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Furumoto, JP

Atsushi Furumoto, Nukata-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100327677DRIVE APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - A special terminal may project from an encapsulation body of a semiconductor module and may be engaged with an engaging portion of a motor case to limit a positional deviation of the semiconductor module relative to the motor case. Additionally or alternatively, a module side engaging portion may be formed in the encapsulation body and may be engaged with a case side engaging portion to position the semiconductor module relative to the motor case.12-30-2010
20100327678DRIVE APPARATUS - A drive apparatus has a motor device having a tubular motor case. A stator is arranged radially inside the motor case. A rotor is arranged radially inside the stator. A shaft is rotatable with the rotor. An electronic circuit is arranged in the central axis direction of the shaft relative to the motor case. A choke coil has a hole in a central part thereof, in which the shaft is inserted.12-30-2010
20100327679ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT-INTEGRATED MOTOR DRIVE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - A motor case is formed in a tubular shape. A semiconductor module includes a semiconductor chip of switching elements, a resin part and a coil terminal. The resin part embeds the semiconductor chip therein. The coil terminal is protruded from the resin part and directly connected to a coil. A connection part between the coil terminal and the coil is arranged at a position, which is between a top wall surface and a bottom wall surface of the resin part facing each other in the axial direction of a motor.12-30-2010
20100327709SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT-INTEGRATED MOTOR DEVICE USING SAME - A V1 semiconductor module has a coil terminal, which is directly connectable to a lead wire of a coil. As a result, the number of parts required to connect electronic parts is reduced. Further, since no printed circuit board is required, the coil terminal can be shaped in any size without being limited in correspondence to the thickness of a copper film of the substrate. The coil terminal and control terminals, which are connected to the printed circuit board having a control circuit for controlling current supply to the coil, are provided on different wall surfaces of a resin part. Thus, the coil and the printed circuit board can be readily connected to the coil terminal and the control terminals, respectively, resulting in simplification of the device.12-30-2010
20100328901LINKED SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE UNIT AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT-INTEGRATED MOTOR VEHICLE DEVICE USING SAME - A linked semiconductor module unit links a plurality of semiconductor modules by a first bus bar and a second bus bar, which are embedded in resin parts. The linked semiconductor module unit is disposed in a place other than on a printed circuit board. The semiconductor module linking structure is implemented readily by molding the bus bars together with semiconductor chips and lands to form the resin parts.12-30-2010
20110018374ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT-INTEGRATED MOTOR APPARATUS - An electronic circuit including semiconductor modules and capacitors is positioned in the axial direction of a motor. Each semiconductor module is longitudinally positioned in contact with a heat sink. More specifically, a line perpendicular to the surface of a semiconductor chip included in the semiconductor module is perpendicular to the axis line of the motor. Consequently, each capacitor is positioned so that at least a part of the positional range of the capacitor in the axial direction of the motor coincides with the positional ranges of the semiconductor module and the heat sink in the axial direction.01-27-2011
20120098361DRIVE APPARATUS - A heat sink has two heat radiation blocks. The heat radiation block is formed in a wide column shape. The heat radiation block has connection parts at both ends. The connection parts have respective holes formed to pass through in the axial direction of a motor. One screw is inserted in one connection part and threaded into a motor case. The other screw is inserted in the other connection part and threaded into the motor case together with a cover. A power module forming an inverter circuit of each of two power supply systems is arranged on each heat radiation blocks.04-26-2012
20120098365DRIVE APPARATUS - A heat sink of a drive apparatus includes a heat receiving surface located in a rising direction from an end surface wall of a motor case formed in an axial direction of the motor case. A power module includes a mold part and is arranged along the heat receiving surface of the heat sink. Motor leads are taken out from the motor case and electrically connected to the power module and winding wires. The drive apparatus has the motor case, a control circuit substrate, the heat sink, the power module and a power circuit substrate arranged in this order in the axial direction. The motor leads are connected to the power module at an opposite side of the motor case relative to the mold part in the axial direction.04-26-2012
20120098366DRIVE APPARATUS - An electronic control unit (04-26-2012
20120098391DRIVE APPARATUS - An electronic control unit (04-26-2012

