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Kurata, JP

Eisuke Kurata, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100251849	STEERING WHEEL OF VEHICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF STEERING WHEEL OF VEHICLE - A steering wheel of a vehicle includes a steering wheel main body. The steering wheel main body includes a rim part, a boss part, a core metal, and a resin layer. The core metal includes a ring part and an offset part such that a distance from a center of the boss part to the offset part is smaller than a distance from the center of the boss part to the ring part. The resin layer includes a ring part resin layer covering the ring part, and an offset part resin layer covering the offset part. A thickness of the offset part resin layer at an outer side of a radial direction with respect to the offset part is thicker than a thickness of the ring part resin layer at the outer side of the radial direction with respect to the ring part. The resin layer is a complete circle.	10-07-2010

Gakuto Kurata, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080306742	APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR SUPPORTING SPEECH INTERFACE DESIGN - For design of a speech interface accepting speech control options, speech samples are stored on a computer-readable medium. A similarity calculating unit calculates a certain indication of similarity of first and second sets of ones of the speech samples, the first set of speech samples being associated with a first speech control option and the second set of speech samples being associated with a second speech control option. A display unit displays the similarity indication.	12-11-2008
20100114575	System and Method for Extracting a Specific Situation From a Conversation - A system, method, and computer readable article of manufacture for extracting a specific situation in a conversation. The system includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring speech voice data of speakers in the conversation; a specific expression detection unit for detecting the speech voice data of a specific expression from speech voice data of a specific speaker in the conversation; and a specific situation extraction unit for extracting, from the speech voice data of the speakers in the conversation, a portion of the speech voice data that forms a speech pattern that includes the speech voice data of the specific expression detected by the specific expression detection unit.	05-06-2010

Gakuto Kurata, Yamato-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080221890	UNSUPERVISED LEXICON ACQUISITION FROM SPEECH AND TEXT - Techniques for acquiring, from an input text and an input speech, a set of a character string and a pronunciation thereof which should be recognized as a word. A system according to the present invention: selects, from an input text, plural candidate character strings which are candidates to be recognized as a word; generates plural pronunciation candidates of the selected candidate character strings; generates frequency data by combining data in which the generated pronunciation candidates are respectively associated with the character strings; generates recognition data in which character strings respectively indicating plural words contained in the input speech are associated with pronunciations; and selects and outputs a combination contained in the recognition data, out of combinations each consisting of one of the candidate character strings and one of the pronunciation candidates.	09-11-2008
20090210804	DIALOG SERVER FOR HANDLING CONVERSATION IN VIRTUAL SPACE METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR HAVING CONVERSATION IN VIRTUAL SPACE - A dialog server which provides dialogs made by at least one user through their respective avatars in a virtual space. A method and a computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions for executing the steps of the method are also provided. The dialog server includes: a position storage unit which stores positional information on the avatars; an utterance receiver which receives at least one utterance of avatars and utterance strength representing an importance or attention level of the utterance; an interest level calculator which calculates interest levels between avatars based on their positional information; a message processor which generates a message based on the utterance in accordance with a value calculated from the interest levels and the utterance strength; and a message transmitter which transmits the message to the avatars.	08-20-2009

Gouo Kurata, Shiga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100195019	SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A light guide plate (	08-05-2010

Hajime Kurata, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090041533	JOINT - A joint for bringing into communication a first fluid passageway and a second fluid passageway of a nut member includes a push rod and a main body. The main body forms a push rod storage space, a communication path, a seal structure forming part and a male thread part. The push rod storage space houses the push rod so that one part of the push rod protrudes along a push rod longitudinal direction. The seal structure forming part is capable of forming a seal structure by contacting a first tapered part of the nut member. The male thread part is capable of screwing together with a female thread part of the nut member such that the seal structure forming part contacts the first tapered part. The part of the portion of the push rod contacts one part of the nut member.	02-12-2009

Hajime Kurata, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080237739	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, has forming a gate insulating film over a surface of a substrate, eliminating a portion of the gate insulating film in a region, forming a gate electrode over the gate insulating film and a drain electrode on the region, implanting first impurities into the substrate using the gate electrode and the drain electrode as a mask, forming an insulating film to fill the space between the gate electrode and the drain electrode, and implanting second impurities into the substrate to form a source region using the gate electrode, the drain electrode and the insulating film as a mask.	10-02-2008
20100109082	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, has forming a gate insulating film over a surface of a substrate, eliminating a portion of the gate insulating film in a region, forming a gate electrode over the gate insulating film and a drain electrode on the region, implanting first impurities into the substrate using the gate electrode and the drain electrode as a mask, forming an insulating film to fill the space between the gate electrode and the drain electrode, and implanting second impurities into the substrate to form a source region using the gate electrode, the drain electrode and the insulating film as a mask.	05-06-2010
20100164067	CAPACITOR ELEMENT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a capacitor element including a first comb-shaped interconnection formed over a substrate and including a first comb tooth, a second comb-shaped interconnection formed over the substrate and including a second comb tooth opposed to the first comb tooth, and a first electrode and a second electrode opposed to each other with opposed surfaces of the first electrode and the second electrode intersecting a longitudinal direction of the first comb tooth and the second comb tooth, a first dielectric layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode being connected to the first comb tooth, and the second electrode being connected to the second comb tooth.	07-01-2010

Haruto Kurata, Mishima-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090275554	AMINOCARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE AND MEDICINAL USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I), a salt thereof, an N-oxide form thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof, and a medicament containing the same. The compound represented by the formula (I) has an ability to bind to an S1P receptor (particularly, EDG-1, EDG-6, and/or EDG-8) and is useful for preventing and/or treating for rejection to transplantation, graft-versus-host disease, autoimmune diseases, allergic diseases, neurodegenerating diseases, and the like.	11-05-2009
20110020324	COMPOUND CAPABLE OF BINDING S1P RECEPTOR AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF - A compound having an ability to bind to an S1P receptor (particularly EDG-6, preferably EDG-1 and EDG-6), for example, the compound represented by formula (I) of the present invention, a salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof is useful for prevention and/or treatment of rejection of transplantation, graft-versus-host disease, autoimmune disease, allergic disease and the like.	01-27-2011

Haruto Kurata, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110105432	AMINOCARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE AND MEDICINAL USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I), a salt thereof, an N-oxide form thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof, and a medicament containing the same. The compound represented by the formula (I) has an ability to bind to an S1P receptor (particularly, EDG-1, EDG-6, and/or EDG-8) and is useful for preventing and/or treating for rejection to transplantation, graft-versus-host disease, autoimmune diseases, allergic diseases, neurodegenerating diseases, and the like.	05-05-2011

