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Asaoka, JP
Akira Asaoka, Kanagawa JP
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| 20110064433 | Imaging device and image forming apparatus - An imaging device includes an image carrying member; a developing unit for forming a toner image by developing an electrostatic latent image that has been formed on the image carrying member in a charged state; a cleaning unit for cleaning a toner that remains on the image carrying member after the toner image has been transferred from the image carrying member onto a transfer material; a lubricant applying unit for applying a lubricant on the image carrying member; and a control unit for performing drive control of the image carrying member, the developing unit, the cleaning unit, and the lubricant applying unit. Before the imaging device starts an imaging operation, the control unit controls the image carrying member, the developing unit, and the cleaning unit to perform respective operations; while controls the lubricant applying unit to repeat performing and suspending the operation in an intermittent manner. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20120034006 | CLEANING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING SAME - A cleaning device including: multiple cleaning members arranged consecutively in a direction of movement of a cleaning target to remove adhered substances from the cleaning target; multiple casings to individually hold and at least partially enclose the multiple cleaning members, respectively, the casings and the cleaning members together constituting multiple sub-units; and a sub-unit holder to hold the multiple sub-units, from which the sub-units are individually removable. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120087704 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A cleaning device including a normally charged toner cleaning member provided in contact with a cleaning target at a contact position to remove normally charged toner from the cleaning target, a reversely charged toner cleaning member provided in contact with the cleaning target at a contact position upstream from the normally charged toner cleaning member to remove reversely charged toner from the cleaning target, and a pre-cleaning member provided in contact with the cleaning target at a contact position upstream from both the normally and reversely charged toner cleaning members to remove normally charged toner from the cleaning target. The contact position between the pre-cleaning member and the cleaning target has a width wider than a width of the contact position between the normally charged toner cleaning member and the cleaning target and a width of the contact position between the reversely charged toner cleaning member and the cleaning target. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120099883 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A cleaning device including a rotatable cleaning member contacting a rotatable image carrier bearing a toner image to electrostatically remove toner from the image carrier while rotating, and a control unit to control rotation of the cleaning member to satisfy a relation of (60/R)>(L/V) during removal of a toner pattern formed on the image carrier at a predetermined timing and remaining attached to the image carrier without being transferred from the image carrier onto a transfer member using the cleaning member, where R (rpm) is a number of rotations of the cleaning member, L (mm) is a length of the toner pattern in a direction of rotation of the image carrier, and V (mm/s) is a speed of the image carrier. | 04-26-2012 |
Akira Asaoka, Kyoto-Shi JP
Akira Asaoka, Hitachinaka-Shi JP
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| 20100061777 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for transporting a recording medium on which an image is formed includes a guide plate. The guide plate guides the recording medium to a predetermined position in the image forming apparatus and includes a flexible sheet member and a rigid holding member. The rigid holding member holds the flexible sheet member such that the flexible sheet member projects from a front end of the rigid holding member. The projecting portion of the flexible sheet member includes at least three flexible sub-portions having a different bend-stiffness per unit area from each other, and the bend-stiffness per unit area is reduced toward a downstream side in a sheet guide direction. | 03-11-2010 |
Chisei Asaoka, Osaka JP
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| 20090255952 | PARTITION PLATE USABLE FOR V-MEASURE IN MEDICINE HOLDING MACHINE - To provide a partition plate capable of efficiently cleaning a medicine remaining in a V-measure. [MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS] The partition plate comprises: a slide member ( | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100287880 | Medicine Dispensing System and Medicine Dispensing Device - There is provided a medicine dispensing system configured such that a medicine dispensing device includes a sub unit having a function to dispense medicine that is connected to a medicine dispensing device that includes a main unit having a function of packing medicines. There is also provided a medicine dispensing device that can be appropriately integrated with such a medicine dispensing system. The medicine dispensing system includes, in some embodiments a main unit, a sub unit and a transfer device connecting the main unit and the sub unit. The medicine dispensing system transfers the medicine dispensed in the sub unit to the main unit by means of a transfer device and dispenses the medicine at a medicine packing part together with the medicine dispensed from a main storage part in the main unit. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110107591 | MEDICINE PACKAGING DEVICE AND CART FOR CHANGING PACKAGING UNIT - There is provided a medicine packaging device that can resolve the problem in which fine mechanical adjustments are needed for changing setting conditions of a packaging part or when the packaging part fails. The medicine packaging device has a device body | 05-12-2011 |
Eiji Asaoka, Osaka JP
