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Inamura, JP

Akihiro Inamura, Hadano JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100118483Storage Control Apparatus - A storage unit 05-13-2010
20100118484Storage Control Device - With the storage control device of the present invention, it is possible to mount a larger number of storage devices and to cool them effectively. A plurality of sub-storage units are provided within one storage unit. Each sub-storage unit includes a plurality of hard disk drives, a plurality of enclosures, and a plurality of power supply devices. A cover is divided into a front cover which covers over the front side of a case, and a rear cover which covers over the rear side of the case. Shield portions are provided on the upper sides of the hard disk drives and the enclosures. By these shield portions contacting the adjacent modules (other disk drives and other enclosures), it is possible to reduce the negative influence upon cooling air draft passages within the case, even when a cover has been removed.05-13-2010
20120226875STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS - A storage unit is provided with a plurality of sub storage units configured to include a plurality of hard disk drives, an enclosure, a printed wiring board, a power supply device, and a cable holder. The sub storage units each operate separately. The enclosure is provided in the array of the hard disk drives so that the distance can be shorter between the enclosure and each of the hard disk drives. With the provision of the cable holder, communications cables can be both brought closer to the printed wiring board. With such a configuration, the coupling point among the communications cables and the printed wiring board, and the enclosure can be favorably reduced. The resulting storage control apparatus can be mounted with a larger number of storage devices, thereby being able to maintain good signal quality.09-06-2012

Patent applications by Akihiro Inamura, Hadano JP

Atsuo Inamura, Ota-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100263325MEDICINE FEEDING DEVICE - There is provided a medicine feeding device which can apply uniform tension to wrapping paper wound in a roll state to wrap a medicine. The medicine feeding device comprises a tablet case which stores a medicine, and the wrapping paper wound in the roll state, wraps a medicine discharged from the tablet case in wrapping paper 10-21-2010
20100263326MEDICINE FEEDING DEVICE - There is provided a medicine feeding device which can apply uniform tension to wrapping paper wound in a roll state to wrap a medicine. The medicine feeding device comprises a tablet case which stores a medicine, and the wrapping paper wound in the roll state, wraps a medicine discharged from the tablet case in wrapping paper 10-21-2010
20100264173MEDICINE FEEDING DEVICE - There is provided a medicine feeding device which can apply uniform tension to wrapping paper wound in a roll state to wrap a medicine. The medicine feeding device comprises a tablet case which stores a medicine, and the wrapping paper wound in the roll state, wraps a medicine discharged from the tablet case in wrapping paper 10-21-2010
20100269451MEDICINE FEEDING DEVICE - There is provided a medicine feeding device which can apply uniform tension to wrapping paper wound in a roll state to wrap a medicine. The medicine feeding device comprises a tablet case which stores a medicine, and the wrapping paper wound in the roll state, wraps a medicine discharged from the tablet case in wrapping paper 10-28-2010

Patent applications by Atsuo Inamura, Ota-Shi JP

Fumihide Inamura, Kakogawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120042805RAILCAR BODYSHELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To adequately maintain recyclability of a railcar bodyshell while improving the appearance, manufacturing accuracy, and producibility of the railcar bodyshell. A railcar bodyshell includes: a metal side outside plate 02-23-2012
20120067247RAILCAR BODYSHELL REINFORCING METHOD AND RAILCAR BODYSHELL - A method for reinforcing a railcar bodyshell according to the present invention includes the steps of: in a bodyshell including a metal frame and a metal plate joined to the frame and formed such that a cross section orthogonal to a railcar longitudinal direction has a wave shape, disposing a fiber sheet on at least a part of the plate; and forming a fiber reinforced resin member by bonding the fiber sheet to the part of the plate by an impregnated adhesive resin.03-22-2012

