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Kazunori Annen, Osaka-Shi JP

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20120032578LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A light emitting apparatus includes a light emitting device emitting primary light and a wavelength conversion unit absorbing a part of the primary light to emit secondary light. The wavelength conversion unit includes a first wavelength conversion unit containing at least a nanocrystalline phosphor and a second wavelength conversion unit containing a rare-earth-activated phosphor or a transition-metal-element-activated phosphor. In the light emitting device, the first wavelength conversion unit and the second wavelength conversion unit are closely stacked in order.02-09-2012

Klaus Annen, Munster-Roxel DE

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20090012321PROCESS FOR PREPARING 17ALPHA-ACETOXY-6-METHYLENEPREGN-4-ENE-3,20-DIONE, MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE AND MEGESTROL ACETATE - The present invention relates to a process for preparing 17α-acetoxy-6-methylenepregn-4-ene-3,20-dione (4) as an intermediate, and to processes for preparing medroxyprogesterone acetate (1) (17α-acetoxy-6α-methylpregn-4-ene-3,20-dione) and megestrol acetate (2) (17α-acetoxy-6-methylpregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione) via this intermediate (4).01-08-2009

Michael Annen, Ft. Pierce, FL US

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20090234274Retractable Tip For Vitrectomy tool - A probe for a vitrectomy tool is provided having a vitreous cutter tube having a blunt tip at a distal end and adapted to be coupled at a proximal end to a handpiece of a vitrectomy tool; a retractable outer trocar tube surrounding the vitreous cutter tube having an open distal end with a sharpened edge; and a retraction mechanism coupled to a proximal end of the outer trocar for selectively extending and retracting the outer trocar tube between a first extended position wherein the sharpened edge of the outer trocar is extended beyond the blunt tip of the vitreous cutter tube to facilitate insertion into the eye and a second retracted position wherein the sharpened edge of the outer trocar is retracted behind the blunt tip of the vitreous cutter tube to facilitate safe operation of the probe. A vitrectomy tool for removing material from an eye of a patient is provided having a housing having a proximal end and a distal end and a probe coupled to the proximal end of the housing.09-17-2009

Michael J. Annen, Hudson, WI US

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20080233837METHODS OF REMOVING DEFECTS IN SURFACES - Methods of abrading surfaces by rotationally reciprocating abrasive surfaces in contact with the surfaces, abrasive articles for use in rotationally reciprocating tools, and methods of removing defects in a surface, where the methods include sanding using a rotationally reciprocating abrasive surface followed by one or more polishing operations are disclosed.09-25-2008
20100184363ABRASIVE ARTICLES HAVING MECHANICAL FASTENERS - Fixed abrasive articles comprising a substrate having an abrasive surface and an attachment surface, and at least one engaging projection are described. Generally, the engaging projection comprises a top surface having a top surface edge and an attachment end attached to the attachment surface of the substrate. The area of attachment between the attachment end and the attachment surface is bounded by an attachment perimeter. The engaging projection also comprises a mantle surface extending from the top surface edge to the attachment perimeter. At least one profile of the mantle surface is substantially convex from a point of maximum width along the profile to the attachment perimeter.07-22-2010

Patent applications by Michael J. Annen, Hudson, WI US

Michael John Annen, Hudson, WI US

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20080233845ABRASIVE ARTICLES, ROTATIONALLY RECIPROCATING TOOLS, AND METHODS - Methods of abrading surfaces by rotationally reciprocating abrasive surfaces in contact with the surfaces, abrasive articles for use in rotationally reciprocating tools, and methods of removing defects in a surface, where the methods include sanding using a rotationally reciprocating abrasive surface followed by one or more polishing operations are disclosed.09-25-2008

Mirco Annen, Schweiz CH

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20110253487METHOD OF MONITORING AN ELEVATOR SUPPORT MEANS, AN ELEVATOR SUPPORT MEANS MONITORING DEVICE, AND AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION WITH A MONITORING DEVICE OF THAT KIND - An elevator support monitoring device in an elevator system and a method for monitoring the elevator support means monitor a characterizing property, preferably an electrical resistance, of the elevator support or of a tension support of the elevator support and a sudden change in the characterizing property is detected. A state of the elevator support is determined by evaluating several consecutive, sudden changes in the characterizing property.10-20-2011

Mirco Annen, Kussnacht Am Rigi CH

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20110148442MONITORING A SUSPENSION AND TRACTION MEANS OF AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM - A monitoring device for a suspension-and-traction apparatus of an elevator system that includes at least one electrically conductive cord contains a measurement apparatus for determining a resulting resistance. The measurement apparatus is connected to the cord with contacting elements contacting opposite ends of cord. Damage to the suspension-and-traction apparatus is detected by a contact point that can register protruding conductive parts of the cord and, in another embodiment, the contacting elements each contain a plurality of mutually differing resistance elements such that each of at least two electrically conductive cords of the suspension-and-traction apparatus is connected to the monitoring device through two of the resistance elements.06-23-2011
20110220438LOAD SUPPORTING BELT - A supporting belt for a transport device, such as an elevator system, includes at least one stranded wire made of an electrically conducting material for absorbing the forces absorbed by the supporting belt and an electrically insulating jacket that encloses the wire. In order to determine the state of the wire, the wire can be contacted by a contact element securely and reliably and in an exact manner. To achieve this, the jacket is at least partially removed in the area of an opening of the supporting belt and the wire is at least partially exposed in the area of the opening. The wire thus does not include a jacket substantially perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis formed by a center point of a cross-section of the wire. The wire can be contacted by a contact element without the jacket being pierced.09-15-2011

