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Ikuo Agematsu, Nagano JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110068653	COIL WOUND BODY AND MOTOR - A coil wound body may include a coil bobbin around which a coil wire is wound. The coil bobbin may include a wound part around which the coil wire is wound, a terminal block part, a circuit board receiving face which is provided on the terminal block part and on which a wiring circuit board is disposed, and pin-shaped terminals. The coil bobbin is provided with a coil wire leading-out path reaching to root portions of the pin-shaped terminals from the wound part through an inner side of the circuit board receiving face. The coil wire are led out to the pin-shaped terminals by passing through the coil wire leading-out path without passing through a position overlapping with the outer side of the circuit board receiving face. The coil wound body is preferably applied to a motor.	03-24-2011

Ikuo Akiyama, Tsurugi-Cho JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100249744	FASTENING TAPE AND DISPOSABLE DIAPER HAVING THE SAME - A fastening tape comprising a tab part formed at one end of a tape substrate, a fixing part formed at the other end of the tape substrate so as to be attached to a disposable diaper main body, a fastening part formed between the tab part and the fixing part, wherein an attachment is fixed to one surface of the tape substrate at the fastening part, the fastening part is folded at a boundary between the fastening part and the fixing part to form a first fold so that the attachment is inside the first fold, the attachment is joined to the fixing part of the tape substrate, the tab part is folded at a boundary between the tab part and the fastening part to form a second fold so that the attachment is outside the second fold. According to the fastening tape of the above, the tab part of the fastening tape is easily pinched and less likely to be joined to the attachment by folding the tab part, and hence handleability of the fastening tape is improved.	09-30-2010

Ikuo Denpouya, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080293286	Cable connector and circuit board connector to be connected to the same - A connector for a cable includes a plurality of a connector portions and a connecting portion. Each of the connector portions has a terminal to which a cable is wired. The connecting portion integrally connects the connector portions at positions so that the cables of the connector portions are parallel to each other in a same direction. A fitting surface is formed on an outer wall surface of each of the connector portions that extends in the fitting direction. When the connectors are fitted with each other, the fitting surface extends to a protruding portion. The protruding portion protrudes along the outer wall surface of the connector portion in the fitting direction beyond a position of a front side of the connector portion. The front side of the connector portion faces a bottom surface of a receiving recess portion of the connector for a circuit board.	11-27-2008
20090004924	Cable connector and connector assembly - A cable connector is to be fitted to a mating connector attached to a circuit board. The cable connector includes a housing including a terminal hole for inserting a cable with a terminal; and a movable member attached to the housing for positioning the terminal at a regular position. The movable member includes an attached portion attached to the housing and a pressing portion retained in the terminal hole to be movable to an advance position for positioning the terminal at the regular position. The attached portion includes an upper plate portion and a lower plate portion both extending forward from a rear wall portion of the movable member to be guided along a top wall of the housing. The pressing portion includes a thrust arm portion extending forward from the rear wall portion and having a pressing surface on a front edge surface thereof.	01-01-2009
20110076887	ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector has a housing for arranging and holding terminals; and an upper shell and a lower shell formed of a metal plate and attached to the housing. The upper shell and the lower shell extend with a longitudinal direction thereof aligned with an arrangement direction of the terminals. The upper shell and the lower shell are directly connected to each other with solder at both end portions thereof in the longitudinal direction. At least one of the upper shell and the lower shell includes a protruding piece at a middle portion thereof. The other of the upper shell and the lower shell includes a hole portion or a cut portion as a receiving portion for receiving the protruding piece. The housing includes a through space portion for passing the protruding piece, so that the protruding piece is connected to a surrounding portion of the receiving portion with solder.	03-31-2011

Ikuo Fujii, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110024966	Sheet discharging device and image forming apparatus including same - A sheet discharging device including a sheet discharging unit provided at one end of an image forming apparatus; a sheet discharge tray located adjacent to the sheet discharging unit, rotatably provided at the end of the image forming apparatus in a stored position to cover the end of the image forming apparatus and in an extended position extended from the end of the image forming apparatus to stack sheets discharged from the image forming apparatus; and a driving mechanism to drive a shutter provided to the sheet discharge tray in conjunction with rotary movement of the sheet discharge tray to open an opening in the sheet discharge tray in the stored position and to close the opening in the sheet discharge tray in the extended position.	02-03-2011
20110097126	Sheet discharger and image forming apparatus including same - A sheet discharger including a pair of rotary bodies to discharge a sheet to a discharge part by rotating while sandwiching the sheet and to hold the sheet, a part of which is discharged and exposed from a discharge exit of the sheet discharger, and a separation unit operatively connected to the pair of rotary bodies, including an operating part provided closer to the discharge exit than the pair of rotary bodies to support the sheet held by the pair of rotary bodies, that separates the pair of rotary bodies from each other by withdrawal of the sheet held by the pair of rotary bodies toward the discharge exit of the sheet discharger.	04-28-2011

Ikuo Fujita, Kawagoe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100063817	ACOUSTIC MODEL REGISTRATION APPARATUS, TALKER RECOGNITION APPARATUS, ACOUSTIC MODEL REGISTRATION METHOD AND ACOUSTIC MODEL REGISTRATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An acoustic model registration apparatus, an talker recognition apparatus, an acoustic model registration method and an acoustic model registration processing program, each of which prevents certainly an acoustic model having a low recognition capability for talker from being registered certainly, are provided.	03-11-2010

Ikuo Fujiwara, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090200471	INFRARED-DETECTING ELEMENT AND INFRARED IMAGE SENSOR USING THE SAME - An infrared-detecting element includes: a substrate; a laminated body; an anchor coupling a part of the laminated body with the substrate and supporting the laminated body with a gap above the substrate; and an amplifier provided on the substrate and connected to at least one of the lower electrode and the upper electrode. The laminated body has a lower electrode, an upper electrode, and a piezoelectric film made of aluminum nitride which is provided between the lower electrode and the upper electrode and in which a c-axis is oriented almost perpendicularly to a film plane. The amplifier has a circuit performing conversion into voltage according to a charge generated in the laminated body.	08-13-2009
20110073978	INFRARED IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, an infrared imaging device includes a substrate, an infrared absorption unit, a thermoelectric conversion unit, a support body, and an interconnection. The infrared absorption unit is provided on the substrate and apart from the substrate to absorb an infrared ray. The thermoelectric conversion unit is provided apart from the substrate and in contact with the infrared absorption unit between the infrared absorption unit and the substrate. The thermoelectric conversion unit converts a temperature change due to the infrared ray absorbed by the infrared absorption unit into an electrical signal. The support body supports the thermoelectric conversion unit on the substrate and apart from the substrate and transmits the electrical signal. The interconnection transmits the electrical signal in reading the electrical signal. The infrared absorption unit includes a protrusion provided on a rim of the infrared absorption unit to protrude toward the substrate.	03-31-2011

