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Jiro Agawa, Hiroshima-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090242102	FEEDING APPARATUS - The feeding apparatus is provided with a first feeding section for feeding a long-formed sheet in the longitudinal direction of the sheet, a second feeding section for feeding the long-formed sheet delivered from the first feeding section in a direction intersecting obliquely with the feeding direction of the first feeding section and a control section for controlling the first feeding section and the second feeding section so that the second feeding section starts to operate before the leading end of the long-formed sheet delivered from the first feeding section is in contact with the second feeding section.	10-01-2009

Jiro Endo, Chigasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100133429	METHOD OF CONTROLLING MASS SPECTROMETER AND MASS SPECTROMETER - A method of controlling a mass spectrometer comprises the steps of: supplying a current to a cathode electrode of an ion source having the cathode electrode and an anode electrode, and ionizing a molecules of a gas to be measured; selecting ions generated in the ion source by mass-to-charge ratio; and detecting an ion current value of the selected ions. When a partial pressure of the gas to be measured is measured based on a detection result of the ion current value, a cathode current is supplied to the cathode electrode such that an emission current flowing between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode becomes constant. When a partial pressure of the gas to be measured is not measured, a constant current having a current value less than that of the cathode current is supplied to the cathode electrode.	06-03-2010

Jiro Fujimoto, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100006069	VARIABLE STROKE ENGINE - In a variable stroke engine comprising a plurality of links (	01-14-2010
20100192915	VARIABLE STROKE CHARACTERISTIC ENGINE - A variable stroke characteristic engine in which a piston (	08-05-2010

Jiro Fujiyasu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080200551	Flourene Derivative - This invention relates to a novel fluorene derivative having a characteristic structure in which guanidino group or the like functional group is linked to the fluorene structure via carbonyl group, or a salt thereof.	08-21-2008
20090054352	BENZENE DERIVATIVE OR SALT THEREOF - Problem: To provide compounds which have an anticoagulation effect based on their ability to inhibit the activated blood coagulation factor X and are useful as coagulation inhibitors or agents for prevention or treatment for diseases caused by thrombi or emboli.	02-26-2009
20090197834	QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE OR PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALT THEREOF - [Problem] To provide a compound having excellent platelet aggregation inhibitory activity.	08-06-2009

Jiro Fukui, Mie JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100041268	Electrical Equipment - It is an object to provide electrical equipment eliminating the need to change the diameter of wires, and capable of improving assembly workability. Vehicle-mounted camera equipment	02-18-2010

Jiro Goto, Toyokawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100014117	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, BILLING METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus comprises: an image data obtainer that obtains image data by a Web browser from a Website via a network; a printer that prints out the obtained image data and other image data; and a billing portion that bills a usage fee if the Web browser is used, meanwhile discounts the usage fee to be billed if the Web browser is used and also the image data obtained by the Web browser is printed out by the printer.	01-21-2010
20100241648	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus which executes a predetermined image processing using a data file stored in a data storage device. The image processing apparatus includes: an external interface unit that detachably connects with the data storage device; an input unit that accepts a setting input for a setup item relating to the predetermined image processing; a setting input detection unit that detects the setting input inputted through the input unit; a search condition generating unit that generates a search condition based on a setting value that is set for the setup item relating to the predetermined image processing, when the setting input detection unit has detected the setting input; an execution instructing unit that instructs a search unit to execute a data file search when the setting input detection unit has detected the setting input; the search unit that, in accordance with the instructions from the execution instructing unit, executes a data file search for a data file stored in the data storage device to output a search result based on the search condition that is generated by the search condition generating unit; and a display unit that displays the search result of the data file search.	09-23-2010
20100241982	USER INTERFACE DEVICE - A user interface device which displays an operation key in a display unit using a predetermined design. The device includes: a history storing unit that stores a history record in which a content of a setting operation carried out by a user for each of past jobs that have been executed is recorded; a history retrieving unit that retrieves the history record in which the content of the setting that is the same as a current content of the setting is recorded; a calculating unit that calculates a total number of operations for each operation key based on the content of the setting recorded in the history record in which the same content of setting is recorded; and an operation key display type determining unit that estimates relative degrees of likelihood to be used by the user of the operation keys based on the total number of operations for each operation key, and determines, based on the estimation, a design to be used to display the operation key out of a group of designs including at least a first design for normal display and a second design for highlighted display.	09-23-2010
20100321717	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN SECURITY MODES - An image forming apparatus is provided with a determination portion that, in response to operation for giving instructions to enhance a security level thereof, determines whether or not a job is kept which is not to satisfy security requirements after the enhancement, an execution portion that, if the determination portion determines that such a job is kept, performs predetermined processing for satisfying the security requirements on the job with execution of the job ensured, and a security mode switching portion that, if the determination portion determines that such a job is kept, enhances the security level after the execution portion finishes the predetermined processing, and, if the determination portion determines that such a job is not kept, enhances the security level promptly.	12-23-2010
20110040944	INFORMATION EQUIPMENT, METHOD FOR SUPPORTING OPERATION THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - Information equipment having a memory area for which access restrictions are set is provided. The information equipment makes a determination, in response to operation for turning a security mode into a security level enhanced mode, on data in the memory area, whether or not any one of the following conditions satisfy security requirements after the security level is enhanced: access restrictions set for the data itself; access restrictions set for the memory area; and authentication information for a user who has stored the data, and sends, to the user who has stored the corresponding data in the memory area or a user who has set the access restrictions for the memory area storing the corresponding data therein, a message to prompt one of the users to perform operation for satisfying the security requirements.	02-17-2011

Jiro Hara, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100252348	DRIVING FORCE DISTRIBUTION DEVICE - In the case where a difference between rotational speeds of right and left wheels detected by wheel speed sensors is less than a predetermined value, a right and left wheel power transmission control section distributes driving force between the right and left wheels so that a total value of the driving force of the right and left wheels does not exceed a limit value set up by a front and rear wheels power transmission control section. In the case where the difference between the rotational speeds of the right and left wheels is the predetermined value or more, the right and left wheel power transmission control section transmits the driving force up to a driving force upper limit for each wheel to the respective right and left rear wheels regardless of the total value of the driving force of the right and left rear wheels.	10-07-2010

