; etching the insulating film, or, etching the insulating film and the interlayer sacrificial film to form a trench reaching the interlayer sacrificial film; forming a gas permeable film in the trench; gasifying and removing the interlayer sacrificial film through the trench and the gas permeable film; and forming a sealing film on the gas permeable film for sealing the vicinity of an opening of the trench after removing the interlayer sacrificial film. | 03-04-2010 |
Akifumi Hayashi, Azumino-Shi, Nagano JP
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| 20090112471 | TIME INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - A time information management method includes: managing time information using an oscillation signal of a first oscillator and data relating to an actual oscillation frequency of the first oscillator; calculating an oscillation frequency difference between a second oscillator and the first oscillator; and estimating the actual oscillation frequency of the first oscillator using the calculated oscillation frequency difference and a nominal frequency of the second oscillator, and updating the data relating to the actual oscillation frequency of the first oscillator. | 04-30-2009 |
Akifumi Hayashi, Misato-Mura JP
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| 20090054083 | POSITIONING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, POSITIONING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR TERMINAL DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR TERMINAL DEVICE - A positioning system capable of reducing the volume of data communication in a server positioning system is provided. A terminal device has the information for a positioning transmitting section and can transmit information for positioning containing the actually measured current positioning basic information and/or the estimated basic information to the positioning device. The amount of the estimated basic information is smaller than the amount of the current positioning basic information, thus, the amount of information that the terminal device transmits to the positioning device becomes smaller in the case where the terminal device transmits the estimated basic information with respect to the position information satellite having the difference within the allowable range compared to the case where it transmits only the actually measured current positioning basic information with respect to all of the position information satellites. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090195452 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, POSITIONING METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREIN CONTROL PROGRAM FOR TERMINAL APPARATUS - A terminal apparatus includes a control unit and a positioning device. The control unit determines a first satellite-to-be-acquired from among a plurality of SPS satellites, and generates an initial search frequency for the first satellite-to-be-acquired. The positioning device has a plurality of search units, and is configured to acquire the first satellite-to-be-acquired using the plurality of search units. The control unit determines first difference information, which is a difference between the initial search frequency and the frequency at which the first satellite-to-be-acquired is acquired. The control unit generates corrected search frequencies for other SPS satellites, using the first difference information. The positioning device acquires other necessary SPS satellites using the corresponding corrected search frequencies. The terminal apparatus can acquire SPS satellites accurately even when there has been a frequency shift in the terminal apparatus since the last positioning. | 08-06-2009 |
Akifumi Hayashi, Azumino JP
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| 20100141524 | TERMINAL DEVICE, POSITIONING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A terminal device includes a plurality of search channel sections which search for a positioning satellite, a candidate reception frequency calculation section which calculates a candidate reception frequency of a first acquisition target satellite by causing the search channel sections to perform the correlation accumulation process for a first accumulation time, a candidate frequency confirmation section which confirms reliability of the candidate reception frequency by causing the search channel sections to perform the correlation accumulation process for a second accumulation time longer than the first accumulation time, a final frequency calculation section which calculates a final frequency by causing the search channel sections to perform the correlation accumulation process for a third accumulation time longer than the second accumulation time, and a first difference calculation section which calculates a difference between an estimated synchronization frequency corresponding to each first acquisition target satellite and the final frequency. | 06-10-2010 |
Akifumi Hayashi, Mie-Ken JP
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| 20090199633 | FLOW SENSOR AND MASS FLOW CONTROLLER USING THE SAME - A low cost, compact, high performance flow sensor that can be made small in size even for use in a large flow rate and a mass flow controller using the same are provided. The flow sensor includes a bypass passage, a sensor passage, and a bridge circuit including heat-generating resistance wires that constitute a part of the bridge circuit and are wound around the sensor passage. The flow sensor determines a total flow rate of a fluid that flows in a branched manner through the bypass passage and the sensor passage at a predetermined flow ratio. The total flow rate is determined by detecting, as an unbalance of the bridge circuit, heat transfer caused by the fluid flowing through the sensor passage and is outputted as a sensor output of the flow sensor. In the flow sensor, the bypass passage includes a plurality of fine flow passages each having a cross-section defined by a substantially linear edge and a curve in contact with the substantially linear edge. The ratio of the equivalent hydraulic diameter (d) of the fine flow passages to the common logarithm of the length (T) of the fine flow passages is 0.27 or less. The flow sensor is installed in the mass flow controller. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100037959 | METHOD FOR SUPPLYING PROCESS GAS, SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING PROCESS GAS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING OBJECT TO BE PROCESSED - A method of supplying a process gas comprises a step in which there is generated a process gas that is polymerizable depending on a temperature, and a step in which the thus generated process gas is supplied to a processing apparatus | 02-18-2010 |
