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Fukui, Tokyo

Akira Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090186004Method For Preparing An Organ For Transplantation - The present invention provides a method for preparing an organ, particularly a kidney, for transplantation into mammals. In detail, the present invention provides a method for preparing autotransplantation of autologous organs, particularly a kidney, wherein the isolated autologous mesenchymal stem cells are transplanted into an embryo inside a pregnant mammalian host or into an embryo dissected from a pregnant mammalian host at a desired site to induce differentiation, which is then transplanted into the individual.07-23-2009
20100050347Inkjet dyeing method and apparatus - An inkjet dyeing apparatus for dyeing a belt-shape textile includes a feeding section for feeding the textile, a front surface printing section for dyeing a front surface of the textile by ink ejected thereon, a front surface drying section for drying the front surface of the textile, an inverting section for inverting and feeding the textile to a rear surface printing line, a rear surface printing section for dyeing the rear surface of the textile by ink ejected thereon, and a rear surface drying section for drying the rear surface of the textile. A transporting section is provided to transport the textile for further processing. A control unit controls ink ejection at the front and rear surface printing sections.03-04-2010

Daiki Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090114484DEVICE FOR CONTROLLED OPERATION OF ELEVATOR - In a control operation performed at the time of earthquake or strong wind, when a running elevator is stopped at the nearest floor, the natural frequency of the transverse vibration of a rope is prevented from resonating with the natural frequency of the building, and thereby the increase in transverse vibration of the rope is restrained.05-07-2009
20100140023CAR SWAY DETECTOR FOR ELEVATOR - Since there are a variety of models of elevators, it is extremely time consuming to set by each elevator a specified value for judging car sway. Also, when one specified value is made to represent criteria for all elevators in order to save time for the setting, detection results may vary. Specified values as judgment criteria for car sway are prestored as a table or a relational expression that employ elevator specifications as parameters and a means for automatically selecting a specified value by using information on the elevator specifications is provided, which saves time for the setting. Since the set specified value is suitable for that particular elevator, variation in detection results is suppressed to realize a highly reliable car sway detector.06-10-2010

Daisuke Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080274310Thermal Transfer Sheet - It is an object of the present invention to provide a thermal transfer sheet which has high adhesion strength of a dye layer to a base and a high reflection density, and has a good releasing property from a image-receiving sheet in printing even after being stored in the conditions of high temperatures and high humidity, and can attain adequately satisfactory printed substances having high sharpness of thermal transfer images.11-06-2008
20090041957Thermal Transfer Sheet - To provide a thermal transfer sheet having a back layer excellent in heat resistance and slipping properties and causing no wrinkling at printing and no image-defect by tailing, the sheet being able to be prepared without a heat treating, such as aging.02-12-2009
20090202754THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET - It is an object of the present invention to provide a thermal transfer sheet which has a conductive primer layer having adequate adhesion and heat resistance without using a binder resin, has an excellent antistatic property, and hardly causes troubles in printing.08-13-2009
20110265977THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET - The present invention provides a thermal transfer sheet that has good heat resistance and slip property, and prevents the occurrence of tailing upon printing to achieve good printing even in high-speed printing.11-03-2011

Patent applications by Daisuke Fukui, Tokyo JP

Hiroaki Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110262037IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE SAME AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - In one embodiment, an image encoding apparatus converts bit depth of an input image formed of a plurality of pixels each having an N bit depth into an (N+M) bit depth larger than N bit depth by M bits. An adaptive bit depth converter converts the bit depth of each pixel of the decoded image of the (N+M) bits into the N bits selectively using one of a plurality of conversion systems. The converted image of the N bit depth is stored in a frame memory as a reference image. The bit depth of each pixel of the reference image of the N bit depth read out from the frame memory is converted into the (N+M) bit depth larger than the N bit depth by M bits in accordance with the conversion system by a pixel bit depth inverse converter.10-27-2011

Hiroshi Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100012850ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION DETECTOR AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION PROTECTION EFFECT - An ultraviolet radiation detector 01-21-2010

Jirou Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090310390ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE, OPERATIONAL METHOD OF THE SAME, INVERTER AND OPERATIONAL METHOD OF THE SAME - The present invention is an electric power source in which a plurality of inverters operate on the same frequency and the plurality of inverters are connected in parallel so that a resistance value expressed by (1−β·G)/(α·G) where α is the output voltage feedback gain, β is the output current feed forward gain, and G is the inverter current gain, is made to be the equivalent output impedance; and is an electrical power source in which the cross-current between the inverters are made to be an acceptable value or below by adjusting the output of each of the inverters by controlling the equivalent output impedance by modifying both or either one of the output voltage feedback gain α or the output current feed forward gain α.12-17-2009

