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Michiaki Adachi, Funabashi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090275623ALPHA-AMINO ACID DERIVATIVES AND MEDICAMENTS CONTAINING THE SAME AS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT - The present invention provides novel α-amino acid derivatives of formula (1):11-05-2009

Michiaki Adachi, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100068572DESULFURIZATION AGENT FOR KEROSENE, METHOD FOR DESULFURIZATION AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM USING THE AGENT - A desulfurization agent for kerosene is provided that can remove efficiently the sulfurs contained in kerosene under low pressure conditions and thus is excellent in an effect to inhibit carbon deposition. The desulfurization agent contains 45 to 75 percent by mass of nickel oxide, 3 to 40 percent by mass of zinc oxide, 10 to 25 percent by mass of silica, 5 percent by mass or less of alumina and 0.1 percent by mass or less of sodium and has a BET specific surface area of 200 m2/g or greater.03-18-2010

Michiaki Endo, Abiko-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090003866IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus including an endless belt for heating an image on a recording material; a supporting member for supporting the belt; a coil for induction heat generation in the belt; control means for controlling a position of the belt in a widthwise direction by inclining the supporting member so as to maintain the position of the belt in the widthwise direction within a predetermined target range; and suppressing means for suppressing a variation of a distance between the belt and the coil with a variation of inclination of the supporting member.01-01-2009

Michiaki Fujita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100113240BAG HAVING A DEFORMABLE MEMBER ATTACHED THERETO - A bag formed of a sheet material adapted to be filled with contents and opened at the top for taking out the contents. The bag has fused joints along the lateral edges thereof. A plastically deformable wire-like member is attached inside the fused joints over a length from the output opening side portion to the body portion.05-06-2010
20110204095SQUEEZE CONTAINER - A squeeze container includes a container body having flexibility, and a press restriction member that is provided inside the container body and that restricts, from inside the container body, deformation of the container body due to pressing of a side surface of the container body from outside thereof. A content liquid of the container is discharged by pressing the side surface of the container body from outside thereof. The squeeze container has, on the side surface of the container body, measurement scale markings arrayed in the vertical direction. The inner diameter of the container body within an arrayed range in which the measurement scale markings are arrayed in the vertical direction is formed to have a smaller diameter than an upper portion and/or a lower portion of the container body. Further, there is a corresponding relationship between a position, in the vertical direction, on the array of the measurement scale markings and a discharge amount when that position is pressed.08-25-2011

Michiaki Hashitani, Ritto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080220922Index table - There is provided a built-in type index table in which a power transmitting means scarcely has backlash and, at the same time, the space and cost can be saved. The index table includes a rotary table for setting a workpiece for a machine tool; a rotary table shaft fixedly provided on the rotary table; a driving motor mechanism, which is a driving source; and a planetary roller speed-reduction mechanism having a sun roller, which is a motor output shaft of the driving motor mechanism, a ring fixed to the speed-reduction mechanism, a plurality of planetary rollers arranged at equal angular intervals between the sun roller and the ring in a pressurized state, and a planetary roller harness that fixedly supports a plurality of planetary roller shafts pivotally supporting the planetary rollers in a rotatable manner and is fixedly provided coaxially with the rotary table shaft.09-11-2008

Michiaki Iha, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110143250INTERCONNECTOR MATERIAL, INTERCELLULAR SEPARATION STRUCTURE, AND SOLID ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - Provided is an interconnector material which is chemically stable in both oxidation atmospheres and reduction atmospheres, has a high electron conductivity (electric conductivity), a low ionic conductivity, does not contain Cr, and enables a reduction in sintering temperature. The interconnector material is arranged between a plurality of cells each composed of an anode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode layer stacked sequentially, and electrically connects the plurality of cells to each other in series in a solid electrolyte fuel cell. The interconnector is formed of a ceramic composition represented by the composition formula La(Fe06-16-2011

