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Akihiro Fukumoto, Kakogawa-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080201897	ELECTRIC VACUUM CLEANER - An electric vacuum cleaner (	08-28-2008

Akihiro Fukumoto, Machida JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100182885	METHOD FOR DISCRIMINATING OPTICAL DISC, OPTICAL DISC DEVICE AND PROGRAM - Provided is a method for easily discriminating that a disc is a blank disc that conforms to the DVD Download standards. An optical disc device is provided with a first identifying means (	07-22-2010
20100202263	METHOD FOR JUDGING OPTICAL DISC, OPTICAL DISC DEVICE AND PROGRAM - Provided is a method for easily judging that a disc is an optical disc that conforms to the DVD Download standards, without generating malfunction. A Wobble signal is detected in a data zone (	08-12-2010

Akira Fukumoto, Hirakata-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090203179	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In this invention, the semiconductor device is provided with a gate electrode formed on a gate insulating film in a region sectioned by an element isolation formed on a semiconductor layer of the first conduction type, and a source region and a drain region of the second conduction type. At least one of the source region and the drain region has a first low concentration region and a high concentration region. Also, the semiconductor device of the present invention is provided with a second low concentration region of the second conduction type between a channel stopper region formed below the element isolation and the source region, and between the channel stopper region and the drain region. The semiconductor layer immediately below the gate electrode projects to the channel stopper region side along the gate electrode, and the semiconductor layer and the channel stopper region make contact with each other.	08-13-2009

Atsushi Fukumoto, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100117135	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device is formed on a SOI substrate having a semiconductor substrate, a buried oxide film formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor layer formed on the buried oxide film, the semiconductor substrate having a first conductive type, the semiconductor layer having a second conductive type, wherein the buried oxide film has a first opening opened therethrough for communicating the semiconductor substrate with the semiconductor layer, the semiconductor layer is arranged to have a first buried portion buried in the first opening in contact with the semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor layer main portion positioned on the first buried portion and on the buried oxide film, the semiconductor substrate has a connection layer buried in a surface of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the first buried portion in the first opening, the connection layer having the second conductive type, and the semiconductor device includes a contact electrode buried in a second opening, a side surface of the contact electrode being connected to the semiconductor layer main portion, a bottom surface of the contact electrode being connected to the connection layer, the second opening passing through the semiconductor layer main portion and the buried oxide film, and the second opening reaching a surface portion of the connection layer.	05-13-2010

Atsushi Fukumoto, Nishio-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100027871	Method and system for inspection of tube width of heat exchanger - An appearance inspection method and system of a core of a heat exchanger provided with fins and tubes including identifying a region in which an image of a single tube is captured, performing averaging and dynamic binarization of the image data in this region to extract only the image of the tube, dividing this region into a plurality of blocks, finding the smallest rectangle surrounding a tube at each divided block to find a width dimension of the tube, comparing the tube width dimension at each block found with a predetermined threshold value, and judging a part as good when all of the tube width dimensions at the blocks are the predetermined threshold value or less.	02-04-2010
20100027872	Method and system for inspection of tube width of heat exchanger - A method and system for appearance inspection of a core of a heat exchanger provided with fins and tubes, performing averaging and dynamic binarization on the imaging data to extract an image of only a tube, then calculating, with respect to the extracted tube image, a center axis across a long direction of the tube comprised of the center coordinates of the tube width direction, comparing the discovered center axis with a reference value to find the maximum displacement across the long direction of the tube, and judging the tube is a defect when the maximum displacement is greater than a predetermined threshold.	02-04-2010
20100044004	Fin inspection method of a heat exchanger - A fin inspection method comprising a step of having an imaging device capture an image of the core and inputting into an image processing device the image data for storage, a step of setting a first region in the image data in which an image of the entire core is captured and setting a second region in which an image of at least a portion of all of the tubes is captured so as to identify position information of the tubes, a step of setting a third region for fin detection between adjacent tubes based on the identified position information of the tubes, a step of performing binarization and noise removal in the third region to obtain an image of the fins and identifying from the image of the fins the edge position information of the fins along a long direction of the tubes, and a step of performing statistical processing of the pitch intervals based on the edge position information of the fins and judging fin defects.	02-25-2010

Atsushi Fukumoto, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100078622	NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A nonvolatile memory device includes: a substrate; a stacked structure member including a plurality of dielectric films and a plurality of electrode films alternately stacked on the substrate and including a through-hole penetrating through the plurality of the dielectric films and the plurality of the electrode films in a stacking direction of the plurality of the dielectric films and the plurality of the electrode films; a semiconductor pillar provided in the through-hole; and a charge storage layer provided between the semiconductor pillar and each of the plurality of the electrode films. At least one of the dielectric films includes a film generating one of a compressive stress and a tensile stress, and at least one of the electrode films includes a film generating the other of the compressive stress and the tensile stress.	04-01-2010

Haruhiko Fukumoto, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110118361	NOVEL POLYMER PARTICLES AND USE THEREOF - Provided are polymer particles composed of a terminally branched copolymer represented by the following general formula (1) and having a number average molecular weight of not more than 2.5×10	05-19-2011
20110318249	NOVEL POROUS METAL OXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND USE OF THE SAME - Disclosed is a porous metal oxide obtained by subjecting metal alkoxide and/or a partially hydrolyzed condensate of the metal alkoxide to a sol-gel reaction in the presence of terminally branched copolymer particles represented by the following general formula (1) and having a number average molecular weight of not more than 2.5×10	12-29-2011

Hidenori Fukumoto, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100287768	MEHTOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK MECHANISM - There is provided a method of manufacturing an electrostatic chuck which is free from fluctuations in performance or incomplete detachment from the beginning of use, without being influenced by the impurities that remain on the surface of, or in the inside of, a dielectric layer at the time of manufacturing thereof, in case the dielectric layer which comes into contact with an article to be held by the electrostatic chuck is made of silicone rubber or resin. Before assembling the dielectric layer into the surface of a base having disposed thereon an electrode, or after the dielectric layer has been assembled into the surface of the base, a step is performed in which a heating plate that has been heated to a predetermined temperature is pressed against the contact surface of the dielectric layer.	11-18-2010

Hirofumi Fukumoto, Toyama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090197189	FOCUS MEASUREMENT METHOD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a focus measurement method and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device relating to the present invention, a focus value is obtained by using a fluctuation where shrinkage of a resist pattern by an electron beam irradiation depends upon the focus value. In the case of obtaining the focus value, the shrinkage of the resist pattern for a focus measurement formed by exposure to be subject for a focus value measurement is measured. The focus value corresponding to the shrinkage is obtained from the pre-obtained focal dependency of the shrinkage. A focal shift length can be defined from a difference between the focus value and a predetermined best focus value.	08-06-2009

