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Iwao, JP

Akio Iwao, Ehime JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090243503DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE - A discharge lamp lighting device includes: a first series circuit unit in which a primary coil is connected in series to a capacitor; a second series circuit unit in which a secondary coil is connected in series to a discharge lamp, the secondary coil being a winding wound on the side portion of a rod-shaped magnetic core along the axial direction of the magnetic core, being greater in the number of turns than the primary coil, being smaller in dimension of its cross section parallel to the axial direction of the magnetic core than in dimension of its cross section in the radial direction of the magnetic core and forming a transformer along with the primary coil; and a bridge DC-AC converting circuit which includes four transistors, converts DC voltage supplied from a power supply unit to AC voltage and supplies the AC voltage to both ends of the first and the second series circuit units connected in parallel to each other, and the discharge lamp lighting device being capable of generating voltage by a small and simple circuit at the time of starting the lamp and performing preheating control.10-01-2009

Fumiko Iwao, Koshi-Machi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090272407SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS - A cleaning method of cleaning a surface of a substrate that is processed by a developing process. The method includes pouring a cleaning liquid onto a central part of the substrate. A dry area that is not wetted with the cleaning liquid is created in a central part of the substrate by stopping pouring the cleaning liquid or by shifting a cleaning liquid pouring position to which the cleaning liquid is poured from the central part while the substrate holding device is rotating. The dry area is expanded outward from the central part of the substrate by rotating the substrate holding device at a rotating speed not lower than 1500 rpm without pouring the cleaning liquid onto the dry area. The cleaning liquid is poured onto an outer area contiguously surrounding the dry area on the surface of the substrate.11-05-2009

Fumiko Iwao, Nirasaki City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090220892METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND RESIST COATING AND DEVELOPING SYSTEM - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a resist layer on an underlayer, forming an exposed pattern in the resist layer, wherein the exposed pattern comprises a soluble layer and an insoluble layer, forming a resist pattern by removing the soluble layer from the resist layer in which the exposed pattern is formed, removing an intermediate exposed area from the resist pattern, forming a new soluble layer in a surface of the resist pattern from which the intermediate exposed area is removed by applying a reaction material to the resist pattern from which the intermediate exposed area is removed, wherein the reaction material generates a solubilization material that solubilizes the resist pattern, and removing the new soluble layer from the resist pattern.09-03-2009

Gouichi Iwao, Oita-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110220216LIQUID TREATMENT APPARATUS, MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING METHOD OF A CUP BODY, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A liquid treatment apparatus treating a surface of a substrate held generally horizontally on a stage in a housing by supplying a treating liquid to said surface from a supply nozzle. The liquid treatment apparatus includes a cup body provided so as to surround the substrate held in the substrate holding part laterally, the cup body being mounted detachably to a base inside the housing from an upward direction thereof; a cup body holding part holding the cup body detachably; and an elevating mechanism moving the cup body holding part up and down between a first position at which the cup body is mounted upon the base body and a second position located above the first position.09-15-2011

Hidemi Iwao, Gunma JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110246120EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT OF INDUCTANCE ELEMENT, METHOD OF ANALYZING CIRCUIT CONSTANT, CIRCUIT CONSTANT ANALYSIS PROGRAM, DEVICE FOR ANALYZING CIRCUIT CONSTANT, CIRCUIT SIMULATOR - The present invention provides an equivalent circuit, circuit constant analysis method, circuit constant analysis program, circuit constant analysis device, and circuit simulator for an inductance element that are capable of good approximation of characteristics even in the band region greater than or equal to the resonance frequency. To a parallel circuit of an inductance Ls, a capacitance Cp, and a resistance Rp, added are another capacitance Cr, which is connected in series to the resistance Rp, another inductance Lr, which is connected in parallel to the resistance Rp, another resistance Rs, which is connected in series to the parallel circuit, a first closed circuit, which is magnetically coupled with the inductance Ls with a coupling coefficient k10-06-2011

Inagaki Iwao, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100228794SEMANTIC DOCUMENT ANALYSIS - A technique for dynamic integration and semantic analysis of structured data and unstructured textual data including: defining and selecting static attributes and dynamic attribute from structured data, embedding static and dynamic views of the selected corresponding attributes in an annotated document, linking the unstructured textual data with the structured data using the defined static and dynamic attributes, populating an annotated document structure of multiple annotated documents, performing semantic analysis of a query across the unstructured textual data and structured data, querying the annotated document structure to provide query results satisfying static part of the query, processing static and dynamic parts of the query by querying structured data and the annotated document structure, as appropriate, and providing a combined query processing result satisfying the dynamic and static part the query. Other embodiments are also disclosed.09-09-2010