Patent applications by Jirou Fukui, Tokyo JP

Keiji Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080227451HOME SUBSCRIBER SERVER CONFIGURATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention is to provide a home subscriber server configuration method and system that is accessible in switching to any one of plural HSS servers in a redundant configuration. Information stored in such plural HSS servers (e.g., HSS-A server 09-18-2008

Kenichi Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090039846SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - In order to set with a high precision the value of rush current flowing in the power switch circuit at the time of turning “on” the power, the internal circuit Int_Cir of the LSI is supplied with the internal source voltage Vint from the output transistor MP02-12-2009

Kenjl Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090266706HIGH ELECTRIC FIELD ELECTROLYSIS CELL - A High Electric Field Electrolysis (HEFE) cell is provided for electrolyzing water to transform it into Free Radical Solution (FRS) water for cleaning, deodorizing, and sterilizing. The HEFE cell is comprised of a pair of flat electrodes attached (or coated) onto a flat proton ion exchange membrane enclosed in a corresponding structure that accommodates the electrodes and the proton ion exchange membrane. The structure is comprised of at least one inlet channel for receiving purified water and two outlet channels for output of electrolyzed FRS water and hydrogen rich water. The HEFE cell further provides a mechanism for recycling of hydrogen rich water for re-use or electric power generation. The quantity and the quality of FRS water production is controlled with an external control circuit that automatically monitors and maintains appropriate parameter values for the production of FRS water.10-29-2009

Kohtaro Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090165107IDENTIFICATION MANAGMENT SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AUTHENTICATION - The conventional vertical integration system management form has a problem that a first user cannot receive a service provided by a second user belonging to another service system. To cope with this, a following system is suggested. That is, according to a second judgment server use request from a first electronic device used by a first user, an identification management server which has received a guarantee request outputted from a first judgment server searches for master-slave relationship information based on a common identifier. According to the search result, a guarantee is outputted. According to the guarantee, the first judgment server outputs a guaranteed service request to the second judgment server. Thus, the first user can receive the service used by the second user belonging to other vertical integration type system.06-25-2009
20090235340IDENTIFICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AUTHENTICATION - In the conventional vertical integration system management form, it is impossible or difficult to limit the electronic device function or format when providing a service to an electronic device which is judged by a judgment server of an administrator of the service providing system with whom a service provider has not concluded a contract. To cope with this, a following system is suggested. That is, according to a use request from a first electronic device to a second judgment server, an identification management server which has received a guarantee request outputted from a first judgment server searches an identification management unit for managing information including the electronic device identifiers. According to the search result, a guarantee is outputted. According to the guarantee, the first judgment server outputs a guaranteed service request to the second judgment server. Thus, it is possible to provide a more flexible service provision environment by cooperating the user identification management with other vertical integration type system management form.09-17-2009
20100223381IDENTIFICATION MANAGING SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In operation of a conventional vertical integration system a primary user cannot provide services to a secondary user belonging to other service group. An identification managing server is proposed to carry out the retrieval of a master-slave relation information by using common identification information as a key and outputs an assurance including its result when the identification managing server receives an assurance request output from a first judgment server at a request of a second judgment server from a first electronic device used by a primary user. Further, the first judgment server outputs an assured service based on such assurance to the second judgment server in order for the primary user to have services from the other vertical integration system to which the secondary user belongs.09-02-2010

Koji Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080206083Seal system and scroll type fluid machine - Durability of a seal member is improved by reducing a surface pressure thereon. A seal mechanism 08-28-2008
20090087331Scroll type fluid machine - This invention provides a scroll type fluid machine which can simultaneously realize the stabilization of the behavior in the rotational direction of an orbiting scroll and the reduction in the manufacturing cost by the ease of holding a grease. In the scroll type fluid machine, three pairs of rotation prevention mechanisms are provided between a casing and an orbiting scroll. The rotation prevention mechanism is constituted of first and second ball coupling mechanisms having a function different from each other. The first ball coupling mechanism supports the thrust load of the orbiting scroll. Meanwhile, the second ball coupling mechanism supports the rotation force of the orbiting scroll.04-02-2009
20100326777Disk brake - A disc brake that suppresses braking noises when a vehicle moves backward include an urging spring urging a friction pad toward a rotationally exiting side of a disc when the vehicle moves forward, the urging spring being arranged between a hook portion of the friction pad and a torque receiving portion of a carrier. The urging spring formed through bend of an elastic plate material has its spring constant that is set to be a small value to avoid resonance frequency causing noise where the base end side thereof is fixed to the hook portion of the backing plate while the top end side thereof elastically abuts to the torque receiving portion of the carrier. The urging spring is located at the position that is outside in the radial direction from the center position of the hook portion in its width direction.12-30-2010

