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| 20090258723 | GOLF CLUB AND SHAFT REPLACING METHOD - According to an aspect of the invention, a golf club includes: a golf club head having a hosel; a shaft; a shaft case fixed to one end of the shaft, and inserted into the hosel, the shaft case being formed in a substantially cylindrical shape; and a ring-shaped screw member screwed into one end of the hosel to fix the shaft case in the hosel, the ring-shaped screw member being detachable from the hosel; | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100331103 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head includes a hollow head main body provided with a recess portion in a sole portion thereof; a gravity center characteristic adjusting portion with a plate shape disposed in the recess portion between a center part of the recess portion and a part of a surrounding wall of the recess portion; and a fixing portion for fixing the gravity center characteristic adjusting portion onto the hollow head main body at an arbitrary rotational position. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110232785 | OIL STORING DEVICE AND ENGINE HAVING THE SAME - An oil storing device includes a body portion. The body portion is formed at its one end with an engaging portion having an oil supply port for supplying engine oil and an oil return port for introducing the engine oil. The engaging portion is detachably connected to a connecting portion of a crankcase. Oil storing chambers for storing the engine oil are formed in the body portion so as to be connected to the oil supply port and the oil return port. When the engaging portion is engaged with the connecting portion of the crankcase, the oil supply port is connected to an inlet port leading to an oil pump, and the oil return port is connected to an outlet port to the crankcase. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120041237 | Process for Producing Fluoromethyl Hexafluoroisopropyl Ether - There is provided according to the present invention a process for producing fluoromethyl hexafluoroisopropyl ether ((CF | 02-16-2012 |
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| 20100104237 | WAVEGUIDE-TYPE OPTICAL INTERFEROMETER - In an optical interferometer, polarization dependence attributable to the optical path difference has conventionally been eliminated by inserting a half-wave plate at the center of the interferometer. However, light induced by polarization coupling produced in directional couplers used in the optical interferometer causes interference having different interference conditions from those of the normal light. Polarization rotators that effect any one of 90° rotation and −90° rotation of all states of polarization of incoming light are inserted in the optical interferometer, and thereby the interference conditions of light induced by polarization coupling are made the same as those of the normal light. Each of the polarization rotators is implemented by using two half-wave plates and by varying an angle of combination of these half-wave plates. Alternatively, each of the polarization rotators is implemented through a combination of one half-wave plate and a waveguide having birefringence properties. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100119189 | OPTICAL DELAY LINE INTERFEROMETER - A demodulator is provided for a multilevel differential phase shift keyed signal, capable of eliminating polarization dependence due to birefringence and polarization coupling-induced light resulting from a waveguide structure, and also, polarization dependence due to dynamic birefringence produced at the time of driving a variable phase adjuster. The demodulator is configured of an optical delay line interferometer of a waveguide interference type. The S/N ratio of a demodulated signal in the demodulator formed by the optical delay line interferometer can be also improved. Further, both the polarization dependence and the temperature dependence of the optical delay line interferometer can be reduced. The disposition of a polarization converter and groves filled with a temperature compensation material makes it possible to provide a circuit configuration suitable for eliminating the polarization dependence and the temperature dependence of the optical delay line interferometer. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110268447 | Optical Wavelength Multiplexing/Demultiplexing Circuit, Optical Module Using Optical Wavelength Multiplexing/Demultiplexing Circuit, and Communication System - When a conventional synchronized AWG is employed to extend a transmission passband, an increase in loss near the optical center frequency can not be avoided. Because of passband width limit, a problem has existed in that the synchronized AWG could not be applied for a large, complicated communication system wherein a signal light passes a number of points. Therefore, an optical wavelength multiplexing/demultiplexing circuit of the present invention is a synchronized AWG, which includes an optical splitter arranged in an interference circuit that is connected on the side of one slab waveguide. The splitting ratio of the optical splitter varies, depending on the optical frequency, and the value becomes minimum near the optical center frequency of the synchronized AWG. The optical splitter is operated so that the splitting ratio is comparatively great at optical frequencies distant from the optical center frequency. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120025669 | DRIVE APPARATUS - A drive apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a movable unit configured to include a first sliding surface, and slide along the first sliding surface; a vibration generating unit configured to generate vibrations; a vibration transmitting unit configured to include a second sliding surface in contact with the first sliding surface of the movable unit, and transmit the vibrations generated by the vibration generating unit to the movable unit via the first and second sliding surfaces; a pre-pressure applying unit configured to apply pre-pressure to the movable unit via the vibration transmitting unit; and a driving force generating unit configure to generate a driving force for driving the movable unit in a predetermined direction, the driving force being greater than a friction force between the first sliding surface and the second sliding surface when the vibrations are being transmitted to the vibration transmitting unit, the driving force being smaller than the friction force when the vibrations are not being transmitted to the vibration transmitting unit. | 02-02-2012 |
