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Egawa, JP

Akihide Egawa, Ebina-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100093283	COMMUNICATION TEST DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TEST METHOD - It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication test device which can assist in identifying a cause of the change in throughput of a mobile communication terminal. The communication test device includes accumulating means for accumulating trace data on a specific unit of data complying with a designated communication standard, and throughput data on throughput of the specific unit of data transmitted to and received from a mobile communication terminal, extracting means for extracting trace data and throughput data from the accumulating means, trace display means for displaying trace data on a display unit, throughput display means for displaying a graph of the variation with time of throughput on the display unit, and time obtaining means for obtaining a time. The extracting means is adapted to extract, from the accumulating means, trace data corresponding to time designated by an operating unit. The trace display means is adapted to display the trace data corresponding to the time on the display unit.	04-15-2010

Akira Egawa, Nagano-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110234992	Projector - A projector includes: an optical modulation device configured to modulate an incident luminous flux; a projection optical device configured to project the luminous flux modulated by the optical modulation device; and a cooling device configured to cool the optical modulation device, wherein the cooling device includes a cooling fan, and a duct having a discharge portion that causes the air discharged from the cooling fan to circulate in a direction approximately parallel to the optical axis, and discharges it to a lateral side of the optical modulation device, and the duct is disposed in a state that, when the projection optical device and discharge portion are cut by a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, the height position of a first center between the upper end and lower end of the cross-section of the discharge portion and that of the optical axis differ from one another.	09-29-2011

Akira Egawa, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080316330	IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME, AND IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM - An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensor including a plurality of pixels, a control unit that, during an exposure operation that generates an image in the image sensor, reads out signals of a first portion of pixels among an entire frame of pixels from the image sensor, outputs an image based on the signals of the first portion of pixels to a display unit, and, when the exposure operation is completed, reads out signals of the entire frame of pixels from the image sensor, and an image processing unit that generates an image by adding the signals of the first portion of pixels to signals of the entire frame of pixels for corresponding pixels.	12-25-2008
20100302433	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels at least part of which form a plurality of focus detection pixel pairs, each receiving light rays passing through different pupil areas of an image forming optical system; a detection unit configured to detect a defocus amount, based on a phase difference between signals output from the focus detection pixel pairs in a focusing area; a judging unit configured to determine if a subject corresponds to a predetermined pattern, based on the signals output from the pixels other than the focus detection pixel pairs around the focus detection pixel pairs in the focusing area; and a focus control unit configured to drive the image forming optical system to be in an in-focus state based on the detected defocus amount. The judging unit changes the defocus control based on the determination result.	12-02-2010

Eiji Egawa, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090127928	Travel Control Device for Work Vehicle and Work Vehicle - A travel control device for a work vehicle includes: a hydraulic pump; a plurality of hydraulic motors connected to the hydraulic pump in parallel through a closed-circuit connection, that drive different wheels with pressure oil delivered from the hydraulic pump; a slip detection device that detects a slip occurring at each of the wheels; and a flow control device that reduces, upon detection of a slip occurring at any of the wheels by the slip detection device, a quantity of pressure oil supplied to a hydraulic motor for driving the wheel at which the slip has been detected, among the plurality of hydraulic motors.	05-21-2009

Fumihiro Egawa, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100200323	WORK VEHICLE - A front wheel drive shaft is connected to a sun gears disposed at the center of the front wheel. The front wheel is rotated by rotating a ring gear disposed on the outer periphery of planetary gears through a plurality of planetary gears disposed on the outer periphery of the sun gear. Stays provided at the upper and lower ends of the steering knuckle in the front wheel are connected to the outer ends of upper and lower suspension arms respectively through spherical joints. The right and left front wheels are so provided on a work vehicle that those front wheels are capable of steering and can be separately swung in the vertical direction of the vehicle.	08-12-2010

Hidekazu Egawa, Akishima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090134892	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes power supply pads of two or more kinds, switches each of which is connected between adjacent two of the power supply pads to allow short-circuiting them, and at least one control line connected to control terminals of the switches according to the kinds of the power supply pads connected to the switches.	05-28-2009

Hidenori Egawa, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110012265	Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device includes a wiring board that has a conductive pattern formed on at least one principal surface, and an IC chip that is mounted on the wiring board. The IC chip includes a plurality of electrodes to make conductor connection with the wiring board. The conductive pattern includes a lead line pattern and a heat dissipation pattern. The lead line pattern is connected with at least one of the plurality of electrodes through a conductor. The heat dissipation pattern is physically spaced from the IC chip and the lead line pattern and has a larger surface area than the lead line pattern. Further, the lead line pattern and the heat dissipation pattern are placed opposite to each other with a gap therebetween, and their opposite parts respectively have interdigitated shapes and are arranged with the respective interdigitated shapes engaging with each other with the gap therebetween.	01-20-2011

Hiromi Egawa, Yokkaichi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080246153	ORGANIC SILICA-BASED FILM, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, COMPOSITION FOR FORMING INSULATING FILM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of forming an organic silica-based film, including: applying a composition for forming an insulating film for a semiconductor device, which is cured by using heat and ultraviolet radiation, to a substrate to form a coating; heating the coating; and applying heat and ultraviolet radiation to the coating to effect a curing treatment, wherein the composition includes organic silica sol having a carbon content of 11.8 to 16.7 mol %, and an organic solvent, the organic silica sol being a hydrolysis-condensation product produced by hydrolysis and condensation of a silane compound selected from compounds shown by the general formulae (1): R	10-09-2008

