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Keita Abe, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080290671	HANDLE APPARATUS - A handle apparatus is provided with: a handle base fixed to a door of a vehicle; a swing lever held inside the door and connected to the handle base to be vertically rotatable; a handle main body including an operation arm inserted inside the door through an arm insertion hole to drive the swing lever; a blocking piece on the swing lever for blocking the arm insertion hole from an inside of the door; and a rising piece protruding from a side edge of the blocking piece toward an outside of the door.	11-27-2008

Keita Abe, Hiratsuka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080246309	MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF IMPACT ABSORBING MEMBER AND METHOD OF MOUNTING SAME - An impact-absorbing member to be installed in a vehicle body component includes a main body positioned on an inner panel of the vehicle body component such that a portion of the main body is adjacent to an outboard surface of the inner panel, and a mount protruding from the main body to an opening in the inner panel such that the mount is adjacent to an inboard surface of the inner panel, wherein the impact-absorbing member is secured by gripping an edge portion of the inner panel surrounding the opening between the mount adjacent to the inboard surface and the portion of the main body adjacent to the outboard surface.	10-09-2008
20090256366	STRUCTURE FOR OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE OF VEHICLES - An outside handle assembly of a vehicle door includes an escutcheon disposed in the outer panel of the vehicle door, a handle body disposed at a vehicular outer side of the escutcheon, a first protection bracket disposed at the vehicular inner side of the escutcheon, the first protection bracket comprising an engaging hole configured to receive a key cylinder, and a second protection bracket disposed at the vehicular inner side of the escutcheon to cover a periphery of the key cylinder, wherein the second protection bracket is coupled to the inner panel of the vehicle door and comprises at least one support contacting the first protection bracket, and wherein the second protection bracket is arranged to receive an impact load exerted upon the first protection bracket toward the vehicular inner side.	10-15-2009
20100109379	MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF IMPACT ABSORBING MEMBER AND METHOD OF MOUNTING SAME - An impact-absorbing member to be installed in a vehicle body component includes a main body positioned on an inner panel of the vehicle body component such that a portion of the main body is adjacent to an outboard surface of the inner panel, and a mount protruding from the main body to an opening in the inner panel such that the mount is adjacent to an inboard surface of the inner panel, wherein the impact-absorbing member is secured by gripping an edge portion of the inner panel surrounding the opening between the mount adjacent to the inboard surface and the portion of the main body adjacent to the outboard surface.	05-06-2010

Keita Abe, Chiba-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090085460	FLUORESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A fluorescent display device includes a housing having with a glass substrate and a circuit board adhered to the inner surface of the glass substrate of the housing. The circuit board includes an anode formed of multiple anode conductors, control elements for controlling the anode conductors and a phosphor layer formed on the anode conductors. The fluorescent display further includes an electron source formed above the anode in the housing, from which electrons are bombarded to the phosphor layer corresponding to the anode conductors selected by the control elements so that a desired display can be obtained. An aluminum thin film with the aluminum area ratio within a range from 30 to 60% is formed on the inner surface of the glass substrate and the circuit board is fixed to the aluminum thin film via a die-bond material.	04-02-2009

Keita Arai, Nagano JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090288519	Method of Manufacturing Metal-Carbon Nanocomposite Material - A method of manufacturing a metal-carbon nanocomposite material in which aluminum is used as the matrix is disclosed. The manufacturing method comprises mixing a Si-coated carbon nanomaterial (	11-26-2009

Keita Arai, Hanishina-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090017293	Carbon nanocomposite material and method of manufacturing the same - A carbon nanocomposite material composed of a carbon nanomaterial and a film formed on the surface thereof is disclosed. The film contains the element Si. The average thickness of the film is 10 to 50 nm.	01-15-2009
20100064851	Method for manufacturing material for forming composite metal and method for manufacturing article formed from composite metal - A method for kneading a carbon nanomaterial with a metal material and manufacturing a composite-metal-forming material. A semi-molten metal material obtained by heating the metal material to a temperature of a region where a solid and a liquid are both present is kneaded with the carbon nanomaterial, and the composite metal material is obtained. The composite metal material is heated to the solution temperature of the metal material, and a solution treatment is performed, whereby the composite-metal-forming material is obtained.	03-18-2010
20100282429	Method for producing carbon nanocomposite metal material and method for producing metal article molded therefrom - A method for producing a carbon nanocomposite metal material with increased carbon nanomaterial dispersibility and increased binding between carbon nanomaterial and matrix metal stock is disclosed. A preform obtained by mixing a matrix metal stock and microparticulate-coated carbon nanomaterial without the need for a dispersant and then compacting the material is maintained for a set time period at a temperature that is at or above the melting point of the matrix metal stock. In this state, the heat-treated body is reduced to a temperature that allows hot working, and a compacting treatment is performed.	11-11-2010

Keita Fujii, Takasago-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100154434	Gas Turbine - Disclosed is a gas turbine enabling turn down operation, of which the system and the operation can be simplified, and also the production cost and the maintenance cost can be reduced. Specifically disclosed is a gas turbine comprising: a compressor section (	06-24-2010

Keita Hara, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100086439	CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE SENSING ELEMENT, CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE SENSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE SENSING ELEMENT - A chemical substance sensing element	04-08-2010
20100262034	GAS COMPONENT DETECTION DEVICE - There is provided a gas component detection device including: a gas introduction unit for introducing a specimen gas; a gas separation unit connected to the gas introduction unit; a flow path switching unit connected to the gas separation unit and having a plurality of connection flow paths for switching a flow path that is connected to the gas separation unit to any one of the plurality of connection flow paths; and a gas detection unit provided in at least one of the plurality of connection flow paths. The gas separation unit is preferably formed of a chromatography column having therein a flow path having a width and depth of micro order.	10-14-2010

