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Kohei Adachi, Otawara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090322330	MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging condition acquisition unit and an imaging unit. The imaging condition acquisition unit acquires at least one of an amplitude and a phase of a radio frequency transmission signal so as to reduce a deviation of data in at least one region of interest set in an object. The imaging unit acquires image data by imaging according to an imaging condition including at least the one of the amplitude and the phase.	12-31-2009

Kohei Adachi, Nasushiobara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080246475	MRI apparatus and MRI method - An MRI apparatus includes an application unit that applies a readout gradient magnetic field in which magnetic field strength thereof varies with time and RF pulses to a subject placed in a static magnetic field in accordance with a predetermined pulse sequence; a receiving unit that receives an MR signal obtained from the subject to which the readout gradient magnetic field and the RF pulses are applied; an AD converter that converts the received MR signal from analog to digital, and samples discrete MR-signal values; a filtering control unit that performs filtering processing on the sampled discrete MR-signal values, including a filter-coefficient setting unit that sets a plurality of filter coefficients to be used for the filtering processing with respect to each point of sampling time at which the filtering processing is to be performed, based on time-shift amounts corresponding to variations in an MR-signal frequency arising from temporal variations in the magnetic field strength, and a product-sum operating unit that performs the filtering processing on the MR-signal values by performing a product-sum operation between the filter coefficients and the MR-signal values; and an image-data creating unit that creates image data based on the MR-signal values on which the filtering processing is performed.	10-09-2008
20090058420	Magnetic resonance apparatus and control method for the same - A magnetic resonance apparatus includes a coil which receives a magnetic resonance signal from a subject, a transmitting unit which transmits the magnetic resonance signal received by the coil with a radio signal of a frequency band different from that of the magnetic resonance signal, an unit which extracts the magnetic resonance signal from the radio signal, a battery which supplies power to the transmitting unit, a switch unit which turns on and off power supply from the battery to the transmitting unit, a unit which wirelessly transmits a startup signal and a stop signal, a receiving unit which receives the startup signal and the stop signal that have been wirelessly transmitted, and a unit which controls the switch unit to turn on the power supply when the receiving unit receives the startup signal and turn off the power supply when the receiving unit receives the stop signal.	03-05-2009
20090322335	MAGNETIC RESONANCE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, MAGNETIC RESONANCE DIAGNOSTIC MAIN UNIT AND COIL UNIT - An magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus which includes a main unit and a coil unit, the magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus including a sampling clock generating unit which generates a sampling clock signal, a sampling clock transmitting unit wirelessly transmits the sampling clock signal, a sampling clock receiving unit which receives the transmitted sampling clock signal, a receiving coil which outputs an electrical magnetic resonance signal in response to a magnetic resonance signal emitted from a subject as electromagnetic radiation, a digitization unit which digitizes, synchronously with the received sampling clock signal, the outputted magnetic resonance signal, a resonance signal transmitting unit which wirelessly transmits the digitized magnetic resonance signal, a resonance signal receiving unit which receives the transmitted magnetic resonance signal, and a reconstruction unit which processes, synchronously with the generated sampling clock signal, the received magnetic resonance signal and thereby reconstructs an image of the subject.	12-31-2009
20100085053	MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND GRADIENT COIL COOLING CONTROL METHOD - A feedforward control unit predicts the maximum value of the temperature of a gradient coil based on a power duty and a scan time of a pulse sequence, and a present temperature of the gradient coil. When the maximum value exceeds a predetermined upper limit, the feedforward control unit then instructs a temperature adjusting unit to start a water circulation in a chiller at the start of a prescan, and the temperature adjusting unit starts the water circulation based on the instruction.	04-08-2010

Kohei Arakama, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090237786	Protective Film for Polarizing Plate - A protective film for polarizing plate made by laminating k layers (k is an integer of 2 or more) of thermoplastic resin, in which a refractive index n	09-24-2009

Kohei Asano, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090207423	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In an information processing apparatus which incorporates a plurality of arithmetic units and a plurality of storage units, power consumption in a power saving mode is reduced, and a return time required to return from the power saving mode to a normal power mode is shortened. With this invention, in an information processing method in an information processing apparatus which incorporates a plurality of CPUs and a plurality of RAMs, when a condition required to transit to the power saving mode is satisfied, each CPU stores information associated with an operation state of an active program in one RAM, and turns off the power supply to devices except for the one RAM.	08-20-2009

Kohei Ashiho, Ehime JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090034399	OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DISC DETERMINING METHOD - An objective lens is moved with a disc irradiated with laser light. A maximum value FEmax and a minimum value FEmin of the focus error signal, and a maximum value FSmax of the amplitude of a focus sum signal are measured. “(FEmax−FEmin)/FSmax” is compared with a determination value to determine the type of a disc.	02-05-2009

Kohei Choraku, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100206601	WATERPROOF ENCLOSURE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A waterproof enclosure includes a first enclosure section and a second enclosure section. The first enclosure section has an opening along which a gasket is provided. The gasket has a body section and a lip section protruding from the body section. The second enclosure section is disposed opposite the first enclosure section. The second enclosure section has a planar surface and an inclined surface. The inclined surface of the second enclosure contacts the lip section of the gasket, and the body section of the gasket contacts the planar surface of the second enclosure section.	08-19-2010
20100302718	ELECTRONIC DEVICE, HOUSING, AND GASKET - An electronic device includes: a first case and a second case; a gasket sandwiched between the first case and the second case, the gasket having an elasticity and being formed on the edge of the first case; and an electronic component accommodated in the first and second cases; wherein the gasket has a first side surface facing inward and a second side surface facing outward, and the first side surface has a first angle with respect to an imaginary line which is perpendicular to a direction in which the first case is joined to the second case, the second side surface has the second angle with respect to an imaginary line which is perpendicular to a direction in which the first case is joined to the second case, and the first angle is different from the second angle when the first case is disjoined to the second case.	12-02-2010

Kohei Ebisuno, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100103081	IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS DRIVING METHOD - The life of an image display apparatus is lengthened while suppressing luminance unevenness and cross-talk on the screen. To achieve the object, an image display apparatus includes a light-emitting device of which emission luminance varies with the amount of current, a first transistorin which the amount of current between a first electrode electrically connected to the light-emitting device and a second electrode is adjusted by the potential applied to a third electrode, so as to control the amount of current in the light-emitting device, a second transistor in which the amount of current between a fourth electrode electrically connected to the first electrode and a fifth electrode electrically connected to the third electrode is adjusted by the potential applied to a sixth electrode, and a capacitor having a seventh electrode electrically connected to the third electrode and an eighth electrode. A parasitic capacitance between the fifth electrode and the sixth electrode is set at a larger value than a parasitic capacitance between the fourth electrode and the sixth electrode.	04-29-2010
20100182303	IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an image display device includes: a plurality of pixels including a light-emitting element, a driver element that controls light emission of the light-emitting element, and a capacitive element electrically connected to the driver element; and an image signal line that is commonly connected to the pixels for sequentially supplying, to the pixels, an image signal corresponding to luminous brightness of the light-emitting element. The pixel includes a shield electrode that shields an electric field from the image signal line to the capacitive element.	07-22-2010