Jiro Hashimoto, Wakayama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090200507	BASE OIL OF REFRIGERATING MACHINE OIL FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REFRIGERANT AND REFRIGERATING MACHINE OIL FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REFRIGERANT - The base oil for the refrigerating machine oil used with a carbon dioxide refrigerant of the invention is characterized by comprising a complete ester of a fatty acid in which the proportion of C14-C22 branched fatty acid is 40-100% by mole and a polyhydric alcohol. The refrigerating machine oil used with a carbon dioxide refrigerant according to the invention is characterized by comprising the base oil for the refrigerating machine oil used with a carbon dioxide refrigerant according to the invention. The base oil for the refrigerating machine oil used with a carbon dioxide refrigerant and the refrigerating machine oil used with a carbon dioxide refrigerant according to the invention, when used together with a carbon dioxide refrigerant, exhibit excellent stability and electrical insulating properties, and have suitable compatibility with refrigerants while allowing adequate lubricity to be exhibited without increasing the viscosity of the base oil.	08-13-2009

Jiro Higuchi, Otawara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090082675	ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A transmission and reception unit repeatedly scans a three-dimensional scanning area including a specific part of a patient with an ultrasonic beam via an ultrasonic probe. A volume data set generation unit generates a plurality of volume data sets whose scanning times different from one another in accordance with the output from the transmission and reception unit. A section image generation unit respectively generates the data of a plurality of the section images concerning the predetermined section of the specific part based on the plurality of the volume data sets. An image display unit displays the plurality of section images by changing at least one of the position and the size of each of the plurality of section images against the display area in accordance with variation of at least one of the position and the shape of the specific part on the plurality of section images.	03-26-2009
20100125201	ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS - Ultrasound is sent and reflected waves are received, and an image is generated based on the reflected waves. Then, each umbilical cord present in the image is respectively specified, and the respective structures continuing into one end of the specified umbilical cords are specified. Each specified structure is identified and displayed on a monitor by color separation, screen division, display switching, etc.	05-20-2010

Jiro Ikeda, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080251376	Vacuum Processing Device and Method of Manufacturing Optical Disk - To provide a vacuum treatment device capable of reducing the occurrence of the tilt and deformation of treated materials by suppressing the heating of a substrate by continuous spattering in a vacuum. This vacuum treatment device is characterized by comprising a main chamber capable of being vacuated in a vacuum state, a load lock mechanism carrying disk-like treated materials into and out of the main chamber while holding the vacuum state of the main chamber, a horizontal rotary carrying table disposed in the main chamber, having a plurality of susceptors exchanging the disk-like treated materials with the load lock mechanism for mounting, rotated about a rotating shaft, and forming a carrying route for the disk-like treated materials, a plurality of film-forming chambers for forming a multi-layer film on the disk-like treated materials disposed in the main chamber along a circumference about the rotating shaft and carried by the rotary carrying table, and cooling mechanism disposed between the film-forming chambers and cooling the disk-like treated materials.	10-16-2008

Jiro Inoue, Kumagaya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090015808	Exposure method, substrate stage, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate by projecting a pattern image onto the substrate through a liquid. The exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system by which the pattern image is projected onto the substrate, and a movable member which is movable relative to the projection optical system. A liquid-repellent member, at least a part of a surface of which is liquid-repellent, is provided detachably on the movable member, the liquid-repellent member being different from the substrate.	01-15-2009
20090015816	Exposure method, substrate stage, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate by projecting a pattern image onto the substrate through a liquid. The exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system by which the pattern image is projected onto the substrate, and a movable member which is movable relative to the projection optical system. A liquid-repellent member, at least a part of a surface of which is liquid-repellent, is provided detachably on the movable member, the liquid-repellent member being different from the substrate.	01-15-2009

Jiro Ishikawa, Hino-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090143039	Radio reception apparatus and radio reception method - An RSSI detecting unit measures a receiving power level of a signal receive from a base station, and notifies a mode change control unit of the measurement result. A Ec/Io detecting unit measures a Ec/Io level of the signal received from the base station, and notifies the mode change control unit of the measurement result. The mode change control unit discriminates the change of the operation mode in consideration of not only the receiving power level, but also the Ec/Io level, and does not change the Simultaneous-Mode from the Hybrid-Mode unless at least the Ec/Io level exceeds a threshold line.	06-04-2009

Jiro Ito, Toyota-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110115287	VEHICULAR POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - A vehicular power supply circuit for supplying power to loads from a battery to drive the loads includes a power line and noise protection circuits. The power line is connected to the loads and systematically separated into multiple power lines based on characteristics of the loads to be connected. Each noise protection circuit is provided to a corresponding power line on the upstream side of the loads connected to the corresponding power line to serve as a common noise protection circuit for the loads connected to the corresponding power line.	05-19-2011

Jiro Kato, Suwa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080224571	PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID JET HEAD AND PRINTER - A piezoelectric element includes: a base substrate; a lower electrode formed above the base substrate; a piezoelectric layer that is formed above the lower electrode, and formed from a perovskite type oxide; and an upper electrode formed above the piezoelectric layer, wherein the piezoelectric layer is oriented to (100) crystal orientation in the pseudo-cubic crystal expression, and a crystal of the perovskite type oxide in a direction parallel to a lower surface of the piezoelectric layer has a lattice constant greater than a lattice constant of the crystal of the perovskite type oxide in a direction orthogonal to the lower surface of the piezoelectric layer.	09-18-2008
20110148992	PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID JET HEAD AND PRINTER - A piezoelectric element includes: a base substrate; a lower electrode formed above the base substrate; a piezoelectric layer that is formed above the lower electrode, and formed from a perovskite type oxide; and an upper electrode formed above the piezoelectric layer, wherein the piezoelectric layer is oriented to (100) crystal orientation in the pseudo-cubic crystal expression, and a crystal of the perovskite type oxide in a direction parallel to a lower surface of the piezoelectric layer has a lattice constant greater than a lattice constant of the crystal of the perovskite type oxide in a direction orthogonal to the lower surface of the piezoelectric layer.	06-23-2011

Jiro Katsuta, Krefeld DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080309132	Method for Improving Blood Circulation - A method for improving blood circulation of seated or lying persons, wherein vibrations are released locally into the areas of the body of the seated or lying person, which are susceptable to blood stasis, by at least one vibration device (	12-18-2008