Hidetoshi Kurata, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090001766	VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - Provided is an improved automotive vehicle body structure which is light in weight but demonstrates an improved mechanical strength at the time of a frontal collision. A pair of front side frames (	01-01-2009
20090001769	VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - Provided is an automotive vehicle body structure which is light weight but demonstrates improved mechanical strength during a frontal or side collision. A pair of front side frames extend in a fore-and-aft direction in a mutually spaced relationship in a front part of a vehicle body, and a pair of floor frames having forward ends joined to rear ends of the corresponding front side frames, respectively, extend in the fore-and-aft direction. A first middle cross member is joined to intermediate parts of the floor frames and to lateral ends of side sills. A front cross member is joined to a front side of the first middle cross member, has a pair of lateral ends that are joined to inboard sides of the corresponding front side frames, and is arch shaped such that a fore-and-aft dimension of the front cross member diminishes from each side end toward a middle part thereof.	01-01-2009
20090026802	REAR FRAME STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - A rear frame structure for a vehicle is disclosed, wherein an impact load can be satisfactorily absorbed in the case of a collision with a rear surface of the vehicle. The rear frame structure includes a pipe-shaped impact-absorbing member located between left and right rear frames. The impact-absorbing member has a center pipe that has a V shape in plan view, formed so as to protrude backward. The impact-absorbing member has left- and right-side pipes extending from the center pipe linearly upwardly to left and right end pipes. The impact load applied to the center pipe causes the left- and right-side pipes to undergo compressive deformation in their axial longitudinal directions as well as bending deformation towards the front of the vehicle body, whereby the impact load is absorbed.	01-29-2009

Hiroaki Kurata, Saga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090099678	MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT METHOD, MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND MOUNTER - For a mounter, to provide a manufacturing management method which enables to suppress an occurrence of inventory shortage or excess inventory as much as possible, and to provide a manufacturing management method which allows energy savings when manufacturing is not performed at full capacity.	04-16-2009

Hirokazu Kurata, Kobe JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110136113	MARKER FOR DETECTING IL-17-PRODUCING HELPER T CELL, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING IL-17-PRODUCING HELPER T CELL - Disclosed is at least one polynucleotide marker or protein marker which enables the specific detection of an IL-17-producing helper T cell (a Th17 cells). Also disclosed is a method for detecting a Th17 cell, which is characterized by comprising detecting the occurrence of the above-mentioned at least one marker.	06-09-2011

Hirokazu Kurata, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110008795	MARKER FOR DETECTION OF IL-17-PRODUCING HELPER T-CELL, AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF IL-17-PRODUCING HELPER T-CELL - Disclosed is a polynucleotide marker or a protein marker for use in the specific detection of an IL-17-producing helper T-cell (a Th17 cell). Also disclosed is a method for detecting a Th17 cell, which is characterized by detecting the occurrence of the polynucleotide marker or the protein marker.	01-13-2011

Hiroshi Kurata, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090111878	Teeth Whitening Material and Teeth Whitening Method - The present invention relates to a tooth bleaching material containing peroxyglutaric acid and/or peroxypolyacrylic acid as a bleaching ingredient, as well as a method of bleaching teeth which include the step of applying the tooth bleaching material in the form of a dilute solution or without dilution onto surfaces of discolored teeth. In accordance with the present invention, there are provided a tooth bleaching material for bleaching and removing colored sediments (colored or discolored deposits) on teeth which do not essentially require irradiation with light, and is readily used with a high safety and further suitable as a domestic bleaching material, as well as a tooth bleaching method using the above tooth bleaching material.	04-30-2009
20100092407	TOOTH-BLEACHING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF BLEACHING TOOTH - A tooth bleaching material that is safe and has good operability and high bleaching effect and a tooth bleaching method using the tooth bleaching material are provided by bleaching and removing colored sediments (colored or discolored deposits) on a tooth with a tooth bleaching material containing hydrogen peroxide and/or a compound generating hydrogen peroxide in an aqueous solution, and a dicarboxylic anhydride, and also containing a basic compound and a thickening agent, and a tooth bleaching method containing attaching the tooth bleaching material to a surface of a discolored tooth after dilution or without dilution irradiating with light.	04-15-2010

Kazuhiko Kurata, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090196548	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING OPTICAL SIGNAL INPUT-OUTPUT MECHANISM - A semiconductor device has printed wiring board (	08-06-2009

Kazunori Kurata, Atsugi-Shi JP

Kengo Kurata, Nagano-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110052977	BATTERY - In one embodiment, a battery includes an exterior can, an electrode group, a lid attached to an opening of the exterior can, and anode and cathode terminal portions arranged in the lid. At least one of the terminal portions includes an insulating gasket having a cylindrical portion, an external insulator having a pedestal portion, an external terminal including a head portion and the axial portion extended from the head portion, an electrode lead located in the exterior can and connected to the external terminal, and an internal insulator to isolate the lid and the electrode lead. The cylindrical portion of the external terminal is fixed to a through hole of the lid and an attachment hole of the electrode lead by a caulking. The insulating gasket is formed of a resin in which the melting point is higher than those of the internal insulator and the external insulator.	03-03-2011

Kengo Kurata, Saku-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110052970	BATTERY - According to one embodiment, a battery includes a case, an electrode group, a lid, an external terminal and an insulating member. The external terminal includes a head section and an axial section extended from the head section. The axial section is caulked and fixed into a through hole in the lid. The insulating member is arranged between the lid and the external terminal. The insulating member includes a bus bar-fixing section.	03-03-2011
20110052976	BATTERY - According to one embodiment, a battery includes an electrode group, a tab, a conductive nipping member, a case, a lid and a lead. The conductive nipping member includes first and second nipping sections. The first and second nipping sections divide the tab into two bundles in which portions of the tab are laminated onto each other in a thickness direction of the electrode group. The lead includes a connecting section connected electrically to a terminal, and current collecting sections which are two sections branched from the connecting section and sandwiching the nipping member.	03-03-2011

Kenichi Kurata, Tokorozawa-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080252972	MULTI-LAYERED POLARIZING SHEET, AND A NON-GLARING PRODUCT AND A POLARIZING SHEET FOR A LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY COMPRISING THE POLARIZING SHEET - [Problem to be Solved] The present inventions provide a polarizing film and a polarizing sheet of which the resistance for the response in the vertical direction against the direction for the extension.	10-16-2008