Kohei Endo, Yamaguchi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100093889	POLYLACTIC ACID COMPOSITION - An object of the present invention is to provide a composition containing polylactic acid and having improved blow moldability and a blow molded product thereof.	04-15-2010

Kohei Endo, Iwakuni-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100093888	POLYLACTIC ACID COMPOSITION - It is an object of the present invention to provide a polylactic acid composition having excellent crystallinity, wet heat stability and melt stability. It is another object of the present invention to provide a molded article which is obtained from the polylactic acid composition and excellent in appearance and color. The present invention is a composition and molded article thereof which comprises a polylactic acid (component A), a carbodiimide compound (component B) and a phosphoric acid ester metal salt (component C).	04-15-2010
20100120991	POLYLACTIC ACID COMPOSITION - It is an object of the present invention to provide a composition comprising polylactic acid and having improved injection moldability and an injection molded product thereof.	05-13-2010
20100182694	FILM - A film made of a resin composition which includes polylactic acid (component A) composed of poly(L-lactic acid) and poly(D-lactic acid) and acrylic resin (component B) and has a crystal melting peak at 190° C. or higher when measured by a scanning differential calorimeter (DSC). The film has a small change in birefringence caused by external force, excellent dimensional stability at the time of heating and a small change in birefringence caused by heat stress.	07-22-2010

Kohei Fujinoto, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090300906	STATOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A nozzle unit includes first, second, and third nozzles for discharging a sealant, and is movable toward and away from a stator by a vertically moving unit. The stator is disposed in a position facing the nozzle unit and is angularly movable successively through given angles by a rotary unit. The first, second, and third nozzles are moved radially outwardly in synchronism with each other by a link mechanism, and then lowered by the vertically moving unit at a position facing a first filling groove or a second filling groove of the stator. The first, second, and third nozzles thus lowered introduce the sealant into the first filling groove or the second filling groove.	12-10-2009

Kohei Fujita, Takatsuki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090130557	POSITIVE ELECTRODE COLLECTOR FOR LEAD ACID STORAGE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A positive electrode current collector for lead-acid batteries contains a current collector substrate of titanium or a titanium alloy, a coating of titanium oxide formed on the surface of the current collector substrate, and a conductive ceramic layer formed on the surface of the coating, and the thickness of the coating is 0.09 μm or thinner.	05-21-2009

Kohei Fujita, Okazaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100326617	INTERMEDIATE STALK, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LOW-PRESSURE DIE-CASTING APPARATUS - An intermediate stalk (	12-30-2010

Kohei Fukushima, Oshu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090056877	Plasma processing apparatus - A vertical plasma processing apparatus for performing a plasma process on a plurality of target objects together at a time includes an activation mechanism configured to turn a process gas into plasma. The activation mechanism includes a vertically elongated plasma generation box attached to a process container at a position corresponding to a process field to form a plasma generation area airtightly communicating with the process field, an ICP electrode provided to the plasma generation box, and an RF power supply connected to the electrode.	03-05-2009
20090181548	VERTICAL PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS - A vertical plasma processing apparatus for a semiconductor process includes a process container having a process field configured to accommodate a plurality of target substrates at intervals in a vertical direction, and a marginal space out of the process field. In processing the target substrates, a control section simultaneously performs supply of a process gas to the process field from a process gas supply circuit and supply of a blocking gas to the marginal space from a blocking gas supply circuit to inhibit the process gas from flowing into the marginal space.	07-16-2009
20100186898	PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A vertical plasma processing apparatus for performing a plasma process on a plurality of target objects together at a time includes an activation mechanism configured to turn a process gas into plasma. The activation mechanism includes a vertically elongated plasma generation box attached to a process container at a position corresponding to a process field and confining a plasma generation area airtightly communicating with the process field, an ICP electrode disposed outside the plasma generation box and extending in a longitudinal direction of the plasma generation box, and an RF power supply connected to the ICP electrode. The ICP electrode includes a separated portion separated from a wall surface of the plasma generation box by a predetermined distance.	07-29-2010

Kohei Gotenba-Shi, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110056190	EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an exhaust gas purification apparatus of an internal combustion engine, there is provided a technique capable of suppressing a reduction in exhaust gas purification performance. The apparatus includes: an exhaust gas purification catalyst (	03-10-2011

Kohei Goto, Funabashi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090220707	LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNING AGENT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE EMPLOYING IT - To provide a liquid crystal aligning agent useful to obtain a liquid crystal alignment film excellent in liquid crystal alignment properties, alignment controlling power and rubbing resistance, having high voltage retention characteristics and having reduced charge accumulation, and a liquid crystal display device which is less susceptible to display failure, to lowering of contrast or to image persistence.	09-03-2009

Kohei Goto, Daito-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100157510	SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element including: an anode body; a dielectric coating film deposited on a surface of the anode body; a conductive polymer layer deposited on the dielectric coating film; and a mixture layer deposited on the conductive polymer layer and containing a conductive matrix and carbon nanotubes, the anode body, the dielectric coating film, the conductive polymer layer and the mixture layer being deposited in sequence.	06-24-2010
20100182736	SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor excellent in reliability, particularly in ESR property. In a solid electrolytic capacitor having a solid electrolyte layer, the solid electrolyte layer has a conductive polymer layer formed by a chemical polymerization method or an electrolytic polymerization method, using a polymerization liquid containing at least a monomer and a dopant-introducing agent. The dopant-introducing agent contains a dopant-introducing agent containing at least alkylammonium ions as a cationic component. The dopant-introducing agent in the polymerization liquid may further contain a dopant-introducing agent containing at least metal ions as a cationic component.	07-22-2010

Kohei Hasegawa, Hiroshima JP

Kohei Hasegawa, Fukuyama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090214892	HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET HAVING SUPERIOR DUCTILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the same has superior phosphatability properties and hot-dip galvannealed properties besides a tensile strength of 950 MPa or more and a high ductility, and also having a small variation in mechanical properties with the change in annealing conditions.	08-27-2009

Kohei Hashimoto, Koto-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100093425	GAMING MACHINE FOR CHANGING GAME SOUND IN FREE GAME AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A slot machine displays on a display a unit game in which arranged symbols are rearranged. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the slot machine displays on the display a free game that is a special game. The slot machine also changes a game sound that has been emitted into a different game sound when a predetermined condition is satisfied in the free game.	04-15-2010

