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Ikai, JP

Fumiharu Ikai, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120121751Punch of compression molding machine - A punch of a compression molding machine is configured to be assembled with no use of any tool and achieves reduction in time necessary for the assembling process. The punch includes 05-17-2012

Hideo Ikai, Tsushima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100281134ARCHITECTURE FOR A SELF-HEALING COMPUTER SYSTEM - The self-healing system comprises a self-healing processor and an error mitigation system. The self-healing processor includes a code block associated with the operation of a portion of digital logic. The self-healing processor also includes a dynamic signature analysis circuit. The processor executes the code block. The dynamic signature analysis circuit creates a dynamic signature representing the operation of the portion of digital logic associated with the code block. The error mitigation system receives the dynamic signature from the dynamic signature analysis circuit. The error mitigation system compares the dynamic signature to a static signature to determine if the signatures match. If the signatures do not match, then the digital logic associated with the code block has an error. The error mitigation system retries execution of the code block. The error mitigation system stores log information describing the above events.11-04-2010

Katsuhiko Ikai, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090133221Hinge Device - A case, a coil spring, a sliding disc and a rotational disc are contained, and the following construction is equipped. The case has a positioning recess portion on the inner wall thereof. On the peripheral surface of the sliding disc is provided a projecting portion which is engaged with the positioning recess portion of the case to suppress the rotation thereof with respect to the case. One end face of the sliding disc and one end face of the rotational disc are confronted to each other, and cam portions which are engaged with or separated from each other in connection with the rotation of the rotational disc are formed on both the confronting end faces. The cam portion formed on the sliding disc projects to the outside of the outer peripheral surface of the sliding disc.05-28-2009

Katsushige Ikai, Koka-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090099101Drugs, foods or drinks with the use of algae-derived physiologically active substances - Medicinal compositions for treating, ameliorating or preventing diseases with sensitivity to 3,6-anhydrogalactopyranose represented by formula (1):04-16-2009

Katsushige Ikai, Koka-Gun, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100048491DRUGS, FOODS OR DRINKS WITH THE USE OF ALGAE-DERIVED PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES - Medicinal compositions for treating, ameliorating or preventing diseases with sensitivity to 3,6-anhydrogalactopyranose represented by formula (1): 02-25-2010
20100137228DRUGS, FOODS OR DRINKS WITH THE USE OF ALGAE-DERIVED PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES - Medicinal compositions for treating, ameliorating or preventing diseases with sensitivity to 3,6-anhydrogalactopyranose represented by formula (1): 06-03-2010

Kazuhito Ikai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080219665OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A common unit that transmits or receives control signals is provided in an optical communication apparatus, and the control signals used in communication include different wavelengths from those of main control signals. In this way, it is possible to simplify the structure of an optical communication apparatus, and reduce the manufacturing costs thereof. An optical communication apparatus includes a plurality of main signal transmitting/receiving units and a control signal transmitting/receiving unit that transmits or receives control signals that are used to control communication in the plurality of main signal transmitting/receiving units using different wavelengths from those of the main signals transmitted/received by the main signal transmitting/receiving units.09-11-2008
20080239981COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM - The present invention provides a communication control system that monitors a status of a transmission line, and can dynamically change a communication band used by a communication device included in an access line based on the monitored result. Line terminal devices (10-02-2008
20120033974OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - An optical communication system includes a first optical communication apparatus configured to insert a wavelength control signal in a main signal to produce a modified main signal; convert the modified main signal into a first optical signal; and transmit the first optical signal, and a second optical communication apparatus configured to receive the first optical signal; extract the wavelength control signal from the received first optical signal; determine a wavelength of a second optical signal based on the extracted wavelength control signal; and transmit the second optical signal to the first optical communication apparatus.02-09-2012

Keizo Ikai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100214722PROCESS OF PRODUCING ACTIVATED CARBON FOR ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR ELECTRODE - The present invention provides a process of producing an activated carbon for an electric double layer capacitor, which can produce easily and inexpensively an activated carbon free from fusing of carbon particles during activation and having a small diameter, a uniform particle diameter, and a relatively large specific surface area on a commercial scale. The process comprises the steps of calcining an easily graphitizable carbon material so that the reduction rates of the hydrogen/carbon atomic ratio (H/C) and the volatile components in the carbon material are 4 percent or more and 5 percent or more, respectively after calcination and activating the carbon material thereby producing an activated carbon for an electric double layer capacitor, having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 7 μm and a BET specific surface area of 1500 to 3000 m08-26-2010

