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Atsuo Baba, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090156646	PYRIDYLPHENOL COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a compound which has metastin receptor antagonist activity and is useful for preventing and treating hormone-dependent cancer, benign prostatomegaly, endometriosis, precocious puberty, uterine myoma or the like. More specifically, the present invention provides a compound, represented by the formula:	06-18-2009
20110009421	COMPOUND HAVING 6-MEMBERED AROMATIC RING - An object of the present invention is to provide an agent for preventing or treating schizophrenia or the like, wherein the compound of the present invention has GPRS2 agonist activity.	01-13-2011

Atsuo Endo, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120015300	PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a photosensitive resin composition which has excellent transparency, heat resistance, thermal discoloration resistance, adhesion to a substrate and electrical characteristics, while exhibiting good developability and storage stability. Specifically disclosed is a photosensitive resin composition which contains the following components (A), (B) and (C). (A) a copolymer which contains (al) hydroxyphenyl (meth)acrylate and (a2) an unsaturated epoxy compound as copolymerization components (B) a novolac resin which contains one or more phenols selected from among dimethylphenol, trimethylphenol, methylpropylphenol, dipropylphenol, butylphenol, methylbutylphenol, dibutylphenol, and 4,4′-dihydroxy-2,2′-diphenylpropane (C) a quinonediazide group-containing compound	01-19-2012

Atsuo Haishi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110148335	CONTROL APPARATUS FOR PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR - A control apparatus for a permanent magnet synchronous motor capable of performing highly accurate torque control not only during low-speed operation and medium-speed operation but also during high-speed operation without increasing a burden on a product CPU irrespective of whether the permanent magnet synchronous motor is an SPM motor or an IPM motor. The control apparatus includes a torque correction circuit that generate a torque correction command from a current phase of current correction commands on a d-axis and a q-axis and a torque command and supplies the torque correction command to a d/q-axis current command generator instead of the torque command.	06-23-2011

Atsuo Hamada, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080226099	MIXING SYSTEM - Mixer and first and second engines are cascade-connected, and the second engine is connected to a speaker. In mode A, input signals to the first engine are output to the speaker via output channels of the second engine, and mixing operation of the first engine is performed via a console. Input signals to the second engine are output for monitoring via output channels of the first engine, and mixing control of the second engine is performed via a personal computer. In mode B, input signals to the second engine are output to the speaker via the output channels of the second engine, and mixing operation of the second engine is performed via the console. Input signals to the first engine are output for monitoring via the output channels of the first engine, and mixing control of the first engine is performed via the personal computer.	09-18-2008
20090214059	Mixer Apparatus and Sound Signal Processing Method - Once a mixer is set in a predetermined operation, an input-logical-channel selecting section supplies sound signals, input via a cascade input terminal, to an input signal processing section via an input patch section, so that the sound signals can be mixing-processed as sound signals of normal input channels. At the same time, a portion of sound signals input via an input terminal are supplied to mixing buses, so that these sound signals can be handled as cascade-related signals. In accordance with a model of another, or cascaded-to, mixer, arrangements are made such that normal-input/output-channel input terminals can be assigned to cascade input/output purposes. With a block diagram display section indicating what signals the individual input/output terminals are currently assigned to within the mixer, a user can grasp at a glance the current assignment state.	08-27-2009

Atsuo Hatono, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090051581	PULSE RADAR, CAR RADAR AND LANDING ASSISTANCE RADAR - A pulse radar is provided with a filter for eliminating a transmission waveform interfered with an answering signal from a received waveform, and a harmonic detector or a phase delay detector for detecting arrival and end of the answering signal reflected on a target.	02-26-2009

Atsuo Hattori, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110006380	UNIAXIAL ACCELERATION SENSOR - One-dimensional acceleration sensor includes: a semiconductor substrate having a constant thickness; parallel second through trenches through the substrate defining a flexible beam therebetween, having width significantly smaller than thickness; four piezo resistors formed at four corner regions of the flexible beam; first through trench through the substrate, continuous with ends of the first through trenches to define a weight continuous with one end of the flexible beam, including a pair of symmetrical first portions sandwiching the flexible beam and a second portion coupling the first portions and one end of the flexible beam, and having a center of gravity at an intermediate position on a longitudinal center line of the flexible beam; and one-layer wirings formed above the flexible beam, serially connecting piezo resistors at a same edge, and leading interconnection points generally along a longitudinal direction of the flexible beam.	01-13-2011

Atsuo Hirano, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100155761	Light emitting device having a divalent europium-activated alkaline earth metal orthosilicate phoshor - A light emitting device includes a light emitting element comprising a nitride semiconductor and a phosphor that can absorb a part of light emitted from the light emitting element and can emit light of a wavelength different from that of the absorbed light. The phosphor comprises a silicate phosphor comprising three alkali earth metals.	06-24-2010
20100230691	Ferrous-Metal-Alkaline-Earth-Metal Silicate Mixed Crystal Phosphor and Light Emitting Device using The Same - A ferrous-metal-alkaline-earth-metal mixed silicate based phosphor is used in form of a single component or a mixture as a light converter for a primarily visible and/or ultraviolet light emitting device. The phosphor has a rare earth element as an activator. The rare earth element is europium (Eu). Alternatively, the phosphor may have a coactivator formed of a rare earth element and at least one of Mn, Bi, Sn, and Sb.	09-16-2010