Ikuo Fukui, Joetsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080308791	ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND MAKING METHOD - In an organic field effect transistor with an electrical conductor-insulator-semiconductor structure, the semiconductor layer is made of an organic compound, and the insulator layer is made of a polymer obtained through polymerization or copolymerization of 2-cyanoethyl acrylate and/or 2-cyanoethyl methacrylate.	12-18-2008
20100051927	ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - An organic field effect transistor (OFET) having a structure of a conductor layer/an insulator layer/a semiconductor layer is provided. This OFET comprises an insulator layer formed by mixing a polymer compound produced by polymerizing or copolymerizing a monomer represented by the formula (1):	03-04-2010

Ikuo Fukui, Niigata-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090124051	THIN-FILMED FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND MAKING METHOD - In a thin-film field effect transistor with a MIS structure, the materials of which the semiconductor and insulating layers are made are polymers which are dissolvable in organic solvents and have a weight average molecular weight of more than 2,000 to 1,000,000. Use of polymers for both the semiconductor layer and insulating layer of TFT eliminates such treatments as patterning and etching using photoresists in the prior art circuit-forming technology, reduces the probability of TFT defects and achieves a reduction of TFT manufacture cost.	05-14-2009

Ikuo Hayashi, Bunkyo-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110165179	THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND CANCER - To provide a therapeutic drug for Alzheimer's disease and/or a cancer.	07-07-2011

Ikuo Hirose, Fujinomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100204009	HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A dual purpose pressure adjusting valve provides a hydraulic pressure upon failure of electric power supply and controls the hydraulic pressure selectively directed toward a high clutch and a low & reverse brake using a line pressure, that bypasses a manual valve, as a source pressure. A switching valve switches hydraulic pressure feeding passages of the high clutch and low & reverse brake in response to selection of a range position between D-range position and R-range position. A first rotation member and a transmission input shaft are connected to each other when the high clutch is engaged. The first rotation member is a member other than a transmission output gear. A high clutch inhibitor valve uses D-range pressure PD as a signal pressure and is arranged between the switching valve and the high clutch. The high clutch inhibitor valve opens a communication between the dual purpose pressure adjusting valve and the high clutch when the signal pressure is applied thereto and doses the communication between the dual purpose pressure adjusting valve and the high clutch when the signal pressure is not applied thereto.	08-12-2010

Ikuo Igarashi, Obihiro-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100196407	TICK GALECTIN - A novel galectin, a polynucleotide encoding the same, a vector and a transformant comprising the polynucleotide, an antibody against the galectin, and a screening method for screening a substance capable of modifying the galectin, are disclosed. According to the galectin, polynucleotide, or vector, it is possible, for example, to exterminate ticks, or to treat or prevent tick-borne infections such as rickettsiosis, filariasis, Q fever, African recurrent fever, or viral encephalitis.	08-05-2010

Ikuo Igarashi, Hokkaido JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090274715	TICK CHITINASE - A novel chitinase, a polynucleotide encoding the same, a vector and a transformant comprising the polynucleotide, an antibody against the chitinase, and a screening method for screening a substance capable of modifying the chitinase, are disclosed. According to the chitinase, polynucleotide, or vector, it is possible, for example, to exterminate ticks, or to treat or prevent tick-borne infections such as piroplasmosis, Q fever, or viral encephalitis.	11-05-2009

Ikuo Jujii, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090121418	Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus - A sheet feeding device includes a sheet feeding member, a friction separation member, a retaining member, a downstream guiding member, and a biasing member. The downstream guiding member is arranged downstream of a sheet conveyance direction than the friction separation member such that its guide surface is inclined at a predetermined angle to a front surface of the friction separation member towards the sheet feeding member. A line joining an apex of a sheet guiding member arranged upstream of the sheet conveyance direction than the friction separation member and an apex of the downstream guiding unit is positioned towards the sheet feeding member than a contact portion of the sheet feeding member and the friction separation member.	05-14-2009

Ikuo Kato, Kumagaya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110005292	METHOD OF FORMING CURLED PORTION - A method of forming a hollow curled portion on a hollow body, the curled portion being oriented from one end to the other end of the hollow body. The method includes a bending step of curving an end of the hollow body toward another end of the hollow body, thereby forming a curled portion, an ironing step of ironing the curled portion with a die, and a recurving step of stopping the die from ironing the curled portion and allowing the curled portion to recurve under its own resiliency in a direction opposite to the direction in which the end of the hollow body has been curved. The ironing step and the recurving step are repeated.	01-13-2011

Ikuo Kato, Hagagun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110010940	SPINNING METHOD - A workpiece having a first constant diameter portion, a tapered reduced-diameter portion, a concave portion, a tapered increased-diameter portion, and a second constant diameter portion is formed by machining the tapered reduced-diameter portion, and then machining the tapered increased-diameter portion and the concave portion.	01-20-2011

Ikuo Kawamoto, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090040443	METHOD OF PRODUCING A LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - To provide a method of producing a liquid crystal panel capable of easily realizing stable high contrast of the liquid crystal panel to be obtained at low cost, a liquid crystal panel, and an image display apparatus. There is provided a method of producing a liquid crystal panel including a first optical compensation layer having refractive index profile of nx>ny=nz and a polarizer on each side of a liquid crystal cell in the order given, in which an angle formed between an absorption axis of the polarizer (A) and a slow axis of the first optical compensation layer (B) on one side of the liquid crystal cell is +α°, an angle formed between an absorption axis of the polarizer (A′) and a slow axis of the first compensation layer (B′) on another side of the liquid crystal cell is −α°, and 0<α<90, the method comprises a step of subjecting substrate formed of single original sheet to alignment treatment at +α° and alignment treatment at −α° with respect to a longitudinal direction of the substrate; and a step of forming the first optical compensation layer (B) on the surface subjected to the +α° alignment treatment and forming the first optical compensation layer (B′) on the surface subjected to the −α° alignment treatment.	02-12-2009
20100045910	LAMINATED OPTICAL FILM, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE LAMINATED OPTICAL FILM - An object of the present invention is to provide a laminated optical film, a liquid crystal panel, and a liquid crystal display apparatus that have an excellent screen contrast and have a small color shift.	02-25-2010
20100053510	LAMINATED OPTICAL FILM, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE LAMINATED OPTICAL FILM - Provided are a laminated optical film capable of enhancing a contrast ratio in an oblique direction remarkably while enhancing viewing angle characteristics when being used in a liquid crystal display apparatus or the like, and a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus using the laminated optical film. The laminated optical film of the present invention includes a polarizer, a first optical compensation layer, and a second optical compensation layer in the stated order, in which the first optical compensation layer has a refractive index profile of nx>nz>ny and is placed so that a slow axis direction thereof is substantially parallel to or substantially perpendicular to an absorption axis direction of the polarizer, and the second optical compensation layer converts linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light or circularly polarized light into linearly polarized light in a visible light region.	03-04-2010
20100225854	LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE PANEL - Provided are a liquid crystal panel which contributes to reduction in thickness and is excellent in optical properties and a liquid crystal display apparatus. The liquid crystal panel of the present invention includes a liquid crystal cell, a first polarizer disposed on one side of the liquid crystal cell, a second polarizer disposed on another side of the liquid crystal cell, a first optical compensation layer and a first negative C plate disposed between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal cell, and a second negative C plate and a second optical compensation layer disposed between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizer, in which the first optical compensation layer is disposed between the first polarizer and the first negative C plate, the second optical compensation layer is disposed between the second negative C plate and the second polarizer, the first and second optical compensation layers each include a coating layer functioning as a λ/4 plate, and each have a thickness of 0.3 to 3 μm, and the first and second negative C plates each include a coating layer, and each have a thickness of 0.5 to 10 μm.	09-09-2010