Hiroshi Egawa, Gifu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080251756	COOLANT COMPOSITION FOR FUEL CELL - The present invention relates to a coolant composition for fuel cell coolant, comprised of sulfur containing alcohol or sulfur containing phenol having at least one sulfur atom per molecule, which effectively prevents increase of electric conductivity due to oxidation of its base component for a long time. The coolant composition when diluted with water to a predetermined concentration effectively suppresses increase of electric conductivity of the coolant and maintain fluctuation of electric conductivity within the range from 0 to 10 μS/cm so that power generation efficiency of the fuel cell may not be lowered.	10-16-2008

Hiroyuki Egawa, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100323650	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus includes: an antenna; a communication unit for receiving a radio signal via the antenna; a tuning unit for tuning an impedance of the antenna; an impedance controller for controlling the tuning unit to match the impedance of the antenna with an impedance of the communication unit; and a halting unit for halting controlling the impedance of the antenna in accordance with an intensity of the received radio signal.	12-23-2010

Isao Egawa, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100278969	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SOY SAUCE USING GELATINIZED BROWN RICE AS STARCH MATERIAL - It is an object of the present invention to provide soy sauce characterized by a low turbidity in the raw soy sauce state, reduced formation of pasteurized sediment in the soy sauce pasteurization step, and a light color. The present invention relates to soy sauce produced by koji production, fermentation and aging with the use of a protein material and a starch material as starting materials, wherein the starch material is gelatinized brown rice having a moisture content of 1% (w/w) or less, a degree of gelatinization of 40% or more, and no burnt odor.	11-04-2010

Kanji Egawa, Sendai JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080246523	PULSE WIDTH MODULATION WAVE OUTPUT CIRCUIT - A pulse width modulation (PWM) wave output circuit that efficiently and accurately outputs dual PWM waves includes two comparators, an OR circuit, and an AND circuit. A voltage generator supplies the comparators with ramp voltages having the same wave height and shifted phases. The comparator compares the ramp voltages with the reference voltage and provides the comparison results to the OR circuit and the AND circuit. The OR circuit outputs a first modulation wave, and the AND circuit generates a second modulation wave. Accordingly, modulation waves having different duties are output based on ramp voltage having different phases.	10-09-2008
20090121697	CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR REDUCING OUTPUT NOISE OF REGULATOR - A circuit and a method for reducing output noise when a pulse width modulation mode is started. A pulse width modulation circuit generates a first pulse signal having a duty cycle that is in accordance with an output voltage of a regulator circuit. A drive circuit generates the output voltage from an input voltage in response to the first pulse signal provided from the pulse width modulation circuit. A feed forward circuit controls the pulse width modulation circuit in a manner to generate the first pulse signal having a duty cycle that maintains the output voltage at a desired level before the pulse width modulation circuit provides the first pulse signal to the drive circuit.	05-14-2009
20100045250	METHOD FOR DETECTING OUTPUT SHORT CIRCUIT IN SWITCHING REGULATOR - A method and circuit for accurately detecting an output short circuit in a switching regulator. A first transistor and a second transistor are connected in series and driven in a complementary manner. A comparator compares output current, which is generated when the first and second transistors are driven, with a short circuit detection threshold to generate a first short circuit detection signal. A timing controller retrieves the first short circuit detection signal generated by the comparator at a predetermined time to generate a second short circuit detection signal.	02-25-2010
20100187526	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A semiconductor device semiconductor device allowing for use of a test circuit that withstands only low voltages and has a small circuit area. A high-voltage operational circuit, which is operated at a high voltage, is connected to first and second pads. A multiplexer used to test the high-voltage operational circuit is connected to a third pad in addition to the first and second pads. Fuses are arranged on wires connecting the first and second pads to the multiplexer. An inspection board connects the third pad to ground after testing the high-voltage operational circuit, provides a breakage signal to the multiplexer, and applies voltage to the first or second pad. The multiplexer, which receives the breakage signal, connects the first or second pad with the third pad so that current flows therebetween. This breaks the corresponding fuse and insulates the multiplexer from the high-voltage operational circuit.	07-29-2010
20100194362	REGULATOR WITH PULSE WIDTH MODULATION CIRCUIT - A pulse width modulation circuit that controls the output voltage of a regulator. The regulator includes a switching element, which is activated and deactivated by a pulse signal, and a PMW control circuit, which provides the switching element with the pulse signal in accordance with a duty ratio determined from a reference voltage and an error voltage. The error voltage is the difference between the output voltage and reference voltage. The PWM control circuit includes a current source that generates a current in accordance with the error voltage, a capacitor arranged between the current source and ground, and a comparator. The comparator has a non-inverting input terminal, which is connected between the current source and capacitor, and an inverting input terminal, to which the reference voltage is applied. An output signal of the comparator is provided to the switching element.	08-05-2010