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| 20110157529 | REFLECTION TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer | 06-30-2011 |
Hiroyasu Asaoka, Minamitsuru-Gun JP
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| 20080317897 | NOZZLE DEVICE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE - An injection molding machine nozzle capable of letting heat escape from a nozzle end portion and preventing the occurrence of cobwebbing with a simple structure. A heat conducting member is mounted on the nozzle end portion. When the end of the nozzle is contacted against a mold the heat conducting member also contacts the mold. The heat conducting member is composed of the material having heat conductivity equal to or greater than that of the nozzle. The heat of the nozzle end portion is conducted to the heat conducting member and released at the mold, thus preferentially cooling only melted resin of the nozzle end portion. Cobwebbing does not occur even when the mold is opened and the molded article is removed because the melted resin of the muzzle end portion has been cooled. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20120040038 | MOLDING MATERIAL FEED SCREW USED IN MOLDING MATERIAL SUPPLY DEVICE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE - A notched region in which the outer periphery of a screw flight is cut out is provided in a molding material feed screw. A wedge-shaped portion is formed by both a front wall surface of the screw flight and a wall surface of the boundary where the outer periphery of the screw flight is cut out. As a result of rotation of the molding material feed screw, since the wedge-shaped portion advances while pushing aside resin pellets located in the front thereof in two lateral directions of the front wall surface of the screw flight and the wall surface of the boundary where the outer diameter of the screw flight is cut out, entrapment of the resin pellets between the edge of a material supply port of a molding material supply device and the outer periphery of the screw flight is avoided as much as possible. | 02-16-2012 |
Hisashi Asaoka, Tokyo JP
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| 20090257141 | Bent Glass Sheet With Light-Shielding Film for Vehicles - A bent glass sheet ( | 10-15-2009 |
Hisatoshi Asaoka, Niigata-Shi JP
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| 20110064523 | SOIL PASTEURIZING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING EXHAUST GAS - In agriculture, one of the most important issues is the extent to which the yield of high quality crops can be increased while saving labor and reducing costs. However, there are many problems in that so-called injuries of crops due to continuous cropping and other causes seriously reduce productivity. The present invention provides an apparatus and a method that can pasteurize soil using gases emitted from the engine of a tractor, while at the same time, carbon dioxide, sulfur oxides, and other acidic fumes in exhaust gas are fixed as calcium salts with slaked lime that has been applied in advance on the soil to be pasteurized, and these gaseous components can, as much as possible, be prevented from escaping into the atmosphere. | 03-17-2011 |
Hisatoshi Asaoka, Niigata JP
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| 20090290938 | SOIL PASTEURIZING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING EXHAUST GAS - In agriculture, one of the most important issues is the extent to which the yield of high quality crops can be increased while saving labor and reducing costs. However, there are many problems in that so-called injuries of crops due to continuous cropping and other causes seriously reduce productivity. The present invention provides an apparatus and a method that can pasteurize soil using gases emitted from the engine of a tractor, while at the same time, carbon dioxide, sulfur oxides, and other acidic fumes in exhaust gas are fixed as calcium salts with slaked lime that has been applied in advance on the soil to be pasteurized, and these gaseous components can, as much as possible, be prevented from escaping into the atmosphere. | 11-26-2009 |
Junichi Asaoka, Saitama JP
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| 20110085837 | CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A conveying device includes: a main body; a holding unit that holds media that is attached and detached to and from the main body; a third conveying member that conveys a single medium among the media held in the holding unit; a first conveying member that conveys the single media; a second conveying member that faces the first conveying member to pinch the media so as to conveys the single media with the first conveying member; a feed unit that feeds the single medium to the main body; an attaching part that is provided at the feed unit and enables the feed unit to attach to the holding unit; a positioning mechanism that positions the main body and the feed unit so that the second conveying member is located at a predetermined position relative to the first conveying member when the holding unit is loaded on the main body. | 04-14-2011 |
Junichi Asaoka, Kanagawa JP
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| 20120112400 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device including a pair of first rotating members; a first transport path having a curved portion where a recording medium is curved, the first transport path being for transporting the recording medium to which the image is fixed by the pair of first rotating members; a first transporting section including a pair of second rotating members provided downstream from the curved portion of the first transport path; and a controller that controls so that, while the recording medium is interposed between the pair of first rotating members and the pair of second rotating members, a peripheral velocity of the second rotating members and a peripheral velocity of the first rotating members are reduced at the same time, or the peripheral velocity of the second rotating members is reduced before reducing the peripheral velocity of the first rotating members. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114342 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a transporting section including a transport path for transporting a recording medium; an image forming unit that forms an image on the recording medium that is transported at the transporting section; a fixing device that fixes the image formed on the recording medium at the image forming unit while heating the image; and a controller that performs control so that Pw| 05-10-2012 | |