Koji Kurata, Miyagi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080211490	MAGNETIC DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A magnetic detector includes a magnetoresistive element and a fixed resistor that are constituted from identical laminates. Hard bias layers are disposed on two sides of the fixed resistor each with a gap therebetween. The magnetoresistive element includes a magnetic layer, magnetization direction of which is variable; the fixed resistor includes a magnetic layer corresponding to the magnetic layer of the magnetoresistive element; and the magnetization direction of the magnetic layer of the fixed resistor is pinned by a bias magnetic field from the hard bias layers	09-04-2008
20090251830	MAGNETIC DETECTOR - Magnetoresistive elements each have a layered structure including a pinned magnetic layer having a magnetization direction pinned in one direction, a free magnetic layer with magnetization being variable by an external magnetic field, and a nonmagnetic material layer arranged therebetween. Assuming that a center distance between a N-pole and a S-pole of a permanent magnet is λ, the magnetoresistive elements connected in series are arranged in a direction parallel to a relative movement direction with a center distance λ arranged therebetween. Interfaces in the layers of the layered structure of each of the magnetoresistive elements are orthogonal to a facing surface of the permanent magnet, and are in the relative movement direction. The pinned magnetic layers of the magnetoresistive elements have magnetization directions, all the magnetization directions are orthogonal to the relative movement direction in a plane parallel to the interfaces.	10-08-2009
20090262466	MAGNETIC SENSOR AND MAGNETIC ENCODER USING SAME - Soft magnetic material elements are provided on both sides of each of magneto-resistance effect elements with a spacing therebetween. As a result, an external magnetic field generated from a magnet can be pulled to above a substrate on which the magneto-resistance effect element is provided, thereby making it possible to amplify the external magnetic field to be applied to the magneto-resistance effect element to more than in the related art. Since a bias magnetic field is applied to a free magnetic layer, a magnetic sensor is resistant to a disturbance magnetic field. Moreover, since the external magnetic field applied to the magneto-resistance effect element can be amplified, even if the bias magnetic field is applied to the free magnetic layer, the magnetic detection sensitivity can be apparently improved to more than in the related art, thereby increasing the output.	10-22-2009

Koji Kurata, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080231024	PLANING BOAT WITH AIRBAG SYSTEM - A planing boat, particularly of a small size, is provided with an airbag system. The airbag system includes at least one bag-shaped airbag body, a housing which accommodates the airbag body, a detector for detecting a collision of the boat, an expanding unit which inflates the airbag body at the time of collision of the boat, and a controller for controlling the detector and the inflation of the airbag body. In a preferred embodiment, the airbag system includes a first airbag body in the handle cover which is blown up from the handle bar to a rear side of the boat and a second airbag body in the handle cover which is blown up toward a front side of knees of a rider.	09-25-2008

Masakazu Kurata, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
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

Masakazu Kurata, Osaka JP

Minoru Kurata, Wakayama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100227994	METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMERIZABLE PHOSPHATE ESTER - The present invention relates to a method of producing a polymerizable phosphate containing at least one selected from polymerizable phosphates represented by formula (II), (III) or (IV) by a batch reaction, including a step of adding a compound represented by formula (I) into a mixture of a polymerizable phosphate reaction product containing at least one selected from polymerizable phosphates represented by formula (II), (III) or (IV), obtained by a pre-batch reaction, and phosphoric acid anhydride to react them:	09-09-2010

Motomu Kurata, Isehara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110133177	Semiconductor Element, Semiconductor Device, And Method For Manufacturing The Same - The semiconductor element includes an oxide semiconductor layer on an insulating surface; a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer over the oxide semiconductor layer; a gate insulating layer over the oxide semiconductor layer, the source electrode layer, and the drain electrode layer; and a gate electrode layer over the gate insulating layer. The source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer have sidewalls which are in contact with a top surface of the oxide semiconductor layer.	06-09-2011
20110147745	THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An embodiment is a thin film transistor which includes a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer provided so as to cover the gate electrode layer; a first semiconductor layer entirely overlapped with the gate electrode layer; a second semiconductor layer provided over and in contact with the first semiconductor layer and having a lower carrier mobility than the first semiconductor layer; an impurity semiconductor layer provided in contact with the second semiconductor layer; a sidewall insulating layer provided so as to cover at least a sidewall of the first semiconductor layer; and a source and drain electrode layers provided in contact with at least the impurity semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer may consist of parts which are apart from each other over the first semiconductor layer.	06-23-2011
20110147755	THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - A thin film transistor having favorable electric characteristics with high productively is provided. The thin film transistor includes a gate insulating layer covering a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer in contact with the gate insulating layer, an impurity semiconductor layer which is in contact with part of the semiconductor layer and functions as a source region and a drain region, and a wiring in contact with the impurity semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer includes a microcrystalline semiconductor region having a concave-convex shape, which is formed on the gate insulating layer side, and an amorphous semiconductor region in contact with the microcrystalline semiconductor region. A barrier region is provided between the semiconductor layer and the wiring.	06-23-2011

Munehito Kurata, Suntou-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100316404	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a fixing portion, a temperature detection element, and a power control portion, wherein the power control portion is capable of setting a first power supply control mode for supplying power according to the detected temperature for each one control cycle, a second power supply control mode for supplying power according to the detected temperature for each one control cycle and a third power supply control mode for supplying predetermined power, and switches, immediately before a leading edge of the recording material enters the fixing portion, a state of supplying the power in the first power supply control mode to a state of supplying the power in the second power supply control mode, and then switches the state of supplying the power in the second power supply control mode to a state of supplying the power in the third power supply control mode.	12-16-2010
20110150548	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including an upstream conveying portion, a downstream conveying portion, and a loop detector, wherein the image forming apparatus further includes a driving portion which moves the contact portion to a projecting position where the sheet conveying path is in contact with a conveyed sheet and to a retracted position where the sheet conveying path is not in contact with the conveyed sheet, and a controlling portion which controls the driving portion such that the contact portion is moved from the projecting position to the retracted position before a tip end of a sheet which enters the sheet conveying path from the upstream conveying portion reaches the contact portion.	06-23-2011
20110150549	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus having an upstream conveying portion, a downstream conveying portion, and a contact loop detection portion to detect a loop of the sheet formed between the upstream conveying portion and the downstream conveying portion, wherein the loop detection portion, includes a sensor that outputs the detection signal, a contact portion that protrudes into a sheet conveyance path between the upstream conveying portion and the downstream conveying portion as if to come into contact with the sheet conveyed through the sheet conveyance path and causes the sensor to output the detection signal by moving in contact with the sheet, and a contact force changing portion that changes a contact force with which the contact portion comes into contact with the sheet conveyed through the sheet conveyance path according to a type of the sheet conveyed through the sheet conveyance path.	06-23-2011