Patent applications by Atsushi Furumoto, Nukata-Gun JP

Daisuke Furumoto, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100270829Vehicular hood hinge arrangement structure - In a vehicular hood hinge arrangement structure in which the rear end part of a front hood is pivotally supported on a vehicle body via a hood hinge attached to the top end surface of a dash side front member at the side of a cowl box adopting a hollow structure the upper side of which is open, the hood hinge is arranged on the outside in the vehicle width direction of a vertical surface extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction of a cowl side panel closing the side end of the cowl box and in front of a front surface of a side body outer panel (front pillar) erected almost vertically in the side part of a vehicle body.10-28-2010

Goro Furumoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100248954PROTEIN-ADSORBING MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the invention is to provide a protein-adsorbing material having both adsorption capacity and high-speed treatment performance applicable to not only analysis use but also industrial use, in balance, and to provide a method for producing the same. The present invention provides a protein-adsorbing material comprising a polymer base-material, a polymer side-chain immobilized to the surface of the polymer base-material and a functional group having protein adsorption ability and immobilized to the polymer side-chain, in which the mass of the polymer side-chain is 5 to 30% relative to the mass of the polymer base-material.09-30-2010

Hideaki Furumoto, Hiroshima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090139685CONTINUOUS CASTING APPARATUS AND CONTINUOUS CASTING METHOD - A continuous casting apparatus having a pair of drums rotating in opposite directions, and bearing housings for rotatably supporting drum shafts protruding from opposite end surfaces of the drums, 06-04-2009
20110174869JOINING METHOD OF HIGH CARBON STEEL FOR ENDLESS HOT ROLLING AND THE APPARATUS THEREFOR - An endless hot rolling material shear-joining method capable of threading hot rolling materials in a finish rolling process without strip breakage by controlling joining conditions for the hot rolling materials in an endless hot rolling process for high carbon steel, and an endless hot rolling plant therefor are disclosed. The shear-joining method for endless hot rolling materials of high carbon steel includes shear-joining high carbon steel metal bars comprising, in terms of weight %, 0.30% to 1.20% C, inevitable impurities, and balance Fe, or comprising 0.15% to 1.5% C containing at least one of Cr, Ni, Mo, V, Ti, W, B, Nb, and Sb, inevitable impurities, and balance Fe, such that a joined surface of the joined metal bars is formed to be inclined in a thickness direction of the metal bars, in a hot rolling plant by a joiner adapted to join the metal bars after overlapping tail part of a leading one of the metal bar and top part of a trailing metal bar.07-21-2011

Patent applications by Hideaki Furumoto, Hiroshima JP

Hisashi Furumoto, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080260165DIGITAL MODULATOR AND DIGITAL MODULATING METHOD - A digital modulator performs BPSK on differential data, filters it, and outputs the resultant data. A determining unit determines a combination of continuous two values of differential data. In a waveform generator, waveform generation rules are set for each of the combinations. On the basis of the waveform generation rule corresponding to the combination determined by the data determining unit, the waveform generator sequentially outputs a digital waveform signal.10-23-2008
20080285761FILTER CIRCUIT - A pre-emphasis filter emphasizes a high-frequency component of an input audio signal. A limiter circuit detects that the output signal from the pre-emphasis filter reaches a predetermined upper limit level. A filter adjusting circuit changes the frequency characteristic of the pre-emphasis filter when a limit operation is generated in the limiter circuit.11-20-2008

Itsumu Furumoto, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100203310FLUORORESIN THIN FILM, FLUORORESIN COMPOSITE, POROUS FLUORORESIN COMPOSITE, MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF, AND SEPERATION MEMBRANE ELEMENT - There are provided a fluororesin thin film which is composed of a fluororesin, which has a thickness of 20 μm or less and a Gurley's number of 300 seconds or more, and which includes no defects, such as voids and/or cracks; a method for manufacturing the fluororesin thin film in which after a fluororesin dispersion including a dispersing medium and a fluororesin powder dispersed therein is applied on a flat and smooth foil, the dispersing medium is dried, and the fluororesin powder is sintered; the fluororesin dispersion; a fluororesin composite including a porous base material and the fluororesin thin film; a manufacturing method thereof a porous fluororesin composite formed by stretching the fluororesin composite; and a separation membrane element using the porous fluororesin composite.08-12-2010