| 20120114356 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a fixing device that fixes the image formed on the recording medium at the image forming unit while nipping and transporting the image formed on the recording medium at the image forming unit; a transporting section provided downstream from the fixing device in a direction of transportation of the recording medium, the transporting section nipping and transporting the recording medium; and a controller that performs control for changing a transporting velocity of the fixing device and a transporting velocity of the transporting section on the basis of information used for triggering a change in the transporting velocity of the fixing device when the recording medium is held by the fixing device and the transporting section. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114357 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a fixing device that nips the recording medium and that rotates at a first peripheral velocity, to transport the recording medium, and to fix the image to the recording medium; a transport path; a first transporting section that rotates at a second peripheral velocity, and nips and transports the recording medium to which the image is fixed; a second transporting section that rotates at a third peripheral velocity, and nips and transports the recording medium to which the image is fixed; a detecting unit that detects a move-out timing; and a controller that controls a peripheral velocity of the second transporting section so as to be greater than the third peripheral velocity and less than the second peripheral velocity in accordance with the timing detected by the detecting unit. | 05-10-2012 |
Kazunori Asaoka, Tokyo JP
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| 20100197904 | CATIONIZED HYALURONIC ACID AND/OR SALT THEREOF, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, HAIR MODIFYING AGENT, CUTICLE REPAIRING AGENT, SKIN MODIFYING AGENT, AND COSMETIC PREPARATION EACH USING THE SAME - A cationized hyaluronic acid and/or a salt thereof includes a quaternary ammonium group-containing group, and has a degree of cationization of 0.15 to 0.6. | 08-05-2010 |
Kazuya Asaoka, Aichi JP
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| 20100033199 | HOLDING MEMBER FOR INSPECTION, INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTING METHOD - Installed in a probe device is a holding member for inspection which can be mounted on a chuck. The holding member for inspection includes a support plate capable of mounting thereon a chip in which the power device is formed; pins for positioning the chip mounted on the support plate; and a metal film formed on a surface of the support plate in a range from a mounting area on which the chip is mounted to an exposed area on which the chip is not mounted. When inspecting the power device, the chip is fixed onto the mounting area in the holding member for inspection, one probe pin is brought into contact with a terminal on a top surface of the chip; and another probe pin is brought into contact with the metal film in the exposed area. | 02-11-2010 |
Kenzo Asaoka, Tokushima JP
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| 20120035632 | ALLOY FOR MEDICAL USE AND MEDICAL DEVICE - Provided is alloy for medical use and a medical device that is novel and useful. The alloy for medical use according to, for example, an embodiment of the present invention is mainly composed of three kinds of elements of gold (Au), platinum (Pt), and niobium (Nb). A total content of the three kinds of elements can be no smaller than 99% by weight, in which a platinum content can be no smaller than 5% by weight and no greater than 50% by weight and a niobium content can be no smaller than 3% by weight and no greater than 15% by weight. By adjusting the content ratio of the three elements, for example, it is possible to reduce or prevent artifacts in an MRI. Non-magnetization is also possible. | 02-09-2012 |
Masahiro Asaoka, Kawasaki JP
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| 20080228759 | ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING AN ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD CONTROL PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD CONTROL METHOD - An electronic bulletin board apparatus and method enabling a second user to answer a question of a first user using an answer input picture, including generating guide information for guiding the second user to an answer input picture as a guide destination picture through which to respond to a first question of the first user based on a second question that is similar to the first question, and posting the guide information in an answer input picture as a posting destination picture through which to respond to the second question. The electronic bulletin board apparatus and method displays the guide destination picture based on the guide information selected by the second user among pieces of guide information posted in the posting destination picture | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090026264 | Entrustee information transmitting program, entrustee information transmitting apparatus, and entrustee information transmitting method - An entrustee information transmitting method includes an entrustment managing storage storing entrustment relationship information indicating correspondence between entrusters who are voters performing entrustment and entrustees who are voters entrusted by the entrusters in an entrustment managing storage unit; an attendance managing storage storing attendance information of respective voters in an attendance managing storage unit in units of bills; an indirect-entrustment voter extracting operation of extracting one or more indirect-entrustment voter who indirectly entrust an attendee by using the entrustment relationship information and the attendance information; an entrustee determining operation of determining attendees who are indirectly entrusted by the indirect-entrustment voters to be recommended entrustees; and an entrustee information transmitting operation of transmitting information of the recommended entrustees. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090055212 | RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH DELEGATION MEDIATING PROGRAM IS RECORDED, DELEGATION MEDIATING APPARATUS AND DELEGATION MEDIATING METHOD - A delegation mediating apparatus which presents a voter who wants to collect delegations to another voter who is looking for a delegatee, in a decision to be made by voting by multiple voters, the apparatus including, voting history storage unit for storing each voter's past voting history in a voting history storage unit, similarity degree calculation unit for calculating a degree of voting action similarity between the voter who wants to collect delegations and the other voter who is looking for a delegatee, with the use of the past voting history stored in the voting history storage unit, and delegatee presentation unit for presenting the voter who wants to collect delegations if the degree of similarity to the other voter who is looking for a delegatee is high, to the other voter who is looking for a delegatee. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090119317 | CATCH PHRASE GENERATION DEVICE - A catch phrase generation device stores keywords in association with each other. Each keyword indicates a characteristic of a user, and a property to which each of keywords belongs. A plurality of templates are also stored. Each template has an insertion section for which a keyword property that should be inserted is determined in advance. A template corresponding to guidance information based on a predetermined condition is selected. A keyword acquisition unit analyzes an access history, which has been created by the user or to which the user has made reference, and acquires, based on an analyzed result, a stored keyword. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090150228 | VOTING PROMOTION ACTIVITY SUPPORT PROGRAM AND VOTING PROMOTION ACTIVITY SUPPORT APPARATUS - An apparatus accepts, from each voter, registration of a free delegation relationship. Then, the apparatus presents voting information such as a vote topic, choices and a voting expiration date to the voter. Next, the apparatus presumes how delegated votes are delegated, during a voting state at a total calculation date, in accordance with the delegation relationships, and estimates a voting result in consideration of delegation of votes. Next, the estimation apparatus sends the estimated voting result to the voters and the administrator for encouraging voter to vote. | 06-11-2009 |
Masashi Asaoka, Kyoto JP
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| 20110313069 | FLAME-RETARDED FOAMABLE STYRENE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITIONS - In a flame-retarded foamable styrene-based resin composition comprising a bromine-containing flame retardant, the flame retardant is a mixture of (a) an organic bromine-containing compound having a 2,3-dibromopropyl group or an organic bromine-containing compound having a bromine content of greater than 60 wt % in which all bromine atoms are attached to a benzene ring, and (b) an organic bromine compound having a 2,3-dibromo-2-alkylpropyl group. The composition comprises this mixture in amount from 0.5 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the styrene-based resin. The composition exhibits high flame retardant and heat stabilizing effects yet allowing recycling. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110319507 | FLAME-RETARDED FOAMABLE STYRENE-BASED RESIN BEADS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Flame-retarded foamable styrene-based resin beads and a process for producing the resin beads are provided in which a combination of two organic bromine-containing compounds is used in order to accomplish a high flame retardancy level with a small amount of addition and decreased level of residual monomer. The flame-retarded foamable resin beads comprises a blowing agent added to resin beads by impregnating with the blowing agent during or after polymerization. The beads are produced by suspension polymerizing a monomer composition containing 0.5 to 5.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the monomer of a bromine-containing flame retardant comprising (a) an organic bromine-containing compound having 2,3-dibromo-2-alkylpropyl group and (b) an organic bromine-containing compound having a bromine content greater than 50 wt % and free of any bromine atom attached to a tertiary carbon atom. | 12-29-2011 |
Michihisa Asaoka, Aichi-Ken JP
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| 20080211214 | Air bag system - An air bag system of the invention includes an air bag having a discharge port which discharges part of inflation gas when it opens and an opening and closing control unit which enables the control of opening and closing of the discharge port. The air bag includes a bag main body, a discharge portion provided in the bag main body, and a connecting member which is provided within the bag main body and which is connected to the discharge portion on a bottom portion side thereof and connected to the opening and closing control unit on a tip end side thereof. The discharge portion is withdrawn into the bag main body by the connecting member with the connection of the connecting member with the opening and closing control unit maintained, so as to maintain the discharge port in a closed state, while with the connection of the connecting member with the opening and closing control unit canceled, the discharge portion is made to protrude from the bag main body, so as to open the discharge port. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090079175 | Actuator which has an operating pin - An actuator which has an operating pin of the invention includes a piston which has an operating pin, a squib, and a cylinder case for holding the piston, in which the piston is moved rearward along with the operating pin by a driving gas generated injected from the squib into the cylinder case. A cap portion for covering the side of the squib with a gas injection port comprises a cylindrical side portion and a front end wall portion, and the operating pin is projected from the center of this front end wall portion. The cap portion is arranged with injection holes through which the driving gas is injected. Forward movement of the piston before the actuator is operated is restricted by the front end wall portion of the cylinder case coming into contact with the ceiling wall portion of the cylinder case. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090301339 | Actuator with actuating pin - An actuator includes a piston having an actuating pin, a squib, and a cylinder case. The cylinder case has a peripheral wall part that covers the circumference of the piston and a ceiling wall part having a through hole which allows an actuating pin to protrude from the through hole. The actuator is configured to make the a piston move backward along with the actuating pin by ejecting a driving gas generated from the squib to a space between the ceiling wall part and the piston during actuation. A sealing ring which is relatively movable with respect to the actuating pin while maintaining the state of sealing up a gap between the actuating pin and the through hole, is provided at an inner face side of the ceiling wall part. | 12-10-2009 |
Riichiro Asaoka, Tokyo JP
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| 20110149972 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM, NETWORK SWITCH AND BANDWIDTH CONTROL, FOR SITE-TO-SITE COMMUNICATIONS - A communication network system is disclosed in which local-branch-site-line network switches accommodating local-branch-site lines, and at least one data-center-site-line network switch accommodating at least one data-center-site line, are interconnected via a carrier network. This system include: a first bandwidth controller, disposed at each local-branch-site-line network switch, configured to limit a bandwidth of each of inbound packets and/or outbound packets to a pre-selected bandwidth α, wherein the inbound packets flow from the instant local-branch-site-line network switch or other local-branch-site-line network switches, and the outbound packets flow to the instant local-branch-site-line network switch or other local-branch-site-line network switches; and a second bandwidth controller, disposed at each local-branch-site-line network switch, configured to limit a bandwidth of each of inbound packets and/or outbound packets to a pre-selected bandwidth β broader than the bandwidth α, wherein the inbound packets flow from the data-center-site-line network switch, and the outbound packets flow to the data-center-site-line network switch. | 06-23-2011 |
Ryota Asaoka, Kanagawa JP
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| 20080287651 | Silk Thread Containing Spider Thread Protein and Silk Worm Producing the Silk Thread - A transgenic silkworm having transferred therein a gene which encodes spider thread protein having desired properties of high strength and high elasticity while leaving the silkworm fibroin H chain gene intact, by means of utilizing a transposon function, is used to produce in the transgenic silkworm a spider thread protein having the desired properties without lowering the strength or elasticity of silk thread produced by the transgenic silkworm, thereby providing hybrid silk of spider and silk threads having the desired properties. | 11-20-2008 |
Ryousuke Asaoka, Shizuoka JP
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| 20080242499 | Straddle-Type Vehicle, Power Unit and Continuously Variable Transmission - A straddle-type vehicle in which drivability is ensured when starting the vehicle. The vehicle includes a control device that controls a continuously variable transmission. A plurality of driving modes “A” and “B” are set in the control device. The control device performs a first control that switches the driving mode to driving mode “A” before start of the engine; a second control that switches between driving 2modes A” and “B” in response to operation of a mode switching operation member; and a third control that limits the second control and inhibits switching from the driving mode “A” to driving mode “B”, when the control device detects that the engine has not been started. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080242500 | Continuously Variable Transmission and Straddle-Type Vehicle - When performing kick down, during re-acceleration after decelerating, the engine sometimes races unnecessarily, and a smooth acceleration feeling is not obtained. During control by a kick down mode, when accelerating after a throttle has been fully closed, a control target value is set so as not to pass to a Low side of a limit value of the control target value used during re-acceleration. As a result, racing of the engine is inhibited. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080248919 | Continuously Variable Transmission - A continuously variable transmission for a motorcycle that provides appropriate engagement of a centrifugal clutch when a clutch shoe is worn. A control unit controls a change gear ratio to a TOP side to engage the centrifugal clutch when the centrifugal clutch is disengaged and an engine rotational speed is higher than a predetermined first rotational speed. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080305926 | Continuously Variable Transmission and Straddle Type Vehicle - A continuously variable transmission reduces slips between a primary sheave and a V-belt when decelerating. A target value setting section sets a control target value for control by a control device. In the target value setting section, a normal mode, a kick down mode set to be in a Low gear range lower than in the normal mode, and a restriction value given in a throttle fully closed state are provided. The control device controls the continuously variable transmission based upon the kick down mode provided in the target value setting section, in response to an operation of a kick down operator. The control device controls a gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission not to vary to a Low gear range lower than the restriction value provided in the target value setting section. | 12-11-2008 |
