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Ko Chuk, Hong Kong HK

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110193411APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING POWER FROM A POWER SOURCE TO A PORTABLE ELECTRICAL DEVICE - An apparatus for providing power from a vehicle power source to at least one portable electrical device includes: (a) a power interface unit for coupling with the vehicle power source; (b) a power converter unit coupled with the power interface unit; (c) at least one first voltage output connection structure coupled with the power converter unit; the at least one first voltage connection structure presenting at least one first voltage output; the at least one first voltage output connection structure being configured for effecting universal serial bus coupling; and (d) first short-circuit protection circuitry coupled with the power converter unit and the at least one first voltage output connection structure.08-11-2011

Ko Fukuda, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090188843DRY WASHING DEVICE - A dry cleaning apparatus separates heavy objects from mixture of the heavy objects and light objects having specific gravities smaller than those of the heavy objects. The dry cleaning apparatus includes a casing having a tubular shape having a center axis, an internal cylinder provided in the casing, a recovery section for recovering the heavy objects, a loading section for loading the mixture to above the internal cylinder, a flow inlet for introducing air to between the casing and the internal cylinder, and an outlet for discharging the light objects and air from between the casing and the internal cylinder. The casing has an inner surface extending substantially in parallel to a center axis. The internal cylinder has an upper surface having a center portion projecting upwardly, and has an outer surface having a portion which extends in parallel to the inner surface of the casing and which faces the inner surface of the casing. The recovery section is located under the internal cylinder.07-30-2009

Ko Gika, Minamitsuru-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110107807ROLLER HEMMING DEVICE USING ROBOT MANIPULATOR WITH FORCE SENSOR - A roller hemming device capable of correcting a positional error between a robot manipulator and a workpiece, and carrying out a pre-hemming and/or hemming process with appropriate pressing force. The roller hemming device has a position detecting part adapted to detect a current position of a roller attached to a front end of the robot manipulator; a force sensor arranged between a wrist section of the robot manipulator and the roller; and a controller adapted to control the position of the roller by using an output of the position detecting part and an output of the force sensor, so that pressing force applied to a mold by the roller is a predetermined value.05-12-2011

Ko Hasegawa, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100240746STEREOISOMERS OF TRICYCLODECAN-9-YL-XANTHOGENATE - Provided herein are optically active stereoisomers of tricylclodecan-9-yl xanthogenate, processes of preparation, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a disease caused by a virus.09-23-2010

Ko Hashimoto, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120126642ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric motor has a rotor, stator, and covers. A stator coil is a pre-wound coil inserted into slots of a stator core from its inner side. A no-lead-wire side coil end portion of the stator coil protrudes radially inward. A no-lead-wire side coolant chamber is liquid-tightly defined by the cover covering the no-lead-wire side coil end portion and a seal plate(s) that is attached from or on a radially inner side of the stator core so as to cover an opening between the inner peripheral edge of the cover and the inner peripheral edge of the stator core.05-24-2012

Ko Hirai, Toride-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090302524SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus includes a first conveying path through which a sheet is conveyed; a reversal conveyance driving unit which drives to reversely convey the sheet conveyed through the first conveying path; a second conveying path which branches off with the first conveying path and through which the sheet reversely conveyed by the reversal conveyance driving unit is conveyed; and a movable unit which causes a branch position between the first conveying path and the second conveying path to move on a downstream side in a conveying direction of the sheet which is conveyed through the first conveying path, after a trailing end of the sheet which is conveyed through the first conveying path passes the movable unit.12-10-2009
20110006472SHEET STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A holding portion includes a engagement portion which holds a sheet pressing lever which presses from above a sheet discharged into a sheet stacking portion so that the engagement portion moves upward together with an image reading portion rotatably provided above an image forming portion, and an elastic portion which elastically deforms to release the holding of the sheet pressing lever by the engagement portion. If a force is applied to the sheet pressing lever being held by the holding portion in a direction which makes the lever rotate even lower than its lower limit position, the elastic portion elastically deforms to release the holding of the sheet pressing lever by the engagement portion.01-13-2011

