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Kawabata, JP

Akihiro Kawabata, Daito-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110184288	ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A two-dimensional drawing module (	07-28-2011

Akira Kawabata, Yamaguchi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090117374	POLYIMIDE FILM FOR METALLIZING, AND METAL-LAMINATED POLYIMIDE FILM - Disclosed is a polyimide film for metallizing, which has a polyimide layer (a) containing a surface treatment agent on one side or both sides of a polyimide layer (b). A metal layer may be directly formed on the surface of the polyimide film by a metallizing method, thereby providing a metal-laminated polyimide film with excellent adhesiveness.	05-07-2009

Atsunori Kawabata, Toyotake Kaga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090300861	DISLOCATION PREVENTING BOLT, AND LONGITUDINAL RIB COMPOSITE FLOOR PANEL HAVING THE DISLOCATION PREVENTING BOLT - An object of the invention is to obtain dislocation preventing means which has a simple structure and reliably prevents dislocation from concrete, and cause a deck plate to correspond to a resistance cross section with respect to all dead/live loads over the entire length of a bridge beam. A dislocation preventing bolt	12-10-2009

Atushi Kawabata, Hitachi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100165577	Electric Circuit Device, Electric Circuit Module, and Power Converter - The present invention provides an electric circuit device in which it is possible to achieve simultaneously the improvement of cooling performance and reduction in operating loss due to line inductance.	07-01-2010

Daishi Kawabata, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100281193	DATA BUFFER DEVICE - A data buffer device includes: a tag value generation circuit that generates a tag value; a first buffer that stores first priority data; a second buffer that stores second priority data; and a data output circuit that outputs the first priority data or the second priority data, wherein the tag value generation circuit sets a tag value for the following second input data to a second tag value which differs from a first tag value for second preceding input data, and sets a tag value of the following first input data to a fourth tag value that is the same as a third tag value for the first preceding input data, and wherein the data output circuit outputs the first priority data or the second priority data in a first mode based on the tag values and outputs the first priority data earlier in a second mode.	11-04-2010

Hideki Kawabata, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110094317	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SEAT OCCUPANCY - An apparatus for determining a seat occupancy includes a load detecting portion provided between one of a front portion and a rear portion of a seating portion of a seat for a vehicle that includes a lifting function for changing a height position of the seating portion relative to a floor for the vehicle, the seat including a seat back at the rear portion of the seating portion of the seat, the load detecting portion detecting a seating load applied to the seating portion, and a seat occupancy determining portion comparing the seating load detected by the load detecting portion with a predetermined threshold value and determining a seat occupancy state of the seat, the seat occupancy determining portion changing the threshold value based on the height position of the seating portion.	04-28-2011

Hideki Kawabata, Chita-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090064792	LOAD DETECTING APPARATUS - A load detecting apparatus includes a strain member, a supporting member, a load input member and a strain detecting element. The supporting member is employed for supporting the strain member at a supporting portion thereof The load input member is supported by the strain member and strains the strain member when an external load is applied thereon. The strain detecting element is provided at at least a surface of the strain member for detecting the strain generated by the load input member. Further, an outer end of the supporting portion located outwardly relative to the load input member is fixed to the strain member.	03-12-2009
20090126500	LOAD DETECTION DEVICE - A load detection device includes a strain generating body having first and second holes at first and second ends of the strain generating body, a strain gauge attached on the strain generating body, first and second fixing members having first and second middle shaft portion press-fitted into the first and second holes, respectively, and having first and second end shaft portions protruding from the first and second middle shaft portions, respectively, a bracket member having first fixing portion including a first fixing hole into which the first end shaft portion is press-fitted, and a second fixing portion, integrally connected to the first fixing portion and including a second fixing hole into which the second end shaft portion is inserted with a clearance therebetween, a press-fit fixing member press-fitted onto the second end shaft portion, and a connecting shaft integrally connected to the strain generating body.	05-21-2009

Hideo Kawabata, Inabe JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080312357	COMPOSITION FOR DRY LUBRICANT FILM AND PLAIN BEARING WITH SLIDING LAYER USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a plain bearing having improved bearing properties, especially anti-seizure property, initial conformability and cavitation resistance. According to the present invention, a sliding layer is provided on a surface of a bearing alloy layer comprising of a copper-based or aluminum-based alloy, thereby the sliding layer is so structured that, to a polyamide-imide resin of a main constituent, a polyamide resin is added and mixed under a high shear force to form a polymer-alloyed resin binder, in which 1 to 75% by mass of a solid lubricant is dispersed. The sliding layer can have high toughness and strength, as well as improved anti-seizure property, initial conformability and cavitation resistance.	12-18-2008

Hideyuki Kawabata, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100247469	PERMANENT WAVE TREATMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A permanent wave treatment apparatus comprises: a housing	09-30-2010

Hiroshi Kawabata, Kawabata JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080233621	Method For Producing Alcohol and Carboxylic Acid Having Optical Activity - It is an object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive and efficient industrial method for obtaining (S)-2-pentanol, (S)-2-hexanol, 1-methylalkyl malonic acid and 3-methyl carboxylic acid at a high optical purity. The present invention provides a method of producing (S)-2-pentanol or (S)-2-hexanol which comprises allowing certain types of microorganisms or transformed cells, a product obtained by treating said microorganisms or cells, a culture solution of said microorganisms or cells, and/or a crude purified product or purified product of a carbonyl reductase fraction obtained from said microorganisms or cells, to act on 2-pentanone or 2-hexanone.	09-25-2008

Hiroshi Kawabata, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110065847	METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID COPOLYMER AND COPOLYMER COMPOSITION FOR CEMENT ADMIXTURE - Provided is a production method for a polycarboxylic acid-based copolymer including a structural unit derived from an unsaturated polyalkylene glycol ether-based monomer and a structural unit derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid-based monomer, by which the production cost of the copolymer is reduced and an unprecedentedly high-performance cement admixture can be provided. Also provided is a copolymer composition for a cement admixture, including a structural unit derived from an unsaturated polyalkylene glycol ether-based monomer and a structural unit derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid-based monomer, with which an unprecedentedly high-performance cement admixture can be provided. The production method for a polycarboxylic acid-based copolymer of the present invention is a production method for a polycarboxylic acid-based copolymer including a structural unit (I) derived from an unsaturated polyalkylene glycol ether-based monomer (a) and a structural unit (II) derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid-based monomer (b), in which monomer components including the monomer (a) and the monomer (b) are polymerized using a peroxide and a reductant as polymerization initiators in combination while the pH during polymerization is controlled to 3 or less in the presence of a pH adjustor. The copolymer composition for a cement admixture of the present invention includes a polycarboxylic acid-based copolymer including a structural unit (I) derived from an unsaturated polyalkylene glycol ether-based monomer (a) and a structural unit (II) derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid-based monomer (b), and a nonpolymerizable organic sulfonic acid having a molecular weight of 300 or less and/or a salt thereof.	03-17-2011