Michiaki Ikeda, Kitakyushu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090016660SOLID LUBRICATION ROLLER BEARING - A solid lubrication roller bearing capable of stably transferring a lubricant from spacers and reducing wear of a solid lubrication film on the surfaces of rollers is provided. The solid lubrication roller bearing comprises a raceway member having two rolling surfaces, a plurality of rollers forming first members disposed between the rolling surfaces to carry a load and covered with a solid lubrication film, and spacers forming second members interposed between the rollers to hold intervals formed of a self-lubricating material and having a recessed surface in contact with the rollers. Metal balls with a hardness higher than that of the spacer forming third members with a diameter smaller than that of the rollers are interposed between the spacers in at least one position.01-15-2009

Michiaki Imachi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100197394Game machine, game information display method and game program - A game machine comprises a game progress controller which accepts operational information entered from a touch panel and from other game machines and successively obtain tile objects representing tiles of individual players, a main image display controller which defines arrangement zones for the tile objects representing the tiles of the individual players within a main screen area, displays the tile objects in such a manner that types of the tile objects of a primary player are visually recognizable, and substitutes the tile objects obtained by drawing actions for specified ones of the tile objects, a supplementary information generator which generates supplementary information regarding the tile objects representing the tiles of the primary player that are displayed in a visually recognizable fashion, and a sub-image display controller which displays the supplementary information in a sub-screen area located adjacent to the main screen area. The supplementary information creates situational variations and exciting feelings in a game.08-05-2010

Michiaki Imachi, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110319172GAME SYSTEM, GAME MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND GAME MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - This game system has an allocation unit (12-29-2011

Michiaki Ito, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080213011Endless belt and image forming apparatus that uses the endless belt - A belt is entrained on a plurality of rollers and runs when the rollers are driven to rotate. A bead is attached to the belt and prevents the belt-like member from running crooked. The bead includes a first layer formed of a first material having a first hardness and a second layer formed of a second material having a second hardness. The second layer is laminated on the first layer. The bead is attached to the belt with the first layer being closer to the belt than the second layer. The first material and the second material expand simultaneously with temperature and humidity, and the first material and the second material contract simultaneously with temperature and humidity. The first hardness is higher than the second hardness.09-04-2008
20090074492Belt Rotating Device and Image Forming Apparatus - A belt rotating apparatus capable of improving a durability with respect to flexion fatigue of a belt and capable of reducing the occurrence of the breakage of the belt; and an image forming apparatus having the belt rotating device are supplied. The belt rotating device includes a belt that is wound on a roller driven by a predetermined driving means; and a meander prevention member that is slidably contacted with an end surface of the belt for preventing a meander of the belt. In the belt rotating device, a friction reduction agent for reducing slide friction with respect to the meander prevention member is used to coat at least an end surface of the belt.03-19-2009
20090324277Belt unit, transfer unit and image forming apparatus - A belt unit includes an endless belt that transports a recording medium thereon. The endless belt has a Young's modulus in the range of 3.5≦Y≦7.0. The endless belt is disposed about a plurality of rollers, and runs about the rollers. The endless belt has a thickness such that 0.0025≦Y×T12-31-2009
20100284718IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device having a cleaning device that removes an adhered object on an endless belt body by contacting the endless belt body, which rotates while under tension. The endless belt body is formed with the following includes: an indentation Young's modulus is equal to or more than 5.5 GPa and is equal to or less than 10.0 GPa, and a specularity of a contacting surface that contacts the cleaning device is equal to or more than 50 and is equal to or less than 100.11-11-2010
20110116847BELT DRIVE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A belt drive apparatus includes: a rotatable first roller; a rotatable second roller; a belt member stretched by the first and the second rollers so as to be capable of being conveyed by the first roller and the second roller; and a restraint member provided on at least one of the two ends of the second roller and including a belt receiving surface to be brought into contact with an edge portion of the belt member. The belt receiving surface and an axis of the second roller make an angle that is not smaller than 93° but not larger than 115°.05-19-2011
20120037176HAIRDRESSING AND COSMETIC COMB AND HAIRDRESSING AND COSMETIC METHOD - Provided are a hairdressing and cosmetic comb which catches a lot of hair in the gaps of the comb teeth in single combing, does not need blocking or shifting of the comb from one hand to another, allows hair to be aligned straight easily, allows a practitioner to image a finished state of the whole head without hurting fingers of the practitioner, ensures an efficient hairdressing and cosmetic work of cutting or dyeing, and is manufactured at low cost, and a hairdressing and cosmetic method using the comb. A hairdressing and cosmetic comb 02-16-2012