Patent applications by Ko Hirai, Toride-Shi JP

Ko Hsiao, Chengdu CN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090184738Drive circuit for reducing inductive kickback voltage - In one embodiment a drive circuit includes two comparators which are adapted to sense kickback voltage generated in an inductive load and conduct two field-effect transistors connected to ground in a very short period of time so as to quickly reduce the kickback voltage to a minimum value. In another embodiment only one comparator is provided.07-23-2009

Ko Inagaki, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100260621HERMETIC COMPRESSOR - A compression element is provided with a block, a piston, a valve plate arranged in an opening end of a compression chamber and forming a suction hole, a suction valve, a suction muffler forming a sound absorbing space and provided with a communication pipe, and a cylinder head, the communication pipe has a suction muffler outlet portion communicated with the suction hole, is arranged in such a manner as to extend in a vertical direction with respect to a center line passing through the suction hole, and is arranged in such a manner that a part of the suction muffler outlet portion covers a part of the suction hole in the suction muffler outlet portion positioned in a downstream side of refrigerant gas flowing through the communication pipe, in the case of projection the suction muffler outlet portion in a direction of a center line.10-14-2010
20110027111HERMETIC COMPRESSOR - A hermetic compressor includes a closed vessel for storing lubricating oil, an electric-driving element, and a compressing element driven by the electric-driving element. The compressing element includes a cylinder block forming a compression chamber, a piton that reciprocates inside the compression chamber, and an oiling device for supplying the lubricating oil to an outer circumference of the piston. A first oil groove is concavely formed on the outer circumference of the piston, and a second oil groove is concavely formed on a side opposite to the compression chamber relative to the first oil groove. The second oil groove has a spatial volume same or greater than that of the first oil groove. An expanded clearance portion is provided such that a clearance between the piston and the cylindrical hole portion broadens from a top dead point to a bottom dead point.02-03-2011
20110271709SEALED COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION DEVICE - There is disclosed a sealed compressor in which a compressive component housed inside of a sealed container comprises a block, a suction valve, a piston, and a suction muffler, the suction muffler including a muffler body defining a muffler space and an outlet tube communicating the muffler space with the suction valve, the outlet tube having a bent portion bent in a middle portion between an opening exposed to the muffler space and an opening in a vicinity of the suction valve, a first outlet tube portion extending from the bent portion toward the muffler space, and a second outlet tube portion extending from the bent portion toward the suction valve, wherein a close sided space is formed in a vicinity of the bent portion, the close sided space having one end in communication with the outlet tube and the other end closed.11-10-2011
20120020817RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR - Provided is a reciprocating compressor having a structure in which friction losses between a shaft and a bearing can be reduced without impairing the ability of the bearing to support the shaft. A reciprocating compressor (01-26-2012

Patent applications by Ko Inagaki, Shiga JP

Ko Ishii, Ritto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100023297GEAR MESHING ANGLE DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE - Based on a left tooth surface (01-28-2010