Atsuo Hirose, Nagoya JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090160120	Sheet Feeding Device and Image Forming Apparatus - A sheet feeding device to feed a sheet in a sheet feeding path is provided. The sheet feeding device includes a plurality of feeding rollers to feed a sheet in the sheet feeding path, and a dust remover unit to remove dust adhered onto a surface of the sheet. The dust remover unit includes a dust absorber roller to absorb dust from a surface of the sheet, a dust remover member arranged to be in contact with a surface of the dust absorber roller to remove the dust from the surface of the dust absorber roller, a conveyer member, arranged to be opposed to the dust remover member, to convey the dust removed by the dust remover member, and a cutter member, arranged in an intervening position between the dust remover roller and the conveyer member, to cut the dust removed by the dust remover member into smaller pieces.	06-25-2009

Atsuo Iida, Yamato-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100259850	STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING HEAD SLIDER CONTACT - According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a recording medium, a head slider, a head suspension, an actuator, and an alternating current component generator. The head slider faces a surface of the recording medium. The head suspension supports the head slider. The actuator is incorporated in the head slider and increases the protruding length of a protrusion formed on the head slider toward the surface of the recording medium based on an increase in a supplied electrical signal. The alternating current component generator superimposes an alternating current component having a frequency equal to the natural frequency of the head suspension over the electrical signal while increasing or decreasing the protruding length of the protrusion at a predetermined amplitude.	10-14-2010

Atsuo Inoue, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080291385	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display panel includes: a pair of substrates; a cylindrical spacer configured to hold a gap between the pair of substrates, and a liquid crystal which fills the gap. The cylindrical spacer includes a first support portion having a first support surface and a second support portion having a second support surface. The first support portion is provided inside the second support surface so that the first support surface is projected from the second support surface. The second support portion is provided on a major surface of one of the substrates the second support surface from the major surface.	11-27-2008

Atsuo Inoue, Isesaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120125025	Refrigeration Cycle - Provided is a refrigeration cycle wherein, when an orifice is disposed within a refrigeration circuit, and a differential pressure between the upstream side and the downstream side of the orifice is detected using two pressure sensors, the difference between the characteristics of the pressure sensors can be adequately and easily absorbed in software, to accurately determine an actual differential pressure, so that the flow rate of refrigerant and the torque of a compressor can be accurately estimated. The refrigeration cycle wherein the orifice is provided within a refrigerant circuit, and the pressure sensors are respectively provided on the upstream side and the downstream side of the orifice, is characterized in that, with regard to output characteristics representing the relationship between the detected pressure and the sensor output of each pressure sensor, the difference between the output characteristics of one pressure sensor and the output characteristics of the other pressure sensor is determined based on the outputs of both pressure sensors at a condition where the flow of refrigerant is stopped.	05-24-2012
20120125026	Air Conditioning System for Vehicle - Provided is an air conditioning system for vehicles wherein a flow rate of refrigerant used for estimating a compressor torque can be accurately estimated by accurately detecting a difference between pressures at upstream and downstream sides of an orifice, which has a high correlation with the flow rate of refrigerant, and ultimately, the compressor torque can be accurately estimated, and this estimation can be performed while space saving and cost down can be achieved. The air conditioning system for vehicles having a refrigeration cycle provided with a refrigerant compressor, a condenser, a pressure reduction/expansion mechanism and an evaporator is characterized in that an orifice for throttling a refrigerant flow is disposed in a refrigerant path between the condenser and the pressure reduction/expansion mechanism, a pressure difference detection means capable of detecting a difference between pressures at upstream and downstream positions of the orifice is provided, and provided are a refrigerant flow rate estimation means for estimating a refrigerant flow rate with reference to the detected pressure difference and a compressor torque estimation means for estimating a compressor torque with reference to the estimated refrigerant flow rate.	05-24-2012
20120125041	Refrigeration Cycle - Provided is a refrigeration cycle suitable for an air conditioning system for vehicles, wherein a flow rate of refrigerant which is used to estimate a torque of a compressor can be precisely estimated by accurately detecting a difference between pressures at upstream and downstream sides of an orifice having a high correlation with the refrigerant flow rate, and ultimately, the torque of the compressor can be precisely estimated, and the estimation can be achieved while achieving space saving and cost down. Disclosed is a refrigeration cycle which has a subcool condenser integrally provided with a condensing part for refrigerant, a liquid receiver and a subcooling part, and wherein an orifice for throttling the flow of refrigerant which has passed through the condensing part of the subcool condenser is disposed, a pressure difference detection means capable of detecting a difference between pressures at upstream and downstream sides of the orifice is provided, and provided are a refrigerant flow rate estimation means for estimating a flow rate of the refrigerant with reference to the detected pressure difference and a compressor torque estimation means for estimating a torque of the compressor with reference to the estimated flow rate of the refrigerant.	05-24-2012