Akifumi Hirata, Gifu JP
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| 20090036062 | Radio Device - A data rate is to be determined depending on circumstances. A control unit ( | 02-05-2009 |
Akifumi Iida, Niigata JP
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| 20100063305 | METHOD OF PRODUCING S-(-)-6-HYDROXY-2,5,7,8-TETRAMETHYLCHROMANE-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID AND PRODUCT OBTAINED BY THE METHOD - The present invention provides an industrially available method for efficiently producing high-purity S-(−)-6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchromane-2-carboxylic acid excellent in solid-liquid separability from an S-(−)-6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchromane-2-carboxylic acid ester, and also provides products obtained by the method. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100330625 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE INDOLINE-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID OR DERIVATIVE THEREOF - Disclosed is a process for producing an optically active indoline-2-cabroxylic acid or a derivative thereof, which is useful as a raw material for synthesis of pharmaceuticals or the like, from an indoline-2-cabroxylic acid in an industrially advantageous manner. | 12-30-2010 |
Akifumi Isobe, Hidaka-Shi JP
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| 20080253786 | Image forming apparatus - In an image forming apparatus having a process correction mode wherein when a temperature of a fixing device in an image formation system in a power-on state is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the image forming apparatus makes the fixing temperature to increase to the predetermined value. The apparatus sets the process correction mode based on power-on information output from a first detector which detects presence of the power-on state for the fixing device and fixing temperature information output from a second detector which detects a fixing temperature in the fixing device, and sets a priority level for performing the correction processing of the color misregistration to be lower than the correction processing of the process other than the correction processing of color the misregistration. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090123182 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including photoconductor drums corresponding to colors, motors, gears to transmit each rotation of the motors to each of the photoconductor drums, each of two gears comprising a portion to be detected intermittently continuing in a circumferential direction at a position having same radius centering around a rotary shaft of the gears, a pair of phase sensors to output detection signals of signal logics according to an existence or a non-existence of the portion to be detected at a point symmetric position centering around the rotary shaft of each of two gears and a control unit to calculate a rotation phase difference between each of the gears based on a logical combination of the detection signals which are output from the pair of phase sensors and to control the motors so as to synchronize rotation of each of the gears based on the calculated rotation phase difference. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090257778 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus having a color mode and a monochromatic mode, which includes: a transmission member, which can be switched between a transmitted state where a motor transfers a drive force to a single photoreceptor drum and a non-transmitted state where the motor does not transfer the drive force to the single photoreceptor drum; and a controller which switches to the non-transmitted state while executing an image formation in the monochromatic mode, and when a command to execute a next image formation is not instructed, switches to the transmitted state after a phase adjustment of each photoreceptor drum after the image formation in the monochromatic mode, and controls the motor to execute a slight rotation operation at every prescribed period of time by synchronizing plural drums including the single photoreceptor drum with each other through the transmission member. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090317147 | SHEET COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color image forming apparatus for forming toner images by carrying out charging, exposure, and development on at least one photoreceptor drum, and forming color images by transferring the toner images onto sheets, the color image forming apparatus including: a photoreceptor drum which rotates around an axis; an exposure section which intermittently emits a light beam onto the cylindrical surface of the rotating photoreceptor drum along scanning lines parallel to the axis of the photoreceptor drum; a calculation section which calculates a printing ratio of a color image to be formed on one sheet, wherein the printing ratio is the ratio of the area covered by toner in the color image; and a timing control section which controls a timing when the exposure section emits the light beam in a direction of rotation of the photoreceptor drum based on the printing ratio calculated by the calculation section. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100266298 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible to appropriately conduct a controlling operation for eliminating the velocity fluctuation of the photoreceptor drum without generating any malfunction. The apparatus includes a photoreceptor member driven by a motor and a control section that is provided with a feed forward controlling section that stores parameters derived from driving errors for one revolution of the photoreceptor member to create a reverse-phase instruction value based on the parameters and a feedback controlling section that controls a velocity of the photoreceptor member, so as to keep the velocity of the photoreceptor member constant. During an initial operating time, the control section deactivates the feed forward controlling section, while only activates the feedback controlling section to drive the photoreceptor member so as to measure a driving toque of the driving motor, and selects a parameter from the parameters, corresponding to the driving toque measured. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110007120 | Image Forming Apparatus - In an image forming apparatus that forms a color image by transferring toner images for respective colors formed on plural rotary photoreceptor drums onto a sheet through an intermediate transfer member, when a controller judges that magnification deviation is generated in a main-scanning direction in superposition of the toner images for respective colors, the controller forms a first color registration deviation detecting mark for detecting at least an amount of deviation in the main scanning direction on the intermediate transfer member, and when the controller judges that the magnification deviation is not generated in the main-scanning direction in the superposition of toner images for respective colors, the controller forms a second color registration deviation detecting mark for detecting only an amount of deviation in a sub scanning direction perpendicular to the main-scanning direction on the intermediate transfer member. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110150530 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including, a photosensitive body for carrying toner images, a transfer section for nipping the recording sheet at a position facing the photosensitive body and transferring the toner images carried on the photosensitive body onto a recording sheet, a driving section for driving the photosensitive body, and a control section for giving instructions to the driving section to conduct a velocity control to rotate the photosensitive body at a predetermined velocity, wherein the control section sets a gain of velocity control to be greater than normal condition, at a time which is at least one of a time when the recording sheet enters the transfer section, or a time when the recording sheet separates from the transfer section. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110222922 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SAME - Disclosed is a fixing device, which makes it possible to prevent the air blasting section from deterioration, caused by heat transferred from the duct to the air blasting section. The fixing device includes a fixing section to fix the toner image onto the paper sheet; a heat source; and a separating section to separate the paper sheet from the pair of fixing members. On the other hand, the separating section includes: a gas blasting section to blast a gas; and a duct to guide the gas towards the pair of fixing members, and that is provided with a duct wall serving as a heat receiving surface to receive radiation heat irradiated from the fixing section, and at least one of the gas blasting section and the duct is provided with such a connection structure that suppresses heat transferring action from the duct to the gas blasting section. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110280603 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In order that the air surrounding a fixing member is prevented from entering a blowing section for blowing separation air, a wind speed setting section is provided with switchable control modes, namely, a first control mode (control mode for operating the blower fan at a wind speed for separation) and a second control mode (control mode for operating the blower fan at a low speed). This structure allows the blower fan to be controlled in conformity to any one of these first and second control modes. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120027443 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a photoreceptor for bearing a toner image; a transfer body onto which the toner image borne by the photoreceptor is transferred; a drive section for driving the photoreceptor and transfer body respectively, and a control section for controlling the drive section so as to drive the photoreceptor and transfer body at a predetermined driving speed, wherein the control section, under a state in which the control section controls to drive the transfer body at the predetermined driving speed, controls to: a) drive the photoreceptor while changing the driving speed of the photoreceptor within a range of driving speeds between low speed and high speed, including the predetermined driving speed, b) extract torque characteristics under the control which includes the change of driving speed of the photoreceptor, and c) determine the driving speed of the photoreceptor based on the extracted torque characteristics. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120098917 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus to form an image by scanning with a light beam through a polygon mirror, having a motor drive section to rotate and drive the polygon mirror based on a polygon drive clock pulse and an image processing section capable of adjusting image magnification through image processing, and a control section to control that at least image magnification adjustment by changing revolution of the polygon mirror or image magnification adjustment through the image processing in the image processing section is selected in accordance with an output form of the image when the image magnification is adjusted. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120127520 | OPERATION PANEL AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an operation panel using a touch panel method disposed on an image forming apparatus, wherein a CPU judges whether the same coordinate of an input section is in a pressurization when the operation panel is turned on and whether the first time period has elapsed while the above pressurization continues at the same coordinate, makes a display section to display a massage that the input section is unusable and a message to prompt a user to switch the input section to a substitution device, judges whether the pressurization continues after the second time period and the first time period have elapsed and makes the display section to display a warning to indicate that a malfunction occurs at the input section of the operation panel in case the input section is judged to be in the pressurization after the second time period elapsed. | 05-24-2012 |
Akifumi Kato, Tokyo JP
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| 20100162418 | RECOMBINANT PROTEIN S COMPOSITION - A pharmaceutical agent for treating a disease such as inflammatory diseases, blood coagulation diseases associated with deficiency of Protein S has been required. The present invention provides a Protein S composition comprising recombinant Protein S molecules having complex type N-glycoside-linked sugar chains, wherein the Protein S has a higher binding activity to a receptor for advanced glycation end products (hereinafter referred to as “RAGE”) than native Protein S present in healthy human blood, and also has a higher ratio of sugar chains in which fucose is not bound to the complex type N-glycoside-linked sugar chains bound to Protein S than native Protein S present in healthy human blood. | 06-24-2010 |