Hiroshi Inamura, Yokosuka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080227499Mobile terminal device and program used in mobile terminal device - A mobile terminal device provided with a plurality of keys includes: a touch pad and a touch detection interface which detect a user touching a key; a press detection interface which detects the user pressing the key; a display unit which sequentially displays characters, as candidate characters, assigned to the key pressed by the user, when the press detection interface detects the user pressing the key; and a controller which converts the candidate character displayed on the display unit to a finalized character, when an untouched time period during the user does not touch the pressed key reaches a predetermined judging time after the press detection interface detects the user pressing the key.09-18-2008

Hiroshi Inamura, Nagoya JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110012542DRIVE SYSTEM FOR POWER SWITCHING ELEMENTS - A drive system has a low voltage system, a high voltage system, and a transformer. The high voltage system has drive units which correspond to power switching elements. A capacitance in the high voltage system serves as a flouting power source which supplies electric power to each of the drive units. An output voltage of a secondary side coil of the transformer is supplied to the capacitance. A comparator compares the output voltage at the secondary side coil of the transformer with a threshold value. A switching speed change part changes the switching speed of each of the power switching element based on the comparison result of the comparator.01-20-2011
20110210687CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - A control apparatus for use with an electric power conversion system which is equipped with a dc/ac converter connected to an electric rotating machine and a capacitor joined to input terminals of the dc/ac converter. The control apparatus stores an angle of rotation (i.e., start angle θ09-01-2011
20110295530FAULT DIAGNOSIS DEVICE FOR AMPLITUDE MODULATION DEVICE - The fault diagnosis device is for diagnosing presence of a fault in an amplitude modulation device which modulates an amplitude of a carrier wave signal to generate a modulated wave signal, comprising. The fault diagnosis device includes a sampling means to perform sampling of at least one of the carrier wave signal and the modulated wave signal at a period different from a period of the carrier wave signal, and a diagnosis means to perform diagnosis of presence of a fault in the amplitude modulation device based on sampled values outputted from the sampling means.12-01-2011
20120091933CONTROL APPARATUS FOR POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM INCLUDING DC/AC CONVERTER CONNECTED BETWEEN ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE AND DC POWER SOURCE - A control apparatus is for use in a power conversion system including a DC/AC converter circuit connected to an electric rotating machine at output terminals thereof and to a DC power source at input terminals thereof through a switching means, a capacitor being connected across the input terminals of the DC/AC converter circuit. The control apparatus includes a current supply means configured to perform current supply control to supply a current to the electric rotating machine in order to discharge the capacitor by manipulating the DC/AC converter circuit in a state where the switching means is set open, and a speed lowering means configured to apply a brake force to a rotating shaft of the electric rotating machine to reduce a rotational speed of the electric rotating machine prior to the current supply control being performed by the current supply means if the rotational speed exceeds a specified speed.04-19-2012

Hiroshi Inamura, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120139460APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT IMPROVED CONTROL OF ROTARY MACHINE - In a system for controlling a rotary machine, a circuit outputs an AC voltage to be applied to a rotary machine. A storage stores therein measurement-error information indicative of a measurement error of the measuring unit. A torque-feedback adjuster manipulates a phase of the output voltage of the circuit based on the rotational angle of the rotary machine measured by a measuring unit and the measurement-error information to adjust a torque of the rotary machine to a request torque. The phase is obtained from information fed back from the rotary machine. An abnormality determiner determines whether there is an abnormality to disable using accurate measurement-error information. A limiter limits adjustment of the torque of the rotary machine to the request torque by the torque-feedback adjuster when it is determined that there is an abnormality to disable using accurate measurement-error information.06-07-2012