Ko Ishizuka, Saitama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100079767DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A displacement measurement apparatus includes a first diffraction grating transmitting light from a light source and producing diffracted beams including first to third diffracted beams output in different directions; a second diffraction grating movable together with an object to be measured, provided in a plane parallel to the first diffraction grating, and reflecting the first to third diffracted beams transmitted through the first diffraction grating; a first photodetector receiving the first and second diffracted beams diffracted by the second diffraction grating; a second photodetector receiving at least the third diffracted beam transmitted through the first diffraction grating; and a calculation unit calculating displacement of the object in a first direction in accordance with the beams received by the first photodetector, and displacement of the object in a second direction, different from the first direction, in accordance with the beam received by the second photodetector.04-01-2010
20100103403WAVELENGTH SHIFT MEASURING APPARATUS, OPTICAL SOURCE APPARATUS, INTERFERENCE MEASURING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A wavelength shift measuring apparatus of the present invention is a wavelength shift detection sensor (WLCD04-29-2010
20100208271ORIGIN DETECTION APPARATUS, DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a light source, a scale which is configured to have first and second diffraction grating portions which differ from each other in a grating pitch, a light receiving portion configured to receive first and second interference light fluxes generated from interference of a plurality of diffraction light fluxes, at the first and second diffraction grating portions, respectively, a light flux emitted from the light source and have different orders of diffraction, and to output first and second periodic signals based on an intensity of the first and second interference light fluxes, respectively, and a computing unit configured to output, based on the first and second periodic signals a signal representing an origin of displacement of the scale.08-19-2010
20110096334HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETER - A heterodyne interferometer includes a light source, an optical system, and a signal generator including at least two light-receiving elements that respectively output a first signal and a second signal. The signal generator generates a third signal and a fourth signal of which phases are respectively shifted by 90° from phases of the first signal and the second signal, generates a first periodic signal by adding a signal that is obtained by multiplying the first signal and the second signal to a signal that is obtained by multiplying the third signal and the fourth signal, and generates a second periodic signal by subtracting a signal that is obtained by multiplying the first signal and the fourth signal from a signal that is obtained by multiplying the second signal and the third signal.04-28-2011
20110220780OPTICAL ENCODER - An optical encoder 09-15-2011
20110222073OPTICAL ENCODER AND DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An optical encoder (09-15-2011
20110249270HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETRY DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A heterodyne interferometry displacement measurement apparatus includes a first optical system including a light source (LASER) and a diffraction grating (GT10-13-2011
20110299093INTERFEROMETER - An interferometer measures a displacement of an object to be measured by observing a fluctuation in intensity of interfering light generated by dividing light emitted from a light source into two light beams and overlaying the two light beams. The interferometer includes: a light-receiving unit including a light-receiving area including a plurality of partial areas and configured to detect the interfering light in each of the plurality of partial areas; and a processing unit configured to calculate a value of an index indicating uniformity of a phase distribution of the interfering light in the light-receiving area by using a detection result in each of the partial areas.12-08-2011
20120032068ABSOLUTE ENCODER - An absolute encoder includes a scale in which plural marks are arranged at a first pitch; a detector configured to detect a predetermined number of marks corresponding to one of the absolute codes; and a calculator configured to calculate an absolute position of the scale based on an output of the detector. The calculator is configured to generate a data sequence constituted by the predetermined number of data by respectively quantizing the predetermined number of periodic signals output from the detector, and to obtain first position data corresponding to the one of the absolute codes based on the generated data sequence, to obtain second position data based on a phase of at least one of the predetermined number of periodic signals, and to generate data which represents the absolute position by combining the first position data and the second position data.02-09-2012

Patent applications by Ko Ishizuka, Saitama-Shi JP

Ko Kato, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090114255CLEANING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - A cleaning apparatus includes a plurality of air nozzles that discharge air from above each of the distal ends of a suction nozzle and a discharge nozzle, the suction nozzle sucking in at least some of reaction liquid undergoing a heterogeneous reaction, the discharge nozzle discharging a predetermined B/F cleaning fluid, the air nozzles being provided corresponding respectively to a plurality of pairs of the suction and the discharge nozzles. The apparatus includes an air supply unit that supplies air to the plurality of air nozzles at a time; a plurality of pressure sensors each of which detects a pressure of air which is supplied by the air supply unit and which is in the vicinity of each proximal end of the air nozzles; and a control unit that individually controls the B/F-cleaning-fluid discharging operation of the discharge nozzles based on the respective detected pressures and changes in the pressures.05-07-2009

Ko Kedo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090160089Process for Producing Polyimide Film - The invention is directed to a process for producing polyimide film, including stretching, at 150° C. to 380° C. and a stretch ratio of 1.2 to 4.0, an unstretched polyimide film which is formed from a polyimide having a repeating unit represented by formula (1):06-25-2009