Akifumi Kimura, Tsukuba-Shi JP
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| 20090215795 | CYCLIC AMIDINE DERIVATIVES - A cyclic amidine derivative represented by the formula: | 08-27-2009 |
| 20110144101 | MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS PHARMACEUTICALS - The present invention provides methods for the use of compounds having formula (I) in the treatment of various disorders including inflammatory or autoimmune disorders, and disorders involving malignancy or increased angiogenesis, wherein R | 06-16-2011 |
Akifumi Manaka, Tokyo JP
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| 20090137198 | AIR SHUTTER AND INSTALLATION METHOD THEREOF - An insect/dust-proof air shutter which can positively prevent intrusion of foreign mater such as insects and dust and further trap intruded insects is provided. The air shutter | 05-28-2009 |
Akifumi Matsuoka, Utsunomiya-Shi JP
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| 20090258228 | STEEL WIRE FOR SPRING - Spring steel wire is formed by drawing steel wire including a phosphate film, the weight of the film being in the range of 3.0 to 5.5 g/m | 10-15-2009 |
Akifumi Matsuyama, Kobe-Shi JP
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| 20100151574 | MULTIPOTENT PROGENITOR CELL DERIVED FROM ADIPOSE TISSUE - Disclosed is a cell mass containing an adipose-tissue-derived multipotent progenitor cell. Also disclosed is a method for producing an adipose-tissue-derived multipotent progenitor cell from an adipose tissue, which comprises the steps of: (a) removing erythrocytes from an adipose-tissue-derived cell mass to produce a preadipose-tissue-derived multipotent progenitor cell mass; and (b) removing cells other than the adipose-tissue-derived multipotent progenitor cell from the preadipose-tissue-derived multipotent progenitor cell mass to produce the desired adipose-tissue-derived multipotent progenitor cell. Further disclosed is an adipose-tissue-derived multipotent progenitor cell produced by the method. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100183568 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF HEPATIC-LOBULE-LIKE CELL CLUSTER FROM ADIPOSE-TISSUE-DERIVED CELL - Disclosed are: a method for producing a hepatic-lobule-like cell mass from an adipose-tissue-derived cell, which is characterized by culturing the adipose-tissue-derived cell; a hepatic-lobule-like cell mass produced by the method; a method for the screening of a substance capable of promoting or inhibiting the formation of a hepatic-lobule-like cell mass, which is characterized by culturing an adipose-tissue-derived cell to produce the hepatic-lobule-like cell mass, wherein a candidate substance is added to a culture medium; and a kit for use in the screening method. | 07-22-2010 |
Akifumi Mishima, Saitama-Shi JP
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| 20080304999 | Au-Sn Alloy Bump Having no Trapped-In Large Void and Process for Producing the Same - An Au—Sn alloy bump that does not include large voids and a method of producing the same are provided. The An Au—Sn alloy bump that does not include large voids comprises a composition containing Sn: 20.5 to 23.5 mass % and the balance Au and unavoidable impurities, and a structure where 0.5 to 30 area % of Sn-rich primary crystal phase is crystallized in the matrix. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090045052 | HIGH STRENGTH SPUTTERING TARGET FOR FORMING PHOSPHOR FILM IN ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT - Provided is a sputtering target for forming a phosphor film in an electroluminescence element, which can maintain high strength even when it is allowed to stand in the atmosphere for a long time. The target has a chemical composition of Al: 20 to 50 mass %, Eu: 1 to 10 mass %, and the remainder containing Ba and inevitable impurities, and has a structure wherein Ba in which Eu is solid-solubilized and Al form an intermetallic compound phase, wherein the intermetallic compound phase of Ba in which Eu is solid-solubilized and Al includes a BaAl | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090169417 | SEMI-REFLECTIVE FILM AND REFLECTIVE FILM FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, AND Ag ALLOY SPUTTERING TARGET FOR FORMING SEMI-REFLECTIVE FILM OR REFLECTIVE FILM FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - A semi-reflective film and reflective film for an optical recording medium, which is made of a silver alloy having a composition consisting of 0.001 to 0.1% by mass of Ca, 0.05 to 1% by mass of Mg, and a remainder containing Ag and inevitable impurities, and a target which is made of a silver alloy having a composition consisting of 0.001 to 0.1% by mass of Ca, 0.05 to 1% by mass of Mg, and a remainder containing Ag and inevitable impurities; and a semi-reflective film for an optical recording medium, which is made of a silver alloy having a composition consisting of 0.05 to 1% by mass of Mg, 0.05 to 1% by mass of one or more of Eu, Pr, Ce and Sm, and a remainder containing Ag and inevitable impurities, and an Ag alloy sputtering target for forming a semi-reflective film for an optical recording medium, which is made of a silver alloy having a composition consisting of 0.05 to 1% by mass of Mg, 0.05 to 1% by mass of one or more of Eu, Pr, Ce and Sm, and a remainder containing Ag and inevitable impurities. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100170785 | HIGH-STRENGTH SPUTTERING TARGET FOR FORMING PROTECTIVE FILM FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - A high-strength sputtering target for forming a protective film for an optical recording medium, obtained by sintering a mixed powder containing, in mol %, 10 to 70% of a zirconium oxide or hafnium oxide and 50% or less (over 0%) of silicon dioxide, and 0.1 to 8.4% of yttrium oxide as necessary, and the remainder containing aluminum oxide, lanthanum oxide, or indium oxide and inevitable impurities, wherein a complex oxide phase of Al | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100206725 | SPUTTERING TARGET FOR FORMING ZRO2-IN2O3 BASED PROTECTIVE FILM FOR OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIUM - A sputtering target for forming a ZrO | 08-19-2010 |