Jiro Kinokuni, Abiko-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090080917	Image Forming Appparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member which bears a toner image, a transfer member which transfers the toner image on the image bearing member to a transfer material, a cleaning blade which is brought into contact with and separated from the image bearing member and which removes transfer remaining toner remaining on the image bearing member where the toner image is transferred; and executing means which executes a toner cleaning mode such that the cleaning blade is brought into contact with and separated from the image bearing member so as not to remove a part of the transfer remaining toner remaining on the image bearing member, and then the cleaning blade having been separated from the image bearing member contacts the part of the transfer remaining toner remaining on the image bearing member when the cleaning blade again is brought into contact with the image bearing member.	03-26-2009
20100092223	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member; a developing device for developing an electrostatic image formed on said photosensitive member into a toner image; a transfer charger for transferring a toner image from said photosensitive member onto an image receiving member; a non-rotational brush and a rotatable brush for electrically charging toner, which remains on said photosensitive member after image transfer by said transfer charger, to collect the remaining toner into said developing device; a driving mechanism provided with a driving source for rotating said rotatable brush; and a moving mechanism for reciprocating said non-rotational brush by a driving force through said rotatable brush in a direction along an axis of said photosensitive member.	04-15-2010
20100124436	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING CLEANER-LESS SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photosensitive member; a charging device for electrically charging the photosensitive member; a developing device for developing with toner an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive member electrically charged by the charging device; a transfer device for transferring a toner image from the photosensitive member onto an image-receiving member; and an auxiliary charging device for electrically charging untransferred toner on the photosensitive member to a normal charge polarity before the photosensitive member is electrically charged by the charging device; wherein effective widths W	05-20-2010
20110116834	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member; a charging device for electrically charging the photosensitive member; an exposure device for exposing to light the photosensitive member charged by the charging device to form an electrostatic image on the photosensitive member; a developing device for developing the electrostatic image on the photosensitive member with toner to form a toner image; a transfer portion for transferring the toner image from the photosensitive member onto an image receiving member; a toner charging portion, disposed upstream of the charging device and downstream of the transfer portion with respect to a rotational direction of the photosensitive member, for electrically charging the toner remaining on the photosensitive member without being transferred onto the image receiving member; and control portion for controlling the charging device and the exposure device so that a stripe-shaped electrostatic image is repeatedly formed in substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the photosensitive member and discharges the toner, deposited on the toner charging portion, to the photosensitive member.	05-19-2011
20110129255	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A phase synchronization mode is performed at a time of subsequent rotation after image formation. After detection of a phase difference by phase detecting sensors	06-02-2011

Jiro Kondo, Kariya-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080315140	ELECTRIC SPOOL VALVE - A sleeve has an input port, an output port, an insertion hole, and only one discharge port. A spool is axially slidable through the insertion hole to communicate among the input port, the output port, and the discharge port. An electric actuator is provided to one end of the sleeve and has a variable volume chamber, which communicates with the discharge port through an axial through hole and a spool breathing hole in the spool. The spool has a communication through hole to lead fluid from the output port to the discharge port through the axial through hole. A passage partition member is in the axial through hole to define an in-spool breathing passage communicating with the spool breathing hole.	12-25-2008

Jiro Koyama, Otsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100081299	CONNECTOR CONNECTION TERMINAL AND CONNECTOR INCORPORATING THE SAME - A connector connection terminal has a fixed piece to be inserted to a base of a connector, a coupling portion extending from the fixed piece, and a movable piece extending in parallel to the fixed piece to both sides from a free end of the coupling portion and being operated by an operation lever rotatably assembled to the base. At least one of the fixed piece and the movable piece includes at least one pointed end portion. The connector connection terminal is formed through electroforming.	04-01-2010
20100081310	CONNECTOR CONNECTION TERMINAL AND CONNECTOR USING THE SAME - A connector connection terminal has a fixed piece to be inserted to a base of a connector, a coupling portion extending from the fixed piece, and a movable piece extending in parallel to the fixed piece to both sides from a free end of the coupling portion and being operated by an operation lever rotatably assembled to the base. An aspect ratio of a cross-sectional area of the coupling portion is greater than or equal to 1.2.	04-01-2010
20100081336	CONNECTOR CONNECTION TERMINAL AND CONNECTOR USING THE SAME - A connector connection terminal has a fixed piece to be inserted and fixed to a base of a connector, a coupling portion projecting out from an upper side of the fixed piece, and a movable piece extending along the fixed piece from an upper end of the coupling portion and having one end as an upper contact and another end acting as an operation receiving portion. A lower contact is arranged at a position facing the upper contact of the upper side of the fixed piece. The operation receiving portion of the movable piece is operated with an operation lever rotatably supported by the base. An elastic arm is cut out with a slit formed along the upper side of the fixed piece to define a free end of the elastic arm as a lower contact. An aspect ratio of a cross-sectional area of the elastic arm is greater than or equal to 1.2.	04-01-2010

Jiro Kusunose, Davis, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090092548	Methods And Compounds For Targeting Tissues - The present invention relates to peptides which home to cells, e.g. heart cells, with high selectivity and which can be useful in the form of compositions. Such compositions can be used, e.g., for selectively targeting a systemically administered therapeutic agent or imaging agent to a cell or tissue in a subject. The present invention further relates to methods of using the compositions for imaging, e.g. PET imaging, and targeting cells, e.g. for delivering a therapeutic agent to one or more target cells in a subject.	04-09-2009

Jiro Kyuno, Kiyosu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090127998	SPARK PLUG - A spark plug including: a center electrode including an electrode base member and a core member; an electrode tip joined to the center electrode via a molten bond; an insulator holding the center electrode; a metal shell holding the insulator; and a ground electrode joined to the metal shell. Relationships d≦2.1 [mm] and −0.09×d+0.33	05-21-2009
20100117507	SPARK PLUG - The present invention provides a spark plug that includes a center electrode extending in an axial direction, a ceramic insulator having an axial hole formed in the axial direction to retain the center electrode in a front side of the axial hole and thereby form an assembly unit of the center electrode and the ceramic insulator, a metal shell surrounding an outer circumference of the ceramic insulator to retain therein the assembly unit, and a ground electrode having one end portion joined to a front end face of the metal shell and the other end portion facing the center electrode to define a spark gap therebetween, wherein the spark plug satisfies the following conditions: H≧1 mm, Vc≦17 mm	05-13-2010