Kohei Hayashi, Okazaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090310990	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EXECUTING STABILIZATION PROCESS AT PROPER FREQUENCY - In an MFP, when a count of printed sheets of paper exceeds a predetermined count, a controller reads, from internal counters, a frequency of a stabilization process executed in return, a frequency of a stabilization process executed automatically in printing, a frequency of a stabilization process executed manually based on a user's instruction, and a frequency of return, respectively. When the frequency of the stabilization process executed automatically is small while the frequency of the stabilization process executed manually is large, the controller raises a frequency level of execution of the stabilization process. When the frequency of the stabilization process executed manually is small, the controller lowers the frequency level of execution of the stabilization process.	12-17-2009

Kohei Hodoya, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110012389	IMPACT ABSORBING MEMBER - An impact absorbing member comprises a first main body and a second main body. The first main body comprises a first partial tube wall and first flange members. The second main body comprises a second partial tube wall and second flange members. The first flange members are joined with the respective second flange members in a discontinuous manner along the axial direction of the tube. In at least one segment where the first flange members and the second flange members are not joined in the axial direction of the tube, spaces are formed between ends part of a first partial tube wall side of the first flange members and end parts of a second partial tube wall side of the second flange members.	01-20-2011

Kohei Ichikawa, Nishio-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110001373	Rotating Electric Machine and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A rotating electric machine includes a rotor and a stator. The stator coil of the stator includes a set of a first stator coil and a second stator coil that is stored in an adjacent slot to a slot in which the first stator coil is stored, with a number of the set being same as a number of phases, and one end of each of the first stator coil and the second stator coil is a lead section and an other end is a neutral point. A plurality of the stator coils are arranged radially in layers in each slot, and a lead section of the first stator coil and a lead section of the second stator coil are connected with each other with one of the lead sections extending from an outermost layer of the slot and an other of the lead sections extending from an innermost layer of the slot so that the connected lead sections constitute an external connection terminal.	01-06-2011

Kohei Ichikawa, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090127948	ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED ELECTRIC MACHINE SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A rotating electric machine includes a stator	05-21-2009

Kohei Imai, Yamaguchi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090253884	Polysiloxane And Method For Producing Same - Disclosed is a simplified method for producing a polysiloxane in which wastes discharged during the production are reduced. This method for producing a polysiloxane is characterized in that a mixture of a silicon-containing compound represented by the following average composition formula (A):	10-08-2009
20110027742	TRANSLUCENT ZIRCONIA SINTERED BODY, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND USE OF THE SAME - A subject of the invention relates to providing a powder for a translucent zirconia sintered body which is necessary for the production of a zirconia sintered body having a high sintered-body density and high strength and giving an excellent sense of translucency, without conducting any special sintering, such as HIP sintering. The invention relates to a technique for obtaining, through normal-pressure sintering, a translucent zirconia sintered body characterized by comprising zirconia which contains 2-4 mol % yttria as a stabilizer and has an alumina content of 0.2 wt % or lower, and by having a relative density of 99.8% or higher and a total light transmittance, as measured at a thickness of 1.0 mm, of 35% or higher. It is preferred that a powder containing 0-0.2 wt % alumina with a particle diameter of 0.01-0.5 μm, having a BET specific surface area of 5-16 m	02-03-2011

Kohei Ishikawa, Machida-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090010663	PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - The present invention provides a printing apparatus and a printing method which, even if print media of different sizes are printed, can print images in well-balanced, optimum layouts according to the size of each of the print media. Thus, the printing apparatus according to the present invention has leading end detector which detects a leading end of a print medium and trailing end detector which detects a trailing end of the print medium. The printing apparatus further has print control unit which prints images based on a first print data for which a print start position is determined on the basis of the leading end detected by the leading end detector and second print data for which a print start position is determined on the basis of the trailing end detected by the trailing end detector.	01-08-2009

Kohei Itoh, Hitachiohta JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080211433	Vehicle Driving System - To provide a four-wheel driving system capable of obtaining a rotating speed very accurately and improving motor controllability.	09-04-2008

Kohei Itoh, Hitachinaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100114447	AUTOMOBILE AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILE - The invention is to provide an automobile and a control device for the automobile, which permits to obtain a driving performance or a braking performance close to their limits achievable on the concerned road face even such as on a compacted snow road and a frozen road.	05-06-2010

Kohei Karasumi, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080241691	SINTERED SUBSTRATE AND ALKALINE STORAGE BATTERY USING THE SUBSTRATE - A sintered substrate is configured such that pores having a pore size (pore radius) of from 5 μm to 7 μm have a peak volume fraction with respect to the total pore volume of the sintered substrate, and pores having a pore radius of greater than 8.5 μm has a volume fraction of 11% or less with respect to the total pore volume of the sintered substrate. The sintered substrate has a smaller number of large-sized pores than conventional sintered substrates and a more uniform pore size distribution, and therefore shows a sufficient strength even when the porosity is increased. In addition, a cadmium negative electrode employing the sintered substrate shows excellent gas absorption capability and therefore can reduce the internal pressure of the battery during charge.	10-02-2008

Kohei Katayama, Wakayama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100136469	TONER - A toner containing a resin binder containing two kinds of polyesters having softening points that differ by 10° C. or more, a colorant and a charge control agent, wherein the two kinds of polyesters contain a polyester A having a softening point of from 105° to 140° C. and a glass transition temperature of from 30° to 55° C., and a polyester B having a softening point of from 140° to 170° C. and a glass transition temperature of exceeding 55° C. and 80° C. or lower. The toner of the present invention is usable in, for example, development of latent images formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like.	06-03-2010

Kohei Kazuhara, Izumi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100137680	MEDICAL MANIPULATOR DEVICE AND ACTUATOR SUITABLE THEREFOR - A clean and inexpensive medical manipulator device can be provided in which a risk of failure caused by current leakage or disconnection is eliminated and reliability is higher than in a manipulator device using an electrically driven actuator or electric motor. The medical manipulator device includes a stage section	06-03-2010

Kohei Maeda, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090263750	FOREIGN PARTICLE INSPECTION APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - A foreign particle inspection apparatus includes a light projecting unit, a photo-receiving unit which receives the scattered light, and a. The photo-receiving unit is arranged such that its optical axis is tilted by a first angle with respect to a plane including the optical axis and the normal axis to the surface. When the angle of the polarization axis of the projected light with respect to the plane is defined as a second angle, the controller controls at least one of the polarization axis and the arrangement of the photo-receiving unit so that the differences between the first angle and the second angle become a first state and a second state, thereby determining a foreign particle based on the outputs from the photo-receiving unit in the first state and the second state.	10-22-2009