Hiroshi Inamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110131179DATA CONTROL DEVICE, DATA CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A data control device includes: an execution unit that executes, as an active runtime environment, one of a plurality of runtime environments each provided with an individual clipboard used for data reading and writing; a switching unit that switches the active runtime environment; a decision unit that, when the active runtime environment is switched by the switching unit, decides whether an item of data written to a clipboard of a runtime environment that is active before the switching should be copied to a clipboard of a runtime environment that will become active after the switching, by referring to an attribute of at least one of the runtime environment that is active before the switching and the runtime environment that will become active after the switching; and a management unit that manages copying of the item of data between the clipboards based on the decision made by the decision unit.06-02-2011
20110138464STATE NOTIFICATION APPARATUS, STATE NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A state notification apparatus comprises: a holding unit that, when one or more secure runtime environments and one or more non-secure runtime environments are selectively executed in a foreground, holds an identifier of a runtime environment that is being executed in the foreground; a determination unit that determines a state of the runtime environment executed in the foreground based on the identifier held by the holding unit; and a notification unit that causes a hardware device that cannot be accessed from the one or more non-secure runtime environments to notify the state determined by the determination unit.06-09-2011
20110185396INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information-processing apparatus comprises: an environment storage unit that stores a set of instructions for implementing a plurality of runtime environments including a first runtime environment and a second runtime environment; an execution unit that executes the set of instructions stored in the environment storage unit; a status-holding unit that stores an item(s) of status information to be transmitted from the first runtime environment to the second runtime environment; a timing storage unit that stores a condition relating to a status of execution of one of the first runtime environment and the second runtime environment; and a transmission unit that transmits the item(s) of status information stored in the status-holding unit to the second runtime environment in a case where the condition stored in the timing storage unit is fulfilled.07-28-2011

Hiroshi Inamura, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090276848DEVICE AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, SERVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, SERVICE REQUEST APPARATUS, DEVICE AUTHENTICATION METHOD, SERVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND SERVICE REQUEST METHOD - A device authentication apparatus, including: a device identification information acquisition unit configured to acquire identification information specific to a device; a connection protection unit configured to protect a connection with the device; and an identifier generation unit configured to combine all or some of the device-specific identification information, a device identification information type representing a type of the device-specific identification information, and a protection method type representing a type of a protection method used by the connection protection unit to generate an identifier for a pair of the connected device and a connection environment.11-05-2009

Patent applications by Hiroshi Inamura, Yokohama-Shi JP

Junko Inamura, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120316278MATERIAL HAVING CROSS-LINKED POLYROTAXANE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Disclosed are a material having high flexibility and a high dielectric constant, and a method for producing same: a material having a first polyrotaxane and a second polyrotaxane, wherein the first polyrotaxane comprises first blocking groups being disposed at both ends of a first pseudo-polyrotaxane—formed from the opening of a first circular molecule being enclathrated by being skewered by a first linear chain molecule—in a manner so that the first circular molecule does not detach; the second polyrotaxane comprises second blocking groups being disposed at both ends of a second pseudo-polyrotaxane—formed from the opening of a second circular molecule being enclathrated by being skewered by a second linear chain molecule—in a manner so that the second circular molecule does not detach; said first and second polyrotaxane are formed from crosslinking with the first and second circular molecules therebetween; said material is solvent free; and the material has a dielectric constant at 1 kHz of at least 6.0.12-13-2012