Ikuo Kawashima, Kounosu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090297592	Lipid Vesicle Composition - It is an object of the present invention to provide an enzyme preparation which is excellent in stability in blood (blood residence) and in transfer to a target organ (targeting property), and can be used effectively in enzyme replacement therapy or the like.	12-03-2009
20100291059	PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR ENZYME REPLACEMENT THERAPY - The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a protein having α-galactosidase activity for treating Fabry disease, which causes no allergic side effect, which is highly stable in blood (plasma) and which can readily be taken up by a cell of an affected organ. The pharmaceutical composition for treating Fabry disease of the invention comprises, for example, a protein which acquires an α-galactosidase activity through alteration of the structure of the active site of wild-type human α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase.	11-18-2010

Ikuo Kikuchi, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090110921	Chromate-Free Surface Treated Metal Material with Excellent Corrosion Resistance, Heat Resistance, Fingermark Resistance, Conductivity, Coatability, and Blackening Resistance at the Time of Working - The present invention provides a metal material given a chrome-free surface treatment satisfying all of the requirements of corrosion resistance, heat resistance, fingermark resistance, conductivity, coatability, and blackening resistance at the time of working, which was difficult to achieve with conventional chromate-free technology. The chromate-free surface treated metal material of the present invention is comprised of a metal material on the surface of which is coated and dried an aqueous metal surface treatment agent comprising an organic silicon compound (W), obtained by blending a silane coupling agent (A) containing one amino group in its molecule and a silane coupling agent (B) containing one glycidyl group in its molecule in a solid weight ratio [(A)/(B)] of 0.5 to 1.7, at least one type of fluorocompound (X) selected from fluorotitanic acid or fluorozirconic acid, phosphoric acid (Y), and a vanadium compound (Z) so as to form a composite coating containing the different ingredients.	04-30-2009
20090162691	HOT DIP GALVANNEALED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention can provide a hot dip galvannealed steel sheet which has excellent corrosion resistance, workability, coatability and appearance. The exemplary galvannealed sheet can include an ultra-low carbon steel sheet having a plating layer which includes about 8 to 13% Fe, about 0.05 to 1.0% Ni, about 0.15 to 1.5% Al, and a balance of Zn and unavoidable impurities. An exemplary method for producing a hot dip galvannealed steel sheet is also provided which can include cleaning an annealed ultra-low carbon steel sheet, preplating it with Ni, rapidly heating the sheet in a nonoxidizing or reducing atmosphere, plating the sheet in a galvanization bath containing Al, wiping it, then rapidly reheating it and either cooling the sheet without any soaking time or soaking and holding it for less than 15 seconds and then cooling it.	06-25-2009
20090200174	METHOD FOR HOT-DIP GALVANIZING A STEEL SHEET - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention can provide a galvanization method for hot-rolled steel sheet, cold-rolled steel sheet, or plating sheet of various compositions, which can avoid nonplating defects by using an Ni preplating procedure. For example, an exemplary galvanization method can be provided for pickled hot-rolled steel sheet or annealed cold-rolled steel sheet which is free from non-plating defects which includes cleaning the surface of the plating sheet, preplating it with Ni, rapidly heating the sheet in a nonoxidizing or reducing atmosphere to a sheet temperature of about 430 to 500° C. at a heating a rate of about 20° C./sec or more, and then hot dip plating the sheet in a galvanization bath. The exemplary amount of Ni preplating can be determined based on the plate type and amount of Si in the sheet steel to produce a hot dip galvanization that is free from non-plating defects.	08-13-2009
20090211668	METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP GALVANNEALED STEEL SHEET - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention can provide a method for producing hot dip galvannealed steel sheet which exhibits high strength, high ductility, and a significant degree of alloying. Such exemplary method can be applied to, e.g., a pickled hot rolled steel sheet or an annealed and pickled cold rolled steel sheet containing between about 0.02% and about 0.2% C and between about 0.15% and about 2.5% Mn, and may include one or more procedures for rinsing the sheet, preplating the sheet with Ni, rapidly heating the sheet in a nonoxidizing atmosphere to a sheet temperature of about 430° C. to 500° C., then hot dip plating the sheet in a galvanizing bath containing between about 0.05% and about 0.2% Al, and then immediately heating the sheet rapidly for an alloying treatment. Such exemplary method can provide an improved alloying speed, improved plating appearance and better plating adhesion.	08-27-2009

Ikuo Komatsu, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090317577	PREFORM, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND BIAXIALLY DRAWN CONTAINER MADE FROM THE PREFORM - A preform, a method of producing the preform, and a container obtained by draw-forming the preform. The preform has at least a layer of a polyester resin and is formed by the compression-forming, wherein the time is not shorter than 300 seconds before a calorific value of isothermal crystallization of the layer of the polyester resin at 210° C. reaches a maximum value. The preform is provided suppressing the thermal decomposition of the resin at the time of forming the preform, and effectively suppressing a drop in the inherent viscosity and the formation of the acetaldehyde. Further, a biaxially drawn container is provided having excellent mechanical strength and flavor-retaining property.	12-24-2009

Ikuo Koumaru, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090315205	CONTROL METHOD OF INJECTION MOLDING AND CONTROL APPARATUS OF INJECTION MOLDING - A control method of injection molding includes the steps of: filling molten resin in an injection molding die by velocity control until a detection value of a filling pressure of the molten resin reaches a first set pressure value; filling the molten resin by switching control from the velocity control to pressure control by which the control is performed at the first set pressure value at a time point when the detection value of the filling pressure reaches or exceeds the first set pressure value; and switching the control to holding pressure control by which the control is performed at a second set pressure value at a time point when the filling velocity drops to or below a set velocity while filling is performed by the pressure control.	12-24-2009
20100283185	STAMPER MANUFACTURING METHOD, STAMPER, AND MOLDING MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method of manufacturing a stamper includes setting a straight plate member to a die having a cavity, the plate member having a formation surface on which a predetermined pattern structure is formed, and feeding a continuous body into the cavity and pressurizing the plate member with the continuous body, to deform an entire shape of the formation surface of the plate member set to the die into a shape corresponding to the cavity.	11-11-2010