Kazuhiro Egawa, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100172670	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE THEREFOR USING THE ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR - An electrophotographic photoreceptor, including an electroconductive substrate; a photosensitive layer, located overlying the electroconductive substrate; and an outermost layer comprising a convexity, wherein each of the outermost layer and the convexity includes a crosslinked body including a structural unit having a same charge transportable structure, and wherein the number of convexity having a height not less than ½×RzJIS is from 30 to 300 in a measurement length of 12 mm, wherein RzJIS is an average of ten-point mean roughness specified in JIS B0601 of 2001 and measured at least 4 random positions in an area the outermost layer is formed on, and wherein the height of the convexity is a distance from the deepest valley to a top of the convexity in the measurement length of 12 mm.	07-08-2010
20110200924	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE PHOTORECEPTOR - An electrophotographic photoreceptor, including an electroconductive substrate; a photosensitive layer; a crosslinked surface layer comprising α-alumina and tin oxide, wherein a first one-dimensional data array obtained from measuring a concavo-convex shape of the surface of the photoreceptor is subjected to a wavelet conversion to be separated into 6 frequency components, the one-dimensional data array of the lowest frequency component is further thinned so as to have 1/40 data arrays to obtain a second one-dimensional data array, the second one-dimensional data array is further subjected to the wavelet conversion to be separated into additional 6 frequency components, and wherein when relationships between respective arithmetic average roughness (WRa) (y-axis) of the 12 frequency components and the frequency components (x-axis) are graphed, at least WRa (214 to 551 μm) and WRa (26 to 106 μm) have a folding point or a maximum point.	08-18-2011

Kazuhiro Egawa, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110076057	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide an electrophotographic photoconductor including: a conductive substrate; a photosensitive layer; and a surface layer having grooves which do not intersect each other, the photosensitive layer and the surface layer being laid over the conductive substrate, wherein the grooves each have a width of 60 μm to 100 μm and a depth of 0.2 μm to 2 μm, wherein the standard deviation of the depths of the grooves is 1/10 or less of the average value of the depths of the grooves measured at any four places, and wherein the grooves are formed in a direction which diagonally crosses a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction of the electrophotographic photoconductor.	03-31-2011

Kazuhiro Egawa, Numazu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100119260	PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMATION METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate, a photosensitive layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate, and a surface layer located overlying the photosensitive layer, wherein the surface layer is a cross linked surface layer comprising filler particulates on which linear scar is formed along the circumference direction, and the filler particulates form concave portions on a groove formed by the linear scar, and wherein the ten point average roughness Rz along the direction of the rotation axis of the photoreceptor measured on the circumference surface thereof is from 0.17 to 2.00 μm and the average distance Sm of concavities and convexities along the direction of the rotation axis of the photoreceptor measured on the circumference surface thereof is from 20 to 500 μm, and the ten point average roughness Rz along the circumference direction of the photoreceptor measured on the circumference surface thereof is from 0.13 to 0.50 μm and the average distance Sm of concavities and convexities along the circumference direction of the photoreceptor measured on the circumference surface thereof is from 10 to 40 μm.	05-13-2010
20100124712	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor bearing an electrostatic image; a developing device developing the electrostatic image with a developer including a toner to form a toner image on the photoreceptor; a transferring device transferring the toner image onto a receiving material; and a cleaning device having a cleaning blade cleaning the surface of the photoreceptor. The photoreceptor includes an electroconductive substrate, a photosensitive layer and an outermost layer having projected portions thereon. The outermost layer and projected portions include the same crosslinked charge transport material. The outermost layer has a surface roughness property such that the number of projected portions having height greater than Rz/2 is from 40 to 90 in a length of 12 mm, wherein Rz represents ten-point mean roughness of the outermost layer. The tip of the cleaning blade is contacted with the photoreceptor at a linear pressure of from 80 g/cm to 150 g/cm.	05-20-2010
20100232831	Electrophotographic Photorecptor, Method Of Manufacturing Electrophotographic Photorecptor, Image Forming Apparatus, And Process Cartridge - An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer, and a surface layer, which satisfies the following inequations:	09-16-2010
20100316423	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer, and a cross-linked resin surface layer comprising a cross-linked resin having a charge transport structure, which satisfies the following inequations:	12-16-2010

Keigo Egawa, Hiroshima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100086412	BLOWER	04-08-2010

Keisuke Egawa, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110236102	SHEET CURL CORRECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention includes a supporting member that supports a first roller and a second roller, a first actuator that rotates the supporting member, a first gear that is connected to an end of second roller on the first actuator side, a second gear that is threadably engaged with the first gear, a third gear that rotates coaxially with the second gear, an input gear that threadably engages with the third gear, and a second actuator that transmits a rotational force to the input gear. The third rotation shaft extends in parallel in a first plane that includes the leading edge and the trailing edge of the nip, the first actuator rotates the supporting member between a first position at which the sheet is received from the leading edge of the nip and a second position at which the sheet is received from the trailing edge of the nip.	09-29-2011

Koji Egawa, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110174708	SAMPLE STIRRING DEVICE, LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY DEVICE USING SAME, AND SAMPLE CONTAINER STAND - A sample stirring device of the present invention includes a driving roller and two follower rollers for coming into contact with a sample container including a cylindrical portion for containing a sample to be stirred. The driving roller is driven for rotation to stir the sample contained in the sample container. The two follower rollers have rotation axes inclined with respect to an axial direction of the cylindrical portion. This arrangement allows the sample container such as a blood collection tube to be rotated stably.	07-21-2011

