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Arakawa, JP

Akio Arakawa, Saitama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080212200Telephoto zoom lens - The present invention is directed to a compact large-aperture-ratio inner-focusing telephoto zoom lens of the reduced total lens extension where minimizing a photo-shooting distance down to as short as 1 meter does not cause the lens optics to displace accordingly greater during the focusing. The large-aperture-ratio inner-focusing telephoto zoom lens has four groups of lens pieces, namely, the 1st lens group of positive refractive power, the 2nd lens group of negative refractive power, the 3rd lens group of positive refractive power, and, the 4th lens group of positive refractive power arranged in series on the basis of “closer to a subject first,” and that has the 2nd and 3rd lens groups moved along the optical axis to vary a magnification power. In such a telephoto zoom lens, the 1st lens group includes the leading subgroup of lens pieces or foremost lens subgroup G1F and the trailing subgroup of lens pieces or rear lens subgroup G1R where the G1F has two of a concave lens piece and a convex lens piece cemented into a single piece of composite lens while the G1R has a composite lens of one concave lens piece and two convex lens pieces in series. The rear lens subgroup G1R in the 1st lens group is moved along the optical axis for the focusing, and the telephoto zoom lens has an optical property that satisfies requirements as follows:09-04-2008
20100033821High variable power zoom lens - A compact and lightweight, high variable power zoom lens especially suitable for single-lens reflex digital cameras, which is 75 degrees or even wider in field angle at the wide-angle end, approximately 3 to 4 in F-number at the wide-angle end and approximately 6 to 7 at the telephoto end, and about 15× in variable power ratio. The zoom lens of four groups of lens pieces respectively exerting positive, negative, positive, and positive refractivities varies the power from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end as a result of the 1st and 2nd lens groups being split more, the 2nd and 3rd lens groups coming closer to each other, and the 3rd and 4th lens groups also coming closer to each other. The 3rd lens group has the leading set of lens pieces of positive refractivity closer to objects and the trailing set of lens pieces of negative refractivity, and the trailing set alone are moved to be orthogonal to the optical axis to compensate for defocus in the imaging plane caused by a tremor of the user's hand(s). The 2nd lens group are displaced closer to objects for the focusing.02-11-2010
20110164325HIGH VARIABLE POWER ZOOM LENS - A compact and lightweight, high variable power zoom lens especially suitable for single-lens reflex digital cameras, which is 75 degrees or even wider in field angle at the wide-angle end, approximately 3 to 4 in F-number at the wide-angle end and approximately 6 to 7 at the telephoto end, and about 15× in variable power ratio. The zoom lens of four groups of lens pieces respectively exerting positive, negative, positive, and positive refractivities varies the power from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end as a result of the 1st and 2nd lens groups being split more, the 2nd and 3rd lens groups coming closer to each other, and the 3rd and 4th lens groups also coming closer to each other. The 3rd lens group has the leading set of lens pieces of positive refractivity closer to objects and the trailing set of lens pieces of negative refractivity, and the trailing set alone are moved to be orthogonal to the optical axis to compensate for defocus in the imaging plane caused by a tremor of the user's hand(s). The 2nd lens group are displaced closer to objects for the focusing.07-07-2011

Patent applications by Akio Arakawa, Saitama-Shi JP

Akira Arakawa, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100134796PARTICLE COUNTER - The present invention provides a particle counter capable of accurately discriminating the signal of scattered light by real particles from the background light noise, and furthermore, capable of detecting smaller particles than conventional particle counters. The particle counter according to the present invention includes: a light irradiator for emitting light to the measurement area 06-03-2010
20100134797PARTICLE COUNTER - The present invention provides a particle counter capable of sensitively determining the contamination level of a light transmission window. The particle counter according to the present invention includes: a light source 06-03-2010

Akira Arakawa, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090028720Vacuum pump - A vacuum pump capable of accurately detecting a rotor temperature based on a change in permeability of a magnetic material. Two targets are fixed to a nut opposed to a gap sensor. The nut is made of pure iron, and a surface of the nut opposed to the gap sensor serves as a target. The target has a Curie temperature greater than a temperature monitoring range, and each of the targets has a Curie temperature falling within the temperature monitoring range. When the targets become opposed to the gap sensor in turn according to rotation of a rotor, three types of signals are output from the gap sensor. The difference-signal generation means generates a difference signal of each the targets, on the basis of a signal of the target. The difference signal is compared with a reference signal V01-29-2009

Atsutoshi Arakawa, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110114879Method of Producing Mixed Powder Comprising Noble Metal Powder and Oxide Powder, and Mixed Powder Comprising Noble Metal Powder and Oxide Powder - Provided are a method of producing mixed powder comprising noble metal powder and oxide powder, wherein powder of ammonium chloride salt of noble metal and oxide powder are mixed, the mixed powder is subsequently roasted, and ammonium chloride is desorbed by the roasting process in order to obtain mixed powder comprising noble metal powder and oxide powder, and mixed powder comprising noble metal powder and oxide powder, wherein chlorine is less than 1000 ppm, nitrogen is less than 1000 ppm, 90% or more of the grain size of the noble metal powder is 20 μm or less, and 90% or more of the grain size of the oxide powder is 12 μm or less. Redundant processes in the production of noble metal powder are eliminated, and processes are omitted so that the inclusion of chlorine contained in the royal water and nitrogen responsible for hydrazine reduction reaction is eliminated as much as possible. Consequently, the present invention aims to omit the drying process at a high temperature and thereby prevent grain growth and aggregation, and further eliminate the pulverization and classification processes in order to considerably reduce the production cost.05-19-2011

Eiji Arakawa, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080243649CLIENT APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO COMMUNICATE WITH DEVICE AND SERVER VIA NETWORK - A client apparatus is configured to communicate with a device and with a server via network. A status-information acquiring portion acquires, from the device, status information indicative of status of the device. A requesting portion makes a predetermined request to the server based on the status information. A request-status-information acquiring portion acquires, from the device, request status information indicative of a request status of the predetermined request. A determining portion determines whether the predetermined request is already made to the server, based on the request status information acquired by the request-status-information acquiring portion. A request controlling portion determines that the predetermined request should be made to the server, if the determining portion determines that the predetermined request is not yet made. An instructing portion instructs the device to set the request status information to a requested state, if the request controlling portion determines that the predetermined request should be made.10-02-2008

Eiji Arakawa, Nagoya JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080316514Image Forming Device, and Method and Computer Readable Medium Therefor - A print control device includes a first data processing unit configured to process first print job data based on a first file format, a second data processing unit configured to process second print job data based on a second file format, the second data processing unit including a data converter configured to convert first print job data into second print job data, a display control unit configured to display an image that may be printed based on the second print job data processed by the second data processing unit, an input unit configured to select therethrough one of the first print job data processed by the first data processing unit and the second print job data processed by the second data processing unit, and an output unit configured to output the print job data selected through the input unit so as to be printed.12-25-2008

Eri Arakawa, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100050503FUEL ADDITIVE - A fuel additive contains ferrocene and/or ferrocene derivative(s), and lecithin. A fuel additive contains 80 to 99 mass % of ferrocene and/or ferrocene derivative(s), and 1 to 20 mass % of lecithin, and being in the solid state. A fuel additive contains 78 to 99 mass % of ferrocene and/or ferrocene derivative(s), 0.9 to 20 mass % of lecithin and 0.1 to 2 mass % of water, and being in the particle state. A fuel additive containing 2 to 5 mass % of ferrocene and/or ferrocene derivative(s), 5 to 50 mass % of lecithin and mineral oil, and being in the liquid state, wherein the ferrocene and/or ferrocene derivative(s), and the lecithin are dissolved in the mineral oil. The above-mentioned fuel additive is used by being added into a fuel so as to make the concentration of the ferrocene and/or ferrocene derivative(s) and the lecithin in ranges of 1 to 50 ppm, and 0.01 to 500 ppm, respectively.03-04-2010