Patent applications by Ko Kedo, Tokyo JP

Ko Kimura, Hachioji-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100217292LIVING TISSUE LIGATION DEVICE - This invention includes a clip having arms which grip living tissue, a press tube serving as a clamping member which is fitted and mounted on the clip to close the arms of the clip, a coupling member which can be inserted into the press tube and engages with the clip, and projections serving as lock portions which hold the arms of the clip in a closed state when the clip engages with the press tube.08-26-2010
20100217293LIVING TISSUE LIGATION DEVICE - This invention includes a clip having arms which grip living tissue, a press tube serving as a clamping member which is fitted and mounted on the clip to close the arms of the clip, a coupling member which can be inserted into the press tube and engages with the clip, and projections serving as lock portions which hold the arms of the clip in a closed state when the clip engages with the press tube.08-26-2010
20100217294LIVING TISSUE LIGATION DEVICE - This invention includes a clip having arms which grip living tissue, a press tube serving as a clamping member which is fitted and mounted on the clip to close the arms of the clip, a coupling member which can be inserted into the press tube and engages with the clip, and projections serving as lock portions which hold the arms of the clip in a closed state when the clip engages with the press tube.08-26-2010

Ko Kobayashi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090309988Recording apparatus and method, reproducing apparatus and method, and program - The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S12-17-2009

Ko Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090012451PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENT CONNECTION SYSTEM - A peritoneal dialysis patient assist device includes (i) a port holder shaped to hold a first connector and a first plug, (ii) a transfer set holder shaped to hold a second connector and a second plug, the transfer set holder rotatable and translatable with respect to the port holder, and (iii) an ultraviolet (“UV”) applicator positioned to radiate UV light on at least part of the first and second connectors when loaded into the port and transfer set holders, respectively.01-08-2009

Ko Moriya, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090153118POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER AND MECHANICAL APPARATUS USING THE SAME - There is a need for improving switching regulator characteristics and providing a stable power supply controller. The power supply controller uses a battery and either or both functions of stepping up and stepping down a battery voltage. The power supply controller includes a means that prevents a ripple voltage from occurring by stopping the up conversion function for a switching operation in connection with a battery during a predetermined period without changing conditions for a conventional switching device or smoothing circuit and fast stabilizes a primary voltage using only the down conversion function.06-18-2009

Ko Nakamura, Kato-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110172442AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE - The amino acid derivative of the present invention provides a novel compound that shows excellent analgesic action. The amino acid derivative of the present invention is a novel compound that shows excellent analgesic action to not only a model animal for nociceptive pains but also a model animal for neuropathic pains, so that the amino acid derivative is very useful as a drug for treating various pain diseases.07-14-2011

Ko Nakano, Abiko-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110045310FIXING BELT AND FIXING DEVICE - A fixing belt includes a cylindrical base composed of a metal and a polyimide resin layer formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical base, in which the polyimide resin layer has an imidization rate of 70% to 93%, and comprises a polyimide resin containing a specific constitutional unit.02-24-2011

Ko Nishimura, Gunma JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120018202CIRCUIT DEVICE - In a circuit device of the present invention, the lower surface side of a circuit board is covered with a second resin encapsulant, and the upper surface side and the like of the circuit board are covered with a first resin encapsulant. Since heat dissipation to the outside of the circuit device is achieved mainly through the second resin encapsulant, a particle size of filler contained in the second resin encapsulant is made larger than a particle size of filler contained in the first resin encapsulant. Heat dissipation to the outside of the circuit device is greatly improved.01-26-2012
20120021568METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CIRCUIT DEVICE - Provided is a method of manufacturing a circuit device in which a circuit element is resin-sealed with sealing resins formed integrally with each other. In the present invention, a resin sheet and a circuit board are housed in a cavity of a mold, and thereafter a first sealing resin formed of a tablet in melted form is injected into the cavity. At the time of injecting the first sealing resin, a second sealing resin formed of the resin sheet in melted form is not yet cured and is maintained in liquid form. Accordingly, the injected first sealing resin and the second sealing resin are mixed at the boundary therebetween, preventing the generation of a gap in the boundary portion and therefore preventing the deterioration of the moisture resistance and withstand voltage at the boundary portion.01-26-2012