Mariko Egawa, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100247443	EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATING METHOD, EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATING DEVICE, AND EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATING PROGRAM FOR EXTERNAL PREPARATION FOR SKIN - An effectiveness evaluating method evaluates effectiveness of an external preparation for skin for protection against ultraviolet irradiation after the external preparation is applied to the skin. The method includes a measurement step of measuring an amount of urocanic acid in a horny cell layer by Raman spectroscopy both before and after the application of the external preparation and both before and after exposure to ultraviolet irradiation, an index derivation step of computing at least one index for evaluating the effectiveness of the external preparation based on results of the measurement obtained in the measurement step, and an evaluation step of evaluating the effectiveness of the external preparation by using the index obtained in the index derivation step.	09-30-2010

Masahiro Egawa, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110240146	CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A regulator that performs control such that a tilt angle of a variable volume pump increases as a pilot pressure in a pilot flow passage decreases is provided, and when a controller determines that all of a plurality of operation valves for controlling a flow of a discharged oil that is led from the variable volume pump to respective actuators are in a neutral position, the controller supplies the discharged oil from the variable volume pump to a regenerative hydraulic motor by setting a solenoid valve in an open position and sets a pilot flow passage change-over solenoid valve in a blocking position such that the pilot pressure led to the regulator through the pilot flow passage is reduced by a pressure reducing valve.	10-06-2011
20110270498	CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A control device for a hybrid construction machine includes a regulator that performs control such that a tilt angle of a variable volume pump increases as an exerted pilot pressure decreases. A controller switches a main switch valve such that an oil discharged from the variable volume pump is led to a regenerative hydraulic motor and switches a pilot selection valve such that a second pilot flow passage provided with a solenoid variable pressure reducing valve communicates with the regulator when all of a plurality of operation valves are determined to be in a neutral position.	11-03-2011
20110271669	HYBRID CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A hybrid construction machine includes a control valve provided in a flow passage that connects an actuator to a regenerative hydraulic motor, an opening of which is controlled by a pilot pressure led to a pilot chamber thereof; and a solenoid pilot control valve that leads a pressure on an upstream side of the control valve to the pilot chamber. In the control valve, a pressure receiving area of a main spool for receiving the pilot pressure is equal to an area obtained by subtracting a pressure receiving area of the main spool for receiving a pressure of an outflow port in a direction for moving the main spool against a biasing force of a biasing member from a pressure receiving area of the main spool for receiving a pressure of the outflow port in a direction for moving the main spool against the pilot pressure.	11-10-2011

Masaki Egawa, Ome-She JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080240682	SOUND PLAYBACK APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a sound playback apparatus includes receiving mechanism for obtaining a sound packet including sound data about outputs of a predetermined number of channels, downmix information receiving mechanism for obtaining downmix coefficient information, control mechanism for determining whether downmix processing is to be performed for the sound packet by using the downmix coefficient information or not, sound processing mechanism for performing downmix processing of the sound packet based on the downmix coefficient information when the control mechanism determines to perform downmix processing for the sound packet, and sound output mechanism for outputting the sound data downmixed by the sound processing mechanism to a speaker connection terminal.	10-02-2008

Masatoshi Egawa, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110003517	TERMINAL MOUNTING STRUCTURE IN ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX - A structure for screw-tightening and connecting a terminal to an electrical junction box is provided. The terminal mounting structure in the electrical junction box ensures mounting operation with an insertion direction of the terminal obliquely oriented, and prevents heating of the terminal due to power supply. The terminal is secured and connected to a busbar of the junction box by a bolt, with a head and a shaft of the bolt inserted into a vertical opening and a horizontal notched hole of the terminal, respectively. A pair of opposed guiding walls are provided on a junction box body at both sides of the bolt. The guiding wall includes an entrance's side sloping surface obliquely extending from top to bottom, and a straight horizontal surface continuing to the sloping surface. The terminal includes a pair of outward projecting pieces at an upper portion to be slid on the sloping surface and the horizontal surface. A heat release portion extends integrally at an upper portion of a vertical plate portion of the terminal having the vertical opening. Linear indentations are provided on front and back surfaces of the heat release portion to be exposed outside.	01-06-2011