Etsuo Arakawa, Higashimurayama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100013469Method and Device for Simultaneous Measurement of Magnetostriction and Magnetization - Since a measurement of a magnetostriction is accompanied by a measurement of a magnetization of a sample to be measured, the magnetostriction and the magnetization are measured by separately prepared devices, with efforts for observing the coextensive volumes of the sample. Measurements of the magnetostriction and the magnetization are difficult due to the difficulty of correction and calibration. The value of macroscopic external mode magnetostrictive coefficient cannot be correctly determined at low temperature regions. A convenient method which enables the measurement of the magnetostriction and the magnetization simultaneously at the coextensive volumes of the sample, is developed by combining the method of the measurement of the magnetostriction by an X-ray diffraction method an the method of the X-ray magnetic diffraction method. This method comprises the steps of measuring the relative diffraction intensity change (δ) at ascending magnetic field and the descending magnetic field respectively in the magnetic field at the coextensive volumes of the sample, obtaining asymmetry component δ01-21-2010

Fumihiro Arakawa, Tokyo-To JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080245563Electromagnetic Wave Shielding Device - An electromagnetic wave shielding layer 10-09-2008
20080277157Electromagnetic Wave Shielding Sheet and Process For Producing the Same - An electromagnetic wave shielding sheet 11-13-2008

Patent applications by Fumihiro Arakawa, Tokyo-To JP

Haruo Arakawa, Toyota-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090057074ELECTRIC BRAKE DEVICE - An electric brake device comprises a caliper holding braking members and having an electric motor attached thereto, a reduction mechanism for transmitting an input rotation of one input element thereof from the electric motor to two output elements thereof at reduced speeds, a rotation-linear motion converting mechanism for converting the rotation of one of the output elements into a linear motion of one of the braking members, and a thrust force support member connected to the other output element and screw-engaged with the caliper, wherein the rotation-linear motion converting mechanism is supported by the thrust force support member to be movable together in a thrust direction and is provided with rotation limiting portions for limiting the rotation in a reverse direction of the one output element to a predetermined range, and wherein the thrust force support member is set to be greater in resistance to operation than the rotation-linear motion converting mechanism.03-05-2009
20100168975MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A motion control system is applied to a vehicle, which has front wheel side suspensions with an anti-dive geometry and rear wheel side suspensions with an anti-lift geometry. A degree of an anti-lift effect of the anti-lift geometry is larger than a degree of an anti-dive effect of the anti-dive geometry. Normally, a controller controls a hydraulic unit such that a brake force distribution between front wheels and rear wheels during a braking-period is adjusted to a basic distribution. In contrast, in a state where abrupt application of brakes is started, the controller controls the hydraulic unit such that the brake force distribution is adjusted to a first distribution, at which a brake force respectively applied to the rear wheels is larger than that of the basic distribution only for a predetermined short time period upon starting of the application of the brakes.07-01-2010
20100174453MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A motion control system is applied to a vehicle, which has front wheel side suspensions with an anti-dive geometry and rear wheel side suspensions with an anti-lift geometry. When abrupt steering operation is started from a straight-ahead driving state of the vehicle in a non-operating period of a brake pedal of the vehicle, a controller controls a hydraulic unit such that a brake force is applied to a radially outer one of front left and right wheels, which is located on an outer side in a radial direction of an arc of turn of the vehicle upon starting the steering operation, and also to a radially inner one of rear left and right wheels, which is located on an inner side in the radial direction of the arc of the turn for a predetermined short time period.07-08-2010

Patent applications by Haruo Arakawa, Toyota-City JP

Haruo Arakawa, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100176652BRAKING DEVICE - A braking device includes: an input member configured to interlock with a displacement of a brake pedal; an output member which is movable relatively to and independently of the input member and is configured to generate a fluid pressure in a master cylinder; a braking mechanism configured to exert a braking force on a wheel by the fluid pressure generated in the master cylinder; drive means configured to drive the output member independently of the input member; and a clutch mechanism which is provided between the input member and the output member and configured to engage the input member with the output member so as to allow the input and output members to uniformly move when the output member is not driven by the drive means, and to cancel the engagement between the input member and the output member when the output member is driven by the drive means.07-15-2010
20100176653BRAKE APPARATUS - A brake apparatus includes a master cylinder generating a master cylinder hydraulic pressure corresponding to a pressing operation to a brake pedal, a braking mechanism, a pressurizing mechanism generating a brake fluid pressure by use of a motor irrespective of the pressing operation, a control portion controlling an electric current applied to the motor corresponding to the pressing operation, a valve, a hydraulic pressure sensor detecting the brake fluid pressure generated by the pressurizing mechanism, and a failure determining portion executing a failure determination of the motor on the basis of the brake fluid pressure detected by the hydraulic pressure sensor by adjusting the degree of opening of the valve so as to be a interrupting position for interrupting the flow of the brake fluid pressure and by applying an electric current to the motor in order to generate the brake fluid pressure so as to be a predetermined pressure.07-15-2010
20110074207BRAKE DEVICE - A brake device comprising a master cylinder (03-31-2011

Patent applications by Haruo Arakawa, Toyota-Shi JP

Hideki Arakawa, Asahi-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090177851MEMORY DEVICE AND DATA READING METHOD - A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a memory array formed by a plurality of multi level cells, a determining circuit and a data reading circuit. The memory array includes a plurality of page units, each including a main data and an auxiliary data corresponding to the main data, wherein the auxiliary data includes a plurality of flag bits. The determining circuit generates a determination bit according to the flag bits. The data reading circuit obtains information corresponding to the main data according to the determination bit.07-09-2009

Hideki Arakawa, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090161426MEMORY PROGRAMMING METHOD AND DATA ACCESS METHOD - A memory programming method is provided. A first programming operation is performed to program a multi level cell from an initial state to a first target state, which corresponds to a storage data and has a first threshold voltage range. A flag bit of the NAND flash is set to a first state to indicate that the first programming operation has been performed. A second programming operation is performed to program the multi level cell from the first target state to a second target state, which corresponds to the storage data and has a second threshold voltage range. The flag bit is set to a second state to indicate that the second programming operation has been performed.06-25-2009

Hideki Arakawa, Yokahama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090161440INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND DISCHARGE CIRCUITS - An integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit includes a memory device and a discharge circuit. The discharge circuit discharges the well voltage line and the first voltage line of the memory device after the end of the erasing period and includes a first and second switch circuit and a first and second control voltage supplier. The first switch circuit is coupled between the well voltage line, the first voltage line and a second supplier. The second switch circuit is coupled between the first switch circuit and a reference voltage. The first control voltage supplier is coupled to the first switch circuit and supplies a first control voltage to turn on the first switch circuit during a first discharge period. The second control voltage supplier is coupled to the second switch circuit, and supplies a second control voltage to turn on the second switch circuit during a second discharge period.06-25-2009

Hideyuki Arakawa, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110057299METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Height control of a capillary is performed in a stitch bonding (2nd bond) in a wire bonding, so that a thickness of a stitch portion can be controlled, thereby ensuring a bonding strength at the stitch portion and achieving an improvement in a bonding reliability. Also, the stitch portion has a thick portion, and a wire and a part (α portion) of a bonding region of an inner lead is formed to a lower portion of the thick portion, thereby sufficiently ensuring a thickness of the stitch portion and a bonding region.03-10-2011