Jiro Kyuno, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100096968	SPARK PLUG - A spark plug in which the rising of a ground electrode is more reliably restrained. The spark plug includes a ground electrode having a core portion extending from a proximal end section toward a distal end section via a bent section, a heat transfer portion extending from the proximal end section toward the distal end section via the bent section, and an external layer located externally of the core portion and the heat transfer portion and extending from the proximal end section to the distal end section via the bent section. As viewed on a section of the ground electrode taken orthogonally to a direction along which the ground electrode extends, at least at an intermediate position of the bent section with respect to the direction, the center of the core portion is offset toward a center electrode from the center of the heat transfer portion.	04-22-2010
20100314987	SPARK PLUG - A spark plug is such that a front end portion of an insulating member projects 2 mm or larger from a front end face of a metal shell and a volume of a portion of the insulating member which lies within a range from a front end of the insulating member to a position lying 1 mm towards a rear end side from the front end is 11 mm	12-16-2010
20110095672	SPARK PLUG - A spark plug capable of preventing breakage of a ground electrode. The spark plug is comprised of a ground electrode having a base end portion fixed to a metal shell, a bend portion integrally formed with the base end portion and being bent and a front end portion integrally formed with the bend portion and forming a spark discharge gap “g” with a center electrode. The ground electrode is comprised of a core extending from the base end portion towards the front end portion through the bend portion; and an outer layer disposed outside the core and extending from the base end portion up to the front end portion through the bend portion. The core is made of Hastelloy C serving as a first metal, and the outer layer is made of Inconel 601 serving as a second metal. Hardness of Hastelloy C is higher than that of Inconel 601.	04-28-2011

Jiro Mandokoro, Moriya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110162519	LINEAR ACTUATOR - A linear actuator includes a guide block constituting a guide mechanism. In the guide block, a pair of installation grooves are formed in a lower surface facing toward a cylinder main body. Ball circulation members having therein ball circulation holes are installed respectively in the installation grooves. Additionally, ball circulation passages through which balls circulate are provided. The ball circulation passages are made up from roll-reversing sections disposed on opposite ends of the ball circulation members, the ball circulation holes, second ball guide grooves formed in both side surfaces of the guide block, and first ball guide grooves of the slide table.	07-07-2011
20110162520	LINEAR ACTUATOR - A linear actuator includes a cylinder main body. With respect to the cylinder main body, a slide table is disposed for reciprocal displacement through a guide mechanism, which is disposed on the cylinder main body. A stopper mechanism having a stopper bolt is disposed on one end of the slide table centrally in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the slide table. In addition, when the slide table is displaced along the cylinder main body, an end of the stopper bolt comes into abutment with an end of a cover of the guide mechanism, whereupon the slide table becomes engaged therewith and movement of the slide table is stopped.	07-07-2011

Jiro Matsuda, Ebina-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100321552	IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE-READING DEVICE - An image sensor includes: a charge generating unit that generates a charge in response to light, and has a potential well that stores the charge; a first charge storage unit the first charge storage unit having a potential well deeper than the potential well of the charge generating unit and storing a charge transferred from the charge generating unit; a first electrode covering an end of the charge generating unit, to which a voltage is applied, to form a gradient of a potential so that a charge stored in the charge generating unit is transferred to the first charge storage unit; and a second electrode covering a part of the charge generating unit, to which a voltage is applied to make a part of the potential well of the charge generating unit shallow, the shallow part corresponding to the part of the charge generating unit covered by the second electrode.	12-23-2010

Jiro Matsuo, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080315128	Method and Apparatus For Flattening Solid Surface - A method for flattening a sample surface by irradiating the sample surface with a gas cluster ion beam, generates clusters of source gas in a cluster generating chamber, ionizes the generated clusters in an ionization chamber, accelerates the ionized cluster beam in an electric field of an accelerating electrode, selects a cluster size using a magnetic field of a sorting mechanism, and irradiates the surface of a sample. An irradiation angle between the sample surface and the gas cluster ion beam is less than 30° and an average cluster size of the gas cluster ion beam is 50 or above.	12-25-2008
20090305507	Method of processing solid surface with gas cluster ion beam - A solid surface is processed while corner portions of a relief structure are protected from deformation. A method of processing a solid surface with a gas cluster ion beam includes a cluster protection layer formation step of forming, on the solid surface, a relief structure having protrusions with a cluster protection layer formed to cover an upper part thereof and recesses without the cluster protection layer; an irradiation step of emitting a gas cluster ion beam onto the solid surface having the relief structure formed in the cluster protection layer formation step; and a removal step of removing the cluster protection layer. A thickness T of the cluster protection layer satisfies	12-10-2009
20100096263	Solid surface smoothing apparatus - In a method of irradiating a gas cluster ion beam on a solid surface and smoothing the solid surface, the angle formed between the solid surface and the gas cluster ion beam is chosen to be between 1° and an angle less than 30°. In case the solid surface is relatively rough, the processing efficiency is raised by first irradiating a beam at an irradiation angle θ chosen to be something like 90° as a first step, and subsequently at an irradiation angle θ chosen to be 1° to less than 30° as a second step. Alternatively, the set of the aforementioned first step and second step is repeated several times.	04-22-2010
20100155591	Second ion mass spectrometry method and imaging method - The provision of a new method for analyzing organic molecules such as protein and endocrine disrupting chemicals with excellent sensitivity. A secondary ion mass spectrometry method using a heavy ion beam as a primary ion beam enables the detection of, for example, an organism-related material at the sub-amol level with high sensitivity. As a result, favorable imaging of an organism-related sample can be performed.	06-24-2010
20100207041	Method of Smoothing Solid Surface with Gas Cluster Ion Beam and Solid Surface Smoothing Apparatus - Scratches or similar surface roughness in a solid surface is reduced by gas cluster ion beam irradiation. A method of smoothing a solid surface with a gas cluster ion beam includes an irradiation step in which the solid surface is irradiated with a gas cluster ion beam, and the irradiation step includes a process of causing clusters from a plurality of directions to collide with at least an area (spot) irradiated with the gas cluster ion beam on the solid surface. Collision of the clusters from a plurality of directions with the spot is brought about by an irradiation of the gas cluster ion beam in which flight directions of the clusters diverge with respect to a center of the beam, for example.	08-19-2010
20100230616	METHOD OF SMOOTHING SOLID SURFACE WITH GAS CLUSTER LON BEAM AND SOLID SURFACE SMOOTHING APPARATUS - Surface roughness having intervals of several tens of nanometers to about a hundred micrometers in a solid surface is reduced by directing a gas cluster ion beam to the surface. An angle formed between the normal to the solid surface and the gas cluster ion beam is referred to as an irradiation angle, and an irradiation angle at which the distance of interaction between the solid and the cluster colliding with the solid dramatically increases is referred to as a critical angle. A solid surface smoothing method includes an irradiation step of directing the gas cluster ion beam onto the solid surface at an irradiation angle not smaller than the critical angle. The critical angle is 70°.	09-16-2010
20110147896	CLUSTER JET PROCESSING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, MICROELECTROMECHANICAL ELEMENT, AND OPTICAL COMPONENT - A method for processing a sample using an electrically neutral reactive cluster is provided. The surface of a sample is processed by jetting out a mixed gas that is composed of a reactive gas and a gas with a boiling point lower than that of the reactive gas from a gas jetting part of a vacuum process room in which the sample is placed by a pressure in a range in which the mixed gas is not liquefied, in a predetermined direction, while adiabatically-expanding the mixed gas, thereby generating a reactive cluster and jetting the reactive cluster against the sample in the vacuum process room.	06-23-2011