Kohei Maruchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080291568	MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MAGNETIC HEAD - A magnetic disk apparatus includes: a driving unit; a position error feedback control system; and a velocity control system. The driving unit is configured to move a magnetic head operative for magnetic recording/reproduction of information on a magnetic disk. The position error feedback control system is configured to perform feedback control of the driving unit based on difference between target track position and detected position of the magnetic head. The velocity control system is configured to vary a target velocity curve based on position of the magnetic head before motion, the target track position of the magnetic head, and position of a data sector to be subjected to recording/reproduction, for using a control mathematical model of the driving unit to control the driving unit so that velocity of the driving unit follows the target velocity curve.	11-27-2008
20090172643	PROGRAM VERIFICATION APPARATUS, PROGRAM VERIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A program verification apparatus includes: a program executing unit executing a program; a variable monitoring unit monitoring a plurality of variables in the program to obtain monitor values of the variables; a target variable determiner determining one or more target variables out of the variables; a constraint condition storage storing a first constraint condition that defines a constraint to be satisfied for each of the target variables and a second constraint condition that defines a constraint to be satisfied among the target variables; a state acquiring unit sequentially acquiring target program state each of which is a combination of monitor values of the target variables at same time respectively; a state generating unit generating an unreached target program state which has not been acquired yet and satisfies the first and second constraint conditions; and a state setting unit setting the unreached target program state to the program.	07-02-2009

Kohei Matsuda, Suntoh-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080232854	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a charging member for being supplied with a charging voltage which is a DC voltage not having an AC voltage component and for contacting the bearing member to electrically charge a surface of the bearing member using an electric discharge; a transfer member for transferring onto a transfer material a toner image formed on the surface of the bearing member by developing the electrostatic latent image, at a transfer position; wherein the charging potential of the charging member is different between when the charging member provides a first region with a potential and when the charging member provides a second region with a potential, thus providing a predetermined potential difference between the first region and the second region, and wherein the transfer member is not supplied with a voltage when the second region is at the transfer position, where the first region is a region on the image bearing member which has been charged by the charging member and which is to be an image forming region, and the second region is a region of the image bearing member which is a non-image-forming region in an immediately previous rotation of the image bearing member and which corresponds to the first region on the bearing member.	09-25-2008

Kohei Matsuda, Suntou-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100054780	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing an electrostatic latent image; a developing device including a developer carrying member for carrying a developer and developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member, and a supplying member for contacting to the developer carrying member to supply the developer to the developer carrying member; and a control device for controlling Vdr and Vrs such that Vrs relative to Vdr increases in a direction of a polarity which is the same as a polarity of the developer with the decrease of an absolute value S, where S is a difference between a peripheral speed Sopc of a surface of the image bearing member and a peripheral speed Sdr of the surface of the developer carrying member, Vrs is a voltage applied to the supplying member, and Vdr is a voltage applied to the developer carrying member.	03-04-2010

Kohei Mineshima, Wako JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110088228	MECHANISM TO SECURE COVER FOR OPENING IN BUMPER - A mechanism to secure a cover for an opening in a bumper includes a securing section at which an opening cover is secured to close the opening. A bumper-side securing portion is provided on one side with respect to a line passing shaft sections and extends from an edge of a bumper opening to a rear with respect to the bumper so as to reside farther from the shaft sections than a locus defined by movement of a one-side end of the opening cover turning about the shaft sections toward an inside with respect to the bumper. A cover-side securing piece is provided on the one-side end of the opening cover to engage with the bumper-side securing portion and has a front-side securing projection that engages with a surface of a secured portion of the bumper-side securing portion on a side of a design surface of the bumper.	04-21-2011

Kohei Miura, Saitama-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080260264	Method and system for generating aesthetic characters, and business model of the same - The present invention relates to a method and system for generating aesthetic characters, and to a business model for commercially developing the method and system utilizing the Internet or the like. The present invention makes it possible to synthesize a variety of image patterns with arbitrary characters by adding stroke fonts. According to a first aspect, the present invention provides a method and system for generating aesthetic characters, in which an arbitrary image pattern is selected from a pattern database, and data on arbitrary characters constituting single lines are superposed on the selected image pattern, whereby the arbitrary image patterns are processed into various characters and generating aesthetic image patterns. Thus, it is possible to provide character bodies drawn with excellent aesthetic properties that are uniquely designed for attracting public attention, such as in the television broadcasts, Internet sites, headings of journals or newspapers, advertisements, and signboards.	10-23-2008

Kohei Miyazono, Uppsala SE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100330657	Activin receptor-like kinases, proteins having serine threonine kinase domains and their use - A new receptor family has been identified, of activin-like kinases. Novel proteins have activin/TGF-β-type I receptor functionality, and have consequential diagnostic/therapeutic utility. They may have a serine/threonine kinase domain, a DFKSRN or DLKSKN sequence in subdomain VIB and/or a GTKRYM sequence in subdomain VIII.	12-30-2010

Kohei Mori, Takasago-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100016627	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ACTIVE 3-HYDROXYPROPIONIC ESTER DERIVATIVE - A 2-formylacetic ester derivative represented by the general formula (5) is provided:	01-21-2010
20100048909	Process for production of optically active-3-amino-2-hydroxypropionic cyclopropylamide derivatives and salts thereof - An objective of the present application is to provide an industrially practicable method for producing an optically-active 3-amino-2-hydroxypropionic cyclopropylamide derivative or salt thereof from an inexpensive easily-available starting material. The derivative or salt thereof is useful as an intermediate for a medicine. It is also intended by the present application to provide a useful intermediate of the derivative. The objective is attained by the following method. First, an easily-available 2-halo-3-oxopropionic acid derivative is asymmetrically reduced, and then epoxidated to produce an optically-active epoxycarboxylic acid derivative. Next, the derivative is converted into an optically-active epoxyamide derivative by reaction with cyclopropylamine, and then reacted with a nitrile to obtain an optically-active oxazolinamide derivative. Subsequently, selective acid solvolysis of the oxazoline skeleton gives the optically-active 3-amino-2-hydroxypropionic cyclopropylamide derivative or salt thereof.	02-25-2010
20100105917	METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ACTIVE 3-AMINOPIPERIDINE OR SALT THEREOF - The present invention relates to a method for producing an optically active 3-aminopiperidine or salt thereof. In the method, a racemic nipecotamide is stereoselectively hydrolyzed to obtain an optically active nipecotamide and an optically active nipecotic acid in the presence of an enzyme source derived from an organism, and then the optically active nipecotamide is derived into an optically active aminopiperidine or salt thereof by aroylation, Hofmann rearrangement, deprotection of the amino group and further deprotection; or the optically active nipecotamide is derived into an optically active aminopiperidine or salt thereof by selective protection with BOC, Hofmann rearrangement and further deprotection. It is possible by the present invention to produce an optically active 3-aminopiperidine or salt thereof useful as a pharmaceutical intermediate from an inexpensive and easily available starting material by easy method applicable to industrial manufacturing.	04-29-2010
20100197934	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ACTIVE ALPHA-METHYLCYSTEINE DERIVATIVE - The present invention provides a simple industrial process for producing an L- or D-optically active α-methylcysteine derivative or its salt, which is a useful pharmaceutical intermediate, from readily available, inexpensive raw materials. In a process for producing an L- or D-optically active α-methylcysteine derivative or its salt, a racemic N-carbamoyl-α-methylcysteine derivative or its salt is D-selectively cyclized with hydantoinase to produce a D-5-methyl-5-thiomethylhydantoin derivative or its salt and an N-carbamoyl-α-methyl-L-cysteine derivative or its salt, which are then subjected to deprotection of the amino group and the sulfur atom, and hydrolysis.	08-05-2010