Keijiro Iwao, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090093930STEERING GUIDE DEVICE AND STEERING GUIDE METHOD - A steering detecting section (04-09-2009

Masaru Iwao, Otsu-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110198539Process for producing fluorescent substance composite glass and fluorescent substance composite glass green sheet - The present invention provides a fluorescent substance composite glass which is chemically stable, has a large size, is reduced in wall thickness, has a uniform thickness and therefore has a high energy conversion efficiency; a fluorescent substance composite glass green sheet and a process for producing the fluorescent substance composite glass. The fluorescent substance composite glass of the present invention is produced by baking a mixture containing a glass powder and an inorganic fluorescent substance powder, in which the energy conversion efficiency to a visible light wavelength region of 380 to 780 nm is 10% or more, when light having an emission peak in a wavelength range of 350 to 500 nm is applied.08-18-2011

Masaru Iwao, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090314989Fluorescent substance composite glass, fluorescent substance composite glass green sheet, and process for producing fluorescent substance composite glass - The present invention is to provide a fluorescent substance composite glass which is chemically stable, has a large size, is reduced in wall thickness, has a uniform thickness and therefore has a high energy conversion efficiency, a fluorescent substance composite glass green sheet and a process for producing the fluorescent substance composite glass. The fluorescent substance composite glass of the present invention is produced by baking a mixture containing a glass powder and an inorganic fluorescent substance powder, in which the energy conversion efficiency to a visible light wavelength region of 380 to 780 nm is 10% or more, when light having an emission peak in a wavelength range of 350 to 500 nm is applied.12-24-2009
20100155666PHOSPHOR COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PHOSPHOR COMPOSITE MEMBER - Disclosed is a phosphor composite material which can be fired at low temperatures and enables to obtain a phosphor composite member which is excellent in weather resistance and reduced in deterioration after long use. Also disclosed is a phosphor composite member obtained by firing such a phosphor composite material. Specifically disclosed is a phosphor composite material composed of a glass powder and a phosphor powder, which is characterized in that the glass powder is composed of SnO—P06-24-2010

Masuyama Iwao, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120006349Mascara brush - The present invention provides a mascara brush which, when an application liquid is applied with the front ends of brush bristle materials, can apply a large amount of the application liquid held in the mascara brush without being rotated and which, when cleaning is performed with the front ends of brush bristle materials, can perform cleaning with a large amount of a cleaning liquid held in the mascara brush without being rotated.01-12-2012

Naoto Iwao, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080284807INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus of one aspect of the invention comprises nozzles are arranged on an ink ejection surface in a matrix in a first direction in which a recording medium is conveyed and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The plurality of nozzles are grouped into a plurality of nozzle sets, each of the plurality of nozzle sets includes nozzles arranged along the second direction. The plurality of nozzle sets are spaced from one another in the first direction by first distances, each of the first distances is an integral multiple of a distance that is obtained by multiplying a unit distance by 211-20-2008
20080309732LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus having liquid ejection heads extending in a particular direction, and each liquid ejection head has an ejection surface with ejection ports configured to eject a liquid, a supply port to which liquid is supplied, and a flow path formed in the liquid ejection bead. The flow path is configured to place the ejection ports and the supply port in fluid communication. The liquid ejection heads are positioned at predetermined intervals in a direction perpendicular to the particular direction, and for each liquid ejection head, the supply port of one liquid ejection head is in a different location in the particular direction, than all of the liquid ejection heads adjacent to the one liquid ejection head in the perpendicular direction.12-18-2008
20090219315Liquid Discharge Device, Piezoelectric Ink Jet Head, and Driving Method for Liquid Discharge Device - It is possible to minimize the amplitude of residual vibration of a piezoelectric actuator so as to maintain the image quality of a formed image at a preferable level in case of an ink jet head, for example. A liquid discharge device includes a control unit (09-03-2009
20090231369INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A inkjet recording apparatus includes a first inkjet head which ejects color ink having one of a hydrophobic property and an aqueous property; a second inkjet head which ejects colorless ink having the remaining the other property; and an ejection controller which controls the first inkjet head to eject the color ink on an image region and controls the second inkjet head to eject the colorless ink on an ejection region contacting the image region with a boundary therebetween. The ejection controller controls the first and second inkjet heads so that the colorless ink ejected from the second inkjet head reaches a second minute segment in the ejection region, the second minute segment adjacent to a first minute segment in the image region with the boundary interposed therebetween, before the color ink ejected from the first inkjet head reaches the first minute segment in the image region.09-17-2009
20100245434RECORDING APPARATUS - A conveyance unit continually conveys sheets of the number of continual prints. A head control section controls ejection of ink droplets from inkjet heads in such a way that there are produced image dots which make up an image to be printed on each of the sheet every time the sheet is conveyed and flushing dots corresponding to flushing dot candidates, among flushing dot candidates for flushing patterns included in a flushing pattern group determined from the continual print count, which are placed at locations where the image dots are not to be produced.09-30-2010