Jiro Mochizuki, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090324155	Tapered roller bearing - A tapered roller bearing comprises an inner ring having a conical surface-like raceway surface in it outer periphery and formed with a cone back face rib and a cone front face rib on the opposite sides of the raceway, an outer ring having a conical surface-like raceway in its inner periphery, a plurality of tapered rollers interposed between the raceways of the inner and outer rings, and a cage for holding the tapered rollers in predetermined circumferential intervals, wherein the ratio R/R	12-31-2009

Jiro Morikawa, Kumagaya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090219452	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus which displays image data input from an input source on a display screen, the apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with an external apparatus, a menu display processing unit which displays an operation menu to operate the electronic apparatus on the display screen, a receiving unit which receives a control signal transmitted from a remote control unit, and a control unit which determines whether the operation menu is displayed on the display screen when the control signal received by the receiving unit is a control signal adapted for both control of the external apparatus and operation of the operation menu, and executes operation of the operation menu in accordance with the received control signal when the operation menu is displayed on the display screen.	09-03-2009

Jiro Morinaga, Neufahrn DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100078779	System on a Chip with On-Chip RF Shield - Structures of a system on a chip are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system on a chip (SoC) includes an RF component disposed on a first part of a substrate, a semiconductor component disposed on a second part of the substrate, the semiconductor component and the RF component sharing a common boundary, and a conductive cage disposed enclosing the RF component. The conductive cage shields the semiconductor component from electromagnetic radiation originating from the RF circuit.	04-01-2010

Jiro Nakajima, Niigata-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080199331	PIEZOELECTRIC PUMP - Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a piezoelectric pump having: a piezoelectric vibrator including a main shim that may be formed of a conductive thin metal plate and a piezoelectric element layer that may be formed on the main shim; and a pair of ring-shaped support members that may support front and rear sides of a circumferential portion of the piezoelectric vibrator such that a pump chamber and an air chamber formed on the front and rear sides of the piezoelectric vibrator may be fluid-tightly sealed. The ring-shaped support members may support both sides of a circumferential portion of the piezoelectric element layer of the piezoelectric vibrator, and the piezoelectric vibrator may be vibrated to perform a pumping operation.	08-21-2008
20080199332	PIEZOELECTRIC PUMP AND PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR - Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a piezoelectric pump having: a piezoelectric vibrator whose periphery may be fluid-tightly sealed; and a pump chamber and an air chamber that may be formed on front and rear sides of the piezoelectric vibrator. The piezoelectric vibrator may include: a main shim that may be formed of a conductive thin metal plate; a plurality of piezoelectric element layers that may be formed on the main shim; and an intermediate shim that may be formed between the plurality of piezoelectric element layers and may be made of an elastic metal material having mechanical recovery. The piezoelectric vibrator may be vibrated to perform a pumping operation.	08-21-2008
20080202730	LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a liquid cooling system in which an inlet hole and an outlet hole that are located at both ends of a circulating flow passage opened onto a heat-radiating sheet having the circulating flow passage between a pair of heat-conductive metal plates that are superimposed on each other, a pump having a discharge port and a suction port that communicate with the inlet hole and the outlet hole installed on the heat-radiating sheet, a heat-generating element set on the heat-radiating sheet via a heat spreader, and used as a heat-receiving area, and the circulating flow passage having a heat-absorbing flow passage located in a lower face of the heat spreader and a heat-radiating flow passage located in the heat-radiating area other than the heat spreader and having a sufficiently larger length than the flow passage length of the heat-absorbing flow passage.	08-28-2008
20080223552	LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM - A liquid cooling system includes a heat-radiating sheet having a pair of heat-conductive metal plates that are superimposed on each other, and having a circulating flow passage between the pair of heat-conductive metal plates; a plurality of heat-receiving areas partitioned on the heat-radiating sheet; a plurality of heat-generating elements installed on each of the heat-receiving areas via a heat spreader made of a heat-conductive material; an inlet hole and an outlet hole opened to the surface of the heat-radiating sheet and located at both ends of the circulating flow passage; a pump having a discharge port and a suction port that communicate with the inlet hole and the outlet hole, and installed on the heat-radiating sheet; and a radiator continuous with the circulating flow passage of the heat-radiating sheet.	09-18-2008
20080236801	BRAZED CHANNEL PLATE - A brazed channel plate includes a plurality of brazing sheets stacked on top of one another and bonded to each other with a channel formed therebetween, in which occurrence of clogging of the channel due to molten brazing material is suppressed. At least one of the outermost brazing sheets in the stacking direction has a brazing material escape aperture extending to a bonding surface facing the channel space.	10-02-2008
20080289802	RADIATOR AND COOLING SYSTEM - A radiator includes an inlet line and an outlet line for a coolant to be cooled, and a plurality of flow passage units each being connected to the inlet and outlet lines respectively in parallel with adjacent flow passages with a space therebetween. Due to this configuration, it is possible to attain a high cooling capability with a small flow speed of the coolant, which is enabled by increasing the number of the flow passage units with respect to a certain flow rate passing through the inlet and outlet lines. This radiator can be employed for a cooling system together with a fan blowing air toward the flow passage units of the radiator, a coolant jacket for absorbing heat from a heat source such as a CPU, and a fluid pump for circulating the coolant between the coolant jacket and the radiator.	11-27-2008

