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Hiromoto Inoue, Chiyoda-Ku JP

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20120103087FLOW RATE DETECTION DEVICE - The flow rate detection device includes a sensor element and a support. The sensor element includes: a cavity which is formed in a rear surface of a plate-shaped semiconductor silicon substrate by removing part of the plate-shaped semiconductor silicon substrate; and a thin film portion which is disposed over the cavity and includes a detecting element. The support includes a fitting portion into which the sensor element is to be disposed. The sensor element is supported to the fitting portion by an adhesive in a floating manner. A gap formed between the sensor element and the fitting portion is filled with an anti-undercurrent material. The sensor element has a texture including protrusions and depressions formed on a surface opposed to the fitting portion, and the anti-undercurrent material is brought into contact with the texture.05-03-2012

Hiromoto Inoue, Tokyo JP

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20080247115VARIABLE DEVICE CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a variable device circuit according to the present invention, including: a substrate; at least one movable switch device formed on a first principal surface of the substrate; at least one fixed capacitor device formed on the first principal surface of the substrate; at least one variable capacitor device formed on the first principal surface of the substrate; at least one variable inductor device formed on the first principal surface of the substrate; and wiring lines for electrically connecting the devices to one another, the wiring lines being formed on the first principal surface of the substrate; wherein electrical connections among the devices can be selected by operation of the movable switch device, whereby achieving stable, low-loss circuit characteristics with lower manufacturing cost.10-09-2008

Hiromoto Nakazawa, Ibaraki JP

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20100226477X-RAY CONVERGENCE ELEMENT AND X-RAY IRRADIATION DEVICE - An X-ray convergence element and an X-ray irradiation device including the X-ray convergence element are provided. The X-ray convergence element can extend a working distance from an exit-side opening end thereof to a specimen, and can perform analysis of the specimen with rough surface, a fluorescent X-ray analysis, and a X-ray diffraction analysis, regardless of a size of the specimen. An X-ray blocking member 09-09-2010

Hiromoto Ohno, Minato-Ku JP

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20100105968PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR CHLORINE-CONTAINING FLUORINE-CONTAINING COMPOUND - The production process of the present invention for a chlorine-containing fluorine-containing compound is characterized in that a reaction of adding chlorine atoms to a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond of a hydrogen-containing compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond is carried out under the presence of a fluorine gas. The hydrogen-containing compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond may be 3,4-dichlorobutene-1. Further, the present invention provides a process for producing efficiently and economically 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane from 3,4-dichlorobutene-1 described above. According to the present invention, chlorination and fluorination of the hydrogen-containing compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond are carried out in a single step, and therefore a chlorine-containing fluorine-containing compound can be more economically produced at a higher yield than in a conventional process in which two reactions are individually carried out.04-29-2010
20100121118PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE-CONTAINING COMPOUND - The process for producing a fluorine-containing compound such as 1,2,3,4-tetrachclorohexafluorobutane of the present invention is characterized in that a halogenated hydrocarbon compound such as 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane is brought into contact with fluorine gas in a liquid phase or in a solid-liquid coexistence state in the absence of a solvent and a catalyst. According to the present invention, a fluorine-containing compound is readily produced from a halogenated hydrocarbon compound using neither a reaction solvent nor a reaction catalyst.05-13-2010
20100130798PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR 1,2,3,4-TETRACHLOROHEXAFLUOROBUTANE AND REFINING PROCESS - The production process for 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane of the present invention is characterized in that 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane is reacted with fluorine in the presence of a solvent containing hydrogen fluoride. The 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane may be obtained by chlorination of 3,4-dichlorobutene-1. Further, the present invention provides as well a process of refining 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane obtained in the manner described above.05-27-2010
20110071325PRODUCTION PROCESS AND PURIFICATION PROCESS FOR 1,2,3,4-TETRACHLOROHEXAFLUOROBUTANE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a process for producing 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane industrially inexpensively and efficiently by utilizing expensive fluorine gas efficiently and to provide a process which is capable of stably producing 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane and in which, by carrying out fluorination reaction at a low temperature, side reactions such as formation of a low-boiling substance due to cleavage of C—C bonds and formation of an excess fluoride are difficult to occur. The process for producing 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane of the present invention is characterized in that it includes feeding fluorine gas to 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane using plural reactors in the presence of a solvent and in the absence of a catalyst to allow the 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane and the fluorine gas to react with each other, wherein a part or all of unreacted fluorine gas discharged from one reactor is introduced into a reactor different from said one reactor.03-24-2011
20110112341PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 1,2,3,4-TETRACHLOROHEXAFLUOROBUTANE - The present invention provides a process for producing 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane having a high purity at a low cost industrially and efficiently. The process for producing 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane according to the present invention comprises a step of allowing 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane to react with a fluorine gas to prepare a reaction product containing 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane and hydrogen-containing compounds as an impurity, and a step of introducing the reaction product into single or plural distillation columns and distilling to separate the hydrogen-containing compounds from the reaction product and thereby preparing purified 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane wherein the at least one of distillation columns has a theoretical plate number of 15 or more.05-12-2011
20110184209PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARBONYL DIFLUORIDE - An object of the invention is to provide efficient, simple and inexpensive processes for the production of carbonyl difluoride, which is an attractive and important compound as a semiconductor etching gas or a semiconductor cleaning gas.07-28-2011