Keita Harada, Shinagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090111288	Card Connector and Method of Assembling Same - A card connector is disclosed that includes a first housing configured to have a first card inserted thereinto to be attached thereto; a second housing configured to have a second card inserted thereinto to be attached thereto, the second housing being provided on the first housing; and multiple contact members for the second card combined with the first housing by insert molding, the contact members each having, at a first end, a contact arm part to come into contact with a terminal of the second card, and at a second end, a lead terminal part to be soldered to a pad on a board, wherein the contact arm parts are placed inside the second housing with the intermediate portions thereof fixed to part of the second housing.	04-30-2009
20100097176	INPUT DEVICE AND USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD - An input device having a given input screen includes a first unit that generates data indicating any one of a touch position, a touch area, and a touching time, the touch position being a position touched by an object, the touch area being an area touched by the object, and the touching time being a period touched by the object, a second unit that generates password codes based on any one of the touch position, the touch area, and the touching time, and a third unit that judges whether a user is an authorized user based on the password code. It is possible to generate password codes including data of any one of the touch position, the touch area, and the touching time. Accordingly, the password cannot be stolen by others, and the input device with which impersonation or spoofing is difficult and the password need not be input.	04-22-2010
20100248551	CARD CONNECTOR - A card connector includes a housing including an insertion part into which a card is to be inserted; and a switch mechanism including a movable terminal and multiple fixed terminals. The movable terminal is configured to deform elastically in response to being pressed by the card upon the insertion of the card into the insertion part. The fixed terminals are provided in a direction in which the movable terminal is displaced by the elastic deformation. The movable terminal is configured to be in contact with or out of contact with at least one of the fixed terminals based on the amount of displacement of the movable terminal according to the presence or absence of the card in the insertion part and the shape of the card.	09-30-2010

Keita Hattori, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090148156	OPTICAL TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING ABNORMALITY OR FAILURE OF THE OPTICAL TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING APPARATUS - An optical transmitting and receiving apparatus	06-11-2009
20100037008	APPARATUS WITH A FLASH MEMORY AND METHOD FOR WRITING DATA TO THE FLASH MEMORY THEREOF - An apparatus	02-11-2010

Keita Hayashi, Gifu-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090252377	MOBILE OBJECT RECOGNIZING DEVICE, MOBILE OBJECT RECOGNIZING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREOF - A mobile object recognizing device comprises a camera (	10-08-2009

Keita Ikeue, Kumamoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100016149	OXYGEN STORAGE/RELEASE MATERIAL AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING CATALYST COMPRISING THE SAME - There is provided an oxygen storage/release material using a rare earth oxysulfate or oxysulfide, which has a high oxygen storage/release capacity even at lower temperatures. The oxygen storage/release material of the present invention comprises a compound consisting of Pr	01-21-2010
20100130350	OXYGEN STORAGE/RELEASE MATERIAL AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING CATALYST COMPRISING THE SAME - There is provided an oxygen storage/release material using a rare earth oxysulfate or oxysulfide, which has a high oxygen storage/release capacity even at lower temperatures. The oxygen storage/release material of the present invention comprises a compound consisting of Pr	05-27-2010

Keita Iritsuki, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100119910	FUEL CELL STACK STRUCTURE - A fuel cell stack structure includes, for example, a plurality of unit cells each having an aperture formed therethrough. A first fuel cell stack is formed by stacking the plurality of unit cells in a stacking direction and has an internal manifold opening defined by the apertures. A fluid passage within the cell for flowing a fluid that flows within the internal manifold is configured and arranged to flow the fluid in a plane generally perpendicular to the stacking direction of the unit cell. The structure also includes an external manifold having an external passage for supplying the fluid to the internal manifold, wherein the fluid flowing within the external passage creates a vortex proximal to the internal manifold by an external manifold surface facing a flow direction of the fluid.	05-13-2010

Keita Ishii, Kokubunji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080248413	LIQUID DEVELOPING AGENT, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DISPLAY DEVICE - On the surface of a core particle of a toner particle, a silane coupling agent treatment layer, a coating layer of thermoplastic resin microparticles applied to the core particle and a charge control agent added to the coating layer through the silane coupling agent treatment layer are provided, wherein the toner particle has a particle diameter of 1 to 10 μm, or on the surface of a core particle of a toner particle, a coating layer of thermoplastic resin microparticles and a charge control agent added to the coating layer and made of an organic compound containing at least one type of lanthanoid metal are provided, or on a ZnS type fluorescent body core particle, a coating layer of thermoplastic resin microparticles and a charge control agent added to the coating layer and including a metal compound containing the IIA metal or IIIA group metal are provided.	10-09-2008
20090117260	PHOSPHOR SURFACE TREATING METHOD AND FLAT DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An organic acid metal salt is brought into contact with and adhered to phosphor particles, thereby forming phosphor particles each having an organic acid metal salt layer on the surface. When forming a phosphor layer by using the phosphor particles, sintering is performed, and the organic acid metal salt layer is changed into a metal oxide film.	05-07-2009

Keita Ishikawa, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110013245	Image display device, head-mounted display, and light beam expanding device - Disclosed herein is an image display device including a light source and a scanner. The scanner includes (a) a first mirror on which a light beam emitted from the light source is incident, (b) a first light deflector on which the light beam output from the first mirror is incident and that outputs collimated light forming a first output angle depending on a first incident angle of the light beam in association with the pivoting of the first mirror, (c) a second mirror on which the collimated light output from the first light deflector is incident, and (d) a second light deflector on which the collimated light output from the second mirror is incident and that outputs collimated light forming a second output angle depending on a second incident angle of the collimated light in association with the pivoting of the second mirror.	01-20-2011

Keita Ito, Himeji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090071793	COIN DEPOSITING AND DISPENSING MACHINE - A coin depositing and dispensing machine automatically returning coins remaining on a passage in case an error-stop during depositing operation. The coins on the passage are transported by the transporting unit for depositing in a reverse transporting direction reverse to the depositing and transporting direction, one coin in a sorting passage is transported to the upstream side from a rejecting portion. Then, the coins on the passage are transported by the transporting unit for depositing in the depositing and transporting direction, and eliminated by the rejecting portion. While the coins on the passage are transported by the transporting unit for depositing alternately in the depositing and transporting direction and the reverse transporting direction, the coins in the sorting passage are eliminated by the rejecting portion one by one.	03-19-2009

Keita Itoh, Fujisawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100278516	VIDEO RECORDER AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A RECORDING TIME - A video recording apparatus, wherein the electronic program table data of a broadcast program is acquired, and in response to a recording instruction for the broadcast program while viewing, the broadcast end time of the broadcast program recorded is acquired from the electronic program table data, so that the video information is recorded until the program end time from the time of the recording instruction. In the case where the broadcast program is delayed, the sum of the broadcast end time of the broadcast program to be recorded and a predetermined delay time is determined as the recording end time. From the time of the recording instruction to the program end time, the video information is recorded.	11-04-2010