Jiro Nakano, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100042295	ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - An electric power steering (EPS) device including a rack actuator that applies assist force to a rack shaft, a column actuator that applies assist force to a column shaft, and an ECU that controls operation of the actuators by supplying drive power to motors, each of which is a drive source of the corresponding one of the actuators. A permanent magnet motor (BLDC) is employed as the motor of the rack actuator and an induction motor, which is a non-permanent magnet motor, is used as the motor of the column actuator.	02-18-2010

Jiro Nakayama, Kitakyusyu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090114025	Thickness measuring device for vessel steel plate - The invention is objected to enable the provision of an vessel steel plate measuring device capable of measuring the thickness of vessel steel plate, even in the case of a vessel having a vessel mirror part formed by a spherical or conical curved surface such as a reactor (reaction vessel) and various kinds of obstructions at a vessel barrel. The structure of the device is characterized in that a supporting point member	05-07-2009

Jiro Nishida, Atsugi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090009865	Polarizer and display device including polarizer - A polarizer in which parallel transmittance T	01-08-2009
20110134647	ANTIREFLECTIVE FILM AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide an antireflective film having an anti-reflection function with which reflection of external light which is incident on the antireflective film can be further reduced and a high-visibility display device having such an antireflective film. The tops of the plurality of pyramidal projections are evenly spaced and each side of the base of a pyramidal projection is in contact with one side of the base of an adjacent pyramidal projection. That is, one pyramidal projection is surrounded by other pyramidal projections, and the base of the pyramidal projection and the base of the adjacent pyramidal projection have a side in common.	06-09-2011

Jiro Noguchi, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090318365	METASTIN DERIVATIVES AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a metastin derivative in which the amino acids comprising metastin were modified by alternative chemical substituents resulting in metastin derivatives, having excellent blood stability and exhibiting cancer metastasis inhibiting action or cancer growth inhibiting action.	12-24-2009

Jiro Oda, Anjo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090200354	Magazines in fastener driving tools - A magazine in a fastener driving tool includes a magazine body, a pusher, a biasing device and a pusher holding device. The magazine body defines a fastener receiving space for storing a plurality of fasteners therein. The pusher is mounted to the magazine body and is movable in a fattener feeding direction toward a fastener driving channel defined in a tool body of the fastener driving tool. The biasing device biases the pusher in the fastener feeding direction. The pusher holding device can hold the pusher at a midway position within a movable range of the pusher in the fastener feeding direction. The pusher holding device may include no insertion hole or only one insertion hole formed in the magazine body.	08-13-2009
20090278012	Portable tools - The present invention includes a portable tool including a tool body having a handle, a hook including a hook body, and a mounting device. The mounting device enables the hook body to be mounted to the handle with the hook body oriented in any one of a plurality of different directions and positioned at any one of a plurality of different positions along the oriented direction.	11-12-2009
20090321495	Electric driving tool - A driving tool that has a driver support base. The driver support base includes a transmitting portion having a V-shape in cross section. The driver support base can be pressed by a press member to cause the transmitting portion to wedge between a pair of left and right drive wheels, so that a friction force is produced to move the driver support base.	12-31-2009
20100176176	COMBUSTION TYPE DRIVING TOOLS - A fan switch and an ignition switch are arranged such that the moving directions of operating buttons thereof cross the moving directions of a contact lever and the moving direction of a switch lever, respectively.	07-15-2010
20100237126	DRIVE TOOL - A drive tool includes an ejector, a press member, a press detection switch, an operation member, an operation detection switch, a control unit, an operation state detector, and a report unit. The control unit makes the ejector carry out ejection of a fastening tool when the press detection switch and the operation detection switch are turned on. The operation state detector detects a case where the drive tool comes into one of a plurality of kinds of preset operation states which include at least one operation state other than a state of a battery. Report patterns different for each of the plurality of kinds of operation states are set in the report unit. When one of the operation states is detected by the operation state detector, the report unit reports the detection using the report pattern set corresponding to the detected operation state.	09-23-2010

Jiro Sakata, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080257497	DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A SILICON STRUCTURE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A process for manufacturing a hollow silicon structure is simplified. A device for manufacturing the silicon structure is a device that manufactures the hollow silicon structure by processing a silicon structure, the silicon structure consisting of a silicon oxide layer formed on a silicon substrate, the silicon oxide layer being covered by a silicon layer. The device is provided with first gas supply members	10-23-2008

Jiro Sakata, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090050493	Gas Sensor, Fuel Supply System Using the Same, and Method of Using Gas Sensor - A gas sensor has a gas diffusion barrier that supports therein a catalyst that catalyzes a reaction between combustible components and oxygen; a solid electrolyte having oxide ion conductivity; and electrodes formed on opposite surfaces of the solid electrolyte. The electrode is formed in a region into which ambient gas diffuses at a rate limited by the gas diffusion barrier. The electrode also catalyzes the reaction between combustible gas and oxygen. The electrode is formed in a region into which atmosphere is introduced.	02-26-2009

Jiro Shibata, Yamatokohriyama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090240019	IMIDE-MODIFIED ELASTOMER - An imide-modified elastomer represented by the following general formula (I):	09-24-2009

Jiro Takahashi, Sao Paulo BR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080264934	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MICROWAVE ASSISTED PROCESSING OF FEEDSTOCKS - The present invention relates to an improved reactor, which allows microwave-assisted processing of feedstocks or mixtures of hydrocarbons, and the operating system thereof, which operates under high temperatures and pressures of hydrogen or other gases, in continuous of batch mode. The invention relates to modifications in the geometric configuration of the reactor to process diverse hydrocarbon feedstocks, with or without the addition of catalysts, in the presence or absence of hydrogen or other gases, forming a system which includes a reaction vessel and associated devices, so as to to allow better transmittance of the radiation onto the feedstock to be processed and guarantee maximum absorption of the microwaves by the the reaction medium irrespective of the composition thereof.	10-30-2008