Motoji Egawa, Kitasaku-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080205079	Spread illuminating apparatus and display device incorporating same - A spread illuminating apparatus is provided which includes: a light conductor plate having a light inlet surface and two major surfaces; a light source unit disposed at the light inlet surface of the light conductor plate; and a light diffuser pattern disposed at the lower major surfaces of the two major surfaces of the light conductor plate, wherein the light source unit includes first and second white light sources which have respective different light emitting principles, are arranged in the width direction of the light conductor plate with their respective ends set close to one another, and which can be turned on and off independently of each other.	08-28-2008
20080316769	Spread illuminating apparatus - A spread illuminating apparatus includes an LED, a transparent resin plate and a light reflecting sheet, wherein the transparent resin plate includes slits adapted to have inserted therein flap portions of the light reflecting sheet, and wherein an adhesive tape with flexibility is placed along at least one flap portion of the light reflecting sheet so as to cover at least one slit of the transparent resin plate, whereby the light reflecting sheet is prevented from warping or undulating in spite of difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the materials of the transparent resin plate and the light reflecting sheet, and also whereby light emitted from the LED and traveling in the transparent resin plate is totally reflected by the flap portions and therefore prevented from leaking from the outer side surfaces of the transparent resin plate.	12-25-2008
20080316772	Spread illuminating apparatus, transparent resin plate for use in spread illuminating apparatus, and method of injection-molding transparent resin plate - A spread illuminating apparatus of side light type includes a transparent resin plate integrally composed of a light conductor plate portion and a housing frame portion, a light reflecting sheet, and a light source, wherein an opening for housing the light source is provided at a side portion of the transparent resin plate, slits are provided along a boundary between the light conductor plate portion and the housing frame portion, and wherein a gate for injecting resin into a molding die cavity for the transparent resin plate is positioned outside the boundary of the light conductor plate portion and the housing frame portion and is positioned also between the opening and one of slits which are provided toward the side portion of the transparent resin plate having the opening and which are located clear of the opening.	12-25-2008
20090040785	Spread illuminating apparatus - A transparent resin plate includes a plurality of slits formed intermittently and located along the border line between a housing frame portion and a light conductor plate portion, the slits includes either or both of respective first optical path converting portions and a second optical path converting portion, and flap portions of a reflector are inserted at least in the first optical path converting portions. Also, the second optical path converting portion of the plurality of slits is arranged to meet at least part of optical paths of hypothetical optical paths which are emitted forward from a light source in the forward direction, reach directly the housing frame portion and which do not cross the first optical path converting portion.	02-12-2009
20090097240	Spread illuminating apparatus - A spread illuminating apparatus is provided in which a light source assembly disposed at one side surface of a light guide plate includes red LEDs, green LEDs and blue white LEDs. The blue white LEDs each include a blue LED and a yellow phosphor and are adapted to emit a red component light and a green component light as well as a blue light. The blue white LED functions not only as a light source for blue light but also as a light source for red and green lights, whereby the numbers of the red LEDs, the green LEDs and the blue white LEDs are equalized. All the LEDs are arranged along the one side surface of the light guide plate at substantially regular intervals. Color heterogeneity generated when a plurality of kinds of LEDs are used is reduced, and thereby an area required for mixing colors is reduced.	04-16-2009

Saku Egawa, Toride JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090118865	ROBOT - Described herein is a robot having a camera mount that is movable along a curved surface of an upper part of the head, on a front side thereof, and two units of cameras that are mounted in the camera mount. The cameras are disposed such that the cameras are laterally separated from each other at an interval substantially equivalent to a lateral width of the head, respective extremities of the cameras are substantially flush with the front end of the head, and the cameras are positioned in close proximity of the upper end of the robot.	05-07-2009
20100082204	INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE MOVING MECHANISM - An inverted pendulum type moving mechanism, enabling to detect a single-wheel idling when it occurs therein, thereby to maintain a standing condition even in case where an idling maintenance time is long, comprises: left and right wheels; a moving mechanism having traveling motors, which rotationally drive those wheels; an upper body, which is supported on the moving mechanism; and a control apparatus, which controls the moving mechanism, wherein the control apparatus comprises an idling detector unit for the wheels and a traction return detector unit, and executes a double-wheels standing travel control when no idling is detected within the idling detector unit, or a loading-wheel standing control when the idling is detected within the idling detector unit, and further the control apparatus executes an idling wheel control is executed upon the idling wheel for urging traction return, and turns back to the loading-wheel standing control when no traction return is detected within the traction return detector unit, and returns to the double-wheels standing travel control when traction return is detected within the traction return detector unit, and thereby executing an idling treatment control.	04-01-2010
20100222954	AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT APPARATUS AND A RUSH-OUT COLLISION AVOIDANCE METHOD IN THE SAME APPRATUS - An autonomous mobile robot apparatus and a method for avoiding collision due to rush-out, being applicable under the circumstances where persons and robots come and go each other, comprises an obstacle detector unit	09-02-2010
20100235033	MOVING DEVICE - A moving device (	09-16-2010
20110054681	ROBOT - A robot, having left and right leg portions on a lower portion of a body, each of the legs has a wheel attached at a tip of the leg portion, to be drivable, a suspension having a spring and a dumper attached in parallel, between the wheel and the body, and an actuator attached between the suspension and the body. The suspension and the actuator are connected in series, and an inclination detecting means mounted on the body detects an inclination angle and an angular velocity of the robot with respect to a direction of gravity. A control instruction value outputting means controls the actuator upon basis of information thereof, so that the robot travels along a target angle and a target angular velocity thereof. The, spring is connected with an actuator expanding and constructing up and down, in series.	03-03-2011
20110140919	VEHICLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS ROADS AND SUPPORT METHODS FOR PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS ROADS - A vehicle support system for supporting a man in safely crossing a road without crosswalks installed is provided. The vehicle support system includes a man-detecting unit detecting a man, a subject-vehicle-position detecting unit detecting a position of a vehicle, a man-position/waiting-score calculating unit determining the detected man to be a potential-crossing-man who may cross the road, calculating an absolute position of the potential-crossing-man, measuring waiting time of the potential-crossing-man to cross the road, calculating a waiting score, and storing the result in a man-position/waiting-score storing unit, a stopping-vehicle determining unit determining whether or not the vehicle should be stopped based on the position and the waiting score of the potential-crossing-man, a travelling controller stopping the vehicle when the vehicle should be stopped, and a pedestrian-crossing-signal display unit displaying information indicating whether or not crossing the road is safe based on an instruction of the stopping-vehicle determining unit.	06-16-2011
20110144803	REAL-TIME DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM, REAL-TIME DISTRIBUTED CONTROL METHOD, AND ROBOT - There is provided a real-time distributed control system which can prevent a delay of execution by a hard real-time control system. In the real-time distributed control system, a receiving computer includes a receiving component which receives a message, and an operation cycle obtaining unit which obtains the operation cycle of the receiving component upon activation of the system, and transmits a monitoring condition associated with the obtained operation cycle to a transmission-rate-monitoring-condition setting unit. A transmitting computer includes a transmitting component which transmits the message, the transmission-rate-monitoring-condition setting unit which sets the monitoring condition in a transmission-rate-monitoring-condition memory unit, and a transmission rate monitoring unit which monitors a transmission rate from the transmitting component based on the monitoring condition stored in the transmission-rate-monitoring-condition memory unit, and suppresses a transmission interval of the message when the transmission rate of the message does not satisfy the monitoring condition.	06-16-2011