Atsuo Ito, Gunma-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090246935	Method for producing soi substrate - Provided is a method for producing an SOI substrate comprising a transparent insulating substrate and a silicon film formed on a first major surface of the insulating substrate wherein a second major surface of the insulating substrate which is opposite to the major surface is roughened, the method suppressing the generation of metal impurities and particles in a simple and easy way. More specifically, provided is a method for producing an SOI substrate comprising a transparent insulating substrate, a silicon film formed on a first major surface of the transparent insulating substrate, and a roughened second major surface, which is opposite to the first major surface, the method comprising steps of: providing the transparent insulating substrate, mirror surface-processing at least the first major surface of the transparent insulating substrate, forming a silicon film on the first major surface of the transparent insulating substrate, and laser-processing the second major surface of the transparent insulating substrate so as to roughen the second major surface by using a laser.	10-01-2009
20100244182	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED WAFER BY HIGH TEMPERATURE LAMINATING METHOD - To provide a method of manufacturing a laminated wafer by which a strong coupling is achieved between wafers made of different materials having a large difference in thermal expansion coefficient without lowering a maximum heat treatment temperature as well as in which cracks or chips of the wafer does not occur. A method of manufacturing a laminated wafer	09-30-2010

Atsuo Ito, Chikuma-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090098646	Staining and Sticking System - The staining and sticking system is composed of a staining device and a sticking device, which is provided separately from the staining device, is capable of lightening the staining and sticking work and can be downsized. The staining and sticking system comprises the staining device	04-16-2009

Atsuo Kawaguchi, Sagamihara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090171785	ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD - A home storage (a first storage device) installed in each home is provided with an area for a user to store data (user area) and an area for storing ads (ad area). The first storage device checks interest and favorite information for the user in the user area, and transmits the interest and favorite information at the same time backup is performed in a second storage device at a remote site. The second storage device selects a suitable ad based on the interest and favorite information from the first storage device and transmits the selected ad to the first storage device. The user views the transmitted ad when viewing content in the first storage device. The user's viewing record for the ads is kept as statistical data, and the second storage device compiles the record, charges a sponsor an ad charge, thereby subsidizing the usage charge for the first storage device regardless of online or offline connection.	07-02-2009
20090172046	ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE SERVICE SYSTEM - The risk of a third party referring to or using backup data without authorization upon restoring such backup data in an HDD recorder is mitigated. First authentication information of a user as the HDD owner and second authentication information of an engineer of a repair plant are registered in an online backup service system. The first authentication information is used when backing up data recorded in the HDD to the online backup service system, and the second authentication information is used when restoring the data backed up to the online backup service system. The data backup processing and data restoration processing are executed only when the authentication information is appropriate. Since the user will directly receive an email from the online backup service system regarding who restored which data at what time, such user will be able to audit the data restoration process independently from the person recovering the data.	07-02-2009
20090216980	INFORMATION STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage media and a storage area of a storage apparatus are associated, and the storage media is used to manage the contents of the storage apparatus. A storage media for storing files is detachably mounted on an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus is connected to a storage apparatus via the Internet, the storage apparatus stores files corresponding to the files stored in the storage media, the storage media and the storage apparatus authenticate each other via the Internet, and the information processing apparatus reads files from or writes files into the storage media or the storage apparatus on the condition that the foregoing authentication is successful.	08-27-2009
20100329636	Video playback apparatus - A video playback apparatus includes a first unit which inputs a viewing time of video data to be played back, a second unit which extracts scenes on a basis of a power of audio in the video data or a movement of image in the video data so that a sum of the time of the extracted playback scenes is within the viewing time, and a third unit which plays back the extracted scenes.	12-30-2010

Atsuo Kobayashi, Niiza-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100227958	PIGMENT DISPERSION, AQUEOUS PIGMENT LIQUID DISPERSION, AND INK-JET RECORDING INK - A pigment dispersion of the present invention includes a bisacetoacetarylide pigment (a); a styrene-acrylic acid-based copolymer (b); a basic compound (c); and a wetting agent (d), wherein the wetting agent (d) includes a diol compound (e), the diol compound (e) is a compound represented by a general formula (1) or a general formula (2), and	09-09-2010

Atsuo Kuki, Encinitas, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080221154	HIV-INTEGRASE INHIBITORS, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - Bicyclic hydroxamate compounds represented by the Formula I:	09-11-2008

Atsuo Miyamoto, Shizuoka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100143836	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER - This invention provides a toner for a method for image formation by electrophotography, particularly a toner that, in a one-component development method, has stable fluidity and electrostatic properties for a long period of time, is free from image defects, and is also excellent in transferability and transfer efficiency. The toner for electrophotography comprises matrix toner particles and at least titanium oxide fine particles and fluidizer fine particles deposited on the surface of matrix toner particles. The titanium oxide fine particles are spherical and have an average primary particle diameter of 200 to 400 nm. The fluidizer fine particles have a specific surface area of 60 to 250 m	06-10-2010

Atsuo Mori, Kumagaya JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080275535	Catheter for Topical Cooling and Topical Cooling Device using the same - Topical cooling of spinal cord, brain, esophagus, etc. can be selectively and continuously carried out under convenient control without causing any changes in internal pressure of spinal cord cavity, brain pressure, etc. by inserting a catheter, which has no hole connecting to the outside and in which a heat-cooling medium is circulated in its inner space to thereby cool a topical site; into the spinal cord, the epidural cavity, the subdural cavity or the subarachnoid cavity of the brain or the esophageal cavity and placing therein and then circulating the heat/cooling medium within the inner space of the catheter; or using a device composed of a heat absorption member in the form of a catheter, a heat insulation member and a heat radiation member, inserting the heat absorption member in the form of a catheter into the spinal cord, the epidural cavity, the subdural cavity or the subarachnoid cavity of the brain or the esophageal cavity and placing therein and then absorbing heat from the heat absorption member and radiating the heat from the heat radiation member via the heat insulation member, thereby contributing to the treatment of spinal diseases including prevention of paraplegia accompanying thoracic aortic aneurysm surgery and the treatment of brain injury, esophageal injury and so on.	11-06-2008

