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Kan Aoki, Yamato-Shi JP
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| 20090073580 | PLASTIC OPTICAL ELEMENT, NEST STRUCTURE, DIE, OPTICAL SCAN APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A plastic optical element is provided, which includes an optical element body having a transfer surface which includes at least one laser beam incident portion of a concave shape, and a support portion connected with the optical element body, in which the support portion is disposed in a direction of a tangent line at an end of the transfer surface, and the optical element body and a part of the support portion are molded in the same nest structure. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090168188 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND PLASTIC LENS - A plastic lens molded in a mold having two first molding blocks and two second molding blocks. The first molding blocks transfer light incidence and emission surfaces. The second molding blocks are provided to both ends of the first molding blocks, disposed parallel to an optical axis and facing each other, and transfer non-light-passing surfaces. At least one of the second molding blocks includes an elongated slit-like ventilation hole having a length of a light effective range or longer and extending in a main scanning direction of the light incidence and emission surfaces along positions equidistant from the light incidence and emission surfaces. Through the ventilation hole, air is sprayed onto molten resin in a process of resin cooling and solidification to facilitate cooling of the resin. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090231410 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, USING THE OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - An optical scanning device for guiding a light beam to a member to scan the member with the light beam, including a light source emitting the light beam; a light deflector deflecting the light beam; a focusing optical system including a plastic optical element molded using a die. The optical element has least two transfer surfaces formed by contacting with transfer surfaces of the die and including a light entrance surface and a light exit surface; and a third surface including a non-transfer surface formed without contacting a transfer surface of the die. The light beam passes through the optical element in such a manner that the optical axis center of the light beam extends in a direction parallel to the shorter side of the optical element while being shifted from the dimensional center of the optical element toward the third surface of the optical element. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100054809 | PLASTIC OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - A plastic optical element for guiding a scanned light beam in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction, which is prepared by a molding method using a die. The element includes: a main body including at least two optically functional surfaces, which are transfer surfaces formed by contacted with transfer surfaces of the die and through which the light beam passes; and at least two ribs located on surfaces of the main body other than the optically functional surfaces and extending in parallel in the main scanning direction. A recessed portion is present on a surface of at least one of the ribs, and the recessed portion has a side transfer surface and a bottom surface, which is a non-transfer surface, and the distance between the optically functional surfaces is less than the length of the main body in the sub-scanning direction. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110058853 | PLASTIC OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A plastic optical element for use in an optical scanning device including light effective portions that focus light, and at least one link portion that connects the light effective portions in the sub-scanning direction, the link portion forming a border arc having a curvature radius R of 2 mm or greater and contacting the light effective portions such that the tangent of the light effective portion at the connection point of the light effective portion and the border arc matches the tangent of the border arc at the connection point. | 03-10-2011 |
Kan Aoki, Kanagawa-Ken JP
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| 20110164295 | MOLDED PLASTIC PART, METHOD FOR MOLDING PLASTIC PART, AND OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE USING THE MOLDED PLASTIC PART - A molded plastic part prepared by injecting a resin in a cavity of a die so that a pressure is generated in the resin in the cavity and at least one transfer wall surface of the cavity is transferred to the resin. The plastic part has at least one transferred surface; at least one imperfectly transferred concave portion on a first surface thereof other than the transferred surface; and at least one imperfectly transferred convex portion on the first surface or a second surface thereof other than the transferred surface. The ratio (a)/(b) of the thickness (a) of the plastic part in a direction perpendicular to the transferred surface to the thickness (b) of the plastic part in a direction parallel to the transferred surface is less than 1. | 07-07-2011 |
Kan Chengyou, Beijing CN