Sachiko Asaoka, Ashiya JP
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| 20110218941 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE DAMAGE OF KERATIN FIBERS - Method for assessing damages of keratin fibers using color measurements and area measurements. Said methods are useful for assessing the degree of damages of keratin fibers and also to compare the damages of fibers of different origin, different portions of fibers and/or fibers treated with different cosmetic, chemical and/or mechanical treatments. Said methods are also useful for supporting advertising claims about the efficacy of a treatment. | 09-08-2011 |
Sachio Asaoka, Kitakyushu-Shi JP
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| 20080300327 | Process For Producing Liquefied Petroleum Gas - A synthesis gas is produced from a carbon-containing starting material such as a coal; a CO-containing gas is separated from the resultant synthesis gas, whereby obtaining a gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen; a methanol- and/or dimethyl ether-containing gas is produced from the resultant gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen; meanwhile, a H | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080319245 | Catalyst and Process for Producing Liquefied Petroleum Gas - A catalyst for producing a liquefied petroleum gas according to the present invention comprises a methanol synthesis catalyst component in which an olefin-hydrogenation catalyst component is supported on a Zn—Cr-based methanol synthesis catalyst, and a zeolite catalyst component. It can be used in a reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to give a hydrocarbon containing propane or butane as a main component, i.e., a liquefied petroleum gas, with high activity, high selectivity and high yield. Furthermore, the catalyst has a longer catalyst life with less deterioration. | 12-25-2008 |
Sachio Asaoka, Fukuoka JP
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| 20090042717 | CATALYST FOR LPG PRODUCTION - A catalyst for producing a liquefied petroleum gas according to the present invention comprises a Pd-based methanol synthesis catalyst component and a β-zeolite catalyst component. It can be used in a reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to give a hydrocarbon containing propane or butane as a main component, i.e., a liquefied petroleum gas, with high activity, high selectivity and high yield. Furthermore, the catalyst has a longer catalyst life with less deterioration. | 02-12-2009 |
Sachio Asaoka, Wakamatsu-Ku JP
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| 20110201860 | Process for conversion of alkanes to aromatics - The process for conversion of alkanes to aromatics includes the steps of contacting a feedstock containing alkanes having between two and six carbon atoms per molecule with a composite catalyst to produce an aromatization reaction, and collecting aromatics produced by the reaction. The composite catalyst is a zeolite having a matrix impregnated with a noble metal and an oxide of a transition metal. The noble metal may be Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, or Ir. The transition metal may be Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, or Zn. The zeolite may be a medium or large pore zeolite, and may have an MFI, MEL, FAU, TON, VPI, MFL, AEI, AFI, MWW, BEA, MOR, LTL, or MTT structure, preferably MFI. The zeolite framework may include silicon, aluminum, and/or gallium. The matrix may be an oxide of magnesium, aluminum, titanium, zirconium, thorium, silicon or boron, and is preferably alumina. | 08-18-2011 |
Sadayuki Asaoka, Kyoto-Shi JP
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| 20120116024 | SELF-SUPPORTING THIN POLYMER FILM - [Object] To provide a self-supporting thin polymer membrane having a large surface area, a high strength, and a perpendicularly oriented cylindrical structure, and to provide a method of producing the membrane. | 05-10-2012 |
Sadayuki Asaoka, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20100210742 | MICROPHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURE MEMBRANE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a microphase-separated structure membrane including a block copolymer in which a hydrophilic polymer component and a hydrophobic polymer component are coupled to each other via a structural unit having a reactive group, an electron acceptor or electron donor, or a dye. In the microphase-separated structure membrane, a cylinder structure composed of the hydrophilic polymer component lies in a matrix composed of the hydrophobic polymer component and is oriented in the direction perpendicular to the membrane surface, and the structural unit having a reactive group, an electron acceptor or electron donor, or a dye lies between the matrix and the cylinder structure. | 08-19-2010 |
Satoko Asaoka, Miyagi JP
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| 20100046204 | SURFACE ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A surface illuminating device is provided and includes a plurality of linear light sources, a light-transmissive optical sheet including a luminance-distribution control layer for decreasing unevenness in luminance of light emitted from the linear light sources, and a reflection surface for reflecting the light emitted from the linear light sources. The luminance-distribution control layer includes a plurality of protrusions. In a range of 0≦x≦L/2, protruding directions of some or all the protrusions are inclined such that the protruding directions of the protrusions are located farther from a Z direction, which is an optical axis of a linear light source in an X direction, to the X direction as the protrusions are located farther from the position of x= | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100253880 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, SURFACE-EMITTING APPARATUS, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A LIGHT GUIDE PLATE - A light guide plate includes a light-incident surface, a light-reflecting surface, and a light-emitting surface. The light-reflecting surface includes a plurality of first light diffusion portions and a second light diffusion portion. The plurality of first light diffusion portions each have a first concavo-convex height. The second light diffusion portion has a second concavo-convex height lower than the first concavo-convex height and is extended around the plurality of first light diffusion portions in a net-like manner. The light-emitting surface emits light that enters from the light-incident surface and is reflected by the light-reflecting surface. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100309411 | DIFFUSION SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, BACKLIGHT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A diffusion sheet includes: a substrate having a first principal surface and a second principal surface; and structures each in a convex shape formed randomly on the first principal surface or the second principal surface of the substrate. The structures have an identical or almost identical height. The structures have an aspect ratio h/r, where r denotes an average radius of the structures and h denotes an average height of the structures, of more than 0.85 and not more than 1.50. The structures have a filling factor of not less than 60% and not more than 80%. | 12-09-2010 |
Tadanobu Asaoka, Takahama-Shi JP
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| 20090028979 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE BODY MOLDING DIE - A honeycomb structure body molding die is disclosed including a die main body, having a feed bore section and a slit recess section, and a guide ring having an upright support section and a guide section carried on the upright section, which includes a stepped section and has a central slit recess forming section, provided on the stepped section, and an outer circumferential slit recess forming surface. The die main body has a non-opposing region, formed on an area outside the stepped section, in which the outer circumferential slit recess forming surface does not axially face the guide section, while having a feed bore closing region closing the feed bores. The die main body has outer circumferential-skin forming material feed passages formed in an area outside the feed bore closing region for feeding the molding material to a squeezing outlet for forming an outer circumferential skin. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090028980 | EXTRUSION DIE FOR MOLDING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES - An extrusion die is used for producing a honeycomb structures. The extrusion die is composed of a guide ring and a die body part. Feeding holes and slit grooves are formed in the die body part. The guide ring has a pole part and a guide part. A slit groove formation area has a central slit groove formation surface area having a step shaped part and an outer peripheral slit groove formation area. An angle of the step-shaped part to an outer slit groove formation surface is within a range of 90°≦α≦95°, and a relationship A≦B<1.5 A is satisfied, where A is a gap between the outer peripheral slit groove formation surface to the guide part, and B is a gap between the outer peripheral side surface of the step shaped part and the front end of the guide part. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090028981 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE BODY MOLDING DIE - A honeycomb structure body molding die for molding a honeycomb structure body having cells walls, a large number of cells surrounded with the cells walls, and a cylindrical outer circumferential skin is disclosed as including a die main body having material feed bores and slit recesses, and a guide ring. The guide ring has a guide section having an opposing guide surface, facing a slit recess forming surface of the die main body, which has an annular circumferential area formed with a pool recess, concaved from the opposing guide surface in an extruding direction, which is formed with a slanted surface tapered at an inclining angle β satisfying the relationship expressed as 10°—β≦20° so as to decrease in depth as an inner radial end of the pool recess slanted surface approaches the guide end of the guide section. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090028982 | EXTRUSION DIE FOR MOLDING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES - An extrusion die for use of producing a honeycomb structure composed of cells surrounded by cell walls and an outer peripheral skin. The extrusion die has a die body part and a guide ring. Feeding holes and corresponding slit grooves are formed in the die body part. The guide ring has a pole part and a guide part. The specified feeding holes which are not correspond to any slit grooves are formed in the outside area of a slit groove formation area in the die body part. Through the specified feeding holes, raw material is fed in order to make the outer peripheral skin. The specified feeding holes are arranged in one or more ring-shaped rows. Each specified feeding hole in each ring-shaped row has a same distance to the front end of the guide part in the direction vertical to the extrusion direction of the raw material. | 01-29-2009 |
Takahiko Asaoka, Aichi-Ken JP
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| 20100173221 | CATALYST FOR FUEL CELL ELECTRODE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CATALYST FOR FUEL CELL ELECTRODE, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL - This invention provides a catalyst for a fuel cell electrode, a process for producing a catalyst for a fuel cell electrode, a membrane electrode assembly, and a fuel cell, which are advantageous in suppressing aggregation of a carbon support such as carbon nanotubes, and in closely contacting the three of the carbon support, a catalyst component and an electrolyte component with each other. A catalyst for a fuel cell electrode contains a carbon support (e.g., CNTs) having a pi-conjugated system, an electrolyte component having an aromatic ring, and a catalyst component. A process for producing a catalyst for a fuel cell electrode. By contacting, in a solvent, a carbon support (e.g., CNTs) having a pi-conjugated system, an electrolyte component having an aromatic ring, and a catalyst component with each other, the carbon support can be modified with the electrolyte component and loaded with the catalyst component. | 07-08-2010 |