Patent applications by Michiaki Ito, Tokyo JP

Michiaki Kobayashi, Kudamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090078372VACUUM PROCESSING APPARAUTS - A vacuum processing apparatus having an improved wafer processing efficiency and an improved working efficiency is provided. The vacuum processing apparatus includes a vacuum container in which a specimen is processed with plasma generated from a processing gas supplied to the vacuum container; a transfer container through which the specimen processed in the vacuum container is transferred, the transfer container being coupled to the vacuum container under ambient pressure; a blower for generating an ambient gas flow in the transfer container and an outlet disposed on the transfer container; a storage container for storing the specimen processed in the vacuum container, the storage container being disposed in the ambient gas flow in the transfer container; and an exhauster for exhausting a gas in the storage container.03-26-2009

Michiaki Kobayashi, Kudamatsu JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100163185Vacuum processing apparatus - A vacuum processing apparatus which includes a vacuum vessel having a processing chamber provided therein into which a processing gas is supplied to form a plasma and which processes a wafer located in the processing chamber, and a vacuum transfer vessel having a vacuumed transfer chamber coupled with the vacuum vessel provided therein into which the wafer is transferred. A resin-made film having a plasma resistance is bonded onto a surface of a lid of the vacuum transfer vessel on the side of the transfer chamber.07-01-2010
20100186672Plasma processing apparatus - A plasma processing apparatus composed of a processing chamber in a vacuum vessel to which a gas is fed to form a plasma, a sample stage in which a channel for a heat exchange medium is formed, beams for supporting the sample stage in the horizontal direction, a cylindrical space at atmospheric pressure formed below the channel in the sample stage, coupling paths for communicating the inner wall of the cylindrical space with the exterior of the vacuum vessel, a piping conduit for medium formed in the coupling path, a drive mechanism to drive pins for a wafer, and metal blocks covering junctions between the piping conduits for medium and the sample stage, whereby a gas at high temperature is supplied to between the metal blocks and is exhausted through the coupling path.07-29-2010
20110137454VACUUM CHAMBER - A vacuum chamber includes: a vacuum vessel arranged at the backward side, where a wafer of a processing subject is processed inside an internal processing chamber; a transfer chamber arranged at the forward side, where said wafer is transferred at the inside thereof under atmospheric pressure; a cassette stage arranged at the forward of this transfer chamber, where a cassette storing said wafer is mounted; a lock chamber connected with said transfer chamber at the backward of said transfer chamber; a robot arranged inside said transfer chamber, where said wafer is transferred between said cassette and said lock chamber; and an aligning machine for making position of said wafer fit with the predetermined position, wherein the wafer is transferred to said lock chamber, after performing alignment of said wafer on said aligning machine, in the case where displacement amount of position of this wafer is larger than the predetermined value.06-09-2011

Patent applications by Michiaki Kobayashi, Kudamatsu JP

Michiaki Koizumi, Daito-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080242352IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION PROGRAM PRODUCT - A cellular phone includes, for the sake of privacy protection, a camera for outputting a pick up image in which an operator is photographed, a touch panel to accept designation of at least a partial region of the pick up image, and a control portion to determine a masked region to mask at least a part of the pick up image based on the accepted region, generate a composite image in which the masked region of the pick up image is converted to another image, and transmit the composite image.10-02-2008
20120015692IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION PROGRAM PRODUCT - A cellular phone includes, for the sake of privacy protection, a camera for outputting a pick up image in which an operator is photographed, a touch panel to accept designation of at least a partial region of the pick up image, and a control portion to determine a masked region to mask at least a part of the pick up image based on the accepted region, generate a composite image in which the masked region of the pick up image is converted to another image, and transmit the composite image.01-19-2012

