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Meguro, JP

Akihiko Meguro, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090251549	DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera includes: an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject, and outputs the captured image; a shake amount detection unit that detects a shake amount of the digital camera; a shake correction actuation unit that is actuated for enabling a shake correction function; and a control unit that, when the shake correction actuation unit is actuated, enables an operation of a first shake correction function that sets image capture conditions of the image-capturing unit to image capture conditions in which emphasis is placed upon high sensitivity, and an operation of a second shake correction function that performs shake correction processing by performing image processing upon the image captured by the image-capturing unit, and moreover controls, based upon the shake amount detected by the shake amount detection unit, whether or not the second shake correction function, whose operation has been enabled, can be applied to the image.	10-08-2009

Eiko Meguro, Niigata JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090039013	FILTER MEDIUM FOR LIQUID FILTRATION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A filter medium for liquid filtration of fine texture exhibiting high strength when wetted with water, which filter medium is comprised of a wet-laid nonwoven fabric. There is provided a filter medium for liquid filtration comprised of a wet-laid nonwoven fabric, characterized in that through blending of 0.5 to 40 wt. % of unbeaten natural fibers, it exhibits a very fine texture, a lowering ratio, calculated from bursting strength in ordinary state and bursting strength when wetted with water, of 30% or below, and a bursting strength, had when wetted with water, of 300 kPa or greater.	02-12-2009

Hikaru Meguro, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110284802	COMPOSITE CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITION, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, SOLUTION CONTAINING THE COMPOSITION, USE OF THE COMPOSITION - The purpose is to provide a technique which enables various kinds of conductive polymer composition to be dissolved in an organic solvent and to be used to form a conductive membrane on a target portion easily. Provided is a composite conductive polymer composition, a method of manufacturing the same, and a solution obtained by dissolving the composition in a alcohol-based, glycol-based, or ether-based solvent. The composition is obtained by doping a π-conjugated polymer (β) with a polymer compound (A), wherein the polymer compound (A) is obtained from (a-1) a monomer having a sulfonic acid group and a polymerizable vinyl group in an amount of 20 to 75 mol %, (a-2) a polar monomer having a hydrophilic group and a polymerizable vinyl group in an amount of 20 to 80 mol %, and (a-3) another polymerizable monomer in an amount of 0 to 20 mol %, and the π-conjugated polymer (β) is obtained from a monomer compound selected from the formulas (I) to (III)	11-24-2011
20110309308	COMPOSITE CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITION, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, SOLUTION CONTAINING THE COMPOSITION, USE OF THE COMPOSITION - The purpose is to provide a technique which enables various kinds of conductive polymer composition to be dissolved in an organic solvent and to be used to form a conductive membrane on a target portion easily. Provided is a composite conductive polymer composition, a method of manufacturing the same, and a solution obtained by dissolving the composition in an aromatic solvent, ester-based solvent or ketone-based solvent. The composition is obtained by doping a π-conjugated polymer (β) with a polymer compound (A), wherein the polymer compound (A) is obtained from (a-1) a monomer having a sulfonic acid group and a polymerizable vinyl group in an amount of 20 to 60 mol %, (a-2) a polar monomer having a hydrophilic group and a polymerizable vinyl group in an amount of 20 to 60 mol %, and (a-3) another polymerizable monomer in an amount of 20 to 60 mol %, and the n-conjugated polymer (β) is obtained from a monomer compound selected from the formulas (I) to (III)	12-22-2011

Hiroyuki Meguro, Kamakura-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090275599	THERAPEUTIC OR PROPHYLACTIC AGENT FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - A therapeutic or prophylactic agent for multiple sclerosis is disclosed. The therapeutic or prophylactic agent comprises as an effective ingredient a glycine derivative having a specific structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for example, the below-described compound [(E)-2-(2,6-dichlorobenzamido)-5-[4-(isopropyl-pyrimidin-2-ylamino)phenyl]pent-4-enoic acid]. The therapeutic or prophylactic agent for multiple sclerosis according to the present invention shows the excellent absorbability and in vivo stability when orally administered, and exhibits high therapeutic or prophylactic effects.	11-05-2009