Hirofumi Fukumoto, Fuji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090191649	BIOSENSOR AND METHOD OF ASSAYING OBJECT - A biosensor capable of analyzing an object, such as antigen, antibody, DNA or RNA, through detection of magnetic field to thereby allow washout of unbound label molecules to be unnecessary, which biosensor is compact and available at low price, excelling in detection precision. Coils are arranged at an upper part and a lower part of a magnetic sensor using a hall element as a magnetic field detection element. An object and magnetic particles having an antibody capable of specific bonding with the object bound to the surface thereof are introduced in the magnetic sensor having a molecular receptor capable of specific bonding with the object attached to the surface thereof. Therefore, a change in magnetic field by magnetic particles bonded through the molecular receptor to the surface of the magnetic sensor is detected by means of the hall element. At that time, one applied magnetic field is set so that the magnetization intensity of magnetic particles falls within the range from initial magnetic permeability to maximum magnetic permeability while another applied magnetic field is set so that the magnetization intensity of some or all of the magnetic particles becomes saturated, and output signals are compared with each other. Thus, the amount of bonded magnetic particles can be identified.	07-30-2009

Hiroshi Fukumoto, Shiojiri-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080257209	Inkset, ink cartridge, inkjet recording method, and recorded matter - An ink set including at least a yellow ink composition, a magenta ink composition, and a cyan ink composition; the magenta ink composition containing as a colorant at least one type of compound expressed by the Formula M-1 in claim	10-23-2008
20090110827	Photocurable ink composition, ink cartridge, inkjet recording method and recorded matter - A photocurable ink composition includes a photoradical polymerization initiator, a compound having an active hydrogen-bearing functional group, and a hindered amine.	04-30-2009

Hiroshi Fukumoto, Suwa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090041946	Photocuable Ink Composition Set, Ink Jet Recording Method, and Recorded Matter - A photocurable ink composition set includes ink composition A and ink composition B. Ink composition A contains a dendritic polymer and an monomer expressed by general formula (1): CH	02-12-2009

Hiroshi Fukumoto, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090165625	Sheet stack cutter and finisher having the same - A sheet stack cutter cuts sheet stacks by means of a moving cutter edge and a stationary cutter edge disposed upward and downward along a predetermined cutting-plane line. The sheet stack cutter includes a sheet loading table for supporting the sheet stack, a press device for pressing and holding the sheet stack on the sheet loading table, a moving cutter edge disposed in up and down cutting directions for cutting the sheet stack on the sheet loading table along the cutting-plane line, a stationary cutter edge disposed to the side of the sheet loading table for pressing the moving cutter edge to cut the sheet stack, and an apparatus frame furnished with the press device and the moving cutter edge. A drive device moves the moving cutter edge in up and down cutting directions.	07-02-2009

Hiroshi Fukumoto, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110228517	LED LAMP - An LED lamp A	09-22-2011

Hiroshi Fukumoto, Shiojni-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090000511	Ink set, ink cartridge, inkjet recording method, and recorded matter - An ink set containing at least a yellow ink composition, a magenta ink composition, and a cyan ink composition:	01-01-2009

Hiroshi Fukumoto, Shiojori-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090280302	Photocurable Ink Composition, Ink Jet Recording Method, and Recording Matter - A photocurable ink composition includes a dendritic polymer, a monomer expressed by CH	11-12-2009

Ichiro Fukumoto, Tokyo-To JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090025672	INTAKE AIR NOISE ADJUSTER - An intake air noise adjuster includes: a communicating conduit including: a first end communicating to an intake air passage to an engine, and a second end communicating to an external air; an elastic body configured to block the communicating conduit; and a flow channel area changer configured to change a flow channel area of the communicating conduit based on a change of an intake air negative pressure caused in the intake air passage.	01-29-2009

Junichi Fukumoto, Nagoya-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090126670	AIR INTAKE APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A housing has an intake passage extending substantially in a vertical direction of a vehicle. A valve is configured to open and close the intake passage. A shaft supports the valve. A bearing supports the shaft. A hose is connected with an upper side of the housing in the vertical direction and configured to lead intake air into the intake passage. A communication passage configured to communicate an inside of an internal combustion engine of the vehicle with the hose. The communication passage has an opening in the vicinity of a point directly above the bearing. The hose has a wall surface defining a condensate passage, which connects the opening with a target location from which condensate is to be dropped.	05-21-2009
20120012081	Air intake apparatus for internal combustion engine - A housing has an intake passage extending substantially in a vertical direction of a vehicle. A valve is configured to open and dose the intake passage. A shaft supports the valve. A bearing supports the shaft. A hose is connected with an upper side of the housing in the vertical direction and configured to lead intake air into the intake passage. A communication passage configured to communicate an inside of an internal combustion engine of the vehicle with the hose. The communication passage has an opening in the vicinity of a point directly above the bearing. The hose has a wall surface defining a condensate passage, which connects the opening with a target location from which condensate is to be dropped.	01-19-2012
20120012082	Air intake apparatus for internal combustion engine - A housing has an intake passage extending substantially in a vertical direction of a vehicle. A valve is configured to open and close the intake passage. A shaft supports the valve. A bearing supports the shaft. A hose is connected with an upper side of the housing in the vertical direction and configured to lead intake air into the intake passage. A communication passage configured to communicate an inside of an internal combustion engine of the vehicle with the hose. The communication passage has an opening in the vicinity of a point directly above the bearing. The hose has a wall surface defining a condensate passage, which connects the opening with a target location from which condensate is to be dropped.	01-19-2012