Kazuhiro Inamura, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110086755HYDROCRACKING CATALYST FOR HEAVY OIL - A catalyst for hydrocracking of heavy oil which comprises a support comprising crystalline aluminosilicate and a porous inorganic oxide excluding the crystalline aluminosilicate and an active metal supported on the support, wherein (a) the support comprises the crystalline aluminosilicate in an amount of 18% by mass or greater and smaller than 45% by mass and the porous inorganic oxide in an amount exceeding 55% by mass and of 82% by mass or smaller based on a sum of the amount of the crystalline aluminosilicate and the amount of the porous inorganic aluminosilicate, (b) the active metal is at least one metal selected from molybdenum, tungsten and nickel, and (c) the distribution of pores in the catalyst for hydrocracking of heavy oil is such that a volume of pores having a diameter of 500 to 10,000 Å is 10% or smaller and a volume of pores having a diameter of 100 to 200 Å is 60% or greater based on a volume of entire pores having a diameter of 50 to 10,000 Å. The catalyst exhibits excellent desulfurizing function and excellent activity for decomposition of fractions having a high boiling point of 525° C. or higher such as the vacuum residue.04-14-2011
20120193270Hydrocracking catalyst for heavy oil and method for hydrotreating heavy oil using same - Provided is a catalyst for hydrocracking of heavy oil which is excellent in both functions of cracking activity and desulfurization activity with respect to heavy oil by striking a balance between the cracking activity and desulfurization activity and which includes a support including a crystalline aluminosilicate and a porous inorganic oxide excluding the crystalline aluminosilicate, with an active metal being supported on the support, in which (a) the support includes the crystalline aluminosilicate in an amount of 45% by mass or greater and smaller than 60% by mass and the porous inorganic oxide excluding the crystalline aluminosilicate in an amount of greater than 40% by mass and 55% by mass or smaller, based on the sum of an amount of the crystalline aluminosilicate and an amount of the porous inorganic oxide excluding the crystalline aluminosilicate, (b) the active metal is at least one kind of metal selected from metals belonging to Groups 6, 8, 9, and 10 of the Periodic Table, and (c) the catalyst for hydrocracking of heavy oil has a distribution of pores in which an entire pore volume of pores defined as pores having a diameter of 5 to 1000 nm is 0.40 dm08-02-2012

Patent applications by Kazuhiro Inamura, Chiba JP

Kazuyoshi Inamura, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100297369Thermal Transfer Recording Medium - A thermal transfer recording medium including a support, a release layer and an ink layer, the release layer and the ink layer being disposed in this order over the support, wherein the ink layer contains carnauba wax, an organic fatty acid having an acid value of 90 to 200, and at least one of a long-chain alcohol represented by Formula (1) and a long-chain alcohol represented by Formula (2),11-25-2010

Ko Inamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130075173BATTERY SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - There is provided a battery support structure for a vehicle. The battery support structure for a vehicle includes: a battery pack formed by housing a secondary battery in a case and disposed in a lower part of a vehicle body; and a deformable bracket that supports one end portion of the battery pack in a vehicle width direction. The deformable bracket deforms in response to an input from one end of the battery pack in the vehicle width direction so as to cause the other end of the battery pack to move in an input direction and descend relative to the vehicle body.03-28-2013
20130078489COOLING STRUCTURE FOR IN-VEHICLE BATTERY - There is provided a cooling structure for an in-vehicle battery. The cooling structure for an in-vehicle battery includes: a battery pack housing a battery cell in a case and loaded into a lower part of a vehicle body; an intake duct for introducing cooling air into the battery pack; and an exhaust duct for discharging the cooling air discharged from the battery pack. A part of at least one of the intake duct and the exhaust duct is disposed along an end of the battery pack in a vehicle width direction and has a lower crushing strength with respect to an input in the vehicle width direction than the battery pack.03-28-2013

Kohei Inamura, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090196567VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR SAME - A video processing apparatus that can be connected to a video playback apparatus includes an input unit configured to input video data from the video playback apparatus, an interpolation unit configured to generate interpolated frame image data of input video data, and an output unit configured to output the interpolated frame image data as interpolated video data, wherein the interpolation unit generates different interpolated frame image data according to a playback mode of the video playback apparatus.08-06-2009
20110109795IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: motion vector detecting unit which divides an input video image into a plurality of blocks and detects a motion vector of each of the blocks; telop detecting unit which detects a horizontal telop and a vertical telop from the input video image; first correcting unit which corrects the motion vector of a block that includes the horizontal telop; second correcting unit which corrects the motion vector of a block that includes the vertical telop; control unit which controls the first and second correcting units such that when the horizontal and vertical telops are detected, correction is performed by one of the first and second correcting units, and correction by the other one of the first and second correcting units is omitted; and generating unit which generates the interpolated frame, using the motion vector of each of the blocks.05-12-2011
20110279643IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus that corrects gradation of a first image, which is one image from among the image for left eye and the image for right eye, and gradation of a second image, which is the other image from among the image for left eye and the image for right eye, the image processing apparatus comprises: a detection unit that detects parallax between the first image and second image; a correction unit that detects a pixel in the second image corresponding to a pixel in the first image on the basis of the parallax, and corrects a gradation value of the pixel in the first image and a gradation value of the pixel in the second image corresponding to the pixel in the first image by using a single gradation conversion curve.11-17-2011
20110316849IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE ON DISPLAY UNIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A frequency of each gradation in an image for the left eye histogram is compared with a frequency of each gradation in an image for the right eye histogram. An integration histogram is generated using at least a larger one of the frequency of each gradation in the image for the left eye histogram and the frequency of each gradation in the image for the right eye histogram. A gradation correction parameter is set based on the generated integration histogram. The gradations of the image for the left eye and the image for the right eye are corrected using the gradation correction parameter.12-29-2011
20120275760VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR SAME - A video processing apparatus that can be connected to a video playback apparatus includes an input unit configured to input video data from the video playback apparatus, an interpolation unit configured to generate interpolated frame image data of input video data, and an output unit configured to output the interpolated frame image data as interpolated video data, wherein the interpolation unit generates different interpolated frame image data according to a playback mode of the video playback apparatus.11-01-2012