Keita Iwasaki, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110074198	SEAT AND SEAT CONTROL METHOD - A seat includes a seat main body; first and second adjustable portions, each of which is provided on the seat main body and is placed in an adjustable state by operating force; an operating member which is displaced in a predetermined range; a first operating force transmitting portion for transmitting the operating force of the operating member to the first adjustable portion when the operating member is displaced in a first range; a second operating force transmitting portion for transmitting the operating force of the operating member to the second adjustable portion when the operating member is displaced in a second range; and an operation reaction force avoiding portion for keeping the first adjustable portion in the state that it is in when the operating member is displaced in the first range, when the operating member is displaced in the second range, by the input operating force.	03-31-2011

Keita Kawai, Toyohashi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110050025	DIRECT-CURRENT MOTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE DIRECT-CURRENT MOTOR - A motor is provided that includes magnetic poles, an armature core, armature coils, a commutator, and power supply brushes. The armature core includes teeth arranged in the circumferential direction to extend in a radial pattern. The armature coils include inner layer coils and outer layer coils. Each of the inner layer coils is wound around radially proximal end portions of two circumferentially adjacent teeth or a radially proximal end portion of one of the teeth. The inner layer coils are arranged in the circumferential direction without overlapping each other in the radial direction. Each of the outer layer coils is wound around radially distal end portions of two circumferentially adjacent teeth by distributed winding. The outer layer coils are arranged radially outward of the inner layer coils and are arranged in the circumferential direction without overlapping each other in the radial direction. The circumferential center of the inner layer coils and the circumferential center of the outer layer coils are displaced in the circumferential direction.	03-03-2011

Keita Kimura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080225138	Camera - A camera includes: an image obtaining unit that obtains an object image obtained by capturing an image of an object and a dust reference image obtained by capturing an image of dust that adheres on an image sensor or a protecting member protecting the image sensor; a recording unit that records the object image and data concerning the dust reference image in correlation to each other; a dust removing unit that physically removes the dust adhering on the image sensor or the protecting member. The recording unit is configured such that when the dust is removed by the dust removing unit, the recording unit stops correlating the object image captured after the removal to the data concerning the dust reference image already captured.	09-18-2008
20080285891	Image processing device, method and program - A marker corresponding to an editing state at an arbitrary point in time of image data being edited is stored in memory. The image of an arbitrary editing state can be displayed by a user selecting the displayed marker. The original image data is not updated. When saving the image data file, the saved editing state at an arbitrary point of time can be saved as a single file together with the original image data. By selecting a plurality of markers, images corresponding to a plurality of processing states can be displayed simultaneously. A marker can be used to create a new image data file of a desired processing state, or a plurality of markers can be selected to create a plurality of new image data files. Image data can be displayed as thumbnail images, and thumbnail images and ordinary images can be concurrently displayed.	11-20-2008
20090138533	Electronic album providing system and file providing system - The electronic album providing system, with which publishing and viewing of an electronic album by a system user is possible, includes: a first decision unit that detects whether or not a designated reader who has been designated by a publisher has viewed the album, and that decides that a first condition has become valid when a number of persons who have completed viewing to a total number of the designated readers reaches a predetermined value; a second decision unit that decides that a second condition has become valid when a time limit for publishing the album that has been set in advance arrives; and a deletion unit that performs deletion control of the album when at least one of the first condition and the second condition becomes valid.	05-28-2009

Keita Kumokiri, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100221024	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an image formation unit, a conveying unit and controller. The image formation unit includes a rotating photoreceptor, a latent image formation unit, a developing unit, a first transfer unit, and a second transfer unit. Regardless of forming or not forming on the photoreceptor a belt-shaped image which is not being transferred onto a recording medium, the controller controls the image forming unit such that formation of an image quality adjusting image that is not transferred to the recording medium starts from a predetermined position in a rotational direction of the photoreceptor, and such that the recorded image is formed further downstream in the rotational direction of the photoreceptor than an image quality adjusting image region.	09-02-2010
20100328710	CONTROLLER, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A controller includes: a sub-control substrate that includes a first memory storing first control information to be used for controlling at least one of a plurality of modules of a processing apparatus, and controls the at least one of the plurality of modules by using the stored first control information while the controller is connected to the processing apparatus; and a main control substrate that includes a second memory and controls an operation of the sub-control substrate; and wherein: if a first operation is performed, the main control substrate acquires second control information that is to be used for controlling at least one of the plurality of modules and is determined from the first control information, and stores the acquired second control information in the second memory, when the controller is connected to the processing apparatus, and a second operation is performed, the main control substrate supplies the second control information stored in the second memory to another controller included in the processing apparatus, and stores the second control information in the another controller.	12-30-2010
20100329722	IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-FORMING METHOD - An image-forming apparatus includes: a forming unit that forms an image on an image holder that is a rotating body holding an image; a measuring unit that measures a rotation amount of the image holder with reference to a certain position on the image holder; a determining unit that: identifies a position on the image holder from which an image is to be formed by the forming unit, according to the rotation amount measured by the measuring unit; if, while a plurality of images are successively formed on the image holder, an image for density correction is to be formed, postpones forming of the image for density correction until a timing arrives at which one image of the plurality of images is to be formed from a predetermined position on the image holder, and when the timing arrives at which the one image of the plurality of images is to be formed from the predetermined position on the image holder, determines to start forming of the image for density correction from the predetermined position, instead of forming the one image of the plurality of images; and a correction unit that obtains a reading result of the image for density correction formed by the forming unit from the predetermined position, and corrects a density of at least one of the plurality of images on the basis of the obtained reading result.	12-30-2010

Keita Kumokiri, Ebina-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100118319	IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus; a first recording member; a second recording member storage; and a control unit that, when the image forming apparatus firstly forms an image on a first recording member and secondly forms an image on a second recording member, executes a first control in which the discharge of the second recording member from the second recording member storage is carried out before the discharge of the first recording member from the first recording member storage, and a second control in which the discharge of the second recording member from the second recording member storage is carried out after the discharge of the first recording member from the first recording member storage, the control unit selecting any one of the first and second controls according to the number of the first recording members stored in the first recording member storage.	05-13-2010
20100328709	SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A supply control device includes: a deciding unit that decides an order of plural containers that supply recording media to an image-forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a specifying unit that specifies one of the plural containers; a determining unit that determines for each of the plural containers whether recording media stored in the container are available for forming an image, in the order decided by the deciding unit, in which the container specified by the specifying unit is set as a starting point; and a supply unit that retrieves a recording medium from a container whose recording media have been determined by the determining unit to be available for forming an image, and supplies the recording medium to the image-forming unit.	12-30-2010