Patent applications by Koji Fukui, Tokyo JP

Kou Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090085722CABLE INSTALLATIN SUPPORT SYSTEM, TERMINAL BLOCK PLATE AND CABLE INSTALLATION SUPPORT METHOD - Provided is a cable installation support system capable of saving the labor of, and speeding up, work and check work while eliminating human error. A terminal block is provided with terminals with a fixed pitch, and a terminal block cover provided with RFIDs with the same pitch as the pitch of the terminals of the terminal block is attached to the terminal block. A terminal is provided with an RFID reader that reads identification information stored in the RFIDs. Also, in the terminal, identification information in RFID tags attached to core wires of a cable and terminals to which the core wires are attached are associated with each other, and predetermined RFIDs attached to the terminal block cover and the respective terminals of the terminal block are associated with each other. When an RFID tag and an RFID in the terminal block cover are read by the RFID reader, the terminal determines whether or not the core wire is connected to a correct terminal, based on the associated information.04-02-2009

Kouji Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100170273REFRIGERATING AND AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a range of a wind velocity of 0.5 to 3.5 (m/s) in a refrigeration cycle, when combining absorbent having a small dependency on the wind velocity and the refrigeration cycle, it is not possible to vary dehumidification capability by changing the wind velocity and matching with an actual load is poor. In a refrigerating and air conditioning apparatus having a refrigerator 07-08-2010

Masahiro Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110062175SLIDE ACTION TYPE HINGED-LID PACKAGE - A slide action type hinged-lid package (03-17-2011
20110068027SLIDE-ACTION HINGE-LID PACKAGE - The package (03-24-2011
20110068155TONGUE-LID PACKAGE - A package (03-24-2011

Mika Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120036144INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an information recommendation device includes following units. The input unit is configured to input a first document and a second document which has been browsed before the first document. The subject-keyword extraction unit is configured to extract first and second subject keywords from the first and second documents, respectively. The interest-keyword extraction unit is configured to extract first interest keywords from the first and second subject keywords, and to extract second interest keywords based on information specifying the first and second documents, the first interest keywords, and the first and second subject keywords. The second interest keywords are estimated to be keywords in which the user is next interested. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire, based on the second interest keywords, recommendation information on third documents which are candidates to be browsed after the first document. The presentation unit presents the recommendation information.02-09-2012

Ryuta Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100075188Manufacturing Method of Membrane Electrode Assembly - The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a membrane electrode assembly which makes it possible to produce a polymer electrolyte fuel cell at a high level of productivity. According to the present invention, it is possible to make differences in characteristics between a first catalyst electrode 03-25-2010

Shingo Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110286587CALL INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, CALL INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, CALL INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A call information providing system includes a voice data storage device and a call information providing device. The voice data storage device stores voice data indicating content of a call and a telephone number of a phone terminal used for a call so as to correspond to each other. The call information providing device transmits the information (or voice data itself), which specifies the voice data stored in the voice data storage device, to the email address of a user of the phone terminal used for the call by email. Accordingly, the content of the call and the email can be uniformly managed by the emailer of the email terminal.11-24-2011

Shoichi Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080230847SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - The reliability of a semiconductor device having an embedded wire in the lowest layer wire is improved. In a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, MISFETs are formed and over the main surface, insulating films 09-25-2008
20090289367SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A copper interconnection layer is formed in an interconnection trench at a surface of an interlayer insulating film. A diffusion preventing insulating film is formed to cover the copper interconnection layer and is made of at least one of SiC and SiCN. An insulating film is formed on the copper interconnection layer with the diffusion preventing insulating film interposed and is made of SiN.11-26-2009
20100052062SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device which can improve the reliability of the semiconductor device. A first insulating film for covering a semiconductor element formed in a semiconductor substrate is formed by a thermal CVD method or the like which has a good embedding property. A second insulating film is formed to cover the first insulating film by a plasma CVD method which has excellent humidity resistance. A plug is formed to penetrate the first insulating film and the second insulating film. A third insulating film comprised of a low-k film having a relatively low dielectric constant is formed over the second insulating film. A wiring is formed in the third insulating film by a damascene technique to be electrically coupled to the plug.03-04-2010
20110001246SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - The reliability of a semiconductor device having an embedded wire in the lowest layer wire is improved. In a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, MISFETs are formed and over the main surface, insulating films 01-06-2011