Hiroyuki Meguro, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100091251	HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A heat dissipating device for an electronic apparatus includes an enclosure that houses a component of the electronic apparatus which becomes hot when the electronic apparatus is in use, the enclosure being made of a heat conductive material capable of dissipating heat in the enclosure to the outside, a heat receiving member provided between the component and the enclosure and capable of receiving heat from the component and transferring the received heat, a heat insulating member provided in contact with a side of the heat receiving member opposite from the component and configured to prevent transmission of the heat received by the heat receiving member, and a heat diffusing member provided between the heat insulating member and the enclosure in contact with both the heat insulating member and the enclosure and capable of receiving heat from the heat insulating member and diffusing the received heat into the enclosure.	04-15-2010
20100123877	PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus includes an axial fan and a louver. The axial fan includes blades which are rotated to generate an airflow in an axial direction so that air is exhausted from a housing. The louver includes inclined plate portions which are inclined with respect to the axial direction, the inclined plate portions being arranged in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction at an airflow exit side of the axial fan, the louver being divided into a first area and a second area by a straight line which passes through an axial center of the blades, the inclined plate portions being inclined in different directions between the first area and the second area such that the inclined plate portions are inclined along the direction in which the blades are rotated.	05-20-2010
20100124019	BLOWER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A blower for an electronic device includes a fan frame having an opening through which air passes for cooling the electronic device; a blade arranged in the opening of the fan frame; a motor configured to rotationally drive the blade; an attachment portion provided outside the opening of the fan frame, the attachment portion causing the fan frame to be attached to the electronic device; and a holder fixed to the electronic device and holding the attachment portion in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the blade.	05-20-2010

Hisataka Meguro, Yokkaichi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090096004	SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor storage device includes: a substrate having a semiconductor layer at least on a surface thereof; and a plurality of quantum dot elements forming a charge storage layer formed above the semiconductor layer via a first insulating film that becomes a tunnel insulating film in such a manner that the quantum dot elements are connected with a bit line in series, wherein each quantum dot element forms a single electron memory.	04-16-2009
20090218614	SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor storage device has a plurality of word lines formed with a predetermined interval on a semiconductor substrate, a selection transistor provided at an end portion of the plurality of word lines, a first insulating film formed so as to cover side surfaces of the word lines, a side surface of the selection transistor, and a surface of the semiconductor substrate between the word lines, a high-permittivity film formed on the first insulation film, a second insulating film formed so as to cover the upper surface of the word lines and the selection transistor, a first air-gap portion located between the word lines and surrounded by the high-permittivity film and the second insulating film, and a second air-gap portion formed via the first insulating film and the high-permittivity film at a sidewall portion, which opposes the selection transistor, of the word line adjacent to the selection transistor, an upper portion of the second air-gap portion being covered by the second insulating film.	09-03-2009
20110097887	Semiconductor storage device and method for manufacturing the same - A semiconductor storage device has a plurality of word lines formed with a predetermined interval on a semiconductor substrate, a selection transistor provided at an end portion of the plurality of word lines, a first insulating film formed so as to cover side surfaces of the word lines, a side surface of the selection transistor, and a surface of the semiconductor substrate between the word lines, a high-permittivity film formed on the first insulation film, a second insulating film formed so as to cover the upper surface of the word lines and the selection transistor, a first air-gap portion located between the word lines and surrounded by the high-permittivity film and the second insulating film, and a second air-gap portion formed via the first insulating film and the high-permittivity film at a sidewall portion, which opposes the selection transistor, of the word line adjacent to the selection transistor, an upper portion of the second air-gap portion being covered by the second insulating film.	04-28-2011

Hisataka Meguro, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100176433	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a pair of select gate structures which are opposed to each other and which are formed in a select transistor formation area, each of the select gate structures including a gate insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, and a pair of memory cell gate structure groups which are formed in a pair of memory cell formation areas between which the select transistor formation area is interposed and each of which has a plurality of memory cell gate structures arranged at the same pitch, the pair of select gate structures having sides which are opposed to each other, and at least the upper portion of each of the opposed sides of the select gate structures being inclined.	07-15-2010

