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| 20080239580 | Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of manufacturing same, the magnetic head including pole layer and two shields that sandwich the pole layer - A magnetic head incorporates: a medium facing surface; a coil; a pole layer; first and second shields disposed to sandwich the pole layer therebetween; a first gap layer disposed between the first shield and the pole layer; a second gap layer disposed between the second shield and the pole layer; and a substrate. The first shield is located closer to the substrate than the second shield. The magnetic head further incorporates an antireflection film disposed between the first shield and the first gap layer or between the first gap layer and the pole layer. The pole layer is formed by frame plating. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080247087 | Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of manufacturing same, the magnetic head incuding pole layer and two shields sandwiching the pole layer - A magnetic head incorporates: a medium facing surface; a coil; a pole layer; first and second shields disposed to sandwich the pole layer therebetween; a first gap layer disposed between the first shield and the pole layer; a second gap layer disposed between the second shield and the pole layer; and a substrate. The first shield is located closer to the substrate than the second shield. The first shield has a first layer and a second layer disposed between the first layer and the first gap layer. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080273273 | Thin-film magnetic head including two magnetic layers and flat spiral coil, and method of manufacturing same - A thin-film magnetic head includes a first magnetic layer, a flat, spiral-shaped coil, a toroidal-shaped insulating layer covering the coil, and a second magnetic layer touching the insulating layer and disposed to sandwich part of the coil between itself and the first magnetic layer. The second magnetic layer has a recessed portion that enters a space inside the insulating layer. In the recessed portion, the bottom surface of the second magnetic layer includes a first flat portion a part of which touches the top surface of the first magnetic layer, while the top surface of the second magnetic layer includes a second flat portion located in the space and substantially parallel to the first flat portion. In a cross section that divides each of the first and second magnetic layers into two equal portions, the second flat portion is 0.3 to 6 μm in length, and a distance from an edge of the interface between the top surface of the first magnetic layer and the first flat portion closer to the medium facing surface to an edge of the top surface of the first magnetic layer farther from the medium facing surface is 0.35 to 0.95 times the length of the first flat portion. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090052094 | Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of manufacturing the same, the magnetic head including pole layer and two shields sandwiching the pole layer - A magnetic head includes a pole layer, a first and a second shield disposed to sandwich the pole layer, and a nonmagnetic layer disposed around the first shield. The pole layer includes a first portion having an end face located in a medium facing surface, and a second portion that is located farther from the medium facing surface than is the first portion. The second portion is greater in thickness than the first portion. A bottom surface of the second portion is located closer to a substrate than is a bottom surface of the first portion. The first shield has a first top surface portion opposed to the bottom surface of the first portion with the first gap layer in between. The nonmagnetic layer has a second top surface portion opposed to the bottom surface of the second portion with the first gap layer in between. A difference in level is formed between the first and the second top surface portion such that the second top surface portion is located closer to the substrate than is the first top surface portion. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090273863 | Thin-film magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of making the same - A perpendicular recording thin-film magnetic head comprises a main magnetic pole having a tip main magnetic pole part extending in a height direction from a medium-opposing surface and a base main magnetic pole part connected to the tip main magnetic pole part on a side opposite from the medium-opposing surface side and wider than the tip main magnetic pole part in a track width direction; a return yoke extending in the height direction from the medium-opposing surface and magnetically coupling with the base main magnetic pole part at a position distanced from the medium-opposing surface in the height direction, while opposing the tip main magnetic pole part through a write gap layer in a bit length direction in the medium-opposing surface; and a main magnetic pole adjacent magnetic shield layer extending along at least part of side faces of the main magnetic pole other than the medium-opposing surface as seen in a laminating direction, while holding a nonmagnetic layer between the main magnetic pole and the main magnetic pole adjacent magnetic shield layer. | 11-05-2009 |