Keita Furumoto, Yamaguchi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090032139TIN POWDER, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TIN POWDER AND CONDUCTIVE PASTE CONTAINING TIN POWDER - Object of the invention is to provide a tin powder containing fine tin particles which performs fine pitch wiring circuit easily, excellent in filling the minute diameter via holes, and exhibits low temperature fusibility. In order to achieve the object, a copper powder slurry is prepared by adding a copper powder in water with agitation and a tin solution for deposition by substitution is prepared by adding an acid to an aqueous mixture solution containing a stannous salt and thiourea. Then the copper powder slurry and the tin solution for deposition by substitution are mixed with agitation in a certain ratio of tin in the solution against to copper in the slurry to deposit tin by substitution on the surface of the copper powder. As a result, the tin powder of the present invention is obtained.02-05-2009

Naoyuki Furumoto, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090266106Method and apparatus for producing clathrate hydrate slurry, and method for operating the same apparatus - A method of producing a clathrate hydrate slurry, includes a step of heat-exchanging an aqueous solution of a guest compound for the clathrate hydrate or a slurry of the clathrate hydrate dispersed or suspended in an aqueous solution or water with a refrigerant thereby generating the clathrate hydrate in the aqueous solution or the slurry, in which a part of the clathrate hydrate deposited on the heat transfer surface in the process of heat exchange with the refrigerant is removed by adjustment of a temperature of the refrigerant and flow force of the aqueous solution or the slurry and the rest is kept remained as it covers the heat transfer surface.10-29-2009

Shinichi Furumoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120097372HEAT SINK - Provided is a heat sink capable of improving heat dissipating characteristics and saving space with a reduced fin size. The heat sink is provided with: a base plate which has one surface thermally connected to a heat generating component and which has thermally connected thereto a first heat dissipating fin section composed of a thin plate fin; an upper plate which has a second heat dissipating fin section thermally connected on one surface, the second heat dissipating fin section being composed of two kinds of thin plate fins having different heights; and a plurality of heat pipes which are disposed between the other surface of the base plate and the other surface of the upper plate by being thermally connected to the surfaces and which include a heat pipe that has at least a part thereof inserted into a part of the second heat dissipating fin section.04-26-2012

Syozo Furumoto, Miyagi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090185975DIAGNOSTIC PROBE FOR CONFORMATION DISEASE - The invention provides a probe compound useful for early diagnosis of conformation disease, a composition and a kit comprising it for diagnosis for conformation disease, and a medical composition for treatment and/or prevention of conformation disease.07-23-2009
20100021385BENZOXAZOLE DERIVATIVES - It is intended to provide a benzoxazole derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof which is useful in the early diagnosis of a conformation disease; a composition or a kit containing the same for diagnosing a conformation disease; a medical composition for treating and/or preventing a conformation disease; and so on.01-28-2010
20100272642PET PROBE HAVING AN ALKOXY GROUP SUBSTITUTED BY FLUORINE AND HYDROXY GROUP - Disclosed are: a PET probe compound having an alkoxy group substituted by a fluorine and a hydroxy group, which is useful for the early diagnosis of a conformational disease; a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and/or prevention of a conformational disease, which comprises the compound; and others.10-28-2010

Syozo Furumoto, Sendai-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110190492DIAGNOSTIC PROBE FOR CONFORMATION DISEASE - The invention provides a probe compound useful for early diagnosis of conformation disease, a composition and a kit comprising it for diagnosis for conformation disease, and a medical composition for treatment and/or prevention of conformation disease.08-04-2011

Tsutomu Furumoto, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080275756Apparatus and method for analyzing business continuity, and computer product - A business continuity analyzing apparatus includes a process-information extracting unit that extracts processes included in an operation to be analyzed, from a data configuration that forms an operation flowchart representing the operation; an association editing unit that edits association between the processes extracted by the process-information extracting unit and resources previously stored in a common resource master; and a diagram generating unit that generates an influence diagram based on the association edited by the association editing unit.11-06-2008

Yoshiharu Furumoto, Hiroshima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110225938ENGINE AIR INTAKE DEVICE AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINE INCORPORATED WITH THE SAME - Two air cleaners 09-22-2011