Hisataka Meguro, Mie JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100295134	SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A semiconductor memory device according to one embodiment includes: a semiconductor substrate having an active region divided by an element isolation region; a plurality of stacked-gate type memory cell transistors connected in series on the active region; select transistors connected to both ends of the plurality of memory cell transistors on the active region; and a bit line contact connected to a drain region belonging to the select transistor in the active region, a vertical cross sectional shape of a lower portion of the bit line contact in a channel width direction of the plurality of memory cell transistors being in a skirt shape.	11-25-2010
20120032247	NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell transistor obtained by sequentially stacking the gate insulation film, the floating gate electrode, the interelectrode insulation film, and the control gate electrode over the channel semiconductor layer. The control gate electrode has a structure obtained by sequentially stacking the semiconductor film, the silicide phase-change suppressing layer, and the silicide film. In addition, the silicide phase-change suppressing layer includes a polycrystalline silicon film in which at least one of C, F, and N is doped in a concentration range of 1×10	02-09-2012

Junichi Meguro, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110235686	POSITION ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING POSITION ESTIMATION PROGRAM - The present invention provides a position estimation apparatus, mounted at mobile object, including: an acquisition section that acquires transmission source information transmitted from each plural information transmission sources including, information relating to a position of information transmission source, information relating to a distance between information transmission source and mobile object, and information relating to a relative velocity of mobile object with respect to information transmission sources; a trajectory calculation section that calculates, over predetermined duration, a trajectory of mobile object by integrating velocity vectors of mobile object obtained based on transmission source information; and an estimation section that estimates, as a position of mobile object, a position for which trajectory is translated such that a difference between, distances between a plurality of points at different times on trajectory and respective information transmission sources, and acquired distances between respective information transmission sources and mobile object, is minimum.	09-29-2011

Katsuji Meguro, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100285706	HYDRAULIC CYLINDER DEVICE AND BOAT PROPELLING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A trim device includes a trim cylinder, a piston, a piston rod and a support member. The piston is slidable inside the trim cylinder, in the axial direction of the trim cylinder. The piston rod is connected with the piston and moves in the axial direction of the trim cylinder following the movement of the piston. The support member is slidable relative to the piston rod and arranged to support the piston rod so that the piston rod's axial center can become tilted with respect to the axial center of the cylinder.	11-11-2010

Kazuhisa Meguro, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090053591	POWER SOURCE DEVICE - A power source device includes a battery assembly which includes a plurality of batteries each having a positive electrode at one end and a negative electrode at the other end, a plurality of connecting members, each of which connects the positive electrode of one battery and the negative electrode of the other battery of the battery assembly, the one and the other batteries adjoining each other, and a plate to which the connecting members are attached, and the plate adapted to the battery assembly. The battery assembly and the plate include a positioning section that relatively positions the battery assembly and the plate. The battery assembly and the plate include a plate displacement section that displaces the plate so that the connecting members relatively abut against the corresponding positive electrodes and negative electrodes of the battery assembly when the plate is mounted on the battery assembly.	02-26-2009

Kazuhisa Meguro, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080314657	POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - The present invention is intended to provide a power supply apparatus which is sized down and lighter.	12-25-2008
20120009447	POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device, which is simply assembled and in which a cell assembly and a measuring section are freely inserted and detached, is provided. A power supply device	01-12-2012

Keiichi Meguro, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100050638	LOW-PRESSURE-VAPOR-RECOVERY TURBINE GENERATOR - A low-pressure-vapor-recovery turbine generator that effectively recovers low-pressure steam emitted from a high-pressure-side steam turbine to generate electric power is provided. A low-pressure-vapor-recovery turbine that recovers low-pressure steam emitted from a high-pressure-side steam turbine and is rotationally driven, a generator that generates electric power with a rotational output of the low-pressure-vapor-recovery turbine, and a condenser that condenses into liquid exhaust steam from the low-pressure-vapor-recovery turbine are provided. The low-pressure-vapor-recovery turbine, generator, and condenser are installed in a portable outer casing that can be transported.	03-04-2010

Kenichi Meguro, Kaisei JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090207531	MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - A magnetic recording read head is provided capable of achieving high reproduction output, resolution, and SNR, even at a high linear density. There is also provided a magnetic recording and reproducing device capable of achieving sufficient error bit rate. The magnetic recording read head includes a differential read head and a write head. The differential read head has a multilayer structure formed by laminating a first magnetoresistive sensor having a first free layer, a differential gap layer, and a second magnetoresistive sensor having a second free layer. Outside the multilayer structure, a pair of electrodes and a pair of magnetic shields are provided respectively. A ratio (Gl/bl) of an inside distance (Gl) between the first and second free layers to a bit length (bl) is set to 0.6 or more and 1.6 or less.	08-20-2009
20100327857	ANGLE SENSOR, ANGLE SENSOR MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE USING THE ANGLE SENSOR - There is provided an angle sensor and angle detection device of high output and high accuracy with a wide operating temperature range. First through eighth sensor units	12-30-2010