Jiro Takahashi, Toyama-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110077307	ASTAXANTHIN-CONTAINING PET FOODS - There is provided pet food comprising astaxanthin and/or an ester thereof as an active component and having an effect of deodorizing excrement such as urine and feces, effects of improving sleep, sensibility such as perception and cognition, and visual sense, and an effect of treating, improving or preventing diabetes and diabetic complications. The pet food can deodorize excrement such as urine and feces, improve sleep, sensibility such as perception and cognition, and visual sense, and treat, improve or prevent diabetes and diabetic complications.	03-31-2011

Jiro Takahashi, Toyama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080269349	Gene expression regulating agent - An object of the invention is to provide a gene expression regulating agent which includes astaxanthin and/or its ester as an effective ingredient; and a food and drink having an effect of regulating gene expression which includes astaxanthin and/or its ester. Abnormal gene expression due to, for example, oxidative stress can be treated, improved, and/or prevented, and diseases caused by the abnormal gene expression can be treated, improved, and/or prevented. A gene expression regulating agent which includes astaxanthin and/or its ester as an effective ingredient; and a food and drink having an effect of regulating gene expression which includes astaxanthin and/or its ester are provided and are useful for treating, improving, and/or preventing the symptom caused by the abnormal gene expression, that is, excessive expression or suppression of expression.	10-30-2008
20090047304	Composition For Body Fat Reduction - An increase in body fat is one of main causes of life-style-related diseases such as hypertension, insulin tolerance and hyperlipemia. A composition for body fat reduction is provided which inhibits body fat from decreasing or decreasing which and which is effective in the treatment and prevention of adult diseases a cause of which is body fat. Also, provided are a medicine and a food each containing the composition.	02-19-2009
20090099255	Agent for Alleviating Vascular Failure - [Object] In recent years, life style-related diseases, particularly circulatory system diseases caused by the tendency toward high caloric diet, the change in life style, lack of exercise, stress and so on increased and have became a serious social problem. These diseases are caused mainly by injures in blood vessels. To prevent injures in blood vessels, there has been required a vascular endothelial cell-protecting agent and a food having an effect of protecting vascular endothelial cells.	04-16-2009

Jiro Takashima, Houston, TX US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080221514	HEMORRHOID TREATMENT SUPPOSITORY - A suppository device has a shaft having a first end and a second end. The first end has a bulbous upper portion. The diameter of the wide section of the bulbous upper portion is between 6 millimeters and 12 millimeters. The shaft has a tapered surface extending toward the second end from the bulbous upper portion. The taper angle of the tapered surface is decreasing to virtually 0 degrees toward the second end. The diameter at the portion of the shaft, separated 4 cm from the wide section of the bulbous upper portion, is between ⅓ and ⅔ of the diameter of the wide section of the bulbous upper portion. The shaft has a length of no less than 4 centimeters.	09-11-2008
20090099491	HEMORRHOID TREATMENT DEVICE - The hemorrhoid treatment device has a head and a shaft. The head has a spherical shape which is between 6 and 14 millimeters in diameter. The shaft has a cylindrical shape extending from the head. The minimum length of the shaft is 30 mm. The surface area of the head is equal to the surface area of a portion of the shaft. The portion of the shaft is defined from a portion adjacent to the head and 1.5 cm to 3.5 cm from the head.	04-16-2009
20090156971	HEMORRHOID TREATMENT DEVICE - The hemorrhoid treatment device has a head and a shaft. The head has a spherical shape which is between 6 and 14 millimeters in diameter. The shaft has a cylindrical shape extending from the head. The minimum length of the shaft is 30 mm. The surface area of the head is equal to the surface area of a portion of the shaft. The portion of the shaft is defined from a portion adjacent to the head and 1.5 cm to 4.0 cm from the head.	06-18-2009
20090222034	PROSTATE MASSAGE APPARATUS - An apparatus for massaging a prostate includes a body having a substantially ellipsoid shape and sized to fit in a rectum through a sphincter, wherein the body comprises a head portion and a neck portion, wherein the head portion is configured to contact the prostate through the rectum wall when inserted in the rectum, and wherein the neck portion has a tapered section with gradually reducing diameters distal to the head portion; and a retainer bar joined the body at one end of the neck portion to form a substantially T-shaped structure, wherein the retainer bar comprises two contact points for contacting a first acupressure point, which is located in the perineum region between the anus and the scrotum, and a second acupressure point, which is located about midway between the anus and the lower end of the coccyx.	09-03-2009
20100179517	CATHETER - The catheter of the present invention includes a first end with a rounded top, a second end, and a plurality of segments between the first end and the second end. The catheter may also include a connection to a medical device. Each segment has a first tapered surface with a diameter increasing from a first edge to the tapered surface edge and second tapered surface with a diameter decreasing from the tapered surface edge to a second edge. The taper surface edge has the widest diameter of the segment. The widest section of the segment is approximately between 4 mm and 6 mm inclusive for the urethral catheter. A maximum length of the segment is approximately 1.5 times the length of the diameter of the segment at the tapered surface edge. The length of the second tapered surface is greater than the length of the first tapered surface.	07-15-2010

Jiro Takei, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090105096	Filter-Equipped Microplate - There is provided a filter-equipped microplate including: an upper container	04-23-2009

Jiro Taniguchi, Mobara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100296019	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A TFT substrate includes drain signal lines which are connected with respective pixels, source electrodes which are connected with the drain signal lines via channel portions of transistors, and pixel electrodes which are electrically connected with the source electrodes. The pixel electrode is, further, constituted of a contact-portion electrode which is connected to the source electrode, an opening-portion electrode which is an electrode in an opening portion which is not covered with a black matrix, and a channel upper electrode which is formed so as to cover the channel portion of the transistor of the neighboring pixel. By extending the channel upper electrode to the channel portion of the neighboring pixel, an area of the pixel electrode is increased, and a line width of the opening-portion electrode is made relatively small. Accordingly, the TFT substrate can hold a stable potential.	11-25-2010

Jiro Togama, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100060034	STOPPER STRUCTURE FOR A TILT TYPE CABIN - There is provided a stopper structure for a tilt type cabin mounted on an industrial vehicle, which is capable of preventing a cabin from lowering during a working so as to enhance the safety. The stopper structure	03-11-2010