Akifumi Miyazaki, Aichi-Ken JP
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| 20090084211 | HYPOID GEAR DEVICE AND FINAL REDUCTION GEAR FOR VEHICLE - A hypoid gear device and a final reduction gear for a vehicle. The drive pinion ( | 04-02-2009 |
Akifumi Miyazaki, Toyota-Shi JP
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| 20090186738 | Vehicular Drive Force Distribution Device - The rotation of a first rotating element is shifted in speed by a speed shift device, and is transmitted to a second rotating element or a third rotating element of a differential device via a first clutch or a second clutch. In this manner, the torque of right and left driving wheels can be controlled. Furthermore, in conjunction with limitation of the differential motion, the amount of torque transmitted to a fourth rotating element is eliminated by allowing the speed shift device to freely rotate, and the accumulated amount of sliding of friction engagement elements at the time of differential motion limitation can be reduced by completely engaging the first clutch and the second clutch without allowing them to slide. Thus, the differential motion limitation control can be realized without a need to increase the size of the first clutch and the second clutch. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20100121546 | DRIVE FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A drive force control apparatus for a vehicle, having at least one engaging element and configured to implement drive force control to control transmitting of a drive force generated by a drive power source, to left and right drive wheels by controlling an engaged state of the at least one engaging element in accordance with a demand for control of the drive force, includes control demand determining means determining possibility that the demand for control of the drive force is made on the basis of a predetermined standard, and engagement control means implementing preliminary control to control the engaged state of the at least one engaging element to a stage prior to implementing of the drive force control if the control demand determining means determines that it is possible that the demand for control would be made. | 05-13-2010 |
Akifumi Muto, Kawasaki JP
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| 20090082981 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT OF AMPLITUDE OF PERIODIC SIGNAL AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TEST OF MAGNETIC HEAD - A method for measurement of amplitude of a periodic signal which is noise-robust, free of the effects of leakage of the frequency component, and free of any unbalance between the + side amplitude and − side amplitude, comprising (i) converting a periodic signal to a digital signal, (ii) applying a discrete Fourier transform to this digital periodic signal, calculating the magnitudes and phases of a fundamental frequency component and harmonic frequency components of the periodic signal in the frequency domain, (iii) applying an inverse discrete Fourier transform to the calculated frequency components to reconstruct the waveform in the time domain, and (iv) measuring the amplitude of the periodic signal from the waveform data at the center part of the reconstructed waveform on the time axis. | 03-26-2009 |
Akifumi Nakai, Kyoto-Shi JP
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| 20100219819 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OBTAINING FIELD BY MEASUREMENT - Above the sample ( | 09-02-2010 |
Akifumi Nakanishi, Palos Verdes, CA US
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| 20100304641 | Remote controlled figure - A remote controlled toy human figure comprising, a remote controlled chassis with said chassis comprising a motor and power source. The chassis further comprises at least two wheels, a receiver, two arm bases and two leg bases. The toy human figure being removably joined to said chassis and further comprising two arms and two legs, wherein the arms and legs are capable of vertical and horizontal movement. At no time do the arms or legs make contact with any surface on which the toy human figure is placed; and an RF transmitter wirelessly coupled to said remote controlled chassis. | 12-02-2010 |
Akifumi Nakashima, Ichinomiya-Shi JP
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| 20100212561 | Sewing machine - A sewing machine including a presser foot that presses a workpiece, a presser bar that has a lower end allowing detachable attachment of the presser foot; a presser bar vertically moving mechanism that moves the presser bar up and down; a presser bar driver that drives the presser bar vertically moving mechanism; a needle plate that has an upper surface for placing the workpiece; a projecting element that is detachably attached to the presser bar and that is driven up and down with the presser bar as the presser bar is driven up and down by the presser bar driver through the presser bar vertically moving mechanism to form embosses on the workpiece by downwardly pressing the workpiece; and a receiving section that is provided on the upper surface of the needle plate that opposes the projecting element to receive a tip of the projecting element. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100212562 | Workpiece processing attachment and sewing machine - A workpiece processing attachment detachably attached to a sewing machine including a presser foot, a presser bar having the presser foot detachably attached to its lower end, a presser bar vertically moving mechanism, a sewing needle, a needle clamp having the sewing needle detachably attached thereto, a needle bar having the needle clamp attached thereto, and a needle bar vertically moving mechanism, the workpiece processing attachment, including a body detachably attached to the lower end of the presser bar; a connecting element capable of being connected to the needle clamp and movable up and down with the needle bar being moved up and down by the needle bar vertically moving mechanism; a needle penetrating the workpiece to form a hole in the workpiece; and a needle vertically moving mechanism moving the needle up and down by the up and down movement of the connecting element. | 08-26-2010 |
Akifumi Nishio, Ena-City JP