Hiroshi Kawabata, Sakai-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090308038	Rear Discharge Mower - A rear discharge mower comprising: a first shaft; a first blade that is rotated in unison with the first shaft; a second shaft that is configured to be rotated in a direction opposite from a rotational direction of the first shaft; a second blade that is rotated in unison with the second shaft, wherein a grass-clippings discharge path is formed through which grass clippings are discharged in a rearward direction from the area between the first shaft and second shaft; an enclosing casing that supports the blade shafts; and a power train that is accommodated in the enclosing casing and that transmits power to the first and second blade shafts.	12-17-2009

Hiroshi Kawabata, Hokkaido JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080290158	Mobile Terminal Device and Data Acquistion Method Using the Same - In a system according to the invention, a communication section of a mobile terminal detects a carrier from an external R/W, starts communication with the external R/W, and acquires content simplified data of contactless card function content from the external R/W. The acquired content simplified data is transferred to a control section using the contactless card function content and stored. Further, in this system, by connecting to a URL contained in the content simplified data, content body data of the contactless card function content corresponding to the content simplified data is downloaded and stored in the mobile terminal.	11-27-2008

Hirotaka Kawabata, Shiga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090136375	REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR, COOLING SYSTEM AND REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerant compressor having a compression element comprising sliding components made of metallic materials, wherein a mixed layer is formed by solid-dissolving molybdenum disulfide in at least one of the sliding faces of the sliding components, and a single molybdenum disulfide layer is further formed on the surface of the mixed layer. With this configuration, initial break-in is done using the single layer, and sliding loss is reduced. Even if the single layer peels off, because the molybdenum disulfide of the mixed layer is cleaved at a low friction coefficient, solid lubrication action is attained, the friction coefficient of the sliding section is lowered, and sliding loss is reduced.	05-28-2009
20100008808	SLIDING FACE MODIFICATION MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SLIDING FACE MODIFICATION MATERIAL, METHOD FOR USING SLIDING FACE MODIFICATION MATERIAL, SLIDING MEMBERS HAVING SLIDING FACE MODIFICATION MATERIAL, AND COMPRESSOR COMPRISING SLIDING MEMBERS - A highly reliable sliding face modification material capable of forming a stable film of molybdenum disulfide on the sliding face of a sliding member, the sliding face modification material having a molybdenum disulfide content of 95 wt % or more and an organic material content of 1500 ppm or less in weight ratio, and the sliding face modification material being projected onto the sliding face to form a coating layer.	01-14-2010

Hisaya Kawabata, Hiroshima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110045968	EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST - A catalyst layer includes: a first mixed oxide particle component	02-24-2011

Juichirou Kawabata, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110097525	Coating Material and Container Coated with the Coating Material - A coating material includes a first aqueous dispersion (A) and a second aqueous dispersion (B) wherein a dispersoid of the first aqueous dispersion (A) has an average particle diameter of 1 to 20 μm and a dispersoid of the second aqueous dispersion (B) has an average particle diameter 1/100 to 1/5 of that of the dispersoid of the first aqueous dispersion (A), and the mass ratio (the aqueous dispersion (A)/the aqueous dispersion (B)) of the dispersoid of the first aqueous dispersion (A) to the dispersoid of the second aqueous dispersion (B) is 2/1 to 100/1. Also provided is a container, which is coated with the coating material and has excellent properties.	04-28-2011

Kaoru Kawabata, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080288307	PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a project management support device which compares, when a project is planned, standard work information stored in a standard work information database	11-20-2008

Kaoru Kawabata, Hitachi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090012830	APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR EXTRACTING WORK ITEM - A work item extraction apparatus includes: a checklist DB; a checklist input unit for receiving input information to the checklist of the list DB; a work item DB; a work item extraction rule DB; a work item extraction unit for determining whether or not input information of the checklist input unit satisfies an extraction condition of each checklist corresponding to a predetermined work item, for calculating an evaluation value based on a ratio between a total number of the checklist corresponding to the predetermined work item and a relevant number of the checklist satisfying the extraction condition, and for extracting the predetermined work item when the value exceeds a predetermined threshold; and a work-item-extraction-result display unit for outputting the work item extracted by the work item extraction unit to a display screen.	01-08-2009
20090248675	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING DOCUMENT EVALUATION - A document evaluation support system narrows the search for related terms in a document, evaluates a search result, provides information of the evaluation, and further searches the search result for a related paragraph in the document so as to support evaluation and determination of the document. The system includes a document division section, a specified term search section, and a search result evaluation section. The sections further include a document attribute database, a document division determination rule database, a document division determination unit, a document division input unit, a divided document (paragraph) with heading database, a keyword database, a numeric database, a search method input unit, a search condition database, a specified result search unit, a search result database, a search result display unit, a weight database, a search result evaluation unit, an evaluation result database, and an evaluation result display unit.	10-01-2009

Kazuya Kawabata, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100231954	PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, PRINTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A printing control device includes: a banner data detecting unit that detects banner data from print data; a data acquiring unit that acquires, when the banner data are detected by the banner data detecting unit, data for designating a printing condition for printing a text located after the banner data in the print data; and a printing condition setting unit that sets, when the data for designating the printing condition for printing the text are acquired by the data acquiring unit, the printing condition as a printing condition for printing the print data.	09-16-2010

Ken-Ichi Kawabata, Kodaira JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080261009	Organism Simulative Phantom - Provided is a tissue mimicking phantom technology capable of controlling an ultrasonic echo intensity and hardness and offering excellent stability. A tissue mimicking phantom includes a first portion and a second portion which is incorporated in the first portion and whose hardness and/or ultrasonic echo intensity is different from that of the first portion. The first portion and second portion are gel structures that are formed with a covalent bond of macromolecular strands or a chemical bond that is as strong as the covalent bond. The gel structure has a solid scatterer (for example, metal-oxide microparticles) dispersed therein. The first portion and second portion exhibit mutually different hardness levels and ultrasonic echo intensities.	10-23-2008