Munehito Kurata, Mishima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090202266	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus, in the case where image forming is performed on a recording medium whose size covers a position of a second temperature detection element perpendicularly disposed to the recording medium conveyance direction, when the detected temperature rises to a predetermined temperature during execution of the first power supply control, a first power supply control is switched to a second power supply control. In the case where image forming is performed on a recording medium whose size does not cover a position of the second temperature detection element, when the detected temperature rises to a predetermined temperature during execution of the first power supply control, a conveyance control portion executes a control for extending the conveyance interval of the recording medium. Thus, an unduly large temperature rise in the non-sheet passing portion is prevented, and a good quality image can be provided without glossy unevenness in one sheet.	08-13-2009
20090257793	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion forming a toner image on a recording material, and a fixing portion heating and fixing the toner image formed on the recording material to the recording material, wherein the apparatus has a cleaning mode in which the fixing portion is cleaned, and when the cleaning mode is set, the image forming portion forms a predetermined toner image on the recording material, and the fixing portion then heats and fixes the predetermined toner image to the recording material to form a cleaning sheet which is heated and conveyed to clean the fixing portion. By the virtue of the present invention, it achieves high cleaning performance in which the fixing portion is cleaned by the cleaning sheet.	10-15-2009

Noboru Kurata, Matsumoto City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090189516	ORGANIC EL LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY - An organic EL light emitting display employs a color conversion system having a structure in which generation of dark areas in an organic EL element can be suppressed and emission of the organic EL light emitting element can be made highly efficient. The organic EL light emitting display successively includes a transparent substrate, one kind or a plurality of kinds of color filter layers, a bonding layer, a color conversion layer, a barrier layer, a transparent electrode, an organic EL layer and a reflecting electrode. The color filter layer is formed by a wet process, the color conversion layer and the barrier layer are formed by a dry process, and the bonding layer is selected from a group consisting of an inorganic bonding layer, an organic bonding layer, and a laminated body of an organic bonding layer and an inorganic bonding layer.	07-30-2009
20100133229	Method of Manufacturing a Magnetic Recording Medium - A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium avoiding degradation of magnetic performance due to a manufacturing process, including forming a mask protective film on a magnetic layer; forming a resist with a predetermined pattern on the mask protective film; forming a protective mask by etching the mask protective film using the resist as a mask; forming protrusions and recesses on a magnetic layer by etching the magnetic layer using the resist and the protective mask as masks; removing the protective mask; and forming a protective layer on the magnetic layer having the protrusions and recesses; where the magnetic recording medium is not exposed to the atmosphere during a period of time at least from the step of removing the protective mask to the step of forming the protective layer.	06-03-2010
20110076514	MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate; a magnetic recording layer that is provided on the substrate and that has a plurality of tracks; and a separation layer that magnetically separates respective tracks of the plurality of tracks of the magnetic recording layer from one another and that is composed of a material including a nonmagnetic amorphous alloy selected from the group consisting of chromium boride (CrB), nickel boride (NiB), chromium phosphide (CrP), and nickel phosphide (NiP). The nonmagnetic amorphous alloy is used as a filler material for the separation layer and has a smooth surface after filling and an excellent corrosion resistance. This enables production of the magnetic recording medium by a simple method so that producibility is excellent and without spoiling reliability.	03-31-2011

Norihiko Kurata, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080238056	MOTORCYCLE PASSENGER PROTECTING SYSTEM - Multiple protecting devices, such as an air bag and an air bag jacket, are controlled and operated in accordance with the shape and size of an impact. A normal collision determining section causes the air bag and/or the air bag jacket to operate in accordance with the magnitude and direction of a collision based on outputs of G sensors. When a collision predicting section predicts a collision on the basis of other vehicle information obtained by a vehicle-to-vehicle communication device and own-vehicle information, it causes a stand-by collision determining section to start instead of the normal collision determining section. The stand-by collision determining section determines a collision mode in advance and sets a threshold value for determining the outputs of the G sensors to a value different from a value used in the determination of the normal collision determining section so as to permit quick determination of a collision.	10-02-2008

Ryoichi Kurata, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090218387	Method of soldering portions plated by electroless ni plating - When electrodes of a BGA plated by electroless Ni plating are soldered with solder balls of a lead-free solder, peeling of soldered joints readily takes place under an external impact. When a BGA electrode plated by electroless Ni plating is soldered with a lead-free solder to which 0.03-0.1 mass percent of P is added, the growth of brittle SnNi intermetallic compounds formed on the portion being soldered and a P layer on the electroless Ni plating surface is suppressed, resulting in an increased bonding strength.	09-03-2009

Satoshi Kurata, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090050138	INHALER - A mouthpiece (	02-26-2009
20100147292	INHALER AND INHALER MOUTHPIECE - A mouthpiece (	06-17-2010

Seiji Kurata, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090165595	Hard-particle powder for sintered body and sintered body - The invention provides a hard-particle powder for sintered body, which contains, by mass %, 2% to 3.5% of Si, 6% to 10% of Cr, 20% to 35% of Mo, 0.01% to 0.5% of REM, and the remainder being Co and unavoidable impurities. The invention further provides a sintered body obtained through a mixing step of mixing the above-mentioned hard-particle powder for sintered body with a pure iron powder and a graphite powder to obtain a powder mixture, a forming step of compacting the powder mixture to obtain a compact, and a sintering step of sintering the compact. The hard-particle powder according to the invention has the effect of giving a sintered body having improved wear resistance without substantially impairing powder characteristics and sintering characteristics. Additionally, the sintered body according to the invention has the effect of having excellent wear resistance.	07-02-2009

Shoichiro Kurata, Aoba-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080206365	Diterpene compounds having an atisane framework, compositions thereof, and methods of production - Provided are a certain compounds and compositions useful for inhibiting or activating the production of various types of cytokines. Also provided are certain compounds and compositions for preventing or treating various diseases attributable to abnormal cytokine production or compromised immunity.	08-28-2008

Shuhei Kurata, Settsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080236735	WEARING ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wearing article	10-02-2008
20090312739	Wearing article and method of manufacturing the same - A wearing article capable of suppressing the occurrence of a loss of materials and an increase of the cost of facilities and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A wearing article includes a waist portion (	12-17-2009
20100010462	WOUND DRESSING - Provided is a further improved wound dressing suitable for a method for treating a wound while maintaining a moist environment created by exudate oozing from the wound. The wound dressing (	01-14-2010
20100193111	DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A method comprising a step of manufacturing an elastic laminated body by laminating two webs and while inserting an elastic member in an extended state in a web length direction in between; a step of cutting the elastic laminated body in a length direction so that a concave portion and a convex portion appear alternately; a step of attaching a cover sheet to bridge between the concave portion and the convex portion of cut first elastic laminated body and second elastic laminated body, respectively; a step of widening the first elastic laminated body and the second elastic laminated body to which the cover sheet is attached; and a step of attaching an absorber onto the cover sheet, lessens the occurrence of wrinkles and creases produced when webs are cut, and eliminates a problem attributed to the occurrence of wrinkles and arising when an absorber is attached.	08-05-2010