Patent applications by Kohei Inamura, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Kohei Inamura, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100013870IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CORRECTION METHOD OF IMAGE SIGNAL - An image display apparatus including a plurality of pixels, a drive circuit for outputting drive signals for driving the pixels, and a correction circuit for correcting an input signal corresponding to a predetermined pixel with a correction value to output a corrected input signal to a side of the drive circuit, wherein the apparatus adopts as the correction value a value reflecting drive states of pixels located in the neighborhood of the predetermined pixel, the value being one having received an adjustment according to a nonlinear characteristic between a value of the input signal and a gray-level display of the pixel on the basis of the value of the input signal corresponding to the predetermined pixel.01-21-2010

Mitsuru Inamura, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120231490Method Of Differentiation From Stem Cells To Hepatocytes - Disclosed are: a gene transduction method for use in the induction of the differentiation of stem cells such as ES cells or iPS cells into hepatocytes effectively; stem cells into each of which a gene useful for the induction of the differentiation into hepatocytes is introduced; and hepatocytes produced from stem cells each having the gene introduced therein. A specific gene can be introduced into stem cells such as ES cells or iPS cells using an adenovirus vector. The effective induction of the differentiation into hepatocytes can be achieved by introducing the gene. Specifically, the effective induction of the differentiation of stem cells such as ES cells or iPS cells into hepatocytes can be achieved by introducing at least one gene selected from HEX gene, HNF4A gene, HNF6 gene and SOX17 gene into the stem cells.09-13-2012

Norio Inamura, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090053823Liquid Reagent of Color Former and Method of Stabilizing The Same - A liquid reagent in which a methylene blue compound color former is stably stored in a liquid state; and a method of stabilizing a methylene blue compound color former in a liquid state. A methylene blue compound color former is stabilized by causing it to coexist with either a quaternary ammonium compound having a C02-26-2009
20090081718Protein cleavage method and thereof - The present invention provides a method for cleaving a glycated protein to obtain an amino acid or a peptide efficiently with a protease. By treating the glycated protein with the protease in the presence of a compound represented by R—X, the amino acid or the peptide is obtained by the cleavage. The R represents an alkyl compound with a carbon number of 9 or more, and preferably is straight-chain alkyl or straight-chain acyl with a carbon number of 9 to 16, branched-chain alkyl or branched-chain acyl with a carbon number of 10 to 40 and a main-chain carbon number of 9 to 16, or straight-chain alkyl that is substituted by cycloalkyl (a carbon number of the cycloalkyl ranges from 3 to 8, and a carbon number of the straight chain ranges from 4 to 13), where X is a sugar residue. Moreover, the glycated protein is, for example, glycated hemoglobin, and preferably β-chain N-terminal amino acid or a β-chain N-terminal peptide is cleaved by the protease treatment.03-26-2009
20100178659METHOD OF MEASURING HbA1c - A method of measuring HbA1c is provided that, even with a whole blood sample after storage, measurement accuracy substantially equal to a whole blood sample right after collection can be maintained. Whole blood is stored in a presence of a glycolytic inhibitor and protease is added to the stored whole blood sample to cleave hemoglobin in the whole blood sample. Then a glycated part of a hemoglobin fragment thereby obtained is treated with fructosyl amine oxidase. Thereafter, a glycation degree of HbA1c is determined by measuring a redox reaction between the glycated part and the fructosyl amine oxidase. Further, instead of storage of the whole blood in a presence of the glycolytic inhibitor, a strong electrolyte substance such as KCl, K07-15-2010
20110015391STABILIZER OF COLOR FORMER AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a stabilizer that can stabilize a salt of 10-(carboxymethylaminocarbonyn-3,7-bis(dimethylamino)phenothiazine or a derivative thereof even under the existence of moisture or under light irradiation. A compound described in at least one of (1) and (2) below is used as the stabilizer of the salt of 10-(carboxymethylaminocarbonyl)-3,7-bis(dimethylamino)phenothiazine or the derivative thereof. 01-20-2011