Keita Manyu, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100261602	METHOD OF PRODUCING NOBLE METAL-SUPPORTED POWDER, NOBLE METAL-SUPPORTED POWDER AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING CATALYST - In the present invention, slurry is formed by mixing noble metal-supported powder particles (	10-14-2010

Keita Matsuda, Yamanashi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090026498	FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A field effect transistor includes: a nitride semiconductor layer having a channel layer; a gate electrode including a Schottky electrode that contacts the nitride semiconductor layer and includes a gallium doped zinc oxide (GZO) layer annealed in an inactive gas atmosphere; and ohmic electrodes connecting with the channel layer.	01-29-2009

Keita Matsumoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100243103	LIQUID MEDICINE DISPENSING DEVICE - A liquid medicine dispensing device includes a rotary unit	09-30-2010

Keita Mochizuki US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100104250	TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL - A two-dimensional photonic crystal according to the present invention includes a first layer having a dielectric first layer slab in which first layer holes having a refractive index lower than that of the first layer slab are arranged cyclically, a second layer formed on the first layer, including dielectric columns having a refractive index higher than the air arranged in the air with the same cycle as the first layer hole, and a third layer having a dielectric third layer slab in which third layer holes having a refractive index lower than that of the third layer slab are arranged cyclically. Thus, it is possible to obtain the two-dimensional photonic crystal that can create a wider complete PBG than before regardless of the polarization of light and can be manufactured easily.	04-29-2010

Keita Morita, Saga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090049680	COMPONENT MOUNTER CONTROL METHOD AND COMPONENT MOUNTER - The present invention is a method of controlling a component mounter which includes a mobile unit for mounting a component onto a circuit board, and includes judging (S	02-26-2009

Keita Muto, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090244920	WORKING MACHINE - The work machine has an operator's cab, an engine hood, an exhaust pipe, a first headlight, and a second headlight. The engine hood is disposed in front of the operator's cab. The exhaust pipe projects upwards from the engine hood. The first headlight and the second headlight are provided at a front part of the operator's cab spaced in a lateral direction and disposed so that optical axes of the first and second headlights are mutually intersect but not to overlap with the exhaust pipe when viewed in a top plan view.	10-01-2009

Keita Mutsuura, Anjo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090174353	Motor control device - A motor control device has a drive circuit that is respectively provided on arms of an inverter circuit supplying current to an AC motor, and that drives a switching element included on the arms; and a power source control circuit that performs a control of a power supply circuit for supplying power to the drive circuit. A low-voltage circuit area is provided including the power source control circuit. A high-voltage circuit area includes one drive circuit, wherein a plurality of the high-voltage circuit areas is disposed aligned on both sides of the low-voltage circuit area such that the low-voltage circuit area is provided therebetween and also disposed with a predetermined distance provided between the high-voltage circuit area and the low-voltage circuit area. A transformer serving as the power supply circuit respectively joins the low-voltage circuit area and the high-voltage circuit areas.	07-09-2009

Keita Nakagawa, Nagoya JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110133626	SPARK PLUG FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A spark plug having sufficient durability for an internal combustion engine is provided by restraining a sharp increase in resistance of a resistor while the size of the spark plug is reduced. The spark plug comprises an insulator having an axial hole, a metallic shell provided on the outer circumference of the insulator, a center electrode inserted into a front end portion of the axial hole, a terminal electrode inserted into a rear end portion of the axial hole, and a ground electrode. A circular columnar resistor is disposed within the axial hole between the center electrode and the terminal electrode, thereby electrically connecting the center electrode and the terminal electrode. The resistor is composed of carbon black serving as a conductive material, a glass powder, and ceramic particles. The ceramic particles have a maximum particle size of 0.5 μm or less.	06-09-2011

Keita Nakagawa, Kainan-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080210156	Casting method for polycrystalline silicon - In a casting method for polycrystalline silicon in which a bottomless cooling crucible with a part of a certain length in an axial direction being circumferentially and plurally sectioned is provided inside an induction coil, producing a silicon melt within the cooling crucible by means of electromagnetically induced heating by the induction coil, and withdrawing the silicon melt in a downward direction while being solidified, an alternating current with a frequency of 25-35 kHz is applied on the induction coil. According to the casting method for polycrystalline silicon of the present invention, in addition to preventing rapid cooling of the ingot surface at the time of solidifying the molten silicon and producing the ingot, the stirring of the molten silicon inside the crucible is suppressed to thereby promote the growth of large diameter crystals, with the result that the conversion efficiency of the cast polycrystalline silicon used as solar cells is increased.	09-04-2008

Keita Nakagawa, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110037371	Spark plug - The present invention provides a technique of suppressing the generation of radio noise in a spark plug, wherein a high dielectric constant fixation-assisting member, formed of a high dielectric constant material which is higher in dielectric constant than alumina, is provided between a metallic shell and a second conductive portion CP	02-17-2011

Keita Nakajima, Suntou-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100278572	SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus including: a sheet conveying path through which a sheet is conveyed; a sensor unit configured to output a signal according to a characteristic of the sheet which is conveyed through the sheet conveying path; a pressure unit configured to press the sheet against the sensor unit; and a moving member protruding into the sheet conveying path, the moving member being moved by being pushed by the sheet passing through the sheet conveying path, wherein the pressure unit is interlocked with the moving member so that the sheet is pressed by the pressure unit against the sensor unit when the moving member is not pushed by the sheet, and a pressure force on the sheet applied by the pressure unit is released or reduced when the moving member is pushed by the sheet.	11-04-2010

Keita Nakanishi, Chuo-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100094025	METHOD FOR PRODUCING C-GLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE AND INTERMEDIATE FOR SYNTHESIS THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for producing a C-glycoside derivative, which can produce the C-glycoside derivative at a high yield and at a low cost, which conforms to environmental protection, and which is applicable industrially. The C-glycoside derivative is useful for treating and preventing diabetes such as insulin-dependent diabetes (type 1 diabetes), non-insulin-dependent diabetes (type 2 diabetes) and the like and various diabetes-related diseases including insulin-resistant diseases and obesity.	04-15-2010