Junya Fukumoto, Ome-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100302391	Head-Separated Camera Device and Control Method Thereof - According to one embodiment, a camera control unit outputs serial data containing information for specifying a predetermined control target device to be controlled from among plural control target devices comprised in a camera head. The camera head identifies the control target device specified by the received serial data, and supplies the identified control target device with a select signal for an active state.	12-02-2010
20110050877	HEAD SEPARATED CAMERA APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a head-separated device has an imaging unit, a control unit configured to control the imaging unit and a connection unit configured to connect the imaging unit with the control unit, wherein the imaging unit comprises sensor configured to capture an image, and a transmitter configured to transmit a video signal, a sync signal (HD, VD) and a clock signal to restore or to reproduce the image captured by the sensor, and the control unit comprises a determining module configured to determine whether a waveform of the video signal has a level that the video processor is processable, and a setting module configured to set the transmitter to perform enhancement correction to the video signal, if the determining module determines that the waveform of the video signal does not have the level that the video processor is processable.	03-03-2011
20110157341	HEAD SEPARATION CAMERA APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a head separation camera apparatus includes an imaging device, a control device and a cable. The control device includes a first controller. The first controller is configured to output the control signal including a selection command to notify a controlled device acting as a control target from one or more controlled devices in the imaging device and control data indicating contents of control of the control target. The imaging device includes a second controller. The second controller is configured to transmit an individual selection command to inform whether or not a device is the control target and the control data to at least the controlled device acting as the control target, based on the selection command.	06-30-2011
20120013755	Head-Separated Camera Device and Control Method Thereof - According to one embodiment, a method for controlling a head-separated camera device in which a camera head and a camera control unit are connected to each other by a cable comprising a line that supplies the camera head with serial data from the camera control unit. The method comprises outputting, by the camera control unit, serial data containing information for specifying a predetermined control target device of a plurality of control target devices to be controlled, where the plurality of control target devices are implemented within the camera head. The method further comprises identifying, by the camera head, the predetermined control target device specified by the serial data received, and supplying the predetermined control target device with an active select signal.	01-19-2012

Kazuhiro Fukumoto, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100024642	FILTER FOR REMOVING A SULFUR-CONTAINING-GAS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING A SULFUR-CONTAINING-GAS USING THE SAME - Provided is a filter for removing a sulfur-containing-gas (	02-04-2010

Keiji Fukumoto, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090265403	FILE SYSTEM	10-22-2009

Keiji Fukumoto, Chiba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080263338	EXCEPTION OPERATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING DEBUGGING APPARATUS, AND TELEVISION AND CELLULAR PHONE PROVIDING THE SAME - In order to automatically activate a debugger while maintaining the status of the machine as it was just before execution of the instruction which has raised an exception even in a case in which a break point is not set beforehand, a computer, which executes a program to be debugged, analyzes an exception raised on the computer, and replaces an instruction with another instruction for activating a debugger if the exception has been raised due to the instruction that conducts an abnormal operation and is stored in a memory space. After this, the computer selects and switches to a task to be processed based on the status of each of the tasks, or resumes an operation which has been suspended due to the exception. Then, when the computer executes the instruction for activating the debugger, the debugger detects this execution and is activated.	10-23-2008

Keiji Fukumoto, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100315430	SCREEN DATA TRANSMITTING TERMINAL, SCREEN DATA RECEIVING TERMINAL, SCREEN DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, SCREEN DATA TRANSMITTING PROGRAM, SCREEN DATA RECEIVING PROGRAM, SCREEN DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD AND SCREEN DATA RECEIVING METHOD - To provide a screen data transmitting terminal, screen data receiving terminal, screen data transmission system, screen data transmitting program, screen data receiving program, screen data transmitting method and screen data receiving method for enabling a screen displayed in a terminal on the transmission side to be reproduced in a terminal on the reception side without undergoing effects of unnecessary information such as the panel state, etc., a screen data transmitting terminal	12-16-2010

Keiko Fukumoto, Aichi-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100012551	LIGHT OIL COMPOSITION - The invention provides a light oil composition that does not cause deterioration in a Nylon-based material. Specifically, the invention provides a light oil composition containing paraffin(s) at a concentration of 97% by mass or more, wherein the content of isoparaffin(s) having 14 or fewer carbon atoms in the paraffin(s) is 10% by mass or less.	01-21-2010

Kenichi Fukumoto, Ukyo-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090184654	INVERTER - Primary and secondary regions are electrically insulated from each other. The first and second pulse transformers are provided to the respective transistors in the switching circuit. Secondary windings of the first and second pulse transformers are connected to control terminals of the transistors. The control circuit supplies switching voltages to primary windings of the pulse transformers based on a feedback signal fed back through a feedback line. A primary winding of a transformer, the switching circuit, and the secondary windings are disposed on the primary region. A secondary winding of the transformer, the primary windings, the feedback line, and the control circuit are disposed on the secondary region.	07-23-2009
20090251062	INVERTER - A soft start circuit generates a soft start voltage which changes over time when light emission of an EEFL is started. A pulse modulator receives a feedback voltage that corresponds to the output voltage of an inverter and the soft start voltage, and adjusts the duty ratio of a pulse signal PWM such that these two voltages match one another using a feedback operation. A striking control circuit monitors an error signal which is asserted when an abnormal state occurs. In a case in which the error signal has been asserted at a detection timing after the soft start voltage has reached a target voltage, the striking control circuit resets and restarts the soft start circuit. A driver controls the switching of the voltage at the primary coil of a transformer according to the pulse signal received from the pulse modulator.	10-08-2009
20100149458	INVERTER APPARATUS - A switching circuit includes multiple transistors connected to the primary winding of a transformer, and alternately applies an input voltage and a ground voltage to the primary winding according to the ON/OFF operations of the transistors. Multiple ballast capacitors are respectively provided to multiple fluorescent lamps. One terminal of each ballast capacitor is connected to the secondary winding so as to form a common terminal. The other terminal thereof is connected to the fluorescent lamp. A first capacitor and a second capacitor are arranged in this order in series between an connection node that connects the fluorescent lamp to be monitored and the corresponding ballast capacitor and the ground terminal. An abnormal state judging unit compares the voltage at the connection node that connects the first capacitor and the second capacitor with a predetermined threshold voltage.	06-17-2010

Kenji Fukumoto, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100019411	METHOD OF MOLDING COMPOSITE MOLDED ARTICLE AND MOLD SYSTEM USED FOR SAME - [Problem] To provide a method of molding a composite molded article enabling compression molding without requiring a large sized injection molding machine and a mold system used for that.	01-28-2010

Kenji Fukumoto, Kosai-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100209769	SEALED-TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY - A sealed-type secondary battery is disclosed. A battery module of a sealed-type secondary battery is formed by heating and fusing a top lid member and an integrated battery container. The integrated battery container is formed with a polymer alloy including a polyphenylene ether resin and a polyolefin resin, and the top lid member or a lateral lid member is formed with a polypropylene-based resin. A nucleating agent is added to the polypropylene-based resin of the top lid member or the lateral lid member, to improve mechanical strength, and the molecular weight is increased to reduce a melt flow rate MFR to approximately the same degree as the polymer alloy.	08-19-2010