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| 20090317072 | FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER - A focal plane shutter includes: a shutter substrate having an opening; a blade for opening and closing the opening; a drive member swingably supported for driving the blade; a drive spring for driving the drive member; and an adjustment mechanism for adjusting an urging force of the drive spring. One end of the drive spring is engaged with the drive member. The adjustment mechanism includes: an adjustment member engaging the other end of the drive spring and rotatably supported to adjust the urging force of the drive spring; and an engagement member abutting the adjustment member to stop rotation of the adjustment member. The adjustment member has a clearance portion for avoiding abutment against the engagement member at a given rotational position. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20110116149 | BLADE SPEED ADJUSTABLE MECHANISM AND FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER HAVING THE SAME - A blade speed adjustable mechanism includes: a board having an opening; a shutter blade opening or closing the opening; a drive lever supported by the board and bringing the shutter blade into an overlapped operation or an expanded operation; a biasing member engaging the drive lever and biasing the shutter blade in an overlapped direction or in an expanded direction; a ratchet member engaging the biasing member and having ratchet teeth; an engagement member holding the ratchet member at a desired stop position and adjusting an biasing force of the biasing member by changing the stop position. The engagement member has a plurality of pawl portions different from each other in length. The pawl portion engages the ratchet tooth to hold the ratchet member at the stop position. A difference in length between the pawl portions is shorter than a distance corresponding to a pitch of the ratchet teeth. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110127621 | Electrostatic vibrator and electronic apparatus - A silicon oxide film | 06-02-2011 |
| 20120008932 | FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A focal plane shutter includes: an electromagnet; a board including an opening; a blade movable between a position where the blade recedes from the opening and a position where the blade covers at least part of the opening; and a drive lever driving the blade, and including: a spindle portion provided at its one end with a flange portion; an iron piece provided at the other end of the spindle portion and capable of being adsorbed to the electromagnet; a support portion including a through hole through which the spindle portion penetrates with a play; and a guide portion provided along the iron piece. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008933 | FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A focal plane shutter includes: a board including an opening; a blade movable between a position where the blade recedes from the opening and a position where the blade covers at least part of the opening; a drive arm connected to the blade, the drive arm including an engagement hole; a drive lever including a drive pin engaging the engagement hole; and a restriction portion provided in the drive arm, the restriction portion abutting the drive pin and being thicker than the drive arm. | 01-12-2012 |
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| 20090263915 | AGGLUTINATION INHIBITION ASSAY METHOD AND REAGENT - Provided are an agglutination-inhibition assay and a reagent for agglutination-inhibition assay, which can be used for measuring a ligand in a sample at high sensitivity in a wide range from the low-concentration range to the high-concentration range and have good reproducibility of measurement. Specifically, provided are an agglutination-inhibition assay and a reagent for agglutination-inhibition assay, in which used are an insoluble carrier particle carrying a ligand, a specific receptor in the free-form and an insoluble carrier particle carrying a specific receptor which binds to a different site on the ligand than the receptor in the free-form. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20110165701 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AND IMMUNOASSAY USING THE SAME - An objective of the present invention is to provide an anti-human IgM monoclonal antibody that is capable of reacting specifically with human IgM and inducing immunoagglutination based on an antigen-antibody reaction with human IgM in solution, and an immunoassay using the said monoclonal antibody. Another objective of the present invention is to provide an agent for suppressing non-specific reactions caused by human IgM that could not be prevented by conventional methods, and an immunoassay in which non-specific reactions caused by human IgM are suppressed. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110236996 | METHOD FOR MEASURING CYSTATIN C IN HUMAN BODY FLUID - There is provided a particle-enhanced immunoassay method for cystatin C in a human body fluid, which has higher specificity and is easily automatable at low cost as compared with conventional assay methods that use large amounts of polyclonal antibodies having low specificity or monoclonal antibodies having high specificity but having poor agglutinability. | 09-29-2011 |
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| 20090093118 | POLISHING COMPOSITION - In order to polish a wiring metal, a polishing composition ensuring that etching and erosion are suppressed and the residual wiring metal on the portion other than wiring is decreased, is provided, in which a polishing composition comprising (A) an azole group-containing compound having 3 or more azole groups within the molecule and a molecular weight of 300 to 15,000, (B) an oxidant, and (C) one, two or more acids selected from the group consisting of an amino acid, an organic acid and an inorganic acid is provided. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090194504 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ABRASIVE COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a method for producing an abrasive composition, which can control dishing, a method for polishing a substrate using the abrasive composition, and a method for producing a substrate. In the method for producing an abrasive composition, two kinds of preliminary compositions (A) and (B) having different compositions are mixed in different mixing ratios to produce plural kinds of abrasive compositions, wherein a composition containing (a) an abrasive grain, (b) an oxidizing agent, (c) one or more acids selected from the group consisting of amino acids, organic acids and inorganic acids, and (d) a surfactant is used as the preliminary composition (A); and a composition containing (a) an abrasive grain and (b) an oxidizing agent is used as the preliminary composition (B). The preliminary composition (B) may contain the foregoing acid (c) and surfactant (d). In this case, at least one of (a), (b), (c) and (d) in the preliminary composition (A) has a different concentration from that in the preliminary composition (B). | 08-06-2009 |
