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Funaki, JP

Akira Funaki, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090260324Pillow Packaging Bag, Pillow Type Packaged Body, Heat Seal Bar for Pillow Packaging Machine, and Pillow Packaging Machine - A pillow packaging bag, a pillow type packaging body, a heat seal bar for pillow packaging machine, and a pillow packaging machine. The pillow packaging bag enabling the suppression of the occurrence of pin holes in a handling step and a transportation course after packaging comprises two lateral seal parts positioned roughly parallel with each other and a contents filling part held by the two lateral seal parts. Damping portions connected to the contents filling portion are formed near both side end parts of the lateral seal part from the border line thereof with the contents filling part near the center part of the lateral seal part toward the lateral seal part.10-22-2009

Atsushi Funaki, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090176952METHOD FOR PRODUCING MELT-MOLDABLE TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE COPOLYMER - To provide a method for producing a tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, wherein the polymerization rate is excellent, the copolymer to be obtained is excellent in mechanical properties such as the tensile strength, it is free from coloration and can be melt-molded.07-09-2009
20100204423ETHYLENE-TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE COPOLYMER - To provide an ETFE-type copolymer having a high melt tension and excellent blow moldability.08-12-2010

Hiroshi Funaki, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090186986NOVEL FLUORINATED POLYMER - The present invention provides a fluorinated polymer excellent in the crosslinking reactivity, crosslinked rubber physical properties and chemical resistance, and its crosslinked rubber.07-23-2009

Patent applications by Hiroshi Funaki, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Hitoshi Funaki, Fukushima-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090074498RIBBON CASSETTE STRUCTURE INTEGRATED WITH PAPER FEED TRAY AND PRINTER USING THE RIBBON CASSETTE STRUCTURE INTEGRATED WITH PAPER FEED TRAY - A ribbon cassette structure integrated with a paper feed tray includes a ribbon cassette that includes a pair of bobbin receiving units and is integrated with a paper feed tray. One of the pair of bobbin receiving units that are connected to each other, and the paper feed tray are pivotally connected to each other so as to be opened or closed between an open state where the one of the pair of bobbin receiving units and the paper feed tray are mostly separated from each other, and a closed state where the one of the pair of bobbin receiving units and the paper feed tray come in contact with each other.03-19-2009
20100238256PRINTER AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING CONVEYING DISTANCE OF RECORDING SHEET - A printer includes printing unit provided on a conveying path of a recording sheet and sheet feed unit provided on the downstream and upstream sides of the printing unit in a conveying direction of a recording sheet. The printer includes a platen roller, a first sheet feed roller, a second sheet feed roller, a first branch transmission gear group, a second branch transmission gear group, and thrust amount adjusting unit. A tooth trace of one of the gears of each of the first and second branch transmission gear groups has an inclination angle with respect to an axial direction, and the first and second branch transmission gear groups are formed of first and second idler gears including inclined gear portions of which inclined directions of tooth traces are the same as each other.09-23-2010

Patent applications by Hitoshi Funaki, Fukushima-Ken JP

Isao Funaki, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080253662Similarity analyzing device, image display device, image display program storage medium, and image display method - A similarity analyzing device includes: an image acquisition section which acquires picked-up images with which image pick-up dates and/or times are associated; and an image registration section which registers a face image showing a picked-up face and with which an image pick-up date and/or time is associated. The device further includes: a degree of similarity calculation section which detects a face in each of picked-up images acquired by the image acquisition section and calculates the degree of similarity between the detected face and the face in the face image registered in the image registration section; and a degree of similarity reduction section in which the larger the difference between the image pick-up date and/or time associated with the picked-up image and that associated with the face image is, the more the degree of similarity of the face calculated by the degree of similarity calculation section is reduced.10-16-2008
20080256577Display device, display program storage medium, and display method - A display device includes: a data acquisition section which acquires plural data with which dates and/or times are associated; and a date and/or time acquisition section which acquires dates and/or times associated with the plurality of data. The display device further includes: a data classification section which classifies the plural data to plural groups which belong to plural time regions which do not overlap with each other, based on the length of intervals between the dates and/or times acquired by the date and/or time acquisition section; and a display section which classifies plural icons which show the plural data to the groups and displays the plural icons.10-16-2008
20120063642SIMILARITY ANALYZING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A similarity analyzing device includes: an image acquisition section which acquires picked-up images with which image pick-up dates and/or times are associated; and an image registration section which registers a face image showing a picked-up face and with which an image pick-up date and/or time is associated. The device further includes: a degree of similarity calculation section which detects a face in each of picked-up images acquired by the image acquisition section and calculates the degree of similarity between the detected face and the face in the face image registered in the image registration section; and a degree of similarity reduction section in which the larger the difference between the image pick-up date and/or time associated with the picked-up image and that associated with the face image is, the more the degree of similarity of the face calculated by the degree of similarity calculation section is reduced.03-15-2012