Kentaro Kawabata, Sayama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080296265	Shielded metal arc welding machine - A shielded metal arc welding machine having a characteristic with a constant current output characteristic and a drooping output characteristic properly combined is provided. A shielded metal arc welding machine having a constant current output characteristic, characterized by having a desired drooping output characteristic, which has an optional drooping degree with a point at which a characteristic line of said constant current output characteristic intersects a welding load characteristic line L as a base point, and replaces said constant current output characteristic.	12-04-2008
20080308540	Engine driven welding machine - An engine driven welding machine which is favorable in operability and has high reliability and reliably performs idle stop and restart is provided. An engine driven welding machine in which a welding generator is driven by an engine, and the aforesaid engine performs an idle operation when a welding operation is stopped is characterized by including an engine stop signal forming circuit IT which forms a stop signal for stopping an operation of the aforesaid engine when time of the aforesaid idle operation exceeds a predetermined time, a direct-current power supply PS connected to an output terminal of the aforesaid welding machine, voltage detecting means VS which detects a voltage change of the aforesaid output terminal, a restart detecting circuit RS which forms a restart signal for restarting the aforesaid engine when the detected voltage by the aforesaid voltage detecting means shows a predetermined change mode for starting the welding operation, and an engine control circuit EC which stops the aforesaid engine in response to the aforesaid stop signal, and restarts the aforesaid engine in response to the aforesaid restart signal.	12-18-2008
20080308541	Engine driven welding machine - An engine driven welding machine which is favorable in operability and has high reliability and reliably performs idle stop and restart is provided. An engine driven welding machine in which a welding generator is driven by an engine, and the aforesaid engine performs an idle operation when a welding operation is stopped is characterized by including an engine stop signal forming circuit IT which forms a stop signal for stopping an operation of the aforesaid engine when time of the aforesaid idle operation exceeds a predetermined time, a direct-current power supply PS connected to an output terminal of the aforesaid welding machine, voltage detecting means VS which detects a voltage change of the aforesaid output terminal, a restart detecting circuit RS which forms a restart signal for restarting the aforesaid engine when the detected voltage by the aforesaid voltage detecting means shows a predetermined change mode for starting the welding operation, and an engine control circuit EC which stops the aforesaid engine in response to the aforesaid stop signal, and restarts the aforesaid engine in response to the aforesaid restart signal.	12-18-2008

Kiyoshi Kawabata, Abiko-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080303175	Electronic circuit package - An electronic apparatus which includes a wiring substrate which includes wiring conductors, and a plurality of semiconductor bare chips that are formed on the wiring substrate. The semiconductor bare chips include a processor for processing data and a circuit having a checking function for detecting faults of the processor	12-11-2008

Koichi Kawabata, Okazaki-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090095003	Refrigeration cycle device - A refrigeration cycle device includes a first branch portion with branched first and second refrigerant passages, an ejector located in the first refrigerant passage, a first evaporator located in the first refrigerant passage to evaporate refrigerant flowing out of the ejector, a branch passage through which refrigerant upstream of a nozzle portion of the ejector flows into a refrigerant suction port of the ejector, a first throttle provided in the branch passage, a second evaporator located in the branch passage to evaporate the refrigerant flowing out of the first throttle, a second throttle provided in the second refrigerant passage, and a third evaporator located in the second refrigerant passage to evaporate the refrigerant flowing out of the second throttle. Furthermore, a pressure-loss generation portion is located to generate a pressure loss in the first refrigerant passage, thereby causing the refrigerant to easily flow into the second refrigerant passage.	04-16-2009

Kouji Kawabata, Yamaguchi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080230482	Optically active polymaleimide derivatives and process for their production - Optically active maleimide derivatives of the formula:	09-25-2008

Kuniaki Kawabata, Fujisawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090150485	SESSION MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE - To manage sessions between a client apparatus and a plurality of sever devices.	06-11-2009

Masae Kawabata, Tsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090251627	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can more improve a luminance when the liquid crystal display device includes a column spacer. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, and the liquid crystal display device having a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel, wherein a column spacer structure is arranged in the red pixel among three pixels of the red, green, and blue pixels, and the red pixel has the smallest aperture ratio of the three pixels.	10-08-2009

Masae Kawabata, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110122163	DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE DRIVING METHOD, AND DISPLAY DRIVING CONTROL METHOD - A display device of at least one embodiment of the present invention includes at least one correcting device for, in a case where a first data signal is to be written to a first pixel during a unique horizontal period, (i) carrying out a first gray scale correction with respect to display data corresponding to the first data signal to be written to the first pixel during the unique horizontal period, and (ii) supplying the display data to a display driver, the unique horizontal period being a first horizontal period for one of the driving signals supplied to respective storage capacitor bus lines which first horizontal period occurs a first number of horizontal periods after an initial horizontal period included in a given cyclic term for either or both of a binary level, the given cyclic term being a second cyclic term for the driving signals which second cyclic term occurs a second number of cyclic terms after a first cyclic term including a horizontal period during which the data signals start to be written to the pixels, the first number being different from a corresponding number for any other of the driving signals.	05-26-2011
20110149165	DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention has as an object to reduce display unevenness that occurs under the influence of a coupling between a first pixel in which a green component is displayed and a data signal line by which second pixel is driven. The present invention includes a correction process section (	06-23-2011
20110170014	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A plurality of groups each of which includes a plurality of scanning signal lines are sequentially selected; a polarity of the data signal electric potentials in one (first group) of sequentially-selected groups is set to be different from that of the other (second group) of the two groups; two pieces of dummy scan periods are put between (i) a horizontal scan period corresponding to a last horizontal scan in the first group and (ii) a horizontal scan period corresponding to a first horizontal scan in the second group; dummy signal electric potentials are supplied to the data signal line in the dummy scan periods; and a time period from when a scanning pulse which corresponds to the last horizontal scan in the first group becomes nonactive to when the dummy scan period is started is set to be longer than a time period from when a scanning pulse corresponding to one of consecutive two horizontal scans becomes nonactive in the first group to when a horizontal scan period corresponding to the other of the consecutive two horizontal scans is started. This makes it possible to enhance display quality in a case where the data signal line is subjected to the block-reversal driving.	07-14-2011

