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Fuminori Asa, Toyohashi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120034051LOAD PORT - A load port including a frame having an opening, a vessel receiving table that receives the wafer vessel, a door removably attached to the opening, a door opening and closing mechanism that opens and closes the door, and a closing mechanism that exerts force on the door when the door opening and closing mechanism closes the door.02-09-2012

Fuminori Asa, Toyohashi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110005868LOAD PORT APPARATUS, LID MEMBER MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING APPARATUS FOR LOAD PORT APPARATUS, AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR LIFTING MECHANISMS OF MAPPING APPARATUS - A load port apparatus is disclosed wherein the total period of time of operation of a lid member mounting and dismounting apparatus and a mapping apparatus is minimized while avoiding interference of the two apparatus with each other. An interference avoiding sensor apparatus is provided on the lid member mounting and dismounting apparatus and the mapping apparatus and detects that a lid member suction plate of the lid member mounting and dismounting apparatus is disposed at a position lower by a value exceeding a preset value than the arm to which the mapping sensors are attached to enable pivotal motion of the arm without interfering with the lid member suction plate. Then, immediately after the preset value is detected by the interference avoiding sensor apparatus, the arm is pivoted to the mapping position to start the mapping.01-13-2011

Hironori Asa, Okazaki-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080216501Refrigerating device comprising waste heat utilization equipment - In a refrigerating device comprising waste heat utilization equipment having: a refrigerating cycle 09-11-2008
20090013705Refrigeration apparatus with exhaust heat recovery device - A refrigeration apparatus with an exhaust heat recovery device mounted on a vehicle includes a refrigeration cycle for allowing a refrigerant for refrigeration to circulate therethrough, and a Rankine cycle for allowing a refrigerant for the Rankine cycle to circulate therethrough. The Rankine-cycle condenser and the refrigeration-cycle condenser are disposed in predetermined positions of the vehicle in series with respect to a flow direction of external air for cooling, and the Rankine-cycle condenser is disposed on an upstream side of the external air with respect to the refrigeration-cycle condenser.01-15-2009
20090031749Refrigeration apparatus with exhaust heat recovery device - A refrigeration apparatus with an exhaust heat recovery device mounted on a vehicle includes a refrigeration cycle for allowing a refrigerant for refrigeration to circulate therethrough, and a Rankine cycle for allowing a refrigerant for the Rankine cycle to circulate therethrough. The refrigeration-cycle condenser and the Rankine-cycle condenser are disposed in predetermined positions of the vehicle in series with respect to a flow direction of external air for cooling, and the refrigeration-cycle condenser is disposed on an upstream side of the external air with respect to the Rankine-cycle condenser.02-05-2009

Patent applications by Hironori Asa, Okazaki-City JP

Kenji Asa, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090007090SOFTWARE UPDATING METHOD AND PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - A software updating method for updating software stored as compressed code in a nonvolatile memory provided in a portable terminal on the basis of differential data via wireless communication includes the steps of providing a file system area having a fault-tolerant property; decompressing, at the execution of software updating, the compressed code of the software and loading the decompressed code into a random-access memory; updating the software in the random-access memory on the basis of the differential data; compressing the updated software; and storing a backup of a compressed updated code sequence corresponding to a compressed updated portion of the compressed updated software in the file system area and then writing the compressed updated code sequence corresponding to the compressed updated portion of the compressed updated software back to the nonvolatile memory.01-01-2009
20100042985PORTABLE TERMINAL, PORTABLE TERMINAL CONTROL METHOD, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL CONTROL PROGRAM - A portable terminal includes: a storage unit for storing at least a first program and software converting data to convert the first program into a second program; a storage control unit to perform reading and writing of the program and data as to the storage unit; a software converting processing unit to execute processing that converts the first program into the second program, using the first program and software converting data read by the storage control unit from the storage unit; and a terminal starting control unit to execute at the time of terminal startup one or the other of starting up the first program, and starting up the converting processing from the first program to the second program by the program converting processing unit and the second program that has been converted.02-18-2010

Patent applications by Kenji Asa, Tokyo JP

Takashi Asa, Komaki City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090096141Gas Spring - A gas spring includes a rod body that has a base end side movable into and out of a cylinder body. The rod body is urged in a direction outward of the cylinder body by pressure from a gas sealed inside the cylinder body. A cylindrical cover body includes a base end portion connected to a distal end portion of the rod body that projects outside of the cylinder body. An end portion of the cover body receives a head end portion of the cylinder body inside a cylindrical cover member at an end portion of the cylinder body. The cover member covers a portion of the spring that would otherwise be exposed to the air between the end portion of the cover body and the end portion of the cylinder body when the cylinder body is contracted inside the cover body.04-16-2009
20090097908Dust Cover - A dust cover is configured for use with a gas spring inside a vehicle or the like. The dust cover includes a main body portion that surrounds a socket and a cylindrical band portion integrally provided adjacent to the main body portion. The band portion surrounds an arm portion adjacent to and integral with the socket. The main body portion has an opening for receiving a ball head portion of a ball stud. The band portion has a collar portion that covers a connection portion between a base end of the arm portion and an end of a cylinder body or a connection portion between the base end of the arm portion and a distal end of a rod body.04-16-2009