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| 20100331476 | ONE-COMPONENT SELF-CROSSLINKING REACTIVE SILOXANE-TERMINATED POLYPROPYLENE OXIDE EMULSION AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention is related to an one component self-crosslinking reactive siloxane-terminated polypropylene oxide emulsion and a process for preparing the same. In the inventive process, using a reactive siloxane-terminated polypropylene oxide (SPPO) as raw material and a polyether-modified polysiloxane as protection colloid, a waterborne SPPO emulsion with excellent storage stability and freeze-thaw stability was prepared through phase inversion emulsification in the presence of composite emulsifying agent. And this process has some advantages such as low capital investment for equipment, simple procedure, easy operation and low production cost. And the obtained SPPO emulsion can be used as basic raw materials for the production of environmental friendly waterborne products such as paints, binders, sealing agents etc. | 12-30-2010 |
Kan Huang, Shenzhen CN
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| 20120044797 | Method and Equipment for Sending Radio Link Layer Status Package - The present invention discloses a method and a device for sending a radio link layer status package, and the sending method comprises: when the universal terrestrial radio access network detects that there is data to be sent which has been sent but has not been acknowledged, if a response from a receiving side is not received after a radio link layer status package is sent to the receiving side, a reset operation of the radio link layer is executed. The present invention resets the radio link control layer in time when the path between the universal terrestrial radio access network and the receiving side is failed or invalid, therefore it is advantageous to maintain the stability and self-recovery of system. | 02-23-2012 |
Kan Ishikawa, Toyoake JP
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| 20110171970 | MOBILE STATION POSITION LOCATING SYSTEM - A mobile station position locating system, having a mobile station and a plurality of base stations is disclosed. The mobile station is configured to transmit a position location signal. The plurality of base stations is configured to receive the position location signal and includes: a reference base station for transmitting predetermined spread codes several times as time adjustment signals; and an ordinary base station for receiving the time adjustment signals. The mobile station position locating system includes a reception time correcting section for correcting a reception time of the position location signal and a position locating section for determining a position of the mobile station. The mobile station and the reference base station being responsive to one of transmission of the position location signal from the mobile station and transmission of the time adjustment signal from the reference base station for executing the other one of the transmissions. | 07-14-2011 |
Kan Ito, Tokyo JP
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| 20080297836 | ADAPTER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Media data, which includes an image file recorded on a disk recording medium of a connected image sensing apparatus, management information including the recording position of the image file on the disk recording medium, and backup information of the management information, is received from the image sensing apparatus. Finalize processing of the disk recording medium is virtually executed using the received media data, and a generated disk image is stored on a memory. In response to a request from a data receiving terminal, the media data of the virtual disk image on the memory is transmitted to the data receiving terminal via a communication unit. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090316005 | IMAGING APPARATUS, ADAPTER DEVICE THEREROF, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A method for processing information in an adapter device for an imaging apparatus includes acquiring user identification information registered in the imaging apparatus connected to the adapter device, acquiring user identification information of a person identification reference database stored in a storage medium inserted in the adapter device, determining whether the user identification information acquired from the imaging apparatus corresponds to the user identification information acquired from the person identification reference database, determining whether a person registered in the person identification reference database is included in an image acquired by the imaging apparatus when it is determined that the pieces of the user identification information correspond to each other, and recording personal information of the person stored in the person identification reference database in attribute information of the image when it is determined that the person registered in the person identification reference database is included in the image acquired by the imaging apparatus. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100091114 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus configured to connected via a network to a one or a plurality of remote apparatuses each of which processes information. The information processing apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting that an imaging apparatus is connected thereto, a determination unit for determining, according to processing to be performed on media data photographed by the imaging apparatus, whether the processing is performed by the information processing apparatus, an execution instruction unit for issuing, when the determination unit determines that the processing is not performed by the information processing apparatus, an execution instruction to the remote apparatus capable of performing the processing to perform the processing on the media data, and a media data receiving unit for receiving from the remote apparatus to which the execution instruction is issued, the media data on which the processing is performed. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110069863 | IMAGE MATCHING SYSTEM, PROVIDING APPARATUS,IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE MATCHING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image matching system in which an imaging apparatus configured to capture an image and a storage unit configured to store matching information are connected to each other via a network and the imaging apparatus performs matching between the matching information and the captured image includes a selection unit configured to select, from among the matching information stored in the storage unit, matching information corresponding to predetermined time, and an updating unit configured to update the matching information to be used by the imaging apparatus to perform matching with the captured image with the matching information selected by the selection unit. | 03-24-2011 |
Kan Kawasaki, Tokyo-To JP
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| 20080277207 | Machine Room-Less Elevator - A machineroom-less elevator in which a counterweight is vertically moved behind a cage, with the cage and the counterweight being suspended in a jig back manner through a first and second diverting sheaves. In this machineroom-less elevator, a sufficiently large vertical stroke of the counterweight can be secured, while a durability of a hoist rope is improved. In addition, since no tensile difference is generated in respective parts of the hoist rope, vertical vibrations of the cage are prevented when the cage restarts a vertical movement. A traction sheave is disposed on one of right and left sidewalls of an elevator shaft. A first diverting sheave is disposed below and sufficiently apart from the traction sheave, and a second diverting sheave is disposed on a top of a rear wall of the elevator shaft. The traction sheave is disposed to be inclined relative to the sidewall such that a rotational axis thereof extends from the sidewall of the elevator shaft to the rear wall thereof, when viewed vertically from above. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090008192 | ELEVATOR - An elevator has a machineroom of a comparatively low height so designed that a sufficiently large working space necessary for inspection and maintenance work is available in the machineroom and a hoist cable can be wound round a traction sheave disposed in the machineroom at a large contact angle. The elevator has a cage provided with front and back cage-side sheaves and suspended for vertical movement in an elevator shaft, and a counterweight that moves vertically in a space behind a vertical plane containing the back wall of the cage in the elevator shaft. The traction sheave and a drive unit for driving the traction sheave are disposed in the machineroom with their axes laterally extended. The back cage-side sheave lies below the traction sheave. | 01-08-2009 |
Kan Kikuchi US
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| 20080261909 | Gene Delivery to Organs - Application of a virus with poloxamer alone onto atria results in diffuse epicardial gene transfer with negligible penetration into the myocardium. Progressive increases in protease concentration, however, allow transmural gene transfer. After protease exposure, echocardiographic left atrial diameter does not change. Left atrial ejection fraction decreases on post-operative day 3, but returns to baseline by day 7. At appropriate protease concentrations, tissue tensile strength is unaffected by the procedure. Transmural atrial gene transfer can be effected using this direct “painting” method. | 10-23-2008 |
Kan Kitagawa, Hitachi JP
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| 20100297503 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries and a lithium secondary battery are provided in which, by using an olivine Mn based positive-electrode active material and an optimal binder for the olivine Mn based positive-electrode active material, peel-off of the electrode and gelatinization of the slurry can be prevented, with large energy density, excellent in rate characteristic and cycle life. The positive electrode includes a positive-electrode composite including at least a positive-electrode active material and a binder; and a positive-electrode current collector. The positive-electrode active material includes a lithium composite oxide having an olivine-type structure, which is represented by the formula LiMn | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110189541 | SECONDARY LITHIUM BATTERY - It is an object to provide a cathode for a secondary lithium battery in which adhesiveness and flexibility thereof are simultaneously achieved and the thickness thereof is made large, and the secondary lithium ion battery that has a large capacity and is excellent in safety and cycle life using the cathode. | 08-04-2011 |