Keita Nakano, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110094640	PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion provided with: an inside circumferential groove (	04-28-2011
20110094642	PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion having an outside tread edge and an inside tread edge. The tread portion is provided with: a plurality of oblique grooves extending from the outside tread edge toward the inside tread edge beyond the tire equator, while inclining to one circumferential direction corresponding to the tire rotational direction at angles of from 20 to 45 degrees with respect to said one circumferential direction; and a plurality of connecting grooves extending between the oblique grooves at angles β of from 90 to 180 degrees with respect to said one circumferential direction. Between every two of the adjacent oblique grooves, there are disposed are three or more of the connecting grooves which are gradually decreased in the angle β from the outside tread edge towards the inside tread edge, whereby a plurality of oblique blocks are formed between every two of the adjacent oblique grooves.	04-28-2011

Keita Nakano, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090187322	Motion Control Device for Vehicle - A motion control device for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed obtaining means for obtaining a speed of the vehicle, a curve shape obtaining means for obtaining a shape of a curve existing ahead of the vehicle on a road on which the vehicle is traveling, a position obtaining means for obtaining a relative position of the vehicle to the curve, a determining means for determining an appropriate vehicle speed for the vehicle to travel through the curve based on the shape of the curve obtained by the curve shape obtaining means, and a speed reduction controlling means for performing a speed reduction control on the vehicle based on the appropriate vehicle speed determined by the determining means.	07-23-2009
20090198426	MOTION CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A motion control device for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed obtaining device, a curvature obtaining device for obtaining a bending grade of a curve existing ahead of the vehicle, a position obtaining device for obtaining a relative position between the vehicle and the curve, a determination device for determining an appropriate vehicle speed for the vehicle passing through the curve based on the bending grade, a speed reduction control device for executing a speed reduction control for reducing the vehicle speed based on the vehicle speed and the relative position so that the vehicle passes through the curve at the appropriate vehicle speed, and a gradient obtaining device for obtain a gradient of the road on the curve existing in a traveling direction of the vehicle, wherein the determination device determines the appropriate vehicle speed based on the gradient of the road in addition to the bending grade.	08-06-2009
20090248269	MOTION CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A motion control device for a vehicle includes a controlling means for maintaining a traveling stability of the vehicle by controlling a braking force of a wheel of the vehicle, a friction coefficient obtaining means for obtaining a friction coefficient of a road surface on which the vehicle travels, a lateral force reference value calculating means for calculating a lateral force reference value acting on the wheel on the basis of the friction coefficient of the road surface and a lateral force actual value obtaining means for obtaining a lateral force actual value acting on the wheel, wherein the controlling means controls the braking force on the basis of a comparison result between the lateral force reference value and the lateral force actual value.	10-01-2009

Keita Nakashima, Nagasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090016665	SLEWING BEARING STRUCTURE - A slewing bearing includes: an outer ring section having first and second circumferential grooves formed on an inner circumferential surface in parallel; an inner ring section formed on an inner side of the outer ring section and having first and second circumferential grooves formed on an outer circumferential surface in parallel in correspondence to the first and second circumferential grooves of the outer ring section; a first row of rolling elements provided in the first circumferential groove of the outer ring section and the first circumferential groove of the inner ring section; and a second row of rolling element provided in the second circumferential groove of the outer ring section and the second circumferential groove of the inner ring section. The inner ring section rotates via the first and second rolling element rows around a rotation axis in a relatively opposite direction to the outer ring section.	01-15-2009

Keita Nishida, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080293098	Dna Encoding Novel Enzyme Having D-Serine Synthase Activity, Method of Producing the Enzyme and Method of Producing D-Serine by Using the Same - This invention relates to DNA encoding a novel enzyme having activity of synthesizing D-serine from formaldehyde and glycine, recombinant DNA constructed by integrating such DNA into a vector, a transformant transformed with the recombinant DNA, and a method for producing D-serine from formaldehyde and glycine with the use of the enzyme.	11-27-2008

Keita Nishino, Takasago-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090118496	Crystallization Method for Intermediates of Carbapenem Antibiotics - The present invention relates to an azetidinone compound extremely useful as a common intermediate for the synthesis of 1β-methylcarbapenem compounds. The present invention provides a crystallization method to obtain a crystal which has a higher quality and a higher stability than a conventional crystal and is excellent in filterability at the time of recovering crystal; an azetidinone compound having a low content of impurity; and an azetidinone compound which has a controlled particle size distribution of crystals and improved handleability and stability. The crystallization is carried out by adding a hydrocarbon solvent to a solution in which an azetidinone compound extremely useful as a common intermediate for the synthesis of 1β-methylcarbapenem compounds is dissolved in the presence of a seed crystal in an amount of 200% by weight or less based on the weight of the azetidinone compound. According to the method, the crystal having a high quality and a high stability and excellent filterability at the time of recovering the crystal can be obtained.	05-07-2009
20100298556	Method for crystallization of azetidinonecarboxylic acid - The present invention relates to a method for crystallization of (2R)-2-{(3S, 4S)-3-[(1R)-1-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)ethyl]-2-oxoazetidin-4-yl}propionic acid, and is characterized in that crystallization is carried out by mixing a solution containing the compound with a substituted aromatic hydrocarbon solvent and/or a halogenated hydrocarbon solvent. The method can provide a crystal of the compound with a high purity and a high yield while the content of 2S isomer is kept at a low level.	11-25-2010

Keita Nishino, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100240886	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARBAPENEM COMPOUND - The present invention has its object to provide an easy process for producing (4R,5S,6S)-3-[[(3S,5S)-5-(dimethylaminocarbonyl)-3-pyrrolidinyl]thio]-6-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-4-methyl-7-oxo-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid, excellent in antimicrobial activity. The present invention relates to a process for continuously producing (4R,5S,6S)-3-[[(3S,5S)-5-(dimethylaminocarbonyl)-3-pyrrolidinyl]thio]-6-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-4-methyl-7-oxo-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid without isolating/purifying the reaction intermediate.	09-23-2010

Keita Ogoh, Kitakyushu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100229670	INDUSTRIAL ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD - An industrial robot includes a hollow chamber rotatably supported by a base, an arm rotatably supported by the hollow chamber, and drive devices provided in the hollow chamber and configured to drive the arm.	09-16-2010