Masahide Kawabata, Moka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100089504	PRECIPITATION-HARDENED, MARTENSITIC, CAST STAINLESS STEEL HAVING EXCELLENT MACHINABILITY AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - Precipitation-hardened, martensitic, cast stainless steel having a composition comprising, by mass, 0.08-0.18% of C, 1.5% or less of Si, 2.0% or less of Mn, 0.005-0.4% of S, 13.5-16.5% of Cr, 3.0-5.5% of Ni, 0.5-2.8% of Cu, 1.0-2.0% of Nb, and 0.12% or less of N, the amounts of C, N and Nb meeting the condition of −0.2≦9(C %+0.86N %)−Nb %≦1.0, the rest being Fe and inevitable impurities, and having a structure in which Cu precipitates having an average particle size of 0.1-0.4 μm are dispersed in a tempered-martensite-based matrix.	04-15-2010
20110000200	HEAT-RESISTANT, AUSTENITIC CAST STEEL AND EXHAUST MEMBER MADE THEREOF - Heat-resistant, austenitic cast steel comprising by mass 0.3-0.6% of C, 1.1-2% of Si, 1.5% or less of Mn, 17.5-22.5% of Cr, 8-13% of Ni, 1.5-4% as (W+2Mo) of at least one of W and Mo, 1-4% of Nb, 0.01-0.3% of N, 0.01-0.5% of S, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and meeting the following formulae (1), (2), (3) and (4):	01-06-2011

Masayuki Kawabata, Miyagi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100109674	DEVICE, TEST APPARATUS AND TEST METHOD - Provided is a test apparatus that tests a device under test. The device under test includes: a circuit under test; and a switching section that that connects an internal terminal being tested, from among one or more internal terminals of the circuit under test, to external terminals connected to the test apparatus. The test apparatus includes: a measuring section that controls a relay section, which provides a connection or a disconnect between two of the external terminals such that a transmission characteristic of the relay section in a connected state serves as a basis for calculating the transmission characteristic between each external terminal and each internal terminal of the circuit under test, to be in a connected state and measures the transmission characteristic of the relay section via the two external terminals; and a compensating section that compensates a signal to be supplied to the circuit under test via an external terminal and the switching section and/or a signal acquired from the circuit under test via the switching section and an external terminal, based on the measured transmission characteristic of the relay section.	05-06-2010

Mie Kawabata, Toyokawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090316188	Data Processing Apparatus - A controller of a data processing apparatus recognizes connection of a USB memory to a USB terminal. The controller reads designation information stored in the USB memory. The designation information specifies a process to be executed by the data processing apparatus. The controller outputs an instruction for executing a process specified by the designation information to each portion of the data processing apparatus, such as a scanner portion or a printer portion, based on the designation information.	12-24-2009
20100073701	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INDEX GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING INDEX GENERATION PROGRAM RECORDED - An image processing apparatus includes a scanner for reading out documents, a first extraction unit for extracting text contained in document images, a second extraction unit for extracting at least one Web address from the text, a fetch unit for obtaining at least one Web page corresponding to the Web address, a first generation unit for generating a concatenated image by concatenating the document images with the Web page, and a second generation unit for generating an index indicating a corresponding relationship between the document images and the Web page in the concatenated image.	03-25-2010
20100302587	IMAGE PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTER SELECTION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREIN PRINTER DRIVER - A certain PC selects an MFP expected to complete a print job the earliest based on the number of print jobs being spooled in each MFP, and outputs the print job to the selected MFP. Despite this, there occurs a problem that it takes longer time to complete the print job than a user thought due to that other PC has output a print job to the selected MFP substantially simultaneously with the certain PC. In view of this problem, according to the present invention, a terminal information management unit included in each MFP manages the default setting number that is the number of PCs that each set the MFP as its default MFP for ordinary use. A PC selects an MFP to which a print job is to be output based on the default setting number collected from each MFP, and outputs the print job to the selected MFP.	12-02-2010
20100309497	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device prints a link source webpage and a link target webpage so that (i) it is easy to grasp, from a printout of these webpages, that these webpages are associated with each other, and (ii) the printout can be easily organized. MFP	12-09-2010

Mitsuo Kawabata, Takefu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100019587	RADIAL ANISOTROPIC SINTERED MAGNET AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, MAGNET ROTOR USING SINTERED MAGNET, AND MOTOR USING MAGNET ROTOR - A radial anisotropic sintered magnet formed into a cylindrical shape includes a portion oriented in directions tilted at an angle of 30° or more from radial directions, the portion being contained in the magnet at a volume ratio in a range of 2% or more and 50% or less, and a portion oriented in radial directions or in directions tilted at an angle less than 30° from radial directions, the portion being the rest of the total volume of the magnet. The radial anisotropic sintered magnet has excellent magnet characteristics without occurrence of cracks in the steps of sintering and cooling for aging, even if the magnet has a shape of a small ratio between an inner diameter and an outer diameter.	01-28-2010

Motonobu Kawabata, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100079532	IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - A table made of a planar member has a suction groove for sucking and holding a recording medium on a surface thereof. A part of the sucking groove is perforated to form a suction hole. The suction hole is connected to a vacuum pump. The table includes three position determining pins that are in contact with two mutually orthogonal sides of a recording medium. The position determining pins are configured to ascend and descend by driving of an air cylinder between a descending position in which an upper end of the position determining pins is lower than a surface of the table and a position determining position in which the upper end of the position determining pins is higher than the surface of the recording medium mounted on the table. It is therefore made possible to provide an image recording apparatus capable of executing highly accurate image recording by preventing deformation of the recording medium.	04-01-2010

Natsuki Kawabata, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110129362	WATER-INJECTION TYPE SCROLL AIR COMPRESSOR - Disclosed is a water-injection type scroll air compressor whose pre-stopping operation time for drying can be reduced while enhancing compressor efficiency. The compressor body	06-02-2011

Noboru Kawabata, Kagoshima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100009490	METHOD FOR FABRICATING A SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a solid-state imaging device. A solid-state image sensor is mounted on the semiconductor package support and electrically connected to first terminals and second terminals by bonding wires. The second terminals to which the bonding wires are connected are sealed with a sealing member. The optically-transparent member is thereafter disposed on the support member and the sealing member. The sealing member is cured to fix the optically transparent member.	01-14-2010

Noriko Kawabata, Ikoma-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100093770	THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR GLAUCOMA CONTAINING ADENOSINE DERIVATIVE AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - A method for treating glaucoma or ocular hypertension comprising administering to a patient a pharmacologically effective amount of a compound represented by the following (1) or a salt thereof:	04-15-2010

Ryoichi Kawabata, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090145538	MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VEHICLE MOLDED CEILING - A process for producing a molded ceiling for a vehicle that, after molding of a molded ceiling, can allow a mill end to be easily separated from a skin material by a nonwoven fabric layer and can easily conduct edge treatment of a base material to improve productivity. In this process for producing a molded ceiling for a vehicle, a base material together with a skin material is set in a mold in which a molding face is formed in a required curved surface, followed by heating and pressing to bond the base material and the skin material to each other and thus to prepare a molded ceiling. A nonwoven fabric layer for facilitating the separation between the base material and the skin material even after molding is previously interposed between the base material and the skin material. A cut, which extends from the backside of the molded ceiling to the base material, is provided, and only the mill end of the base material is separated from the skin material by the nonwoven fabric layer, and an adhesive is coated onto a part from which the mill end of the skin material has been removed. The skin material is wound in and bonded to the edge of the base material to cover the edge with the skin material.	06-11-2009