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| 20080238249 | PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR AND PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR SYSTEM - A piezoelectric motor includes: a plurality of piezoelectric units, respectively in contact with a driven target, disposed separately from each other, and configured to drive the driven target; and a magnet configured to apply a preload force to each of the plurality of piezoelectric units by magnetically attracting the driven target in the absence of direct contact with the driven target. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080240704 | DRIVING MECHANISM - A driving mechanism includes a driven member partially having a spherical surface, piezoelectric units that support the driven member between them and drive the driven member, and a base that holds the piezoelectric units. Each of the piezoelectric units includes a driving portion having a flat surface in contact with the spherical surface of the driven member, a first piezoelectric element that moves the driving portion along a first axis parallel to the flat surface, a second piezoelectric element that moves the driving portion along a second axis that is parallel to the flat surface and intersects the first axis, and a support member that supports the driving portion through the first and second piezoelectric elements. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080297437 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A viewpoint information calculation unit ( | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090039734 | PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR AND CAMERA DEVICE - A piezoelectric motor includes: a driven member having a substantially spherical shape; a base; a support member provided on the base; a gimbal frame that is provided on a periphery of the driven member; a first bearing that couples the gimbal frame to the support member to be rotatable around a first rotation axis; a second bearing that couples the driven member to the gimbal frame to be rotatable around a second rotation axis that is orthogonal to the first rotation axis; a plurality of piezoelectric elements, each of which has one end fixed onto the base and the other end disposed to be in contact with an actuation portion that abuts the driven member; and an elastic portion that is formed on the gimbal frame, the elastic portion being displaceable in a direction orthogonal to the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090058227 | PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR AND CAMERA DEVICE - A piezoelectric motor includes: a base; first and second piezoelectric elements that are provided symmetrically on the base to face with each other, the first and second piezoelectric elements actuating in opposite directions; first and second displacement enlarging mechanisms that respectively enlarge actuating displacements of the first and second piezoelectric elements through first and second levers that rotate around first and second fulcrums fixed to the base; first and second leaf springs that are respectively coupled to action points of the first and second levers at one ends thereof; and an actuating portion that is coupled to the other ends of the first and second leaf springs and swings in accordance with actuation of the first and the second piezoelectric elements, the actuating portion being urged against a driven member to actuate the driven member with a frictional force. | 03-05-2009 |
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| 20080220348 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING LATENT ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide a toner manufacturing method including: continuously mixing an oil phase with an aqueous phase to form an emulsified liquid using an emulsifying mechanism having an emulsified liquid circulation pathway and an emulsifying device equipped with a stirring blade; forming liquid droplets from the emulsified liquid by controlling the equilibrium between atomization and integration of the liquid droplets; and feeding the liquid droplets with stirring to a series of treatments including at least desolvation, filtration, washing and drying; wherein a product T of the solid content concentration (% by mass) of the oil phase and viscosity (mPa·s) measured with a rotating viscometer at 25° C., and 6 rpm satisfies 30,000≦T≦50,000. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080311504 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TONER AND TONER - A method of manufacturing toner including adding an oil phase comprising an organic solvent in which a binder resin, a coloring agent and a releasing agent are dissolved or dispersed and an aqueous phase to an emulsification device equipped with a stirrer, continuously dispersing or emulsifying the oil phase and the aqueous phase in the emulsification device equipped with a stirrer to form a liquid dispersion or emulsion comprising oil phase particles, transporting the liquid dispersion or emulsion to a tank, removing the organic solvent from the liquid dispersion or emulsion followed by drying to form mother toner particles, wherein the releasing agent has been preliminarily prepared to have a dispersion diameter of from 0.15 to 0.7 μm before the releasing agent is contained in the oil phase, a circumferential speed of the stirrer is from 15 to 25 m/s, and a volume particle diameter (DV′) of the oil phase particles at an exit of the emulsification device to the tank and a volume average particle diameter (Dv) of the oil phase particles in the tank satisfy the following relationships: | 12-18-2008 |