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Eiji Furuta, Sagamihara-Shi JP
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| 20120101743 | HARDNESS TEST METHOD AND PROGRAM - A hardness test method performed by a controller of a hardness tester includes a first measurement process measuring an indentation curve (indentation history curve) for a plurality of times under a same condition with respect to a test specimen for verification in a predetermined environment; a setting process setting an acceptable range of variation in a load loading curve based on load loading curves (load loading history curves) of the plurality of the indentation curves obtained by the first measurement process; a second measurement process measuring an indentation curve under a same condition as the first measurement process with respect to the test specimen in an actual usage environment; and a judging process judging whether a load loading curve of the indentation curve measured by the second measurement process is within the acceptable range of variation in a load loading curve set by the setting process. | 04-26-2012 |
Kazuhito Furuta, Nagoya-Shi JP
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| 20120086403 | END-OF-DISCHARGE VOLTAGE CORRECTION DEVICE AND END-OF-DISCHARGE VOLTAGE CORRECTION METHOD - An end-of-discharge voltage correction section subtracts, from an end-of-discharge open voltage, the product I×RO of a discharge current I of a block and an ohmic resistance RO of the block and the product ITD×RP of a discharge current ITD obtained by performing a time delay process on the discharge current and a polarization resistance RP of the block. Then, a resulting value is set as an end-of-discharge voltage VL. The ohmic resistance RO is increased as an equivalent cycle count CY increases, and is increased as a healthy parallel number NPH decreases. An increment ΔCY of the equivalent cycle count CY in each charge/discharge cycle becomes greater as a discharge depth DD increases. The healthy parallel number NPH is derived by multiplying a healthy parallel number NPHR of a reference block by the ratio of a capacity CPR of the reference block to a capacity CPS of a target block. | 04-12-2012 |
Keisuke Furuta, Chiyoda-Ku JP
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| 20120031883 | LASER MACHINING DEVICE AND LASER MACHINING METHOD - The machining device is equipped with a fiber laser oscillator for oscillating laser light of a top hat shape, and a light collecting lens and a machining head for collecting the laser light of the top hat shape and emitting the laser light onto a machining target such that the beam diameter of the laser light of the top hat shape at a position where light intensity becomes the one corresponding to a machining threshold of the machining target is about three times the size of the beam diameter of laser light in a Gaussian mode at the same position, when the laser light in the Gaussian mode has a beam quality substantially the same as that of the laser light of the top hat shape. | 02-09-2012 |
Kenichiro Furuta, Hyogo JP
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| 20110300981 | FRICTION DRIVE BELT - A friction drive belt (B) includes a belt body ( | 12-08-2011 |
Makoto Furuta, Fukuoka JP
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| 20120107081 | BOARD CONVEYING HAND AND BOARD CONVEYING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - An adsorbent in a board conveying hand includes: a pad for adsorbing a board in contact with the board; and an elastic member interposed between the fork and the pad and provided with an adsorption passage for allowing an adsorbing fluid to pass between the fork and the pad, wherein a part of the elastic member is deformed, thus arbitrarily varying a projection amount of the pad from the fork. | 05-03-2012 |
Masafumi Furuta, Kyoto-Shi JP
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| 20110220803 | RADIATION SIGNAL-PROCESSING UNIT AND RADIATION DETECTOR PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A radiation signal-processing unit including a position identifying device for identifying an incident radiation position in a radiation detector; a count data-memory device for storing positional information outputted from the position identifying device, a count ratio-calculation device for calculating a count ratio based on the positional information stored in the count data-memory device, a reference count ratio-memory device for memorizing a reference count ratio as the count ratio calculated under a state where fluorescence to be detected does not overlap each other temporally, and a correction instruction device for reading the reference count ratio from the reference count ratio-memory device and comparing the ratio with the count ratio, thereby instructing execution of correction of a radiation generating position to the position identifying device. | 09-15-2011 |
Motoyuki Furuta, Gifu-Shi JP
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| 20120026700 | WIRING BODY CONNECTION STRUCTURE - A wiring body connection structure includes a first wiring body and a second wiring body, the first wiring body having a first base material made of an elastomer and a first wiring containing an elastomer and a conductive material, the second wiring body having a second base material and a second wiring. In the wiring body connection structure, a laminated section is partitioned where a first end of the first wiring body and a second end of the second wiring body overlap in a front-rear direction. The wiring body connection structure further includes a cover member arranged on a front surface of the first wiring body, and a conductive adhesive layer bonding the first end and the second end in the laminated section while ensuring a conductive property. The cover member is interposed between a frontmost end of the second end and the first wiring in the laminated section. | 02-02-2012 |
Nobou Furuta, Kasugai-Shi JP