Ryoji Kawabata, Nomi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100161021	MYOCARDIAL PAD - This invention relates to a myocardial pad used in cardioversion, pacing, or the like and to a myocardial lead and a therapeutic apparatus for cardiac disease comprising the same. The myocardial pad of this invention is bondable to epicardia and has conductivity, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. Using this pad, the myocardial lead can be immobilized onto the atrium without suture. Thus, bleeding from the atrium, which is a lethal complication, caused by lead removal can be prevented.	06-24-2010

Ryoko Kawabata, Hiroshima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090253636	Novel Antifungal Agent - It is intended to provide a novel peptide which can exert higher antifungal effect also on a patient whose organ function is impaired with no side effect problems. The peptide comprises the following amino acid sequence: (1) SEQ ID NO:1: Lys-Arg-Leu-Phe-Arg-Arg-Trp-Gln-Trp-Arg-Tyr, (2) SEQ ID NO:2: Arg-Arg-Trp-Gln-Trp-Arg-Met-Lys-Lys-Tyr, (3) SEQ ID NO:3: Lys-Arg-Trp-Gln-TTp-Arg-Leu-Tyr, or (4) SEQ ID NO:4: Lys-Arg-Leu-Phe-Lys-Tyr, an antifungal agent comprising the peptide, a composition having a fungicidal and/or growth inhibitory action against fungus containing an effective amount of the peptide as an active ingredient, a medical apparatus/device which contains the peptide, whereby a fungicidal action is conferred, and a fungicidal and/or growth inhibiting method against fungus comprising administering the peptide and the like.	10-08-2009

Ryuzo Kawabata, Kodaira JP

Ryuzou Kawabata, Kodaira JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090001979	Magnetic field measuring apparatus - Providing: quickly brining a vapor cell	01-01-2009

Sanemasa Kawabata, Kariya-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090280018	Compressor - A scroll compressor (	11-12-2009

Seiji Kawabata, Matsumoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090044208	TRAY - There is provided a tray including a tray main body that can be nipped by a driving roller rotatably driven and a plurality of driven rollers driven to rotate by making contact with the driving roller, the tray main body having a plate shape, a concave portion in which a thin plate shaped body can be set, the concave portion being formed in the tray main body, a fitting convex portion that is fitted in a fitting hole formed in the thin plate shaped body, the fitting convex portion being provided in the concave portion, and a plurality of elastic pieces for holding the thin plate shaped body by elastically making contact with an inner edge of the fitting hole, the elastic pieces being provided along an outer edge of the fitting convex portion.	02-12-2009
20100025912	METHOD OF DETECTING SHEET IN TRANSPORT DEVICE, TRANSPORT DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transport device includes a set section, a sheet sensor, and a feeding member. When a detection member does not retract, the sheet sensor outputs an OFF-detection signal. The feeding member is displaced between a feed position and a non-feed position on the basis of the detection signal. At the feed position, the feeding member comes in contact with the sheet set in the set section from above and feeds the sheet toward the downstream side on a transport path. At the non-feed position, the feeding member is separated upward from the feed position. A method, which detects a sheet in the transport device, includes displacing the feeding member from the non-feed position to the feed position, and detecting that the sheet does not exist in the set section when an OFF-detection signal is output from the sheet sensor while the feeding member is positioned at the feed position.	02-04-2010
20100025927	TRANSPORT DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transport device, which transports a sheet set in a set section toward the downstream side on a transport path, includes a restricting member. The restricting member is provided at a set position of the sheet in the set section, and is displaced to restrict the sheet moving toward the downstream side on the transport path. The restricting member includes a restricting section that comes in contact with a front end of the sheet from the downstream side on the transport path, and is rotatable about a shaft extending along the transport path so as to be displaced between a first position where the restricting section protrudes on the transport path and a second position where the restricting section retracts from the transport path.	02-04-2010

Shigeru Kawabata, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090267711	High frequency circuit - A circuit has a first coplanar line including a first strip conductor formed on the first plane of a dielectric substrate and a first grounded conductor formed on the first plane and disposed on one side of the first strip conductor, and a second coplanar line including a second strip conductor formed on a second plane of the dielectric substrate and a second grounded conductor formed on the second plane and disposed on one side of the second strip conductor, where the first strip conductor and the second strip conductor are electrically connected in parallel and are plane symmetric with respect to the dielectric substrate, and the first grounded conductor and the second grounded conductor are electrically connected in parallel and are plane symmetric with respect to the dielectric substrate.	10-29-2009

Shinichi Kawabata, Toshima-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080311016	Process for disposing waste gas comprising sulfur oxides and apparatus thereof - A method for enlarging the particle diameters of sulfuric acid mists in waste gas and collecting the sulfuric acid mists in high efficiency is provided. A process for disposing waste gas containing sulfur oxides that introduces the waste gas in dry type electrostatic precipitator to remove dusts and then introduces the waste gas in a wet desulfurization apparatus to carry out desulfurization, wherein the waste gas temperature of a smoke channel at a more upstream side than the wet desulfurization apparatus is measured, the flow channel length is variable based on the measurement value of the waste gas temperature, the waste gas is flown to a flow channel means that is adjusted at a channel length capable of cooling the waste gas to the dew point of acid by heat release and then, the waste gas is introduced into the wet desulfurization apparatus.	12-18-2008

Shinichiro Kawabata, Seto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090211309	DRUM TYPE WASHING-DRYING MACHINE - A drum-type washing-drying machine having a drum (	08-27-2009

Shinichiro Kawabata, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090092536	CRYSTAL PRODUCTION PROCESS USING SUPERCRITICAL SOLVENT, CRYSTAL GROWTH APPARATUS, CRYSTAL AND DEVICE - To control the precipitation position of a crystal and increase the yield of the crystal by performing the crystal growth according to the solvothermal method while allowing a predetermined amount of a substance differing in the critical density from the solvent to be present in the reaction vessel; and to prevent mixing of an impurity into the crystal and improve the crystal purity.	04-09-2009
20100104495	METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR, CRYSTAL GROWTH RATE INCREASING AGENT, SINGLE CRYSTAL NITRIDE, WAFER AND DEVICE - A method for producing a nitride semiconductor, comprising controlling temperature and pressure in a autoclave containing a seed having a hexagonal crystal structure, a nitrogen element-containing solvent, a raw material substance containing a metal element of Group 13 of the Periodic Table, and a mineralizer so as to put said solvent into a supercritical state and/or a subcritical state and thereby ammonothermally grow a nitride semiconductor crystal on the surface of said seed, wherein the crystal growth rate in the m-axis direction on said seed is 1.5 times or more the crystal growth rate in the c-axis direction on said seed. By the method, a nitride semiconductor having a large-diameter C plane or a nitride semiconductor thick in the m-axis direction can be efficiently and simply produced.	04-29-2010