Keizo Ikai, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110160038Carbon Material for Electric Double Layer Capacitor and Process for Producing the Carbon Material - The present invention provides a process for producing an activated carbon having a small average particle diameter, a uniform particle size and a relatively large specific surface area suitable for an electric double layer capacitor electrode, in an easy and cost effective manner. The process comprises calcining an easily graphitizable carbon material such as petroleum coke or coal coke, used as the raw material under an oxidizing gas atmosphere, adjusting the particle size of the carbon material, and then activating the carbon material. The use of the activated carbon produced by the process of the present invention in an electrode can provide an electric double layer capacitor having a large capacitance per unit volume.06-30-2011

Keizou Ikai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090268375RAW COKE FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE CARBON MATERIAL AND NEEDLE COKE - The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke.10-29-2009

Keizou Ikai, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110253593RAW COKE FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE CARBON MATERIAL AND NEEDLE COKE - The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke.10-20-2011
20110267737RAW COKE FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE CARBON MATERIAL AND NEEDLE COKE - The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (11-03-2011

Kensuke Ikai, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120057999MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR - The motor-driven compressor includes a housing, a compression mechanism, a rotary shaft and an electric motor all disposed in the housing, a protective film and a fixing resin. The electric motor is adapted to rotate the rotary shaft thereby to drive the compression mechanism. The electric motor has a rotor fixed on the rotary shaft and a stator supported by the housing. The rotor has a permanent magnet and a magnet hole in which the permanent magnet is inserted. The magnet hole extends in an axial direction of the rotor. The protective film is formed on a surface of the permanent magnet for improving corrosion resistance of the permanent magnet. The fixing resin is filled in at least part of a gap between the permanent magnet and a wall of the magnet hole for fixing the permanent magnet to the wall of the magnet hole.03-08-2012

Kensuke Ikai, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080246364Phase insulator - A phase insulator for a stator of a motor insulates between stator coils. The stator has plural stator coils inserted in slots in a stator core. The phase insulator insulates stator coils from each other. The phase insulator includes insulating sheet portions and bridge portions. The insulating sheet portions are disposed at both end portions of the stator core for insulating between the coil ends of the stator coils. The insulating sheet portions are made of a first material. The bridge portions connect the insulating sheet portions. The bridge portions are inserted in the slots of the stator core. The bridge portions are made of a second material. The second material has higher elastic characteristics than the first material.10-09-2008

Masaki Ikai, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120029814COLLISION DETECTING DEVICE - An object is to be able to accurately discriminate an object of a collision. A device has a collision detection to which are connected a pressure sensor that detects pressure within a pressure chamber, and a vehicle speed sensor that detects vehicle speed, and the collision detection determines effective mass of a collided object on the basis of an integrated value obtained by integrating, at a predetermined sectional integration width, detection results of the pressure sensor, and a converted vehicle speed signal obtained by subtracting a predetermined value a from a vehicle speed signal of the vehicle speed sensor by using a predetermined vehicle speed converting map or the like. Then, when the determined effective mass exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the collided object is discriminated as a pedestrian.02-02-2012

Masamichi Ikai, Kitanagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090054649Bridged Organosilane and Production Method Thereof - Provided is a bridged organosilane, which has a large complex organic group, and which is useful in the synthesis of a mesoporous silica and a light-emitting material, and a production method of the bridged organosilane. The bridged organosilane is expressed by the following general formula (1):02-26-2009

Naohiro Ikai, Otsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120015132Sheet roll and sheet-like coupling member - A sheet roll (01-19-2012

Satoshi Ikai, Yamanashi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090173131CONTROL DEVICE FOR SERVO DIE CUSHION - A control device, for a servo die cushion, by which the speed of a die cushion is prevented from largely deviating from the speed of a slide, whereby the press force between the slide and the die cushion is not significantly reduced. The control device includes a slide speed detector for detecting the speed of the slide, a die cushion speed detector for detecting the speed of the die cushion, and a die cushion speed commanding part for controlling the speed of the die cushion. When a tentative speed command of the die cushion is largely deviated from the detected slide speed, the command of the die cushion is corrected such that the absolute value thereof does not exceed the value calculated by adding the absolute value of the detected slide speed to a positive constant.07-09-2009