Satoru Egawa, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090304536	MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR - A motor-driven compressor includes a terminal housing made of an electrically insulating material and accommodating therein an electrical connecting portion which includes a connecting terminal connecting to a conductive member and an electric wire. The compressor includes a first seal member and a second seal member to seal the inside of the terminal housing from the outside thereof. The terminal housing has a distance-increasing portion that increases the communicating distance from a compressor housing to the electrical connecting portion in the terminal housing. The distance-increasing portion allows the pressures in the terminal housing and the compressor housing to be equalized.	12-10-2009

Takahisa Egawa, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090252929	FOAM MOLDING MOLD STRUCTURE, MOLDING METHOD OF FOAM MOLDED PRODUCT, AND FOAM MOLDED PRODUCT - In a state that a fixed mold and a movable mold are matched with each other, a molten resin is filled into a cavity. In this state, a movable nest is set in a position retired from a mold matching surface of the movable mold by a predetermined distance, its surface in a fixed mold side functioning as a cavity surface, and the molten resin is filled as far as a nest fitting portion. Then, only the movable mold is made to move backward in a mold opening direction (in an arrow direction in the drawing) by the predetermined distance to release a pressure and foam the molten resin, whereby a foam molded product is molded in which a strength of part thereof is improved.	10-08-2009

Takashi Egawa, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080308909	EPITAXIAL WAFERS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF EPITAXIAL WAFERS, METHOD OF SUPPRESSING BOWING OF THESE EPITAXIAL WAFERS AND SEMICONDUCTOR MULTILAYER STRUCTURES USING THESE EPITAXIAL WAFERS - A technique for suppressing the bowing of an epitaxial wafer is provided. The epitaxial wafer is prepared by successively epitaxially growing a target group III-nitride layer, an interlayer and another group III-nitride layer on a substrate with a buffer layer. The interlayer is mainly composed of a mixed crystal of GaN and InN expressed in a general formula (Ga	12-18-2008
20110001127	SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL, METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor material is provided comprising: a composition graded layer, formed on a Si substrate or an interlayer formed thereon, comprising a composition of Al	01-06-2011

Takashi Egawa, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110068293	POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The invention provides a polyanion-based positive active material which can improve storage stability (especially, high temperature storage stability), charge and discharge cycle performance and the like of a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery using the same. The positive active material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains lithium iron cobalt phosphate represented by the general formula: Li	03-24-2011

Takashi Egawa, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080276612	Master cylinder - A master cylinder includes a cylinder body, a reservoir connection port formed at a surface of the cylinder body and being in communication with a reservoir, a pressure chamber formed inside of the cylinder body, a reservoir fluid passage connecting the reservoir connection port and the pressure chamber, a valve mechanism accommodated within the reservoir connection port and reducing an amount of fluid flowing in the reservoir fluid passage in a case where the reservoir fluid passage is at a high pressure, and a valve body including a small diameter cylindrical portion and a large diameter cylindrical portion, the small diameter cylindrical portion forming a passage by means of which the reservoir and the reservoir fluid passage communicate, the large diameter cylindrical portion having one end connected to the small diameter cylindrical portion and the other end fixed to the reservoir connection port, the valve body accommodating the valve mechanism.	11-13-2008

Takayuki Egawa, Hagagun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100275670	PRESS WORKING METHOD AND PRESS WORKING APPARATUS - In a press working apparatus, while a servo motor is acting, an upper die is made to come close to a lower die and press working of the first time is conducted on a steel plate. A slider is raised to a movable punch preparation position. A movable punch is protruded from a die face of the upper die by width and locked by a mechanical lock. The upper die is made to come close to the lower die again and the steel plate is pushed with the upper die and at the same time an additional worked portion is pushed and deformed with the movable punch so as to conduct press working of the second time. After the movable punch has been retracted, the slider is raised.	11-04-2010