Koji Fukumoto, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090195033	AUTOMOBILE ROOF REINFORCEMENT MEMBER - The invention provides a roof reinforcement member including an extruded aluminum alloy part which is upwardly convex and extends in a vehicle lateral direction. The extruded aluminum alloy part includes a pair of upper and lower flanges approximately parallel-facing each other as seen in a cross-section thereof and a pair of webs formed to stand along the vehicle height direction. The pair of flanges and the pair of webs form a closed sectional part. The pair of flanges each have a projecting flange portion. In the cross-section, the lower flange is thicker than the upper flange and/or the lower flange is wider than the upper flange, and the neutral axis of upward/downward bending is positioned lower than the middle of the height of the cross-section. This arrangement can reduce the stress generated on the lower side of the cross-section when the extruded aluminum alloy part is bent, so that the extruded aluminum alloy part can be effectively made stronger against deformation.	08-06-2009

Kouji Fukumoto, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090065402	Electrostatic Separation Method and Electrostatic Separation Device - [Object]The present invention provides an electrostatic separation method and an electrostatic separation device each of which, even in a case where the concentration of unburned components of coal ash produced by a boiler of a coal-fired power plant is as high as 15% to 30%, can stably separate the ash (into high unburned component ash and low unburned component ash) without generating spark, reuse the high unburned component ash as fuel, and reuse the low unburned component ash as, for example, an auxiliary material of concrete. [Means to Achieve the Object]	03-12-2009
20120043261	ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION METHOD AND ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION DEVICE - The present invention provides an electrostatic separation method and an electrostatic separation device each of which, even in a case where the concentration of unburned components of coal ash produced by a boiler of a coal-fired power plant is as high as 15% to 30%, can stably separate the ash without generating spark, reuse the high unburned component ash as fuel, and reuse the low unburned component ash as, for example, an auxiliary material of concrete. The electrostatic separation device may include a substantially flat plate lower side electrode and an upper side electrode including a high dielectric resin element. A separation zone is formed in a region of electrostatic force between the lower side electrode and the upper side electrode, with one of the electrodes having positive polarity and the other having negative polarity. Unburned carbon ash in the coal ash supplied to the separation zone is separated.	02-23-2012

Makoto Fukumoto, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100059029	CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine, including an air/fuel ratio sensor in an exhaust passage detecting an air/fuel ratio in a heated state, implements a technique improving emission at a starting time, by eliminating splash of water droplets early in the exhaust passage at the starting time to advance the heating starting timing of the air/fuel ratio sensor. At the starting time, opening/closing timing of a valve is advanced from a reference opening/closing timing or the reference of the opening/closing timing of the exhaust valve after the warming-up was ended, which continues until the wall temperature of the exhaust passage near the air/fuel ratio sensor becomes equal to or higher than a water droplet disappearing temperature, at which water droplets disappear. Then, change of the opening/closing timing of the exhaust valve responding to the running state by a variable valve mechanism is started.	03-11-2010

Masaaki Fukumoto, Anjo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110250780	CONNECTING STRUCTURE OF TERMINALS - A connecting terminal structure allows providing additional terminals without an increase in the width of a battery pack and an electric apparatus. In a connecting terminal structure according to the present invention, a battery pack is provided with a plurality of terminals having different functions arranged in a sliding direction, and an electric apparatus is provided with a terminal to be connected to one of the plurality of terminals of the battery pack. Through relative sliding between the battery pack and the electric apparatus, before the terminal in the electric apparatus reaches the terminal in the battery pack, the terminal in the electric apparatus can pass through another terminal in the battery pack.	10-13-2011
20120037385	ELECTRIC POWER TOOL POWERED BY A PLURALITY OF SINGLE-CELL BATTERY PACKS - An electric power tool comprises a tool main body, a plurality of battery packs that is detachably attached to the tool main body, and a controller that controls discharges of the battery packs attached to the tool main body. Each battery pack comprises a memory device that stores characteristic data of the rechargeable cell. The controller accesses each of the memory devices of the battery packs and controls the discharges of the battery packs based upon the characteristic data stored in the memory devices.	02-16-2012

Masataka Fukumoto, Anjo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090245583	ROAD SHAPE ESTIMATING DEVICE, ROAD SHAPE ESTIMATING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A road shape estimating device has a data obtaining processing unit for obtaining interpolation point data for a plurality of shape interpolation points which represent a shape of a road, a radius calculation processing unit for calculating a radius of curvature at each of shape interpolation points based on the interpolation point data, a corner detection processing unit detecting a corner based on the calculated radius of curvature, and a corner dividing processing unit for obtaining segment lengths of segments between respective shape interpolation points in the corner and dividing the corner by a segment length equal to or larger than a threshold which is set corresponding to an average value of the respective segment lengths.	10-01-2009
20090248290	ROAD SHAPE ESTIMATING DEVICE, ROAD SHAPE ESTIMATING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A road shape estimating device has a data obtaining processing unit for obtaining interpolation point data for a plurality of shape interpolation points which are set along a road and represent a shape of the road, a radius calculation processing unit for calculating a radius of curvature at each of the shape interpolation points based on the interpolation point data for a predetermined section of the road, a corner detection processing unit for detecting a corner in the predetermined section based on the radii of curvature, and a corner dividing processing unit for dividing the corner at a shape interpolation point having a radius of curvature equal to or larger than a threshold in the detected corner. The threshold is set corresponding to an average value of radii of curvature at respective shape interpolation points in the detected corner.	10-01-2009
20090248299	ROAD SHAPE ESTIMATING DEVICE, ROAD SHAPE ESTIMATING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A road shape estimating device has a data obtaining processing unit for obtaining interpolation point data, a radius calculation processing unit for calculating a radius of curvature at each of shape interpolation points based on the interpolation point data, a corner detection processing unit for detecting a corner in a predetermined section, based on the radius of curvature at each of the shape interpolation points, and for setting a candidate start point and a candidate end point for the detected corner, and a corner connection processing unit for determining whether or not a predetermined connecting condition is met based on candidate start points and candidate end points of detected corners, and connecting, when the predetermined connecting condition is met, a predetermined corner among the plurality of corners and a corner adjacent the predetermined corner.	10-01-2009
20090248768	ROAD SHAPE ESTIMATING DEVICE, ROAD SHAPE ESTIMATING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A road shape estimating device has a data obtaining processing unit for obtaining interpolation point data for shape interpolation points, a radius calculation processing unit for calculating a radius of curvature at each of the shape interpolation points based on the interpolation point data, a corner detection processing unit for detecting a corner based on the radius of curvature at each of the shape interpolation points and for setting a candidate start point and a candidate end point, and a minimum radius calculation processing unit for setting a center ideal point based on the candidate start point and the candidate end point of the corner, a front ideal point on the candidate start point side of the center ideal point, and a rear ideal point on the candidate end point side of the center ideal point, and for calculating an ideal radius of curvature of the corner as a minimum radius.	10-01-2009