Kiichi Meguro, Itami-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080311024	DIAMOND SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND DIAMOND SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE - A diamond single crystal substrate manufacturing method for growing by vapor-phase synthesis a single crystal from a diamond single crystal seed substrate, comprising etching away by reactive ion etching, prior to single crystal growth, at least 0.5 μm and less than 400 μm, in etching thickness off the surface of the seed substrate which has been mechanically polished, thereby removing from the surface of the seed substrate the work-affected layers caused by mechanical polishing; and growing then a single crystal thereon. The manufacturing method provides a diamond single crystal substrate having a high quality, large size, and no unintentional impurity inclusions, and suitable for use as semiconductor materials, electronic components, optical components or the like.	12-18-2008
20090142249	DIAMOND SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE - A method for manufacturing a diamond single crystal substrate, in which a single crystal is grown from a diamond single crystal serving as a seed substrate by vapor phase synthesis, said method comprising: preparing a diamond single crystal seed substrate which has a main surface whose planar orientation falls within an inclination range of not more than 8 degrees relative to a {100} plane or a {111} plane, as a seed substrate; forming a plurality of planes of different orientation which are inclined in the outer peripheral direction of the main surface relative to the main surface on one side of this seed substrate, by machining; and then growing a diamond single crystal by vapor phase synthesis.	06-04-2009
20100111812	SINGLE CRYSTALLINE DIAMOND AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - The object of the present invention is to obtain a high quality single crystalline diamond that has less distortion and large area suitable for semiconductor device substrates or an optical component material. The present invention is a single crystalline diamond produced by chemical vapor deposition, wherein, when a linear polarized light which is composed of two linear polarized lights perpendicular to each other is introduced into one main face of the single crystalline diamond, a maximum value of a retardation between the two linear polarized lights perpendicular to each other which come out from an opposite main face is not more than 50 μm at maximum per a thickness of 100 μm across an entire of the single crystalline diamond, and also a method for producing the diamond.	05-06-2010
20110250394	DIAMOND COATED TOOL - The present invention provides a diamond coated tool which is resistant to exfoliation at an interface between a base material and a diamond layer. The diamond coated tool of the present invention is a diamond coated tool including a base material and a diamond layer coating a surface of the base material, and characterized in that the surface of the base material has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of not less than 0.1 μm and not more than 10 μm and an average length of roughness profile elements RSm of not less than 1 μm and not more than 100 μm, and that the diamond layer has a plurality of cavities extending from a portion bordering on the base material in a crystal growth direction.	10-13-2011

Kiichi Meguro, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080311023	Single Crystal Diamond - A single crystal diamond grown by vapor phase synthesis, wherein when one main surface is irradiated with a linearly polarized light considered to be the synthesis of two mutually perpendicular linearly polarized light beams, the phase difference between the two mutually perpendicular linearly polarized light beams exiting another main surface on the opposite side is, at a maximum, not more than 50 nm per 100 μm of crystal thickness over the entire crystal. This single crystal diamond is of a large size and high quality unattainable up to now, and has characteristics that are extremely desirable in semiconductor device substrates and are applied to optical components of which low strain is required.	12-18-2008
20090120366	MICROWAVE PLASMA CVD DEVICE - The present invention provides a microwave plasma CVD device that can satisfactorily perform plasma position control under a condition capable of fabricating a large-area high-quality diamond thin film or the like. A microwave plasma CVD device includes: a vacuum chamber	05-14-2009
20090169814	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DIAMOND MONOCRYSTAL HAVING A THIN FILM, AND DIAMOND MONOCRYSTAL HAVING A THIN FILM - A method for growing a low-resistance phosphorus-doped epitaxial thin film having a specific resistance of 300 Ωcm or less at 300 K on a principal surface of a {111} monocrystal substrate under conditions in which the phosphorus atom/carbon atom ratio is 3% or higher, includes the principal surface having an off-angle of 0.50° or greater. The diamond monocrystal having a low-resistance phosphorus-doped diamond epitaxial thin film is such that the thin-film surface has an off-angle of 0.50° or greater with respect to the {111} plane, and the specific resistance of the low-resistance phosphorus-doped diamond epitaxial thin film is 300 Ωcm or less at 300 K.	07-02-2009