Takashi Asa, Komaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100201052Gas Spring - A gas spring is intended to permanently maintain the sealing performance of a lip in a dust seal without being affected by pressure from a gas sealed inside the spring. A rod body is operates in conjunction with a cylinder body with a gas of a predetermined pressure sealed inside the cylinder body. The rod body is movable into and out of the cylinder body. A rod guide is penetrated by the rod body at a shaft core portion inside a head end portion of the cylinder body. A dust seal has with a lip in sliding contact with an outer circumference of the rod body. A sealed end portion of the cylinder body is in contact with an outer end of the rod guide inside the cylinder body. The dust seal is integrally incorporated at the outer end portion of the rod guide.08-12-2010

Takashi Asa, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090096140Gas Spring - A stopper member forms a part of a lock mechanism in a gas spring. A rod body has a base end side inserted into a cylinder body, with the rod body movable into and out of the cylinder body and urged in an outward direction with respect to the cylinder body by the pressure of a gas sealed inside the cylinder body. A stopper member receives a head end portion of the cylinder body inside the stopper member. A projecting portion of the stopper member is located on an end face opposite an end portion of the cylinder body. The stopper member can be shifted manually between a first position that allows contraction of the rod body into the cylinder body, and a second position in which such contraction is prevented, thereby locking the gas spring in an extended state.04-16-2009

Takeshi Asa, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100024282NANO-DISPERSIONS OF COAL IN WATER AS THE BASIS OF FUEL RELATED TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - Colloidal coal-in-water slurries having nano-particles of coal creating a pseudo-fluid. The colloidal coal-in-water slurry generally includes from about fifty to about seventy two weight percent of coal, with about 20 to about 80 percent of the coal having a particle size of about one micron or less with a mode particle size of about 250 nanometers. The coal-in-water slurry can also include a surfactant system containing one surfactant or mixtures of two or more surfactants, or mixtures of one or more surfactants and an inorganic or organic salt. The coal-in-water slurry can be used in low NOx burner applications as the main fuel and/or the reburn fuel, in gasification processes as the input fuel either alone, or in combination with organic materials, in gas turbine applications, and in diesel engine applications.02-04-2010
20110203163NANO-DISPERSIONS OF COAL IN WATER AS THE BASIS OF FUEL RELATED TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - Colloidal coal-in-water slurries having nano-particles of coal creating a pseudo-fluid. The colloidal coal-in-water slurry generally includes from about fifty to about seventy two weight percent of coal, with about 20 to about 80 percent of the coal having a particle size of about one micron or less with a mode particle size of about 250 nanometers. The coal-in-water slurry can also include a surfactant system containing one surfactant or mixtures of two or more surfactants, or mixtures of one or more surfactants and an inorganic or organic salt. The coal-in-water slurry can be used in low NOx burner applications as the main fuel and/or the reburn fuel, in gasification processes as the input fuel either alone, or in combination with organic materials, in gas turbine applications, and in diesel engine applications.08-25-2011

Yasuhiro Asa, Tama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110019003SURVEILLANCE IMAGE RETRIEVAL APPARATUS AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - Disclosed is a surveillance image retrieval apparatus capable of generating an image representing a search result that a surveillant can visually confirm, even if a face image used is not suitable for the visual identification of a person. The surveillance image retrieval apparatus includes a surveillance image acquirer, which acquires surveillance images; a feature amount generator, which extracts a face image from the surveillance images and generates the feature amount of the extracted face image; an image feature amount memory for storing a face image, a surveillance image, and other metadata associated with an acquired feature amount; a face image designator, which selects an appropriate face image in accordance with a user's input, and designates the selected face image as a query image for a person search; a similar image searcher for searching the series of surveillance images stored in the image feature amount memory for a face image similar to the designated face image; a presentation image selector, which examines surveillance images that are close to the search result in imaging time, and selects presentation surveillance images that include face images of the same person; and a screen data generator for outputting the presentation surveillance images selected.01-27-2011
20110063441IMAGER AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - Disclosed is a surveillance system that detects a suspicious person immediately without fail and presents the detected suspicious person to a surveillant even when the system includes a large number of networked surveillance cameras. An imager included in the surveillance system retains a dynamically-updatable suspicious person list within itself and detects a suspicious person in accordance with a feature amount extracted from an image.03-17-2011

Yukihiro Asa, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090001967Cylinder Control Unit - [Problem to be Solved] To specify motion range of piston 01-01-2009
20090015243DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING POSITION - [Problems] To provide a position sensor small enough to be contained in a groove formed in an air cylinder in which minimum stroke for fixing and differential travel are improved.01-15-2009
20090191975Joint - Problem to be Solved:07-30-2009

Patent applications by Yukihiro Asa, Tokyo JP