Shuhei Kurata, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100239643	ANTI-ITCH SHEET - The present invention provides an anti-itch sheet suitable for curing and relieving itching caused by an insect bite or sunburn based on a novel finding, the anti-itch sheet comprising a sealing layer, and a fixing layer on a skin-contacting side of the sealing layer for facilitating the application of the sealing layer to the skin.	09-23-2010

Shun Kurata, Kariya-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090000319	REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - In a refrigeration cycle device with a capacity-variable compressor, a preset suction pressure that serves as a target value of a refrigerant suction pressure of the compressor is calculated and a refrigerant discharge capacity of the compressor is controlled by operating a capacity varying portion such that the suction pressure of the compressor is appreciated to the preset suction pressure. A thermal load detection portion is configured to detect a thermal load of a refrigeration cycle, and a refrigerant flow amount detection portion is configured to detect a flow amount of refrigerant circulating through the refrigeration cycle. In the refrigeration cycle device, a pressure at a predetermined part of the compressor is estimated based on the thermal load detected by the thermal load detection portion and on the flow amount detected by the refrigerant flow amount detection portion.	01-01-2009
20100024469	Refrigerating cycle apparatus - A refrigerating cycle apparatus includes a circulation refrigerant, a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, an evaporator, and an internal heat exchanger. The internal heat exchanger is disposed to perform heat exchange between a high pressure circulation refrigerant flowing from the condenser to the expansion valve and a low pressure circulation refrigerant flowing from the evaporator and the compressor. The circulation refrigerant has a property indicating an isentropic line having a gradient greater than a gradient of an isentropic line of a R134a refrigerant and a saturation characteristic curve having a two-phase region enthalpy width smaller than a two-phase region enthalpy width of the R134a refrigerant, on a p-h chart.	02-04-2010
20110005255	Vehicular air-conditioning system - A vehicular air-conditioning system provided with a vapor compression type refrigerating machine improved in practicality, provided with a vapor compression type refrigeration cycle	01-13-2011
20110073208	Double-wall pipe, method of manufacturing the same and refrigerant cycle device provided with the same - A double-wall pipe includes an outer pipe, and an inner pipe disposed inside the outer pipe. An outer wall of the inner pipe has thereon a ridge portion, which defines a groove portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the inner pipe. The outer pipe and the inner pipe are bent to have a straight portion extending straightly, and a bend portion bent from the straight portion. In the straight portion, the outer pipe has an inside diameter that is larger than an outside diameter of an imaginary cylinder defined by an outer surface of the ridge portion of the inner pipe. Furthermore, the ridge portion of the inner pipe contacts an inside surface of the outer pipe to be radially squeezed and held by the outer pipe, in the bend portion. The double-wall pipe can be suitably used for a refrigerant cycle device.	03-31-2011

Shunsuke Kurata, Kamiina-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080239301	Visual inspection apparatus - A visual inspection apparatus includes an upper illuminator, a lower illuminator, a side illuminator, and a pair of inclined illuminators, which illuminate the peripheral edge of a wafer, and illuminates the peripheral edge of the wafer brightly. A gap is formed in the upper illuminator and illumination light of an epi-illumination portion is injected through the gap. The illumination light of the epi-illumination portion is refracted and reflected by a first mirror to illuminate the peripheral edge of the wafer. The illumination position is changed by moving second mirrors together as needed. An image of the peripheral edge is acquired in an imaging portion disposed at the same axis as the epi-illumination portion.	10-02-2008

Takashi Kurata, Sekikawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100089255	PRECISION PRESS DEVICE AND PRESS LOAD CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a precision press device and a press load control method thereof for downsizing a vacuum chamber in press work in the vacuum chamber, shortening a time required to reach a vacuum and further performing high accuracy pressure control. To downsize a chamber	04-15-2010
20100307732	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HEATING AND COOLING OF TRANSFER UNIT IN PRECISION HOT PRESS APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for controlling heating and cooling of a transfer unit in a precision hot press device capable of suppressing overheating and supercooling, and of performing quick heating and cooling, wherein the method and apparatus compares an amount of energy (amount of heat) given to the transfer unit or taken from the transfer unit by a heating unit or a cooling unit with an amount of energy observed to enter into or exit from the transfer unit before the temperature of the transfer unit reaches a target temperature, calculates an amount of surplus or supercooled energy from a difference between the two energy mounts, and heats or cools the transfer unit based on the amount of surplus or supercooled energy.	12-09-2010
20110018674	TRANSFORMER, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TRANSFORMER IRON CORE - A technology for manufacturing a transformer core with laminated structure draws the magnetic sheet materials in parallel from plural winding bodies around which the magnetic sheet material is wound like hoop, cuts the materials at predetermined positions substantially simultaneously to form plural magnetic sheet materials each with a different length, forms a block-shaped laminate by laminating the plural magnetic sheet materials in the order of length, and further laminates the block-shaped laminates in the order of length. The resultant laminate formed by laminating the plural block-shaped laminates are formed into an annular structure so that the longer block-shaped laminate is wound on the outer circumference of the winding core and the shorter block-shaped laminate is wound on the inner circumference, and abutting and overlapping both ends of the respective magnetic sheet materials so that the abutting or the overlapped portions are located at circumferentially different positions between the adjoining layers of the magnetic materials.	01-27-2011

Takayuki Kurata, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090299692	SHAPE MEASURING APPARATUS AND SHAPE MEASURING METHOD - A moving vector calculation unit calculates a moving vector M representing a quantity and a direction of movement of a probe on basis of a stylus displacement vector, a stylus displacement vector D, and a direction change angle θ of the stylus displacement vector D that is caused by a frictional force between a stylus	12-03-2009

Takenori Kurata, Fuji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100187862	STRUCTURE OF MOUNTING COWL TOP COVER - A structure of mounting a cowl top cover which has a back end portion mounted to a lower end portion of a front windshield panel is disclosed. The structure includes: a surface portion disposed at the back end portion of cowl top cover, the surface portion covering a surface of lower end portion of front windshield panel and extending in a vehicular widthwise direction; a plurality of clip portions disposed at back end portion of cowl top cover, the lower end portion of front windshield panel being clamped between the clip portions and the surface portion in a plurality of places along the direction in which the surface portion extends; and a thin plate portion disposed at back end portion of cowl top cover, wherein the thin plate portion connecting plurality of clip portions with each other is thinner than surface portion and is spaced apart from front windshield panel.	07-29-2010