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| 20090070982 | METHOD OF PREPARING HONEYCOMB SEGMENT JOINED BODY - There is disclosed a method for preparing a honeycomb segment joined body in which a plurality of honeycomb segments are arranged in directions parallel to a first flat surface and a second flat surface of an installation reference jig to install the honeycomb segments in predetermined positions via a paste-like joining material on the installation reference jig by use of the installation reference jig having the first flat surface and the second flat surface forming a right angle therebetween, and then the joining material is dried and cured to join the plurality of honeycomb segments together. In the preparation method, in at least a part of a process of successively installing the plurality of honeycomb segments in the predetermined positions, when a new honeycomb segment is installed, at least a part of the installed honeycomb segments is pressurized and held in the predetermined positions so that the already installed honeycomb segments are not displaced. | 03-19-2009 |
Akifumi Ohno, Hiroshima JP
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| 20080251306 | FRONT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A tunnel-expansion portion is provided at a front portion of a tunnel portion. The tunnel-expansion portion projects upward greatly and widely so as to provide components of an exhaust system that extend rearward from an exhaust manifold therein (outside a vehicle compartment). Accordingly, there can be provided a front structure of a vehicle, in which an engine is laterally disposed in an engine room at a front portion of the vehicle, an intake pipe is disposed in front of the engine, and an exhaust pipe is disposed in back of the engine, which can improve an exhaust efficiency and a vehicle safety against a vehicle crash without providing an improperly-large longitudinal space between the engine and the dash panel. | 10-16-2008 |
Akifumi Okigawa, Osaka JP
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| 20110273087 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A plasma display panel includes: a front plate; a rear plate having barrier ribs; a sealing member that seals a peripheral edge of the front plate and a peripheral edge of the rear plate; and a bonding layer that bonds at least part of the barrier ribs and the front plate to each other. The sealing member has a first glass member. The bonding layer has a second glass member. A deformation point of the second glass member is lower than a softening point of the first glass member. A softening point of the second glass member is higher than the softening point of the first glass member. | 11-10-2011 |
Akifumi Onodera, Shizuoka JP
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| 20100269959 | COPPER ALLOY SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A copper alloy sheet has a chemical composition containing 0.7 to 4.0 wt % of Ni, 0.2 to 1.5 wt % of Si, and the balance being copper and unavoidable impurities, the copper alloy sheet having a crystal orientation which satisfies I{200}/I | 10-28-2010 |
Akifumi Ootani, Stanford, CA US
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| 20100047853 | Ex Vivo Culture, Proliferation and Expansion of Intestinal Epithelium - Methods are provided for long term culture of mammalian intestinal cells. Cultures are initiated with fragments of mammalian intestinal tissue, which are then maintained embedded in a gel substrate that provides an air-liquid interface. Intestinal epithelium in cultures of the invention can be continuously grown for extended periods of time. Mammalian intestinal cells cultured by the methods of the invention recapitulate features of intestinal growth in vivo. | 02-25-2010 |
Akifumi Ootani, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20090124553 | Suppression of inflammation associated with transplantation using an epsilon PKC inhibitor - The described compositions and methods relate to the suppression of inflammatory responses following allograft transplantation by administering an inhibitor of epsilon protein kinases c (εPKC) following transplantation. | 05-14-2009 |
Akifumi Sakamoto, Tokyo JP
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| 20110052897 | THERMAL INSULATION MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a thermal insulation material including a first molded article formed by compression-molding inorganic nanoparticles, a second molded article laminated on at least one side of the first molded article and having a bending strength of at least 0.4 MPa, and an accouplement coupling the first molded article and the second molded article. | 03-03-2011 |
Akifumi Sakata, Chiba-Shi JP
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| 20120133705 | LIQUID JETTING HEAD, LIQUID JETTING RECORDING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR REFILLING LIQUID JETTING HEAD WITH LIQUID - Provided are a liquid jet head and a liquid jet recording apparatus which are capable of improving ability to collect excess liquid to prevent contamination with excess liquid and which are capable of stabilizing jetting of liquid after the liquid is filled. A liquid jet head includes a nozzle guard ( | 05-31-2012 |
Akifumi Sakata, Chiba JP
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| 20110199432 | Liquid Injection Head, Liquid Injection Recording Apparatus, and Method of Filling LiquidInjection Head With Liquid - To enhance a space factor and ability of collecting excess liquid, there is provided a liquid injection head provided with a plurality of nozzles includes a nozzle guard that is formed so as to cover the nozzles, the nozzle guard including: a top portion having a slit opposed to the nozzles while being placed apart from a surface of the nozzles; a sealing portion that seals an area between a peripheral edge of the top portion and the nozzles; and a suction flow path in which a suction port is opened to a lower portion of the nozzles, and is communicated to an inside space of the nozzle guard, in which the inside space of the nozzle guard is rendered a negative pressure chamber by a suction portion connected to the suction flow path, and a first liquid overflowing the nozzles to the negative pressure chamber is sucked. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110221824 | LIQUID JETTING HEAD, METHOD OF CHARGING LIQUID FOR LIQUID JETTING HEAD, LIQUID JETTING RECORDING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF USING SAME - To improve a space factor of a liquid jet head to improve flexibility in designing a liquid jet recording apparatus, and to improve the ability to collect excess liquid to prevent contamination with excess liquid and stabilize jetting of liquid after the liquid is filled, provided is a liquid jet head including a nozzle guard ( | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110285783 | LIQUID JETTING HEAD, LIQUID JETTING RECORDING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR FILLING LIQUID JETTING HEAD WITH LIQUID - A liquid jet head including: a wall portion ( | 11-24-2011 |