Ko Ouchiyama, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090285656APPARATUS FOR FORMING HARDBACK BOOK COVER11-19-2009

Patent applications by Ko Ouchiyama, Shiga JP

Ko Sato, Akishima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100220239INTERPOLATION FRAME GENERATION APPARATUS, INTERPOLATION FRAME GENERATION METHOD, AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an interpolation frame generation apparatus according to one embodiment, which generates an interpolation frame image to be inserted between continuous frame images, includes a block specific detector configured to execute block matching processing in one of blocks included in the continuous frame images and determine a block specific motion vector, a pixel specific detector configured to, for each pixel of a block of interest of the blocks, define, as a candidate vector, a motion vector most frequently applied among pixel specific motion vectors already determined in a block adjacent to the block of interest and execute matching processing between the candidate vector and each pixel of the block of interest, thereby detecting a pixel specific motion vector, and a generator configured to generate an interpolation frame image based on the block specific motion vector and the pixel specific motion vector.09-02-2010
20100245674INTERPOLATION FRAME GENERATION APPARATUS, INTERPOLATION FRAME GENERATION METHOD, AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an interpolation frame generation apparatus generates an interpolation frame image to be inserted between continuous frame images. The interpolation frame generation apparatus includes a motion vector detection module and a generation module. The motion vector detection module is configured to execute block matching processing in each of a plurality of blocks included in the continuous frame images and specify one motion vector on an interpolation frame. The generation module is configured to, for an interpolation block in which the motion vector detection module specifies one motion vector, generate an interpolation frame image based on the motion vector, and for an interpolation block in which the motion vector detection module does not specify one motion vector, generate an interpolation frame image based on the frame image containing no motion vector component.09-30-2010

Ko Sato, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100027664Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Method - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a resolution increasing module and a moving-image improving module. The resolution increasing module that performs, on receipt of a first video signal with first resolution, super resolution conversion on the first video signal to obtain a second video signal with second resolution that is higher than the first resolution by estimating an original pixel value from the first video signal and increasing the pixels. The moving-image improving module that increases the frame rate of the second video signal after the super resolution conversion.02-04-2010

Patent applications by Ko Sato, Tokyo JP

Ko Sato, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100023218VEHICLE DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE DRIVING CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle driving control apparatus is provided with an obstacle detecting device, a future position estimating device, an obstacle avoidance control device, and a lane change intent detecting device. The obstacle detecting device detects an existence of an obstacle positioned laterally of a host vehicle. The future position estimating device estimates a future position of the host vehicle after a prescribed amount of time. The obstacle avoidance control device executes an obstacle avoidance control. The lane change intent detecting device detects an intent of a driver to effect a lane change and a direction of the intended lane change. Therefore, when it is detected that the driver intends to move to an adjacent lane located on the opposite side of the vehicle as the side containing the obstacle, a control suppressing portion of the obstacle avoidance control device suppresses the obstacle avoidance control.01-28-2010
20100030430VEHICLE DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE DRIVING CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle driving control apparatus is provided with a lane detecting device, a future position estimating device and a vehicle control device. The lane detecting device detects a lane marker of a lane. The future position estimating device estimates a future transverse position of a host vehicle after a prescribed amount of time. The vehicle control device executes a vehicle control such that a yaw moment is imparted to the host vehicle toward a middle of the lane. The yaw moment is imparted upon determining that the future transverse position is positioned laterally farther toward an outside of the lane from the middle of the lane than a prescribed widthwise lane position that is determined in advance using the lane marker as a reference. The vehicle control device suppresses an impartation of the yaw moment device when a recognition degree of the lane marker is lower than a prescribed value.02-04-2010