Kohei Mori, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100010711	VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - In the conventional vehicle control device, since a detection timing of turn is late, at the time of making the change of gear ratio based the detection timing, a sense of discomfort is brought to a driver. Moreover, steering wheel angle sensor, yaw rate sensor or lateral acceleration sensor is very expensive, resulting in the cost increase of the vehicle control devices. From information regarding a steering force that can be obtained from an electric power steering device, a turn intention of a driver is detected, and based the turning intention, the change of gear ratio is conducted.	01-14-2010

Kohei Murayama, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Kohei Mutaguchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090206345	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device having a display unit, which is small in size, suppresses the defect caused by the mounting of IC chips and the like on the substrate, and operates at a high speed. A semiconductor display unit and other circuit blocks are integrally formed on the substrate having an insulating surface by using a process for fabricating TFTs that realize a high degree of mobility. Concretely, there is employed a process for crystallizing a semiconductor active layer by using a continuously oscillating laser. Further, the process for crystallization relying upon the continuously oscillating laser is selectively effected for only those circuit blocks that must be operated at high speeds, thereby to realize a high production efficiency.	08-20-2009

Kohei Myoen, Hitachinaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100109586	Controller for Rotating Electrical Machines - A controller for rotating electrical machines comprises a processing unit, to which a plurality of parameters are input, for generating a switching instruction to control a switching operation of a switching semiconductor device and outputting a signal corresponding to the switching instruction to a power converter. The processing unit includes at least a function to input thereto signals having been output from each of sensors such as a current sensor to detect current passed between the power converter and a winding of an armature, a temperature sensor to detect temperature of the winding of the armature, and a magnetic pole position sensor to detect magnetic pole position of a magnetic field system, and, based upon information on current, temperature, and rotation speed of the rotating electrical machines, having been obtained from those sensor signals, detects a magnetic flux that interlinks with the winding of the armature from a permanent magnet.	05-06-2010
20110084704	POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING DECISION AS TO CONTACTOR WELD OF POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device includes: a power supply; a first contactor and a second contactor that are connected between the power supply and a load; a voltage detection circuit that detects a voltage between a load side of the first contactor and a power supply side of the second contactor; and a control unit that sets the contactors to an open/closed state. In a state in which electrical power has not been supplied to the load, a voltage which is greater than zero and less than a voltage at the power supply is applied between a positive electrode and a negative electrode on the load side; and after controlling the contactors to an open state, the control unit makes a decision as to whether or not one of the contactors is welded based upon detection results of the voltage detection circuit.	04-14-2011

Kohei Myoen, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090133947	MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a motor control apparatus that can perform an abnormality diagnosis of current sensors and achieve cost reduction. When the outputs from three current sensors, which detect individual phase currents of a 3-phase AC current supplied from an inverter to a 3-phase AC motor, indicate that the sum of the individual phase currents of the 3-phase AC current is greater than a predetermined value, a sensor abnormality judgment unit of a motor control unit judges that one of the three current sensors is abnormal. The sensor abnormality judgment unit identifies an abnormal current sensor, which is one of the three current sensors, and performs calculations in accordance with the remaining two normal current sensors to output the current in the phase detected by the abnormal current sensor.	05-28-2009

Kohei Nakamura, Chuo-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090268626	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH TEST MODE - A semiconductor integrated circuit is provided which includes: A signal input terminals which include control input pads, A being an integer greater than or equal to 2; an internal circuit; a clock signal input terminal to which a clock signal is input; and an input signal control block which, in a test mode, separates time-division multiplexed data having a multiplicity of X, the time-division multiplexed data being input from A/X signal input terminals among the A signal input terminals, into individual data in accordance with the clock signal, and outputs the separated individual data to the internal circuit, X being an integer greater than or equal to 2.	10-29-2009

Kohei Nakamura, Hokkaido JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110079573	CONNECTING STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a connecting structure for connecting a first member and a second member, wherein the first member comprises a connecting upright portion and a plurality of locking flanges provided to extend outwards along the circumferential direction of the outer face of the connecting upright portion, while the second member comprises a connecting side-wall portion that overlies the connecting upright portion and a plurality of locking projections provided to extend inwards from the inner face of the connecting side-wall portion. The bottom faces of the locking flanges distend downwards in a convex curved shape and, when the second member is overlaid on the first member and rotated, the upper faces of the locking projections are guided with sliding contact along the convex curved bottom faces of the locking flanges and stopped at the lowermost position of the convex curved bottom faces.	04-07-2011

Kohei Nakanishi, Wakayama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100274001	METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE ETHER DERIVATIVE - The present invention relates to a process for producing a cellulose ether derivative in an industrially convenient and efficient manner by reacting a low-crystalline powdery cellulose with an epoxy compound in the presence of a catalyst.	10-28-2010

Kohei Nakata, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090312172	OPTICAL GLASS AND OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical glass suitable for precision molding glass preform having a low glass transition temperature and optical characteristics such as a high refractive index and low dispersion is provided. The optical glass contains, as essential components, cationic components of Si	12-17-2009
20100081561	OPTICAL MATERIAL AND OPTICAL ELEMENT - Provided is an optical element, which is formed by vacuum-sintering a molded body of ceramic particles having an average particle diameter of 1 μm or more and 10 μm or less and including Ln	04-01-2010