Satoshi Ikai, Minamitsuru-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080245121Device for judging collision of a die cushion mechanism and system for judging collision10-09-2008
20100207566CONTROL DEVICE FOR SERVO DIE CUSHION - A control device, for a servo die cushion, capable of improving a response after overshoot generated by collision of a slide and a die cushion. The control device has a local maximum point judging part which judges a local maximum point based on the detected speed of the servomotor; a speed correction value calculating part which calculates a speed correction value for the servomotor based on the judgment result and the detected speed of the slide; a second force commanding part which generates a second force command value, the second force command value decreasing from an initial value to a first force command value, the initial value being equal to the force detected value when reaching generally the local maximum point. The force command value is switched from the first force command value to the second force command value, when the force detected value reaches the local maximum point.08-19-2010

Patent applications by Satoshi Ikai, Minamitsuru-Gun JP

Shigeru Ikai, Kashima-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090215935POLYETHER POLYOL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF - To provide a polyether polyol composition, whereby the reaction rate with a polyisocyanate can be controlled, and an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer excellent particularly in storage stability can be given. A polyether polyol composition comprising a polyether polyol obtained by ring-opening polymerization of an alkylene oxide in the presence of a composite metal cyanide complex catalyst, and a phosphoric acid compound comprising a phosphoric acid selected from orthophosphoric acid, polyphosphoric acid and polymetaphosphoric acid, and/or a partial ester of such a phosphoric acid, characterized in that the polyether polyol composition contains metals derived from the composite metal cyanide complex catalyst in an amount of from 1 to 30 ppm based on the polyether polyol, and the above phosphoric acid compound in an amount of from 0.5 to 100 ppm based on the polyether polyol.08-27-2009

Shigeru Ikai, Kamisu-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090203875PROCESS FOR PURIFYING POLYETHER - To provide a purification process which makes it possible to reduce the amount of an inorganic adsorbent to be used, shorten the time for separating a polyether and the inorganic adsorbent by filtration, and further reduce the amount of a metal derived from a double metal cyanide complex catalyst in a purified polyether thereby obtained.08-13-2009
20090239964PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAM - To provide a process for producing a flexible polyurethane foam, which can suitably form a flexible polyurethane foam having a good cushioning characteristic by using a raw material derived from a natural fat/oil.09-24-2009
20100041864DOUBLE METAL CYANIDE COMPLEX CATALYST HAVING ORGANIC LIGAND, PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYETHER POLYOL - To provide a process for producing, simply and with high reproducibility, a double metal cyanide complex catalyst having an organic ligand, which has a high catalytic activity, a small particle size and a high particle size uniformity.02-18-2010
20100096768POLYMER-DISPERSED POLYOL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAM - To provide a process for producing a flexible polyurethane foam having a higher biomass degree than a conventional flexible polyurethane foam and excellent in foam physical properties and its appearance.04-22-2010

Patent applications by Shigeru Ikai, Kamisu-City JP

Takayuki Ikai, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100297901COLORING COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING SEE-THROUGH OF CLOTH, COLORING METHOD USING THE COLORING COMPOSITION AND CLOTH WHOSE BACK IS COLORED - The present invention relates to a coloring composition for preventing see-through of cloth which comprises, on the basis of the total mass of the composition, a pigment in an amount ranging from 0.002% by mass to 1% by mass; a polymer particulate dispersion; and water.11-25-2010

Takuto Ikai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120010480IN-VIVO INFORMATION ACQUIRING SYSTEM - An in-vivo information acquiring system includes a body-insertable apparatus that includes a magnetic field responding unit, acquires in-vivo information, and transmits the in-vivo information to the outside; a magnetic field generator that generates a magnetic field for the responding unit; a magnetic field control unit that controls a generation of the magnetic field; a receiving unit that receives the in-vivo information transmitted from the apparatus; a processing unit that processes the in-vivo information; a display unit that displays the processed in-vivo information on a screen; an alarm lamp that notifies a generation state of the magnetic field; and a control unit that controls light emission process of the lamp such that an operator who visually identifies the in-vivo information is less disturbed by the light. The control unit performs control such that the lamp emits light upon no magnetic field and stops the generation of light upon the magnetic field.01-12-2012

Tohru Ikai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090312209LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition comprising at least one type of base oil selected from mineral oils and synthetic oils, and a succinate ester and a sarcosinic acid as rust prevention agents. The succinate ester content is preferably set at 0.01 to 0.1 wt. %, and the sarcosinic acid content is preferably set at 0.001 to 0.01 wt. %. Further, they are preferably set such that the resulting weight ratio of the succinate ester content and sarcosinic acid content is 1:0.01 to 0.7. The lubricating oil composition according to the present invention shows excellent rust prevention properties and a satisfactorily long oxidation lifetime. Further it allows to attain a high level of anti-sludge performance and extreme pressure performance and lubrication performance, even when it is used for example in turbine bearings in combined cycle generators having multiplier gears operated under severe high temperature and high pressure conditions.12-17-2009