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| 20120103808 | GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor including a plate-shaped laminate disposed in a housing and fixed thereto via an element passage member and formed by laminating a gas sensor element and a heating element. The gas sensor element includes a plate-shaped solid electrolyte member, and a pair of detection electrodes formed on front and back surfaces thereof and constituting, in cooperation with the solid electrolyte member, a detection section for detecting the concentration of a specific gas. Insulating substrates mainly composed of alumina are provided on opposite sides of the laminate in the laminating direction. Coating layers mainly composed of a first material higher in toughness than alumina are formed on at least portions of outer surfaces of the insulating substrates in the laminating direction, the portions facing the element passage member. The coating layers are not formed on surfaces of the laminate parallel to the laminating direction. | 05-03-2012 |
Norikatsu Furuta, Kyoto JP
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| 20110306024 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON RESPIRATORY INSTRUCTION PROGRAM, RESPIRATORY INSTRUCTION APPARATUS, RESPIRATORY INSTRUCTION SYSTEM, AND RESPIRATORY INSTRUCTION PROCESSING METHOD - At least an expiratory period during which a user is instructed to take an expiratory action as a respiratory action and an inspiratory period during which the user is instructed to take an inspiratory action as the respiratory action are set. One of enlargement and reduction of a first object is performed during the expiratory period, and the other of the enlargement and the reduction of the first object is performed during the inspiratory period, the first object representing a loop path. During the expiratory period, a second object is caused to move along and complete one full circuit of the path in a time from a beginning to an end of the expiratory period, and during the inspiratory period, the second object is caused to move along and complete one full circuit of the path in a time from a beginning to an end of the inspiratory period. | 12-15-2011 |
Paul Furuta, Sunnyvale, CA US
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| 20120113672 | Quantum dot films, lighting devices, and lighting methods - Light-emitting quantum dot films, quantum dot lighting devices, and quantum dot-based backlight units are provided. Related compositions, components, and methods are also described. Improved quantum dot encapsulation and matrix materials are provided. Quantum dot films with protective barriers are described. High-efficiency, high brightness, and high-color purity quantum dot-based lighting devices are also included, as well as methods for improving efficiency and optical characteristics in quantum dot-based lighting devices. | 05-10-2012 |
Saori Furuta, Emeryville, CA US
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| 20120094843 | DETECTING AND TREATING BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE TO EGFR INHIBITORS - The application describes therapeutic compositions and methods for treating cancer. For example, therapeutic compositions and methods related to inhibition of FAM83A (family with sequence similarity 83) are provided. The application also describes methods for diagnosing cancer resistance to EGFR inhibitors. For example, a method of diagnosing cancer resistance to EGFR inhibitors by detecting increased FAM83A levels is described. | 04-19-2012 |
Seiichi Furuta, Anjo-City JP
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| 20110254692 | IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS - An in-vehicle communication system is disclosed. The in-vehicle communication system is configured to connect a short range wireless communication link between an in-vehicle apparatus and a portable device, and predicts a battery level threshold reach time, which is a time when a battery level of a battery of the portable device reaches below a threshold. When it is determined that the battery level threshold reach time is prior to a vehicle travel end time, the in-vehicle communication system notifies the passenger of prompt battery charge information to prompt the passenger to charge the battery of the portable device. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258221 | IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An in-vehicle communication system is disclosed. In the in-vehicle communication system, when a portable device has received a data request specifying a specific data from an in-vehicle apparatus, the portable device determines whether the portable device can receive the specific data from a center apparatus. When the portable device determines that the portable device cannot receive the specific data from the center apparatus and that the specific data is stored in a data storage area of the portable device, the portable device transmits the specific data stored in the data storage area to the in-vehicle apparatus. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120046808 | Vehicular communication system - Under a state where an in-vehicle navigation apparatus and a cellular phone intercommunicate with each other by connecting a Bluetooth communication link, when a changeover relative to an application program is determined in one of the in-vehicle navigation apparatus and the cellular phone, an application program synchronization operation is executed such that the application program stored in the in-vehicle navigation apparatus and the application program stored in the cellular phone become identical to each other. | 02-23-2012 |
Shige Furuta, Osaka-Shi JP