Kan Kitagawa, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20090310881 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method includes the steps of: reading an original placed on an original platen; executing a filtering process to extract a contour on the read image; extracting a contour group in broken lines from the image having the filtering process executed; forming one contour from the contour group in broken lines; determining an area of the original from the contours obtained in the filtering execution step and the forming step; and extracting an image of the determined original area from the read image. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100231984 | IMAGE READING METHOD AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - This invention is made to solve the problem that the conventional method cannot correctly determine whether an original is a halftone. To solve this, a method according to this invention detects, from an original, first and second feature pixels respectively exhibiting first and second features. A first feature pixel to first feature pixel distance and second feature pixel to second feature pixel distance are calculated from neighboring first feature pixels and neighboring second feature pixels, respectively. The average of the first feature pixel to first feature pixel distance and the neighboring second feature pixel to second feature pixel distance is calculated as a feature pixel to feature pixel distance. A histogram is generated by the appearance count of only a feature pixel to feature pixel distance for which the same value successively appears. Whether the read original is a halftone is discriminated based on this histogram. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110002015 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing method which determines the area of a document from an image read on a transparent platen, the image processing method also determines a single object area or a plurality of object areas from the image on the transparent platen, and when the luminance of the area in which the object area is removed from the image on the transparent platen is detected to determine the document area, the image processing method detects whether or not an image of a shadow exists around the periphery of the object area on the image of the transparent platen, and the threshold value used for determining the document area is different depending on whether a shadow is detected. | 01-06-2011 |
Kan Liu, Culver City, CA US
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| 20110103176 | ACCURATE AND RAPID MICROMIXER FOR INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES - The invention may provide a microfluidic mixer having a droplet generator and a droplet mixer in selective fluid connection with the droplet generator. The droplet generator comprises first and second fluid chambers that are structured to be filled with respective first and second fluids that can each be held in isolation for a selectable period of time. The first and second fluid chambers are further structured to be reconfigured into a single combined chamber to allow the first and second fluids in the first and second fluid chambers to come into fluid contact with each other in the combined chamber for a selectable period of time prior to being brought into the droplet mixer. | 05-05-2011 |
Kan Mongwa, Clementon, NJ US
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| 20090144514 | Method of automated operating system deployment for a network of multiple data processors - A method of deploying a new operating system on a plurality of data processors. Hardware and driver information is determined from the data processors. A general disk image for all of the data processors is prepared in a preinstallation environment. Hardware and software components for a specific target data processor are added to or associated with the preinstallation environment to create an installation operating system for that data processor. The components of the installation operating system are installed on the target data processor, thereby replacing the data processor's operating system with the new operating system of the preinstallation environment. | 06-04-2009 |
Kan Mukai, Nara JP
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| 20080226315 | FUSER UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A fuser unit for an image forming apparatus including: a tape-like cleaning member that abuts on a fuser roller and cleans its peripheral surface; a press roller that presses the fuser roller via the cleaning member; a feed roller that feeds said cleaning member; a wind roller that winds the cleaning member therearound; and a controller that actuates a fixing function before an image formation, stops it after said image formation, and rotates and stops the wind roller and/or the feed roller to control a winding quantity of the cleaning member, wherein said controller calculates a toner image amount based on the prescribed number of pages by tracking from a page on which an image is formed just before the image formation is completed, and determines whether or not said cleaning member is wound around the wind roller during a non-fixing period based on the calculated toner image amount. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080226325 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In one embodiment, a paper separation claw is separated from a surface of a pressure roller by a drive source being turned ON at a time t | 09-18-2008 |
Kan Naito, Chofu City JP
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| 20080249532 | Securing device to secure fixation devices to bone portions - The present invention discloses a securing device that is used to secure a fixation device to two bone portions to promote healing between the two bone portions. The bone portions commonly include a skull bone portion and a skull bone flap or implant, and the fixation device is commonly a cranial clamp. The securing device provides for securing the fixation device in a uniform, single movement as opposed to currently available products. The securing device has two handles pivotably connected, and a gripping means moveably associated with one handle. As the handles are activated, the gripping means travels proximally along the one handle and grips an elongated section of the fixation device and exerts a tensioning force along the shaft of the elongated section prior to the cutting means cutting the elongated shaft to secure the fixation device in place. | 10-09-2008 |
