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Funato, JP
Akio Funato, Kyoto JP
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| 20100182657 | BILL PROCESSING MACHINE - A bill processing machine according to the present invention includes an element array portion and a light guiding member. The element array portion is arranged so as to face one side of a conveyance path of a bill, and includes a light receiving element group, a light emitting element and an other side light receiving element. The light receiving element group includes a plurality of light receiving elements, and an arrangement direction of the light receiving elements is perpendicular to a conveyance direction of a bill. The light emitting element is arranged on one side of the arrangement direction of the light receiving elements. The other side light receiving element is arranged on an other side of the arrangement direction of the light receiving elements. The light guiding member is arranged opposite to the element array portion with respect to the conveyance path so that the light guiding member and the element array portion sandwiches the conveyance path therebetween. The light guiding member includes a first refracting portion, a second refracting portion and a main body portion. The first refracting portion refracts irradiated light of the light emitting element in a direction parallel to the arrangement direction. The second refracting portion refracting the irradiated light refracted by the first refracting portion toward the other side light receiving element The main body portion diffuses in an approximately uniform manner the irradiated light refracted by the first refracting portion toward the light receiving element group. | 07-22-2010 |
Daichi Funato, Hino-Shi JP
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| 20090019125 | RECEPTION NOTIFICATION CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - A reception notification control method is provided in which an information server that stores information addressed to reception terminals and performs reception notification, via a network apparatus, on each of the reception terminals to which the information stored in the information server is addressed. After receiving, via the network apparatus, a predetermined connection request from a reception terminal to which stored information is addressed, the information server performs the reception notification on the reception terminal. | 01-15-2009 |
Hiroki Funato, Yokohama JP
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| 20090086462 | Method And Apparatus For Reducing EMI Emissions From A Power Inverter - A power inverter for a hybrid automotive vehicle having a case with an interior and at least one electrical port mounted on the case to electrically connect electrical signals from the interior of the case to an exterior device. A cable connector is associated with each electrical port while a non-electrical sensing conductor extends serially through each electrical port and its associated cable connector. A circuit is provided which detects a break in the continuity of the sensing conductor and generates a signal representative of that break in continuity. The non-electrical sensing conductor thus minimizes the emission of EMI from the inverter. Additionally, a circuit board is mounted within the interior of the case by fasteners which minimize the spacing between the circuit board and the case to further reduce EMI emissions. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20100237693 | POWER INVERTER CONTROLLER AND METHOD - A controller for a power inverter having a gate assembly with an alternating current power output. A gate driver controls the activation of the gate assembly while a processor controls the operation of the gate driver. A current sensor has an output signal representative of the current at the power output. A noise detector circuit provides an output signal to the processor of the frequency of electromagnetic noise in the power inverter and the processor is programmed to sample the current from the current sensor at the frequency of the noise. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100253367 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE GENERATION SOURCE SEARCHING METHOD AND CURRENT PROBE USED THEREFOR - A junction-current probe is provided which can measure a current flowing in a junction port adapted to connect a circuit board or an electronic apparatus to a chassis under the condition that the circuit board or electronic apparatus is packaged to the chassis. Structurally, the current probe has a circular or rectangular insulator having a hole in the center, a coiled conductor wire for converting linkage flux into voltage, an insulating member for preventing the insulator from making electrical contact with surroundings, an extraction lead for connecting opposite ends of the conductor wire to a cable and the cable for connection to a measurement unit. The current probe is reduced in thickness within in a range in which the condition of packaging to the chassis can remain unchanged. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110175594 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE MAGNITUDE OF AN ELECTRIC FIELD - An apparatus for measuring the magnitude of an electric field having an antenna open to the field. The antenna is connected to a data converter which generates an output signal proportional to the magnitude or power of the electric field detected by the antenna. The data converter provides an output signal to a memory unit which stores the magnitude of the electric field. The data converter and memory unit are contained within a housing and the antenna protrudes outwardly from that housing so that the housing and antenna may be positioned within the area of the electric field. | 07-21-2011 |
Hiroki Funato, Nagoya-Shi JP
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| 20110235270 | Power Converter - The object is to provide a power converter which is capable of minimizing an extent to which the power converter components other than the semiconductor module are thermally affected by the heat originating from the semiconductor module. | 09-29-2011 |