Takahiko Asaoka, Nagoya-Shi JP
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| 20110244337 | GARNET-TYPE LITHIUM ION-CONDUCTING OXIDE AND ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY CONTAINING THE SAME - An all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery containing a novel garnet-type oxide serving as a solid electrolyte. The garnet-type lithium ion-conducting oxide is one represented by the formula Li | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120058341 | TRANSITION METAL SILICIDE-SI COMPOSITE POWDER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND CASIY-BASED POWDER FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSITION METAL SILICIDE-SI COMPOSITE POWDER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A transition metal silicide-Si composite powder and a method of manufacturing the composite powder are provided, the composite powder containing one or more transition metal elements (M), and having a Si/M ratio (z) of 2.0≦z≦20.0 and a specific surface area of 2.5 m | 03-08-2012 |
Toshiaki Asaoka, Gamagori-Shi JP
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| 20100248590 | EYEGLASS LENS PROCESSING APPARATUS - An eyeglass lens processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber; a pair of lens chuck shafts which chucks an eyeglass lens; a lens rotating unit including a motor for rotating the lens chuck shafts; a processing tool which processes a periphery of the lens; an axis-to-axis distance changing unit for changing an axis-to-axis distance between a rotating shaft attached to the processing tool and the lens chuck shafts; a data input unit for inputting processing condition data including a target lens shape; a processing controller which controls the lens rotating unit and the axis-to-axis changing unit to process the lens based on the input processing condition data a camera which is disposed in the processing chamber and takes a video picture of the processing of the lens; and a memory which stores video pictures and the processing condition data. | 09-30-2010 |
Yasushi Asaoka, Sanda-Shi JP
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| 20090038538 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON CARBIDE - Single crystal SiC, having no fine grain boundaries, a micropipe defect density of 1/cm | 02-12-2009 |
| 20100284895 | TANTALUM CARBIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TANTALUM CARBIDE, TANTALUM CARBIDE WIRING AND TANTALUM CARBIDE ELECTRODE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing tantalum carbide which can form tantalum carbide having a prescribed shape using a simple method, can form the tantalum carbide having a uniform thickness even when the tantalum carbide is coated on the surface of an article and is not peeled off by a thermal history, tantalum carbide obtained by the manufacturing method, wiring of tantalum carbide, and electrodes of tantalum carbide. | 11-11-2010 |
Yasushi Asaoka, Osaka JP
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| 20100149456 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100195201 | SCREEN - A screen according to the present invention includes: a retroreflective layer, which has a front side and a rear side with an array of corner cubes; a low-refractive-index layer, which is made of a substance with a lower refractive index than the retroreflective layer; and a light absorbing layer for absorbing at least a part of the light that has been incident on the retroreflective layer on the front side thereof and then directed toward the low-refractive-index layer through the rear side thereof. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the light absorbing layer faces the array of corner cubes of the retroreflective layer with the low-refractive-index layer interposed between itself and the retroreflective layer. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100302488 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display device | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110254440 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic electroluminescent display device and a production method thereof with which an organic electroluminescent display device having a high extraction efficiency is produced in a high yield. The present invention is an organic electroluminescent display device, comprising: a component placement substrate having an organic electroluminescence element; a circuit board having a driver circuit for the organic electroluminescence element, the component placement substrate and the circuit board being joined to each other; and a conductor in a clearance between the component placement substrate and the circuit board, the component placement substrate comprising in this order from an observation face side: a transparent separation layer; a light-scattering layer; a transparent electrode; a light-emitting layer; and the reflective electrode, wherein the conductor electrically connects the reflective electrode to an electrode of the driver circuit. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110292326 | REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A reflective display device includes a retroreflective layer | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110317112 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An ultraviolet-absorbing layer is provided between an insulating substrate and a transparent electrode, the ultraviolet-absorbing layer having a transmittance ratio (T (365 nm)/T (315 nm)) of not less than 6.3 where (T (365 nm)) is a transmittance at a wavelength of 365 nm and (T (315 nm)) is a transmittance at a wavelength of 315 nm. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120002142 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to face each other, a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a black matrix provided on the first substrate, where a display region for displaying an image and a frame region around the display region are defined, and in the frame region, the black matrix includes a plurality of light-blocking regions spaced apart from one another. | 01-05-2012 |