Atsuo Nakagawa, Mobara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100027234	Display Device - A display device which narrows a width of a frame thereof is provided. A display device includes a first substrate on which a plurality of switching elements is formed, a second substrate which is arranged to face the first substrate in an opposed manner, and a frame which is mounted on an outer peripheral portion of the first substrate by way of an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer and the frame each have an opening at a position corresponding to the plurality of switching elements formed on the first substrate, and an inner peripheral surface of the opening of the frame and an inner peripheral surface of the opening of the adhesive layer are made coplanar with each other.	02-04-2010
20100245705	DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device which prevents the occurrence of flaws on a printing layer formed on a cover thereof is provided. The display device includes a display panel, a light transmitting cover which covers a display screen of the display panel, a frame-shaped printing layer which is formed on a surface of the cover which faces the display panel in a state where the printing layer surrounds a center portion of the cover by avoiding the center portion, and a coating layer which covers at least a surface of the printing layer on a side opposite to the cover and is made of a material harder than a material of the printing layer.	09-30-2010
20100302478	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Light emitting diodes mounted on a LED board are housed in the inside of a mold from a side of the mold opposite to a liquid crystal panel. The LED board and a reflection sheet are arranged such that a distal end portion of the LED board and the reflection sheet face each other while preventing the distal end portion of the LED board and a portion of the reflection sheet from overlapping with each other. A thickness of the light emitting diodes in the first direction orthogonal to the liquid crystal panel is larger than a thickness of a light incident surface of a light guide plate in the first direction. A region where the light emitting diodes are arranged protrudes more than a region where the light guide plate is arranged in a direction away from the liquid crystal panel.	12-02-2010
20110249222	DISPLAY DEVICE - The display device according to the present invention is a display device having a display panel and a front window (FW) provided on a front surface side of the display panel, and has: a colored portion	10-13-2011
20120092583	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The outer frame includes an engagement piece which is elastically deformable and engages with the inner frame, in which the engagement piece includes: a first portion, which is bent from the periphery wall portion to extend in a first direction; and a second portion, which extends in a second direction up to a leading end of the engagement piece, in which the first direction includes a direction which obliquely approaches the inner frame while separating from the liquid crystal display panel, in which the second direction includes a direction which separates from the liquid crystal display panel without approaching the inner frame, in which the inner frame is held between the second portion of the engagement piece and the bottom wall portion, and in which the second portion of the engagement piece engages with the inner frame.	04-19-2012

Atsuo Nakagawa, Iwakuni-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110138751	Bag Filling and Packaging Method and Bag Filling and Packaging Apparatus - In a bag filling and packaging method and apparatus, first and second bag pressing members being provided a specific distance apart in the lengthwise direction of a bag and respectively having pressing components that extend in the width direction of the bag. The bag pressing members are moved toward a rear plate which is provided on the rear side of the bag, so that the pressing component of the first bag pressing member and an end face of the rear plates hold the bag, and the pressing component of the second pressing member pushes a position of the bag above a receiving face of the rear plate, allowing the bag face including the print part to be taut along the receiving face of the rear plate, and printing or print inspection is performed in this configuration.	06-16-2011

Atsuo Nishino, Haibara-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100229938	ALUMINUM ALLOY SUBSTRATE AND SOLAR CELL SUBSTRATE - An aluminum alloy substrate having excellent insulating performance and withstand voltage characteristics and high strength at elevated temperatures, and a method of efficiently producing a flexible thin-film solar cell by a roll-to-roll process using the aluminum alloy substrate are provided. The substrate has an oxide film of more than 1 μm to 30 μm thickness having insulating properties on a surface of an aluminum alloy containing 2.0 to 7.0 wt % of magnesium, the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities.	09-16-2010

Atsuo Noda, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100293863	EXTRUDED VEHICLE DOOR SASH - A vehicle door sash having a uniform cross-sectional shape is provided, including an enclosed section on a vehicle inner side, and an outer extending wall which extends from the enclosed section toward the vehicle outer side, the enclosed section provided with inner and outer walls, with respect to a vehicle width direction, a body-side wall, and an adjacent-to-glass wall that is adjacent to a window glass of the vehicle door. A weather strip is abutted against the body-side of the outer extending wall, and a glass runner is abutted against the window side of the outer extending wall. The body-side wall of the enclosed section is straight in cross section. A thickness of at least one of the inner and outer walls of the enclosed section is greater than a thickness of each of the body-side wall and the adjacent-to-glass wall.	11-25-2010

Atsuo Ogura, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100083393	METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING CLONE MAMMAL - The present invention provides a method of producing a cloned mammal, which uses a mammalian natural killer T cell as a donor cell, a cloned mammal obtained by the method, a method of obtaining an ES cell from the embryo of the cloned animal and an ES cell obtained by the method.	04-01-2010