Hiroaki Arakawa, Hino-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100066776INK JET HEAD DRIVING APPARATUS - Provided is an ink jet head driving apparatus which can highly accurately control jetting timing separately for each of a plurality of nozzles of a head without increasing the number of signal lines and can change the jetting timing for each jetting cycle.03-18-2010

Hiroki Arakawa, Sapporo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090215170Plexin family-like polypeptide, DNA encoding the same and uses thereof - The present invention is directed to a novel plexin family like DNA, a gene containing the DNA, novel polypeptide encoded by the DNA, a recombinant protein containing the polypeptide or heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides, methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Conditions that can be diagnosed, screened, prevented, or treated by the compositions herein include prophylactic, angiogenesis and conservation of functions in various organs, angiogenesis at the time of tumor and regeneration of various organs, proliferation, differentiation and preservation of function of the cells in various organs, aging, and dysfunction of the present invention.08-27-2009

Hiroshi Arakawa, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100200377Discharge mechanism and vehicle - A discharge mechanism including: a smoothing capacitor; a first terminal and a second terminal that are provided at both end sides of the smoothing capacitor respectively; and a short-circuiting clasp that is disposed apart from the first terminal and the second terminal by a predetermined clearance to short-circuit the first terminal and the second terminal to each other. The short-circuiting clasp is disposed so as to move in such a direction as to approach the first terminal and the second terminal through application of an external force to the short-circuiting clasp, and to discharge electric charges accumulated on the smoothing capacitor through abutment of the short-circuiting clasp on the first terminal and the second terminal.08-12-2010

Hiroshi Arakawa, Fukui-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080271530Vibration State Detecting Method at Machining Stage of Work and/or Tool - A vibration state detecting method at a machining stage of a work and/or tool, includes the steps of mounting the work and/or tool on a predetermined rotational device and measuring a deviation size and/or deviation average speed corresponding to each rotational number of the work and/or tool; presetting the deviation size and/or the deviation average speed measured by using the rotational device, a vibration amplitude and/or vibration average speed when each machine tool having a work and/or tool mounted thereon is rotated, with a common unbalance amount and at a rotational speed, and proportional fixed number of both thereof; and calculating a vibration amplitude and/or vibration average speed corresponding to each number of rotations when the work and/or tool is mounted on each machine tool by using a measurement value of the deviation size and/or deviation average speed of using rotational device, and the proportional fixed number.11-06-2008

Hiroshi Arakawa, Fukui JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100004107Tool Replacement System - The present invention has an object to provide a tool replacement system that is capable of preventing the waiting time from occurring as much as possible although an intermediate magazine arranged therefore has a smaller capacity than prior arts. In the tool replacement system, programs pertaining to the sequence of operation and operation time of operating tools 01-07-2010

Katsuji Arakawa, Chino JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080309718NOZZLE PLATE, DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DROPLET DISCHARGE DEVICE - A nozzle plate includes a silicon substrate, and a nozzle hole formed in the silicon substrate for discharging a liquid droplet provided with: a first nozzle portion formed perpendicularly to a surface of the silicon substrate; a second nozzle portion formed on a same axis as an axis of the first nozzle portion and having a cross-sectional area that is larger than a cross-sectional area of the first nozzle portion; and an inclined portion having a cross-sectional area gradually increasing from the first nozzle portion to the second nozzle portion.12-18-2008
20110134188NOZZLE PLATE, DISCHARGE HEAD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE NOZZLE PLATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE DISCHARGE HEAD, AND DISCHARGE DEVICE - A nozzle plate includes: a nozzle plate main body made of metal, the nozzle plate main body having nozzle rows formed of nozzles arranged in parallel and penetrating the nozzle plate main body in a thickness direction, wherein at the outer edge of the nozzles on a droplet discharge surface of the nozzle plate main body, a water-repellent film is provided, and primer treatment is performed on at least part of the periphery of the droplet discharge surface of the nozzle plate main body, the periphery outside the water-repellent film.06-09-2011

Patent applications by Katsuji Arakawa, Chino JP

Kazuki Arakawa, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110041604Angular rate sensor - An angular rate sensor comprises a piezoelectric film having a first and a second surfaces forming an x-y plane and utilizes a perturbation mass coherently vibrating elastic acoustic waves on which a Coriolis force acts when the angular rate sensor undergoes a rotary motion about an x-direction. A first elastic acoustic wave is excited in the piezoelectric film by a driving transducer and a second elastic acoustic wave generated by the Coriolis force proportional to an angular rate of the rotary motion of the angular rate sensor itself is detected by the detecting transducer. The angular rate sensor further comprises at least a first electrode disposed on the first surface of the piezoelectric film for discharging a surface charge caused due to piezoelectric effect at the lower surface of the film in which the first elastic acoustic wave is excited.02-24-2011
20110041605Angular rate sensor - An angular rate sensor comprises a piezoelectric film having a first and a second surfaces forming an x-y plane and utilizes a perturbation mass coherently vibrating elastic acoustic waves on which a Coriolis force acts when the angular rate sensor undergoes a rotary motion about an x-direction. A first elastic acoustic wave is excited in the piezoelectric film by a driving transducer and a second elastic acoustic wave generated by the Coriolis force proportional to an angular rate of the rotary motion of the angular rate sensor itself is detected by the detecting transducer. The angular rate sensor further comprises at least a first electrode disposed on the first surface of the piezoelectric film for discharging a surface charge caused due to piezoelectric effect at the lower surface of the film in which the first elastic acoustic wave is excited.02-24-2011

Kazuki Arakawa, Nisshin-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090133495Yaw rate sensor using surface acoustic wave - A yaw rate sensor has two sets of exciting electrodes, perturbative weights and two sets of detecting electrodes on a surface of a piezoelectric substrate. The exciting electrodes excite first surface acoustic waves transmitted through the surface of the substrate in a propagation direction. The weights are oscillated by the waves and excite a second surface acoustic wave, transmitted through the surface of the substrate in a detection direction orthogonal to the propagation direction, in response to a yaw applied to the weights. The detecting electrodes measure an intensity of the second surface acoustic wave to detect the yaw rate. The sets of exciting electrodes are symmetrically placed with respect to a driving axis extending straight along the propagation direction. The group of weights is symmetric with respect to the driving axis.05-28-2009

Kazuki Arakawa, Nisshin-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100201458Surface acoustic wave element, method of producing the same, and method of changing resonation frequency of the same - A surface acoustic wave element includes a piezoelectric member, a comb-teeth electrode, and a reflector. The comb-teeth electrode is arranged on the piezoelectric member. The reflector is arranged on the piezoelectric member. The reflector reflects a surface acoustic wave transmitted from the comb-teeth electrode. The reflector has a plurality of areas, and each of the areas has a frequency to make a reflection efficiency the largest. At least two of the frequencies of the areas are made different from each other.08-12-2010

Kazunori Arakawa, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090102623Vehicle Security System - A vehicle security system for improving security. A portable device generates a wireless signal containing a first ID code. A verification device stores a second ID code and a first control ID code, receives the wireless signal from the portable device and performs verification with the first and the second ID codes. A controller stores a second control ID code, receives the first control ID code from the verification device, and performs verification with the first and the second control ID codes. The controller controls a control subject such as a door lock when verification of the first and second ID codes and verification of the first and second control ID codes are established. When a deletion operation is performed, the second ID code is deleted from the verification device and the first or second control ID code is invalidated.04-23-2009

Kazuo Arakawa, Gunma JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100163726Device for Determining Aim Position of Charged Particle Beam, Method of Using the Device, and Treatment Device Employing Device for Determining Aim Position - A subject is imaged for treatment of the subject such as an eye to be inspected, while irradiating a charged particle beam on the eye, so that an aim position of a charged particle beam for treatment can be determined.07-01-2010