Mitsuru Annen, Sapporo-Shi JP

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20090284765Print control apparatus, printing apparatus, print control method, and program thereof - Provided is a print control apparatus including a display image processing unit and a printing process unit so as to execute a printing process, wherein the display processing unit includes a unit arranging a plurality of images in a predetermined layout and acquiring an arrangement printing instruction for executing printing; a unit outputting the arrangement printing instruction, which is a printing output instruction, to the printing process unit using at least one specified image and layout information of the image; a unit outputting an arrangement image generation instruction for generating the arrangement image data to the printing process unit using at least one specified image and layout information which is information about the arrangement of the image; a unit which, when arrangement image data of a predetermined format is acquired from the printing process unit as a response of the arrangement image generation instruction, generates display image data from the acquired arrangement image data and outputs the generated display image data to a display unit; and a display image processing unit.11-19-2009

Ryoichi Annen, Atsugi-Shi JP

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20080278845Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus - A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus includes a rotating drum unit for recording data to a magnetic tape of a tape cassette or reproducing data recorded to the magnetic tape, a tape guiding member for pulling the magnetic tape out from the tape cassette for forming a tape path, a tape loading member for winding the magnetic tape around the rotating drum unit. The magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus further includes a tape guide moving mechanism having a driving force transmitting member configured to transmit a driving force, a supporting base configured to support the tape guiding member, a first arm member having one end rotatably connected to the supporting base via a first connecting pin, and a second arm member configured to connect the first arm part and the driving force transmitting part and configured to rotatably connect to the other end of the first arm member via a second connecting pin.11-13-2008
20080278848Magnetic recording/reproducing device - In a magnetic recording/reproducing device, a tape guide member draws out a magnetic tape from a tape cassette to form a tape path in a vicinity of a magnetic head, and a tape guide moving mechanism moves the tape guide member. The tape guide moving mechanism includes a driving force transmitting member which transmits a driving force from a drive source, and an arm member which supports the tape guide member and is arranged so that the arm member is rotated in accordance with an action of the driving force transmitting member. A hooking member is interlocked with the action of the driving force transmitting member and hooks the tape guide member after the arm member is rotated to a position where the tape path is formed.11-13-2008

Patent applications by Ryoichi Annen, Atsugi-Shi JP

Thomas Annen, Steinen CH

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20100330290CURTAIN COATING METHOD USING EDGE GUIDE FLUID - A method of curtain coating a substrate with at least one layer of liquid coating material comprising: moving the substrate along a path through a coating zone; providing one or more liquid coating materials in the form of a free-falling curtain which extends transversely to said path and impinges on said moving substrate; laterally guiding said free-falling curtain by edge guide elements; providing an edge guide fluid in contact with the free-falling curtain and the edge guide elements, wherein the edge guide fluid is an elastic liquid having a recoverable shear of at least 2 at a shear rate of 10,000 s12-30-2010

Thomas Annen, Saarbrucken DE

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20090079758Method and device for generating shadow maps - A method and a device for determining shadows in a computer-generated image are provided, wherein the determination whether a pixel x is in shadow is based on a shadow test function ƒ(d(x), z(P)), d(x) representing the depth of the pixel x with respect to the light source and z(p) being a shadow map z for the computer-generated image. According to the invention, the shadow test function ƒ satisfies03-26-2009

Ulrich Annen, Hassloch DE

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20090188159MIXTURE FROM POLAR OIL-SOLUBLE NITROGEN COMPOUNDS AND ACID AMIDES AS PARAFFIN DISPERSANT FOR FUELS - Mixture of (a) polar oil-soluble nitrogen compounds which are capable of sufficiently dispersing paraffin crystals precipitated out under cold conditions in fuels, (b) oil-soluble acid amides formed from polyamides having from 2 to 1000 carbon atoms and C07-30-2009
20100216968PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF POLYETHER ALCOHOLS FROM UNSATURATED STARTERS HAVING ACTIVE HYDROGEN ATOMS - A process for the preparation of polyether alcohols by reacting at least one alkylene oxide with at least one unsaturated starter having at least one active hydrogen atom per molecule under basic catalysis, 08-26-2010
20100286342PROCESS FOR THE ALKOXYLATION OF AMINO GROUP CONTAINING POLYMERS - The present invention relates to a process for the alkoxylation of a first polymer comprising at least one monomer unit having NH groups and optionally NH11-11-2010

Patent applications by Ulrich Annen, Hassloch DE