Akifumi Sakata, Mihama -Ku JP
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| 20110234698 | LIQUID JET HEAD, LIQUID JET RECORDER AND METHOD FOR FILLING LIQUID JET HEAD WITH LIQUID - A liquid jet head including: an opening and closing mechanism for, in an open state, opening a wall portion release opening ( | 09-29-2011 |
Akifumi Sano, Shizuoka JP
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| 20110062019 | SPUTTERING APPARATUS - There is provided an inexpensive sputtering apparatus in which self-sputtering can be stably performed by accelerating the ionization of the atoms scattered from a target. The sputtering apparatus has: a target which is disposed inside a vacuum chamber so as to lie opposite to the substrate W to be processed; a magnet assembly which forms a magnetic field in front of the sputtering surface of the target; and a DC power supply which charges the target with a negative DC potential. A first coil is disposed in a central portion of a rear surface of the sputtering surface of the target. The first coil is electrically connected between the first power supply and the output to the target. When a negative potential is charged to the target by the sputtering power supply, the electric power is charged to the first coil, whereby a magnetic field is generated in front of the sputtering surface. | 03-17-2011 |
Akifumi Sekitani, Yamaguchi JP
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| 20110042297 | BASIC MAGNESIUM SULFATE GRANULE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - Basic magnesium sulfate granules having a bulk density of 0.5-1.0 g/cm | 02-24-2011 |
Akifumi Suzuki, Koshi-Shi JP
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| 20110005052 | METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR REPLACING PROCESS INSTRUMENT IN PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a method for replacing a process instrument in a processing apparatus, in which a target object is loaded by transfer mechanism into a processing unit and is subjected to a process by use of the process instrument. The method includes confirming that a process on the target object is finished in a processing unit designated as a process instrument replacement target, and providing information that a process instrument replacing operation is permitted to start. The method further includes, when a shutter of the processing unit designated as the process instrument replacement target is closed to perform a process instrument replacing operation and an operation prohibition state is thereby applied to the transfer mechanism, canceling the operation prohibition state to allow the transfer mechanism to perform a load/unload operation relative to a processing unit not designated as a process instrument replacement target. | 01-13-2011 |
Akifumi Suzuki, Nakai JP
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| 20120072641 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND DATA CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The flash memory controller compresses data in response to a write request. On condition that there is a compression effect with respect to the compressed data, the flash memory controller writes the compressed data to the base area of a physical block of a flash memory. As physical pages assigned to the physical block, the flash memory controller reduces the physical pages assigned to the base area from 102 down to 59, and increases the physical pages assigned to the update area from 26 up to 69. Therefore, it is possible to suppress exhaustion of physical pages which are assigned to the update area, to reduce the number of erases of the physical block, and to consequently prolong device operating life. | 03-22-2012 |
Akifumi Suzuki, Kiryu-Shi JP
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| 20100253500 | DOOR MIRROR - A door mirror includes a turn signal lamp for indicating a traveling direction; a foot lamp; and a housing that houses the turn signal lamp and the foot lamp, wherein the turn signal lamp and the foot lamp are provided in the housing such that the turn signal lamp and the foot lamp are provided with outer lenses lying adjacent to each other such that light based on a turning on of one lamp is guided to an outer lens of the other lamp. | 10-07-2010 |
Akifumi Takedomi, Tokyo JP
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| 20090200775 | Seat-Mounted Occupant Restraining Apparatus - [Object] To provide a seat-mounted occupant restraining apparatus with which it becomes possible to set so that pressurized fluid is supplied in accordance with priority to a plurality of airbags extending to substantially peripheral portions of an occupant when inflated, and a gas supply means for supplying in common the pressurized fluid is enabled to be simplified. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090302584 | Set Mounted Vehicle Occupant Restraint Device - In order to reduce an installation space and to expand the degree of freedom in installation space, a seat mounted vehicle occupant restraint device includes a seat backrest | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100164204 | SEAT - To provide a seat that enhances the stability and expansion speed with respect to the inflation expansion performance of airbag unit disposed thereinside. In one form, a seat is provided comprising a backrest part covered at its entirety with top fabric material and, at a given region of the top fabric material, it is furnished with tear line; an airbag constituted of a bag consisting of two basis fabrics joined together and disposed within the backrest part so as to at the time of inflation, cleave the tear line and expand over the head of driver or passenger; and reinforcing fabric disposed on the top fabric material so as to inhibit any cleavage of the top fabric material at regions other than the tear line. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110047684 | Airbag Jacket - An airbag jacket having a good fitting performance of an expanded airbag for a body in the airbag jacket where the airbag is expanded along an outer surface of the body of the wearer. An airbag | 03-03-2011 |
Akifumi Tanaka, Handa-Shi JP