Patent applications by Naoto Iwao, Nagoya-Shi JP

Nobuyuki Iwao, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090325759CONTROL DEVICE FOR POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR VEHICLES - A power transmission device for a vehicle having a clutch 12-31-2009
20100004091LOCKUP CLUTCH CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - In a vehicle mounting an engine equipped with an exhaust turbocharger and a fluid transmission device as the power transmission device, occurrence of surging in the exhaust turbocharger is prevented at the time of connecting a lockup clutch in the fluid transmission device. When a condition for connecting the lockup clutch is held to lock up the fluid transmission device coupled to the engine 01-07-2010
20100057317HALF-ENGAGE CLUTCH POINT LEARNING DEVICE FOR WET MULTIPLE DISK CLUTCH - A power transmission device for a vehicle equipped with a wet multiple disk clutch for disconnecting the power at the time of gearshift by using a clutch controller, wherein the amount of engagement where the clutch is half-engaged is learned maintaining precision. In the present invention, the clutch controller of the wet multiple disk clutch moves a clutch piston over the whole stroke thereof by using the working fluid for varying the amount of engagement at the start of learning the amount of engagement at a point where the clutch starts half-engaging and, immediately thereafter, the amount the clutch is half-engaged is detected. Upon moving the clutch piston, the working fluid present among the friction disks of the wet multiple disk clutch is drained and is replaced by the new working fluid avoiding detection error caused by the fluctuation in the temperature of the working fluid and eliminating unstable operation of the clutch piston caused by static friction of a large resistance. The amount of engagement at the point where the clutch starts half-engaging is determined by gradually increasing the amount of engagement after the clutch is disengaged and detecting a change in the rotational speed of the clutch input shaft.03-04-2010
20100062898DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE OF A VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF GEARSHIFT - A device for controlling a power transmission device for a vehicle, which, at the time of gearshift, so controls the engine as to rotate at a target rotational speed, wherein at the time of shifting the gear up, a target value properly corresponding to an actual vehicle speed is set to quickly increase the engine output and to shorten the time for shifting the gear. In controlling the engine at the time of shifting the gear up, a target engine rotational speed is set based the signals from, wheel rotational speed detector means that detects the rotational speed of a wheel, such as an anti-lock control device. Thus, the target engine rotational speed is set depending properly upon an actual vehicle speed that varies accompanying an increase in the amount of engaging the clutch at the time of gearshift, and the gear at the time of accelerating the vehicle can be quickly shifted up without accompanied by the shift shock. At the time of shift-down, a target engine rotational speed is set based on an actual vehicle speed found from the signals of the transmission input shaft rotational speed.03-11-2010