Kohei Nakayama, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100164655	HEAT INSULATING TRANSMISSION LINE, VACUUM INSULATING CHAMBER, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A heat insulating transmission line includes a first waveguide with a first aperture end, a second waveguide with a second aperture end, and a reflector. The second waveguide is arranged coaxially with the first waveguide. The second aperture end faces the first aperture end through an air gap. The reflector is provided outside the air gap, and controls radiation power from the air gap. In addition, the reflector is substantially parallel to a portion of a virtual plane connecting an inner wall of the first aperture end of the first waveguide and an inner wall of the second aperture end of the second waveguide. When a mean frequency of a signal transmitting through the heat insulating transmission line is expressed as λ, a distance between the virtual surface and the reflector is not less than N×λ/2−0.05λ and not more than N×λ/2+0.2λ (N is a positive integer).	07-01-2010

Kohei Noda, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090295322	STATE MEMORIZING DEVICE FOR MOVABLE MEMBER - A state memorizing device for a movable member, includes a lock state determining portion for determining whether or not the movable member, driven by a motor, is in a locked state, based on a motor current, an initial positional information memorizing portion for memorizing an initial positional information indicative of a current position of the movable member before the motor is started, a current positional information calculating portion for calculating a current positional information indicative of the current position of the movable member on the basis of the position indicated by the initial positional information and the motor current, and a current positional information correcting portion for determining the current position of the movable member based on the initial positional information in a case where the locked state of the movable member is detected and an electrification of the motor is stopped after the motor has just been started.	12-03-2009

Kohei Nomura, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090258551	OUTBOARD MOTOR AND HOOK ASSEMBLY USED FOR OUTBOARD MOTOR - A hook assembly is arranged to engage with an engaged member to fix a first housing to a second housing of an outboard motor. The hook assembly includes a rotation shaft, a hook member, a lever, and a weight. The rotation shaft is rotatably mounted on the first housing. A recessed portion is provided in the hook member. The recessed portion is arranged to open in first rotation direction. The recessed portion engages with the engaged member. The lever extends from the rotation shaft in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction of the recessed portion. The weight regulates the rotation of the hook member in the second rotation direction when the hook member and the engaged member are engaged together. The arrangement provides a highly-operable hook assembly for the outboard motor that prevents disengagement even when an obstacle collides with the outboard motor during traveling of a boat.	10-15-2009
20090318038	COWLING STRUCTURE FOR OUTBOARD MOTOR - In cowling structure for an outboard motor, a through hole is formed below an upper-cowling joining surface of a lower cowling; control cables are supported with a cable supporting groove of a back side plate, and the back side plate is fixed to the through hole; a sealing member that is covered on the outside of the control cables, is fitted into the through hole; a groove of a front side plate is placed around the control cables, and the front side plate is set onto the sealing member; and the sealing member is fixed to the lower cowling by a bolt together with the front side plate. The cowling structure for an outboard motor can prevent water intrusion by removing a notch on an upper-cowling joining surface of a lower cowling.	12-24-2009

Kohei Ogawa, Settsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100222520	CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR BOTH THERMAL RADICAL CURING AND LATENT THERMAL CURING WITH EPOXY - Disclosed is a curable composition having low viscosity, which is capable of forming a cured product that is excellent in heat resistance, weather resistance, oil resistance and the like, while having rubber elasticity. Specifically disclosed is a curable composition for both thermal radical curing and latent thermal curing with epoxy essentially containing the following components (A) and (B).	09-02-2010
20100227949	CURABLE COMPOSITION - Provided is a curable composition excellent in curability and mechanical properties as well as a cured product thereof. Specially provided is a curable composition containing a vinyl-based polymer (I) having one or more crosslinkable functional groups at a terminus on average and a nucleophilic agent (II) and a cured product obtained by curing the curable composition. Preferably, the curable composition of the invention further contains an epoxy resin (III).	09-09-2010

Kohei Ono, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090125190	Power Steering Apparatus - A power steering apparatus includes a power cylinder including first and second pressure chambers; a reversible pump including a first outlet port and a second outlet port; a first hydraulic passage including a portion made from an elastomer; a second hydraulic passage including a portion made from an elastomer; a motor arranged to drive the reversible pump; a motor control section; a pump reverse rotation judging section configured to judge a reverse rotation state of the reversible pump when an actual rotation direction of the reversible pump does not correspond to a direction in which the motor is rotated by the driving signal from the motor control section; and a damping torque adding section configured to damp a torque generated in the reversible pump when the pump reverse rotation judging section determines the reverse rotation state of the reversible pump.	05-14-2009
20090125191	Power Steering Apparatus - A power steering apparatus includes a power cylinder; a reversible pump; first and second hydraulic passages; a reservoir tank; a first supply passage arranged to supply the hydraulic fluid through the reversible pump to the second hydraulic passage; a first one-way valve provided in the first supply passage; a second supply passage arranged to supply the hydraulic fluid through the reversible pump to the first hydraulic passage; and a second one-way valve provided in the second supply passage. A Reynolds number of a flow in the first one-way valve is equal to or smaller than 2300 when a flow rate per unit time of the flow in the first one-way valve is maximum. A Reynolds number of a flow in the second one-way valve is equal to or smaller than 2300 when a flow rate per unit time of the flow in the second one-way valve is maximum.	05-14-2009

Kohei Ono, Hokkaido JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100136099	LIPOSOME FOR INDUCTION OF CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY - Disclosed is a liposome which includes an antigenic substance therein and has, on its surface, a peptide containing several contiguous arginine residues. The liposome enables an antigen-presenting cell to achieve the selective antigen presentation through an MHC Class-I molecule, and can induce a cell-mediated immunity specifically. The liposome can also induce the antigen presentation by a matured dendritic cell.	06-03-2010

Kohei Saito, Aki-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090309537	Battery-charging method and battery-charging apparatus - Disclosed is a battery-charging method and apparatus which is designed to improve charging efficiency during charging of a battery using an external power source, without increasing the number of components. The battery-charging method of the present invention comprises the steps of: forming an electric circuit which includes: an alternating-current generator operable to output alternating current, and an external power source; a diode rectifier operable to rectify the alternating current output from the alternating-current generator into a direct current by a diode; and a battery which is chargeable using an output of the alternating-current generator, which are serially connected in this order; and supplying an alternating current fed from the external power source, between the alternating-current generator and the diode rectifier (S	12-17-2009

Kohei Saito, Higashihiroshima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080315803	HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A hybrid electric vehicle includes, in one example, a motor-generator driven by an engine to generate alternating current, wherein the motor-generator is further configured to start the engine, a motor for driving the vehicle, a diode rectifier to rectify alternating current generated by the motor-generator, an inverter connected to a feed circuit between the diode rectifier and the motor to convert direct current in the feed circuit into alternating current, a power supply connected to a line connecting the diode rectifier with the inverter, a first feed circuit to supply current to the motor to drive the vehicle through the diode rectifier and the inverter in series a second feed circuit to connect the motor-generator with the power supply while bypassing at least the diode rectifier, and an alternating current converter provided in the second feed circuit.	12-25-2008
20080315817	CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A control system and method for a hybrid electric vehicle. One example control system includes a current calculating module to calculate a current, the current being at least one of a current to drive a motor of the vehicle and a current generated by the motor, and a feed controller to selectively implement a first mode when the calculated current is below a predetermined current value and to selectively implement a second mode when the calculated current is more than the predetermined current value, wherein either the first feed circuit or the second feed circuit is used in the first mode and both the first feed circuit and the second feed circuit are used in the second mode.	12-25-2008