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| 20100226546 | Communication terminal, display control method, and computer-readable medium storing display control program - A communication terminal connectable to a network for achieving communication via the network, comprising a receiving control device that receives a display image and identification information; a first display control device that displays on the display device the display image received; a determining device that determines whether or not the display image is currently displayed on the display device; a first identifying device that identifies a currently displayed image and the identification information of the other communication terminal that has transmitted the currently displayed image; and a second display control device that, when the receiving control device receives the identification information and a predetermined image, displays at least a partial image of the received predetermined image in such a manner that at least a partial image overlaps with at least a part of a display area of the currently displayed image. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110267420 | Conference Control Device, Conference Terminal Device, and Teleconference System - A conference control device including a data transmission portion that transmits conferencing data from one of the conference terminal devices to another of the conference terminal devices, a first notification request portion that, in a case where a first request packet that requests establishing of a first communication path has been received from the one of the conference terminal devices while the conferencing data are transmitted by the data transmission portion, transmits a first notification request packet to the other of the conference terminal devices, and a first request response portion that, in a case where a first response packet providing notification of a port number for establishing the first communication path has been received from the other of the conference terminal devices, transmits to the one of the conference terminal devices a first request response packet containing information on a transmission source port number of the first response packet. | 11-03-2011 |
Akifumi Tomita, Anjo-Shi JP
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| 20100029139 | Electric devices - An electric device according to the present invention includes a main body portion of the electric device that is designed to be connected to a battery park. A connecting portion for connecting the battery pack is formed to the main body portion of the electric device. A terminal supporting plate having at leased a pair of terminals and for connecting terminals of the battery pack is fixed to the connecting portion. The terminals and are arranged on a front surface side of the terminal supporting plate that is exposed from the connecting portion. An electric material component is arranged on a rear surface side of the terminal supporting plate. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110078910 | ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - An electric power tool has an electric motor disposed in a main body and a power supply circuit electrically connected to the electric motor by wires to supply electric power to the electric motor. A switch is disposed in the power supply circuit so as to electrically open and close the power supply circuit. A movable member is supported by the main body, a detector is disposed in the main body to detect a movement of the movable member and the switch is configured to electrically open the power supply circuit when the detector detects the movement of the movable member. The wires connected to the electric motor are not connected to the detector so that the length of the wires is shortened. | 04-07-2011 |
Akifumi Wada, Fukuoka JP
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| 20080217459 | TAPE FEEDER, TAPE CARRYING UNIT AND TAPE EXFOLIATING UNIT - A tape feeder | 09-11-2008 |
| 20100061811 | BULK COMPONENT FEEDER - A bulk component feeder includes a conveying channel | 03-11-2010 |
| 20110055512 | TAPE FEEDER, REMOVABLE UNIT FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS - To provide a tape feeder and an electronic component mounting apparatus that enables easy, reliable recognition of a model of an individual subjected to a specification change after factory shipment. | 03-03-2011 |
Akifumi Yamaguchi, Nara JP
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| 20090097010 | OPTICAL RANGE-FINDING SENSOR, OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, SELF-CLEANING TOILET SEAT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL RANGE-FINDING SENSOR - An optical range-finding sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a light-emitting element that emits irradiation light, a light-emitting side lens that collects the irradiation light and irradiates the light to a range-finding object, a light-receiving side lens that collects reflected light of the irradiation light reflected by the range-finding object, a position detecting light-receiving element that receives the collected reflected light and detects a position of the range-finding object, and a control processing integrated circuit that controls light emission of the light-emitting element and processes a detection current of the position detecting light-receiving element. The light-emitting element is configured of a vertical cavity surface emitting laser. | 04-16-2009 |
Akifumi Yamaguchi, Osaka-Shi JP
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| 20100045963 | OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASURING SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An optical distance measuring sensor includes a light receiving element arranged on the same plane as a light emitting element. The light receiving element includes a light receiving unit having a plurality of cells and collecting the light emitted from the light emitting element and reflected by a target object, a flash memory unit storing a predetermined position on the light receiving unit, and a signal processing circuit unit sensing the collection position of the light on the light receiving unit, and measuring the distance to the target object based on a relative positional relationship between the predetermined position stored in the flash memory unit and the collection position of the light on light receiving unit. | 02-25-2010 |
Akifumi Yoshida, Iga City JP
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| 20120079928 | CHIP DISCHARGE DEVICE OF MACHINE TOOL - Scraping plates include: a first scraping plate | 04-05-2012 |