Patent applications by Michiaki Koizumi, Daito-Shi JP

Michiaki Kubo, Fukuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090324610GENE ASSOCIATED WITH ARTERIOSCLEROTIC DISEASE, AND USE THEREOF - Two genes implicated in arteriosclerotic diseases such as cerebral infarction were successfully identified by performing genome-wide correlation studies using SNPs by targeting the entire genome. Polymorphic mutations that can be used to examine the presence or absence of risk factors for arteriosclerotic diseases were successfully found on the genes. Subjects can be efficiently examined for the presence or absence of risk factors for arteriosclerotic diseases using the presence or absence of the polymorphic mutations as indicators. Furthermore, methods of screening for therapeutic agents for arteriosclerotic diseases are enabled by using expression or function of the genes as index.12-31-2009

Michiaki Kubota, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100026121SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC THRUST BEARING WITH INTEGRATED DYNAMOTOR - In a superconducting magnetic thrust bearing with integrated dynamotor, a first fixed core is formed to have a U-shaped cross-section in a direction of the central axis of the cylindrical shape with an opening of the U-shape being directed perpendicularly to the central axis, and a superconducting coil is arranged on the inside of the U-shaped portion of the first fixed core formed into the U-shape. A rotary core has projecting ends at positions opposite to two projecting ends of the U-shape of the first fixed core, and a magnetic flux guide path, at a position opposite to an armature core, with a shape varying at predetermined intervals in the winding direction of the superconducting coil. The rotary core is constituted such that it rotates relatively to the first fixed core and is able to move in the direction of the central axis of the first fixed core. The armature core is arranged fixedly in a magnetic flux path that introduces a magnetic flux, which is generated from the superconducting coil and led out from one of the two projecting ends of the U-shape of the first fixed core, to the projecting ends of the rotary core, and leads out the magnetic flux from the projecting ends of the rotary core.02-04-2010

Michiaki Kubota, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100013581Superconductivity utilizing support mechanism, and permanent magnet utilizing support mechanism - A superconductivity utilizing support mechanism comprises a superconductive coil and a ferromagnetic body. One of the ferromagnetic body, so constituted as to slide in a direction of a center axis of the superconductive coil, and the superconductive coil, so constituted as to slide in a direction of the center axis thereof, is floated and supported relative to the other by axial magnetic attraction caused by a center plane of the superconductive coil and a center plane of the ferromagnetic body moving apart from each other.01-21-2010

Michiaki Matsushita, Koshi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090003825SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A cassette waiting block is connected to a transfer in/out block of a coating and developing treatment system, and in the cassette waiting block, a cassette transfer in/out unit, a cassette waiting unit, a cassette delivery unit, and a substrate processing unit are provided. In the cassette waiting block, a cassette transfer unit for transferring the cassette between the cassette transfer in/out unit, the cassette waiting unit, and the cassette deliver unit, and a transfer unit for transferring the substrate between the cassette in the cassette waiting unit and the substrate processing unit are provided. Each cassette waiting unit has an opening mechanism for opening a port of the cassette.01-01-2009
20100243168DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A SUBSTRATE - A substrate support device including a support member having a lower-surface support section to support a lower surface of a substrate; and a position restriction section provided on the lower-surface support section, the position restriction section being formed to surround a periphery of the substrate supported on the lower-surface support section and restrict a position of the substrate. At least one of the lower-surface support section and the position restriction section includes a base material and a protective film formed to cover the base material and prevent at least one of wear and chemical erosion to which the base material will be subject. The substrate support device further includes, for example, a base that supports the support member, and a driving structure that moves the support member in a relative fashion with respect to the base, and is constructed as a substrate transport device.09-30-2010

Michiaki Mori, Soraku-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080304523Method of increasing the contrast of a high-intensity laser - In the improved method for increasing the contrast of a high-intensity laser, signal light outputted from a laser oscillator, a preamplifier or the like is amplified by OPCPA which is excited by pump light having a short pulse width comparable to that of the signal light, thereby producing an extremely high contrast.12-11-2008

Michiaki Nakamura, Yamanashi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120105033LIGHT AMOUNT DETECTING APPARATUS, AND LIGHT AMOUNT INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A light amount detecting apparatus includes: a photoelectric converting element converting quantity of light inputted to current; a current/voltage converting device having a positive input terminal connected to a first terminal of the photoelectric converting element, a negative input terminal connected to a second terminal of the photoelectric converting element, a negative output terminal for reversing polarity of a current inputted to the positive input terminal and outputting it as a voltage, a positive output terminal for reversing polarity of a current inputted to the negative input terminal and outputting it as a voltage, a first negative feedback resistor connecting the positive and negative output terminals, and a second negative feedback resistor connected between the negative and positive output terminals, the current/voltage converting device setting the photoelectric converting element in zero bias and converting the converted current to the voltage; and an amplifying device for amplifying the converted voltage.05-03-2012