Kohei Sakurai, Munchen DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080298256	Distributed System - There is known a method for identifying faults in a distributed system, in which multiple nodes mutually monitor one another and identify faults using two different fault identification conditions and majority voting in order to share information and achieve high reliability fault identification. However, in such configuration, abnormality occurrences are counted irrespective of the abnormality types, and as a result the application cannot grasp accurate and detailed fault situations, and therefore cannot handle faults depending on the fault type.	12-04-2008
20090040934	Distributed System - Mutual node-fault monitoring keeps the values of abnormality counters, which keep track of error occurrences, consistent among all nodes. However, in some cases, the counter values may become inconsistent among the nodes depending on the error situation.	02-12-2009
20090089627	Distributed Control System - There is provided a distributed system having a plurality of nodes connected by a network. Each of the nodes includes: a common-parameter-value determining unit for determining a common-parameter-value from values of a parameter (each value being possessed by a corresponding one of the nodes); a common-operation execution unit for executing a common-operation using, as its input, a value of the parameter or the common-parameter-value; a send/receive unit for exchanging, via the network, the parameter values used for the determination of the common-parameter-value and the results of the common-operation execution with the other nodes; and a fault identification unit that compares the common-operation execution results collected from all the nodes and determines that an error occurs if not all the results are the same.	04-02-2009
20090285107	Method and Apparatus for Monitoring a Status of Nodes of a Communication Network - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for monitoring a status of nodes of a communication network. The method determines first node status data at a first node by diagnosing the own status of the first node and the status of at least one second node, sends the first node status data to at least one second node, receives second node status data from at least one second node, and determines node status evaluation data at the first node based on the determined first node status data and the received second node status data. Furthermore, improvements are proposed for the sake of efficiency and/or robustness of the method.	11-19-2009

Kohei Sato, Kudamatsu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090152242	PLASMA TREATMENT APPARATUS AND PLASMA TREATMENT METHOD - The invention provides a plasma treatment apparatus or a plasma treatment method having a high productivity while maintaining a stable treatment performance. In a plasma treatment apparatus feeding a plurality of gases fed into the treatment chamber and treating a sample arranged within the treatment chamber by a plasma formed by using the plurality of gases, the plasma treatment apparatus has a plurality of feeding gas lines in which the plurality of gases respectively pass, a plurality of gas flow rate regulators respectively arranged on the feeding gas lines and respectively regulating flow rates of the plurality of gases, and a testing gas flow path coupled to the gas line so as to be arranged outside the treatment chamber and arranging a tester testing a flow rate of a gas from a gas flow rate controller therein, and the plasma treatment apparatus tests the gas flow rate regulator on a gas line corresponding to the gas which is not used for the treatment in the plurality of gases in parallel with the treatment.	06-18-2009

Kohei Sato, Tainai JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090018223	Recycle of electrical equipment - The conventional techniques for recycling an electrical equipment including a hardened epoxy resin and electroconductive material has involved conventional problems that a catalyst is degraded to an extent that it can be no longer reused when a water is contained in a dissolving system.	01-15-2009
20090162254	Recycle of Electrical Equipment - The present invention addresses a problem with conventional techniques for recycling electrical equipment that have a hardened epoxy resin and electroconductive material where a catalyst is degraded to an extent that it can no longer be reused when water is present in a dissolving system. Moisture, when present in the dissolving system for treating electrical equipment including electroconductive material of aluminum, may react with aluminum to produce an aluminate compound which is transformed into aluminum oxide (alumina) under heating, which, in turn, may cause abnormal temperature rise to melt aluminum. This may be accompanied by formation of hydrogen which can cause danger of explosion. The present invention manages moisture content in a dissolving system by drying an object to be treated with a catalyst and a solvent prior to the dissolving treatment.	06-25-2009

Kohei Shibata, Fujisawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110004778	Method for Controlling Power on a Computer System Having a Network Device and a Wakeup Function - A method for controlling power in a computer system having a network device and a wakeup function is disclosed. A determination is made whether or not the network device is in an associated state at the time when the computer system moves into a power saving mode. In response to a determination that the network device is not in the associated state, power supply is turned off from a power source to the network device. In response to a determination that the network device is in the associated state, power supply is continually provided from the power source to the network device.	01-06-2011

Kohei Shimada, Yasu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110085280	DIELECTRIC CERAMIC AND LAMINATED CAPACITOR - A dielectric ceramic containing a BaTiO	04-14-2011

Kohei Shimizu, Narashino-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090085890	Touch Panel and Touch Panel Manufacturing Method - A first laminated body is formed by printing an electroluminescent layer that emits radiant light through the first substrate, as well as a first resistive film, upon a flexible and optically transparent first substrate including a principal surface that functions as an operable surface. A second laminated body is formed by printing a second resistive film upon a second substrate. A second resistive film is printed upon a second substrate. The laminated body and the second substrate are then unified such that the first resistive film and the second resistive film face each other and are spaced apart by a predetermined distance.	04-02-2009

Kohei Shimizu, Ebina-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100067080	OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - The optical scanning device scans an object with plural laser beams, and includes a light source, which emits plural parallel laser beams in a predetermined direction and which has a stem portion having a first notch; and a support having an opening, with which the light source is engaged so as to be rotatable on an axis parallel to the plural light beams, and a second notch located on a part of the opening so as to overlap with the first notch when the light source is engaged with the opening. By inserting a slotted screwdriver, etc., into the space formed by the two notches and rotating the screwdriver, the angle of the light source can be adjusted and thereby the pitches of the laser beams can be adjusted.	03-18-2010

Kohei Suseki, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100275685	Thermal Air Flowmeter - An object of the invention is to provide a thermal air flowmeter which can reduce a detection error occurring during pulsating air flow due to a difference of response between rising and falling of detected flow or due to air flow dependence of response. A thermal air flowmeter	11-04-2010