Keita Saitou, Hitachinaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080252263	Battery Pack and Electric Tool - A battery pack includes a plurality of lithium battery cells, an analog thermo sensing member, and an analog switch. The analog thermo sensing member detects, in an analog form, a battery temperature of at least one of the plurality of lithium battery cells, and outputs an output preventing signal if the battery temperature is over a first predetermined temperature. The analog switch element is the plurality of lithium battery cells in series, and is switched, based on the output preventing signal, to a state in which a current is prevented from flowing in the plurality of lithium battery cells.	10-16-2008
20090051313	Battery Charger - A battery charger capable of improving a visibility to a light emitting display portion for facilitating recognition of a charge state of a battery. The battery charger has a housing and a display unit including the light emitting portion protruding from an outer surface of the housing.	02-26-2009
20110031975	Battery-Driven Power Tool and Battery Pack Therefor - A battery pack includes a chargeable battery, a battery voltage detecting section, and a determining section. The battery voltage detecting section is configured to detect a battery voltage output from the rechargeable battery. The determining section is configured to determine a voltage level status of the rechargeable battery based on the battery voltage detected by the battery voltage detecting section. The determining section is free from determining the voltage level status when a rate of change in the battery voltage is equal to or greater than a predetermined criteria. Such a battery pack is used for a power tool.	02-10-2011

Keita Saitou, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090085514	BATTERY CHARGER - The problem of the present invention is to configure a battery charger such that water intruded into a gap between a plugging portion of a battery connection part in the battery charger and a battery pack does not contact the circuit substrate, with a simple and low-cost configuration, and improving recyclability of the circuit substrate. The battery charger is configured such that water intruded from the gap between the plugging portion of the battery connection portion and the battery pack, is guided through a through-hole of a protruded portion provided at the bottom of the plugging portion to the lower side of the circuit substrate provided on the bottom case.	04-02-2009
20100092850	Battery Pack and Battery-Driven Power Tool Using the Same - A battery pack for use with a battery-driven power tool includes three battery cells in which two out of three are arranged horizontally in parallel to and in alignment with each other in a lower case and the remaining one battery cell is vertically arranged in an upper case. The upper case of the battery pack is inserted, in use, into a battery pack receiving space formed in the grip portion of a power tool. Therefore, the grip portion can be made thin and usability of the power tool is enhanced.	04-15-2010
20100112435	Battery Pack and Motor-Driven Tool Using the Same - A battery pack (	05-06-2010
20100248016	BATTERY PACK AND POWER TOOL PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a battery pack to be inserted and attached to a power tool, including: a case; a battery cell accommodated inside the case; and an electrode terminal connected to the battery cell and provided on the case so as to be connectable to a tool-side electrode terminal, wherein the case includes: a case main portion; and a case sub portion which is protruded from the case main portion to be inserted into the power tool, and wherein the electrode terminal is provided on an upper surface of the case main portion at a side of the case sub portion.	09-30-2010
20110005793	BATTERY PACK AND MOTOR-DRIVEN TOOL USING THE SAME - A battery pack	01-13-2011

Keita Sakai, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090273766	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXPOSURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system that projects light from an original to a substrate, and a supply device that supplies liquid containing a hydrocarbon compound to a gap between the final surface of the projection optical system and the substrate. The exposure apparatus exposes the substrate to light via the liquid filling the gap. The exposure apparatus further includes an adding device that adds water to the liquid to be supplied by the supply device.	11-05-2009

Keita Sakai, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080229999	Method Of Manufacturing A Calcium Fluoride Single Crystal - A method for manufacturing calcium fluoride single crystal includes the step of cooling the calcium fluoride single crystal so that maximum shear stress inside the calcium fluoride single crystal caused by thermal stress is approximately equal to or smaller than critical resolved shear stress (τ	09-25-2008

Keita Sato, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100008653	Content reproducing apparatus, method, and program - A content reproducing apparatus includes: a content control unit (	01-14-2010

Keita Shiihashi, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090047169	ROLLED MATERIAL FOR FRACTURE SPLIT CONNECTING ROD EXCELLING IN FRACTURE SPLITTABILITY, HOT FORGED PART FOR FRACTURE SPLIT CONNECTING ROD EXCELLING IN FRACTURE SPLITTABILITY, AND FRACTURE SPLIT CONNECTING ROD - The present invention provides a rolled material having excellent fracture splitting characteristics and suitable for the manufacture of a connecting rod in which a through-hole section for assembly in a crankshaft is fracture split in substantially semicircles. Prescribed components are contained, an average aspect ratio of a sulfide-based inclusion as observed in a D/4 portion (D is the diameter of the rolled material) in a cross-section parallel to a longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped rolled material is not more than 10.0, a Pc indicated in Equation (1) below is between 0.41 and 0.75, and a Veq indicated in Equation (2) below is not less than 0.18 mass %	02-19-2009
20100266439	STEEL FOR FRACTURE SPLITTING TYPE CONNECTING ROD - The present invention provides a steel for a fracture splitting type connecting rod, in which: the steel contains C: 0.25-0.5% (in mass %, the same is applied hereunder), Si: 0.01-2.0%, Mn: 0.50-2.0%, P: 0.015-0.080%, S: 0.01-0.2%, V: 0.02-0.20%, Cr: 0.05-1.0%, Ti: 0.01-0.10%, and N: 0.01% or less; an f-value represented by the expression shown below is in the range of 0.003 to 0.04; and the average aspect ratio of sulfide system inclusions is 15 or less,	10-21-2010

Keita Shimizu, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110188695	Microphone-unit supporting structure and electronic device - A microphone-unit supporting structure comprises a microphone unit and a holder. The microphone unit includes a substantially-cylindrical microphone element, a printed circuit board fixed to a back of the microphone element, and at least two projections extending radially outward from the printed circuit board and being circumferentially spaced at such an angular interval that when one of the projections is assumed to be on a reference line for line symmetry, the other projection or projections are off the reference line. The holder includes a microphone-unit supporting portion for supporting the microphone unit. The holder has a first groove for receiving first one of the projections, and a second groove for receiving second one of the projections. The first groove is open in a backward direction. The second groove is open in a frontward direction.	08-04-2011

Keita Shimizu, Tsushima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100129120	Developing Device - A developing device comprises: a development roller configured to rotate while carrying liquid toner which comprises a carrier liquid and toner particles contained in the carrier liquid; a cleaning blade configured to contact with the development roller to scrape off the liquid toner carried on the development roller by the rotation of the development roller; and a cleaning roller provided adjacent to the development roller and upstream from the cleaning blade with respect to a rotating direction of the development roller. In the developing device, the development roller and the cleaning roller are configured to rotate in such a direction that outer peripheral surfaces thereof move in opposite directions to each other at a contact surface where the cleaning roller contacts with the development roller.	05-27-2010