Masato Fukumoto, Oita-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100151696	MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS - A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device, includes, forming an element region on a front surface of a semiconductor substrate, performing a first heat treatment by irradiating first irradiation light having a first irradiation energy density onto the front surface of the semiconductor substrate with a pulse width of 0.1 to 100 msec at the temperature of 1000° C. or less; and performing a second heat treatment by irradiating second irradiation light having a second irradiation energy density onto the surface of the semiconductor substrate with a pulse width of 0.1 to 100 msec at the temperature higher than the temperature in the first heat treatment.	06-17-2010

Mitsuru Fukumoto, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090084915	FIXING, FIXING STRUCTURE OF FIXING OBJECT, FIXING METHOD FOR FIXING OBJECT, AND METHOD FOR UNFIXING FIXING - When an insertion portion of a clip is inserted into a through hole and passes through the through hole, lug portions revert toward their original shape, and the top faces of the lug portions are contactable with peripheral edge portions of the through hole. An operation lever is inserted into a fixing hole of a body panel in this state, and after passing through the fixing hole, the operation lever	04-02-2009

Mitsuru Fukumoto, Okayama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110290123	Freshness prolonging device for foodstuff - The invention provides a freshness prolonging device for foodstuff for prolonging a shelf life of foodstuff by storing the foodstuff in a high electric field atmosphere. The freshness prolonging device for foodstuff includes an electrode plate to be removably mounted on a surface opposed to foodstuff stored in a food storage unit and a power source for applying a high voltage to the electrode plate. The electrode plate is composed of an electrically conductive rubber sheet hermetically sealed with a cover composed of a resin sheet.	12-01-2011

Naoyuki Fukumoto, Amagasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100101276	Methods for manufacturing molded glass object and upper mold - This invention provides a manufacturing method of a molded glass object in which generation of defects such as dents and wrinkles due to catching of ambient gas between a molten glass drop and an upper mold is restrained in the case of manufacturing a molded glass object by press-molding of a dropped molten glass drop, and a manufacturing method of an upper mold for the manufacturing method of a molded grass object. A molten glass drop is press-molded by use of an upper mold having been subjected to a roughening treatment to roughen the surface on the molding surface to compress the molten glass drop.	04-29-2010
20100180635	MOLDING DIE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS GOB AND MOLDED GLASS ARTICLE - This invention provides a molding die in which increase of the surface roughness due to crystal growth of chromium oxide is restrained, and thereby allowing long term use without deteriorating surface roughness of a glass gob or a molded glass article. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing the molding die, a glass gob, and a molded glass article. A molding die is provided with a substrate having a molding surface and protective film containing chromium formed thereon, and the protective film has the X-ray diffraction peak intensity of (110) plane of chromium higher than the X-ray diffraction peak intensity of (200) plane.	07-22-2010
20100229600	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS MOLDING DIE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOLDED GLASS ARTICLE - Provide is a method for manufacturing a glass molding die in which deformation of a molding die in a process after machining is restrained without increased wear of a bit, and a method for manufacturing a molded glass article utilizing the glass molding die. A plated layer made of Ni—P plating is formed on the surface of a substrate, a rough machining is performed on the plated layer to form a shape similar to the desired final shape, the plated layer is then subjected to a thermal treatment, and finally finish machining is performed to form the desired final shape.	09-16-2010
20100313603	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOLDING DIE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS GOB, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS MOLDED ARTICLE - This invention provides a method for manufacturing a molding die having excellent durability, with which durability film peeling and air bubbles are effectively reduced. A molding surface having a predetermined shape is formed on a substrate, and a cover layer is deposited on the molding surface by a sputtering method which cover layer is then roughened by etching. In the above method, the cover layer is deposited with the substrate held by a substrate holding member which is rotated around a predetermined rotation axis to vary the relative position between a sputtering target and the substrate holding member in such a way that the angle between the normal line of the surface of the sputtering target and the rotation axis is temporarily varied.	12-16-2010

Norihiro Fukumoto, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100246596	CONTROL OF PACKET BUFFER USING TOKEN BUCKETS WITH DIFFERENT TOKEN BUCKET SIZES - Control of readout of packets from a packet buffer is disclosed in which equal numbers of tokens are removed and used from token buckets having different bucket sizes; tokens are generated at token rates for the token buckets, wherein each token rate is preset such that the larger the token bucket size, the lower the token rate, and the generated tokens are added to the token buckets; a used-token count is measured for each token bucket, and a stored-token count is measured for each token bucket, with the stored-token count given a negative value if each token bucket is empty; and a number of data packets are read out of the packet buffer, which depends on the measured value of the used-token count for each token buffer.	09-30-2010

Satoru Fukumoto, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120063281	SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE, OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE - In a diffractive element, its grating pattern is so configured that a diffraction angle of a diffracted light beam of a light source that is subject to the first-order diffraction in a diffraction area is matched with an angle of a light beam passing through the diffractive area emitted from a light source and a light source position is matched with a light originating point of the light source that emits a light beam to be transmitted, and the center of light intensity distribution is matched with that of the light source passing through the diffractive element by inclining an optical axis of the light source. A position of the diffractive element is adjusted based on an electric current value generated when a reflected return path light beam of the light source is diffracted by the diffractive element and enters the light source.	03-15-2012

Satoshi Fukumoto, Yohohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090296071	LIGHT-DIVIDING ELEMENT AND DISTANCE-MEASURING APPARATUS - A light-dividing element is provided with a dichroic mirror surface	12-03-2009

Satoshi Fukumoto, Nishisonogi-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090269802	ALPHA 1,4-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE AND DNA ENCODING THEREOF - The object of the present invention is to provide α1,4-galactosyltransferase to transfer a galactose residue to C4 position of galactose residue of lactosylceramide or galactosylceramide, and DNA coding for the enzyme.	10-29-2009

Shigeki Fukumoto, Kakogawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100264649	THREADED JOINT FOR PIPES HAVING A LUBRICATING COATING - A lubricating coating which is free from harmful heavy metals is formed on a premium threaded joint for pipes constituted by a pin and a box each having a contact surface comprising a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion (a sealing surface and shoulder) in order to provide the joint with galling resistance, gas-tightness, and anticorrosive properties such that the unthreaded metal contact portion is prevented from yielding even when the joint is made up with a high torque. The lubricating coating comprises one or both of a rosin and calcium fluoride; metal soap; wax; and a basic metal salt of an aromatic organic acid, and preferably it further includes a lubricating powder, magnesium carbonate, and/or a carbohydrate, particularly a cyclodextrin.	10-21-2010

Shinji Fukumoto, Kawagoe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080240456	ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL APPARATUS - A control characteristics changing unit reads, from an EEPROM, various control parameters in an ANC electronic controller, which correspond to specification information acquired from ECUs. The control characteristics changing unit then outputs control parameters, depending on changed specification information among the read control parameters, as change signals Sm	10-02-2008