Hiroki Funato, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20100188813 | Power Converter - The object is to provide a power converter which is capable of minimizing an extent to which the power converter components other than the semiconductor module are thermally affected by the heat originating from the semiconductor module. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188814 | Power Converter - The object is to provide a power converter which is capable of minimizing an extent to which the power converter components other than the semiconductor module are thermally affected by the heat originating from the semiconductor module. | 07-29-2010 |
Hiroshi Funato, Gigu JP
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| 20110067564 | HYDRAULIC CYLINDER - A hydraulic cylinder includes a piston unit inside a cylinder to be free to slide within the cylinder; and a piston rod having the piston unit fixed to one end thereof and another end thereof projecting from the cylinder. The piston unit is inserted into a small diameter portion of the piston rod with an end surface thereof fixedly contacting a shoulder end surface of the piston rod. A round portion is formed as an annular concave in a base end portion outer periphery of the small diameter portion of the piston rod. A tapered portion is formed on an inner periphery of the piston unit from the end surface in alignment with a portion formed by concaving the small diameter portion. A length of the tapered portion in a piston unit axial direction is equal or greater than a length of the concave portion in a piston rod axial direction. | 03-24-2011 |
Hiroshi Funato, Gifu JP
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| 20110192278 | FLUID PRESSURE CYLINDER - When a fluid pressure cylinder ( | 08-11-2011 |
Hiroyoshi Funato, Chigasaki-Shi JP
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| 20080297870 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - An optical scanning device including a light source, a deflection device to deflect a light beam from the light source, an image focus optical system to focus the light beam deflected by the deflection device on a scanned surface to form an image thereon and scan a surface by the light beam deflected by the deflection device to form an image thereon, a light path switching device provided between the light source and the deflection device, which switches a light path of the light beam emitted from the light source to deflect the light beam on different timings such that the light beam scans different surfaces. | 12-04-2008 |
Hiroyoshi Funato, Kanagawa JP
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| 20100034563 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - P-polarized light beam passing through an fθ lens passes through a polarization beam splitter, is converted into S-polarized light beam by a quarter-wave plate and a reflecting mirror, re-enters the polarization beam splitter, and is reflected at the polarization beam splitter in the −Z direction. An optical path of a light beam between a polygon mirror and the fθ lens, between the fθ lens and the polarization beam splitter, between the polarization beam splitter and the quarter-wave plate, between the quarter-wave plate and a reflecting mirror, between the reflecting mirror and the quarter-wave plate, and between the quarter-wave plate and the polarization beam splitter are in the same plane. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100310284 | VELOCITY DETECTING DEVICE AND MULTI-COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A velocity detecting device includes an image-pattern acquiring unit that includes a laser light source and an area sensor that acquires a one-dimensional or a two-dimensional image. The image-pattern acquiring unit includes a lens between a moving member and the area sensor, irradiates a beam emitted from the laser light source to the moving member to make a scattering light of the moving member scattered from the moving member on the area sensor by using the lens, and acquires an image pattern at a predetermined time interval in association with movement of the moving member. A velocity calculating unit calculates the velocity of the moving member by computing the image pattern acquired by the image-pattern acquiring unit. The lens is a reduced optical system that projects a reduced object onto the area sensor. | 12-09-2010 |
Junichi Funato, Fukuoka JP
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| 20100019420 | UPPER NOZZLE/PLATE INTEGRAL UNIT AND METHOD OF SPLITTING THE SAME - Disclosed is an upper nozzle/plate integral unit comprising an upper nozzle and an upper plate integrated together, which is capable of being easily split into the upper nozzle and the upper plate after use, while adequately maintaining a thickness of a joint between the upper nozzle and the upper plate during use. A metal casing | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100163586 | STOPPER STRUCTURE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides a stopper structure capable of preventing loosening of a shaft rod during use, and gas leakage which is likely to occur when the stopper structure is designed to allow gas to pass therethrough. The shaft rod | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100200619 | SLIDING NOZZLE DEVICE AND PLATE USED FOR THE DEVICE - It is intended to develop a technique of pressing and fixing a plate by a uniform force to suppress the occurrence of a crack around a nozzle hole of the plate during use, and provide a sliding nozzle device capable of improving durability of the plate, and a plate for use in the sliding nozzle device. The sliding nozzle device comprises a plate ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100244335 | Apparatus and method for supporting continuous casting nozzle, sliding nozzle system and continuous casting nozzle - It is intended to provide a continuous-casting-nozzle support apparatus capable of enhancing sealing performance between a continuous casting nozzle and an SN device. The continuous-casting-nozzle support apparatus comprises: a holding mechanism | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110101041 | SLIDING NOZZLE DEVICE - A sliding nozzle device automatically performs a series of operations of loading and unloading pressure between plates and opening and closing a slide frame; maintaining the pressure without additional operations; and operates at full stroke during molten steel flow control. An auxiliary plate-exchanging mechanism includes slide axes moving in the same direction as a hydraulic cylinder operates, and an arm having a proximal end placed around the slide axis. The plate-exchanging mechanism is fixed on an upside frame. A first engagement pin mounted on the proximal end of the arm is inserted in a first engagement groove in a first engagement member engaging with the slide axis, and second engagement pins mounted on bearings are inserted in second engagement grooves in the slide axes. With movement of the slide axes the engagement pins respectively move in the engagement grooves, thereby rotating the slide axes and the arm. | 05-05-2011 |