Shinji Kawabata, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080215350	DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - A document processing apparatus includes an activity input unit and a document creation unit. The activity input unit allows a user to input activities each including a name of the activity and a task description. The document creation unit creates, based on the activities input through the activity input unit, a document for an inner control including at least one of a business process narrative describing a flow of each business process, a business flow diagram visually describing the flow of each business process, a risk control matrix indicating assumed risks and control activities corresponding to the respective risk and a separation-of-duties table showing a correspondence relation between a person in charge and each business process.	09-04-2008

Shozo Kawabata, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110026287	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDRESS ALLOTTING AND VERIFICATION IN A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a CAM cell array that stores the operation setting information as to the semiconductor device, a controller that controls read and write of the CAM cell array, a row decoder, and a column decoder. With this structure, different row addresses are allocated to respective functions of the operation setting information. Accordingly, stress is not caused in the CAM cell array of the unselected functions at the time of programming.	02-03-2011

Shozo Kawabata, Kasugai-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080316787	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDRESS ALLOTTING AND VERIFICATION IN A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a CAM cell array that stores the operation setting information as to the semiconductor device, a controller that controls read and write of the CAM cell array, a row decoder, and a column decoder. With this structure, different row addresses are allocated to respective functions of the operation setting information. Accordingly, stress is not caused in the CAM cell array of the unselected functions at the time of programming.	12-25-2008

Shozo Kawabata, Inuyama-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080247233	NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, NON-VOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile memory device which can reduce consumption current and shorten access time and a control method thereof is provided. The nonvolatile memory device	10-09-2008

Shuhei Kawabata, Saitama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100203325	COATING COMPOSITION FOR METAL THIN FILM AND PHOTOLUMINESCENT COATING FILM FORMED FROM SAME - A coating composition for a metal thin film for coating a vapor-deposited film or sputtered film provided on the surface of a base material, comprising: a coating film forming component containing 50% by weight or more of urethane (meth)acrylate that is a reaction product of hydrogenated xylene diisocyanate and/or hydrogenated diphenylmethane diisocyanate, polyol, and (meth)acrylate having a hydroxyl group.	08-12-2010
20110014477	COMPOSITION FOR COATING PLASTIC SUBSTRATE, COATING FILM FORMED THEREFROM, AND FORMED BODY - The present invention relates to a composition for coating a plastic substrate, a coating film formed therefrom and a molded body. The composition can form a coating film that exhibits favorable adhesion to plastic substrates, as well as excellent abrasion resistance and weather resistance. The coating film-forming components of the composition include silica particles having (meth)acryloyl groups, a hexafunctional or higher aliphatic urethane(meth)acrylate, and an active energy beam-curable compound having an alicyclic structure, wherein the amount of the silica particles is within a range from 1.0 to 40 mass %, relative to 100 mass % of the coating film-forming components.	01-20-2011

Shuji Kawabata, Nishikamo-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100016617	MULLITE-CONTAINING CARRIER FOR ETHYLENE OXIDE CATALYSTS - The present invention relates to an improved carrier for an ethylene epoxidation catalyst, the carrier comprising alumina in combination with a stability-enhancing amount of mullite. The invention is also directed to an improved catalyst containing the improved carrier, as well as an improved process for the epoxidation of ethylene using the catalyst of the invention.	01-21-2010

Shunichi Kawabata, Tachikawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080270621	CONTENT REPRODUCING APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING CONTENT USING NETWORK SERVICE - A content reproducing apparatus includes: a disc drive device that reproduces content recorded on a recording medium; a network controller that controls data transmission between an external server specified by the content reproduced by the disc drive device; a content protection encoder/decoder unit that: (1) encodes a request to be sent to the external server via a proxy server that decodes the request; and (2) decodes a response from the external server being transmitted in response to the request decoded by the proxy server, the response being encoded by the proxy server; and a controller that controls the network controller and the content protection decode/encoder unit.	10-30-2008

Suguru Kawabata, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100232209	CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR FORMING PROCESS ON NONVOLATILE VARIABLE RESISTIVE ELEMENT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR FORMING PROCESS - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device can carry out a forming process simultaneously on the nonvolatile variable resistive elements of memory cells and make the forming time shorter. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory device has a forming detection circuit provided between the memory cell array and the second selection line (bit line) decoder. The forming detection circuit detects the completion of the forming process for memory cells by measuring the fluctuation in the potential of second selection lines or the current flowing through the second selection lines when applying a voltage pulse for a forming process through the second selection lines simultaneously to the memory cells on which a forming process is to be carried out connected to the same first selection line (word line), and prevents a voltage from being applied to the second selection lines connected to the memory cells where the completion of the forming process is detected.	09-16-2010

Sumiko Kawabata, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100320418	Aluminum Silicate Complex and High-Performance Adsorbent Comprising the Same - Provided is an adsorbent having superior adsorption properties for use as a dehumidifying agent for desiccant air conditioning which exhibits high adsorption properties at mid and high humidity ranges, and for use as a gas adsorbent of carbon dioxide, ammonia, formaldehyde and the like. A precursor suspension having a Si/Al ratio of 0.70 to 1.0 is prepared, and the precursor suspension is subsequently heated at 110° C. or higher for 2 days to synthesize a complex of a layered low-crystalline clay mineral and an amorphous aluminum silicate. The obtained complex of the layered low-crystalline clay mineral and the amorphous aluminum silicate yields excellent water vapor adsorption performance of 45 wt % or more at a relative humidity of 60%, and therefore can be used as an adsorbent for desiccant air conditioning. The complex also yields excellent carbon dioxide absorption/desorption performance of 12 wt % or more at 100 kPa to 900 kPa, and therefore can be used as a gas adsorbent for gas such as ammonia and formaldehyde.	12-23-2010

Takahiro Kawabata, Sodegaura-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100111904	MATERIAL FOR CONTROL OF SOIL-BORNE DISEASE IN PLANT UTILIZING NOVEL FILAMENTOUS FUNGI - Disclosed is a novel filamentous fungus SD-F06 strain which can infect a root of a plant and grow symbiotically with the plant and is capable of controlling a soil-borne disease. Also disclosed is a material for controlling a soil-borne disease, which comprises a fungus body or fungal culture of a filamentous fungus SD-F06 strain. Further disclosed is a method for controlling a soil-borne disease in a plant by utilizing the material.	05-06-2010