Michiaki Nakao, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090280950VEHICLE DRIVE FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle drive force control apparatus for controlling a drive force of a vehicle including: a main drive power source for driving main drive wheels through a coupling device and a transmission, an electric generator operated by a drive force generated by the main drive power source, and an electric motor which is driven by electric power generated by the electric generator, to generate a drive torque that can be transmitted to auxiliary drive wheels. The vehicle drive force control apparatus controls the coupling device and transmission to reduce an engaging force of the coupling device and shift up the transmission during driving of the auxiliary drive wheels, so that the operating speed of the main drive power source is raised according to a load of the coupling device, while the electric power generated by the electric generator is increased, permitting an increase of the drive torque of the auxiliary drive wheels and stable 4-wheel-drive control.11-12-2009

Michiaki Nishimura, Kagoshima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090117425Fuel Cell Assembly and Electricity Generation Unit Used in Same - A fuel cell assembly has a housing defining an electricity generation/combustion chamber, and electricity generation/combustion means disposed within the housing. A fuel gas and an oxygen-containing gas are supplied to the electricity generation/combustion means, and a combustion gas formed within the electricity generation/combustion chamber is discharged from the electricity generation/combustion chamber. A heat exchanger having a first channel and a second channel is disposed on at least one surface of the housing, the combustion gas is discharged from the interior of the electricity generation/combustion chamber through the first channel of the heat exchanger, and one of the oxygen-containing gas and the fuel gas is supplied to the electricity generation/combustion means through the second channel of the heat exchanger. A plurality of electricity generation units are arranged in parallel within the housing, and each of the electricity generation units includes a cell stack constituting the electricity generation/combustion means.05-07-2009
20090130496Fuel Cell Assembly and Electricity Generation Unit Used in Same - A fuel cell assembly has a housing defining an electricity generation/combustion chamber, and electricity generation/combustion means disposed within the housing. A fuel gas and an oxygen-containing gas are supplied to the electricity generation/combustion means, and a combustion gas formed within the electricity generation/combustion chamber is discharged from the electricity generation/combustion chamber. A heat exchanger having a first channel and a second channel is disposed on at least one surface of the housing, the combustion gas is discharged from the interior of the electricity generation/combustion chamber through the first channel of the heat exchanger, and one of the oxygen-containing gas and the fuel gas is supplied to the electricity generation/combustion means through the second channel of the heat exchanger. A plurality of electricity generation units are arranged in parallel within the housing, and each of the electricity generation units includes a cell stack constituting the electricity generation/combustion means.05-21-2009
20100188185Piezoelectric Transformer - To provide a piezoelectric transformer which can reduce the capacity of an input unit and realize a impedance matching with a drive circuit of an input side. A piezoelectric transformer includes: a piezoelectric substrate (07-29-2010

Michiaki Nishinosono, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080259393IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus, including a plurality of applications each including a reception unit configured to receive print data, a determination unit configured to analyze the print data received by the reception unit to determine the data format thereof, and a print control unit configured to print an image of print data having a specific data format. The print data analyzed by the determination unit is sent to the print control unit when the data format is determined to be equivalent to the specific data format, or another reception unit when the data format is determined to be different from the specific data format.10-23-2008

Michiaki Okabe, Isehara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080315625STRUCTURE OF COUPLING PORTIONS OF EXTERIOR PARTS - A structure to couple exterior components of a vehicle includes a first exterior component and a second exterior component located apart from the first exterior component, wherein the first exterior component comprises an upper protrusion configured to overlap the second exterior component, and wherein the first exterior component comprises a side protrusion configured to overlap the second exterior component. A method to couple exterior components of a vehicle includes providing a protrusion about at least a portion of a first exterior component, installing the first exterior component proximal to a second exterior component, overlapping the protrusion of the first exterior component about a at least a portion of the second exterior component, interposing an elastic member between a peripheral surface of the first exterior component and an edge of the second exterior component, and positioning the elastic member beneath the protrusion of the first exterior component.12-25-2008