Atsuo Ogura, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110020932	IN VITRO DIFFERENTIATION/INDUCTION OF LYMPHOCYTE FROM STEM CELL HAVING GENOTYPE PROVIDED AFTER GENE RECONSTITUTION - The present invention provides a production method of a functional differentiated cell having a post-rearrangement genotype of a particular antigen receptor gene, which includes culturing a stem cell having the genotype in a medium to give the differentiated cell derived from the stem cell. As the stem cell having the genotype, a stem cell (e.g., ES cell) established by transplantation of the nucleus of a cell having the genotype is preferable. As the differentiated cell, NKT cell is preferable.	01-27-2011

Atsuo Ohsone, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100039663	PRINTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINTING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Insertion of a watermark corresponding to the content of a file at the time of the printing of the file is made possible. Importance and/or confidentiality is defined per keyword in advance, and the watermark to be inserted is defined based thereon. At the time of the printing of the file, a keyword search within the file is performed, and the watermark to be inserted is automatically selected based on the search result (see FIG.	02-18-2010

Atsuo Omaru, Suwon-Si KR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100143774	RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a first bipolar electrode between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and a second bipolar electrode between an outer surface of the electrode assembly and the positive electrode or between a center of the electrode assembly and the negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the first and second bipolar electrodes are stacked and wound together, and a lead electrically coupled with the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly may include separators between the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the first and second bipolar electrodes.	06-10-2010

Atsuo Ota, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100077884	VEHICLE REVERSING APPARATUS - A vehicle reversing apparatus is configured to reverse a vehicle by a driving force of a starter motor, which starts an internal combustion engine, or by a driving force of the internal combustion engine. The vehicle reversing apparatus can include a reverse drive gear, a reverse gear, a shifter gear, a shifter gear slide mechanism, and lost motion mechanism. The reverse drive gear is configured to rotate by the starter motor or the internal combustion engine and the reverse gear is configured to reverse the vehicle. The shifter gear is configured to be mounted circumferentially rotatably relative to a reverse shaft and to transmit rotation of the reverse drive gear to the reverse gear. The shifter gear slide mechanism is configured to slide the shifter gear through rotation of a shifter motor to enable the shifter gear to engage the reverse drive gear and the reverse gear. The lost motion mechanism is configured to coaxially connect a rotation shaft of the shifter motor and the reverse shaft to each other.	04-01-2010

Atsuo Ota, Fujimino-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090160408	BATTERY CHARGING DEVICE, THREE-PHASE VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT, THREE-PHASE VOLTAGE GENERATION METHOD AND DELAY ANGLE CONTROL METHOD - In the battery charging device of the present invention, a U, V, W phase voltage generating circuit detects a voltage signal of a U phase sub-coil of a three-phase alternating current generator, and generates a signal of a triangular wave that is in synchronization with the U phase. Moreover, a first triangular wave is generated in synchronization with a phase from 0° to 180° of the U phase rectangular wave, and a second triangular wave is generated in synchronization with a phase from 180° to 360° of the U phase. In addition, a V phase rectangular wave is generated in which the level is inverted at a voltage point of two thirds the peak voltage of the first triangular wave, and in which the level is inverted at a voltage point of two thirds the peak voltage of the second triangular wave, and a W phase rectangular wave is generated in which the level is inverted at a voltage point of one third the peak voltage of the first triangular wave, and in which the level is inverted at a voltage point of one third the peak voltage of the second triangular wave.	06-25-2009
20100237825	Battery Charging Device and Delay Angle Control Method for Battery Charging Device - A battery charging device of the present invention has a rectifier portion that is formed by switching elements, and performs advance angle/delay angle control. An advance angle/delay angle amount in the advance angle/delay angle control is determined based on a differential voltage between the voltage of a battery and a predetermined target voltage. In this case, when a determined delay angle amount exceeds a delay angle limit value, delay angle control is performed using the delay angle limit value. Moreover, the power generation amount of an alternating current generator is detected, and the delay angle amount and power generation amount are stored. If the current delay angle amount is greater than the previous delay angle amount, and the previous power generation amount is greater than the current power generation amount, then the previous delay angle amount is set as the delay angle limit value.	09-23-2010