Patent applications by Nobuyuki Iwao, Kanagawa JP

Seiichi Iwao, Inukami JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090282693SHAVER CLEANER AND SHAVER SYSTEM - DC 5V shared with a shaver is inputted into a step-up circuit of a cleaner from a terminal of an AC adapter. When an oscillation circuit turns on/off an FET, the voltage is stepped up by using a choke coil, and the charge is accumulated in a capacitor. By using DC 24V of the stet-up result outputted from the capacitor, an electromagnetic induction heating circuit allows an FET to turn on/off the current flowing through a coil, the blade edge of the shaver is induction-heated. In this case, by applying a trigger pulse of the oscillation circuit through an inverter to the FET, the duty factor of the step-up circuit is high, and that of the electromagnetic induction heating circuit is low.11-19-2009
20100177537POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - To provide a power supply circuit which can be applied worldwide without using a high withstand voltage switching element and can supply a load device with stable power. A charging section is arranged between a turn-off capacitor and a load coil. The charging section has the anode connected to the positive terminal of a feedback coil and the cathode connected to the cathode of a zener diode. Thus, when a voltage of a commercial power supply is high, the charging section operates, the turn-off capacitor is quickly charged, an on-period of a transistor is shortened, and an excessive voltage is prevented from being applied between the drain and the source of the transistor. At the same time, an output characteristic indicating relationship between the voltage of the commercial power supply and a current flowing in the load device is permitted to be flat.07-15-2010
20100187912CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - Power saving is promoted by oscillating only power transmission coil contributing to contactless charging without using any communication means.07-29-2010

Tadashige Iwao, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090003295AD-HOC NETWORK DEVICE WITH REDUCED DATA LOSS - When data is to be transmitted from a transmission source to a transmission destination in a wireless or wired ad-hoc network constructed in an indoor environment such as a house or an office, the data is transmitted by using a path that is formed over a plurality of channels that the respective nodes have. Also, when data transmission with high reliability is to be performed, same data is sent to two or more paths, thereby even when the data on one path cannot be normally delivered due to noise, the data can be delivered to the transmission destination without being affected by the noise by using the data transmitted on another channel.01-01-2009
20110093717NODE APPARATUS, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A node apparatus changes a first access key unique to itself; changes a shared key same for node apparatuses; encrypts, using the shared key, the first access key and transmits it; receives an access key notification frame; decrypts it using the shared key, thereby obtaining a second access key; attaches, to a first plaintext frame, first signature data obtained by encrypting, using the shared key, data including a first value calculated from the first plaintext frame; encrypts the first plaintext frame using the second access key and transmits thus encrypted frame; receives a second encrypted frame; decrypts it by the first access key to obtain a second plaintext frame; obtains a second value by decrypting, using the shared key, a second signature data attached to the second plaintext frame; calculates a third value from the second plaintext frame; and confirms whether the second and third values are consistent.04-21-2011
20110141932NODE DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - In a node device 06-16-2011
20110176681COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus includes an encryption key generation unit that generates encryption key information at constant encryption key generation intervals, a common key generation unit that generates common key information uniquely with respect to a generation time at common key generation intervals set longer than the encryption key generation intervals, a common key application unit that performs encryption or decryption of the encryption key information by using the common key information, and an encryption key distribution unit that makes a request to a data transmitting/receiving unit to distribute the encryption key information to a plurality of communication apparatuses to be communicated simultaneously at encryption key distribution intervals set shorter than the encryption key generation intervals to perform communication with higher security.07-21-2011

Patent applications by Tadashige Iwao, Kawasaki JP

Takashi Iwao, Fukuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090258298Graphite Particle, Carbon-Graphite Composite Particle and Their Production Processes - The present invention relates to a graphite particle and a carbon-graphite composite particle both suitable for use in electrode for lithium ion secondary battery, as well as to processes for producing these particles.10-15-2009

Takashi Iwao, Shinagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090128696Signal transmission system and control method therefore - A signal transmission system includes a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device includes a superimposition portion that superimposes at least one synchronizing signal on at least one video signal among a plurality of video signals, and outputs the synchronizing signal and the video signal as a superimposition signal to a receiving device. The receiving device includes a separation portion that separates the superimposition signal into the synchronizing signal and the video signal, a first adjustment portion that adjusts an amount of delay of the separated video signal to another video signal, and a second adjustment portion that adjusts an amount of delay of the separated synchronizing signal.05-21-2009
20100100653Video signal adjustment system and method for controlling the same - A video signal adjustment system that is capable of being connected between a server and a console includes: a server unit that is connected to the server; a main unit that is connected to the server unit, and includes a first adjustment portion that adjusts gain and frequency characteristic of a video signal output from the server; and a console unit that is connected between the main unit and the console, and includes a second adjustment portion that adjusts gain, frequency characteristic, and delay of the video signal output from the main unit.04-22-2010

Tomohiro Iwao, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090093200POLISHING PAD - The present invention provides a polishing pad whose unevenness in thickness hardly occurs and whose life can be improved. A polishing pad 04-09-2009