Takeshi Kurata, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110071955	TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULE PLANNING SUPPORT SYSTEM AND TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULE PLANNING SUPPORT METHOD - A transportation schedule planning support system receives an order of one or more types of products which requires a use-by date control, and transports the products from one or more stock-carrying bases to one or more delivery destinations. In the system, a user previously registers a transportation route candidate from a stock-carrying base to each delivery destination adoptable as a solution, as a base group. A necessary use-by date for a product to be delivered next is determined based on an actual delivery to each delivery destination. The number of vehicles allocatable to a transportation at each base according to a vehicle type, and a vehicle type not used in each base group are added to a restriction condition. A mixed integer programming is applied using an expected obtainable profit obtained by delivering each product as an objective function.	03-24-2011

Takeshi Kurata, Tsukuba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080306689	MOBILE POSITIONING SYSTEM - There is provided a mobile positioning apparatus for performing map matching based on a pixel image. The mobile positioning apparatus comprises a position storage device which holds a position information group indicating a current position of a mobile body and likelihood information thereof as a nonparametric distribution; a movement vector estimation device which outputs a movement vector indicating a moving distance and a moving direction of the mobile body at a discrete time T and likelihood information thereof; an image database which holds a peripheral map of a range of movement of the mobile body as an image group of a resolution according to a moving resolution of the mobile body; and a pixel crossing determination device which performs map matching using the position information group and the movement vector based on the peripheral map.	12-11-2008

Takeshi Kurata, Saitama-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100114428	WHEEL DIAMETER VARIATION-DETECTING DEVICE - There is provided a wheel diameter variation-detecting device which is capable of properly detecting relative variation in diameter between a plurality of wheels of a vehicle. The wheel diameter variation-detecting device	05-06-2010

Takeshi Kurata, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110105957	MOVING BODY POSTURE ANGLE PROCESSING DEVICE - A moving body attitude angle processing apparatus capable of reducing cumulative errors in continuously measuring the attitude angle of a moving body is provided. The moving body attitude angle processing apparatus estimates the attitude angle of a moving body in accordance with outputs from an acceleration sensor, a magnetic sensor, and a gyro sensor that are mounted to the moving body, and outputs the attitude angle thus estimated. The moving body attitude angle processing apparatus includes: a gyro sensor that outputs an angular velocity vector; an acceleration sensor that outputs an acceleration vector; a magnetic sensor that outputs a magnetic field vector; a movement state determining device that determines a movement state of a moving body in accordance with an output from the acceleration sensor; and a gyro-sensor zero-point output estimating device that, when the movement state determining device determines the movement state to have been detected as a stationary state of the moving body, carries out a process of estimating a zero-point output of the gyro sensor in accordance with the output from the acceleration sensor, an output from the magnetic sensor, and an output from the gyro sensor.	05-05-2011

Tatsuhiko Kurata, Nakatsugawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090079527	Yoke-integrated magnet - The present invention provides a yoke-integrated magnet, including: a ring-shaped bond magnet containing a rare earth iron-based alloy magnetic powder and a synthetic resin binder; and a ring-shaped back yoke provided on an inner periphery or an outer periphery of the bond magnet to be integral with the bond magnet, in which at least a surface of the bond magnet at which the bond magnet does not contact with the back yoke is covered with an injection molding layer of a thermoplastic resin which does not contain tin. The yoke-integrated magnet of the invention is excellent in corrosion resistance and dimension accuracy and is free from the risk of contamination with tin.	03-26-2009

Tetsuji Kurata, Yokohama-Shi JP

Tomoki Kurata, Hamura JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080273628	Data sampling circuit and data sampling method - A data sampling circuit and a data sampling method for performing sampling at a frequency lower than a carrier frequency. An infrared communication signal converted to an electric signal is input to a data sampling circuit, and a signal in a band lower than or equal to the carrier signal frequency is extracted by an LPF. After the communication signal is input from the LPF, a detection information retention block specifies detection information indicating that the communication signal has been detected and retains the detection information. The detection information in a previous sampling cycle and the detection information in the current sampling cycle are compared to determine whether the communication signal has been input. A measurement block measures a period in which the input of the communication signal continues or a period in which the communication signal is not input, in accordance with the detection result.	11-06-2008

Tomoyuki Kurata, Matsumoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080198068	PRESENT POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, POSITIONING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A final located position when a GPS receiver section (positioning section) has finished positioning is determined to be the latest located position, and the combination of identification information (ID) of base stations (suspended base stations) with which a portable telephone wireless communication circuit section has performed wireless communication is stored in a flash ROM. The combination of base stations that currently perform wireless communication with the wireless communication section and the combination of the suspended base stations stored in the flash ROM are compared when the GPS receiver section again performs positioning. When it has been determined that the combinations coincide, the latest located position stored in the flash ROM is estimated to be the present position of a portable telephone. The estimated present position is used as the initial position during the first positioning when the GPS receiver section again performs positioning.	08-21-2008
20100141524	TERMINAL DEVICE, POSITIONING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A terminal device includes a plurality of search channel sections which search for a positioning satellite, a candidate reception frequency calculation section which calculates a candidate reception frequency of a first acquisition target satellite by causing the search channel sections to perform the correlation accumulation process for a first accumulation time, a candidate frequency confirmation section which confirms reliability of the candidate reception frequency by causing the search channel sections to perform the correlation accumulation process for a second accumulation time longer than the first accumulation time, a final frequency calculation section which calculates a final frequency by causing the search channel sections to perform the correlation accumulation process for a third accumulation time longer than the second accumulation time, and a first difference calculation section which calculates a difference between an estimated synchronization frequency corresponding to each first acquisition target satellite and the final frequency.	06-10-2010

Toshihiko Kurata, Yamato-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090303600	ACHROMATIC LENS SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - An achromatic lens system is provided with a cemented resin lens having positive refractive power constructed by a resin lens L	12-10-2009
20110149397	ACHROMATIC LENS SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - An achromatic lens system is provided with a cemented resin lens having positive refractive power constructed by a resin lens L	06-23-2011