Ko Sun, Beijing CN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090232693Fe-based amorphous magnetic powder, magnetic powder core with excellent high frequency properties and method of making them - The present invention provides an amorphous alloy powder and magnetic powder cores exhibiting excellent high frequency properties and a method for making themof. The composition of said alloy powder by atomic percentage satisfies the following formula: (Fe09-17-2009
20090249920Fe-based amorphous magnetic powder, magnetic powder core with excellent high frequency properties and method of making them - The present invention provides an amorphous alloy powder and magnetic powder cores exhibiting excellent high frequency properties and a method for making themof. The composition of said alloy powder by atomic percentage satisfies the following formula: (Fe10-08-2009

Ko Takahashi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090126771THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE AND CONNECTOR FOR THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENTS - A connector for a thermoelectric conversion element free of a continuity failure and that is high in electrical reliability. In a thermoelectric conversion module, each thermoelectric conversion element has first and second electrode faces, and the thermoelectric conversion elements adjacent to each other are electrically connected thereto via connectors formed in a predetermined shape. Further, the connectors include a pair of fitted portions that are engagingly mounted to a first electrode face and another second electrode of the thermal electric conversion elements that are adjacent thereto, and a connection portions for connecting one pair of these fitted portions.05-21-2009
20110076590BIPOLAR PLATE FOR FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL - The object of the present invention is to provide a bipolar plate for a fuel cell, suppressing the stay of condensed water in a gas diffusion layer and improving gas diffusion performance. The bipolar plate supplies reaction gas to a power generating surface and has a channel for the reaction gas. The channel is formed with ribs which are made of a conductive material laminate. The ribs have a porous structure and water repellency. The water repellency of the ribs is set lower than that of an adjacent gas diffusion layer. Thus, the condensed water can be moved from the gas diffusion layer to the ribs in an area where the gas diffusion layer and the ribs are in contact with each other. Therefore, deterioration of the gas diffusion performance due to the stay of the condensed water in the gas diffusion layer can be prevented.03-31-2011
20110129706Lithium-Ion Secondary Battery - A lithium-ion secondary battery includes: a winding body in a coil formation at a battery container, the winding body wrapping a cathode film in which lithium ions store and from which lithium ions extract and a anode film in which lithium ions store and from which lithium ions extract, and the cathode film and the anode film being electrically separated from each other via a porous separator; and a heat sink disposed inside the battery container, which contacts the battery container and transmits heat inside the winding body to the battery container.06-02-2011

Ko Takahashi, Mito JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110065013FUEL CELL STRACK START METHOD - A fuel cell stack start method is to provide in which without relying on oxidation and reduction condition of an anode, an output reduction of the fuel cell stack can be avoided.03-17-2011

Ko Van Bruinessen, Breda NL

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080240390Discussion Unit with Removable Rim - Summary The discussion unit (10-02-2008

Ko Watanabe, Nishikamo-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080274397Mounting Structure of Electrical Equipment - A battery assy is mounted in a luggage room or beneath the rear seat. In the battery assy, a battery pack having a configuration of an approximate rectangle, when viewed from the side of the vehicle, is stored in an inclined manner in a casing formed of a battery cover and a lower case, having a configuration of an approximate parallelogram, when viewed from the side of the vehicle. A resin chamber is provided at a gap in the frontward position and the rearward position of the battery assy. A channel of cooling air is formed at a gap in the upper region and the lower region of the battery assy. The battery assy is mounted such that the bottom is protruding towards the front of the vehicle.11-06-2008
20080318119Battery Pack - In a battery pack, battery pack flange portions are provided at opposing sides of a battery assembly along a stacking direction of battery modules, so as to project laterally. The battery module flange portions are interposed between an upper case flange portion and a lower case flange portion when the upper case flange portion and the lower case flange portion are overlaid, and fastened and fixed concurrently by bolts. The bolts are also used in fixing the battery pack to a vehicle. With this configuration, a battery pack that can reduce assembly steps with the bolts and the like to improve efficiency in the fastening work can be provided.12-25-2008
20090173558Structure for Mounting Power Source Pack - A power source pack is arranged on a floor in such a manner that the vehicle front side is positioned higher than the vehicle rear side. Specifically, the front side of the power source pack is placed on a cross member qualified as a structural member that is fixed to traverse the vehicle on the floor. By such a configuration, it is possible to provide a structure for mounting a power source pack that is configured to be less vulnerable to the heat penetrating from a lower surface of the floor to the interior of a cabin even if the power source pack is arranged on the floor.07-09-2009
20100170736MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR STORAGE BATTERY DEVICE - Two side members are provided so as to be in side portions of a vehicle. Each side member is provided with a kick-up portion curved upward. A cross member is provided so as to interconnect side surfaces of forward portions of the kick-up portions of the two side members. A forward portion of a battery pack is fixed to an upper surface of the cross member via forward brackets welded to the forward portion of the battery pack. A rearward portion of the battery pack is fixed to upper surfaces of rearward portions of the kick-up portions of the two side members via a bridge provided so as to interconnect the two side members.07-08-2010