Ikuo Koumaru, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080226762	Injection control apparatus - An injection control apparatus includes an injection member; a drive section for injection; an injection-speed detection processing section which detects injection speed; an injection-pressure detection processing section which detects injection pressure; and a drive control processing section which drives the drive section for injection on the basis of the injection speed and the injection pressure to thereby perform pressure control before start of charging of a molding material into a cavity, and speed control after the start of charging of the molding material into the cavity. Since the drive section is driven on the basis of the injection speed and the injection pressure such that pressure control is performed before start of charging of a molding material into a cavity, and speed control is performed thereafter, the pressure of the cavity after the molding material has entered the cavity becomes stable and uniform.	09-18-2008

Ikuo Kudo, Koganei JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090113231	DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND MOBILE DEVICE - A microcomputer is provided having a memory card interface capable of correctly latching data even when a card such as an MMC card is connected thereto. In the microcomputer having an interface with an external device such as a memory card, the interface unit is provided with an output driver connected to an external terminal for outputting a clock signal to output the clock signal and with an equivalent load circuit capable of imparting, to the clock signal extracted from an arbitrary position in a stage previous to the output driver in a clock signal path, delay equivalent to delay resulting from an external load connected to the external terminal in order to generate a clock signal for latching data inputted from the memory card.	04-30-2009

Ikuo Kushiro, Shuzuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100211262	ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power steering device which reduces the variation of viscous feeling due to the change of steering velocity and presents better steering feeling than conventional power steering devices. A basic assist torque Tab and the like are calculated; filter parameters such as time constant T	08-19-2010

Ikuo Kushiro, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110209939	POWER STEERING DEVICE - A power steering device is mounted on a vehicle and includes a variable transmission ratio mechanism, a torque applying unit, and an applied friction torque changing unit. The torque applying unit sets an applied friction torque applied to the steering wheel and performs a control of applying the applied friction torque to the steering wheel. The applied friction torque changing unit changes the applied friction torque based on the transmission ratio of the variable transmission ratio mechanism.	09-01-2011

Ikuo Maeda, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110157668	SCANNING IMAGE DISPLAYER, MOBILE PHONE, MOBILE INFORMATION PROCESSOR, AND MOBILE IMAGER - A scanning image displayer, including a beam provider emitting a laser beam; a beam scanner including a two-dimensional drive deflecting mirror, deflectively scanning the beam in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction; and an optical element including a reflection surface before the two-dimensional drive deflecting mirror, deflecting the beam in a direction of the two-dimensional drive deflecting mirror such that the beam obliquely enters a mirror thereof. The two-dimensional drive deflecting mirror deflectively scans the beam to project the beam onto a surface to be projected, and the light intensity of the beam is controlled according to image information to form an image. A flat surface of a substrate where the mirror is formed is located parallel or almost parallel to an optical axis of the beam, and the reflection surface is located so as not to receive the beam deflectively scanned by the two-dimensional drive deflecting mirror.	06-30-2011

Ikuo Makie, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100272455	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that carries an electrostatic latent image; a development device that includes a toner carrier which is disposed opposite to the image carrier, carries and supplies toner to the image carrier, and develops the electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of the image carrier; and a control means that performs a refresh process in which toner is ejected from the toner carrier to the image carrier in a time an image is not formed, and a toner ejection pattern which is formed by ejecting a line image a plurality of times that has an acute angle to a main scan direction at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the image carrier over a total width of a development region.	10-28-2010
20110176840	DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - A developing device includes: a developing roller incorporating a fixed magnet body having a plurality of magnetic poles in a circumferential direction; a regulating member for regulating an amount of toner on the developing roller by means of a magnetic field formed by the regulating member and the fixed magnet body; and a magnetic-field generating member for scraping off, on an upstream of the regulating member in a rotational direction of the developing roller, toner which is not used for development on the developing roller. A relation Bm/Br>1 is satisfied, where Br represents a magnetic flux density of a distal end portion of the regulating member facing a surface of the developing roller and Bm represents a magnetic flux density of a distal end portion of the magnetic-field generating member facing the surface of the developing roller.	07-21-2011

Ikuo Maruyama, Anjyo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110203411	OIL TEMPERATURE CORRECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - There is provided an oil temperature correction device for an automatic transmission. The automatic transmission having a torque converter and a transmission mechanism to which an output torque of a driving power source is inputted through the torque converter. The oil temperature correction device has an oil temperature sensor that detects a temperature of hydraulic oil in an oil pan of the transmission mechanism; and an oil temperature correction section that, when the temperature of the hydraulic oil detected by the oil temperature sensor is lower than a first threshold value, performs a sensor detection temperature correction process to correct the detected temperature of the hydraulic oil based on a heat generation amount of the torque converter.	08-25-2011

Ikuo Matsui, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110014679	DNA REPLICATION FACTORS - A DNA polymerase reaction system which provides high DNA polymerase activity even at a high temperature and at a high salt concentration. A DNA polymerase reaction system that is constructed from a DNA polymerase, a clamp, and a clamp loader without intein sequence, the DNA polymerase being from	01-20-2011

Ikuo Matsuo, Sendai JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100284248	METHOD OF DISPLAYING UNDERWATER DETECTION IMAGE AND UNDERWATER DETECTION DEVICE - A method and device for displaying an underwater detection image is provided, in which an ultrasonic signal having a predetermined beam width is periodically transmitted underwater, receives a signal reflected on a detection target object which moves underwater, generates information on the detection target object based on the received signal, and displays the information on a display module. The method includes periodically detecting the detection target object and a position thereof based on the received signal, coupling the same detection target objects by associating the same based on the detection target object and the position periodically detected, and associating a displacement symbol corresponding to a change in a position of the detection target object with the coupled detection target object, and displaying the displacement symbol at the detected position of the detection target object at least on a two-dimensional position coordinates displayed in the display module.	11-11-2010

Ikuo Matsushita, Matsudo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100270879	CASE LID ASSEMBLY OF DC MOTOR WITH BRUSH - A case lid assembly is formed by integrally fitting a brush holder formed of resin and a terminal holder formed of resin to opposite sides of a metal plate which supports a bearing. The brush holder supports a pair of brush bases. The terminal holder supports a PTC element and a pair of electrically conductive members. The electrically conductive members have receptacle terminals and brush base connection portions. Tip ends of the brush bases pass through the metal plate, and come into contact with the brush base connection portions of the electrically conductive members to thereby be electrically connected thereto. The PTC element is accommodated within a PTC element insertion portion of the brush holder which extends through the metal plate in a thrust direction.	10-28-2010