Patent applications by Isao Funaki, Kawasaki JP

Juko Funaki, Akita JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080212013LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a thin film transistor, a data line, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode, a second substrate, and liquid crystal sandwiched between the first and second substrates, wherein an image signal is applied to the thin film transistor through the data line to generate an electric field between the pixel electrode receiving the image signal and the common electrode such that the liquid crystal is rotated by the electric field in a plane which is in parallel with the first substrate. The first substrate includes an electrically insulating inorganic film covering the data line therewith, a first island-shaped electrically insulating organic film formed on the electrically insulating inorganic film above the data line, and a shield common electrode covering the first island-shaped electrically insulating organic film therewith and overlapping the data line when viewed vertically.09-04-2008

Katsunori Funaki, Toyama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110234100SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A processing speed may be easily controlled over the wide range within the impedance variation range. A substrate processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber configured to process a substrate; a substrate support unit configured to support the substrate in the processing chamber; a processing gas supply unit configured to supply a processing gas into the processing chamber; a plasma generation electrode configured to convert the processing gas supplied into the processing chamber to be in a plasma state; a radio frequency power source configured to apply a radio frequency power to the plasma generation electrode; a variable impedance electrode installed at the substrate support unit and configured to control an electric potential of the substrate; a variable impedance mechanism connected to the variable impedance electrode and configured to vary an impedance according to a reciprocal of a peak-to-peak voltage of the plasma generation electrode; an exhaust unit configured to exhaust an atmosphere in the processing chamber; and a controller configured to control at least the variable impedance mechanism.09-29-2011

Katsuyuki Funaki, Ishikawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110027612BRONZE ALLOY, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND SLIDING MEMBER COMPRISING BRONZE ALLOY - A bronze alloy having a metallographic structure which has a fine multilayer structure constituted of a layer of α-form copper and a layer of a copper-tin intermetallic compound and includes an eutectoid phase comprising, dispersedly precipitated therein, fine metal grains containing at least bismuth (fine bismuth grains, etc.). The proportion of the lamellar eutectoid phase is 10-70% by area. From the standpoint of composition, the bronze alloy comprises copper and tin as main components and contains nickel, bismuth, and sulfur as additive elements, the nickel content being 0.5-5.0 mass %, the bismuth content being 0.5-7.0 mass %, and the sulfur content being 0.08-1.2 mass %. The tin content preferably is 8-15 mass %. The alloy may further contain lead in a proportion of 4 mass % or lower. The bronze alloy is used as a sliding surface of a sliding member (e.g., a hydraulic cylinder block).02-03-2011

Kazuo Funaki, Fukuoka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090170708SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE AND SUPERCONDUCTING COIL MADE THEREWITH - Tape-shaped superconducting wires, and a superconducting coil formed from said wires, wherein a plurality of electrically separated superconducting film parts, each having a rectangular cross section and arranged in parallel, form parallel conductors, providing superconducting wires capable of containing losses incurred in the presence of alternating current (A/C). A superconducting coil is made by winding the superconducting wires, wherein the coil structure contains at least a part wherein perpendicular interlinkage magnetic fluxes acting among conductor elements of the parallel conductors by the distribution of magnetic fields generated by the superconducting coils cancel mutually in order to contain circulating current within the wires and to make shunt current uniform, thereby providing a low-loss A/C superconducting coil.07-02-2009