Patent applications by Ko Watanabe, Nishikamo-Gun JP

Ko Yamanaga, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100026316ELECTRONIC APPARATUS NOISE MEASUREMENT METHOD - Second and third ports of a network analyzer are individually connected via cables to predetermined connection points on a differential transmission circuit on an object to be measured. A differential cable is connected to the differential transmission circuit. An antenna for receiving an electromagnetic wave radiated from the differential cable is connected to a first port of the network analyzer via a first cable. The network analyzer measures a three-port S parameter of the first, second, and third ports and calculates common-mode and normal-mode components of noise radiated from the differential cable. As a result, the source of noise in an electronic apparatus can be determined, and common-mode noise and normal-mode noise can be separately measured.02-04-2010

Ko Yoneda, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090070082ANALYSIS METHOD, PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An analysis method of analyzing a discharge phenomenon in an information processing apparatus having a memory includes calculating differences in potential between nodes on a first surface of a meshed simulation model and the corresponding nodes on a second surface thereof based on a predetermined amount of charge of each node before the discharge and the permittivity of each element of the simulation model; storing information concerning a pair of nodes having the difference in potential which exceeds a Paschen voltage determined from the distance between the nodes; and analyzing an amount of charge moved due to the discharge and electric potential distribution after the discharge based on the stored information and the amount of charge of each node before the discharge and storing the analyzed amount of charge and the electric potential distribution.03-12-2009

Ko Yoshida, Anjo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090146617Power-generation control device for detecting abnormality in power generator - In a power-generation control device, a voltage regulating unit regulates an output voltage of a power generator to a preset target level. When at least one of a plurality of types of abnormalities occurs in the power generator, an abnormality detector detects the at least one of the plurality of types of abnormalities occurred in the power generator. The abnormality detector allows detection of the plurality of types of abnormalities that are possible to occur in the power generator. A transmitter creates an alarm signal to thereby transmit, to an external device, the alarm signal. The alarm signal includes information indicative of the at least one of the plurality of types of abnormalities detected by the abnormality detector.06-11-2009

Ko Yu-Chow, Hong Kong Sar CN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110149572ROPE LIGHT - A rope light including an inner layer having first and second ends; an outer layer, wherein the outer layer covers an outer surface of the inner layer; at least one aperture positioned in the interior of the inner layer; at least one LED light positioned within the aperture; at least one bus connector having at least one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode, wherein the bus connector is placed along the direction of the aperture; and at least one rectifying diode is placed at each positive and negative end of the LED light that is positioned inside the aperture.06-23-2011

Ko Yukitake, Fukuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110195892Artifical Pulmonary Surfactant Compositions - The peptides according to the present invention have a high surfactant activity, but no or little hemolytic activity and comprises D-amino acid and acids at a rate of approximately 5% to 40% of the structuring amino acids. The pulmonary surfactant composition of the present invention comprises a mixture of the peptide with a natural lecithin such as soy lecithin and so on Therefore, the pulmonary surfactant composition can be expected to be developed as a pulmonary surfactant without using any animal-derived substance, which has a high surfactant activity and can be produced at reasonable costs and on a large scale.08-11-2011