Kan Saito, Okazaki-Shi JP
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| 20090143934 | Eco-drive support device and method - An eco-drive support device that notifies a driver of the eco-friendliness of a vehicle driving operation being performed by the driver includes: an operating unit that calculates eco-drive support information that indicates the eco-friendliness of the vehicle driving operation being performed by the driver; and a notification control unit that controls a notifying unit to notify the driver of the eco-drive support information, if there is a request from an input unit for notification of the eco-drive support information. In this device, the notification control unit controls the notifying unit to notify the driver of the eco-drive support information though there is not a request from the input unit for notification of the eco-drive support information, if a predetermined condition for providing the eco-drive support information is satisfied. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090288636 | FUEL ECONOMY IMPROVEMENT ASSIST DEVICE AND METHOD OF FUEL ECONOMY IMPROVEMENT ASSIST - A fuel economy improvement assist device ( | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100030414 | Eco-drive assist apparatus and method - An eco-drive assist apparatus displays a quantity of eco-drive that indicates a degree of ecology and/or economy in driving in a hybrid vehicle equipped with an engine and a motor. The apparatus includes a first part configured to calculate the quantity of eco-drive on the basis of a vehicle power generated in the vehicle, and a second part configured to cause the quantity of eco-drive to be displayed in a graphic manner as a relative quantity to an eco-drive judgment threshold value that indicates whether the vehicle is in an eco-drive state and as a relative quantity to an engine startup threshold value that indicates whether the engine has been started up and configured to cause the quantity of eco-drive to be displayed on a boundary of the engine startup threshold value or displayed at a position where the quantity of eco-drive is worse than the engine startup threshold value when the engine has been started up. The second part causes the quantity of eco-drive to be displayed at a position where the quantity of eco-drive is better than the engine startup threshold value when the engine has been started up and a driver's operation needs no vehicle power. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100097202 | Eco-drive assist apparatus and method - An eco-drive assist apparatus that displays a quantity of eco-drive that indicates a degree of ecology and/or economy in driving in a hybrid vehicle equipped with an engine and a motor, includes: a first part configured to calculate the quantity of eco-drive on the basis of a vehicle power generated in the vehicle; and a second part configured to cause the quantity of eco-drive to be displayed in a graphic manner as a relative quantity to an eco-drive judgment threshold value that indicates whether the vehicle is in an eco-drive state and to cause the quantity of eco-drive to be displayed in a graphic manner as a relative quantity to an engine startup threshold value that indicates whether the engine is started up. The second part controls a display of the quantity of eco-drive in the graphic manner as the relative quantity to the engine startup threshold value on the basis of a first display change threshold value that changes the display from a first display showing that the engine has not been started up to a second display showing that the engine has been started up and a second display change threshold value that changes the display from the second display to the first display. The first display change threshold value is the engine startup threshold value. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100259374 | ECO-DRIVE ASSIST APPARATUS, ECO-DRIVE ASSIST INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS, ECO-DRIVE ASSIST INFORMATION CALCULATION APPARATUS, ECO-DRIVE STATE DISPLAY APPARATUS, ECO-DRIVE ASSIST SYSTEM, AND ECO-DRIVE ASSIST INFORMATION CALCULATION METHOD - An eco drive support apparatus which reports the eco degree of the driving operation of a vehicle by displaying a state relative to a judgment threshold which varies corresponding to the drive state of the vehicle. The apparatus has a power train ECU which computes the judgment threshold and an eco drive state amount expressing a ratio to the judgment threshold on the basis of the drive state of the vehicle and a meter ECU which indicates the eco drive state amount on the basis of information transmitted from the power train ECU. The power train ECU transmits the eco drive state amount to the meter ECU. | 10-14-2010 |
Kan Shimizu, Saitama-Shi JP
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| 20100231289 | CMOS BIAS CIRCUIT - A CMOS bias circuit includes a starter circuits and a started circuit part which supplies a current to the outside. The starter circuits has a connection node (first terminal) between it and the started circuit part. The starter circuits includes a first MOS transistor connected at its drain to the first terminal, a first current supply circuit which supplies a starter current to the started circuit via the first MOS transistor, and a circuit which supplies a second current in a direction that interrupts a current flowing through the first MOS transistor to a node between the first MOS transistor and the first current supply circuit in accordance with a potential at the first terminal. The starter circuits has a function of preventing a current flowing between the drain and source of the first MOS transistor in the opposite direction by increasing or decreasing a gate bias of the first MOS transistor in accordance with a value of the second current. | 09-16-2010 |