Kenichi Funaki, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080249280Process for Producing Polyester, Polyester Produced Using Said Process, and Polyester Molded Product - This invention provides a polyester and a polyester molded product, which, while maintaining color tone, transparency, and thermal stability, can realize a high polycondensation rate, are less likely to cause the production of polycondensation catalyst-derived undesired materials, and can simultaneously meet both quality and cost effectiveness requirements, which can exhibit the characteristic features, for example, in the fields of ultrafine fibers, high transparent films for optical use, or ultrahigh transparent molded products. These advantages can be realized by using, in the production of a polyester in the presence of an aluminum compound-containing polyester polycondensation catalyst, an aluminum compound having an absorbance of not more than 0.0132 as measured in the form of an aqueous aluminum compound solution, prepared by dissolving the aluminum compound in pure water to give a concentration of 2.7 g/liter in terms of the amount of aluminum element, under conditions of cell length 1 cm and wavelength 680 nm.10-09-2008

Koji Funaki, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090194519Ceramic Heater and Glow Plug - Disclosed is a ceramic heater capable of preventing failures due to the thermal stress, such as cracks, and corrosion by a calcium component. The ceramic heater has a heating element including at least one substance selected from silicides, nitrides and carbides of molybdenum and silicides, nitrides and carbides of tungsten as a main component, and a base mainly containing silicon nitride in which the heating element is embedded, wherein the base includes: a rare earth element component in an amount from 4 to 25% by mass in terms of an oxide thereof; a silicide of chromium in an amount from 1 to 8% by mass in terms of chromium silicide; and an aluminum component in an amount from 0.02 to 1.0% by mass in terms of aluminum nitride.08-06-2009

Masahiro Funaki, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080261281Novel Carbonyl Reductase, Gene Thereof and Method of Using the Same - The present invention relates to a polypeptide having an activity to asymmetrically reduce (3S)-1-chloro-3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-4-phenyl-2-butanone to produce (2R,3S)-1-chloro-3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-4-phenyl-2-butanol isolated from a microorganism belonging to the genus 10-23-2008

Masahiro Funaki, Takasago-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100317075Novel Carbonyl Reductase, Gene Thereof and Method of Using the Same - The present invention relates to a polypeptide having an activity to asymmetrically reduce (3S)-1-chloro-3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-4-phenyl-2-butanone to produce (2R,3S)-1-chloro-3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-4-phenyl-2-butanol isolated from a microorganism belonging to the genus 12-16-2010

Mitsuhiro Funaki, Sayama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100021334Method of manufacturing composite copper material - An element such as Cr is caused to dissolve sufficiently in a base-material metal (Cu) in a solid solution state at a high temperature and a material in a supersaturated condition is obtained by performing quenching. After that, a strain is applied to this material and this material is subjected to aging treatment at a low temperature simultaneously with or after the application of this strain. As a result of this, it is possible to obtain a copper alloy having properties desirable as an electrode material, for example, a hardness of not less than 30 HRB, an electrical conductivity of not less than 85 IACS %, and a thermal conductivity of not less than 350 W/(m·K).01-28-2010

Mitsuhiro Funaki, Tochigi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090100669BATTERY MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS - For manufacturing a battery including positive and negative sheet electrodes formed from positive and negative electrode sheets each having active-material-coated portions on opposite surfaces, except for opposite surfaces of one side edge portion, of the sheet and non-active-material-coated portions on the opposite surfaces of the one side edge portion, a method includes: forming a succession of corrugations on each of the sheets, having the coated portions provided thereon, in a longitudinal direction of the sheet; roll-pressing each of the sheets having the corrugations formed thereon; constructing an electrode assembly of the positive and negative sheet electrodes with a separator interposed therebetween; and connecting current collectors to the non-coated portions of the sheet electrodes.04-23-2009