Kouichi Meguro, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080274591	CARRIER FOR STACKED TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING STACKED TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A carrier for a stacked-type semiconductor device includes an accommodating section for accommodating stacked semiconductor devices, guide portions guiding the stacked semiconductor devices, and grooves through which a fluid may flow to the accommodating section and to sides of the stacked semiconductor devices. These grooves facilitate the flow of gas or liquid on the sides of the accommodating sections, and it is thus expected that the flow of hot wind during the reflow process and cleaning liquid during the cleaning process can be facilitated. This improves the production yield and the cleaning effects. Holes for connecting the accommodating section to the outside may be provided at corners of the accommodating section. Gas may be guided from the lower side of the accommodating section, so that heat can be efficiently applied to the semiconductor devices and bonding failures therebetween can be reduced. Further, grooves connecting adjacent holes may be provided for accommodating sections adjacent to each other.	11-06-2008

Masaaki Meguro, Ashikaga-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110186644	AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL APPARATUS - An air-conditioning control apparatus for controlling an air conditioner configured to supply conditioned air into a space to be air-conditioned so that a temperature of a predetermined section in a plurality of sections in the space to be air-conditioned becomes a set temperature, the air-conditioning control apparatus comprising:	08-04-2011
20110210672	ILLUMINATION CONTROL APPARATUS - An illumination control apparatus configured to control brightness of a plurality of illumination devices that is provided in a plurality of sections, respectively, includes: a detection unit configured to detect presence or absence of a person in each of the plurality of sections based on an output of a video camera configured to take images of the plurality of sections; and a control unit configured to turn on an illumination device of a detected section among the plurality of illumination devices, the detected section being a section where a person is detected, turn off an illumination device of a section other than the detected section and an adjacent section among the plurality of illumination devices, the adjacent section being a section adjacent to the detected section, and control brightness of the illumination device of the adjacent section so that illuminance of the detected section becomes predetermined illuminance.	09-01-2011

Masashi Meguro, Miyagi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110269010	SEPARATOR, BATTERY USING THE SAME, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEPARATOR, MICROPOROUS MEMBRANE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MICROPOROUS MEMBRANE - A separator includes a porous body, and a particle membrane that is formed on at least one principal surface of the porous body. The particle membrane is made of inorganic particles, and has a void formed therein by the inorganic particles. The particle membrane has a porosity that is non-uniform in the thickness direction thereof.	11-03-2011