Atsuo Sakai, Okazaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100181140	ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - A rotational angle sensor used in an electric power steering apparatus detects a rotational angle of a motor shaft at a portion on a steering system side, as a motor rotational angle (θm). A MPU sets a base correction amount (Δθ′m) based on a q-axis actual current value (Iq). The MPU sets a rotational angle correction amount (Δθm) used to correct the motor rotational angle (θm) by decreasing the base correction amount (Δθ′m) as a rotational angular speed (ω) increases and by increasing the base correction amount (Δθ′m) as a torque differential value (dT/dt) increases.	07-22-2010
20110005855	MOTOR CONTROLLER AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - A motor controller and an electric power steering system including the motor controller are provided. The motor controller has a microcomputer. When the on time of one of the lower potential-side FETs corresponding to the respective phases in a drive circuit becomes shorter than the detection time for detecting the phase current value, the microcomputer estimates the phase current value of the electric current undetectable phase based on the phase current values of the two phases other than the electric current undetectable phase corresponding to the relevant FET (blind estimation). When electric current detection is performed in the blind estimation, motor control signals are output, by which the switching state of the switching arm of the electric current undetectable phase is maintained and the power loss caused by the switching operation of the FETs in the two phases other than the electric current undetectable phase is compensated for.	01-13-2011
20110062905	MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - A motor control device is configured in such a manner that a current detection circuit and an exciting circuit for a motor resolver share one grounding wire. A microcomputer that serves as a current detector sets a phase of an exciting current in such a manner that values of an excitation noise superimposed on an output voltage of the current detection circuit at respective timings (L	03-17-2011
20110205672	MOTOR CONTROLLER AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - A microcomputer detects and determines whether a problem exists in a power supply breaker of an ECU functioning as a motor controller. Specifically, the microcomputer determines whether there is a malfunction caused by a short circuit in a first FET based on the output voltage and output voltage that are detected in a first FET and a second FET, respectively, when the switching states of the first and second FETs are both off. Afterwards, the microcomputer determines whether there is a malfunction caused by a break in the first FET based on the output voltages of the first and second FETs that are detected when only the first FET is switched on. If the microcomputer determines that the first FET is free from any malfunction, the microcomputer determines whether there is a malfunction caused by a short circuit or a break in the second FET by comparing the output voltage of the first FET and a charge voltage of a smoothing capacitor that are detected afterwards.	08-25-2011
20120118662	MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - A motor control device with which both high-accuracy current detection and improvement in voltage utilization factor are achieved is provided. When an ON time of any one of low potential side switching elements corresponding to respective phases in a driving circuit is shorter than a detection time of a current value, a microcomputer estimates a phase current value of a current undetectable phase based on current values of two phases other than the current undetectable phase corresponding to the said FET. Then, at the time of current detection using the blind correction, during current detection for two phases, other than the current undetectable phase, based on which the blind correction is performed, motor control signals for maintaining switching states of a switching arm corresponding to the current undetectable phase are output.	05-17-2012

Atsuo Sakai, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100026227	MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A microcomputer compares a low voltage LV and a middle voltage MV to a predetermined voltage Vth set at a value in the vicinity of the grounded voltage (0 V) on the basis of detected phase voltages Vu, Vv and Vw, and thus, detects a break in a power supply line.	02-04-2010

Atsuo Sawara, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080294952	TEST APPARATUS AND DEVICE - It is aimed to efficiently test devices that can transfer data at a very high bit rate. A test apparatus for testing a device under test includes a capture memory that stores thereon an output pattern received from the device under test, a header detecting section that reads the output pattern from the capture memory and detects a portion matching a predetermined header pattern in the output pattern, and a judging section that judges whether the output pattern is acceptable based on a result of comparison between a pattern, in the output pattern, which starts with the portion matching the predetermined header pattern and a corresponding expected value pattern.	11-27-2008
20090158100	JITTER APPLYING CIRCUIT AND TEST APPARATUS - There is provided a jitter applying circuit that includes: a signal transmission path that transmits a signal from an input end to an output end thereof; a jitter control section that outputs, from an output terminal thereof, a jitter control voltage that is in accordance with jitter to be superposed to a signal propagating on the signal transmission path; a buffer circuit that is serially connected between the input end and the connection point on the signal transmission path; a serial resistance that is serially connected between the buffer circuit and the connection point, on the signal transmission path; and a variable capacitance diode that is provided between a connection point on the signal transmission path and the output terminal of the jitter control section, and whose capacitance changes in accordance with the jitter control voltage.	06-18-2009
20090261807	TEST APPARATUS, TEST METHOD, MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - Provided is a test apparatus for testing the jitter tolerance of a device under test which receives a data signal and a strobe signal indicating the timing at which the data signal should be received, and acquires the data signal at the timing indicated by the strobe signal, including a signal generating section which generates the data signal and the strobe signal to be supplied to the device under test, a jitter applying section which applies a combinational jitter obtained by combining a data jitter which should be tolerated for the data signal and a strobe jitter which should be tolerated for the strobe signal to the data signal or the strobe signal, and a signal supplying section which supplies the data signal and the strobe signal, to one of which the combinational jitter has been applied, to the device under test.	10-22-2009

Atsuo Shimizu, Gunma JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090034406	OPTICAL INFORMATION REPRODUCING SYSTEM - An optical-information reproducing system is provided, in which the tracking capability of an optical pickup can be increased, and in which the number of occurrences in which the optical pickup fails to track a groove can be reduced, by increasing a gain margin and by ensuring the gain margin. In the optical-information reproducing system, an optical-information recording medium is rotated at a fixed linear velocity of about 3.49 m/s, and the optical pickup is caused to track the groove to irradiate the groove with laser light, whereby information recorded on the optical-information recording medium can be reproduced. A higher-order resonance frequency of the optical pickup that is generated when the optical pickup is caused to track the groove can be made lower than a wobble frequency that is reproduced using the groove without performing rotation control on the optical-information recording medium.	02-05-2009
20090059778	OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an optical information recording medium that can be recorded with data with only a special recording apparatus and the recorded data can be read out with a general recording/reproducing apparatus. The optical information recording medium includes a disc-like light-transmissive substrate having a surface provided with a spiral groove WB having a wobble and a land LN between adjacent segments of the groove WB, a light-absorbing layer disposed on the surface of the light-transmissive substrate, and a light reflection layer disposed on the light-absorbing layer. The groove WB has a depth Ds of about 140 nm≦Ds≦155 nm, the light-absorbing layer has a recess with a depth Dd of about 95 nm≦Dd≦105 nm in the groove, and a push-pull signal before recording has a value of about 0.3 or less. The optical information recording medium may include an anti-illegal copy measure.	03-05-2009