Tomohiro Iwao, Touyo-Shi JP

Toshiaki Iwao, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110010884LENS CLEANER - A lens cleaner (01-20-2011

Toshiyuki Iwao, Fukui JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090015365SURFACE-MOUNT CURRENT FUSE - A surface mount current fuse of the present invention includes a first base which has a recess and is smaller in width at the other end than at one end in the longitudinal direction, and a second base which has the same shape as the first base. The first base and the second base are combined to form a box-shaped body by joining the lower surface of the second base to the upper surface of the upper surface of the first base in such a manner that one end of the first base and the other end of the second base are in contact with each other. The recess of the first base and the recess of the second base form a space portion in which to dispose an element portion. The borderline between the first base and the second base passes through the center point on a side surface of the body. As a result, the surface mount current fuse has high production efficiency.01-15-2009
20100245028CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A circuit protecting element includes insulating substrate (09-30-2010

Yoko Iwao, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100043755FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEMS - A fuel supply system includes a fuel pump for supplying fuel in a fuel tank to an engine, a pressure regulator and a three-way valve disposed in a valve chamber. The pressure regulator includes a pressure regulating chamber and a control pressure chamber and adjusts a fuel pressure in the pressure regulating chamber depending on a fuel pressure in the control pressure chamber. A control pressure passage for flowing the fuel to the control pressure chamber and the valve chamber is formed in a unit case.02-25-2010

Yoshihiro Iwao, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090011159PATCH PACKAGE STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a patch package structure which includes: a package including a first sheet material and a second sheet material, the first and second sheet materials being sealed together in peripheral parts thereof; and a patch disposed in the package, the patch contains a backing, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated on at least one side of the backing, and a release liner which protects a pressure-sensitive adhesive surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the release liner having on a surface thereof a cut line supporting a peel-off of the release liner at the time of using the patch, the patch being disposed in the package so that the release liner faces the inner surface of the first sheet material, the first sheet material having a first region in which the inner surface of the first sheet material faces the cut line of the release liner, the first sheet material having in the first region a minimum first distance between the inner surface of the first sheet material and the surface of the release liner, and the inner surface of the first sheet material being spaced from the surface of the release liner at the minimum first distance in the first region.01-08-2009
20090194447PATCH PACKAGE STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a patch package structure which includes a package and a patch disposed in the package, in which the package includes a first sheet material which is substantially planar and a second sheet material which has been molded, the second sheet material has a first region which projects outward from the package and a second region which surrounds the first region and is substantially planar, the first region has a planar outer shape which includes a planar outer shape of the patch, and the second region has a first sealed region which surrounds the first region and an unsealed region located nearer to a central part of the second sheet material than the first sealed region. According to the invention, the patch is inhibited from adhering to the inner surface of the package and the package can be easily opened by hand.08-06-2009
20090291126ADHESIVE PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION CONTAINING BISOPROLOL - An adhesive pharmaceutical preparation which has a less irritation to the skin surface, keeps excellent stability of bisoprolol in the preparation, and allows continuous administration of a pharmacologically effective amount of bisoprolol into the living body, is provided. The adhesive preparation 11-26-2009
20100092544Adhesive composition for patch and use thereof - The present invention provides an adhesive composition for patch, containing a rubber elastomer and a tackifier having a weight average molecular weight of 1200-2500, a patch having a support and an adhesive layer containing the composition, which is provided on at least one surface of the support, and a patch preparation having an adhesive layer containing a percutaneously absorbable drug (excluding bisoprolol).04-15-2010
20100098747PERCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION DEVICE OF BISOPROLOL - The present invention relates to a percutaneous administration device of bisoprolol, which includes a backing; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing bisoprolol, which is laminated on one surface of the backing, wherein the maximum value of a release rate of bisoprolol during a period of from immediately after the application on skin until a lapse of 24 hours is 30 μg/cm04-22-2010
20110059155WATER RESISTANT PATCH PREPARATION - The present invention provides a water resistant patch preparation having a central part and a peripheral part, which preparation is comprised of a support and an adhesive layer comprising a drug, which is formed on one surface of the support, wherein at least a part of a lateral end of the adhesive layer in the peripheral part is located inside a lateral end of the support, and the adhesive layer in the peripheral part has a thickness smaller than that of the adhesive layer in the central part.03-10-2011

Patent applications by Yoshihiro Iwao, Ibaraki-Shi JP