Yoshihiro Furumoto, Anjo-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090145146Refrigeration cycle device, and air conditioner for vehicle - In a refrigeration cycle device in which a compressor is driven by power transmitted from an engine, a torque limiter is adapted to interrupt a transmission of the power from the engine to the compressor when a toque transmitted from the engine to the compressor becomes a predetermined value. A control unit is adapted to determine whether the transmission of the power from the engine to the compressor is interrupted by the torque limiter by determining whether a deviation of a refrigerant discharge pressure of the compressor is below a predetermined pressure when the control unit commands the compressor to change the refrigerant discharge flow amount of the compressor. Thus, the control unit can determine whether the torque limiter interrupts the transmission of power from the engine to the compressor without, using a compressor revolution sensor.06-11-2009

Yuki Furumoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100280749ON-VEHICLE GUIDANCE APPARATUS - An on-vehicle guidance apparatus is characterized in including an output sound control means for acquiring a sound volume setting of onboard equipment, a sound volume determining means for determining whether or not the sound volume setting is smaller than a predetermined threshold, and a guidance output control means for issuing a command for carrying out voice guidance in response to a determination signal from the sound volume determining means at a time when the sound volume setting becomes smaller than the above-mentioned threshold.11-04-2010
20110178804VOICE RECOGNITION DEVICE - A voice recognition device includes a voice input unit 07-21-2011

Yuki Furumoto, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110083198PROGRAM LICENCE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE IN AN AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - CPU of a console accepts a full application activation instruction generated via an activation instruction switch. The CPU searches through all of apparatus of a mixing system, which the console belongs to, to detect any apparatus having connected thereto a USB dongle that has recorded therein an access key corresponding to an application program to be fully activated. If such an apparatus has been detected within the mixing system, the CPU places the application program in a fully activated state. If, on the other hand, no such apparatus has been detected, the CPU terminates a full application activation process. Such arrangements allows the application program, which requires authentication of the access key, to be executed with simple operation, while preventing unauthorized use of the application program.04-07-2011
20110230989AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - Even when a system is made to have a configuration in which a plurality of transmission paths are connected to each other, a transmission-impossible time in each transmission path caused by changing a clock source to a device of a different transmission path can be shortened. In an audio signal processing system including first and second networks connected to each other through a bridge device, the bridge device operates as a slave in the first network and as a master in the second network. When the second network is reset, the bridge device starts to operate as a slave in the second network. Then, when continuous reception of an audio transmission frame that another device operating as a master in the second network has transmitted is started, the bridge device resets the first network and starts to operate as a master in the first network.09-22-2011

Yukihiko Furumoto, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080313151INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method comprises editing information related to a part according to a user operation, extracting characteristic information representing a characteristic of the part from information of an object to be edited when an operation to select the part is performed, searching a database for information similar to the characteristic information, searching the database for knowledge information related to the characteristic information, and displaying the knowledge information on a display unit.12-18-2008
20100088072SUPPORTING APPARATUS, DESIGN SUPPORTING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A method and system of supporting design includes extracting basic shape data associated with CAD model data, extracting know-how data associated with the basic shape data, and associating the model data and the know-how data with each other and setting a degree of association between the model data and the know-how data.04-08-2010
20110167398DESIGN ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING DESIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - The present disclosure is directed to a technique that can be applied to a situation in which a single product is designed by multiple designers using a CAD. During a modification operation of feature data, portions that are referenced to are accumulated in a referenced portion accumulation unit. A portion that has been modified is obtained from new and old feature data, and a determination is made as to whether a reference to the modified portion has been made, based on the information accumulated in the referenced portion accumulation unit. Information about the modified portion that is determined as having been referenced to is displayed on a display.07-07-2011
20120084061THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION METHOD - A three-dimensional simulation apparatus includes a memory storing shape data on a three-dimensional model of a linear flexible object, and a processor executing specifying data that forms sections of the linear flexible object from the shape data, determining reference positions on the sections, specifying data that forms a side surface that connects together the sections, extracting a curve that passes on the side surface, specifying a distance from an outer edge of the section that the extracted curve passes to the reference position, specifying a normal direction of the side surface at the position, specifying a path that connects together the reference positions by shifting the curve by the amount corresponding to the specified distance in a direction opposite to the specified normal direction of the side surface, and specifying a flexible model of the linear flexible object from the shape of each section, the reference positions and the path.04-05-2012

Patent applications by Yukihiko Furumoto, Kawasaki JP