Hiromoto Ohno, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20090280051METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING NITROGEN TRIFLUORIDE - A method for producing nitrogen trifluoride related to the present invention is characterized in that a fluorine gas and an ammonia gas are fed into a tubular reactor and are reacted with each other in the presence of a diluting gas in a gaseous phase under the condition of no catalyst to produce a gas product mainly composed of nitrogen trifluoride and a solid product mainly composed of ammonium fluoride and/or acidic ammonium fluoride, and then the solid product attached to an inner wall of the tubular reactor is removed by means of a device for removing the solid product, which device is mounted to the tubular reactor.11-12-2009

Hiromoto Sasaki, Tokyo JP

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20090028628Direct liquid-writing instrument - The present invention provides a direct liquid-writing instrument without ink leakage from the pen-tip even after a long period of use. Specifically, it provides a direct liquid-writing instrument having an ink-retaining part in a bellows-like shape, in which at least the ink-retaining part in a bellows-like shape is made of: 20 to 95% by mass of (A) a polyamide-based resin; and 80 to 5% by mass of (B) at least one resin selected from a styrene-based resin, an olefin-based resin, and a polyphenylene ether resin.01-29-2009

Hiromoto Shibata, Ichihara-Shi JP

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20090025610ORGANIC/INORGANIC COMPOSITE - An organic/inorganic composite including a condensation product of an organic silicon compound represented by formula (I) as a major component; at least one kind of a photosensitive compound which is sensitive to light having a wavelength of 350 nm or less selected from the group consisting of metal chelate compounds, compounds of metal organic acid salts, metal compounds having 2 or more hydroxyl or hydrolyzable groups, hydrolyzates thereof, and condensation products thereof; and/or a compound derived from the photosensitive compound;01-29-2009

Hiromoto Yamauchi, Koto-Ku JP

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20100056249GAMING MACHINE FOR VARYING NUMBER OF TRIGGER SYMBOLS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a slot machine, a unit game in which symbols having been arranged are rearranged is displayed on a display. Then, a special game is displayed on the display in case where a predetermined condition has been met. In addition, in the slot machine, rearranged specific symbols are counted before a special free game and it is determined to increase the number of trigger symbols in the special free game according to the number of counted specific symbols. Since an award provided to a player is varied according to the number of trigger symbols rearranged in the special free game, a player's sense of expectancy can be focused on the special free game.03-04-2010
20100304829GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In a gaming machine and a method for controlling the same, whether to start insurance is determined on a basis of a count value cumulatively incremented along with execution of unit games and counted by a counter, and an insurance start condition table defining a correspondence relationship between the count value and start of the insurance; and a first feature game and a second feature game are executed when it is determined to start the insurance. When it is determined to start the insurance, a first feature game may be executed; a condition of a second feature game may be determined on a basis of an outcome of the executed first feature game and a second feature game condition determination table defining a correspondence relationship between an outcome of the first feature game and a condition of the second feature game; and the second feature game may be executed under the determined condition.12-02-2010
20100304836GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - N symbol arrays are scrolled in M rows and N columns of display regions. In each of the symbol arrays, a normal symbol same as a certain normal symbol does not exist within (M−1) rows above and below the certain normal symbol. Therefore, two or more of the same normal symbols are not displayed in each column of display regions, and a maximum of N of the same normal symbols are displayed in all the display regions. Further, the same normal symbols as those present within (M−1) rows above and below the special symbol included in one symbol array do not exist within (M−1) rows above and below the special symbols included in the other symbol arrays. Therefore, when N of the same normal symbols are displayed, a maximum of one special symbol is displayed.12-02-2010
20110300919GAMING MACHINE CAPABLE OF REPEATEDLY EXECUTE A UNITARY GAME - The present invention provides a gaming machine which is capable of realizing an appropriate balance between players' profits and slot machine providers' profits. When a first number of bets have been selected, a control device executes a first basic unitary game which completes when a first time interval has elapsed after starting the game. When a second number of bets have been selected, the control device executes a second basic unitary game which completes when a second time interval shorter than the first time interval has elapsed after starting the game. On the basis of the fact that the first basic unitary game has been executed, the control device executes a first progressive game in which a first payout rate can be realized. On the basis of the fact that the second basic unitary game has been executed, the control device executes a second progressive game in which a second payout rate higher than the first payout rate can be realized. When a second number of bets have been selected, information relating to the second payout rate is displayed.12-08-2011