Shoji Fukumoto, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100094000	PYRAZOLE COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to	04-15-2010

Shunichirou Fukumoto, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100222592	Pyridone Derivative and Herbicide - A pyridone derivative represented by Formula [1] or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof:	09-02-2010

Syuichi Fukumoto, Kitanagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110195135	ANTI-AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS AGENT, AND PRODUCT CONTAINING ANTI-AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS AGENT - An anti-avian influenza virus agent containing, as an active ingredient, a component obtained when a guava extract extracted from a guava with an extraction solvent consisting primarily of at least one of water and a hydrophilic organic solvent is subjected to fractionation by HPLC under specific conditions. The specific conditions include the use of an ODS column, the use of a water-methanol mixture having a methanol concentration of 20% as a mobile phase during a period until 15 minutes after applying the guava extract to the column, and the use of a water-methanol mixture having a methanol concentration of 40% as a mobile phase during a subsequent period of 15 to 30 minutes. Alternatively, the specific conditions further include the use of a water-methanol mixture having a methanol concentration of 60% as a mobile phase during a period of 30 to 45 minutes after applying the guava extract to the column. The component contained in the anti-avian influenza virus agent is eluted from the column in a period until 20 minutes after applying the guava extract to the column or in a subsequent period of 20 to 35 minutes.	08-11-2011

Tadashi Fukumoto, Anjo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110227429	POWER TOOL - A power tool in the form of an electric disc grinder has a driving motor for driving a grinding wheel that performs a grinding or polishing operation on a workpiece, a motor housing that houses the driving motor, a rear cover that is mounted to a rear end region of the motor housing and forms together with the motor housing a grip to be held by a user, and a power switch including an operating lever that extends longitudinally on both of the motor housing and the rear cover and is operated by gripping with a user's hand, and a switch part that is disposed within the rear cover and actuated by operation of the operating lever to control energization of the driving motor and connected to the operating lever through an opening.	09-22-2011

Takao Fukumoto, Ota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110067041	Mounting Structure of Optical Member, and Pickup Apparatus and Disc Apparatus Including the Same - A mounting structure for an optical member comprising: an optical member; a holding member having the optical member mounted thereon; and a position adjustment member disposed between the optical member and the holding member, the position adjustment member configured to adjust a mounting position of the optical member.	03-17-2011

Takehiko Fukumoto, Niigata-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100021417	ACETATE-CONTAINING MATING DISRUPTANT AND MATING DISRUPTION METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a mating disruptant having an improved mating disruption effect against pest insects. Specifically, provided is a mating disruptant for the control of pest insects whose natural sex pheromone composition is substantially free of an alcohol and comprises one or more acetates, the disruptant comprising the one or more acetates and an alcohol or alcohols which can be derived from the one or more acetate, wherein an amount of each of the alcohol or alcohols is from 0.5 to 10% by weight relative to an amount of each deriving acetate; and a mating disruption method using the mating disruptant. The alcohol which can be derived from the acetate is an alcohol obtainable by hydrolysis of the acetate and means an alcohol component of the ester derived from an acid and the alcohol.	01-28-2010

Takehiko Fukumoto, Joetsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090143617	METHOD FOR PREPARING (E3, Z5) -3,5-ALKADIENYL ACETATE - Provided is a method for preparing (E3,Z5)-3,5-alkadienyl acetate and (E3,Z5)-3,5-dodecadienyl acetate which is a sex pheromone of Brazilian apple leafminer. Specifically, provided is a method for preparing (E3,Z5)-3,5-alkadienyl acetate, comprising steps of hydrolyzing 5,5-diethoxy-(Z3)-3-pentenyl methoxymethyl ether in the presence of an acid to obtain 4-formyl-(E3)-butenyl methoxymethyl ether; reacting the 4-formyl-(E3)-butenyl methoxymethyl ether with alkylidene triphenylphosphorane in accordance with the Wittig reaction to obtain (E3,Z5)-3,5-alkadienyl methoxymethyl ether; and obtaining (E3,Z5)-3,5-alkadienyl acetate using the (E3,Z5)-3,5-alkadienyl methoxymethyl ether as a starting substance.	06-04-2009
20100069664	METHOD FOR PREPARING (E3,Z5)-3,5-ALKADIENYL ACETATE - Provided is a method for preparing (E3,Z5)-3,5-alkadienyl acetate and (E3,Z5)-3,5-dodecadienyl acetate which is a sex pheromone of Brazilian apple leafminer. Specifically, provided is a method for preparing (E3,Z5)-3,5-alkadienyl acetate, comprising steps of hydrolyzing 5,5-diethoxy-(Z3)-3-pentenyl methoxymethyl ether in the presence of an acid to obtain 4-formyl-(E3)-butenyl methoxymethyl ether; reacting the 4-formyl-(E3)-butenyl methoxymethyl ether with alkylidene triphenylphosphorane in accordance with the Wittig reaction to obtain (E3,Z5)-3,5-alkadienyl methoxymethyl ether; and obtaining (E3,Z5)-3,5-alkadienyl acetate using the (E3,Z5)-3,5-alkadienyl methoxymethyl ether as a starting substance.	03-18-2010
20110172304	Sex Attractant of White Peach Scale and Attraction Method - Provided is an attractant of white peach scale capable of simplifying the synthesis of a sex pheromone of white peach scale and suppressing attraction of a parasitoid wasp which is a natural enemy of the white peach scale. More specifically, provided is a sex attractant of white peach scale comprising at least (R,Z)-(+)-3,9-dimethyl-6-isopropenyl-3,9-decadienyl priopionate and a geometric isomer (R,E)-(+)-3,9-dimethyl-6-isopropenyl-3,9-decadienyl priopionate at a weight ratio ranging from 80:20 to 40:60. In addition, provided is a method for attracting white peach scale by using said attractant.	07-14-2011

Tetsuo Fukumoto, Nara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080301192	Image data management system - There is provided an image data management system that restricts a user's exit depending on the use of image data containing confidential information. An image data management system includes a management server	12-04-2008

Tomonori Fukumoto, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100031914	HOLLOW MEMBER, CYLINDER SLEEVE AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THEM - The tubular die of a centrifugal casting device of GNo.30 or above is employed suitably and powder is introduced while rotating, and an outer tubular body composed of that powder is provided. Subsequently, molten is introduced to the inner circumferential wall side of the outer tubular body while sustaining rotation of the tubular die thus forming an inner tubular body. The outer tubular body functions as a cooling metal (chiller) when the molten is cooled and solidified. In place of the outer tubular body composed of the powder, molten may be used for forming an outer tubular body or an outer tubular molding molded previously into tubular shape may be employed.	02-11-2010