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| 20120081346 | SHIFT REGISTER, DISPLAY-DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAYING PANEL, AND DISPLAYING DEVICE - Provided is a shift register of a display-driving circuit which carries out simultaneous selection of a plurality of signal lines by using a simultaneous selection signal. A stage of the shift register includes (i) a set-reset type flip-flop and (ii) a signal generating circuit which generates an output signal of the stage by selectively outputting a signal in response to an output of the flip-flop. The output signal of the stage (i) becomes active due to an activation of the simultaneous selection signal and then (ii) remains active while the simultaneous selection is being performed, and the output from the flip-flop is inactive during a period in which a setting signal and a resetting signal are both being active. This makes it possible to quickly carry out the simultaneous selection of all the signal lines and the initialization of the shift register. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120086686 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD - A display driving circuit that carries out CC driving is configured such that retaining circuits are provided in such a way as to correspond one-by-one to their respective stages of a shift register, that a polarity signal CMI is inputted to each of the latch circuits, that when an internal signal Mn generated by a shift register at the nth stage becomes active, a latch circuit corresponding to the nth stage loads and retains the polarity signal CMI, that an output signal SRBOn from the shift register at the nth stage is supplied as a scanning signal to a gate line connected to pixels corresponding to the (n+1)th stage, and that an output from latch circuit corresponding to the nth stage is supplied as CSOUTn to a CS bus line forming capacitors with pixel electrodes of pixels corresponding to the nth stage. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086689 | Display Driving Circuit, Display Device And Display Driving Method - An embodiment of the present invention switches, in a display driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device which carries out CC driving, between a two-line reversal driving mode in which a polarity of a data signal supplied to a source line is reversed every two horizontal scanning periods and a one-line reversal driving mode in which a polarity of a data signal supplied to a source line is reversed every one horizontal scanning period. In at least one example embodiment, a polarity signal reverses its polarity every two horizontal scanning periods in the two-line reversal driving mode, and reverses its polarity every one horizontal scanning period in the one-line reversal driving mode. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086703 | Display Driving Circuit, Display Device And Display Driving Method - A display driving circuit for driving a liquid crystal display panel includes a shift register including a plurality of shift register circuits provided in such a way as to correspond to a plurality of gate lines, respectively, the display driving circuit having latch circuits provided in such a way as to correspond one-by-one to the shift register circuits, a polarity signal being inputted to the latch circuits. When a internal signal generated by a shift register circuit becomes active, a latch circuit loads and retains the polarity signal, and an output from the latch circuit is supplied to a CS bus line. The internal signal becomes active before a first vertical scanning period of a display picture. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120105395 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A stage of the shift register has (i) a set-reset type flip-flop which receives an initialization signal and (ii) a signal generating circuit which receives a simultaneous selection signal and which generates an output signal by use of an output of the flip-flop. In at least one example embodiment, the output of the flip-flop becomes inactive regardless of whether a setting signal and a resetting signal are active or inactive, as long as the initialization signal is active. The initialization signal becomes active before the end of the simultaneous selection, and then becomes inactive after the end of the simultaneous selection. This makes it possible to stabilize operation of the shift register after the end of simultaneous selection of a plurality of signal lines carried out by the display driving circuit at a predetermined timing. | 05-03-2012 |
Shinji Furuta, Aichi JP
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| 20110180483 | FILTRATION METHOD, METHOD FOR PURIFYING POLISHING COMPOSITION USING IT, METHOD FOR REGENERATING FILTER TO BE USED FOR FILTRATION, AND FILTER REGENERATING APPARATUS - According to the present invention, a filtration method capable of prolonging the life of a filter and regenerating it without impairing the efficiency can be provided. Further, a filter regenerating method and a regenerating apparatus, for efficiently regenerating a filter, are provided. The filtration method of the present invention is a method of subjecting a liquid to filtration by using a resin media filter, wherein ultrasonic waves at a frequency of at least 30 kHz are applied to the filter while the filtration is carried out, during the temporary stop of the filtration or after completion of the filtration. Efficient purification is possible by subjecting a polishing composition to filtration by such a filtration method. Further, the filter regenerating method of the present invention comprises applying ultrasonic waves at a frequency of at least 30 kHz to a used resin filter. | 07-28-2011 |
Takashi Furuta, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20110314981 | PRINTER - A printer according to the present invention includes a recording unit that makes recording on recording paper, a cutter unit that has a movable cutter edge to cut the recording paper, and a containing portion that receives recorded matter, which is the recorded paper cut by the cutter unit. Further, the printer includes a cut piece collecting portion that collects cut pieces, which are recording paper cut by the cutter unit, and a cut piece collecting portion cover that opens/closes in conjunction with a cutting operation of the cutter unit. The recording paper cut by the cutter unit is collected by a cut piece collecting portion if the cut piece collecting portion cover is in an open state and is made movable to the containing portion if the cut piece collecting portion cover is in a closed state. Further, the cut piece collecting portion cover performs one opening/closing operation for a predetermined number of cutting operations. | 12-29-2011 |