Ikuo Miura, Niigata JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110126976	SEALING GLASS - A sealing glass of the present invention is a sealing glass for vacuum sealing an exhaust opening provided in a metal-made vacuum double container, wherein the sealing glass is used in a metal-made vacuum double container having a structure that the sealing glass is placed in a position excepting a position right over the exhaust opening in a vacuum sealing process, the sealing glass is substantially free of a Pb component, and the sealing glass produces a total amount of gases of 900 to 7000 μL/cm	06-02-2011

Ikuo Miyoshi, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080243836	DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, DOCUMENT NUMBER SUBSEQUENCE ACQUISITION APPARATUS, AND DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL METHOD - A document retrieval system performing retrieval of electronic documents includes, a document database storing a plurality of pieces of document data, a transposed index storage device storing a transposed index in which the document numbers of the document data containing a keyword string are registered, a document number subsequence search start address table storage device storing a document number subsequence search start address indicating a position where an assigned document group start document number is recorded, a document retrieval managing unit having document number subsequence acquisition request means for transmitting the total number of documents, and a plurality of the document number subsequence acquisition apparatuses having assigned document group determination means for determining a document group in a sequence in accordance with the preset apparatus number of a local apparatus as the assigned document group.	10-02-2008
20090319226	STATISTICS ESTIMATION APPARATUS, STATISTICS ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND STATISTICS ESTIMATION METHOD - A statistics estimation apparatus that calculates an estimated statistic value of executed program comprises an executer that executes a target program using the number of data that is smaller than the number of data intended to be executed, and calculates a partial process statistic of a processor which executes the partial processes of the program, for each of the numbers of data and each of the partial processes, a creator which creates a mathematical formula for calculating an overall statistic of the processor when a whole program is executed with the number of data intended for execution, based on the calculated partial process statistic and the number of processed data when the partial process statistic is calculated, and a calculator that calculates an estimated statistic when the program is executed with the number of data intended for execution, based on the created mathematical formula.	12-24-2009
20100106762	Computer apparatus and calculation method - Transmission overhead that takes a long period of time in calculating processes with an iterative solution technique is to be suppressed. After its own calculation result is calculated with the calculating processes, calculating processes are repeatedly executed without waiting for a determination as to whether the calculation result is significant. After the calculating processes are started and when an indication that the significance can be determined is transmitted because of reception of calculation results from other computer apparatuses via transmission units, or, when a request as to whether the significance can be determined is sent and an indication that the significance can be determined is obtained as a result of the request, the significance of its own calculation result is determined. When it is determined that the calculation result is significant, the calculation processes are suspended.	04-29-2010

Ikuo Murata, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080258984	Antenna, and wireless module, wireless unit and wireless apparatus having the antenna - In an antenna that has high sensitivity to frequencies of narrow bands and over a wide band and that can be small-sized, and in a wireless module, wireless unit and wireless apparatus using this antenna, the antenna is comprised of a transmission line, and variable capacitance means connected to this transmission line, and the variable capacitance means controls the resonant frequency.	10-23-2008

Ikuo Nakagawa, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100193801	SOLDER MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, JOINED BODY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A zinc based solder material	08-05-2010

Ikuo Nakagawa, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100109016	POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - Provided is a power semiconductor module in which two components are bonded by a Bi based solder material. A Cu layer is provided on the surfaces thereof to be bonded by the Bi based solder material on the two-component. Two components, i.e., the components to be bonded, are a combination of a semiconductor element and an insulating part, or a combination of an insulating part and a radiator plate. The insulating part is composed of a Cu/SiNx/Cu laminated body.	05-06-2010

Ikuo Nakano, Nara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090034388	Multi-Format Optical Storage Medium, Optical Pickup, and Optical Read/Write Device - There is provided a storage layer (	02-05-2009

Ikuo Nakano, Nara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090296257	Heat Generation Amount Control Device, Program and Recording Medium Therefor, Magnetic Disk Device, and Heat Generation Amount Control Method - According to the present invention, heat generation amount control information for controlling a heat generation amount of a heat generating section (	12-03-2009

Ikuo Nakano, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110205876	OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DEVICE, OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides an optical information recording medium (	08-25-2011

Ikuo Ogawa, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080226290	OPTICAL SIGNAL MONITORING APPARATUS, OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL SIGNAL MONITORING METHOD - By reducing the number of PD arrays, and by simplifying the configuration of an optical power monitor in a WDM system, a miniaturized, cost reduced optical signal monitoring apparatus, optical system or optical signal monitoring method is provided. An optical power monitor	09-18-2008
20080232736	Optical Functional Circuit - The present invention provides an optical functional circuit where a holographic wave propagation medium is applied and a circuit property is excellent such as small transmission loss and crosstalk. The optical functional circuit where a plurality of circuit elements are formed on a substrate includes the wave propagation medium for converting an optical path of a leakage light so that the leakage light that is not emitted from a predetermined output port of the circuit element is not coupled to a different circuit element. This wave propagation medium is constituted by an optical waveguide that is provided with a clad layer formed on the substrate and a core embedded in the clad layer, and a part of the optical waveguide is formed in accordance with a refractive index distribution which is multiple scattered.	09-25-2008

Ikuo Ogawa, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100322569	OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module has a structure for reducing the stress applied to a package. The optical module is structured so that an end face of a waveguide (	12-23-2010

Ikuo Okumura, Takasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110020130	GAS TURBINE ENGINE BLADE FOR AIRCRAFT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A gas turbine engine blade for aircraft which has a 3-dimensional blade surface shape twisted around a center line at an angle of 45 degrees or more and 70 degrees or less, wherein the aforementioned blade is provided with multiple composite material prepregs which contain reinforced fiber and which are integrally molded after being laminated in the thickness direction, and the aforementioned reinforced fiber runs continuously without interruption within each layer of the aforementioned composite material prepregs.	01-27-2011