Atsuo Shimizu, Takasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100302924	OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD FOR OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE - This object aims to propose an optical information recording medium configured to make copyright protection possible, an information recording method for an optical information recording medium and a recording device. An optical information recording medium is proposed to have a recording area available for recording data by laser light, wherein the recording area is provided with a user data area and a management area. The management area written in the optical information recording medium includes a recording format management area provided with information for carrying out operations that identify a format recorded in the user data area, convert the format into a predetermined signal system in accordance with an identified result and record the converted format; a recording condition management area provided with information to make the control of recording conditions of the laser light feasible when the data are recorded at the user recording area; and an authentication identification area provided with information for carrying out an operation that identifies whether or not the optical information recording medium is authenticated by a third party.	12-02-2010

Atsuo Shiraishi, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100032380	METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONTROLLING LIQUID SURFACE LEVEL IN ION-EXCHANGE RESIN TOWER AND INTERFACE LEVEL SENSOR - A liquid surface level control method for an ion-exchange resin tower according to the present invention comprises steps of determining an operation signal (S	02-11-2010
20110168633	METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONTROLLING LIQUID SURFACE LEVEL IN ION-EXCHANGE RESIN TOWER AND INTERFACE LEVEL SENSOR - A liquid surface level control method for an ion-exchange resin tower according to the present invention comprises steps of determining an operation signal (S	07-14-2011

Atsuo Sounai, Yokohamashi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080305379	Polymer Electrolyte Membrane for Fuel Cell and Membrane-Electrode Assembly and Fuel Cell Including the Same - Disclosed is a polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell that has a high ionic conductivity even at a high temperature without humidification. The polymer electrolyte membrane comprises a film composed of a polyimide copolymer containing phenylbenzimidazole, and an acid impregnated within the polyimide copolymer film. Also disclosed is another polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell that has good chemical resistance and improved physical properties when compared to those of the previous polymer electrolyte membrane.	12-11-2008

Atsuo Tachibana, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110058488	REAL-TIME DETECTION OF FAILED INTER-NODE LINK IN NETWORK - A method is disclosed of detecting a failed link in a network over which nodes are interconnected via links. The nodes include an observer node and a managed node. This method, implemented for the observer node, includes: determining, for each of prefixes in receive route-update messages, a single normal-state path; determining, for each of the links (i.e., monitored links) on the normal-state path for the managed node, at least one prefix advertised from one of the nodes which is located adjacent to the each link on an upstream side, as at least one monitored prefix; determining whether the path contained in each route-update message, and the normal-state path for the monitored prefix contained in the each route-update message are unmatched with each other; counting, for each monitored link, an unmatched-prefix count which refers to a count of at least one unmatched prefix of the at least one monitored prefix for each monitored link; and extracting at least one link from the monitored links, as at least one failed link, based on the unmatched-prefix count.	03-10-2011

Atsuo Takahashi, Miyagi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100200376	STEERING SWITCH FOR VEHICLE - Rotary support bodies which support both ends of a rod penetrating a manipulating knob body are formed by joining a first rotary support member which is arranged at one side of the manipulating knob body and supports one end of the rod and a second rotary support member which is arranged at another side of the manipulating knob body and supports another end of the rod, and one end of the rod is fixed to the second rotary support member, and another end of the rod is engaged with the first rotary support member. Accordingly, a manipulating knob can be mounted on a casing in a state the manipulating knob is mounted on the rotary support body.	08-12-2010

Atsuo Takanishi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080252247	Quadruped Walking Robot - The present invention provides a quadruped walking robot the production costs and weight of which can be reduced by reducing the number of driving portions, and which is capable of carrying out stabilized walking motions even with the degree of freedom reduced in the leg portions.	10-16-2008
20090200090	Multiple-point grounding type foot portion supporting mechanism, biped walking robot equipped with the same, and control structrure therefor - The present invention provides a multiple-point grounding type foot portion supporting mechanism having excellent reliability, in which the respective supporting points passively follow unevenness of the grounding surface such as a road surface, and which is capable of quickly supporting foot bottoms at polygonal points and preventing falling over even on a grounding surface having level differences by fixing the supporting points when all supporting points are grounded. The multiple-point grounding type foot portion supporting mechanism includes: base portions each disposed on the foot bottom of the foot portion of a walking robot; three or more foot bottom supporting portions each having its one end part disposed and protruding downward from the bottom face of the base portion, each of which independently moves upward when being grounded and is slidably or rotatably supported; grounding sensors each disposed at the base portion or the foot bottom supporting portion, which detect grounding of the respective foot bottom supporting portions; and lock mechanisms disposed at the base portion, which control and brake the movements of all foot bottom supporting portions when the grounding sensors detect grounding of all foot bottom supporting portions.	08-13-2009
20100009329	MEDICAL TECHNIQUE EVALUATION SYSTEM, TECHNIQUE EVALUATION DEVICE, TECHNIQUE EVALUATION DEVICE PROGRAM - A tool for objectively evaluating the technique of a medical treatment such as an operation or a palpation performed by a doctor or a medical student. A medical technique evaluation system comprises a soft material member having an incision made in itself for simulative suture by a trainee such as a doctor or a medical student and elastic deformation by a force acting on the surroundings of the incision, reflective type photointerruptor for measuring the state values in three orthogonal axes according to the elastic deformation of the soft material member and a technique evaluation device for determining the evaluation score of the technique of the suture and ligation on the basis of the measured values from the reflective type photointerruptor. The technique evaluation device substitutes values based on the measured state values in the orthogonal three axes into a predetermined evaluation function to determine the evaluation score.	01-14-2010
20110010155	TRACHEAL INTUBATION TRAINING APPARATUS - It is an object of the invention to evaluate a tracheal intubation technique in consideration of various points to remember related to a tracheal intubation treatment. A tracheal intubation training apparatus (	01-13-2011