Patent applications by Norio Inamura, Kyoto JP

Norio Inamura, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100112622METHOD FOR DETECTING PHENOTHIAZINE-DERIVATIVE COLOR AND COLOR-DEVELOPER REAGENT USED THEREIN - The present invention provides a phenothiazine-derivative color-measuring method that can detect a phenothiazine-derivative color even at a wavelength longer than the wavelength that exhibits maximum absorption. A phenothiazine-derivative color is detected, by adding a 5-hydroxy-1-(4-sulfophenyl)-4-(4-sulfophenylazo)pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid salt, 6-hydroxy-5-(4-sulfophenylazo)-2-naphthalenesulfonic acid salt, 3-hydroxy-4-(4-sulfonaphthylazo)-2,7-naphthalenedisulfonic acid salt, 7-hydroxy-8-(4-sulfonaphthylazo)-1,3-naphthalenedisulfonic acid salt, 3′,6′-dihydroxy-2′,4′,5′,7′-tetraiodospiro[isobenzofuran-1(3H),9′-(9H)xanthene]-3-one salt, 3′,6′-dihydroxy-2′,4′,5′,7′-tetrabromo-4,5,6,7,-tetrachlorospiro[isobenzofuran-1(3H),9′-[9H]xanthene]-3-one salt, 4,5,6,7-tetrachloro-3′,6′-dihydroxy-2′,4′,5′,7′-tetraiodospiro[isobenzofuran-1(3H),9′-[9H]xanthene]-3-one salt or flavonoid-based color to the reaction system containing a phenothiazine-derivative color, and then measuring the light absorbance at a wavelength of 610 to 730 nm.05-06-2010

Seiji Inamura, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100037090STORAGE SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR STORAGE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE DEVICE - In a control method for a storage system including a plurality of storage devices connected via a network, when starting operation, a first storage device on the network determines whether data of a control program for controlling the first storage device is broken. When the data of the control program is broken, the first storage device transmits a signal indicating that the data of the control program is broken to the network. Upon receipt of the signal, a second storage device on the network determines whether it stores the same control program as that stored in the first storage device. When storing the same control program, the second storage device transmits the control program to the first storage device. The first storage device rewrites the broken control program with the control program received from the second storage device.02-11-2010

Seiji Inamura, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100235568STORAGE DEVICE USING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a plurality of writable non-volatile memory devices, a buffer memory, a memory controller, and a spare non-volatile memory device. The buffer memory temporarily stores write data from a host. The memory controller writes the write data in the buffer memory to the non-volatile memory devices in a distributed manner. The memory controller writes write data in the buffer memory not having been written to the non-volatile memory devices to the spare non-volatile memory device when detecting a power down, and writes the write data having been written to the spare non-volatile memory device to the buffer memory when the power is restored.09-16-2010