Takehiko Egawa, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090290953	SCREW AND SCREW FASTENING STRUCTURE - There is provided a screw treated by a chemical conversion coating of trivalent chromium having a torque characteristic approximately equivalent to a screw of a hexavalent chromate treatment. For the purpose, on a surface of a bolt, a zinc plating layer is formed by a zinc plating treatment. On the layer, a chemical conversion coating of trivalent chromium is also formed by a treatment of chemical conversion coatings of trivalent chromium. The coating is formed to be thin and soft so that the zinc-based plating layer can be exposed on the surface due to rubbing off of the chemical conversion coating of trivalent chromium at a contact portion to a fastened member of the bolt by tightening the bolt.	11-26-2009

Takeshi Egawa, Wako JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110280682	FLANGE FASTENING STRUCTURE - A flange fastening structure includes a first flange made of metal and a second flange made of plastic. Stepped nuts are provided in the second flange and each have a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion. The second flange has at least one raised portion on a surface of the second flange facing the large-diameter portion. The at least one raised portion is made of plastic. A height of the at least one raised portion is set such that the at least one raised portion pressed with the large-diameter portion is deformed when the first flange and the second flange are fastened together with bolts and the nuts. The small-diameter portion of each of the nuts contacts the first flange to limit fastening positions of the nuts and the bolts when the first flange and the second flange are fastened together with the bolts and the nuts.	11-17-2011

Tomohiro Egawa, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100027140	DRIVING UNIT AND OPTICAL PICK-UP DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a driving unit capable of implementing a long stroke drive while achieving height reduction of the driving unit. The driving unit is provided with a driving mechanism for driving a driven body. The driving mechanism includes: a bendable displaceable member that is fixated at one end and, through electric control, bent and displaced at the other end; a driving direction-changing member changing a direction of the bending and displacement of the bendable displaceable member to a driving direction of the driven body, the driving direction of the driven body being perpendicular to the direction of the bendable displaceable member; a contact member frictionally engaged with the driving direction-changing member and driving the driven body; and a precompression member mounted in the driven body and precompressing the contact member towards the driving direction-changing member.	02-04-2010
20100149665	DRIVING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - In order to achieve a low-profile driving device, the driving device includes: a bending displacement member (	06-17-2010

Tomohiro Egawa, Mihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080278034	Driving device - In order to provide a driving device that can be made more compact and shorter in height, a driving mechanism of a driving device according to the present invention includes: a flex movement member	11-13-2008

Wataru Egawa, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090077987	Air conditioner - In an air conditioner of a ceiling-installed type provided with a casing (	03-26-2009

Yasuyuki Egawa, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100102701	ELECTRON TUBE - An electron tube of the present invention includes: a vacuum vessel including a stem portion made of quartz and formed with an opening; a lid portion connected to the stem portion via a joining member made of aluminum so as to seal the opening, having a recess portion depressed to a vacuum side in the opening, and made of Kovar; a voltage applying section arranged in the vacuum vessel; and wiring for electrically connecting the voltage applying section and the lid portion.	04-29-2010
20100102720	ELECTRON TUBE - An electron tube of the present invention includes: a vacuum vessel including a face plate portion and a stem portion arranged facing the face plate portion; a photocathode arranged in the vacuum vessel and formed on the face plate portion; a projection portion arranged in the vacuum vessel, extending from the stem portion toward the face plate portion, and made of an insulating material; an electron detector arranged on the projection portion, made of a semiconductor, and having a first conductivity-type region and a second conductivity-type region; and a first conductive film covering a surface of the projection portion and to be electrically connected to the first conductivity-type region.	04-29-2010
20100102721	ELECTRON TUBE - An electron tube of the present invention includes: a vacuum vessel including a side tube portion made of glass and a plate-like member blocking one opening of the side tube portion and made of glass; a first metal film provided on an end face of the side tube portion; a second metal film arranged facing the first metal film and provided on a marginal part of a face at a vacuum side of the plate-like member; a third metal film provided on at least one of an outer wall face of the side tube portion adjacent to the end face and a side face of the plate-like member adjacent to the marginal part; and a metal member made of a low-melting-point metal, for sealing a gap between the side tube portion and the plate-like member while contacting the first metal film, the second metal film, and the third metal film.	04-29-2010

Yoshifumi Egawa, Okayama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100002361	POLARIZED ELECTRODE AND ELECTRIC DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITOR - The present invention provides a polarized electrode	01-07-2010