Masasi Meguro, Okayama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090047476	ARTIFICIAL LEATHER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An artificial leather including an entangled body made of bundles of microfine fibers and an elastic polymer impregnated into the entangled body. A part of the elastic polymer penetrates into the bundles of microfine fibers. The degree of penetration of the elastic polymer is from 1 to 30% by area when measured on a cross section which is taken along a direction perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the bundles of microfine fibers. The fiber-holding property is improved by the elastic polymer which partly penetrates into the bundles of microfine fibers, and therefore, the artificial leather has a good hand without deteriorating the surface quality.	02-19-2009
20090186193	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ENTANGLED OBJECT FOR ARTIFICIAL LEATHER - A method of producing an entangled fabric for artificial leathers including a step of uniting a woven/knitted fabric and an entangled nonwoven fabric by entanglement. The method includes (1) a step of superposing the woven/knitted fabric on one surface of the entangled nonwoven fabric; (2) a step of needle-punching the superposed body from a side of the entangled nonwoven fabric so as to allow fibers constituting the entangled nonwoven fabric to enter into the woven/knitted fabric and then penetrate through the woven/knitted fabric, thereby forming a nonwoven fabric layer composed of the penetrated fibers on an outer surface of the woven/knitted fabric; and (3) a step of needle-punching from a side of the nonwoven fabric layer so as to allow a part of the fibers which have penetrated through the woven/knitted fabric and form the nonwoven fabric layer to turn back into the woven/knitted fabric, thereby uniting the woven/knitted fabric and the entangled nonwoven fabric together by entanglement. The method hardly causes wrinkles, etc. and is good in process passing properties. The artificial leathers produced from the entangled fabric for artificial leathers have a good shape stability, a high-quality appearance and a soft, high quality hand.	07-23-2009
20090191778	PILED SHEET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A raised sheet composed of three layers which are united by entanglement. The three layers are united in a layered structure of entangled nonwoven fabric A made of microfine fibers/polyurethane sheet B/woven or knitted fabric C or a layered structure of entangled nonwoven fabric A made of microfine fibers/woven or knitted fabric C/polyurethane sheet B. On the surface of the entangled nonwoven fabric A, raised naps of the microfine fibers are formed. A part of the microfine fibers constituting the entangled nonwoven fabric A penetrates through the polyurethane sheet B and the woven or knitted fabric C in this order, or penetrates through the woven or knitted fabric C and the polyurethane sheet B in this order. At least a part of the penetrated microfine fibers bonds to polyurethane which constitutes the polyurethane sheet B. The raised sheet is excellent in the shape stability, for example, it does not lose its shape even after a long term use. In addition, the raised sheet has a good surface abrasion resistance and a soft and high-quality hand.	07-30-2009
20100247843	FLAME-RETARDANT LEATHER-LIKE SHEET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a flame-retardant leather-like sheet having a soft hand, excellent surface touch and excellent appearance, which includes an entangled nonwoven fabric of microfine polyester fibers having an average single-fiber fineness of 0.5 dtex or less, and an elastic polymer contained inside the nonwoven fabric, wherein a flame-retardant is exhausted into the elastic polymer and wherein a flame retarder solution containing bubbles forcibly formed is applied to a back surface of the leather-like sheet so that the flame retarder is present in a region extending from the back surface to an inside of the leather-like sheet but is not present on side of a front surface of the leather-like sheet.	09-30-2010

Shinichi Meguro, Haga-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100022014	Method for Evaluating Obesity Controller - A method for efficiently evaluating or selecting an obesity controlling substance, a blood insulin regulating substance or a blood sugar regulating substance, is provided. A method for evaluating or screening an obesity controller, the method including administering a carbohydrate and a lipid to an animal, and evaluating or selecting a substance which decreases or increases insulin secretion, is also provided.	01-28-2010

Takashi Meguro, Saitama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100123891	SCANNING EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An apparatus including an original stage that holds an original, a substrate stage that holds a substrate, and a projection optical system that projects a pattern of the original onto the substrate, and being configured to scan and expose the substrate during a period in which the speeds of the original stage and the substrate stage change, comprises a controller configured to correct, a distortion generated in an image transferred onto the substrate due to at least one of deformation of the original stage in response to a change in speed of the original stage and deformation of the substrate stage in response to a change in speed of the substrate stage, based on a correction value determined by an acceleration of the substrate stage.	05-20-2010

Takehiro Meguro, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100266308	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a transfer medium with a developer includes: an image bearing member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, the developer is supplied to develop the electrostatic latent image, and an image to be transferred onto the transfer medium is formed, the image bearing member having surface hardness of 150 N/mm to 220 N/mm in a universal hardness value (HU); a developing device configured to supply the developer to the image bearing member; a cleaner configured to be brought into press-contact with the image bearing member at press-contact linear pressure x in a range of 16.7≦x≦22.0 [mN/mm]) and collect components of the developer remaining on the image bearing member after the image is transferred onto the transfer medium; and a lubricant containing fatty acid metal salt arranged at a distal end of the cleaner being in contact with the image bearing member, at an arrangement amount y in a range of 25≦y≦100 [ng/mm] to satisfy a condition y≧12.5x-207.5.	10-21-2010