Tsuneyuki Kurata, Okazaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090320685	CANISTERS - A canister includes a canister case having an adsorbent chamber, an adsorbent housed in the adsorbent chamber of the canister case, a filter disposed between the adsorbent chamber and a port mounted on an end wall of the adsorbent chamber, and a tentative filter engaging projection provided in the adsorbent chamber. The filter is loosely fitted within the adsorbent chamber and then welded on the end wall of the adsorbent chamber. The tentative filter engaging projection tentatively holds the filter loosely fitted within the adsorbent chamber in a welding step of the filter.	12-31-2009
20100163115	Devices for mounting accessory components to canisters - One aspect according to the present disclosure includes a first coupling device and a second coupling device. The first coupling device can mechanically couple the canister and the accessory component to each other. The second coupling device can couple the canister and the accessory component to allow flow communication with each other. The second coupling device is operable in conjunction with the operation of the first coupling device.	07-01-2010

Yasuo Kurata, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080231901	PRINT CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Print data is saved in a hot folder. The hot folder is a storage area for saving print data. Saving of print data in the hot folder is monitored at regular time intervals. Upon detecting saving of print data in the hot folder, the number of pages to be printed included in the print data is detected. If the number of pages to be printed is one page, an output layout is generated in accordance with a width of an output sheet. If the number of pages to be printed is two or more pages, an output layout in which the pages to be printed are arranged is generated. Then, the print data is registered as a print output job.	09-25-2008
20090059289	DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY PROGRAM - A display system configured to display a print preview of a roll paper image and a print area includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a roll paper width, and a horizontal length of a set paper size, a print-area determination unit for determining a print area based on the acquired roll paper width and horizontal length, a determination unit configured to determine whether the determined print area is displayable in a preview area, a calculation unit configured to calculate a scaling required to display the entire print area in a preview according to a vertical length of the print area, and a display control unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the entire print area is not displayable, preview a roll paper image and a print area based on the scaling calculated by the calculation unit.	03-05-2009
20090168081	PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PREVIEW METHOD FOR PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system configured to set a segment unit size serving as a unit of a display area for displaying, as images, a list of pages which form the document; acquire a width and a height of each page image from the document data; calculate, when a value of a ratio of the width and the height of the page acquired in the acquiring exceeds a predetermined value, a display area size having a display region larger than the segment unit size; determine, for a page having the value of the ratio exceeding the predetermined value, an enlargement/reduction ratio so as to fit the page into the display area size; and display, a list of pages which form the document, by enlarging or reducing the page based on the enlargement/reduction ratio determined in the determining and displaying the page in a display screen at the display area.	07-02-2009
20100060908	PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for controlling printing for causing a printing apparatus which can print on a sheet of paper having a size other than a predetermined size to print data generated by an application capable of allocating pages corresponding to a sheet of paper having the predetermined size to a printing area includes setting a first paper size to the application in which a predetermined printing area is determined, acquiring a second paper size corresponding to the predetermined printing area and setting the second paper size to the application based on page allocation of the first paper size to the predetermined printing area, and notifying a printer driver of the second paper size. Consequently, printing can be performed by a simple operation so that print data suitably fits into a page width of a sheet of paper, even when a printing area aspect ratio can be arbitrarily determined.	03-11-2010
20100073724	PLUG-IN SOFTWARE PROGRAM, FUNCTION EXTENSION METHOD, AND FUNCTION EXTENSION DEVICE - A paper size that can be created using an application software program (hereinafter abbreviated as an application) operating on a computer often has a maximum value, and maximum values differ from application to application. Thus, in order to obtain a printout of a size larger than the maximum paper size of an application, cumbersome operations have been needed such as calculating a paper size (including an aspect ratio) while taking the maximum paper size of the application into consideration, setting the paper size in the application, and calculating and setting an enlargement ratio of a printer driver.	03-25-2010
20100231960	PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - When a printer apparatus is allowed to execute a printing of a document using paper based on a print setting set by the user, the following processes are executed in order to allow the user to recognize a paper saving print setting. Whether or not there is a print setting which can save an amount of paper compared to the print setting set by the user is determined. If it is determined that a paper saving print setting exists, the user is notified of such a paper saving print setting.	09-16-2010

Yasushi Kurata, Hitachi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100301265	POLISHING SLURRY AND METHOD OF POLISHING - A polishing slurry comprises a metal-oxidizing agent, a metal anticorrosive agent, an oxidized metal dissolving agent and water. The oxidized metal dissolving agent is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of an acid in which the negative value of the logarithm of the dissociation constant Ka (pKa) of a first dissociable acid group is 3.5 or more, an ammonium salt of the acid and an organic acid ester of the acid. The pH of the polishing slurry is within the range of 3 to 4. The concentration of the metal-oxidizing agent is within the range of 0.01 to 3 percent by weight. In the wiring-formation process of the semiconductor device, the conductor used for the barrier layer can be polished at a high polishing rate by using the polishing slurry having the low polishing particle concentration and the low metal anticorrosive agent concentration.	12-02-2010
20110028073	CMP POLISHING SLURRY AND POLISHING METHOD - The present invention relates to a CMP polishing slurry, comprising cerium oxide particles, a dispersing agent, water-soluble polymer and water, wherein the water-soluble polymer is a compound having a skeleton of any one of an N-mono-substituted product and an N,N-di-substituted product of any one selected from the group consisting of acrylamide, methacrylamide and α-substituted products thereof. The amount of the water-soluble polymer is preferably in the range of 0.01 part or more by weight and 10 parts or less by weight for 100 parts by weight of the polishing slurry. Thus it is possible to provide a polishing slurry and a polishing method which make it possible to polish a film made of silicon oxide or the like effectively and rapidly and further control the process therefor easily in CMP technique for flattening an interlayer insulating film, a BPSG film, an insulator film for shallow trench isolation, and other films.	02-03-2011

Yasushi Kurata, Ibaraki-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080271383	ABRASIVE, METHOD OF POLISHING TARGET MEMBER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To polish polishing target surfaces of SiO	11-06-2008

Yasushi Kurata, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080214093	CMP polishing slurry and polishing method - The present invention relates to a CMP polishing slurry, comprising cerium oxide particles, a dispersing agent, a water-soluble polymer and water, wherein the water-soluble polymer is a compound having a skeleton of any one of an N-mono-substituted product and an N,N-di-substituted product of any one selected from the group consisting of acrylamide, methacrylamide and α-substituted products thereof. The amount of the water-soluble polymer is preferably in the range of 0.01 part or more by weight and 10 parts or less by weight for 100 parts by weight of the polishing slurry. Thus it is possible to provide a polishing slurry and a polishing method which make it possible to polish a film made of silicon oxide or the like effectively and rapidly and further control the process therefor easily in CMP technique for flattening an interlayer insulating film, a BPSG film, an insulator film for shallow trench isolation, and other films.	09-04-2008