Takahiro Kawabata, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100028974	NOVEL BACILLUS BACTERIUM STRAIN CAPABLE OF DECOMPOSING/VOLUME-REDUCING PLANT RESIDUE - Disclosed is a method for decomposing a plant residue and reducing a volume of the plant residue to a satisfactory level within a short period. Also disclosed is a bacterium for use in the method. Further disclosed is a material for decomposing a plant residue and reducing a volume of the plant residue, which contains the bacterium. A bacterium is found which is capable of decomposing a plant residue and reducing a volume of the plant residue under natural conditions satisfactorily and stably. The bacterium can be used for decomposing a plant residue and reducing a volume of the plant residue. A material containing cells of	02-04-2010

Takao Kawabata, Kobe JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110148146	PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - The present invention is a pick-up style utility vehicle with an expandable cargo bed, including a front seat, a rear seat, a stationary bottom plate serving as a bottom face of the cargo bed, an expansion bottom plate for expanding the bottom face of the cargo bed, and a shared linkage mechanism for holding the rear seat at a use position where the rear seat is positioned on the upper side of the stationary bottom plate and a shunting position where the rear seat is shunted into a rear leg room provided on the front lower side of the stationary bottom plate, and also for holding the expansion bottom plate at a storage position where the expansion bottom plate is placed out of the upper side of the leg room and an expansion position where the expansion bottom plate is positioned on the upper side of the leg room.	06-23-2011

Takao Kawabata, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110156420	PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed, wherein the cargo bed is expandable forward and has a screen shield for partitioning at a front end thereof. The rear seat has a seat bottom for the rear seat detachably attached to a rear seat attaching portion provided on a vehicle body. The screen shield has a seat holding portion to which the seat bottom detached from the rear seat attaching portion is attachable.	06-30-2011
20110156423	PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed in this order from front, a cabin frame surrounding a riding space, and a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction to the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. The screen shield is directly or indirectly supported by a swinging shaft provided on a vehicle body and is swingable between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state.	06-30-2011
20110156426	PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a driver's seat, a seat next to the driver's seat, one or more passenger seats behind the driver's seat, and a cargo bed. Each of all the passenger seats and the seat next to the driver's seat is independently changeable between a first state in which the seat is seatable and a second state in which the seat is retracted so that an occupied space of the seat is used as part of the cargo bed. Preferably, a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a riding space in front of the cargo bed is provided. The screen shield is divided into left and right screen shield members.	06-30-2011

Takashi Kawabata, Hasuda-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090105724	MEDICAL APPARATUS FOR INSERTION INTO BODY CAVITY - A medical apparatus for insertion into a body cavity which comprises an elastic linear body and delivers the distal tip to the predesignated object portion in a living organ, wherein the elastic linear body comprises a plurality of curved portions between the proximal end and the distal end, and at least one pair of adjacent curved portions are present on different planes which intersect each other. The apparatus can spontaneously control the direction thereof, and the distal tip can be delivered to the predesignated object portion in a living organ accurately and easily by pushing the apparatus into a body cavity.	04-23-2009

Takashi Kawabata, Ebina-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110142485	CLEANING DEVICE, CHARGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes: a brush that has numerous bristles rotating and contacting to the surface of an image carrier, a removing member disposed so as to contact to the numerous bristles and removes a developer adhering to the numerous bristles by elastically deforming the numerous bristles and further returning the numerous deformed bristles back to normal, and a transport member disposed lower than the removing member in the gravitational direction and transports the developer removed with the removing member by rotating on an axis, wherein at least a part of the developer removed from the numerous bristles falls to a farther position than the axis of the transport member from the brush in the horizontal direction.	06-16-2011

Tatsuo Kawabata, Susono-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100173226	FUEL CELL - A fuel cell in which stress that is caused in an electrolyte membrane is relaxed or absorbed is provided. The fuel cell includes A fuel cell includes an electrolyte membrane; a holding member that is used to hold the electrolyte membrane; and an elastic member that is arranged between the electrolyte membrane and the holding member so that the holding member holds the electrolyte membrane.	07-08-2010

Tatsuo Kawabata, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100003565	FUEL CELL AND GASKET - The polymer electrolyte fuel cell of the invention includes: an electrolyte membrane that is made of a solid polymer; catalyst electrode layers that are arranged and formed on two opposed faces of the electrolyte membrane; gas separators that form reactive gas supply flow paths to allow passage of reactive gases subjected to an electrochemical reaction to the catalyst electrode layers; a holder element that is located on periphery of the electrolyte membrane and the catalyst electrode layers to support at least the electrolyte membrane; an expansion element that is linked with the holder element to be expandable in an electrolyte membrane surface direction; and a fixation element that is linked with the expansion element to be fixed to the gas separators. This arrangement effectively prevents deterioration of the electrolyte membrane, due to expansion or contraction of the electrolyte membrane in the polymer electrolyte fuel cell.	01-07-2010

Tatsuya Kawabata, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090299104	CATALYST FOR PARTIAL OXIDATION OF OLEFIN, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING ALKYLENE OXIDE - A catalyst for partial oxidation of olefin, which comprises silver or silver oxide and an alkali metal or a compound thereof supported on an α-alumina carrier containing silicon or a compound thereof, wherein the silicon or the compound thereof exists at a position substantially identical to that of a particle of the alkali metal or the compound thereof, a preparation method thereof, and a process for preparing olefin oxide which comprises subjecting olefin to vapor-phase oxidation with a molecular oxygen-containing gas in the presence of the catalyst.	12-03-2009

Tomoaki Kawabata, Takahama-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110116939	ROTARY PUMP DEVICE AND VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM - A first and a second rotary pumps are provided in a first pump casing of a pump body, which is inserted into a cylindrical recessed portion of a housing	05-19-2011
20110116949	STRUCTURE FOR COUPLING ROTARY SHAFTS AND PUMP DEVICE OF ROTARY TYPE - An object of the invention is to provide a structure for coupling two rotary shafts, which can be made smaller in size. A driving shaft for pumps is rotatably supported by a first bearing and a second bearing, while a rotary shaft of an electric motor is rotatably supported by the second bearing and a third bearing. Each one end of the driving shaft and the rotary shaft is inserted into the common second bearing, so that rotation of the rotary shaft is transmitted to the driving shaft.	05-19-2011