Takaya Furuta, Otsu-Shi JP
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| 20120017642 | CLEAVING METHOD FOR A GLASS FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A GLASS ROLL, AND CLEAVING APPARATUS FOR A GLASS FILM - In a cleaving apparatus ( | 01-26-2012 |
Takumi Furuta, Uji-Shi JP
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| 20110251393 | HELICENE DERIVATIVE, AXIALLY ASYMMETRIC AMINO ACID, AMINE OR AMINOALCOHOL DERIVATIVE, PERYLENE DERIVATIVE OR SALT THEREOF, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME - The invention provides a helicene derivative, axially chiral amino acid, amine or amino alcohol derivative, and azaperylene, such as compounds represented by Formulae (I), (I′), (II), (II′), and (III): | 10-13-2011 |
Takuya Furuta, Colorado Springs, CO US
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| 20100131220 | WAVEFORM DISPLAY METHOD AND A SIGNAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A waveform display method is disclosed. The method includes determining the narrowest pulse in a waveform for display and determining an available pixel width for displaying the narrowest pulse in a first display portion if the entire waveform is to be displayed in the first display portion. The pixel width is measure in terms of a number of pixels. The method further includes displaying the entire waveform or a portion thereof in the first display portion depending on the available pixel width. A signal measurement system that implements the method is also disclosed. | 05-27-2010 |
Tatsuo Furuta, Shiojiri JP
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| 20110261099 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing device is configured to print a first band in a first pass and to print a second band in a second pass so that the second band partially overlaps the first band for from an overlap printed area. The overlap printed area is divided by a single continuous boundary line into a first area that is printed during the first pass and a second area that is printed during the second pass. The boundary line includes a first boundary line portion where a parallel line extending parallel to a sub-scanning direction crosses the boundary line from the first area into the second area and a second boundary line portion where the parallel line crosses from the second area into the first area. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261100 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A first pseudo band is printed, a second pseudo band is printed so as to partially overlap the first pseudo band, and the overlap printed area is divided by a single continuously boundary line into a first area first area printed by the first pseudo band, and a second area printed by the second pseudo band. | 10-27-2011 |
Tatsuya Furuta, Seki-Shi JP
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| 20120023762 | HANDLE FOR BLADED HAND TOOL AND RAZOR - A space is provided in a front section of a handle. The space is located between side sections and extends along the longitudinal direction of a grip portion. A finger rest wall extending along the longitudinal direction is provided on each side section. The finger rest walls are provided to sandwich the space in the widthwise direction of the grip portion. Each finger rest wall is formed like a cantilever such that one of the ends in the thickness direction of the grip portion is a free end, and the other end is a fixed end. The space is opened between the free ends of the finger rest walls. The finger rest walls are attached to the side frame sections at the fixed ends. The side frame sections are formed of a material that is harder than the finger rest portion. The finger rest walls are deformed into the space when pressed toward the space. | 02-02-2012 |
Tomoyuki Furuta, Minamitsuru-Gun JP
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| 20120001577 | TORQUE MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE FOR WIRE CUT ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINES - In a torque motor driving device for wire cut electrical discharge machines, a voltage waveform rectified by a full-wave rectifying circuit, not using a high-capacitance electrolytic capacitor, is applied as an AC voltage to a single-phase torque motor by a bridge circuit including semiconductor switches. A PWM signal whose duty is adjusted so that the current flowing through the torque motor matches an instructed value is generated and the generated PWM signal is used for the operation of the bridge circuit. | 01-05-2012 |
Yasuhiro Furuta, Suwa-Gun JP
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| 20120110065 | CONTENT OUTPUTTING METHOD, CONTENT SERVER AND MEDIATION SERVER - A content outputting system includes a client, a content server, a mediation server and an outputting apparatus. Upon reception of a request for outputting content data, the client transmits a request for outputting, which includes a storage location of the content, to the mediation server, so that the mediation server transmits a request for acquisition of the content data to the content server. The content server retrieves the content data from a storage section thereof, and transmits the retrieved content data to the mediation server. The mediation server creates output data on the basis of the received content data, and then, transmits the created output data to the outputting apparatus. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110066 | IMAGE INPUT METHOD, CONTENT ITEM SERVER, AND RELAY SERVER - An image input system includes a client, a content item server, a relay server, and an image input apparatus. When the client receives an instruction to input an image, the client transmits a first input request including the address of the content item server to the relay server and the relay server transmits a second input request to the image input apparatus. The image input apparatus inputs the image and transmits the image to the relay server. The relay server transmits the image to the address included in the first input request. The content item server stores the image in a predetermined storage location inside a storage unit. | 05-03-2012 |