Nobuo Funaki, Wakayama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120000252TUBE-SHAPED KNITTED FABRIC, AND KNITTING METHOD THEREFOR - To provide a tubular knitted fabric and a knitting method thereof, which can be knitted without sewing by a flatbed knitting machine, and which is easily fitted to a three dimensional shape of a wearing region without detriment to appearance.01-05-2012

Satoru Funaki, Hitachi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090319756Duplexed operation processor control system, and duplexed operation processor control method - The present invention provides a duplexed operation processor control system that includes operation processors, an I/O device, and at least one communication path that couples the operation processors to the I/O device, and at least one communication path that couples the operation processors with each other. The duplexed operation processor control system switches over either of the operation processors to be a primary operation processor that executes a control operation for a control target, and the other to be a secondary operation processor that is in a stand-by state, and the secondary operation processor snoops control data synchronously when the primary operation processor acquires the control data from the control target.12-24-2009
20100050062SENDING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - The system has, provided in a sending device, a generator generating transmission data including data, a data error detection code generated from the data and a safety flag indicating a degree of reliability, and transmission data; has, provided in a receiving device, a plurality of components of extracting transmission data, a safety flag, and a data error detection code from a received frame, and detecting a data error, a comparator comparing the matching of a plurality of received frames, and a selector selecting one received frame, from the frame error detection result, the safety flag, the data error detection result, and the matching comparison result; and determines the validity of transmitted data by the detection corresponding to the degree of reliability set with the safety flag.02-25-2010
20100174967CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A failure is detected immediately and certainly, and continuation of processing in an unstable state is prevented. A first error detection code is generated from first information which is output as a result of execution of a predetermined program conducted by a first processor. A second error detection code is generated from second information which is output as a result of execution of the program conducted by a second processor which is configured so as to output the same computation result as that of the first processor. It is detected whether the first information is the same as the second information, and it is detected whether the first error detection code is the same as the second error detection code. Writing the first information or the second information into a main memory is controlled on the basis of a result of the detection.07-08-2010
20110022936SENDING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A receiving device including: a receiver receiving two frames, each including substantially same data attached thereto with a data error detection code, a frame error detection code, and safety flag information indicating a safety function or not, respectively; a first detector connected to the receiver for performing error detection of the frames by use of the frame error detection code, respectively; a second detector connected to the receiver for performing error detection of the data by use of the data error detection code, respectively; and a Direct Memory Access Controller (DMAC) connected to the first and second detectors for outputting one among the data included in the two frames under a condition of the safety function in the two frames when no error is detected in the frame and data error detections.01-27-2011
20110214125TASK MANAGEMENT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD HAVING REDUNDANT PROCESSING COMPARISON - An input/output control apparatus including: a unit that controls input/output of data relating to a computation of a plurality of processors in response to an access request from a second input/output unit and an access request from a first input/output unit which requires higher reliability than said second input/output unit, and orders at least one of a plurality of processors to perform a computation relating to the access request from said first input/output unit away from the computation relating to the access request from said second input/output unit in case of that said first input/output unit issued an access request, so that a same computation is made by said plurality of processors; a unit that compares the results of said computations relative to the access request from said first input/output unit provided from said plurality of processors; and a unit that allows the data associated with said computations of said processors to be output on the basis of said compared results.09-01-2011

Patent applications by Satoru Funaki, Hitachi JP

Setsuko Funaki, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100063198ADHESIVE AND MULTILAYER STRUCTURE HAVING THE SAME - It is an object of the invention to provide polypropylene adhesives which have excellent adhesion to polar materials and exhibit particularly excellent adhesion after high-speed cast film processing, stretching or extrusion coating, and are excellent in blushing resistance, and multilayer structures having the adhesives.03-11-2010
20100183881Laminate - In a coextrusion molding method, a laminate having excellent interlaminar adhesion strength with a fluorocopolymer is provided, and also a laminate which can be used more than enough even at high temperatures or in applications where the laminate comes into contact with oil, gasoline or the like by controlling various properties of the adhesive layer is provided.07-22-2010