Kazuya Arakawa, Tochigi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090015730IMAGE PROJECTING METHOD AND PROJECTOR - A projector sets a projection range defined as the range occupied by the projection image on a screen (projected surface) and displaces the projection range in the screen coordinate system (projected surface coordinate system) in the case that an instruction on displacing the projection image is accepted. Furthermore, the projector converts the coordinates of the projection range after the displacement in the screen coordinate system into the coordinates in the panel coordinate system, thereby obtaining the location of the range on the image forming panel corresponding to the projection range on the screen. The projector deforms the image so that the original projection image is fitted in the range corresponding to the projection range, forms a panel image containing the deformed image using the image forming panel, and projects the projection image.01-15-2009

Keita Arakawa, Sapporo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090302265Supercooling promoting agent - During the investigation of the mechanism that cellular water in woody plants growing in cold districts keeps liquid state at low temperature, the inventors have studied to identify the causative substances. As the results, the present inventors identified supercooling promoting agents in woody plants.12-10-2009
20110078916SUPERCOOLING PROMOTING AGENT - During the investigation of the mechanism that cellular water in woody plants growing in cold districts keeps liquid state at low temperature, the inventors have studied to identify the causative substances. As the results, the present inventors identified supercooling promoting agents in woody plants.04-07-2011

Ken Arakawa, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090040802SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY-MOUNTED LSI AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array block having one or more stages of memory cell arrays stacked one on another, each memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells placed in a matrix at respective intersections of a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines. A plurality of MOS transistor blocks are provided which are same in the configuration of circuit elements and include MOS transistors as one kind of the circuit elements. In part of the plurality MOS transistor blocks, the MOS transistors are used for drive of the word lines or the bit lines, while in at least part of the remaining MOS transistor blocks, the MOS transistors are used as MOS capacitors.02-12-2009

Kenichi Arakawa, Fujisawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100033601SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE WITH A SENSOR CORE UNIT AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixel units, a reference voltage generator circuit, a cancellation unit, an analog-to-digital converter unit, a latch circuit, and a video processing unit. The plurality of pixel units output a reset signal serving as a first reference level of a video signal and the video signal, the video signal being output in units of two or more of the pixel units simultaneously to two or more of the signal lines. The reference voltage generator circuit generates a clamp voltage. The cancellation unit calculates the difference between a first addition and a second addition. The analog-to-digital converter unit digitizes the subtraction result. A latch circuit latches the result obtained at the analog-to-digital converter unit. The video processing unit terminates and starts the signal process in units of the pixel unit in a period when the clamp voltage is not generated.02-11-2010

Kenichi Arakawa, Tokyo-To JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080270134Hybrid-captioning system - A hybrid-captioning system for editing captions for spoken utterances within video includes an editor-type caption-editing subsystem, a line-based caption-editing subsystem, and a mechanism. The editor-type subsystem is that in which captions are edited for spoken utterances within the video on a groups-of-line basis without respect to particular lines of the captions and without respect to temporal positioning of the captions in relation to the spoken utterances. The line-based subsystem is that in which captions are edited for spoken utterances within the video on a line-by-line basis with respect to particular lines of the captions and with respect to temporal positioning of the captions in relation to the spoken utterances. For each section of spoken utterances within the video, the mechanism is to select the editor-type or the line-based subsystem to provide captions for the section of spoken utterances in accordance with a predetermined criteria.10-30-2008

Kenji Arakawa, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110059912COMBINATION THERAPY COMPRISING SGLT INHIBITORS AND DPP4 INHIBITORS - The present invention relates to combination therapy comprising a DPP4 inhibitor and an SGLT inhibitor. The combination of the present invention leads to increase plasma GLP-1 level and the combination is useful for prevention or treatment of conditions such as diabetes and diseases related to diabetes.03-10-2011

Kenji Arakawa, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090284626Digital camera - The digital camera comprises: an image-taking device for converting light from a subject to a video signal and outputting the video signal; an image processor which has a gain adjuster for performing gain adjustment individually for respective color information of R, G, B of the video signal outputted from the image-taking device, and an image data converter for converting the adjusted video signal outputted from the gain adjuster into image data; a displaying device for displaying the image data; a setting device; and a controller for controlling the gain adjuster to perform RGB color discrimination of the video signal and gain adjustment individually on the respective color information by a command from the setting device.11-19-2009

Patent applications by Kenji Arakawa, Kyoto-Shi JP

Koji Arakawa, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100132858Non-Pneumatic Tire - The invention provides a non-pneumatic tire which can improve a riding quality, a noise performance and the like while improving a durability, and can further sufficiently suppress a buckling of a ground portion between spokes, because a circumferential fluctuation of a tire rigidity is hard to be generated due to a positional relationship between a spoke position and a center position of the ground surface, and a strain can be dispersed into each of portions of a support structure body. In a non-pneumatic tire T comprising a support structure body SS supporting a load from a vehicle, the support structure body SS includes an inner annular portion 06-03-2010

Kouhei Arakawa, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090314245ENGINE OIL FILTER SYSTEM - In an engine oil filter system in which: a filter-attachment base is joined to one side surface of an engine; and an oil filter which filters lubricating oil supplied to the engine from an oil pump is attached to the filter-attachment base, an oil cooler for cooling down the lubricating oil transferred between the engine and the oil filter is formed integrally with the filter-attachment base. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an inexpensive engine oil filter system which includes an oil cooler constituted by utilizing a filter-attachment base, and which thus eliminates the need to modify an oil filter and also the need to form, on an engine, an attachment portion to which the oil cooler is exclusively attached.12-24-2009

Kuniaki Arakawa, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110065310Terminal Connector for a Regulator - A terminal connector for a regulator and a method for connecting an external terminal to the terminal connector are provided, whereby the regulator is configured to control an output of a generator provided to a motorcycle. The terminal connector is configured to connect the regulator and external terminals using bolts and nuts, and includes a plurality of terminal units. Each terminal unit is individually connected to an external terminal, and is configured in a width direction of the terminal connector. Each terminal unit is configured as a support base for screw-tightening, to which one of the external terminals is connected by screwing, and includes an identification mark. At least two of the terminal units have different widths.03-17-2011

Makoto Arakawa, Fukushima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100074954ADSORBENT FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION - An adsorbent for oral administration, characterized by comprising a spherical activated carbon, wherein a diameter is 0.01 to 1 mm, a specific surface area determined by Langmuir's adsorption equation is 1000 m03-25-2010

Masahiko Arakawa, Chikuma-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090258082Dried amnion and method for drying teatment of amnion - The present invention provides a dried amnion which is dried with maintaining tissues of a raw amnion and can be easily stored for a prolonged period of time. An amnion which is dried with maintaining cells and tissues of a raw amnion can be produced by repeating a pressure-reducing operation and a pressure-recovery operation several times, the pressure-reducing operation comprising continuously heating a raw amnion placed in a treatment vessel by a far-infrared heater provided in the treatment vessel and reducing the pressure of the inside of the treatment vessel, and the pressure-recovery operation comprising recovering the reduced pressure of the inside of the treatment vessel with heating the amnion by microwaves irradiated from a microwave heating apparatus provided outside of the treatment vessel, and the amnion is characterized by retaining basement membranes and connective tissues which are constituents of the raw amnion.10-15-2009