Tomoaki Kawabata, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090139058	Hinge Apparatus and Foldable Electronic Device - A hinge apparatus of the present invention comprises a first rotational shaft which rotates a first casing and a second casing relative to each other from a state where the first and second casings are folded down, and opens the first and second casings in a vertical direction, a second rotational shaft which rotates the first casing and the second casing relative to each other in a horizontal direction, a coupling member which couples the first rotational shaft and the second rotational shaft together, with an end portion of the first rotational shaft being overlapped with an end portion of the second rotational shaft, and an engagement member which allows either one rotational shaft of the first rotational shaft and the second rotational shaft to engage with the other rotational shaft, thereby restricting a rotation of the other rotational shaft when the one rotational shaft rotates.	06-04-2009

Tomohiro Kawabata, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100001604	Motor-mounting structure and actuator for vehicle - A motor-mounting structure includes a case (	01-07-2010

Tomoyuki Kawabata, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090142982	Biodegradable Polymer, Production Method Thereof, Molded Product Thereof, and Use Thereof - The problem of the invention is to provide a novel biodegradable polymer without water solubility (hygroscopicity), but with moldability and excellent water disintegratability and biodegradability, a production method thereof, a molded product thereof and applications thereof. The biodegradable polymer of the invention is a biodegradable polymer having one or more imine bonds within a molecule, characterized in that the imine bond constitutes part of a main chain structure of the biodegradable polymer. The biodegradable polymer preferably comprises a biodegradable unit and an imine unit having one or more imine bonds and has a chemical structure, in which the biodegradable units are linked by the imine unit.	06-04-2009

Toru Kawabata, Gunma JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080237035	Air cleaning apparatus - There is disclosed an air cleaning apparatus usable regardless of seasons, weather, environmental conditions and the like. The air cleaning apparatus brings air to be treated into contact with a cleaning solution including active oxygen species to purify the air to be treated includes a water tank which stores the cleaning solution, and a temperature controller which controls a temperature of the cleaning solution stored in the water tank. The temperature controller includes a heat exchanger as a cooling/heating unit which cools or heats the cleaning solution stored in the water tank, and controls the temperature of the cleaning solution into 0° C. or more to 40° C. or less.	10-02-2008
20090283464	WATER FEED DEVICE - There is disclosed a water feed device capable of adding mineral components to for-treatment water in accordance with user's request to feed a variety of water including the mineral components from soft water to hard water. Furthermore, there is disclosed a water feed device capable of selecting a treatment function to be performed with respect to the for-treatment water in accordance with the type of water for use as the for-treatment water, a use situation and a purpose, to perform an optimum treatment. A water feed device S of the present invention includes a mineral addition treatment unit which has one or more mineral components and which adds the mineral components to the for-treatment water; and a control unit which has data concerning the one or more mineral components of mineral water and which controls the addition of the mineral components by the mineral addition treatment unit in accordance with the selected mineral water.	11-19-2009

Toshio Kawabata, Shiga-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100245013	MULTILAYER ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A multilayer electronic component is provided which includes layers composed of different materials and bonded together and which is capable of suppressing the occurrence of delamination at a bonded portion between the layers composed of different materials. A magnetic first layer is composed of a material with relatively high magnetic permeability. A second magnetic layer is composed of a material with relatively low magnetic permeability. Boundary magnetic layers are provided between the two magnetic layers and include a partial magnetic layer composed of the same material as the first magnetic layer and a partial magnetic layer composed of the same material as the second magnetic layer. The partial magnetic layers are provided to be adjacent to each other in the boundary magnetic layers.	09-30-2010

Yasuyo Kawabata, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090168036	EXPOSURE APPARATUS, STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR SETTING UP APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus of the present invention is configured to expose a pattern on an original onto a wafer via a projection lens system	07-02-2009

Yoshifumi Kawabata, Himeji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090013653	Currency sorter - A currency sorter has: take-in means (	01-15-2009
20100185317	VARIABLE MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VARIABLE MEDIUM PROCESSING METHOD - A valuable-medium processing apparatus includes a receptacle in which valuable mediums are put; an escrow unit that temporarily holds the valuable mediums; a storage unit that stores therein the valuable mediums; a transporting unit including a holding route in which the valuable mediums put in the receptacle are temporarily held in the escrow unit and then transported to the storage unit, and a non-holding route in which the valuable mediums put in the receptacle are transported to the storage unit without being held in the escrow unit; and a control unit that, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, controls the transporting unit to determine a transporting route by selecting one of the holding route and the non-holding route, and transport the valuable mediums via the determined route.	07-22-2010

Yoshihiro Kawabata, Gunma JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090031559	ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MOUNTING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - The invention is directed to manufacturing a divided board without wasting an electronic component by judging whether or not a shortage of electronic components of a given type to be mounted on divided board portions will occur during the mounting before mounting electronic components on the divided board. A printed board having three board portions is carried onto an XY table from a supply conveyer and positioned by positioning means. Then, for each of component feeding units, a CPU judges whether or not the number of remaining electronic components is smaller than the number of necessary electronic components for manufacturing all the divided board portions. When the number is judged smaller, for example, when the number of remaining electronic components of Fdr. No. “102” is judged to be two that is less than three, the CPU calculates that the number of manufacturable divided board portions is two. The CPU then decides that the divided board portions on the left side and in the middle are to be manufactured, adds “S” to a skip code space of a step number	02-05-2009

Yoshikazu Kawabata, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100062277	FRICTIONALLY PRESS-BONDED MEMBER - A frictionally press-bonded member includes a steel pipe, and a stab. The steel pipe has opposite ends. The stab is frictionally press-bonded to at least one of the opposite ends of the steel pipe. The steel pipe is subjected to a normalizing treatment before being frictionally press-bonded to the stab.	03-11-2010

Yuichiro Kawabata, Yamaguchi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100233485	Photochromic Optical Element - [Problems] To prevent or reduce the problem wherein color development and fading in expected color tones do not occur in an optical element that includes a photochromic coat layer containing alkylamino group-containing photochromic compounds and/or dialkylamino group-containing photochromic compounds in a high concentration and a hard coat layer formed on the photochromic coat layer.	09-16-2010

Yukiko Kawabata, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100286872	PARKING ASSISTING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a parking assist apparatus	11-11-2010

Yusaku Kawabata, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110175536	LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device includes a substrate and a planar light source portion including a plurality of LED chips arrayed on the substrate. The planar light source portion faces an illumination space (space to be illuminated) by a predetermined opening area. The plurality of LED chips are arrayed on the substrate such that the mounting density with respect to the opening area is not less than 3/cm	07-21-2011