Ikuo Sakai, Ageo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090151335	ENGINE EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION APPARATUS - An engine exhaust emission purification apparatus for reducing and purifying NOx in the exhaust emission by using a liquid reducing agent having a temperature maintenance device for maintaining a temperature of at least a part of a liquid reducing agent supply system configured by an injection nozzle and piping of the injection nozzle at a temperature lower than a boiling point of a solvent of the liquid reducing agent or equal to or higher than a melting point of dissolved matter in which the liquid reducing agent existing in the liquid reducing agent supply system conducts heat exchange with the liquid reducing agent supply system thereby being maintained at a temperature lower than the boiling point of the solvent or equal to or higher than the melting point of the dissolved matter and resultantly, occurrence of precipitation of the dissolved matter due to evaporation of only the solvent in the liquid reducing agent supply system does not occur, and even if precipitation of the dissolved matter occurs, the dissolved matter per se is melt away to prevent an injection hole of the injection nozzle from being clogged.	06-18-2009
20090293460	ENGINE EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION APPARATUS - An engine exhaust emission purification apparatus for reducing and purifying NOx in the exhaust emission by using a liquid reducing agent having a temperature maintenance device for maintaining a temperature of at least a part of a liquid reducing agent supply system configured by an injection nozzle and piping of the injection nozzle at a temperature lower than a boiling point of a solvent of the liquid reducing agent or equal to or higher than a melting point of dissolved matter in which the liquid reducing agent existing in the liquid reducing agent supply system conducts heat exchange with the liquid reducing agent supply system thereby being maintained at a temperature lower than the boiling point of the solvent or equal to or higher than the melting point of the dissolved matter and resultantly, occurrence of precipitation of the dissolved matter due to evaporation of only the solvent in the liquid reducing agent supply system does not occur, and even if precipitation of the dissolved matter occurs, the dissolved matter per se is melt away to prevent an injection hole of the injection nozzle from being clogged.	12-03-2009

Ikuo Sakai, Annaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100229740	SCREEN PRINTING METHOD - The invention provides a method for improving accuracy during a plurality of screen printing steps. After a first layer and an alignment mark are printed on a workpiece, the alignment mark is imaged by a camera so that the alignment mark is stored as image data in an image processing device adapted to deliver reference data for subsequent printing, and the image data is used to renew the reference data in the image processing device.	09-16-2010

Ikuo Sakata, Isehara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080247070	MOTOR ASSEMBLY - A motor assembly includes a motor, a circuit board on which a control circuit to control the motor and a plug unit are mounted, and a supporting member which supports the motor and the circuit board. The motor is provided with a socket unit in which the plug unit is fitted. The supporting member has a board supporting portion to support the circuit board, a motor supporting portion to support the motor, and a supporting member engagement portion. The plug unit has a plug unit engagement portion which is engaged with the supporting member engagement portion. The plug unit engagement portion is engaged with the supporting member engagement portion when the plug unit is fitted in the socket unit.	10-09-2008
20090086351	OUTSIDE MIRROR APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A mirror assembly is inclinably mounted on a resin shaft via a spring and a resin stopper.	04-02-2009

Ikuo Sakurai, Gunma JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080266746	ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK - This invention relates to a suitable electrostatic chuck to hold a substrate during the manufacture of a semiconductor integrated circuit having excellent cooling performance and insulation performance, and a low level of particulate generation, which is comprised of an electrostatic chuck, comprising a metal substrate, a first insulating layer of silicone rubber formed directly or via an adhesive layer on the metal substrate and having a thermal conductivity of 0.5 W/mK or more, an electrically conducting pattern formed directly or via an adhesive layer on this first insulating layer, a second insulating layer of an insulating polyimide film formed directly or via an adhesive layer on this electrically conducting pattern, and a third insulating layer formed directly or via an adhesive layer on this second insulating layer, wherein this third insulating layer is a silicone rubber containing reinforcing silica, this layer not containing any thermally conductive filler having an average particle size of 0.5 μm or more.	10-30-2008

Ikuo Sakurai, Annaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080269084	HEAT DISSIPATING SILICONE GREASE COMPOSITIONS - A silicone grease composition comprising 3-30 wt % of an organopolysiloxane and 60-96.9 wt % of a heat conductive filler is diluted with a least volatile isoparaffin having a boiling point of 260-360° C. Despite a heavy loading of heat conductive filler, the grease composition is easily applicable to heat sinks as a thin uniform coating. The composition is drastically increased in shelf stability at room temperature, easy to handle, and provides for good heat dissipation.	10-30-2008

Ikuo Sawada, Nirasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090184109	Processing apparatus and process method - A processing apparatus subjects an object to be processed W to a heat process. The processing apparatus comprises: a processing vessel	07-23-2009

Ikuo Sawada, Yamanashi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080311313	Film Forming Method and Film Forming Apparatus - For a substrate (W) placed in an airtight processing vessel (	12-18-2008
20090162547	Coating Apparatus and Coating Method - The invention is a coating apparatus including: a substrate-holding part that holds a substrate horizontally; a chemical nozzle that supplies a chemical to a central portion of the substrate horizontally held by the substrate-holding part; a rotation mechanism that causes the substrate-holding part to rotate in order to spread out the chemical on a surface of the substrate by a centrifugal force, for coating the whole surface with the chemical; a gas-flow-forming unit that forms a down flow of an atmospheric gas on the surface of the substrate horizontally held by the substrate-holding part; a gas-discharging unit that discharges an atmosphere around the substrate; and a gas nozzle that supplies a laminar-flow-forming gas to the surface of the substrate, the laminar-flow-forming gas having a coefficient of kinematic viscosity larger than that of the atmospheric gas; wherein the atmospheric gas or the laminar-flow-forming gas are supplied to the central portion of the substrate.	06-25-2009

Ikuo Sawada, Yamanashi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090194236	Plasma processing equipment - A plurality of concentric ring-shaped slots (	08-06-2009
20100006543	PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A plasma processing apparatus includes a first electrode and a second electrode so arranged in the upper portion of a processing chamber as to face a mounting table, a gas supply unit for supplying a processing gas between the first electrode and the second electrode, a RF power supply unit for applying a RF power between the first electrode and the second electrode for converting the process gas supplied between the electrodes into a plasma, and a gas exhaust unit for evacuating the inside of the processing chamber to a vacuum level from the lower portion of the processing chamber. Since the electron temperature in the plasma is low near a substrate on the mounting table, damage to the substrate caused by the plasma can be suppressed. In addition, since a metal can be used as a material for the processing chamber, the processing chamber can have good temperature controllability.	01-14-2010
20100092666	FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND FILM DEPOSITION METHOD - A disclosed film deposition apparatus includes a process chamber inside which a reduced pressure space is maintained; a gas supplying portion that supplies a film deposition gas to the process chamber; a substrate holding portion that is made of a material including carbon as a primary constituent and holds a substrate in the process chamber; a coil that is arranged outside the process chamber and inductively heats the substrate holding portion; and a thermal insulation member that covers the substrate holding portion and is arranged to be separated from the process chamber, wherein the reduced pressure space is separated into a film deposition gas supplying space to which the film deposition gas is supplied and a thermal insulation space defined between the substrate holding portion and the process chamber, and wherein a cooling medium is supplied to the thermal insulation space.	04-15-2010
20100297346	VAPORIZING UNIT, FILM FORMING APPARATUS, FILM FORMING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A vaporizing unit, in supplying a gas material produced by vaporizing a liquid material onto a substrate to conduct a film forming process, can vaporize the liquid material with high efficiency to suppress generation of particles. With the vaporizing unit, positively or negatively charged bubbles, which have a diameter of 1000 nm or less, are produced in the liquid material, and the liquid material is atomized to form a mist of the liquid material. Further, the mist of the liquid material is heated and vaporized. The fine bubbles are uniformly dispersed in advance in the liquid material, so that very fine and uniform mist particles of the liquid material are produced when the liquid material is atomized, which makes heat exchange readily conducted. By vaporizing the mist of the liquid material, vaporization efficiency is enhanced, and generation of particles can be suppressed.	11-25-2010
20110174778	PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A plasma processing apparatus performs a process on a substrate by using plasma. The plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber; a mounting table which is located in the processing chamber and on which a substrate is mounted; a gas shower head formed of a conductive material provided to face the mounting table and having at the bottom surface thereof a plurality of gas injection openings for supplying a processing gas into the processing chamber; an induction coil to which a high frequency current is supplied to generate an inductively coupled plasma in a region surrounding a space below the gas shower head; a negative voltage supplying unit for applying a negative DC voltage to the gas shower head to allow an electrical field, which is induced by the induction coil, to be drawn to a central portion of the processing region; and a unit for evacuating the processing chamber.	07-21-2011