Masahito Arakawa, Shinjuku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100102392ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE INCLUDING ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT - An ESD protection circuit including a first electrostatic discharge protection circuit provided between first power supply wiring and first ground wiring; a second ESD protection circuit provided between second power supply wiring and second ground wiring; a third ESD protection circuit provided between the first ground wiring and the second ground wiring; a PMOS transistor coupled to the first power supply wiring and provided between a first CMOS circuit coupled to the first ground wiring and the first power supply wiring, the first CMOS circuit receiving a signal from a first internal circuit and outputting a signal to a first node; an NMOS transistor provided between the first node and the first ground wiring; and an ESD detection circuit that renders the PMOS transistor conductive and the NMOS transistor non-conductive during normal operation, and renders the PMOS transistor non-conductive and the NMOS transistor conductive when an ESD is applied.04-29-2010

Masateru Arakawa, Nakatado-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100157612HEAT RADIATING MEMBER, CIRCUIT BOARD USING THE HEAT RADIATING MEMBER, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MODULE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MODULE - A circuit board using a heat radiating member that can cool an electronic component sufficiently without causing a substrate to break, increasing the total weight of the substrate, lowering the productivity, or increasing cost and device size. A circuit board has a substrate main body (06-24-2010

Masaya Arakawa, Hiratsuka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080205912IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an image forming apparatus, papers are taken in one by one using an auto document feeder (ADF) provided with a media sensor to determine the type of papers and successively carried to the reading position while the type of the papers are determined and displayed on the control panel. By inputting the type of image forming media corresponding to the type being displayed from the control panel, an image is formed at a desired image quality.08-28-2008
20090309291IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide an image forming apparatus that can highly accurately position and convey, even if an inter-sheet distance of sheets to be conveyed is reduced, the sheets from registration rollers to a transfer position when a toner image on an image bearing member moving at process speed is transferred onto the sheet in the transfer position. A sheet fed from a paper feeding cassette by a pulse-motor driven paper feeding roller is conveyed to pulse-motor driven registration rollers by pulse-motor driven conveying rollers. When the sheet is conveyed to the transfer position according to restart of the registration rollers, the sheet is conveyed by the registration rollers at sheet conveying speed different from the process speed before the leading end of the sheet reaches the transfer position and is conveyed at the process speed after that.12-17-2009

Patent applications by Masaya Arakawa, Hiratsuka-Shi JP

Masaya Arakawa, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080277865DUPLEX IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH FEEDING ROLLER WITH AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT SPEEDS - The present invention has been made to provide an image forming apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of a problem caused by misalignment of the feeding speed at the time of delivery and receipt in the intermediate feeding roller with a simple configuration without increasing cost.11-13-2008

Patent applications by Masaya Arakawa, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Masaya Arakawa, Hiratuka-Shi JP

Masayuki Arakawa, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100101619THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a thermoelectric device capable of improving a power generation performance while keeping a hermetic sealing after a heat cycle is applied, and also achieving simplification of a structure and improvement in productivity and reliability of a device by reducing the number of articles, and a method of manufacturing the same.04-29-2010

Patent applications by Masayuki Arakawa, Yokohama-Shi JP

Mikio Arakawa, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080198345EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus having a stage configured to hold a substrate and to be moved, and a projection optical system configured to project light from a reticle to the substrate held by the stage, and exposing the substrate to light via liquid filled in a gap between the substrate and a final surface of the projection optical system is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first nozzle configured to supply liquid to the gap; a second nozzle configured to selectively perform recovery of liquid from the gap and supply of liquid to a gap between the stage and the final surface of the projection optical system; and a third nozzle configured to recover liquid supplied via at least the second nozzle.08-21-2008
20080198347IMMERSION EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An immersion exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate via liquid is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a projection optical system configured to project an image of a pattern of a reticle onto the substrate, a first recovery nozzle arranged at a periphery of a final optical element of the projection optical system and configured to recover liquid from a gap between the final optical element and the substrate, and a detector configured to detect a foreign particle in the liquid recovered via the first recovery nozzle.08-21-2008

Miyao Arakawa, Nagoya-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080283019DILUTION LIMITING DEVICE - An anterior chamber receives a mixture fluid, in which a lubricant oil and a fuel are mixed. A semipermeable separation film is permeable to the fuel component in the anterior chamber and is not permeable to the lubricant oil in the anterior chamber due to a molecular size difference between the lubricant oil and the fuel, so that the semipermeable separation film selectively separates the fuel component from the mixture fluid. A posterior chamber is placed on an opposite side of the semipermeable separation film, which is opposite from the anterior chamber. The posterior chamber receives the separated fuel component, which is separated by the semipermeable separation film.11-20-2008

Miyao Arakawa, Nagoya JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090183496EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS - A throttle unit placed in an exhaust gas passage controls an opening-ratio of each of first and second valve members to control a gas-flow sectional area of the exhaust gas passage. When the temperature of a three-way catalyst is low, the throttle unit introduces the exhaust gas flow into a part of an outer-periphery of the three-way catalyst. This control can rapidly increase the temperature of the three-way catalyst from an early period of starting an internal combustion engine within a short period of time. The throttle unit increases the gas-flow sectional area of the exhaust gas passage according to increasing the temperature of the three-way catalyst. When the three-way catalyst reaches its activation temperature, the throttle unit instructs the first and second valve members to fully open. This decreases a pressure loss of the exhaust gas because the exhaust gas is supplied into the entire of the three-way catalyst.07-23-2009
20090183497EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS - In a hybrid vehicle equipped with an exhaust gas purifying apparatus, when a gasoline engine stops, an exhaust gas passage is closed by a pair of upstream-side and downstream-side throttle units to form an accommodation space. A pressure reduction unit reduces a pressure of the closed accommodation space where a three way catalyst is placed. The exhaust gas around the three way catalyst in the closed accommodation space does not leak into either an outside atmosphere side or into the gasoline engine side. Reducing the pressure in the closed accommodation space decreases heat conduction through the exhaust gas toward the outside. It is thereby possible to prevent the temperature drop of the three way catalyst and to keep the three way catalyst at a temperature of not less than its activation temperature for a long period of time even if the gasoline engine stops.07-23-2009

Noboru Arakawa, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110109027METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BUSHING ASSEMBLY AND VIBRATION DAMPING RUBBER BUSHING - A method of manufacturing a bushing assembly that includes a vibration damping rubber bushing having a round cylindrical resin outer cylinder, which is assembled by press fitting an outside peripheral face of the outer cylinder in an axial direction into a cylindrical metal mated component having a circular inside peripheral face. The vibration damping rubber bushing is press fit into the mated component with a rigid powder composed of material harder than the outer cylinder deposited in a section of the resin outer cylinder that is situated on the outside peripheral face and that mates with the inside peripheral face of the mated component, and the outer cylinder and the mated component are assembled in a mated condition such that the rigid powder intervenes between the outside peripheral face of the outer cylinder and the inside peripheral face of the mated component.05-12-2011

Ryuji Arakawa, Higashi-Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100184864Composite Material and Method for Production Thereof - Disclosed are: a material which contains a lipophilic component having a pungent taste or flavor such as a spicy component (e.g., a capsaicin) and a bitter component (e.g., a turmeric extract), in which the pungent taste and/or flavor of the lipophilic component can be reduced effectively, and in which the separation among components contained therein is not caused; a method for producing the material; a composition such as a food, a beverage, a cosmetic and a medicine, which contains the material; and a liquid composition having such a form that the material is dispersed in water. Specifically disclosed are: a composite material comprising a lipophilic component having a pungent taste and/or flavor, a plant-derived cholesterol ester and a cyclodextrin; a composition comprising the composite material; a liquid composition which comprises the composite material, water and a thickening agent and has such a form that the composite material is dispersed in water; and a method for producing a composite material comprising a lipophilic component having a pungent taste and/or flavor, a plant-derived cholesterol ester and a cyclodextrin, which comprises mixing the lipophilic component, the plant-derived cholesterol ester and the cyclodextrin in the presence of water to form the composite material.07-22-2010