Yoshifumi Egawa, Okayama-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090038477	EVAPORATED FUEL GAS ADSORBENT, EVAPORATED FUEL GAS TRAPPING APPARATUS, ACTIVE CARBON AND PROCESS PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides an evaporated fuel gas adsorbent, an evaporated fuel gas trapping apparatus that uses the adsorbent, an activated carbon, and a process for producing the activated carbon. The evaporated fuel gas adsorbent is capable of improving adsorptivity and desorptivity by reliably preventing a temperature rise and a temperature fall caused by heat generated in response to the adsorption and desorption of evaporated fuel gas, is capable of achieving a size reduction of the device, and is capable of being easily produced. The activated carbon has high mechanical strength and high abrasive resistance, has many pores suitable to adsorb an organic solvent, especially, evaporated fuel gas, and has a high packing density. The activated-carbon producing process is industrially advantageous. The evaporated fuel gas adsorbent comprises an adsorptive material and latent heat storage mediums including containers each of which is made of a flexible film and in each of which a substance that absorbs or releases heat in response to a phase change is encased. The activated carbon is characterized in that a specific surface area calculated by a BET method (multipoint method) in a nitrogen adsorption isotherm determined from a nitrogen adsorption amount at liquid nitrogen temperature is 1000 to 2500 m	02-12-2009
20100113266	MERCURY ADSORBENT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention aims at providing a mercury adsorbent which is optimized in base activated carbon, sulfur amount carried, and heat treatment conditions, and is enhanced in mercury adsorption performance, and a process for producing the adsorbent, which can be put into industrial practice advantageously. The aim is attained by a mercury adsorbent made up of sulfur-carried activated carbon, with which sulfur is carried on activated carbon and which exhibits a sulfur peak top of the temperature of sulfur desorption at 534° C. to 537° C. in a calorimetric curve measured by a differential scanning calorimeter at a temperature rise rate of 10° C./minute under a nitrogen atmosphere, and a process for production of the adsorbent.	05-06-2010

Yoshitaka Egawa, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100157091	SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - A solid-state image sensor has a plurality of pixels, a read-out circuit and a signal processing section. The plurality of pixels includes a plurality of first pixels, a plurality of second pixels, a plurality of third pixels and a plurality of fourth pixels. The signal processing section includes a color acquisition section, a first judgment section configured to determine whether or not the white data value W in the target pixel block is smaller than a predetermined first set value, and a white color correction section configured to perform correction processing of the white color data value W in the target pixel block based on the following Expression (1) when the judgment result of the first judgment section is NO, and to output the white data value W by itself without performing the correction processing based on the Expression (1) when the judgment result of the first determination section is YES;	06-24-2010

Yoshitaka Egawa, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110096193	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a pixel unit, a flicker detecting unit, a flicker-level estimating unit, and a flicker correcting unit. The flicker detecting unit detects, based on a magnitude relation of a signal amount in each of lines formed in the pixel unit, presence or absence of a flicker. The flicker-level estimating unit estimates a flicker level in each of the lines of the next frame. The flicker correcting unit corrects, for each of the lines, a flicker that occurs in a signal of an image picked up by the pixel unit.	04-28-2011
20110155890	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiments, a pixel array unit in which pixels PC are arranged in a matrix manner, a sample-and-hold signal conversion circuit that detects a signal component of each of the pixels PC in a CDS, and a timing control circuit that controls to sample a reference level of an analog CDS after a reference level of a digital CDS is converted into a digital value are included.	06-30-2011
20110273601	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a pixel includes a first amplifier transistor for amplifying a photoelectrically converted signal, a vertical signal line transmits the signal read from the pixel in a vertical direction, and a second amplifier transistor forms a differential pair with the first amplifier transistor and amplifies the signal read by the vertical signal line through the first amplifier transistor.	11-10-2011

Yoshitaka Egawa, Machida-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110037603	Alarm Device - The alarm device of the present invention includes a battery power supply; a sensor section that outputs an anomaly detection signal in the case of detecting an anomaly; an alert section that outputs an alarm based on the anomaly detection signal; a reception circuit section that discontinuously receives an event signal from another alarm device at every predetermined reception cycle; a transmission circuit section that transmits an event signal to the other alarm device in a transmission time that is at least the predetermined reception cycle; an anomaly monitoring section that, when the sensor section has detected an anomaly, causes the alert section to output the anomaly alarm based on the anomaly detection signal and causes the transmission of an event signal relating to the anomaly of the alarm device to the other alarm device by the transmission circuit section, and on the other hand, when the reception circuit section has received from the other alarm device an event signal relating to an anomaly of the other alarm device, causes the alert section to output the anomaly alarm; and a low battery monitoring section that, upon detecting a voltage drop of the battery power supply, causes a low battery alarm of the alarm device to be output by the alert section, and stops the transmission and reception of event signals in the transmission circuit section and the reception circuit section.	02-17-2011

Yousuke Egawa, Nagahama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090274885	POLYACTIC ACID-BASED CARD MATERIAL AND CARD - An object of the present invention is to provide a polylactic acid series card material combining excellent mechanical strength and resistance to hydrolysis even when a polylactic acid series polymer is used as a main component, and in addition, maintaining a sufficient transparency even when an aliphatic polyester is added. The present invention contains, with respect to 100 parts in mass of a resin composition constituted by 50 to 90 mass % of a polylactic acid series polymer (a), and 50 to 10 mass% of an aliphatic polyester (b) other than a polylactic acid series polymer and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 0°C. or lower, 0.3 to 6 parts in mass of an aliphatic polycarbodiimide compound (c) having an isocyanate end further mixed.	11-05-2009

Yukio Egawa, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090133417	Vehicular Air Conditioning System and Air Conditioning Method - When there is a command for pre-air conditioning to be performed, an inlet switches to an inside air recirculating mode and a compressor and a blower fan are driven to blow air that was drawn in toward a lower portion in a vehicle cabin (	05-28-2009