Ikuo Sugimoto, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090039642	APPARATUS-INFORMATION INDICATOR, LABEL SHEET, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is an apparatus-information indicator, which includes an indication surface, an underlying segment formed on the indication surface by a first dot pattern, and a character area formed on the underlying segment by a second dot pattern different from the first dot pattern to indicate given apparatus information. Respective colors of the underlying segment and the character area are substantially equal in hue, and substantially different in lightness.	02-12-2009

Ikuo Sugimoto, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090078194	POWDERING DEVICE FOR POWDERING PRINTED SHEET - A powdering device includes: a powder placing member having a placing section on which a powder fed from a storage container is placed; a first scraping member for scraping the powder on the placing section of the powder placing member, so that a constant amount of the powder remains on the placing section; and a second scraping member for scraping off the resultant constant-amount powder remaining on the placing section, and the powdering device transfers the scraped powder with an air flow, and sprays the powder thus transferred onto a printed sheet.	03-26-2009

Ikuo Suzuki, Ibaraki-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090232985	METHOD OF FORMING SILICON OXIDE CONTAINING FILMS - A method of forming a silicon oxide film, comprising the steps of: —providing a treatment substrate within a reaction chamber; —purging the gas within the reaction chamber by feeding an inert gas into the chamber under reduced pressure at a substrate temperature of 50 to 4000 C, —adsorbing, at the same temperatures and under reduced pressure, a silicon compound on the treatment substrate by pulsewise introduction of a gaseous silicon compound into the reaction chamber, —purging, at the same temperatures and under reduced pressure, the unadsorbed silicon compound in the reaction chamber with an inert gas, —at the same temperatures and under reduced pressure, introducing a pulse of ozone-containing mixed gas into the reaction chamber and producing silicon oxide by an oxidation reaction with the silicon compound adsorbed on the treatment substrate; and—repeating steps 1) to 4) if necessary to obtain the desired thickness on the substrate.	09-17-2009

Ikuo Takaki, Guangdong CN

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110183246	NOVEL ETHYLENE COMPOUND, CHARGE TRANSPORT MATERIAL CONTAINING ETHYLENE COMPOUND, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR CONTAINING ETHYLENE COMPOUND, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR - An ethylene compound having general formula (I) below:	07-28-2011
20110189603	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Electrophotographic photoconductor including a conductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate and including at least a charge generation material; a charge transport material; and a resin binder including a copolymer polyarylate resin represented by general formula (I) below:	08-04-2011

Ikuo Takano, Odawara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110053088	ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLD - Fine patterns to be formed on recording media such as DTM or BPM are drawn onto a mold original plate, on which resist is coated, by scanning an electron beam with an electron beam lithography apparatus. At this time, at least two types of patterns from among a group of: first patterns of protrusions and recesses constituted by media servo patterns and group patterns among data tracks; second patterns of protrusions and recesses constituted by annular positioning marks formed along the circumference of the mold as annular patterns and product identifying marks for tracing products; and third patterns of protrusions and recesses constituted by point like orientation marks used during transfer from the mold to the recording media are continuously drawn onto a single mold original plate within a single vacuum chamber by electron beam lithography.	03-03-2011

Ikuo Tanabe, Niigata JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100116015	DEEP-DRAWING DEVICE - A deep drawing apparatus is provided in which a sheet material is subjected to optimal heating and cooling, whereby the limiting draw ratio is increased and a product can be worked more deeply, and uniformity of the sheet thickness of the product can be controlled. This apparatus includes: a punch	05-13-2010

Ikuo Tanaka, Hamamatsu-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090249943	ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - An electronic musical instrument includes: an input device that inputs a sound generation instruction that instructs to start generating a musical sound and a stop instruction that instructs to stop the musical sound being generated by the sound generation instruction; a sound source that starts generation of a musical sound in response to the sound generation instruction, and stops generation of the musical sound in response to the stop instruction; an on-on time timer device that measures a time difference between a first sound generation instruction inputted by the input device and a second sound generation instruction inputted next to the first sound generation instruction; a gate time timer device that measures a time difference between the second sound generation instruction and a stop instruction that instructs to stop a musical sound generated in response to the second sound generation instruction; an attack characteristic setting device that sets an attack characteristic of the musical sound generated in response to the second sound generation instruction to have a shorter attack time as the time difference measured by the on-on time timer device becomes shorter; a release characteristic setting device that sets a release characteristic of the musical sound generated in response to the second sound generation instruction to have a shorter release time as the time difference measured by the gate time timer device becomes shorter; and an instruction device that instructs the sound source to start generation of a musical sound with an attack characteristic set by the attack characteristic setting device in response to an input of the second sound generation instruction by the input device, and instructs the sound source to stop generation of a musical sound with a release characteristic set by the release characteristic setting device in response to an input of the stop instruction by the input device.	10-08-2009
20100077907	ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - When the on-on time between Note	04-01-2010
20100077908	ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT	04-01-2010

Ikuo Tusjimoto, Nara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090033553	GPS-BASED POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE GPS TERMINALS - The present invention discloses a GPS system that uses call-processor intelligence to determine the mode of operation of a GPS receiver located in a GPS terminal. The modes are selected based on the availability of network facilities, the GPS information that can be acquired, or user input requirements.	02-05-2009

