| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090088333 | TARGET MOLECULE EVALUATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - AC potential is applied between a substrate electrode provided on a substrate and a counter electrode, a sample is brought into contact with a probe molecule bound to the substrate electrode, and a fluorescent signal obtained from a fluorescent marker provided on the probe molecule is observed to evaluate a target molecule in the sample that has bound to the probe molecule, wherein the target molecule is evaluated by measuring a signal intensity and/or a signal amplitude. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090130777 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING ANALYTE - In an analyte evaluation method for evaluating an analyte, AC voltage is applied between a substrate electrode on a substrate and a counter electrode, and signals obtained from a marker provided on an analyte bound to the substrate electrode are observed, wherein the frequency of the AC voltage is changed and the behavior of the average value of the marker signals is observed. A novel, highly-selective, low-noise method of evaluating a object of evaluation is thus achieved. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20110100822 | Device and method for quantitatively determining an analyte, a method for determining an effective size of a molecule, a method for attaching molecules to a substrate, and a device for detecting molecules - A device for quantitatively determining an analyte is provided to conspicuously improve the performance of the quantitative determination. This device is equipped with a flow channel, an analyte detecting unit for capturing and detecting the analyte, and a quantitative measurement unit for quantitatively determining the analyte, wherein a signal generated when the analyte detecting unit has detected the analyte is divided into a plurality of parts in the direction of the flow in the flow channel at the quantitative measurement unit for processing. Also provided are technologies including one for controlling the density of molecules attached to the surface of a solid. In these technologies, when molecules are attached to a substrate, the density of attached molecules is controlled, by having an electrolyte also present in a solution containing the molecules to adjust the screening effect by the electrolyte, and by taking into consideration the effective size of a molecule. | 05-05-2011 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090038566 | VALVETRAIN MECHANISM OF ENGINE - A valvetrain mechanism of an engine, including a drive shaft configured to rotate in synchronization with the engine, a link arm having a large end and a small end, the drive shaft being inserted into and passed through the large end, a valve lift control shaft disposed parallel to the drive shaft and having an eccentric portion, an oscillating arm disposed rotatably at the eccentric portion of the valve lift control shaft and interconnected with the small end of the link arm via a first rotation support point, a link rod interconnected with the oscillating arm via a second rotation support point positioned at a same side as the first rotation support point with respect to the valve lift control shaft, and an oscillating cam interconnected with the link rod via a third rotation support point and operated correspondingly with an operation of the drive shaft to thereby open a valve. A thickness of the small end of the link arm in a direction of the drive shaft is thinner than a thickness of the large end of the link arm in the direction of the drive shaft. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090301418 | VARIABLE VALVE SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A variable valve system for an internal combustion engine includes a drive shaft, a drive cam provided on the drive shaft, a link arm fitted on the outer periphery of the drive cam such as to rotate relative to the drive cam, a crank-shaped control shaft including a main shaft and an eccentric cam, an oscillating arm rotatably attached to the eccentric cam and oscillated by the link arm, and an oscillating cam connected to the oscillating arm via a link rod so as to actuate a valve. Lubricant is communicated from a main lubricant flow path in the drive shaft through three lubricant paths to sliding contact areas between the drive cam and the link arm, between the pin of the oscillating arm and the link arm, and between the eccentric cam and the oscillating arm. | 12-10-2009 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090321621 | OPTICAL ENCODER - An optical encoder, with a simple structure, that can output a high-precision origin signal is provided. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20110068731 | LINEAR ENCODER, LINEAR MOTOR SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LINEAR ENCODER - An encoder includes: a main scale having two or more band-shaped tracks in each of which an optical main grating is formed so that longitudinal direction of the main scale corresponds to a measurement axis direction; and an index scale opposed to the main scale so as to form a diffraction interference optical system in cooperation with the main grating, disposed so as to be movable relative to the main scale in the measurement axis direction, and in which two or more optical index gratings are formed. A plurality of slits included in the main grating in at least one track are formed so as to be inclined at a predetermined inclination angle from a direction perpendicular to the measurement axis direction so that pitch of the slits in the track becomes equal to the pitch of the slits in the at least one other track. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069390 | ROTARY ENCODER, ROTARY MOTOR, ROTARY MOTOR SYSTEM, DISK, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROTARY ENCODER - An encoder includes a disc-shaped disk disposed so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis and having at least one ring-shaped track in which a rotating grating is formed and at least one fixed grating which is fixedly disposed opposed to the disk so that the fixed grating and the rotating grating construct a diffraction interference optical system. Each of a plurality of slits included in the at least one rotating grating is formed along a curved line obtained by making each of a plurality of radial lines using the rotation axis as a center curved in the circumferential direction at a predetermined curve degree so that a pitch of the slits can be set to a predetermined value. | 03-24-2011 |