Shinichi Inamura, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100092340CLEANING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CLEANING NOZZLE CLOGGING, AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - A cleaning device includes a discharge nozzle that discharges cleaning liquid; a suction nozzle that sucks the cleaning liquid or reaction liquid in the cleaning tank or the reaction vessel; a discard vessel connected to the suction nozzle via a pipe to discard the cleaning liquid or the reaction liquid; a detecting unit that detects whether an electrostatic capacity at least between the suction nozzle and an electrode provided in the pipe exceeds a threshold value; a determination unit that determines that the suction nozzle is clogged when a time difference between a time, at which the electrostatic capacity exceeds the threshold value when the suction nozzle is not clogged, and a time, at which the electrostatic capacity exceeds the threshold value at the time of determination, is not less than a predetermined time difference threshold value; and a control unit that stops the discharge nozzle from discharging the cleaning liquid to the reaction vessel when the suction nozzle is clogged.04-15-2010
20100098590CLEANING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DETECTING SUCTION NOZZLE CLOGGING, AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - A cleaning device includes a discharge nozzle that discharges cleaning liquid; a suction nozzle that sucks the cleaning liquid or reaction liquid in the cleaning tank or the reaction vessel; a discard vessel connected to the suction nozzle via a pipe to discard the cleaning liquid or the reaction liquid; a detecting unit that detects whether an electrostatic capacity at least between the suction nozzle and an electrode provided in the pipe exceeds a threshold value; a determination unit that determines that the suction nozzle is clogged when a totalizing time, for which the electrostatic capacity exceeds the threshold value during a preset clogging determination time, is longer than a totalizing time, for which the electrostatic capacity exceeds the threshold value during a preset normal determination time; and a control unit that stops the discharge nozzle from discharging the cleaning liquid to the reaction vessel when the suction nozzle is clogged.04-22-2010

Shinichi Inamura, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100284862CLEANING EQUIPMENT AND ANALYZER - An analyzer (11-11-2010

Shiyusuke Inamura, Hino-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130044161RECORDING APPARATUS AND CARRIAGE UNIT - A movable carriage unit on which a head for discharging ink is mountable includes a fixing member movable between a fixing position for fixing the head to a mounting position and a releasing position for releasing the fixation of the head, and a moving unit including an operation portion. The moving unit is configured to move the fixing member from the fixing position to the releasing position. A guide configured to guide the head to the mounting position when the fixing member is moved to the releasing position by an operation of the operation portion is formed on the operation portion.02-21-2013

Shusuke Inamura, Hino-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100328406INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus capable of improving reliability of an electrical connecting portion between a carriage side and head cartridge side. When an ink tank is mounted on a head cartridge, a hook of a set lever is obstructed to be operated in a lock releasing direction by a restricting surface of the ink tank. This prevents the head cartridge from being removed from the carriage, and maintains an electrical connecting condition between the carriage and the head cartridge. Therefore, for removing the head cartridge, it is necessary to remove the ink tank.12-30-2010

Takayoshi Inamura, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090260773DIE CASTING MOLD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AND CASTING THE SAME - In a die-casting mold used in a casting method, a fixed insert includes a recessed cavity portion, and a fixed mold body is arranged to hold the fixed insert. The fixed insert includes a first insert and a second insert. The first insert is held with the fixed mold body. The second insert is fitted and held within a recess formed on the first insert. The size of the second insert is minimized so as to just surround the recessed cavity portion.10-22-2009

Tamio Inamura, Fujisawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090302549Lip Type Seal - A resin lip type seal (12-10-2009

Tetsunari Inamura, Miura-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090150142BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, BEHAVIOR LEARNING APPARATUS AND METHOD, ROBOT APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM RECORDED WITH PROGRAM - A robot includes a knowledge acquisition unit for extracting words from external instruction information, a network construction unit for constructing a network from the extracted words and updating weightings between the words, and a behavior determination unit for determining a behavior on the basis of a word network in which relationships between the words are weighted on a network.06-11-2009

Tomonori Inamura, Tokyo-To JP