Atsuo Tokunaga, Chigasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110063391	SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A sheet feeder for transporting a sheet unreeled from a roll includes a feed roller to unreel the sheet from the roll, a registration roller to transport the sheet unreeled by the feed roller to the image forming unit, a pressure roller pressing against the registration roller, forming a registration nip together with the registration roller, a movable sheet guide to guide the sheet to the registration roller, disposed between the feed roller and the registration roller in a sheet conveyance path, a support member to movably support the movable sheet guide relative to an apparatus body in which the sheet feeder is disposed, and a bias member to bias the sheet guide toward the sheet. The movable sheet guide wraps more of the sheet around the registration roller as a degree of tension of the sheet increases by moving against a bias force exerted by the bias member.	03-17-2011

Atsuo Tomidokoro, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100194757	FUNDUS OCULI OBSERVATION DEVICE, OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A fundus oculi observation device capable of defining which part in the result of analysis of the layer thickness of a fundus oculi is a part obtained by analyzing a vascular region is provided. A fundus oculi observation device	08-05-2010

Atsuo Tomidokoro, Bunkyo-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100189334	FUNDUS OCULI OBSERVATION DEVICE, FUNDUS OCULI IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND FUNDUS OCULI OBSERVATION METHOD - A fundus oculi observation device	07-29-2010

Atsuo Toutsuka, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090053131	MAGNESIUM OXIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a MgO single crystal for obtaining a magnesium oxide (MgO) single crystal deposition material which is prevented from splashing during the vapor deposition in, e.g., an electron beam deposition method without reducing the deposition rate, and for obtaining a MgO single crystal substrate which can form thereon, e.g., a superconductor thin film having excellent superconducting properties. A MgO single crystal having a calcium content of 150×10	02-26-2009

Atsuo Watanabe, Hitachiota JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080237631	HIGH BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a high breakdown voltage semiconductor element among elements integrated together on an SOI substrate in which its rated voltage is shared between an embedded oxide layer and a drain region formed by an element active layer, both high integration and high breakdown voltage are realized while also securing suitability for practical implementation and practical use. The high breakdown voltage is realized without hampering size reduction of the element by forming an electrically floating layer of a conductivity type opposite to that of the drain region at the surface of the drain region. Further, the thickness of the embedded oxide layer is reduced to a level suitable for the practical implementation and practical use by setting the thickness of the element active layer of the SOI substrate at 30 μm or more.	10-02-2008
20090115506	INTERFACE DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A first converter circuit converts a state signal, whose level is constant or slowly varies during a predetermine period of time, into a pulse signal to allow the signal to propagate across an electrically insulating area. A second converter circuit converts the pulse signal, which has propagated through an insulating circuit, into the original state signal or a signal having the same characteristics as the original state signal.	05-07-2009

Atsuo Yamaguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090259856	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus is provided, which detects falsification of software to data and rewriting of the data. The data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a security unit which has an encryption circuit for decrypting an encrypted signal including secrecy data. The security unit includes a compression circuit which compresses an access signal used in accessing the security unit and outputs the compression result, and a comparison circuit which compares the compression result outputted from the compression circuit with a previously-calculated expectation value of the compression result of the access signal.	10-15-2009
20110255694	ENCODING/DECODING CIRCUIT - An encoding/decoding operation portion includes an encoding/decoding operation circuit and an avoiding path for detouring the encoding decoding operation circuit and can select between encoding or decoding input data in the encoding/decoding operation circuit and detouring the encoding/decoding operation circuit to output the input data without change. Only one wire has to be provided from a selector to a key storage portion and an initialization-vector storage portion. With this construction, it is possible to realize an encoding/decoding circuit which can suppress an increase in the number of wires used to transmit a content of key data to the key storage portion and the initialization-vector storage portion and does not cause complication of circuit layout.	10-20-2011
20120079286	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus is provided, which detects falsification of software to data and rewriting of the data. The data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a security unit which has an encryption circuit for decrypting an encrypted signal including secrecy data. The security unit includes a compression circuit which compresses an access signal used in accessing the security unit and outputs the compression result, and a comparison circuit which compares the compression result outputted from the compression circuit with a previously-calculated expectation value of the compression result of the access signal.	03-29-2012

Atsuo Yoshina, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080251336	Frame Structure of a Vehicle - In a frame structure of a vehicle that includes a flywheel housing, an intermediate housing and a transmission case that are connected to each other along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle to constitute a vehicle frame, the intermediate housing has a hollow shape with a first end and a second end located along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, the first end having an abutting surface against which the second end of the flywheel housing abuts, a support surface located radially inwardly of the abutting surface so as to support the forward/rearward movement switching unit, and an opening surrounded by the support surface, the opening serving as a first-end opening of the intermediate housing along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The abutting surface and the support surface along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle are located so that at least a portion of the forward/rearward movement switching unit is accommodated within the flywheel housing.	10-16-2008