Satoru Arakawa, Nagano JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090291623Polishing head and polishing apparatus - The present invention is a polishing head provided with an annular rigid ring, a rubber film bonded to the rigid ring with a uniform tension, a mid plate joined to the rigid ring and forming a space portion together with the rubber film and the rigid ring, and an annular template provided concentrically with the rigid ring in a peripheral portion on a lower face part of the rubber film and having an outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the rigid ring, in which a pressure of the space portion can be changed by a pressure adjustment mechanism, a back face of a work is held on the lower face part of the rubber film, and a surface of the work is brought into sliding contact with the polishing pad attached onto a turn table for performing polishing, and an inner diameter of the template is smaller than an inner diameter of the rigid ring, and a ratio between an inner diameter difference between the rigid ring and the template and a difference between the inner diameter and an outer diameter of the template is 26% or more and 45% or less. Thereby, a polishing head and the like that can obtain constant flatness stably can be provided.11-26-2009
20100233945POLISHING HEAD, POLISHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEMOUNTING WORKPIECE - A polishing head having a disklike carrier in which an annular projecting portion and a carrier-engagement portion are formed in a peripheral portion, a disklike head body in which a head-body-engagement portion is formed outside, a diaphragm for connecting the head body with the carrier, a spacer located between the carrier-engagement portion and the head-body-engagement portion in a part of the carrier-engagement portion and/or the head-body-engagement portion, in which the spacer abuts on the carrier-engagement portion and/or the head-body-engagement portion at the time of lifting the head body so that the workpiece is demounted from the polishing pad by lifting the carrier with it inclined. As a result, there is provided a polishing head in which the workpiece can be easily, safely and surely demounted from the polishing pad by lifting the polishing head holding the workpiece without overhanging the polishing head from the turn table and the like.09-16-2010
20100291838POLISHING HEAD AND POLISHING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - The present invention is a polishing head in which a rubber film is formed in a boot shape in such a manner that a position where the rubber film is held by a mid plate is distantly positioned from a work holding portion; an end portion of the boot shaped rubber film is formed in O-ring shape so that the rubber film is held by the mid plate with decreasing an area of contact between the mid plate and the rubber film as much as possible. As a result, there is provided a polishing head with rubber chuck method in which an occurrence of a surface defect, such as a scratch, on a surface of the work is suppressed as much as possible and the work can be uniformly and stably polished to the outer periphery.11-18-2010
20110070813METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLISHING HEAD AND POLISHING APPARATUS - A method for manufacturing a polishing head having an annular rigid ring; a rubber film bonded to the rigid ring with uniform tension; a mid plate joined to the rigid ring, forming a space together with the rubber film and the rigid ring; and a mechanism for changing pressure of the space, the method including performing a tensile test on the rubber film according to JIS K6251 before bonding the rubber film to the rigid ring, and selecting the rubber film having a value of 10 MPa or less of an inclination obtained by a linear approximation of a stress-strain curve within a strain value of 5%; and bonding the selected rubber film having a value of 10 MPa or less of the inclination to the rigid ring to manufacture the polishing head.03-24-2011
20110136414POLISHING HEAD AND POLISHING APPARATUS - A polishing head for holding a workpiece when a surface of the workpiece is polished and a polishing apparatus provided with the polishing head, and more particularly a polishing head for holding the workpiece on a rubber film and a polishing apparatus provided with the polishing head. The polishing head and the polishing apparatus provided with the polishing head that can adjust the polishing profile on the basis of the shape of the workpiece before polishing and can stably obtain good flatness.06-09-2011

Patent applications by Satoru Arakawa, Nagano JP

Satoru Arakawa, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100246653AMPLITUDE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - There is disclosed a general-purpose APD measurement apparatus capable of changing a measurement condition, such as the number of channels or a resolution bandwidth (RBW) in compliance with a standard for the subject of measurement, measuring various subjects of measurement, and correcting measurement equipment, thereby enabling a higher accuracy of measurement. The resolution bandwidth (RBW) or the number of channels when measurement is performed can be flexibly changed by controlling the cycle of a clock signal whose data are sampled by A/D conversion means 09-30-2010

Shigeji Arakawa, Kanazawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090273410NONRECIPROCAL CIRCUIT DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A nonreciprocal circuit device includes a ferrite-magnet element having ferrite provided with first and second central electrodes intersecting each other in an insulated manner and two permanent magnets arranged to sandwich the ferrite to apply a DC magnetic field thereto, a substrate on which the ferrite-magnet element and matching circuit elements are mounted, and a flat plate yoke. A first resin layer made of a cured liquid resin is provided at bonding portions of the ferrite-magnet element to the substrate, and a second resin layer made of a cured soft sheet-shaped resin adhered to a rear surface of the flat plate yoke is provided around the ferrite-magnet element and the matching circuit elements.11-05-2009

Shinichiro Arakawa, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080298205OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DISC DISTINGUISHING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an optical disc distinguishing method includes irradiating the loaded optical disc with a light beam having one of a first to third wavelengths, determining whether the loaded optical disc belongs to a first group consisting of a first to third optical discs or a second group consisting of two kinds of optical discs which do not correspond to the wavelength of the irradiated light beam, identifying the loaded optical disc as one of the first to third optical discs, irradiating the loaded optical disc with one of the two kinds of the light beams except for the light beam with which the loaded optical disc is irradiated in making the determination of the group when the loaded optical disc belongs to the second group, and identifying the loaded optical disc as one of the two kinds of the optical discs belonging to the second group.12-04-2008
20090245040OPTICAL DISC REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DISC REPRODUCING METHOD - An optical disc reproducing apparatus according to the present invention includes an optical pickup for receiving a reflection signal from an optical disc having a land and a groove, an error signal creation unit for creating a tracking error signal from the reflection signal, a polarity switching unit arranged to switch the polarity of the tracking error signal, and a servo processing unit for performing a tracking servo process using the tracking error signal output from the polarity switching unit and creating a drive signal of a tracking actuator provided with the optical pickup, and the polarity switching unit switches the polarity of the tracking error signal in a reproduction state in which the optical disc is reproduced and in a waiting state in which the reproduction is interrupted. According to the optical disc reproducing apparatus, even if a reproduction laser beam is continuously radiated in the waiting state, deterioration of a recording film of a recording type optical disc can be prevented as well as a transition between the waiting state and the reproduction state can be securely performed in a short time.10-01-2009

Patent applications by Shinichiro Arakawa, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Shinji Arakawa, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090178127Authentication system, authentication server, authenticating method, authenticating program, terminal, authentication requesting method, authentication requesting program, and storage medium - Disclosed herein is an authentication system offering high degrees of security and convenience by use of two storage media. An automatic log-in system (07-09-2009

Patent applications by Shinji Arakawa, Chiba JP

Shugo Arakawa, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100145498TOOL STOCKER, MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM, AND TOOL DAMAGE DETECTING APPARATUS - A tool stocker includes main stockers for holding a plurality of tools detachably mounted on a main spindle for machining a workpiece, an auxiliary stocker for holding and transferring tools to and from the main stockers, and a tool transfer mechanism for transferring tools between the main stockers and the auxiliary stocker. The auxiliary stocker includes a plurality of tool pods for removably supporting the tools therein, a rail in sliding engagement with outer surfaces of the tool pods, a chain for moving the tool pods in sliding engagement with the rail, and a motor for actuating the chain. The rail has a recess defined therein in alignment with the tool transfer mechanism, such that the tools transferred by the tool transfer mechanism pass through the recess.06-10-2010