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| 20090193235 | TRANSFER SYSTEM, AND TRANSFER METHOD - In response to a transfer request, for which a loading time at a transfer source and a loading time at a transfer target are designated by a production controller, there is created a transfer scenario, which contains a basic transfer (From) from the transfer source to a buffer near the transfer target, for example, and a basic transfer (To) from the buffer to the transfer target. In order that the basic transfers (From, To) may be able to be executed, the buffer is reserved, and a transfer vehicle is allocated. The time period for the transfer vehicle to run to the transfer source or the buffer and the time period for the transfer vehicle to run from the transfer source or the buffer are estimated to assign a transfer command to the transfer vehicle. The possibility that the loading and the loading time may deviate from a designated period is evaluated. In case this possibility is high, a production controller is informed that a just-in-time transfer is difficult. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090208313 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND TRANSPORT METHOD - A transport scenario composed of a basic transport (From) from a transport starting point to, e.g., a buffer near the transport destination point and a basic transport (To) from the buffer to the transport destination point is created in response to a transport request of a production controller for transport whose loading times at the transport starting point and at the transport destination point are specified. The buffer is reserved so as to perform the basic transport (From) and the basic transport (To), transport vehicles are allocated, the travel time to the transport starting point or the buffer and the travel time from the transport starting point or the buffer are estimated, and transport instructions are given to the transport vehicles. The possibility that the loading times are out of the specified period is evaluated. If the possibility is larger, the impossibility of a just-in-time transport is notified to the production controller. | 08-20-2009 |
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| 20090108987 | SLIDING DOOR APPARATUS AND ELEVATOR - In a sliding door apparatus, a first entrance is opened and closed by a first door, and a second entrance that faces the first entrance is opened and closed by a second door. Imaging means that captures images across a space between the first entrance and the second entrance is disposed beside the space. An image processing and determining portion determines presence or absence of an obstruction inside the space based on image data from the imaging means. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090147321 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - An image sensing apparatus having a large depth of focus (DOF) and being compact in size is provided. The image sensing apparatus includes a plurality of light sources that shines light beams on an illumination portion of a document; a first mirror that receives incident light scattered by reflection from the document, to reflect the scattered light in the secondary scan direction; a plurality of first concaved aspheric mirrors that collimates light beams from the first mirror, to reflect therefrom the collimated light beams as substantially collimated light fluxes; an aperture mirror that reflects therefrom the light beams from the respective first aspheric mirrors, through apertures each having a light-shielded portion formed therearound and selectively passing the light beams therethrough; a plurality of second concaved aspheric mirrors that receives the light beams incident from the respective aperture mirror, to reflect the incident light beams as converging light beams; a second mirror that reflects the light beams in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the document, disposed on a path of the light beams to be converged by means of the second aspheric mirrors; a plurality of light receivers each having a light-receiving area that receives the light beams from the second mirrors, to form images according to the light beams from the respective apertures; and a casing where the first and second aspheric mirrors are disposed on a first side of the casing in the secondary scan direction, and the aperture mirror is disposed on a second side thereof in the secondary scan direction. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100284045 | IMAGE-SCANNING DEVICE - An image-scanning device having a large depth of field and being small in size. The image-scanning device includes a plurality of cells and an image pickup device that is located so as to correspond to the cells and that picks-up the formed images. Each cell includes a first lens having a first focal length; an aperture member located at the first focal length from the first lens; and a second lens located at a second focal length shorter than the first focal length, with respect to the image pickup device. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110038019 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a light source, an imaging optics system, an image pickup device unit, a memory, and a processor. The imaging optics system condenses scattered light reflected on an object to be imaged to form condensed light as an image. The imaging optics system includes plural cells arranged in a main scanning direction and each of which is an independent imaging optics system. Each of the cells includes a telecentric optics system at the document side. Two rows of cells are arranged in a sub-scanning direction. The cells in the rows are arranged zigzag in the main scanning direction to complement a formed image by the cells in the sub-scanning direction. The image pickup device unit is arranged to correspond to each cell. The processor can form a document image by reconstructing and combining image information stored in the memory into an image. | 02-17-2011 |