Patent applications by Shoichi Fukui, Tokyo JP

Takao Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090208022HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION MEASUREMENT METHOD, HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION CONVOLUTION METHOD, AND HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION CONVOLUTION DEVICE - A head-related transfer function measurement method includes the steps of: first measuring, including placing an acousto-electric conversion unit nearby both ears of a listener where placement of an electro-acoustic conversion unit is assumed, picking up sound waves emitted at a perceived sound source position with the acousto-electric conversion unit in a state with a dummy head or a human at the listener position, and measuring a head-related transfer function from only the sound waves directly reaching the acousto-electric conversion unit; second measuring, including picking up sound waves emitted at a perceived sound source position with the acousto-electric conversion unit, with no dummy head or human at the listener position, and measuring a natural-state transfer property from only the sound waves directly reaching the acousto-electric conversion unit; normalizing the head-related transfer function with the natural-state transfer property to obtain a normalized head-related transfer function; which is stored in a storage unit.08-20-2009
20090214045HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION CONVOLUTION METHOD AND HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION CONVOLUTION DEVICE - A head-related transfer function (HRTF) convolution method arranged, when an audio signal is reproduced acoustically by an electro-acoustic conversion unit disposed in a nearby position of both ears of a listener, to convolute an HRTF into the audio signal, which allows the listener to listen to the audio signal such that a sound image is localized in a perceived virtual sound image localization position, the method including the steps of: measuring, when a sound source is disposed in the virtual sound image localization position, and a sound-collecting unit is disposed in the position of the electro-acoustic conversion unit, a direct-wave direction HRTF regarding the direction of a direct wave, and reflected-wave direction HRTFs regarding the directions of selected one or more reflected waves, from the sound source to the sound-collecting unit, separately beforehand; and convoluting the obtained direct-wave direction HRTF, and the reflected-wave direction HRTFs into the audio signal.08-27-2009
20100265399VIDEO/AUDIO INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM - Provided is a video/audio input/output system including a video/audio input system including a video input device and a plurality of audio input devices and a video/audio output system including a video output device having a display surface, the video output device being for outputting a video on the display surface based on a video signal obtained by the video input device, and a plurality of audio output devices respectively corresponding to the plurality of audio input devices. The plurality of audio output devices are each installed at a location determined by decreasing or increasing, according to a reduction rate or an enlargement rate of the video to a real size and with a centre of the video as a reference, a distance from the centre of the video to a foot of a perpendicular drawn from the location of installation of the corresponding audio input device to the display surface, and the plurality of audio output devices output audio based on the audio signals obtained by the corresponding audio input devices.10-21-2010
20100322428AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An audio signal processing device includes: head related transfer function convolution processing units convoluting head related transfer functions with audio signals of respective channels of plural channels, which allow the listener to listen to sound so that sound images are localized at assumed virtual sound image localization positions concerning respective channels of the plural channels of two or more channels when sound is reproduced by electro-acoustic transducer means; and 2-channel signal generation means for generating 2-channel audio signals to be supplied to the electro-acoustic transducer means from audio signals of plural channels from the head related transfer function convolution processing units, wherein, in the head related transfer function convolution processing units, at least a head related transfer function concerning direct waves from the assumed virtual image localization positions concerning a left channel and a right channel in the plural channels to both ears of the listener is not convoluted.12-23-2010
20110286601AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An audio signal processing device includes a processing unit for convoluting head-related transfer functions with audio signals of a plurality of channels, and the processing unit includes a storage unit for storing data of a double-normalized head-related transfer function by normalizing a normalized head-related transfer function obtained by normalizing a head-related transfer function in a state in which a dummy head or a person is present in a position of the listener with a transfer characteristic in a pristine state in which the dummy head or the person is not present, using a normalized head-related transfer function obtained by normalizing a head-related transfer function in the state in which the dummy head or the person is present with a transfer characteristic in the pristine state, and a convolution unit for reading the data from the storage unit and convoluting the data with the audio signals.11-24-2011