Michiaki Okamoto, Yokkaichi-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090111312CONNECTOR DEVICE AND LOCKING STRUCTURE - Rear engageable surfaces (04-30-2009
20110294368TERMINAL FITTING - It is aimed not to increase contact resistance between a wire and a wire crimping portion even upon being subjected to a thermal cycle. A gold plating layer is formed on a base metal (12-01-2011

Patent applications by Michiaki Okamoto, Yokkaichi-City JP

Michiaki Okuda, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110082295NOVEL CURCUMIN DERIVATIVE - To develop a highly safe measure to treat Alzheimer's disease using a secretase-inhibiting substance, there is provided a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof:04-07-2011

Michiaki Sagesaka, Fujieda-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090042721INORGANIC FIBER CATALYST, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF AND CATALYST STRUCTURE - An inorganic fiber catalyst includes an alumina-silica fiber base material, and a plurality of catalyst component particles contained in the alumina-silica fiber base material. A mean particle diameter of the catalyst component particles contained in at least a surface portion of the alumina-silica fiber base material is 50 nm or less, and a standard deviation of particle diameters of the catalyst component particles is 30 or less.02-12-2009

Michiaki Sano, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110244683Fabricating Voids Using Slurry Protect Coat Before Chemical-Mechanical Polishing - A semiconductor structure is fabricated with a void such as a line, contact, via or zia. To prevent slurry particles from falling into and remaining in a void during a chemical-mechanical planarization process, a protective coat is provided in the void to trap the slurry particles and limit an extent to which they can enter the void. A metal layer is provided above the protective coat. Subsequently, the protective coat and trapped slurry particles are removed by cleaning, leaving a void which is substantially free of slurry particles. This is beneficial such as when the void is used as an alignment mark. The protective coat can be an organic layer such as spin-on carbon or i-line photoresist, an ashable material such as amorphous carbon, or a dissolvable and selective material such as SiN.10-06-2011

Michiaki Shimizu, Hitachi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090247024CONNECTOR STRUCTURE WITH A U-SHAPED CROSS SECTION HAVING A MALE TERMINAL AND A FEMALE TERMINAL - A male terminal 10-01-2009
20120024599OIL-COOLED EQUIPMENT HARNESS - An oil-cooled equipment harness includes a shielded wire including a conductor, a shielding layer on a periphery of the conductor, and a flexibility, a terminal fitting enclosing a front end part of the shielded wire, a housing enclosing a periphery of the shielded wire a predetermined distance away from the terminal fitting such that shielded wire is exposed from the terminal fitting, the housing including a flange, a first oil entry-preventing means disposed at a space between the shielded wire and the terminal fitting for preventing oil in the shielding case from entering into the conductor, and an oil leak-preventing means disposed at a space between the housing and the shielding case for preventing the oil in the shielding case from leaking out of the shielding case. The terminal fitting and the housing are relatively movable by the shielded wire exposed at between the terminal fitting and the housing.02-02-2012

Patent applications by Michiaki Shimizu, Hitachi JP

Michiaki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090283471Apparatus and Method for Treating Organic-Containing Wastewater - In treating organic-containing wastewater by a biological treatment in a stage prior to a advanced treatment such as membrane separation or the like, the amount of the biological metabolites produced in the biological treatment step is reduced to reduce the amount of the organic substances flowing into the advanced treatment step in a latter stage, thereby making the advanced treatment stable and efficient and efficiently recovering treated water of high quality. Water anaerobically biologically treated in an anaerobic reaction tank 11-19-2009

Michiaki Watanabe, Nagano-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110102838Printer Driver, Printer Control Method, and Recording Medium - A printer driver, printer control method, and printer control program can prevent a printer from operating in unintended ways even when an old version of an application that is not multi-application capable is executed through a new version of a dedicated driver that is multi-application capable. A printer driver 05-05-2011