Koichi Funato, Hiroshima JP
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| 20090325247 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING CERAMIDE USING TRANSFORMED YEAST - The present invention provides methods for producing human ceramide in a yeast cell. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100304467 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING HUMAN CERAMIDE USING YEAST TRANSFORMANTS - The present invention provides a method for producing human ceramide in a yeast cell. | 12-02-2010 |
Kota Funato, Aichi JP
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| 20090025845 | ANTISKID DEVICE FOR VEHICLES - An antiskid device for a vehicle to be attached to a tire of the vehicle is disclosed that includes a belt part ( | 01-29-2009 |
Mitsuru Funato, Kyoto JP
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| 20120124706 | SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PROXIMITY OF PROBES THEREOF - A scanning probe microscope includes: a first and second probes for scanning a sample while maintaining the distance to the sample surface; crystal oscillators holding each of the first and second probes; and a modulation oscillator for providing the first probe with a vibration of a specific frequency which is different from the resonant frequency of each crystal oscillator. A control unit monitors the vibration of the specific frequency of the first and second probes, detects proximity of the first probe and the second probe to each other based on the change of the specific frequencies, and controls the drive of the first and second probes. | 05-17-2012 |
Motonobu Funato, Kariya-Shi JP
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| 20120107141 | MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR AND CONTROLLER THEREFOR - A motor controller for a motor-driven compressor includes a compressing body for compressing and discharging a refrigerant and a motor including a rotary shaft, the motor for driving the compressing body through the rotary shaft. A coil of the motor is arranged in a refrigerant containing area in the motor-driven compressor. The motor controller includes a determining section for determining whether liquid refrigerant is present in the refrigerant containing area and a modulation control section for driving the motor in accordance with three phase modulation control or two phase modulation control based on a determination result of the determining section. | 05-03-2012 |
Naomichi Funato, Tokyo JP
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| 20120111467 | PNEUMATIC TIRE WITH TREAD HAVING GROUND CONTACT SHAPE AND UNEVEN WEAR SACRIFICIAL PROTRUSION - A pneumatic tire with an air pressure corresponding to maximum loading, such that the ground contact shape has a gradually decreasing circumferential direction length from the tire width direction center to the portion corresponding towards the tire width direction outermost circumferential groove, followed by the ground contact shape having a gradually increasing circumferential direction length towards the tire width direction outside. In the ground contact shape, the relationships 0.02≦(A−B)/L≦0.1, and 0.02≦(C−B)/L≦0.1 are satisfied, in which A is the maximum length in the circumferential direction of the tire width direction outermost rib, L is the circumferential direction length of the tire width direction center, and B and C are distances in a tire circumferential direction which depend on the width of the tire width direction outermost rib and the width of the second rib from the outside in the tire width direction. | 05-10-2012 |
Nobuhiko Funato, Gifu-Shi JP
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| 20090002746 | Apparatus For Communicating With A RFID Tag, Tape Cartridge And Tag Tape - There are included an antenna transmitting and receiving information through a radio communication with a RFID circuit element, a signal processing circuit and a transmission portion of a radio frequency circuit configured to execute write or read of information with respect to an IC circuit part of the RFID circuit element, a tape-feeding-roller drive shaft for feeding out a base tape from a first roll, a cutter configured to cut the base tape fed out by this tape-feeding-roller drive shaft to a predetermined length to produce a RFID label, a print head making a print in a predetermined print region of the base tape, and a control circuit configured to control this print head so as to be capable of being switched between the print in a forward direction and the print in a rotation direction inverting this forward direction with respect to a predetermined print region. | 01-01-2009 |
Takashi Funato, Ibaraki JP
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| 20110315587 | CONTAINER WITH LABEL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A label having a thickness of from 30 to 120 μm and a Gurley stiffness of from 5 to 40 mgf, and comprising an adhesive layer with a melting heat quantity of from 10 to 55 J/g, is adhered on a body of a container having a thickness of 50 to 130 μm, so that the direction of the label having a Gurley stiffness of from 5 to 40 mgf can correspond to the circumferential direction of the container body, by an in-mold method. Thereby, the label can be adhered with a sufficient adhesion strength and a thin container which is not deformed by the label can be provided. | 12-29-2011 |
Yuji Funato, Iwaki-City JP
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| 20090216440 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A navigation apparatus includes a satellite positioning section for calculating a present position, and a route setting section for searching for a route to a destination based on map data, and sets a detected route as a recommended route. A satellite positioning disable time guiding section sets as a focus point, a candidate point through which a vehicle first passes when traveling along the recommended route, and displays point guide information for guiding the focus point among candidate points as a route change point, when the satellite positioning section is incapable of calculating the present position. | 08-27-2009 |