Takeshi Meguro, Fukushima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080213658	BATTERY - A battery includes: a battery element having a cathode and an anode; a package can containing the battery element and being electrically connected to one of the cathode and the anode; and external connection terminal being connected to the other one of the cathode and the anode; and having a plate-like base contained in the package can and a leading portion extending to outside of the package can; and an insulating member separating the external connection terminal from the battery element. The base of the external connection terminal is spaced from an internal wall face of the package can, and the insulating member has notches at a position where the base of the external connection terminal is layered on the insulating member in the thickness direction of the package can.	09-04-2008
20090274949	NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes an outer case having one open end portion, a battery element held in the outer case, and a battery lid which is disposed on the one open end portion and which is provided with a protrusion portion protruded toward the outside of the battery, at least two opening portions disposed in the protrusion portion, and release portions disposed adjoining the respective opening portions so as to deform in accordance with an increase in internal pressure of the battery.	11-05-2009

Takeshi Meguro, Kitaibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090233423	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A method for manufacturing a nitride semiconductor substrate including the steps of: forming a nitride semiconductor layer on a sapphire substrate, and manufacturing a freestanding nitride semiconductor substrate by using the nitride semiconductor layer separated from the sapphire substrate, wherein variability of inclinations of the C-axes, being a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of inclination of the C-axes in a radially-outward direction at each point on a front surface of the sapphire substrate is 0.3° or more and 1° or less.	09-17-2009
20100258812	GROUP-III NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FREESTANDING SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - To provide a group-III nitride semiconductor freestanding substrate, with carrier concentration of a peripheral part of a n-type group-III nitride semiconductor freestanding substrate set to be lower than the carrier concentration inside of the peripheral part. In this freestanding substrate, preferably value Δσ obtained by dividing a difference between a maximum value of the carrier concentration and a minimum value of the carrier concentration in a surface of the freestanding substrate by the maximum value of the carrier concentration is greater than 0.05, and the carrier concentration in any place in the surface of the freestanding substrate exceeds 5.0×10	10-14-2010

Takeshi Meguro, Kitaibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090160026	Nitride semiconductor free-standing substrate and method for making same - A nitride semiconductor free-standing substrate includes a nitride semiconductor crystal and an inversion domain with a density of not less than 10/cm	06-25-2009
20100084745	Nitride semiconductor substrate - A nitride semiconductor substrate has a first surface forming a principal surface of the substrate. A first edge is formed by beveling at least a portion of an edge of the first surface of the substrate. A scattering region is formed in at least a portion of the first edge. The scattering region scatters more external incident light than the first surface.	04-08-2010

Tomomi Meguro, Settsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100243058	THIN-FILM PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - This invention intends to develop a technique for forming an interlayer with excellent optical characteristics and to provide a photoelectric conversion device having high conversion efficiency. To realize this purpose, a series connection through an intermediate layer is formed in the thin-film photoelectric conversion device of the invention, and the interlayer is a transparent oxide layer in its front surface and n pairs of layers stacked therebehind (n is an integer of 1 or more), wherein each of the pair of layers is a carbon layer and a transparent oxide layer stacked in this order. Film thicknesses of each layer are optimized to improve wavelength selectivity and stress resistance while keeping the series resistance.	09-30-2010
20110290322	SUBSTRATE WITH TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM AND THIN FILM PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - Disclosed is a substrate with a transparent conductive film, wherein an underlying layer and a transparent conductive film are arranged in this order on a transparent insulating substrate. The transparent conductive film-side surface of the underlying layer is provided with a pyramid-shaped or inverse pyramid-shaped irregular structures, and the transparent conductive film comprises a first transparent electrode layer which is formed on the underlying layer and a second transparent electrode layer which forms the outermost surface of the transparent conductive film. By forming a zinc oxide layer that serves as the second transparent electrode layer by a reduced pressure CVD method, a substrate with a transparent conductive film that is provided with an irregular structure smaller than that of the underlying layer can be obtained. The substrate with a transparent conductive film can improve the conversion efficiency of a photoelectric conversion device through an increased light trapping effect.	12-01-2011

Tomomi Meguro, Shiga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080210300	Method of Producing Substrate for Thin Film Photoelectric Conversion Device, and Thin Film Photoelectric Conversion Device - This invention provides a method of producing a substrate for a thin film photoelectric conversion device, the substrate being able to make it possible to fabricate the thin film photoelectric conversion device free from lowering in its open-circuit voltage or its fill factor even when the substrate includes a transparent conductive film that is mainly composed of zinc oxide and has a relatively large haze ratio for causing a large optical confinement effect. The method of producing the substrate for the thin film photoelectric conversion device according to the present invention is characterized in that a transparent conductive film formed on a transparent insulator base, which is mainly composed of zinc oxide and having a haze ratio of at least 5%, is etched with an acid or alkali solution. Output properties of the thin film photoelectric conversion device fabricated using the substrate is improved because the etching with acid or alkali can remove steep protrusions, which cause decrease in Voc or FF, in a textured structure on a surface of the film.	09-04-2008