Kan Suganomata, Fujisawa-Shi JP
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| 20100084055 | TUNGSTEN WIRE, CATHODE HEATER AND VIBRATION SERVICE LAMP FILAMENT - A tungsten wire containing 1 to 10% by mass of rhenium has a point which indicates a 2% elongation within a quadrangle formed by joining points with straight lines, where the values of x and y are point (20, 75), point (20, 87), point (90, 75), and point (90, 58), in this order, wherein the wire diameter of the aforementioned tungsten wire is represented by x μm, and the elongation of the tungsten wire is 2% after electrically heating with an electrical current which is a ratio of y % to the fusion current (FC) at the wire diameter x μm, and wherein a semi-logarithmic system of coordinates is expressed by a horizontal axis using a logarithmic scale of the aforementioned wire diameter x and a vertical axis using a normal scale of ratio y to the fusion current. According to the above-described configuration, a tungsten wire having a great elongation even under conditions of high temperature can be provided, and the tungsten wire can exhibit an excellent durability when used as component material for constituting cathode heaters and so forth, and the tungsten wire can be manufactured efficiently. | 04-08-2010 |
Kan Takahashi, Tokyo JP
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| 20090135522 | FLYING HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS - A pair of side pads, which are arranged to face each other by having a negative pressure generating part in the direction orthogonal to an air flow direction of a slider therebetween, are made to have three or more steps, respectively. Of the respective surfaces having the plural steps, the surfaces having a highest height respectively are not subject to a milling, and the respective surfaces of having plural steps are made to gradually have a deeper cavity depth as the surface comes closer to the air inflow end. Further, it is also effective for improving the efficiency in positive pressure generation to surround the second side pad region partially by the region of the surface being not subject to the milling, and to surround the third side pad region partially by the second surface region. | 05-28-2009 |
Kan Takahashi, Musashino-Shi JP
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| 20090310258 | HEAD, HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY, AND DISK DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - According to an embodiment, a slider of a head comprises a negative-pressure cavity formed in a facing surface, a leading step portion situated on an inflow side of the negative-pressure cavity, a pair of side portions opposed to each other, a trailing step portion situated on an outflow side of the negative-pressure cavity, a leading pad provided on an end portion of the leading step portion on the negative-pressure cavity side, and a plurality of recesses formed on the inflow side of the leading pad and individually opening in the inflow-side end face. The leading step portion includes a main step portion which is situated beside the inflow side of the leading pad and extends in a second direction, and at least one extended step portion extending transversely to the second direction from the main step portion toward the inflow side and situated between the recesses. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100002340 | HEAD, HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY, AND DISK DRIVE DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - According to an embodiment, a slider of a head includes a negative-pressure cavity defined by a recess formed in a disk-facing surface, a leading step portion which is situated on an upstream side of the negative-pressure cavity with respect to an airflow and projects from a bottom surface of the negative-pressure cavity, a trailing step portion which is provided on an outflow-side end portion of the facing surface on the downstream side of the negative-pressure cavity with respect to the airflow, projects from the bottom surface of the negative-pressure cavity, and constitutes a part of the facing surface, and a maximum-positive-pressure producing step portion which is spaced upstream from the trailing step portion with respect to the airflow, projects from the bottom surface of the negative-pressure cavity, and produces a maximum positive pressure. A head portion is provided on the trailing step portion. | 01-07-2010 |
Kan Takeuchi, Tokyo JP
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| 20080303158 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - In a semiconductor integrated circuit device having plural layers of buried wirings, it is intended to prevent the occurrence of a discontinuity caused by stress migration at an interface between a plug connected at a bottom thereof to a buried wiring and the buried wiring. For example, in the case where the width of a first Cu wiring is not smaller than about 0.9 μm and is smaller than about 1.44 μm, and the width of a second Cu wiring and the diameter of a plug are about 0.18 μm, there are arranged two or more plugs which connect the first wirings and the second Cu wirings electrically with each other. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20100203724 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A manufacturing technique is disclosed for producing a semiconductor integrated circuit device having plural layers of buried wirings, and such that there is prevented the occurrence of a discontinuity caused by stress migration at an interface between a plug connected at a bottom thereof to a buried wiring and the buried wiring. For example, in the case where the width of a first Cu wiring is not smaller than about 0.9 μm and is smaller than about 1.44 μm, and the width of a second Cu wiring and the diameter of a plug are about 0.18 μm, there are arranged two or more plugs which connect the first wirings and the second Cu wirings electrically with each other. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110204486 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - In a semiconductor integrated circuit device having plural layers of buried wirings, it is intended to prevent the occurrence of a discontinuity caused by stress migration at an interface between a plug connected at a bottom thereof to a buried wiring and the buried wiring. For example, in the case where the width of a first Cu wiring is not smaller than about 0.9 μm and is smaller than about 1.44 μm, and the width of a second Cu wiring and the diameter of a plug are about 0.18 μm, there are arranged two or more plugs which connect the first wirings and the second Cu wirings electrically with each other. | 08-25-2011 |
Kan Tanabe, Toride-Shi JP
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| 20090074460 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member is provide which inhibits recovered toner from leaking out of the edge portion at the time of long-term use, and has good durability. Each of at least both edge portions of the surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member has a region in which independent depressed portions are formed at a density of ten or more portions per 100 μm square. An average depth Rdv-A, an average short axis diameter Lpc-A, and an average long axis diameter Rpc-A, of the depressed portions are respectively in specific ranges. When an angle formed between the circumferential direction of the electrophotographic photosensitive member and the long axis of each of the depressed portions is represented by θ, the depressed portions are formed so that the angle θ satisfies the relationship of 90°<θ<180° toward the center of the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20110243603 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An electrophotographic apparatus and a process cartridge include an electrophotographic photosensitive member; a developing unit; and a cleaning unit, wherein depressed portions separated from each other and satisfying conditions below are formed in the surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member at a density of 10 or more per unit area of 1 cm | 10-06-2011 |
Kan Wang, Corona, CA US
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| 20080288870 | SYSTEM, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-USER VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS - A computer software product, methods and apparatus for improved video communications are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided that is configured to allow multi-user video communication. The video communications are streamed to and stored on a server device on a network. In one embodiment, the server device is configured to associate multiple video streams to a thread and allow users access to stored video content and associated files. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080288989 | System, Methods and Apparatus for Video Communications - A computer software product, methods and apparatus for improved video communications are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided that is configured to send v-mail messages. The v-mail messages contain a video stream that is stored on a second device on a network. In one embodiment, the second device is configured to associate multiple video streams to a thread and allow users access to stored video content and associated files. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 11-20-2008 |
Kan Wang, Ames, IA US
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| 20100005547 | BACKBONE-FREE LOW TRANSGENE COPY TRANSGENIC PLANTS - Methods and compositions reduce copy number of transgenes and minimizing vector backbone sequences in plant transformation. Bacterial strains including | 01-07-2010 |
Kan Yagi, Fuji-Shi JP
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| 20080312036 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS - An automatic transmission control apparatus includes an engine rotational speed limit verifying section and a shift control characteristic changing section. The engine rotational speed limit verifying section is configured to receive an engine rotational speed limit value for limiting an engine rotational speed and determine if the engine rotational speed limit value is lower than a prescribed normal upper limit value. The shift control characteristic changing section is configured to change a shift schedule of an automatic transmission based on the engine rotational speed being limited by the engine rotational speed limit value and the automatic transmission having a stronger tendency to select a higher gear stage than if the engine rotational speed limit value was not being limited to a lower value than the prescribed normal limit value, when the engine rotational speed limit value is determined to lower than the prescribed normal upper limit value. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080312800 | LOCK-UP CONTROL FOR TORQUE CONVERTER - A lock-up control system including a lock-up differential pressure generator and a controller that is programmed to: when increasing a lock-up differential pressure command value with time to establish the lock-up state of the torque converter, switch a gradient of the lock-up differential pressure command value from a first gradient to a predetermined gradient larger than the first gradient when an actual slip rotation speed is decreased to a predetermined slip rotation speed value or less; and switch the gradient of the lock-up differential pressure command value from the predetermined gradient to a second gradient smaller than the predetermined gradient when the actual slip rotation speed exceeds the predetermined slip rotation speed value again after being decreased to the predetermined slip rotation speed value or less. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20100075798 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A control apparatus of hybrid vehicle having a first clutch which is in a disengaged state by being supplied with hydraulic fluid and a second clutch which is in an engaged state by being supplied with the hydraulic fluid, has a line pressure controller controlling a line pressure of the hydraulic fluid, and a drive mode controller changing a drive mode between HEV mode in which the first clutch is engaged and the vehicle travels with the engine and the motor/generator being a power source and EV mode in which the first clutch is disengaged and the vehicle travels with only the motor/generator being the power source. The line pressure controller sets the line pressure in HEV mode to a pressure level required for the engagement of the second clutch, and sets the line pressure in EV mode to a higher line pressure than the line pressure in HEV mode. | 03-25-2010 |
Kan Yasui, Kodaira-Shi JP
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| 20100118448 | DIFFERENTIAL HEAD HAVING A BALANCED OUTPUT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - In one embodiment, a differential-type magnetic read head includes a differential-type magneto-resistive-effect film formed on a substrate, and a pair of electrodes for applying current in a direction perpendicular to a film plane of the film. The film includes a first and second stacked film, each having a pinned layer, an intermediate layer, and a free layer, with the second stacked film being formed on the first stacked film. A side face in a track width direction of the film is shaped to have an inflection point at an intermediate position in a thickness direction of the film, and the side face is shaped to be approximately vertical to the substrate in an upward direction of the substrate from the inflection point. Also, the side face is shaped to be gradually increased in track width as approaching the substrate in a downward direction of the substrate from the inflection point. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100302688 | Magnetoresistive Effect Head and Magnetic Recording/Playback Device - According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive effect head includes a lower magnetic shield provided on a substrate, a magnetoresistive effect film laminated from a pinned layer with a pinned direction of magnetization, an intermediate layer, a free layer having a varying direction of magnetization controlled by an applied external magnetic field, a magnetic domain control layer formed with an intervening insulation layer on both sides in a track width direction of the magnetoresistive effect film, an upper magnetic shield, and electrodes for directing sense current flow in a direction perpendicular to a film surface of the magnetoresistive effect film, wherein a magnetic field applied by the magnetic domain control layer to a region away from an ABS of the free layer is at least 1.4 times larger than a magnetic field applied by the magnetic domain control layer to a region near the ABS of the free layer. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110116184 | MAGNETIC HEAD HAVING A MULTILAYER MAGNETIC FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a method for producing a magnetic head includes depositing a first film above a substrate, etching a pattern into the first film, depositing a second film on the etched portion of the first film, and depositing a third film above the first and second film to form a multilayer magnetic film, wherein the second film is embedded between the first and third film in a portion of the first film that is removed. In another embodiment, a differential magnetic read head includes a magnetic multilayer film comprising a stack of a first magnetic sensor film and a second magnetic sensor film which are not magnetically connected and a hard magnetic film provided on both sides in a track width direction of the magnetic multilayer film for controlling a magnetic domain of the magnetic multilayer film. The hard magnetic film is a laminated structure as described above. | 05-19-2011 |
Kan Yasui, Kodeira JP
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| 20100105199 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING EMBEDDED NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WITH SIDEWALL GATE - A method of manufacturing a non-volatile semiconductor memory device is provided which overcomes a problem of penetration of implanted ions due to the difference of optimal gate height in simultaneous formation of a self-align split gate type memory cell utilizing a side wall structure and a scaled MOS transistor. A select gate electrode to form a side wall in a memory area is formed to be higher than that of the gate electrode in a logic area so that the height of the side wall gate electrode of the self-align split gate memory cell is greater than that of the gate electrode in the logic area. Height reduction for the gate electrode is performed in the logic area before gate electrode formation. | 04-29-2010 |