Ikuo Ueda, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100119787	Industrial multilayer fabric having a narrowing weft - In an industrial multilayer fabric, narrower wefts of a small diameter are placed between lower side wefts so as to sandwich a knuckle formed by a lower side warp on the lower surface side of the fabric.	05-13-2010
20100196670	INDUSTRIAL TWO-LAYER FABRIC - The object of the present invention is to provide an industrial two-layer fabric which is capable of exhibiting good air permeability, good fiber supportability, good surface smoothness, and high rigidity by providing longitudinally extending grooves on its upper surface side through a weave design.	08-05-2010
20100221499	INDUSTRIAL TWO-LAYER FABRIC - The object of the present invention is to provide an industrial two-layer fabric which exhibits good hydration property and good air permeability by forming a longitudinal groove on its upper surface side through a weave design without decreasing the number of warps, while at the same time exhibits good fiber supportability, good surface smoothness and high rigidity.	09-02-2010
20100252137	INDUSTRIAL TWO-LAYER FABRIC - A two layer fabric has first, second, third and fourth upper side wefts contiguously and repeatedly arranged. Each of three contiguously arranged warps forms a knuckle over second, over third, and over second upper side wefts respectively to form a separation portion. At both sides of the separation portion, both the second and third upper side wefts form a float portion by passing over two or more warps. Adjacent to the float portion, one warp passes over the second and third upper side wefts successively and one or two warps adjacent thereto pass over the second or the third upper side weft to form an approach portion where the second and third upper side wefts approach. Crimp portions are formed to sandwich the separation portion where the first and fourth upper side wefts pass over warps which are common to those of the separation portion.	10-07-2010
20110011485	INDUSTRIAL TWO-LAYER FABRIC - The industrial two-layer fabric has at least warp binding yarn pairs having an upper side warp and a warp binding yarn arranged vertically. On the upper side, between knuckles that two adjacent upper side warps have formed by passing over one or two upper side wefts, a warp binding yarn passes over one upper side weft to form a knuckle, whereby knuckles of the upper side warp, the warp binding yarn, and the upper side warp are formed in the mention of order over the one upper side weft. In the industrial two-layer fabric thus formed, the knuckle of the warp binding yarn does not protrude further than the knuckle of the upper side warps.	01-20-2011

Ikuo Uwadaira, Hanishina-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090178776	DEVICE FOR MELTING, STORING, AND FEEDING METAL MATERIAL FROM BAR-SHAPED METAL MATERIAL INTENDED FOR INJECTION APPARATUS FOR MOLDING METAL PRODUCT - A device for melting, storing, and feeding a metal material is provided which can store a large amount of molten metal material corresponding to molding cycles with a compact configuration, using barrels to melt bar-shaped metal materials and a tank-and-barrel storage unit to store the molten metal material. The storage unit for the molten metal material is composed of an upper storage tank and a lower material temperature control barrel having a smaller diameter, the barrel being perpendicularly arranged under and in communication with the bottom center of the tank. The melting barrels for bar-shaped metal materials are made of barrel bodies having an inside diameter and a length appropriate to accommodate the bar-shaped metal materials. A more than one melting barrel is vertically arranged in parallel on a lid member of the storage tank, with their bottom openings facing the inside of the storage tank.	07-16-2009

Ikuo Uwadaira, Nagano-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090090749	Method for preventing leaking of molten metal in injection molding of metal material - This is provided a method for preventing leaking of molten metal from a nozzle in an injection apparatus provided with a plunger within a cylinder body, a supply opening formed in an upper portion of the cylinder body, and a furnace for melting and holding the metal material provided on a top portion of the injection cylinder and having an outlet at the bottom end of the furnace communicated with the supply opening. The method comprises the following steps: metering the molten metal by travel of the plunger head backward from the most forward position to the backward position at the rear of the supply opening while maintaining nozzle touching after completion of an injection step and supplying the molten metal from the furnace into the cylinder body through the supply opening, after completion of the metering, closing the supply opening by travel of the plunger head forward at low speed from the backward position to a stand-by position ahead of the supply opening for cutting off the communication between the molten metal in the cylinder body and the molten metal in the furnace.	04-09-2009
20090188644	CONTROL METHOD FOR SUPPLYING INERT GAS DURING METAL MOLDING - A control method for supplying an inert gas from an inert gas source to a storage container for a molten metal through a gas feed path provided with a flow sensor for monitoring the gas flow rate and a solenoid valve for opening and closing the gas feed path for use with metal molding. The control method comprises; turning off the solenoid valve at a temperature of the storage container is equal to or lower than a preset temperature, and turning off the flow sensor; turning on the solenoid valve at the temperature of the storage container has reached the preset temperature, and turning on the flow sensor; and stopping the output of the heater of the storage container when a flow rate of the inert gas is equal to or lower than the preset amount; these steps are controlled in accordance with a command signal from a controller.	07-30-2009

Ikuo Yamaguchi, Okazaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090104675	METHOD FOR PRODUCING LACTIC ACID - Lactic acid with high optical purity that has not previously been achieved is produced.	04-23-2009

Ikuo Yosejima, Yao-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080293838	Thermo-expansive microspheres, their production process and their application - The present invention provides a process for producing thermo-expansive microspheres comprising a thermoplastic resinous shell and a blowing agent being encapsulated in the shell, the blowing agent which is a fluorine-containing C	11-27-2008
20100120929	METHOD FOR PRODUCING HEAT-EXPANDABLE MICROSPHERES AND APPLICATION THEREOF - A production method for heat-expandable microspheres, which have high expanding ratio and are thermally expanded into hollow particulates having excellent repeated-compression durability, and application thereof are provided. The method produces heat-expandable microspheres a shell of thermoplastic resin and a blowing agent being encapsulated therein and having a boiling point not higher than the softening point of the thermoplastic resin.	05-13-2010
20100204349	HEAT-EXPANDABLE MICROSPHERES, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND APPLICATION THEREOF - Heat-expandable microspheres include a shell of thermoplastic resin and core material encapsulated in the shell. The core material include a blowing agent having a boiling point not higher than the softening point of the thermoplastic resin and a gas migration inhibitor having a boiling point higher than the softening point of the thermoplastic resin. The ratio of the gas migration inhibitor to the core material is at least 1 weight percent and below 30 weight percent. The average particle size of the heat-expandable microspheres ranges from 1 to 100 micrometers.	08-12-2010

Ikuo Yoshida, Osaka-Fu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100210774	ANTICORROSIVE PIGMENT COMPOSITION AND WATER-BASED ANTICORROSIVE COATING MATERIAL CONTAINING THE SAME - An anticorrosive pigment composition containing neither any heavy metal harmful to the environment nor zinc, which may be harmful to the environment. The composition is a product of the reaction of (a) aluminum dihydrogen tripolyphosphate, (b) a calcium compound selected among oxides, hydroxides, and carbonates, and (c) a magnesium compound selected among oxides, hydroxides, and carbonates. The composition exerts no adverse influence on the storage stability of water-based anticorrosive coating materials.	08-19-2010