Keita Sugiura, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110043819	LASER GAUGE INTERFEROMETER - There is provided a laser gauge interferometer with high measurement precision, which uses laser beam interference, includes: a measurement interferometer which generates a measurement output corresponding to a displacement of a moving member; and a correction interferometer which generates a measurement output corresponding to a change in refractive index of air at a constant reference interval. An arithmetic processing device computes a measurement target displacement amount for which the influence of the change in refractive index of air is corrected. A correction laser beam from the correction interferometer passes through the measurement interferometer and thus travels on the same optical path as an optical path of a correction laser beam from the measurement interferometer to become interference light corresponding to the change in refractive index of air through which a measurement laser beam passes, and then enters the arithmetic processing device.	02-24-2011

Keita Suzuki, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100123813	Solid-state imaging device and readout method thereof - A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of pixels arrayed in the vertical transfer direction and in the horizontal transfer direction; a vertical CCD shift register disposed between two pixels adjacent in the horizontal transfer direction of the plurality of pixels; a first channel stop portion used for separation between pixels, formed between the two pixels adjacent in the horizontal transfer direction, and pixels adjacent to the two pixels adjacent in the horizontal transfer direction, in the horizontal transfer direction; and a readout gate portion and a second channel stop portion, formed in a direction parallel to the vertical transfer direction between the pixels and the vertical CCD shift register, with the two pixels adjacent in the horizontal transfer direction sharing the vertical CCD shift register, and with an insulating layer which is thicker than the gate insulating layer of the vertical CCD shift register being formed above the first channel stop portion.	05-20-2010

Keita Suzuki, Kokubunji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090216081	ANASTOMOSIS SYSTEM - There is provided an endoscopic system.	08-27-2009

Keita Taguchi, Anjo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090084470	REDUCED-PRESSURE HEAT TREATMENT JIG AND REDUCED-PRESSURE HEAT TREATMENT METHOD - A reduced-pressure heat treatment jig is used for supporting a workpiece of iron when the workpiece is subjected to heat treatment in a reduced-pressure atmosphere in which pressure is reduced compared to atmospheric pressure. The jig is formed of an iron material and is formed with a film on at least a contact surface with the workpiece, the film being formed of a material which persists during the heat treatment. The film preferably includes a metal oxide having an evaporating temperature higher than the heat treatment temperature in the reduced-pressure atmosphere. The film preferably contains aluminum oxide.	04-02-2009

Keita Takahashi, Toyama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090078988	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a protection target element formed on a semiconductor substrate and includes a protection target element electrode, a substrate connecting part including a substrate connecting electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate and a fuse structure provided between the protection target element electrode and the substrate connecting electrode and includes a fuse film configured to be torn by applying a predetermined current thereto. The protection target element electrode, the substrate connecting electrode and the fuse film are formed of an integral conductive film as long as the fuse film is not torn.	03-26-2009
20090121281	SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device has an element isolation region between rewrite units of memory cells. A plurality of memory cells are memory cell groups arranged in a row direction, and each memory cell group consists of (8×N) memory cells arranged in a row direction as a unit to be used as a storage region. The number of a plurality of selection word lines is at least eight, and the number of selection transistors corresponding to at least N is connected to each of the plurality of selection word lines. At least one selection transistor in addition to (8×N) selection transistors are connected in total to the plurality of selection word lines. A plurality of main bit lines includes at least one main bit line in addition to (4×N) main bit lines connected to the common drain of a pair of selection transistors.	05-14-2009

Keita Takahashi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100087248	METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGE OF VIRTUAL SPACE - A method for executing a game having a motif of rolling an object combined with another object with which the object is contacted, on a surface of the object, and growing large like a snowball. The method has: controlling a rotation and a movement of a first object as an operated object, in a virtual space; combining one of a plurality of second objects, with which the operated object is contacted, around a contact position of the operated object, at which the operated object is contacted with the one of the second objects, when the operated object is contacted with the one of the second objects; and determining the operated object with which the one of the second objects is combined, and the one of the second objects, when the one of the second objects is combined with the operated object, as an operated object, newly.	04-08-2010

Keita Takahashi, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100188516	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CAMERA SHAKE CORRECTING APPARATUS APPLIED TO IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a lens barrel unit having a photographing optical system, an image pickup unit that is displaced two-dimensionally to correct camera shake, a FPC that has a first extending section connected to the image pickup device and extending on a surface of the lens barrel unit and a second extending section that is bent at an end of the first extending section and fixed to the surface of the lens barrel unit, and a guide plate that guides the first extending section on the surface of the lens barrel unit, wherein when the image pickup unit moves in an X direction, a bent section is bent to absorb an amount of movement in the X direction, and when the image pickup unit moves in a Y direction, the first extending section bends to absorb an amount of movement in the Y direction.	07-29-2010

Keita Takahashi, Sagamihara-Shi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090135286	DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera of the present invention has: a lens group reflecting photographic object light entering along a first optical axis to a second optical axis direction perpendicular to the first optical axis and forming an image of light flux thereof on an image pickup device located on the second optical axis; and a driving force generating member blocking or allowing entering light flux along the first optical axis by driving a barrier member, and has a camera body having an optical housing, a containing portion containing the optical housing and the barrier member, and having a transmitting member transmitting driving force of the driving force generating member to the barrier member, wherein the coupling relation between the driving force generating member and the driving force transmitting member is maintained.	05-28-2009

Keita Taniguchi, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110201290	BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETERMINING PRESENCE OF NOISE PERFORMED BY BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS - To provide a broadcast receiving apparatus including an AM detector, an AM noise detector, an FM detector, an FM noise detector and a noise determining unit. The AM detector performs AM detection on an IF signal in airwaves received by a receiving antenna that receives incoming airwaves to acquire an AM detection signal. The AM noise detector detects noise components in the AM detection signal. The FM detector performs FM detection on the IF signal to acquire an FM detection signal. The FM noise detector detects noise components in the FM detection signal. The noise determining unit determines a noise status of a broadcast signal based on detection results acquired by the AM noise detector and the FM noise detector.	08-18-2011

Keita Yagi, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100133036	SADDLE RIDING VEHICLE - A weight balance of a vehicle body is provided in an all terrain vehicle wherein an engine is supported by a vehicle body frame and an electric power steering device having an actuator unit is provided on a steering shaft. An electric motor is provided in the actuator unit, and heavy objects including a battery and a muffler are disposed on an opposite side to the electric motor in a vehicle width direction with respect to a vehicle body centerline extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and on an opposite side to the electric motor in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle with respect to the engine. To shorten and reduce weight the steering shaft is supported on a vehicle body frame through a radial bearing and ball bearings. Of the plurality of bearings, at least one of the bearings is made self-aligning.	06-03-2010