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| 20120135263 | METAL PLATE TO BE HEATED BY RADIANT HEAT TRANSFER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METAL PROCESSED PRODUCT HAVING PORTION WITH DIFFERENT STRENGTH AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - On part of a surface of a metal plate that is to be heated by radiant heat transfer with a near-infrared ray, a region where reflectance for a radiant ray is made lower than that of the original surface of the metal plate is formed. As reflectance reducing treatment, painting or thermal spraying in a blackish color, plating in a blackish color, treatment for increasing roughness of the surface of the metal plate, blasting, etching, blackening, surface layer quality changing treatment of the metal plate, or the like can be adopted. The metal plate is turned into a heated metal plate partially having a different temperature by being heated by radiant heat transfer, and thereafter, the heated metal plate is subjected to thermal processing accompanied by cooling, for example, by hot stamping. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136640 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING COLLISION PERFORMANCE OF VEHICLE MEMBER, AND MEMBER COLLISION TEST DEVICE USED FOR SAME - A performance evaluation method of a vehicle member includes a calculation process for performing an analysis using a partial structure CAE model modeling a module where a member of a vehicle to be evaluated and a collision test device for conducting a collision test on the member are combined, and obtaining a value of a collision performance evaluation parameter in the partial structure CAE model; a calculation process for determining a boundary condition of the partial structure CAE model; a calculation process for determining a test condition of a member collision test device based on the boundary condition of the partial structure CAE model; and a test process for conducting a collision test using a physical member collision test device and a physical member, based on the set condition of the member collision test device. | 05-31-2012 |
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| 20090131666 | ACYLAMINOPIPERIDINE COMPOUND - [Problem] To provide a compound which has an excellent activity to modulate the functions of CCR4 or TARC and/or MDC and can be used for the prevention and/or treatment of various inflammatory diseases, allergic diseases, autoimmune diseases and the like.
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| 20100085847 | Optical head device and reading system for multi-layered optical recording medium - A recording and reading system for a multi-layered optical recording medium includes: a multi-layered optical recording medium including a plurality of recording layers and a single servo layer; and an optical head. The optical head includes a recording and reading objective lens of a signal recording and reading optical system and a servo objective lens of a servo signal detection optical system that are disposed on a common actuator. The recording and reading objective lens is mounted on the common actuator through a minute-drive apparatus so as to be minutely driven in a focusing direction relative to the servo objective lens. When the servo objective lens is focused on the servo layer, a reading light beam is quickly focused on a target one of the plurality of recording layers. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100103799 | Optical head device and optical recording and reading system - An optical head device (optical head) for a multi-layered optical recording medium has a focus control mechanism that makes use of astigmatism. The focus control mechanism has a sensor lens that includes a cylindrical lens. The focus control mechanism causes a light beam having passed through the sensor lens to have astigmatism, thereby being focused linearly in the Y direction on a front focal line located closer to the sensor lens and focused linearly in the X direction at a rear focal line located farther therefrom. The optical head also includes a photodetector which is disposed between the front focal line and the rear focal line to detect a focal position from the shape of a light beam. At the position of the front focal line, a shield plate with a window portion is disposed. The window portion has a size so as to allow the focal line to pass therethrough and shield stray light reflected from an unfocused recording layer. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100224767 | PHOTODETECTOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND PHOTODETECTION SYSTEM - A photodetector used in, for example, an optical pickup device includes: a photodetection unit including a plurality of photodetection elements and provided on a semiconductor chip; a light transmitting unit formed on the upper surface of the photodetection unit; and a light shielding layer having an optical aperture and disposed on the upper surface of the light transmitting unit, with these components being formed integrally. The light transmitting unit is configured such that the distance between the optical aperture and the photodetection unit is maintained constant, and the optical aperture is formed such that the inner portion of an incident light beam passes therethrough. The positioning of the photodetector and the positioning of the optical aperture such as a pinhole or a slit for adjusting the light beam entering the photodetection elements of the photodetector can be made at the same time. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110105460 | TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE OR SALT THEREOF - [Problem] A compound, which can be used for preventing or treating diseases, in which 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD1) is concerned, in particular, diabetes, insulin resistance, dementia, schizophrenia and depression, is provided. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110118311 | AZOLE COMPOUND - A compound which is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treating neuropathic pain is provided. The present inventors have made extensive studies on compounds having an FAAH inhibitory activity, and as a result, have found that an azole compound substituted with an N-(pyridine-3-yl)oxycarbonyl-piperidin-4-yl group and a phenyl group or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has an excellent FAAH inhibitory activity, thereby completing the present invention. The compound of the present invention is confirmed to have an excellent FAAH inhibitory activity and an antiallodynic effect in rat models with neuropathic pain, and thus is useful as an agent for preventing and/or an agent for treating neuropathic pain. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110286732 | LENS DRIVING APPARATUS - A lens driving apparatus has a lens portion | 11-24-2011 |