Shugo Arakawa, Tochigi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090053004MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL - A machine tool (02-26-2009

Tadashi Arakawa, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080288716STORAGE DEVICE - A storage device includes: a binary flash memory that has a first storage area and a capacity of storing two values per each cell; a multivalued flash memory that has a second storage area and a capacity of storing at least three values per each cell; and a controller configured to arrange the first storage area ahead of the second storage area, logically combine the first storage area with the second storage area to form a single combined storage area, and perform data reading and data writing from and into the combined storage area. Data management information is stored in a head of the combined storage area according to a predetermined file system. The storage device of this arrangement has the advantages of both an SLC flash memory and an MLC flash memory.11-20-2008

Takafumi Arakawa, Narita-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090014122Heat Resistant Laminated Conveyor Belt and Manufacturing Method Thereof - Provided are a heat resistant laminated conveyor belt and manufacturing method thereof by which a belt surface pressure when a liner and corrugated core paper are pressed and bonded together can be increased to thereby enhance a bonding performance. The heat resistant laminated conveyor belt comprises a belt core layer 01-15-2009

Takami Arakawa, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110037812Columnar Structure Film and Method of Forming Same, Piezoelectric Element, Liquid Ejection Apparatus and Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Oscillator - The columnar structure film is formed on a surface of a substrate by vapor phase epitaxy, and is constituted of a plurality of columnar bodies extending in directions non-parallel to the surface of the substrate. In the columnar structure film, a relationship GS02-17-2011
20110074888Piezoelectric Actuator, Method of Driving Same, Liquid Ejection Apparatus and Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Osicllator - A method of driving a piezoelectric actuator including: a piezoelectric element containing a piezoelectric body having coercive field points on a negative field side and a positive field side respectively and having asymmetrical bipolar polarization—electric field hysteresis characteristics in which an absolute value of a coercive electric field on the negative field side and a coercive electric field value on the positive field side are mutually different, and a pair of electrodes for applying voltage to the piezoelectric body; and a diaphragm which externally transmits, as displacement, distortion produced in the piezoelectric body when the voltage is applied to the piezoelectric body, includes the step of driving the piezoelectric actuator between a positive drive voltage and a negative drive voltage in a range not exceeding the coercive electric field, from among the positive and negative coercive electric fields, which has the larger absolute value.03-31-2011

Takemasa Arakawa, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110031962MAGNETIC POLE POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A magnetic pole position detecting device that can correctly acquire a magnetic pole position even if two magnetic sensors are arranged at an arbitrary interval receives sensor outputs “a” and “b” of two magnetic sensors arranged at a predetermined interval L along a magnetic pole arraying direction motor and a phase difference φ between the two sensor outputs “a” and “b”. When sin φ>δ, the device divides a·sin φ by b−a·cos φ to calculate tan θ and outputs a magnetic pole position θ=tan02-10-2011

Takeshi Arakawa, Okinawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090081256TRANSGENIC PLANT-BASED VACCINES - A method of inducing partial or complete immunity to an infectious disease in a mammal comprising providing to the mammal for oral consumption an effective amount of a protein complex comprising five monomeric fusion proteins.03-26-2009

Patent applications by Takeshi Arakawa, Okinawa JP

Takeshi Arakawa, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100060128HOT CATHODE FLUORESCENT LAMP - A hot-cathode fluorescent lamp includes a pair of filament coils (03-11-2010
20100072873HOT-CATHODE FLUORESCENT LAMP - A hot-cathode fluorescent lamp includes a pair of filament coils (03-25-2010

Tatsue Arakawa, Miyagi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100089761METHOD OF SURFACE TREATMENT FOR METAL GLASS PART, AND METAL GLASS PART WITH ITS SURFACE TREATED BY THE METHOD - There is provided a metallic glass component with its surface layer having both durability of a film and chromatic color properties, and a method for forming the surface layer. Surface active treatment is performed wherein the surface of the metallic glass component is reacted with a mixed aqueous solution of nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid to remove an oxide film and to provide an anchor bond shape on the surface of a metallic glass component, and electroplating or electroless plating is then performed, to form a plating film on the surface of the metallic glass component. It is thereby possible to form a surface layer of a metallic glass which has both durability and a chromatic color.04-15-2010

Tetsuo Arakawa, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090261911MULTI-PHASE OSCILLATOR - A multi-phase oscillator includes a plurality of ring oscillators (10-22-2009

Tomoaki Arakawa, Matsudo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080267807CORE ROD FOR FORMING A CYLINDRICAL GREEN COMPACT, APPARATUS FOR FORMING A CYLINDRICAL GREEN COMPACT, AND METHOD FOR FORMING A CYLINDRICAL GREEN COMPACT - A core rod for forming a cylindrical green compact having an axial protrusion or a radial step portion or dent portion on an inner surface of the cylindrical member by powder compaction, wherein: the core rod is provided with a step portion protruding in a radial direction at least a part on an outer surface thereof; the core rod is divided into two parts, an upper core and a lower core, on a plane that is flush with an upper surface of the step portion; and the upper core and lower core are mechanically joined with fastening members or bonded with an adhesive on a plane along which the core rod is divided.10-30-2008

Tomohiro Arakawa, Nishio-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090133983COOLING STRUCTURE OF CLUTCH APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION - A cooling structure of a clutch apparatus for a transmission includes a housing, a partition wall provided inside the housing, first and second chambers respectively formed inside the housing at first and second sides of the partition wall, a clutch mechanism provided inside the first chamber. A cylindrical clutch case including an opening is provided at an outer circumference of the clutch mechanism. The cooling structure further includes a first communication passage communicating with the first and second sides of the partition wall, at least one helical protrusion provided at an outer cylindrical surface of the clutch case, and a guiding cylinder provided at an outer circumference of the clutch case with a space between the helical protrusion and the guiding cylinder. The helical protrusion guides the coolant existing between the clutch case and the guiding cylinder to the first chamber from an axial end portion of the guiding cylinder.05-28-2009
20090294241LUBRICANT DISCHARGING MECHANISM OF CLUTCH APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION - A lubricant discharging mechanism of a clutch apparatus for a transmission, which includes the clutch apparatus having at least one clutch mechanism provided in a clutch housing defined in a transmission case and a gear train provided in a gear train housing defined in the transmission case adjacent to the clutch housing, includes a retainer, a bore, and a guide member. The retainer is provided inside the clutch housing to surround the clutch mechanism for retaining therein a lubricant for lubricating and cooling the clutch mechanism. The bore is formed at an outer circumferential portion of the retainer for discharging therethrough the lubricant lifted radially outwardly by a centrifugal force generated by a rotation of the clutch mechanism to an outside of the retainer. The guide member is connected to the retainer for guiding the lubricant discharged from the retainer towards the gear train.12-03-2009

Toru Arakawa, Tatebayashi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090248208INDOOR UNIT, AIR CONDITIONER INCLUDING INDOOR UNIT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AIR CONDITIONER - An in-ceiling embedded type air conditioner including an indoor unit having an air blower and an indoor heat exchanger accommodated in a housing a substantially box-shape, and a filtering unit including a gas-liquid contact member that is disposed at the downstream side of the indoor heat exchanger on an air blowing passage through which air sucked by the air blower flows in the indoor unit and infiltrated with electrolytic water generated by electrolyzing water, the air and the electrolytic water being brought into contact with each other in the gas-liquid contact member, whereby the air cooled or heated in the indoor heat exchanger is filtered, that is, virus, etc. contained in the air is inactivated, sterilized or the like and then blown out to a room to be air-conditioned.10-01-2009
20090293527ELECTROLYTIC WATER GENERATING DEVICE, AIR FILTERING SYSTEM, AIR CONDITIONING AND FILTERING APPARATUS, AND AIR CONDITIONING AND FILTERING SYSTEM - An air filtering apparatus for filtering air includes a chamber having an air flow passage through which air flows, the chamber being connected through an air supply duct to a plurality of air blow-out ports opened to a large space, an air filtering portion that is disposed in the chamber and has a plurality of gas-liquid contact members for bringing air into contact with electrolytic water to filter the air, a water tank that is connected through a water feeding pump to a supply pipe for supplying the electrolytic water to each of the gas-liquid contact members of the air filtering portion, an electrolytic unit for generating the electrolytic water, and a mechanism for leading to the electrolytic unit a part of electrolytic water in the water tank which is sucked by the water feeding pump and supplied to the plurality of gas-liquid contact members through the supply pipe, electrolyzing the part of the electrolytic water in the electrolytic unit to further generate electrolytic water and returning the generated electrolytic water into the water tank.12-03-2009