Michiaki Yamasaki, Kumamoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090035171High-Strength And High-Toughness Magnesium Alloy And Method For Manufacturing Same - Provided is a high-strength and high-toughness magnesium alloy which has practical level of both the strength and the toughness for expanded applications of the magnesium alloys, and is a method for manufacturing thereof. The high-strength and high-toughness magnesium alloy of the present invention contains: a atom % in total of at least one metal of Cu, Ni, and Co; and b atom % in total of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Dy, Er, Ho, Gd, Tb, and Tm, while a and b satisfying the following formulae (1) to (3),02-05-2009
20090056837MAGNESIUM ALLOY MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention provides a magnesium alloy material excellent in high mechanical characteristics without using special manufacturing facilities or processes and a method for manufacturing the magnesium alloy material. The magnesium alloy material is an Mg—Zn—RE alloy containing Zn as an essential component, at least one of Gd, Tb, and Tm as RE, and the rest including Mg and unavoidable impurities and contains a needle-like precipitate or a board-like precipitate (lengthy precipitate: X-phase=β-phase, β′-phase, and β1-phase).03-05-2009
20100061882MAGNESIUM ALLOY MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a magnesium alloy material which can be produced without the need of employing any specialized production facility or process and has excellent mechanical properties, particularly high elongation. Also disclosed is a process for producing the magnesium alloy material. The magnesium alloy material comprises a Mg—Gd—Zn alloy comprising 1 to 5 mass % of Zn and 5 to 15 mass % of Gd as essential ingredients, with the remainder being Mg and unavoidable impurities, wherein the Mg—Gd—Zn alloy has a long period stacking structure in its alloy structure and also has Mg03-11-2010
20100206438MAGNESIUM ALLOY MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a magnesium alloy material excellent in mechanical properties without using specific manufacturing facilities and processes and a method of manufacturing the same. The magnesium alloy material is an Mg—Zn—RE alloy containing, as an essential component, Zn and at least one of Gd, Tb, and Tm as RE, and of the rest including Mg and unavoidable impurities, and has stacking faults of a thickened two-atomic layer of Zn and RE in the alloy structure of the Mg—Zn—RE alloy. A method of manufacturing a magnesium alloy material involves a casting step, a solution treatment step, and a heat treatment step and the heat treatment step is carried out in a condition satisfying −14.58 [ln(x)]+532.3208-19-2010

Michiaki Yamasaki, Kumamoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090192595MEDICAL IMPLANT - Disclosed herein is a medical implant including an implant body of which at least a part is comprised of a biodegradable metal, wherein the part comprised of the biodegradable metal has a crystal grain diameter of not more than 10 μm.07-30-2009

Patent applications by Michiaki Yamasaki, Kumamoto-Shi JP

Michiaki Yamashia, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110178018NOVEL SELENIUM-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS - A novel selenium-containing compound, a method of producing the selenium-containing compound, an analysis method using the selenium-containing compound, and use of the selenium-containing compound as an antioxidant, are disclosed. A novel selenium-containing compound shown by any of chemical formulas 1 to 4 is obtained by extracting a selenium-containing compound from a sample using an organic solvent or water, and purifying the selenium-containing compound. The novel selenium-containing compound may be used for a novel analysis method, or may be used as an antioxidant.07-21-2011

Michiaki Yoshida, Daito-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100164993Imaging Apparatus and Method of Controlling Imaging Apparatus - An imaging apparatus comprises a remote controller including no operating button and an imaging instrument including a display screen portion capable of displaying a first graphical user interface in association with movement of the remote controller. Selection item of the first graphical user interface is selected and determined on the basis of anteroposterior movement of the remote controller.07-01-2010

Michiaki Yoshida, Niigata JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100124018ELECTRONIC UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electronic unit includes: a circuit board that has a device mounting surface mounted with circuit devices and that is supported in a condition that the device mounting surface is arranged in a direction of gravity; an opposed member that is disposed in opposition to the circuit board so that a passage space through which a refrigerant for cooling the circuit devices passes is formed between the opposed member and the device mounting surface; an exhaust unit that is disposed in opposition to the circuit devices disposed on the circuit board and that exhausts the refrigerant having passed through the passage space; and a protruding member that is provided in an upper portion of the exhaust unit in the direction of gravity and that protrudes from the opposed member toward the circuit devices.05-20-2010