Taisei Funaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100214678LENS BARREL - A lens barrel includes a barrel main body, a first lens movement frame, a magnetic scale, and a magnetic sensor. The first lens movement frame is arranged movably in the optical axis direction of the optical system with respect to the barrel main body. The magnetic scale is provided to the first lens movement frame. The magnetic sensor is arranged on the outside of the barrel main body, and detects the position of the first lens movement frame with respect to the barrel main body by detecting the position of the magnetic scale with respect to the barrel main body.08-26-2010

Takeshi Funaki, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100203228METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF COATED PREPARATIONS - The present invention relates to a method for production of a coated preparation, characterized by coating a core material with a coating solution, the core material comprising an active ingredient, the coating solution comprising a) a resin composition obtained by copolymerization of polyvinyl alcohol having an average polymerization degree of 1300 or less, and at least one polymerizable vinyl monomer in a weight ratio of 6:4 to 9:1, b) water, and c) an organic solvent. The method for production make it feasible to efficiently coat a preparation such as a tablet, a granule, and a fine granule, etc. (a pharmaceutical drug, an animal drug, an agricultural chemicals, a fertilizer, or a food product) with the coating solution comprising a) the composition comprising the polyvinyl alcohol copolymer as the main component, b) water, and c) the organic solvent.08-12-2010
20100240711SOLID PREPARATION COMPRISING NPYY5 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST - A preparation which can improve solubility of a NPYY5 receptor antagonist in water, even when the NPYY5 receptor antagonist is contained in the preparation at a high content is provided. A solid preparation containing a NPYY5 receptor antagonist, an amorphous stabilizer, and optionally an amorphousization inducing agent. Particularly, when the amorphous stabilizer is hydroxypropylmethylcellulose phthalate and/or hydroxypropylmethylcellulose acetate succinate, and the amorphousization inducing agent is urea and/or saccharine sodium at an addition amount of less than 8% by weight, dissolution out property of a water-hardly soluble NPYY5 receptor antagonist could be improved.09-23-2010
20110054043FILM COMPOSITION - A film composition comprising (i) a resin obtained by copolymerizing polyvinyl alcohol and at least one or more polymerizable vinyl monomers; and (ii) a drug or a food component.03-03-2011

Tatsuya Funaki, Omihachiman-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090039507Electronic Element, Electronic Element Device Using the Same, and Manufacturing Method Thereof - An electronic element including an electronic element base and electrodes each of which has a first electrode having a surface composed of at least Al or an Al alloy and a second electrode composed of a metal nanoparticle sintered body and bonded to the first electrode. A bonding interface between the first electrode and the second electrode has a multilayer structure including, from the side of the first electrode to the side of the second electrode, (a) a first layer primarily composed of Al, (b) a second layer primarily composed of an Al oxide, (c) a third layer primarily composed of an alloy of Al and a constituent element of metal nanoparticles, and (d) a fourth layer primarily composed of the constituent element of the metal nanoparticles.02-12-2009

Tatsuya Funaki, Kodaira-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100025680THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a thin-film transistor comprising respective elements of: three electrodes of a source electrode, a drain electrode and a gate electrode; a channel layer; and a gate insulating film, at least the channel layer is formed by a metal oxide film including indium. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the thin-film transistor, which can manufacture an element to a polymer substrate without using a high temperature process and which can achieve a high performance and a high reliability at low cost.02-04-2010
20100126767PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF LIGHT TRANSMISSIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELDING MATERIAL, LIGHT TRANSMISSIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELDING MATERIAL AND FINE PARTICLE HAVING EXTREMELY-THIN NOBLE METAL FILM - The present invention provides a process for efficiently preparing a light transmissive electromagnetic wave shielding material enhanced in light transmissive property, electromagnetic wave shielding property, appearance and legibility, and having high-accuracy mesh-pattern. The process for the preparation of a light transmissive electromagnetic wave shielding material comprising; printing in the form of mesh a pretreatment agent for electroless plating on a transparent substrate to form a mesh-shaped pretreatment layer, the pretreatment agent comprising a fine particle having an extremely-thin film of noble metal on its surface, and subjecting the mesh-shaped pretreatment layer to electroless plating to form a mesh-shaped metal conductive layer on the pretreatment layer.05-27-2010