Yasushi Kurata, Hitachinaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080299027	SCINTILLATOR SINGLE CRYSTAL, HEAT TREATMENT METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF SCINTILLATOR SINGLE CRYSTAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF SCINTILLATOR SINGLE CRYSTAL - The scintillator single crystal of the invention comprises a cerium-activated orthosilicate compound represented by the following general formula (1). The scintillator single crystal of the invention exhibits improved scintillation properties by reduced segregation between elements in the crystal ingot.	12-04-2008
20100327227	SCINTILLATOR SINGLE CRYSTAL, HEAT TREATMENT PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SCINTILLATOR SINGLE CRYSTAL, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SCINTILLATOR SINGLE CRYSTAL - The scintillator single crystal of the invention comprises a cerium-activated orthosilicate compound represented by the following formula (1).	12-30-2010

Yohei Kurata, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100074879	SKIN AGENT FOR EXTERNAL USE AND COSMETIC AGENT INCLUDING UBIQUINONE DERIVATIVE OR SALT THEREOF AND METHOD USING THE SAME - A skin agent for external use and a cosmetic agent are provided, by transdermal administration of which expected actions and effects of ubiquinone derivatives, salts thereof, ubiquinones and ubiquinols are effectively obtained.	03-25-2010

Yoshinori Kurata, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090055185	VOICE CHAT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD, KEYWORD DATA ELECTRODE DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A voice chat system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses that performs a voice chat while performing speech recognition and a search server connected to the plural information processing apparatuses via a communication network. The search server discloses a search keyword list containing the search keywords searched by the search server to at least one of the plural information processing apparatuses. The at least one information processing apparatus includes a recognition word dictionary generating unit that acquires the search keyword list from the search server to generate a recognition word dictionary containing words for use in the speech recognition, and a speech recognition unit that performs speech recognition on voice data obtained from a dialog of the conversation during the voice chat by referencing a recognition database containing the recognition word dictionary.	02-26-2009
20090132546	CONTENT SERVER, CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM, CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided a content server which stores a content and provides the stored content to a terminal including: a content information storage portion which stores information relating to the content to be provided to the terminal; a terminal history storage portion which stores the history of each of the terminal; a terminal control information generating portion which generates control information to the terminal to which the content is to be provided based on information stored in the content information storage portion and the terminal history storage portion; and a terminal control portion which controls the content to be provided to the terminal based on the information generated by the terminal control information generating portion.	05-21-2009
20110131529	Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, Computer Program, and Information Processing Server - An information processing apparatus includes: an output unit outputting at least one of content information suitable for designated input and output and processed content information related to the content information in association therewith from a storage unit storing application IDs uniquely specifying applications, the content information, and the processed content information obtained by processing the content information by the applications in association therewith; and a selection unit selecting the content information or the processed content information output by the output unit and selecting the application ID based on the selected content information or the selected processed content information.	06-02-2011

Yousuke Kurata, Hikone-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090124940	MASSAGE MACHINE - A massage machine comprises a drive shaft rotatably driven in forward and reverse directions; a pair of inclined shafts mounted on both ends of the drive shaft so as to have an arbitrary inclination relative to an axial direction of the drive shaft; a pair of left and right massage ball units including massage balls and rotatably connected to outer peripheral surfaces of the pair of inclined shafts, respectively; and switching means for switching an axial rotation position of one inclined shaft of the pair of inclined shafts. The massage ball units each comprise a swing arm having one end rotatably connected to the outer peripheral surface of the inclined shaft; and a support arm connected to the other end of the swing arm and having mounted thereon multiple massage balls at a vertical distance from each other. Thus, according to the massage machine, the distance from the drive shaft to the massage balls is large because of the presence of the swing arms, while the moving range of the massage balls is large because the upper and lower massage balls mounted on each support arm move in the same direction, so that a person to be treated can have great massage feeling.	05-14-2009

Yousuke Kurata, Hikone JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110009781	CHAIR-TYPE MASSAGE MACHINE - A chair-type massage machine has a seat, a backrest part, and a treatment mechanism that is provided in the backrest part so as to able to move up and down, and the treatment mechanism comprises: a treatment arm having a treatment element at substantially a tip end thereof; a massage power selection mechanism for adjusting massage strength by displacing the treatment arm between a weak state in which the treatment arm is substantially parallel to a backrest face of the backrest part and a strong state in which the treatment arm is erected substantially perpendicular to the backrest face; and a push-out member that is provided closer to a base end side than the treatment element of the treatment arm and is positioned below the treatment element when the treatment arm is in the strong state.	01-13-2011

Yuhei Kurata, Kumamoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090204189	Living-Tissue Normalization Method - A living-tissue normalization method and therapeutic device. The method includes intermittently flowing a slight direct current through a living body or living tissue at predetermined regular intervals to thereby activate a normalization mechanism of said living body or living tissue through the intermediary of protein. The therapeutic device includes a resistance provided between a pair of electrodes and current control arranged so that electrically conductive layers of a pair of pad elements are intermittently supplied with a slight direct current at predetermined regular intervals, and so that the pair of electrodes are supplied with a direct current.	08-13-2009
20110152981	Living-tissue normalization method - A living-tissue normalization method and therapeutic device. The method includes intermittently flowing a slight direct current through a living body or living tissue at predetermined regular intervals to thereby activate a normalization mechanism of said living body or living tissue through the intermediary of protein. The therapeutic device includes a resistance provided between a pair of electrodes and current control arranged so that electrically conductive layers of a pair of pad elements are intermittently supplied with a slight direct current at predetermined regular intervals, and so that the pair of electrodes are supplied with a direct current.	06-23-2011

Yukitoshi Kurata, Mie JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090261011	MEDICATION MANAGING APPARATUS - A medication managing apparatus includes a medicine package case and a main body unit removably storing the medicine package case. The medicine package case includes blocks each storing a medicine package, openings provided at walls of each block and formed at positions facing each other such that the medicine package stored in the block is sandwiched therebetween, and an openable/closable cover. The main body unit includes a sensor portion (a medicine package sensor) disposed corresponding to each opening at the opposing walls of each block, to sense a medicine package based on that the medicine package stored in the block blocks a gap between a pair of openings, and a switch lever and a micro-switch (a medicine package case sensor) sensing attachment/removal of the medicine package case to/from the main body unit.	10-22-2009

Yuya Kurata, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090273724	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An operation of floating charged particles and an operation of dispersing charged particles in a liquid crystal layer are controlled by determining strengths of electric fields to be applied to a liquid crystal element in accordance with a state of irradiation of light from a light source of a liquid crystal display device.	11-05-2009