Tomohiro Ikai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100195723MOVING IMAGE ENCODER AND MOVING IMAGE DECODER - The encoding efficiency when a plurality of reference blocks are used to generate prediction blocks for encoding is improved. A moving image encoder performs inter-picture predictive encoding to encode a difference value from a block to be encoded by generating a prediction image of the block to be encoded by using a plurality of reference images extracted from an encoded frame. The moving image encoder comprises a prediction method candidate generating portion 08-05-2010
20100290532MOVING IMAGE ENCODER AND MOVING IMAGE DECODER - A moving image encoder includes a luminance variation detection/compensation section (11-18-2010
20110002383MOVING IMAGE CODING/DECODING SYSTEM AND MOVING IMAGE CODING APPARATUS AND MOVING IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS USED THEREIN - An image quality/rate control portion 01-06-2011
20110110603FILTER DEVICE - A filter device (05-12-2011
20110135006MOVING IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND MOVING IMAGE DECODING DEVICE - This invention corrects a motion-compensated image by a method suitable for the local characteristics of the moving image, while preventing an increase in an amount of encoded data. A moving image encoding device of this invention includes three motion-compensated image correcting sections (06-09-2011
20110255797IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CODING APPARATUS - When a filtering process on decoded image data is performed using filter parameters, gradient values near the pixel to be the target of the filtering process are calculated. In accordance with the calculated gradient, a single filter parameter is selected from a set of filter parameters. Based on the selected filter parameter, weight coefficients for the filtering process are calculated. Then, using the pixel value to be the processing target, the surrounding pixel values and the calculated weight coefficients, the pixel value after correction of the processing target pixel is calculated. With this process, it is possible to provide an image coding apparatus that can efficiently code an image properly and an image decoding apparatus that can decode an image, by performing a filtering process in accordance with the image characteristics.10-20-2011
20120033731VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - While maintaining a high degree of freedom in choosing partition sizes and transformation sizes adapted for local characteristics of videos, the amount of metadata is decreased. A video encoding apparatus (02-09-2012

Patent applications by Tomohiro Ikai, Osaka JP

Tomonori Ikai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120071808PATCH MATERIAL - A patch material which includes a backing material having a water-vapor permeability of 3,000 g/m03-22-2012

Tomoyuki Ikai, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090105440Filler for Optical Isomer Separation - Disclosed is a filler for optical isomer separation which: allows a polymer compound derivative to be immobilized on the surface of a carrier at a high ratio; and is excellent in optical separation ability. The filler is characterized in that the filler is obtained by modifying part of hydroxy or amino groups of a polymer compound having the hydroxy or amino groups with molecules of a compound represented by the following general formula (I): A-X—Si(Y)04-23-2009
20090124798Filler for Optical Isomer Separation - A polymer compound derivative, obtained by modifying part of the hydroxy or amino groups of a polymer compound having the hydroxy or amino groups with molecules of a compound represented by the following general formula (I): A-X—Si(Y)05-14-2009

Tomoyuki Ikai, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090068468Bead for Enantiomeric Isomer Resolution and Process for Producing the Same - There is provided a process for producing beads for enantiomeric isomer resolution with a satisfactory separation efficiency. The beads for enantiomeric isomer resolution include a polysaccharide derivative, in which the polysaccharide derivative has a structure crosslinked at the 6-position hydroxy group of constituent units of the polysaccharide with a crosslinking agent. The process for producing the beads for enantiomeric isomer resolution includes: the step of adding dropwise an organic solvent solution of the polysaccharide derivative to a coagulation bath being stirred to thereby produce beads; the step of taking out the beads and then optionally drying the same after washing; and the step of reacting the beads with a crosslinking agent in an organic solvent to react at least part of the 6-position hydroxy groups in the constituent units of the polysaccharide with the crosslinking agent, thereby obtaining a reaction mixture containing beads having a crosslinked structure.03-12-2009
20100099861SEPARATING AGENT FOR OPTICAL ISOMER - Provided is a complex obtained by reacting a polymer compound derivative obtained by modifying part of hydroxy groups or amino groups of a polymer compound having the hydroxy groups or amino groups with a compound represented by the following general formula (I) with one or more kinds of compounds represented by the following general formulae (II) to (V): (I) A-X—Si(Y)04-22-2010