Yoshihiro Meguro, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100282673	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING NITRATE WASTE LIQUID - To provide an apparatus for treating a nitrate waste liquid that includes a denitrification tank (	11-11-2010

Yuuji Meguro, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080226358	Image forming apparatus - A reciprocating-motion converting mechanism includes a cam that rotates around a rotation center; a reciprocating member that is reciprocated due to rotation of the cam; and a pressing unit that presses the reciprocating member to the cam. A first load torque is generated by a load applied at a point of contact of the cam and the reciprocating motion member. A load applying unit applies a load to the cam to generate a second load torque having a phase substantially opposite to a phase of the first load torque.	09-18-2008
20090129831	TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A neutralizing mechanism is provided on at least one conveying path proximal member installed on a conveying path of a sheet material in a vicinity of a transfer position, and is grounded by using a conducting material. The neutralizing mechanism includes a neutralizing circuit that includes a resistor and a ground switch electrically connected in parallel to each other. The ground switch is turned off at least at a time of applying the transfer bias to prevent a leakage of a transfer current, and turned on for a predetermined time at a time other than the time of applying the transfer bias to earth and remove a static electricity from the conveying path proximal member.	05-21-2009

Yuuji Meguro, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080310893	TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An endless belt is supported by a plurality of rollers. A transfer roller comes in contact with an outer surface of the belt to form a transfer nip. An auxiliary member makes contact with a recording medium on an upstream side of the transfer nip in a movement direction of the belt, to cause the recording medium to be in close contact with the outer surface of the belt. A bias applying unit applies to the auxiliary member a bias for electrostatically transferring a toner adhered to the auxiliary member to the outer surface of the belt.	12-18-2008
20080317521	TRANSFER BELT DEVICE, METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Rollers including a tension roller are arranged in parallel. A pair of supporting members supports both ends of the rollers. A transfer belt is supported by the rollers. A biasing member applies a tension to the transfer belt by biasing the tension roller in a predetermined direction. The tension roller is movably supported in a straight-line direction. The biasing member is arranged in an area surrounded by the supporting members and the transfer belt in a direction of traversing from one supporting member to other supporting member.	12-25-2008
20090011882	BELT UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - At least one of a plurality of rollers supporting an endless belt includes a flange arranged on an end portion of the roller. The flange includes a cylindrical portion that is inserted into an opening portion of the roller at its end. Outer circumference of the cylindrical portion makes contact with inner circumference of the roller, and inner circumference of the flange makes contact with a rotation shaft of the roller. The inner edge of a surface where the flange is in contact with the rotation shaft is located on the inner side of the outer edge of a surface where the cylindrical portion is in contact with the roller in the longitudinal direction of the rotation shaft.	01-08-2009

Yuuji Meguro, Ohta-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120057908	Belt unit, transfer unit including the belt unit, and image forming apparatus including the transfer unit - A belt unit includes a belt wound around a plurality of rollers to rotate endlessly, a contact member disposed along a surface of the belt, an opposing member disposed facing the contact member via the belt, a moving member including an action receiving portion, to swing and movably support the opposing member to contact and separate from the belt, and a moving assembly. The moving assembly includes an actuator to bias the action receiving portion in a first direction in which the opposing member contacts the belt and in a second direction opposite the first direction in which the opposing member separates from the belt, a drive mechanism to move the actuator in the first and the second directions, and an elastic member to transmit a moving force of the actuator to the action receiving portion when the actuator moves.	03-08-2012

Yuuki Meguro, Gifu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080274657	Woven Fabric and Articles Made by Using the Same - A woven fabric made by using fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin strands produced by stretching a bundle of sheath-core type conjugated filaments at a temperature of the melting point of the sheath component or above but below the melting point of the core component while fusing the sheath component, wherein the sheath-core type conjugated fiber is a nontwist straight one whose sheath component has a melting point lower than that of the core component by 20° C. or above; and articles made by using the fabric.	11-06-2008