Toru Fukumoto, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100206450	MOTORCYCLE TIRE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A motorcycle tire comprises: a toroidal carcass comprising two carcass plies of cords arranged at an angle of from 20 to 80 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction; and a band comprising at least one ply of at least one helically wound cord disposed radially outside the carcass. The band cord is made of steel filaments of 0.08 to 0.20 mm diameter twisted together into a L×M×N structure. The band cord has a low tensile elastic modulus range and a high tensile elastic modulus range, wherein an inflection point between the low tensile elastic modulus range and the high tensile elastic modulus range lies between 2% elongation and 7% elongation of the cord, and a tensile force required to cause 2% elongation of the band cord is not more than	08-19-2010
20110253284	PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass composed of at least one carcass ply made of carcass cords arranged at a cord count E. Each of the carcass cords is composed of two strands final-twisted together. Each of the two strand is made of polyethylene terephthalate fibers first-twisted together. The polyethylene terephthalate fibers of the two strands has a linear density D of not more than 2200 dtex. The linear density D in dtex, the cord count E per 5 cm width of the carcass ply, a breaking strength S(N) of the carcass cord, and a Gurley stiffness B (mN) of the carcass cord satisfy conditional equations: E≦(−30.6 Ln D+307); B≧357/E; and s≧4161/E.	10-20-2011

Toru Fukumoto, Hyogo-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100224302	MOTORCYCLE TIRE FOR UNEVEN TERRAIN TRAVEL - A motorcycle tire for uneven terrain travel including two carcass plies, at least one of which is aramid ply	09-09-2010

Toshihiro Fukumoto, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090027521	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-TAKING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus is disclosed which can provide a high-quality image by specifying an image corresponding to an image resulting from non-image forming light in image information obtained by taking an image of an object having a high brightness and conducting image processing to make the image difficult to recognize visually. The image processing apparatus processes image information which includes a first image component which was responsive to an image-forming light and a second image component which was responsive to a non-image forming light. The image processing apparatus has an image acquiring section which acquires the image information and an edge processing section which conducts edge processing with respect to the image information to distinguish the second image component with respect to the first image component.	01-29-2009

Toshiya Fukumoto, Takarazuka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090248258	Operation Parameter Display System for Working Vehicle Fitted with Working Implement - An operation parameter display system for an working vehicle (	10-01-2009
20100191404	Display System for Work Vehicle - A display system for a work vehicle is disclosed including a display device (	07-29-2010
20110172895	Condition Evaluation System for Engine-Driven Traveling Vehicle - A fuel consumption amount evaluation system is disclosed. The system includes a rotational speed detecting section (	07-14-2011

Wasao Fukumoto, Mito JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080289316	COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANT AND STEAM THERMAL POWER PLANT - A combined-cycle power plant, a steam thermal power plant, and a method for operating the power plant, which are capable of effectively utilizing raw fuel produced from medium- or small-scaled gas fields and oil fields. Raw fuel produced from a gas field is separated into a gas component and a liquid component by a separator. The gas component is burnt in a combustor of a gas turbine, and resulting motive power is converted to electricity by a power generator. The liquid component separated by the separator is burnt in a steam generator to generate steam that is supplied to a steam turbine. Resulting motive power of the steam turbine is converted to electricity by a power generator. Since the electricity generated by the power generators is AC power, the AC power is converted by a converter to DC power that is transferred from the vicinity of the gas field to a consuming area via a cable.	11-27-2008
20080289337	COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANT AND STEAM THERMAL POWER PLANT - A combined-cycle power plant, a steam thermal power plant, and a method for operating the power plant, which are capable of effectively utilizing raw fuel produced from medium- or small-scaled gas fields and oil fields. Raw fuel produced from a gas field is separated into a gas component and a liquid component by a separator. The gas component is burnt in a combustor of a gas turbine, and resulting motive power is converted to electricity by a power generator. The liquid component separated by the separator is burnt in a steam generator to generate steam that is supplied to a steam turbine. Resulting motive power of the steam turbine is converted to electricity by a power generator. Since the electricity generated by the power generators is AC power, the AC power is converted by a converter to DC power that is transferred from the vicinity of the gas field to a consuming area via a cable.	11-27-2008

Yasuhiro Fukumoto, Sennan-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110236691	METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIXING-UNIT MEMBER AND FIXING-UNIT MEMBER - A method for producing a fixing-unit member including a base, a rubber elastic layer, and a PFA layer includes a step of forming a primer layer by applying a primer containing a low-melting fluorocarbon resin to the outer circumferential surface of a rubber roller having the rubber elastic layer on the outer circumferential surface of the base; a step of sheathing the rubber roller with a thermally shrinkable tube formed by diametrically expanding a PFA tube so as to have an inner diameter more than the outer diameter of the rubber roller; a step of forming the PFA layer from the thermally shrinkable tube by heating the thermally shrinkable tube so as to be thermally shrunken and fused with the rubber roller; and a reheating step of heating the PFA layer to a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the PFA contained in the PFA layer.	09-29-2011

Yasunori Fukumoto, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110020927	Method Of Transfecting Cells With Nucleic Acids Using Acidified Polyethylenimine - An object of the present invention is to achieve a method capable of increasing transfection efficiency of polyethyleneimine (PEI) and reducing toxicity thereof, to provide a PEI with high transfection efficiency, and to provide a method of introducing nucleic acids into cells comprising using the PEI.	01-27-2011

Yasushi Fukumoto, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110083497	SURFACE TEXTURE MEASURING MACHINE AND A SURFACE TEXTURE MEASURING METHOD - A surface texture measuring machine includes: a stage, a contact-type detector having a stylus, an image probe, a relative movement mechanism and a controller. The controller includes: a center position calculating unit that, when the image probe enters position data of at least three points on a circular contour of a circular concave portion or a circular convex portion of an object, approximates the entered position data to a circle to obtain a center position of the circle; and a stylus setting unit that, after calculating the center position, operates the relative movement mechanism to position the stylus of the contact-type detector at the center position.	04-14-2011
20110085177	OFFSET AMOUNT CALIBRATING METHOD AND SURFACE PROFILE MEASURING MACHINE - An offset amount calibrating method that obtains the offset amount between a contact-type detector and an image probe for a surface profile measuring machine is provided. The method includes: setting on a stage a calibration jig that has a surface being provided with a lattice pattern with a level difference; measuring the lattice pattern of the calibration jig by the contact-type detector to obtain a first reference position of the lattice pattern; capturing the image of the lattice pattern of the calibration jig by the image probe to obtain a second reference position of the lattice pattern; and obtaining the offset amount from a difference between the first and second reference positions.	04-14-2011