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| 20090068904 | Mold case attached with retainer - To prevent from being destructed by an external force in a retainer attached mold case of a plug connector including an insulating member having aligned containing holes containing contacts, a shield case surrounding around the insulating member, a substantially cylindrical mold case incorporating these therein and having slits for grounding at two side walls thereof and an elastic daw with a lock portion and a lock release portion at an upper face, and a retainer for dosing a rear end opening of the mold case excluding a cable inserting portion, a locking projection is projected to a rear side from a rear end portion of the elastic daw, and a float preventing piece for preventing the elastic daw from being floated up by engaging with the locking projection is projected from a front end portion of the retainer. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090280684 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector capable of being assembled at improved efficiency. The connector includes an insulative housing having contact accommodation portions, which are closed by a cover member having lock means. Contacts with which a cable is connected are received in the contact accommodation portions of the housing. The housing is fabricated integrally with the cover member via a hinge. The cover member closes openings in the accommodation portions. The lock means has engagement pawls standing upright from the upper surface of the housing. When the accommodation portions are dosed, the engagement pawls come into engagement with engagement portions formed in the cover member. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090280686 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector having a contact connection portion electrically shielded better than heretofore. The connector is reduced in size and cost. The connector has contacts connected with a signal line, an insulative housing, and a metal shell surrounding and electrically shielding the housing except for a connection portion that is a region necessary for connection with a mating member. The housing has accommodation portions for receiving the contacts. A part of the metal shell has a shielding wall surface surrounding the entire outer periphery of a peripheral wall forming the connection portion of the housing with a given gap therebetween. The four sides of the shielding wall surface have lock portions by which the receptacle connector of the mating member is engaged and anchored. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090280700 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector is offered which has a crimp contact connected with a connector cable, the crimp contact being held in position to a connector housing without rattling. The crimp contact has sidewall surfaces of U-shaped cross section. The sidewall surfaces are located on opposite sides. The sidewall surfaces have outwardly facing engagement protrusions. The connector housing has a connector body and a disengagement-preventing cover for closing a top portion of the connector body to prevent the crimp contact from coming off upward after the crimp contact has been mounted in the connector body. The connector body has engagement portions in which the protrusions of the crimp contact are inserted and received perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the connector cable. The protrusions are engaged in the engagement portions. The disengagement-preventing cover is mounted to the connector body via a hinge such that the cover can be opened and closed. | 11-12-2009 |
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| 20080306492 | CLIPPING INSTRUMENT FOR AN ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL DEVICE - A clipping instrument for an endoscope is provided. The clipping instrument includes a flexible sheath, an operation wire, which can be forwarded and retracted in an axial direction of the flexible sheath, at least one detachable clip assembly, including a pair of openable and closable clipping arms which can be projected forward to open outside the flexible sheath and to be closed to clip onto a treatment object outside the flexible sheath according to forwarding and retracting movements of the operation wire, and frictional members, which can generate frictional resistance between each other inside the flexible sheath. The frictional resistance is generated while the clipping arms of the clip assembly are forwarded by the forwarding movement of the operation wire to project out of the flexible sheath to be fully opened. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080306493 | CLIPPING INSTRUMENT FOR AN ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL DEVICE - A clipping instrument for an endoscope is provided. The clipping instrument includes a flexible sheath, an operation wire, at least one detachable clip assembly, including a pair of openable and closable clipping arms and a fastening ring to encircle proximal portions of the clipping arms, arranged in vicinity of a distal end portion of the flexible sheath. The clipping arms can be projected forward and rotated in opening directions to open outside the flexible sheath to self-openable positions, and to be rotated in closing directions to clip onto a treatment object outside the flexible sheath according to forwarding and retracting movements of the fastening ring through the operation wire. The the pair of clipping arms are configured to be respectively rotatable about an axis independently from the movement of the fastening ring by external force and can be further opened extendedly from the self-openable position by the external force. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080312665 | CLIPPING INSTRUMENT FOR AN ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL DEVICE - A clipping instrument for an endoscope is provided. The clipping instrument includes a flexible sheath, an operation wire, at least one detachable clip assembly, including a pair of clipping arms and a fastening ring. The clipping arms are configured to be projected forward to open outside the flexible sheath and to be closed to clip onto a treatment object outside the flexible sheath according to movements of the fastening ring. The clipping instrument further includes a sleeve formed to have a plurality of slits and a blade spring piece to be attached to the sleeve. The sleeve includes a plurality of blade springs, each of which is settled in one of the plurality of the slits of the sleeve when the blade spring piece is attached to the sleeve. The plurality of blade springs can resiliently hold the detachable clip assembly in a posture with respect to the flexible sheath. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20100106167 | FLEXIBLE CLIP APPLIER - A clip applier includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. Further, the distal end of the shaft includes a flexible tool having at least two rails connected to each other by at least one jointed connection, and the at least two rails configured to rotate about the jointed connection. Additionally, a pair of jaws may be provided at a distal end of the flexible tool. Further, an actuator may be provided at the proximal end of the shaft to advance the surgical clip within the flexible tool. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100191257 | ACTUATOR AND DETACHABLE CONNECTOR OF FLEXIBLE CLIP APPLIER - A clip applier for deploying a surgical clip includes an actuator having a flexible wire and a collet chuck coupled to a piston. Further, actuation of the piston in a forward direction towards a distal end of the clip applier advances the flexible wire in the forward direction. | 07-29-2010 |
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| 20090067042 | In-vivo examination apparatus - When carrying out in vivo examination of a living organism, the behavior in the interior thereof is continuously observed with clear images. Provided is an in-vivo examination apparatus | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090301401 | IN-VIVO EXAMINATION APPARATUS - The present invention prevents the leakage of anesthetic gas, and enables in vivo observation of a specimen such as small laboratory animals over a long period of time. An in-vivo examination apparatus ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100128962 | VIRTUAL-SLIDE SPECIMEN IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS - The present invention is a virtual-slide specimen image acquisition apparatus that captures images by dividing a specimen into a plurality of sections, having a conveying device in which a plurality of specimens can be arranged and that conveys the plurality of the arranged specimens in a first direction by a distance corresponding to the length of a side along the first direction in one of the divided sections and at first time intervals and an image capturing device that has an image capturing portion for capturing images of the specimens magnified at a predetermined magnification and that scans the specimens conveyed to a predetermined position in a second direction, by a predetermined length at second time intervals, such that the image capturing portion captures images of all of the sections that are positioned identically in the first direction and that are positioned differently in the second direction perpendicular to the first direction. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110052017 | Processor for Pathologic Diagnosis and Processing System for Pathologic Diagnosis - The object is to enable a pathologist to appropriately conduct a diagnosis as well as enabling the pathologist to quickly proceed with the pathologic diagnosis. A processor for pathologic diagnosis comprises: a diagnosis receiver unit which receives identification information of a patient and diagnosis request information; a pathologist information storage unit which stores information of pathologists; a pathologist selection unit which makes an inquiry to the pathologist information storage unit based on the diagnosis request information received by the diagnosis receiver unit, and selects a pathologist suitable for the diagnosis request information; an image transmission, commander unit which issues a command to send digital image data of the patient stored in an image storage server, to a local server connected to a second network belonged to by a pathologist terminal used by the pathologist selected by the pathologist selection unit; and a diagnosis requesting unit which sends a request for diagnosis of the specimen of the patient, to the pathologist selected by the pathologist selection unit, after the digital image data has been sent to the local server by the image transmission commander unit. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110282213 | BIOLOGICAL OBSERVATION APPARATUS - Tumor tissue or the like that exists at a deep portion of a living organism far from an internal wall of a body cavity is observed. A biological observation apparatus ( | 11-17-2011 |