Tomoyuki Ikai, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120042287EMPHASIS-ADDING SYSTEM AND EMPHASIS-ADDING METHOD - A display part is provided with a display screen with a horizontal axis representing a time and a vertical axis representing an amount of modulation and a pre-emphasis waveform image is displayed on the display screen. In the pre-emphasis waveform image, a cursor can be arranged on a tap which corresponds to a portion in which a bit can be emphasized. An emphasis waveform addition part generates an emphasis waveform corresponding to the pre-emphasis waveform image on the display screen, based on an amount of amplitude changed according to movement of the cursor, and adds the emphasis waveform to the test signal. Thus, a user is allowed to make a setting with intuitive operation.02-16-2012

Toru Ikai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100009878LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION - The present invention aims to provide a lubricating oil composition capable of use in for example the bearings of a high-speed main shaft having ceramics ball antifrication bearings operating under severe conditions of high speed and high load.01-14-2010

Yoshiaki Ikai, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100238582DISK APPARATUS WITH CONTACT-TYPE HEAD - According to one embodiment, a disk drive comprises a head and a heating actuator. The head is configured to slide over a rotating disk in contact with a surface of the disk. The heating actuator is configured to vary a state of contact between the head and the disk by being expanded by supplied heat. The head comprises the heating actuator.09-23-2010

Yoshiaki Ikai, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080239581Apparatus for determining contact of head slider and method of determining contact of head slider - An AC power source is connected to a write coil mounted on a head slider for determination of contact of a head slider with a storage medium. The AC power source outputs the alternating current having a specific frequency. A measuring circuit measures a sequence of indices for the alternating current supplied to the write coil. A component corresponding to the specific frequency is extracted from the sequence of the indices. This serves to eliminate components corresponding to frequencies other than the specific frequency, namely noise. A detecting circuit detects contact between the head slider and the storage medium based on a change in the amplitude of the sequence appearing at the specific frequency. The contact can thus reliably be detected between the head slider and the storage medium.10-02-2008
20100157456DISK DRIVE AND METHOD OF MEASURING FRICTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS - According to one embodiment, in a disk drive, a voice coil motor is controlled to cause a head to minutely vibrate in a radial direction on a track of a disk. When the voice coil motor vibrates the head in the radial direction of the disk, frictional force occurring between the disk and the head is calculated based on the driving force of the voice coil motor generated to vibrate and detected positional information, thereby measuring frictional characteristics.06-24-2010
20100190034SURFACE TREATMENT, SURFACE-TREATED HEAD SLIDER OR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING-REPRODUCING DEVICE - A novel technology for lowering the surface free energy is provided. A treatment surface is irradiated with ultraviolet light in a gas containing a fluorine-containing organic substance, thereby forming a coating layer on the treatment surface.07-29-2010
20100238583DISK DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a disk device rotates a disk information storage medium to record and reproduce information on the information storage medium by use of a head that slides in contact with a lubricant coated on the information storage medium, wherein a sliding speed U, area A and normal force N are set to cause U×A/N to fall within a monotonously increasing region in which a coefficient of friction associated with a frictional force occurring in a contact area of the head that faces the information storage medium monotonously increases as U×A/N increases, where the sliding speed U represents a sliding speed at a sliding time of the head, the area A represents the contact area of the head, and the normal force N represents a normal force applied to the contact area of the head.09-23-2010

Patent applications by Yoshiaki Ikai, Kawasaki JP

Yoshihito Ikai, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090194519Ceramic Heater and Glow Plug - Disclosed is a ceramic heater capable of preventing failures due to the thermal stress, such as cracks, and corrosion by a calcium component. The ceramic heater has a heating element including at least one substance selected from silicides, nitrides and carbides of molybdenum and silicides, nitrides and carbides of tungsten as a main component, and a base mainly containing silicon nitride in which the heating element is embedded, wherein the base includes: a rare earth element component in an amount from 4 to 25% by mass in terms of an oxide thereof; a silicide of chromium in an amount from 1 to 8% by mass in terms of chromium silicide; and an aluminum component in an amount from 0.02 to 1.0% by mass in terms of aluminum nitride.08-06-2009
20110114622CERAMIC HEATER AND GLOW PLUG - A ceramic heater (05-19-2011