Yasutomo Furuta, Abiko-Shi JP
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| 20110298884 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus capable of reducing density variation that occurs in an output image when the rotational speed of a polygon mirror is changed. A light source emits a light beam for forming an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive drum. The polygon mirror deflects the light beam such that the light beam moves on the photosensitive drum in a predetermined direction. A polygon mirror control circuit controls the polygon mirror such that when the toner image is to be formed at a first magnification, the rotational speed of the polygon mirror is made higher than when the toner image is to be formed at a second magnification that is larger than the first magnification. When the toner image is to be formed at the first magnification, the light beam becomes smaller in light amount than when the toner image is to be formed at the second magnification. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120001995 | EXPOSURE DEVICE CAPABLE OF STABILIZING DENSITY OF IMAGE FORMED BY MULTIPLE EXPOSURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE EXPOSURE DEVICE - An exposure device configured to perform exposure using a plurality of light beams and capable of stabilizing image density without increasing circuit size. The exposure device has a first light source for emitting a first light beam and a second light source for emitting a second light beam. The exposure device exposes a photosensitive drum such that areas exposed to the respective first and second light beams at least partially overlap each other. A first drive current having a predetermined value and a second drive current are supplied to the respective first and second light sources. A photodiode detects the intensities of the respective first and second light beams or the sum of the intensities. The second drive current is controlled based on a detection result from the photodiode such that the sum of the intensities becomes equal to a target intensity. | 01-05-2012 |
Yozo Furuta, Utsunomiya-Shi JP
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| 20110298267 | SEAT BACK FRAME - A seat back frame for a seat of a vehicle includes: a pair of side frames placed at a left side and a right side in a width direction of a seat; a head rest supporting frame supporting a head rest; a supporting plate, a both ends of the supporting plate being connected to a lower portion of each of the side frames; an upper opening provided above the supporting plate, the upper opening being opened in a front-rear direction; a planar elastic body provided across the upper opening; and a connection member elastically connecting a lower portion of the planar elastic body and an upper portion of the supporting plate. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120068506 | VEHICLE SEAT - The present invention provides a vehicle seat including: a seatback frame that includes a pair of an outer side frame portion and an inner side frame portion and a lower frame portion; a tilting shaft that supports the seatback frame at a position below the lower frame portion; and a first load transfer block that transfers an impact load input from a side portion of the vehicle body to the seatback frame, wherein the vehicle seat further includes a plate-shaped rigid member of which an upper end is connected to the lower frame portion and an inner end in the vehicle width direction is connected to the inner side frame portion in the vehicle width direction, and wherein a lower edge of the plate-shaped rigid member extends to at least a height position of the tilting shaft. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120098305 | SEAT BACK FRAME FOR VEHICLE SEAT - A seat back frame for the vehicle seat, includes a pair of side frames that are disposed on both sides in a seat width direction; and a supporting plate that has both ends connected to a bottom section of each of the side frames, wherein the supporting plate is at least disposed along an interval between a first height that corresponds to an upper part of a lumbar vertebra of an occupant seated in the seat and a second height that corresponds to a lower part of the lumbar vertebra, and curves in a manner such that, in a cross-section along with a vertical direction, the supporting plate bulges forward along a line from the first height to the second height. | 04-26-2012 |
Yozo Furuta, Wako JP
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| 20120018608 | SEAT SLIDE POSITION DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A seat slide position detection device for a vehicle includes a lower rail attached to a vehicle floor. The lower rail has one side and another side opposite to the one side in the width direction. The one side includes a side surface and an upward wall portion extending upward along the side surface. An upper rail is supported by the lower rail and slidable with respect to the lower rail in the longitudinal direction of the lower rail. A detection target portion is provided in the upward wall portion of the lower rail in a predetermined range in the longitudinal direction of the lower rail. A position sensor is disposed at the upper rail between the upper rail and the upward wall portion to face the detection target portion. | 01-26-2012 |