Jiro Tsubakihara, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090199111	CHAT SOFTWARE - Provided is a display method for visually distinguishing an avatar which speaks actively from another avatar which does not speak so actively. A server scores each avatar depending on whether messages are old or new and on frequency to speak, and sends the score to terminals. The terminal which received the score sent from the server arranges an avatar with a higher score at a position easily seen by an operator of the terminal, so that the operator understands the ranking of the avatars at a glance.	08-06-2009

Jiro Watanabe, Nagano JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090290984	FAN SYSTEM - A fan system with enhanced air flow-static pressure characteristics and reduced fan noise compared to the related art is provided. The number of duct blades of a duct is the same as the number of stationary blades of an axial flow fan located in front of the duct, and the duct blades correspond to the stationary blades respectively. An end surface of a rear end portion of each stationary blade and an end surface of a front portion of a duct blade corresponding to the stationary blade have the same shape, and they align together and contact each other to form one composite stationary blade, with a discharge port of each axial flow fan communicating with an inlet port of a duct housing located behind the axial flow fan.	11-26-2009
20100033041	COUNTER-ROTATING AXIAL-FLOW FAN - A counter-rotating axial-flow fan is provided that is capable of increasing effect of cooling a stator. One or more through-holes	02-11-2010

Jiro Yamanaka, Miyagi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090107521	CHEMICAL SOLUTION OR PURE WATER FEEDER, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, OR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - By adding a perfluoromonomer to PVDF being a fluororesin to soften it, the oxygen permeability can be significantly reduced and a flexible fluororesin tube can be obtained. The oxygen permeability can also be reduced by providing a nylon tube as an outer layer. The tube is used between a chemical solution or ultrapure water feeder and a chemical solution or ultrapure water utilizing apparatus such as a cleaning apparatus or a wet etching apparatus.	04-30-2009

Jiro Yano, Toshima-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100000955	Girder block lifting method and jack-up stage used therefor - A girder block lifting method, which can solve a problem that steel beams are inclined or fallen inward by lifting a heavy material, and a jack-up stage used therefor are provided. The method includes a main beam which can be provided between steel beams being targets of connection with the girder to construct a rigid frame structure, a height adjustment means (gate-shaped base) mounted on a cross beam member being parallel to the main beam and connecting other steel frames for adjusting height to the main beam, a connection beam for alternately connecting the main beam and the height adjustment means (gate-shaped base), and an auxiliary beam for connecting the connection beams. On a frame stage formed by connecting these beams, a plurality of lifting jacks are provided and a lifting sling is hung from upper part of the steel beam to enable jack-up of the girder block.	01-07-2010

Jiro Yoichi, Nagahama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090320296	HAIR TRIMMER BLADE UNIT - A hair trimmer blade unit includes a stationary blade and a movable blade, which includes movable blade pieces. Each movable blade piece includes a basal blade edge portion and a distal catch portion. The basal blade edge portion extends along a line inclined so that as the distal end of the movable blade piece become closer, the distance from the adjacent movable blade piece increases. The distal catch portion extends toward the adjacent movable blade piece from the line. The blade edge of each movable blade piece includes a saw-toothed portion formed so that as the distal end of the corresponding movable blade piece becomes closer, the distance from the adjacent movable blade pieces decreases in plural steps.	12-31-2009

Jiro Yokoyama, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090087789	RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERN-FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - A resist composition includes (A) a resin including: a repeating unit capable of decomposing by the action of an acid to increase solubility in an alkali developing solution and represented by formula (I), and a repeating unit represented by formula (II); and (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with actinic ray or radiation:	04-02-2009
20100248146	POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - A positive resist composition comprising (A) a resin which contains all of the repeating units represented by formulae (I) to (III), and becomes soluble in an alkali developer by the action of an acid, and (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation; and a pattern forming method using the composition. A represents a group capable of decomposing and leaving by the action of an acid, each R	09-30-2010
20110014570	RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - A resist composition and a pattern forming method using the composition are provided, the resist composition including: (A) a resin that decomposes by an action of an acid to increase a solubility of the resin (A) in an alkali developer; (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation; (C) a compound represented by formula (C1); and (D) a solvent:	01-20-2011

Jiro Yokoyama, Haibara-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110081612	ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN THEREWITH - According to one embodiment, an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes (A) a resin containing the repeating units of formulae (I), (II) and (III) that when acted on by an acid, becomes soluble in an alkali developer, and (B) a compound that when irradiated with actinic rays or radiation, generates a fluorine-containing acid,	04-07-2011

Jiro Yoneda, Nagasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110084486	OFF-SHORE WIND TURBINE GENERATOR AND OFF-SHORE WIND FARM - An object is to provide an off-shore wind turbine generator capable of obtaining accurate information about the situation of a wind turbine itself, surrounding weather conditions, and the like. The off-shore wind turbine generator of the present invention generates power by driving a generator mechanism through the rotation of a rotor head to which wind turbine blades are attached and includes a monitoring apparatus for monitoring the wind turbine generator itself and its surrounding circumstances.	04-14-2011

Jiro Yurimoto, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100240557	PERFLUOROPOLYETHER OIL COMPOSITION - A perfluoropolyether oil composition, which comprises a perfluoro-polyether base oil, preferably a thickener-containing perfluoropolyether base oil, and a fluorine-containing di- or mono-amide-based compound having a perfluoropolyether group, where 0.01 to 50% by weight of the amide-based compound, based on total weight of the base oil and the amide-based compound, is contained when the perfluoropolyether oil composition is used as a lubricating oil composition, particularly grease, and 0.01 to 90% by weight thereof is contained, when the perfluoropolyether oil composition is used as an electrode-coating agent for a cell. The perfluoropolyether oil composition shows a metal surface protective action against corrosive gases such as sulfide gases, etc. without deteriorating the abrasion resistance, and also shows a distinguished high temperature durability even in the presence of graphite or molybdenum disulfide. Furthermore, creeping-up of the electrolytic solution along the electrodes or leakage thereof can be suppressed only by its coating onto the electrode surfaces in the cell.	09-23-2010
20100305012	Lubricant Composition - A lubricant composition which is suitable as a fluorine oil, fluorine grease, and which is excellent in stabilizability, as well as a lubricant composition which is suitable as a fluorine oil, fluorine grease, and which has an excellent rust prevention property while keeping a heat resistance.	12-02-2010