Tetsuji Funaki, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100309594INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - An integrated circuit device includes a first power supply domain and a second power supply domain, wherein the first power supply domain includes a first power supply line and a second power supply line, an internal circuit between the first power supply line and the second power supply line, a first clamp circuit that electrically couples between the first power supply line and the second power supply line when a certain potential difference is generated between the first power supply line and the second power supply line, and at least one of a junction element that is between the first clamp circuit and the first power supply line and a junction element that is between the first clamp circuit and the second power supply line, the junction element allowing current to flow when the first clamp circuit becomes electrically conductive.12-09-2010

Yoshinori Funaki, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110027725POLYOL COMPOUND FOR PHOTORESIST - A polyol compound for photoresists has at least one aliphatic group and at least one aromatic group bound to each other alternately, in which the aromatic group has at least one aromatic ring and two or more hydroxyl groups bound to the aromatic ring. The polyol compound for photoresists can be prepared through an acid-catalyzed reaction, such as a Friedel-Crafts reaction, between an aliphatic polyol and an aromatic polyol. The aliphatic polyol is preferably an alicyclic polyol. The aromatic polyol is preferably hydroquinone.02-03-2011
20120027342CATION-POLYMERIZABLE RESIN COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT THEREOF - Provided is a cationically polymerizable resin composition which has a low viscosity, is easy to work, and is extremely rapidly cured upon irradiation with light to give a cured product excellent in optical transparency, flexibility, thermal stability, and post-heating bendability.02-02-2012

Yoshinori Funaki, Himeji-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080234455Vinyl ether compounds and polymerizable compositions - Disclosed is an oxetane-containing vinyl ether compound including one or more aromatic or non-aromatic carbocycles and/or two or more vinyl ether structures, such as a compound of Formula:09-25-2008
20090004508Thin-film materials, thin films and producing method thereof - An N-substituted benzimidazole-containing bridged alicyclic compound is provided. The compound is represented by following Formula (1-1):01-01-2009

Patent applications by Yoshinori Funaki, Himeji-Shi JP

Yoshiyuki Funaki, Sagamihara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110311736METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING FILM - This invention adopts plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition using the apparatus including a chamber, a pair of rotary electrode reels including a feed-out reel and a take-up reel, a plasma source, a material gas supplier, and an exhaust unit, and includes applying a negative voltage applied to the rotary electrode reels from the plasma source while a conductive substrate is fed-out from the feed-out reel and is wound on the take-up reel so that the entire surface of the substrate portion between reels contacts the material gas, whereby plasma sheath is formed along the surface of the substrate portion between reels, and the material gas is activated in the plasma sheath and thus contacts the surface of the substrate, thus forming the film on the surface of the substrate.12-22-2011

Yuki Funaki, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120071249TRIPOD CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLING SAME - Provided are a tripod constant velocity joint, and a method and a device for assembling the joint. The opening of a through-hole formed in an inner member of the tripod constant velocity joint has formed therein a tapered, reduced diameter section having a diameter tapered from the opening toward the inside. A first annular groove is formed in the side wall of a driving power transmission shaft, and a clip serving as an engaging member is engaged with the first annular groove. A second annular groove is formed in the inner wall of the through-hole in the inner member. In inserting the driving power transmission shaft through the through-hole in the inner member, the tapered, reduced diameter section guides the shaft in such a manner that the clip is contracted toward the bottom surface of the first annular groove. The clip expands and contracts due to the elasticity thereof when the positions of the first annular groove and the second annular groove coincide with each other.03-22-2012

Yusuke Funaki, Kodaira-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110278911NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE - An object of the present invention is to provide a link-type non-pneumatic tire which can reduce the rolling resistance and improve the drive comfort and drivability compare to the solid tire, and also drastically reduce its weight compare to the conventional link-type non-pneumatic tire.11-17-2011