Yasuyuki Fukumoto, Daito-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110205455	Television Set - This television set includes a front housing, a first board mounted on the front housing, having a first connecting portion, a rear housing, and a second board mounted on the rear housing, having a second connecting portion connected to the first connecting portion, while the rear housing includes an exposing portion for exposing at least the first connecting portion in a state of being mounted to the front housing.	08-25-2011

Yoshihiko Fukumoto, Isehara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090053849	PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM WITH PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A photoelectric conversion device comprises a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type serving as a photoelectric conversion element together with a part of the first semiconductor region; a gate electrode transferring electric carriers generated in the photoelectric conversion element to a third semiconductor region of the second conductivity type. Moreover, the photoelectric conversion device comprises an isolation region for electrically isolating the second semiconductor region from a fourth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type adjacent to the second semiconductor region. Wiring for applying voltage to the gate electrode is arranged on the isolation region. Here, a fifth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type having an impurity concentration lower than that of the fourth semiconductor region is provided between the fourth semiconductor region and the isolation region.	02-26-2009
20100053294	THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER - The present invention provides a thermal head with increased contact pressure between a heat generating portion and a printing medium to increase printing quality with a low heat loss. A thermal head includes: a plurality of heat generating resistors formed via an insulating layer; a driver circuit unit for driving the plurality of heat generating resistors to generate a heat; a wiring for connecting the driver circuit unit to the plurality of heat generating resistors; a protecting film formed to cover the plurality of heat generating resistors, the driver circuit unit and the wiring, wherein the plurality of heat generating resistors, the driver circuit unit, the wiring and the protecting film are formed on a substrate, and a thermal insulating layer having a thermal conductivity smaller than 0.5 W/m·K and having a maximum thickness of larger than 10 μm is provided between the heat generating resistor and the substrate.	03-04-2010
20100053296	THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER - The present invention has an object to reduce a thickness of a protecting film having a small thermal conductivity. A thermal head includes: a plurality of heat generating resistors formed via an insulating layer; a driver circuit unit for driving the plurality of heat generating resistors to generate a heat; a wiring for connecting the driver circuit unit to the plurality of heat generating resistors; a protecting film formed to cover the plurality of heat generating resistors, the driver circuit unit and the wiring, wherein the plurality of heat generating resistors, the driver circuit unit, the wiring	03-04-2010
20110140219	PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, an interlayer insulating film arranged on the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, a protective insulating film that is arranged in contact with the interlayer insulating film and has a refractive index different from that of the interlayer insulating film, recesses arranged in a light-receiving surface of each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, and embedded regions embedded in the recesses. When a wavelength of incident light to each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions is denoted by λ and a refractive index of the embedded regions is denoted by n, a depth d of the recesses is represented by an expression d≧λ/4n.	06-16-2011

Yoshiyuki Fukumoto, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100024812	INHALER - A cartridge having an ejection head for ejecting medicine and a reservoir as integral parts thereof is provided with an electric connection section on a lower surface of a junction forming section thereof to be brought into contact with an inhaler body. As the cartridge is put into the inhaler body and secured to the latter by means of a cartridge fixing member, the electric connection section of the cartridge is brought into contact with an electric connection section arranged on a top surface of a cartridge mounting section of the inhaler body to establish electric connection between the cartridge and the inhaler body.	02-04-2010
20100083956	DISCHARGE HEAD AND DROPLET DISCHARGING DEVICE - A discharge head	04-08-2010
20110175960	LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTION METHOD - A liquid ejection apparatus comprising a liquid chamber for accommodating a liquid to be supplied from a liquid tank, an ejection port for ejecting droplets of the liquid by applying a pressure to the liquid in the liquid chamber, a pressure application unit for applying the pressure to the liquid in the liquid chamber a liquid-holding structure for holding the liquid on the atmosphere side of the ejection port so as to cover the ejection port with the liquid; and a liquid-removing unit for removing the liquid held on the atmosphere side of the ejection port. The liquid-removing unit controls a timing of ejecting the droplets from the ejection port.	07-21-2011
20120028383	PROCESSING METHOD OF SILICON SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD MANUFACTURING METHOD - A processing method of a silicon substrate including forming a second opening in a bottom portion of a first opening using a patterning mask having a pattern opening by plasma reactive ion etching. The reactive ion etching is performed with a shield structure formed in or on the silicon substrate, the shield structure preventing inside of the first opening from being exposed to the plasma.	02-02-2012

Yosuke Fukumoto, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110133711	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SWITCHING REGULATOR USING THE DEVICE - The semiconductor device according to the present invention has an n-channel output transistor wherein an input voltage is impressed on a drain, and a pulsed switching voltage that corresponds to a switching drive of the transistor is brought out from a source; a bootstrap circuit for generating a boost voltage enhanced by a predetermined electric potential above the switching voltage; an internal circuit for receiving a supply of the boost voltage to generate a switching drive signal, and supplying the signal to a gate of the output transistor; an overvoltage protection circuit for monitoring an electric potential difference between the switching voltage and the boost voltage, and generating an overvoltage detection signal; and a switching element for establishing/blocking electrical conduction between the internal circuit and the end impressed with the boost voltage, in accordance with the overvoltage detection signal.	06-09-2011

Yusuke Fukumoto, Moriguchi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080248394	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a porous insulating film adhered to a surface of at least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the porous insulating film including an inorganic oxide filler and a film binder, wherein the ratio R of actual volume to apparent volume of the separator is not less than 0.4 and not greater than 0.7, and wherein the ratio R and a porosity P of the porous insulating film satisfy the relational formula: −0.10≦R−P≦0.30.	10-09-2008
20080254369	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a porous insulating film adhered to a surface of at least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the porous insulating film including an inorganic oxide filler and a film binder, wherein the ratio R of actual volume to apparent volume of the separator is not less than 0.4 and not greater than 0.7, and wherein the ratio R and a porosity P of the porous insulating film satisfy the relational formula: −0.10≦R−P≦0.30.	10-16-2008
20080274399	Secondary battery - A secondary battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a porous electron-insulating layer adhered to a surface of at least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolyte. The porous electron-insulating layer comprises a particulate filler and a resin binder, and the particulate filler comprises an indefinite-shape particle comprising a plurality of primary particles that are joined to one another. A neck is preferably formed between the primary particles. Since the porous electron-insulating layer has high porosity, it is possible to obtain a secondary battery that exhibits excellent low-temperature characteristics, which are particularly important in actual use, and that is capable of discharging at a large current.	11-06-2008