Yasuhiko Arakawa, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100028898METHOD OF IDENTIFYING A TARGET ANALYTE USING PHOTONIC CRYSTAL RESONATORS, AND RELATED DEVICE - A method of identifying target analytes in a sample, particularly a biological sample, comprising the steps of putting a plurality of target analytes, bound to a common luminescent marker, in contact with a plurality of molecular probes immobilized on a support, each of said molecular probes being capable of complementary binding to a respective target analyte, if said target analyte is present in the sample, providing to said support an excitation radiation and detecting an emission radiation coming from said support as a result of at least one complementary binding event, characterized by the fact that: 02-04-2010

Yasunobu Arakawa, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110046317POLYURETHANE ELASTOMER FIBERS AND AGENTS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING SAME - A processing agent for processing urethane elastomer fibers contains a disperse medium of a specified kind having mineral oil as its principal component and a dispersoid of a specified kind including aliphatic ester compound. The disperse medium is 80-99.99% by mass and the dispersoid is 0.01-20% by mass for a total of 100% by mass. The average particle size of the dispersoid is prepared to be in the range of 0.01-500 μm as measured by a specified measuring method.02-24-2011

Yasuo Arakawa, Minamitsuru-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080290071METHOD FOR DETERMINING WIRE SUPPORTING POINT IN WIRE-CUT ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINE AND MEASURING MEMBER FOR PRACTICING THE SAME - A measuring member having a conical section with a known vertex angle is inserted into a guide hole through a trumpet-shaped inner surface (wire guiding surface) formed by rotating a convex about the axis of the guide hole. Then, the surface of the conical section of the measuring member stops at the point of tangential contact with the inner surface. The point at which the wire electrode is supported, measured from the reference wire supporting point, can be determined from the height of a specific point on the measuring member in the stopped state and the distance from this specific point to the vertex of the conical section of the measuring member.11-27-2008

Patent applications by Yasuo Arakawa, Minamitsuru-Gun JP

Yasutaka Arakawa, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100148810PROBE DEVICE, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROBE TESTING METHOD - Provision of a probe device, a processing device and a probe test capable of performing an efficient wafer probe test. A probe device, comprising a plurality of measuring stages to which a plurality of probe cards for inspecting semiconductor wafers are connected, respectively; a first conveying portion for conveying a semiconductor wafer to a first measuring stage to which a first probe card is connected; a first inspection control portion for controlling the inspection of the semiconductor wafer by the first probe card; a receiving portion for receiving stage information including information showing nonuse of the first measuring stage from a processing device; a second conveying portion for conveying the semiconductor wafer to a second measuring stage, to which a second probe card different from the first probe card is connected, according to the received stage information; and a second inspection control portion for controlling the inspection of the semiconductor wafer by the second probe card.06-17-2010

Yoichiro Arakawa, Hitachi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080315824INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVE UNIT, MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM, AND ELEVATING SYSTEM - A slip frequency is estimated from a current instruction or detected currents in an induction motor. Acceleration impossibility in an induction motor drive unit is determined, when the slip frequency exceeds the maximum torque generating slip frequency for the predetermined interval or the time integrating result exceeds a predetermined value; when the q-axis magnetic flux exceeds the maximum torque generating q-axis magnetic flux or exceeds for a predetermined interval; when the estimated rotational speed is under a predetermined value; when the rotational speed variation rate is negative; and when the rotational speed instruction value or the estimated rotational speed is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. An induction motor drive system and an elevating system including the induction motor drive unit are also disclosed.12-25-2008

Yoshihiro Arakawa, Bunkyo-Ku JP

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20110033365PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CARBONACEOUS FILM - This invention provides a process and apparatus for producing a carbonaceous film such as a DLC film using a solid raw material without the need to supply a high energy radiation such as a laser beam. The process comprises providing a solid organic material as a raw material, applying a discharge energy to the material to form plasma, and depositing the plasma onto a base material to form a carbonaceous film. This process is preferably carried out by using a film production apparatus (02-10-2011

Yoshitada Arakawa, Toyota-Shi JP

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20100199810FASTENING TOOL - When bolts are fastened to tack a door to a car body by means of a conventional impact wrench, the shavings stick to the surface of the door or car body, thereby to cause the poor coating quality such as a seeding when the inter-coating or finish-coating is performed in the coating procedure. An impact wrench provided is a fastening tool for fastening a bolt gripped by a socket, in a nut. The impact wrench includes a suction cover for covering the surroundings of the socket, and a suction port capable of sucking the atmosphere in the portion covered with the suction cover, and is constituted such that the atmosphere in the suction cover is sucked through the suction port to recover the shavings left at the time of fastening the bolt. This constitution makes it possible to prevent the shavings from being scattered to the surroundings. When the door is temporarily attached at the coating step to a car body, the poor coating quality such as the seeding, as might otherwise be caused by the shavings stuck to the surface of the car body or door, can be prevented and improved.08-12-2010

Yuji Arakawa, Toyota-Shi JP

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20100244525SEAT APPARATUS AND SEAT ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM FOR THE SAME - A seat adjustment mechanism, which adjusts an angle formed between first and second seat members rotatably connected to each other, includes a first link member adapted to be connected to the first seat member and including a first end rotatably supported by the first seat member, a second link member adapted to be rotatably connected to the second seat member and including a first end rotatably supported by the second seat member and a second end rotatably connected to the first link member, a drive device, and an extending and retracting device driven by the drive device and extending and retracting linearly, wherein one of the drive device and the extending and retracting device is rotatably connected to a second end of the first link member and the other of the drive device and the extending and retracting device is rotatably connected to the second seat member.09-30-2010
20110006573SEAT CUSHION ADJUSTING APPARATUS - A seat cushion adjusting apparatus includes a support member configuring a frame of a seat cushion, a seating member supported by the support member and configuring an outer shape of the seat cushion, an adjustment member fastening a front end portion of the seating member in a longitudinal direction of a seat, and a movement mechanism rotatably connecting the adjustment member and moving the adjustment member relative to the support member in the longitudinal direction, the movement mechanism including a transmission member extending in a width direction of the seat at a front side of the support member, a lever rotatably connected to the support member, a first gear plate rotatably connected to the lever and the transmission member and having a first gear, and a second gear plate rotatably connected to the transmission member and the adjustment member and having a second gear meshing with the first gear.01-13-2011

Yumiko Arakawa, Ibaraki JP

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20110059305POLYIMIDE PRECURSOR COMPOSITION, POLYIMIDE FILM, AND TRANSPARENT FLEXIBLE FILM - The polyimide precursor composition of the present invention is characterized in comprising a polyimide precursor having a structure formed by reacting a diamine component (A) containing a fluorine-containing aromatic diamine (a1) represented by the following chemical formula (I)03-10-2011