Kohei Suzuki, Yao-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080248394	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a porous insulating film adhered to a surface of at least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the porous insulating film including an inorganic oxide filler and a film binder, wherein the ratio R of actual volume to apparent volume of the separator is not less than 0.4 and not greater than 0.7, and wherein the ratio R and a porosity P of the porous insulating film satisfy the relational formula: −0.10≦R−P≦0.30.	10-09-2008
20080254369	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a porous insulating film adhered to a surface of at least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the porous insulating film including an inorganic oxide filler and a film binder, wherein the ratio R of actual volume to apparent volume of the separator is not less than 0.4 and not greater than 0.7, and wherein the ratio R and a porosity P of the porous insulating film satisfy the relational formula: −0.10≦R−P≦0.30.	10-16-2008

Kohei Tanaka, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090246030	IMPELLER - To provide a can manufacturing pump impeller in which a stress of a base portion of a blade is prevented from increasing while improving the strength of a joint portion of a hub and a boss. In order to reinforce a joint portion of a hub and a boss, a plate is jointed to the inside of an impeller. In order not to overlap a base portion of a blade and the plate with each other on the hub, an opening portion is provided in the plate around the base portion of the blade on the hub. As a shape of the opening portion, a semicircular shape, a semielliptical shape, a rectangular shape, or a trapezoidal shape can be selected. Further, as a plate shape, a flat plate structure, a shell structure, or a curved structure can be selected.	10-01-2009

Kohei Toyotaka, Atsugi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110031499	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An object is to provide a semiconductor device in which characteristics of a driver circuit portion are improved while the aperture ratio of a pixel portion is increased. Alternatively, it is an object to provide a semiconductor device with low power consumption or to provide a semiconductor device in which the threshold voltage of a transistor can be controlled. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having an insulating surface, a pixel portion provided over the substrate, and at least some of driver circuits for driving the pixel portion. A transistor included in the pixel portion and a transistor included in the driver circuit are top-gate bottom-contact transistors. Electrodes and a semiconductor layer of the transistor in the pixel portion have light-transmitting properties. The resistance of electrodes in the driver circuit is lower than the electrodes included in the transistor in the pixel portion.	02-10-2011

Kohei Ueno, Shiojiri-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080204495	LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The invention provides a liquid ejecting apparatus that includes: a main scan section that scans the liquid ejecting head in a main scan direction; a sub scan section that scans the ejection target medium in a sub scan direction, the sub scan section including a pair of transport rollers and a pair of ejection rollers; and a controlling section that acquires, an expected timing of a switchover between a state in which the ejection target medium is nipped by both of the pair of transport rollers and the pair of ejection rollers and a state in which the ejection target medium is nipped by only one of the pair of transport rollers and the pair of ejection rollers, and that changes an ejecting condition, during a plurality of main scan operations in a transition interval that is set around the expected timing.	08-28-2008
20090267984	Liquid Ejection Apparatus and Method for Forming Pattern - A liquid ejection apparatus includes an ejecting section, an upstream-side transport roller, a downstream-side transport roller, and a control section. The ejecting section ejects liquid onto a medium. The upstream-side transport roller is positioned closer to an upstream side than the ejecting section in a transport direction of the medium, and the downstream-side transport roller is positioned closer to a downstream side than the ejecting section. The upstream-side transport roller and the downstream-side transport roller transport the medium in cooperation with each other by rotating. The control section forms a first pattern by causing the ejecting section to eject the liquid onto the medium in case that an upstream-side end section of the medium in the transport direction is sandwiched with a sandwich section of the upstream-side transport roller. Besides, the control section causes the upstream-side transport roller and the downstream-side transport roller to transport the medium until the upstream-side end section of the medium on which the first pattern is formed becomes positioned closer to the downstream side than the sandwich section in the transport direction and ceases to be sandwiched with the sandwich section, and forms a second pattern by causing the ejecting section to eject the liquid onto the medium the upstream-side end section of which is not sandwiched with the sandwich section.	10-29-2009

Kohei Wada, Tachikawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110122595	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing which has a shielding layer on its inner surface and is provided with an opening, a housed component which is contained inside the housing, and a module which is provided at the exterior of the housing, and has a first conducting section that is electrically connected to the housed component and a second conducting section that is different from the first conducting section. The electronic device includes a connection portion, and the connection portion has a contact portion and an elastic support portion which is extended to a part near the opening and supports the contact portion. The contact portion equalizes the potential of the shielding layer with the potential of the second conducting section by electrically connecting to the shielding layer by the opening, and contacting the second conducting section.	05-26-2011
20110141732	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a lighting unit incorporated in the housing of a note PC includes a lens unit provided with a plurality of light guiding lenses formed of a transparent resin, and a plurality of couplers coupling the light guiding lenses. A plurality of light shielding plates project from the inner surface of the housing between the light guiding lenses. Each light shielding plate has an upper edge at a level higher than the light input surfaces of the light guiding lenses.	06-16-2011
20110149534	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a casing including a cover, an input portion provided on the cover and configured to receive an external input, a circuit board contained in the casing and including a switch configured to be operated by the input portion, a support member configured to permit the circuit board to be supported by the cover, and an engagement portion integral with the support member and configured to hold the circuit board in cooperation with the support member.	06-23-2011
20110149545	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a USB port for connecting a note PC to an external device includes a rib structure that faces an opening formed in a side wall of the housing of the note PC and receives a gasket. The rib structure includes a frame member surrounding the gasket, and a plurality of ribs. The frame member has a cutout formed in a portion thereof remote from the side wall. When the gasket is pressed and elastically deformed by the receptacle of a connector, the deformed portion of the gasket escapes through the cutout.	06-23-2011
20110155451	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a cable, a protrusion, and a recessed portion. The cable is routed along a surface of a wall in a housing. The protrusion protrudes on the surface of the wall, and includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion that elastically hold the cable. The recessed portion is formed on the surface between the first protrusion and the second protrusion. The cable is elastically held between the first protrusion and the second protrusion while at least part of the cable is fitted in the recessed portion.	06-30-2011
20110156563	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, a mounting portion, and a hinge. The mounting portion is provided in the first housing. The mounting portion includes a mounting surface, a first pin protruding from the mounting surface, and a receiver including an insertion groove. The hinge is attached to the second housing and includes a fixing portion. The fixing portion includes a main portion mounted on the mounting surface, an elongated hole provided in the main portion and configured to engage with the first pin, and an inserting portion configured to be inserted into the insertion groove and supported by the receiver from a side opposite to the mounting surface.	06-30-2011
20110157850	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a circuit board in the housing, a module, a holder, and a buffer. The housing includes a wall. The circuit board includes a first connector. The module includes a second connector configured to engage with the first connector. The holder holds the module. The buffer is configured to be interposed between the wall and the holder such that a gap remains between the first connector and the second connector in a range in which the first connector is electrically connected to the second connector.	06-30-2011

Kohei Washizaki, Hyogo JP

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Kohei Wataru, Osaka JP

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