Patent applications by Takao Fukui, Tokyo JP

Takayuki Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100212590APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING MOLTEN ZINC COATED STEEL SHEET - An apparatus for manufacturing a molten zinc coated steel sheet includes a molten zinc coating device, a temper rolling mill, an acid solution contacting device, and a cleaning device connected in tandem, wherein the acid solution contacting device and the cleaning device are separated from each other with a region therebetween and an absolute humidity controller is disposed in the region between the acid solution contacting device and the cleaning device.08-26-2010

Takeo Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100130626METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ANION EXCHANGE RESIN, ANION EXCHANGE RESIN, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CATION EXCHANGE RESIN, CATION EXCHANGE RESIN, MIXED BED RESIN, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ULTRAPURE WATER FOR WASHING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MATERIAL - A method for manufacturing an anion exchange resin, in which remaining of impurities and generation of decomposition products are suppressed and leachables are reduced, the method including the following steps (1-a) to (1-e) of: (1-a) obtaining a cross-linked copolymer by copolymerizing a monovinyl aromatic monomer and a cross-linkable aromatic monomer; (1-b) specifying the content of a specific leachable compound to be 400 μg or less relative to 05-27-2010
20100288308METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING ULTRAPURE WATER, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WASHING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MEMBERS - An ultrapure water production system that can stably produce ultrapure water having a boron concentration of 1 ng/L or less or a metal concentration of 0.1 ng/L or less, a method for producing ultrapure water using the ultrapure water production system, and a method and a system for washing electronic component members. In an ultrapure water production system that includes a mixed-bed deionization apparatus 11-18-2010

Tatsuo Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090021712PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, DISPLAY MANUFACTURING METHOD, MASK, AND MASK MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus of the present invention is an exposure apparatus for, while moving a first object M and a second object P along a scanning direction, performing projection exposure on the second object, which has a first projection optical system PL01-22-2009
20100283983Illumination apparatus for efficiently gathering illumination light - An illumination apparatus includes a light guide fiber receiving illumination light, which is generated by first to third light sources, with first to third entrances and emitting at least part of the illumination light received by each entrance from a common exit. A second illumination relay optical system optically relays the illumination light from the second light source to form a first light beam having a first angle of incidence and sends the first light beam to the second entrance. First and third illumination relay optical systems optically relay the illumination light from the first and third light sources to form a second light beam having a second angle of incidence differing from the first angle of incidence and send the second light beam to the first and third entrances.11-11-2010

Patent applications by Tatsuo Fukui, Tokyo JP

Tokao Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110305358HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION GENERATION APPARATUS, HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION GENERATION METHOD, AND SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A head related transfer function generation apparatus includes a first input unit that inputs a first head related transfer function generated in a first measurement environment, a second input unit that inputs a second head related transfer function generated in a second measurement environment, and a transform normalization processing unit that normalizes a first gain of the first head related transfer function represented in frequency-axis data with a second gain of the second head related transfer function represented in frequency-axis data and also calculates a square root thereof.12-15-2011

Tomoya Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120018117INDOOR UNIT OF AIR CONDITIONER AND AIR CONDITIONER - An indoor unit includes a casing having a suction port formed in an upper part and a blow-out port formed on a lower side at a front face part, an axial-flow or diagonal-flow fan provided on the downstream side of the suction port in the casing, and a heat exchanger provided on the downstream side of the fan and on the upstream side of the blow-out port in the casing, in which air blown out of the fan and refrigerant are heat-exchanged.01-26-2012
20120031134INDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An indoor unit includes a heat exchanger provided on the downstream side of a fan and formed with a plurality of lower end portions in a vertical cross section from the front side to the back side of a casing, a plurality of drain pans provided below the lower end portions of the heat exchanger and configured to collect drain water occurring on the heat exchanger, and a drain channel provided between the drain pans and configured to be a flow channel of the drain, and a connecting port to which a drain hose configured to drain the drain water collected by the drain pans to the outside of the casing, and one of the drain pans is arranged to a level equal to or higher than the level of the other drain pan, and the drain channel is provided on the drain pan arranged on the back side of the casing.02-09-2012
20120031139INDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An indoor unit includes a casing having a suction port formed on an upper portion and a blow-out port on a lower side of a front surface portion, an axial-flow or mixed-flow fan provided on the downstream side of the suction port in the casing, and a heat exchanger provided in the casing at a position on the downstream side of the fan and on the upstream side of the blow-out port. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of fins arranged side by side with predetermined gaps therebetween and a plurality of heat-transfer tubes penetrating through the plurality of fins. The heat exchanger is configured in such a manner that the air-flow resistance of an area facing the outer peripheral side of the fan is larger than the air-flow resistance of an area facing a center portion of the fan.02-09-2012
20120031983INDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An indoor unit includes: a casing formed with a suction port and a blow-out port; a plurality of fans provided in parallel in the casing; a heat exchanger provided on the downstream side of the fans and on the upstream side of the blow-out port; a horizontal wind direction control vane provided at the blow-out port to control the horizontal direction of an airflow blown out from the blow-out port; a vertical wind direction control vane provided at the blow-out port to control the vertical direction of the airflow blown out from the blow-out port; and an infrared ray human detection sensor configured to detect the position of a person present in a room, and air volumes, the orientation of the horizontal wind direction control vane, and the orientation of the vertical wind direction control vane of the fans are each controlled according to results of detection by the infrared ray sensor.02-09-2012