Keita Yagi, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080199253	Steering shaft joint structure - A steering shaft joint structure capable of absorbing a rotational phase difference between an input shaft of a power steering unit and an output shaft thereof includes an inner splined portion	08-21-2008
20100243391	STEERING DAMPER DEVICE FOR SADDLE-RIDING TYPE VEHICLE - A saddle riding type vehicle includes a vehicle body frame	09-30-2010

Keita Yamaguchi, Mie JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080199777	Negative Electrode Material For Nonaqueous Secondary Cells, Negative Electrode For Nonaqueous Secondary Cells, and Nonaqueous Secondary Cell - A negative electrode material for a nonaqueous secondary battery capable of realizing a nonaqueous secondary battery having a small charging/discharging irreversible capacity at an initial cycle and exhibiting an excellent high-rate charging/discharging characteristics and an excellent cycle performances is provided. The main component of the material is graphite particles. The median diameter is 5 μm or more, and 40 μm or less in the volume-basis particle size distribution based on the laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution measurement. The tapping density is 0.7 g/cm	08-21-2008
20090214954	NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY CELLS, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY CELLS, AND NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY CELL - A negative electrode material for a nonaqueous secondary battery capable of realizing a nonaqueous secondary battery having a small charging/discharging irreversible capacity at an initial cycle, exhibiting an excellent high-rate charging/discharging characteristics and an excellent cycle performances, and having no electrodeposition problem is provided. The main component of the material is graphite particles. The median diameter of the graphite particles is 5 μm or more, and 40 μm or less in the volume-basis particle size distribution based on the laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution measurement. The tapping density of the negative electrode material is 0.7 g/cm	08-27-2009

Keita Yamaguchi, Kagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100086856	COMPOSITE GRAPHITE PARTICLES FOR NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE MATERIAL CONTAINING THE SAME, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, AND NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY - A subject is to provide a nonaqueous secondary battery which is sufficiently low in charge/discharge irreversible capacity in initial cycling even when an active-material layer comprising a negative-electrode material and formed on a current collector is densified for capacity increase where the subject is accomplished with composite graphite particles for a nonaqueous secondary battery which comprise a composite of spherical graphite particles and a binder graphite and which satisfy at least one of (a) to (g) conditions as presently claimed and a negative electrode produced using the carbonaceous negative-electrode material according to the invention is excellent in electrolytic-solution infiltration and provides a nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent charge/discharge high-load characteristics.	04-08-2010
20110059371	MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURED CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY ADOPTING THE SAME - It is aimed at providing: a negative electrode material for a nonaqueous secondary battery, which has a higher capacity, is low in irreversible capacity upon initial charge and discharge, and has excellent cycle characteristics; and a nonaqueous secondary battery adopting the negative electrode material. The object is achieved by: a multi-layer structured carbonaceous material obtained by mixing graphitic carbon particles with an organic compound and by thermally treating the mixture, wherein loop structures are present at an edge portion of each of the graphitic carbon particles, and wherein the graphitic carbon particles have carbonized products of the organic compound affixed to surfaces of the particles, respectively, while maintaining the loop structures; and a nonaqueous secondary battery adopting the multi-layer structured carbonaceous material.	03-10-2011
20110171532	COMPOSITE GRAPHITE PARTICLE FOR NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL CONTAINING THE SAME, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE AND NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a nonaqueous secondary battery exhibiting a sufficiently small charge/discharge irreversible capacity in the initial cycle, exhibiting an excellent charge acceptance and excellent cycle characteristics, even when the negative electrode material-containing active material layer on a current collector is highly densified so as to obtain a high capacity. A composite graphite particle for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which is a composite graphite particle (B) obtained by forming a spherical graphite particle (A) and a graphitized product of graphitizable binder, wherein the spherical graphite particle (A) is a specific graphite particle or the composite graphite particle satisfies (a) and/or (b):	07-14-2011

Keita Yamamoto, Kagoshima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110110037	DRIVER MODULE STRUCTURE - Provided is a driver module structure capable of ensuring high reliability.	05-12-2011

Keita Yamazaki, Inzai-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100301864	MAGNETIC SHIELD BODY AND MAGNETIC SHIELDED ROOM - A magnetic shield body comprises a cylindrical body unit configured by having a plurality of cylindrical bodies having permeability and mutually same longitudinal cross-sectional shapes arranged with a mutual interval such that central axes of the cylindrical bodies coincide with each other and side surfaces of the cylindrical bodies form a mutually same plane; and a supporting unit that supports a plurality of the cylindrical body units such that side surfaces of cylindrical bodies of the cylindrical body units face each other with a mutual interval.	12-02-2010

Keita Yonai, Yokohama-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090316939	Apparatus for stereophonic sound positioning - A stereophonic apparatus uses three speakers respectively installed toward a front of a vehicle on both shoulders of a seat back of a driver's seat and toward a back of the vehicle on an exact center in front of a driver. This configuration provides more effectively exerted positioning effects for a virtual sound source realized by using the three speakers, especially for the effects in a frontward field of sound.	12-24-2009

Keita Yoshida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100141971	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PRINT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In the case that a plurality of users execute output reservations while looking at targets to be output together, the necessity for an operation to sort the output materials by user after output is eliminated. The plurality of users are classified, the plurality of targets to be output selected in a scattered manner by the plurality of classified users are bulked together as selected targets to be output for each user, and those bulked targets to be output are output for each user.	06-10-2010

Keita Yumii, Kodaira City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090236021	PNEUMATIC TIRE AND METHOD OF DESIGNING TREAD PATTERN OF THE TIRE - A pneumatic tire reduces the columnar resonance noise of the tire while controlling the lowering of wet performances, wherein four circumferential grooves continuously extending in the circumferential direction of the tire are disposed in a treading face and a plurality of lateral grooves each having one end opened to the circumferential groove and terminated in a land portion are formed with respect to two circumferential grooves among the four circumferential grooves, and these lateral grooves and the respective circumferential grooves have such a groove width that both groove walls of the groove do not contact with each other in a ground contact face and one or more lateral groove are always completely included in the ground contact face, and an extending length of a portion of each lateral groove in the ground contact face having a groove width of the lateral groove corresponding to not less than 30% of a groove width of the circumferential groove is made not less than 40% of an extending length of the circumferential groove in the ground contact face.	09-24-2009