Yasuo Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080266763PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is a portable electronic apparatus. The portable electronic apparatus includes a casing, an operation portion, and a finger placement portion. The casing includes a front surface and a back surface. The operation portion is disposed at a first position on the front surface and is operated with a first finger of a user for an input. The finger placement portion is disposed at a second position on the back surface. The second position corresponds to the first position. The finger placement portion guides a second finger of the user to be capable of being placed thereon.10-30-2008

Yoko Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110262513ANTI-VIRAL MEMBER - Disclosed is an anti-viral member which can inactivate a virus. Specifically disclosed is an anti-viral member which is characterized by comprising a base material, univalent copper compound microparticles, and inorganic microparticles which are provided for the purpose of retaining the univalent copper compound microparticles on the base material and each of which has a silane monomer bound to the surface thereof via a chemical bond, wherein the inorganic microparticles are bound to one another via chemical bonds formed between the silane monomers provided on the surfaces thereof, and each of the inorganic microparticles is bound to the base material via a chemical bond between the silane monomer and the base material to form spaces in which the univalent copper compound microparticles are to be retained. The anti-viral member has an extremely high anti-viral activity compared to those achieved by the conventional binder immobilization techniques, and is applicable to various materials or various products to which the materials are applied.10-27-2011

Yoshiaki Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120018352HYDROTREATING CATALYST, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND PROCESS FOR HYDROTREATING HYDROCARBON OIL - A hydrotreating catalyst that exhibits excellent levels of both desulfurization activity and denitrification activity. The hydrotreating catalyst is prepared by supporting molybdenum, cobalt and nickel on a carrier comprising aluminum, silicon, phosphorus and boron, and then performing a presulfiding treatment, and has an average stacking number for molybdenum sulfide slab that is greater than 1.0 but not more than 1.9. Also, a process for producing a hydrotreating catalyst that enables a hydrotreating catalyst having excellent levels of both desulfurization activity and denitrification activity to be produced with comparative ease. The process includes a first step of mixing an acidic aluminum salt aqueous solution and a basic aluminum salt aqueous solution in the presence of phosphate ions and silicate ions to achieve a pH of 6.5 to 9.5, thereby obtaining a hydrate, a second step of adding boron to the hydrate to prepare a carrier-forming material, a third step of molding and calcining the carrier-forming material to obtain a carrier, a fourth step of supporting molybdenum, cobalt and nickel on the carrier to obtain a catalyst precursor, and a fifth step of performing a presulfiding treatment by bringing the catalyst precursor into contact with a mixed gas containing hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide under conditions including a pressure of not less than 2.0 MPa and a maximum temperature of 240 to 380° C.01-26-2012

Yoshie Fukui, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100080016LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes a light source from which, excitation light is emitted, an optical fiber which is optically connected to the light source, and which guides the excitation light, and a wavelength converting member which is optically connected to an emitting end portion of the optical fiber, and which receives the excitation light emitted from the emitting end portion, and makes emerge light of a wavelength area different from a wavelength area of the excitation light. The light source apparatus has a diverging unit which is arranged in an optical path of the excitation light, between the emitting end portion of the optical fiber and the wavelength converting member, and a holding member for holding the emitting end portion of the optical fiber, the diverging unit, and the wavelength converting member.04-01-2010