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20080242438 | Golf shaft, golf club, and production method for golf shaft - A golf shaft includes: a hollow tubular structure; and a gradient structure in which an amount of retained austenite is increased from an approximate center in a thickness direction of the hollow tubular structure to a surface of the hollow tubular structure. | 10-02-2008 |
20150231939 | SUSPENSION AND COMPRESSION COIL SPRING FOR SUSPENSION - A knee-action-type suspension is provided with an arm member, a compression coil spring, and a shock absorber. The coil spring is extended and retracted between a full-rebound state and a full-bump state in accordance with the magnitude of a load applied to a vehicle body. A wire of the coil spring includes a large-diameter wire portion, a small-diameter wire portion, and a wire diameter varying portion. The large-diameter wire portion is provided in a first portion of the coil spring, which is on the side near to a pivot. The small-diameter wire portion is provided in a second portion of the coil spring, which is on the side far from the pivot. A wire diameter of the large-diameter wire portion is greater than a wire diameter of the small-diameter wire portion. | 08-20-2015 |
20150251514 | STRUT-TYPE SUSPENSION AND COMPRESSION COIL SPRING FOR SUSPENSION - A strut-type suspension includes a compression coil spring, a lower spring seat, an upper spring seat, and a shock absorber. The compression coil spring is disposed at a position offset to the outer side of a vehicle with respect to the shock absorber. The compression coil spring is mounted in a vehicle body in such a state that it is compressed between spring seats. The compression coil spring includes a large-diameter wire portion and a small-diameter wire portion. The large-diameter wire portion is provided in a vehicle inner-side portion of the compression coil spring. The small-diameter wire portion is provided in a vehicle outer-side portion. A wire diameter of the large-diameter wire portion is greater than a wire diameter of the small-diameter wire portion. | 09-10-2015 |
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20090200798 | Tubular threaded joint - A tubular threaded joint which has excellent resistance to compression and which permits easy tightening operation in the field in a vertical state comprises a pin having a male threaded zone and a box having a female threaded zone. The pin or the box has an end shoulder surface on its end, and the other member has a shoulder surface which abuts against the end shoulder surface. The screw threads of the male threaded zone and the female threaded zone are trapezoidal threads having a crest, a load flank, and a stabbing flank. The lip length, which is the distance in the axial direction of a member having an end shoulder surface between the end shoulder surface and the closest engaged thread to that surface, is at least 140 times the stabbing flank clearance, which is the distance in the axial direction between the stabbing flanks of the male thread and the female thread when the load flanks of the male and female threads contact each other. The stabbing flank of the male thread is preferably chamfered. | 08-13-2009 |
20100301600 | THREADED JOINT FOR PIPES - In a threaded joint for pipes constituted by a pin and a box, each having a contact surface comprising a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion, the contact surface of the pin has a solid corrosion protective, preferably transparent coating based on a UV-curable resin and the contact surface of the box has a solid lubricating coating having plastic or viscoplastic rheological behavior which is preferably formed by the hot melt technique from a composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer, a wax, a metal soap, a corrosion inhibitor, a water-insoluble liquid resin, and a solid lubricant. | 12-02-2010 |
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20080261281 | Novel Carbonyl Reductase, Gene Thereof and Method of Using the Same - The present invention relates to a polypeptide having an activity to asymmetrically reduce (3S)-1-chloro-3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-4-phenyl-2-butanone to produce (2R,3S)-1-chloro-3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-4-phenyl-2-butanol isolated from a microorganism belonging to the genus | 10-23-2008 |
20090137012 | Process for producing lactonase and utilitzation thereof - It has been required to economically produce a large amount of optically active γ-lactone derivatives (for example, pantolactone), which are useful as intermediates in synthesizing useful substances such as pharmaceutical drugs. To achieve this object, it is advantageous to employ an enzymatic technique of asymmetric hydrolysis with a hydrolyzing enzyme lactonase. However, it remains troublesome to prepare the enzyme or utilize a microorganism capable of producing the enzyme. Also, it is difficult to obtain a sufficient and stable enzymatic activity in the case of using recombination techniques. In producing lactonase, which asymmetrically hydrolyzes a γ-lactone derivative such as racemic pantolactone selectively, by a recombination technique, both mature lactonase DNA and signal peptide region DNA are transferred into a host. Thus, a stable lactonase activity comparable to naturally-occurring one can be achieved and a transformant sustaining a high enzyme activity in a stable manner can be acquired, thereby allowing the efficient and industrially advantageous asymmetric synthesis of γ-lactone derivatives. | 05-28-2009 |
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20120023831 | WEATHER STRIP AND ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE THEREOF - A weather strip | 02-02-2012 |
20130285409 | SEAL STRUCTURE FOR DOOR OF AUTOMOBILE - A tangent 140 on a contact part 80 on which a hollow seal member 32 of a weather strip 30 mounted on a side door 21 first touches a roof door 23 is a straight line which divides an angle θ2 on an acute angle side between an advancing locus 110 of the side door 21 and an advancing locus 120 of a roof door 23 into a substantially half angle θ1, the two advancing loci intersecting on the contact part 80. | 10-31-2013 |
20150267453 | PROTECTOR WITH SENSOR - A protector with a sensor detects an object by touch between two conductive parts in a hollow part with a space therebetween. An outer peripheral surface of the hollow part is an outer coat substantially having a horseshoe shaped cross section. Both ends of the outer coat are connected with the installation base member. The two conductive parts including a conductive part having a convex shape on a lower part of the hollow part and a conductive part having a concave shape on an upper part of the hollow part are shaped and positioned in a manner that the space substantially has a V-shaped cross section and a uniform width in cross section, an opening of the V-shaped cross section faces a side of said installation base member, and both ends of the V-shaped cross section are continuously provided on an inner surface of the outer coat. | 09-24-2015 |
20150267457 | PROTECTOR WITH SENSOR AND METHOD OF MOLDING END PART OF THE SAME - A protector with a sensor is installed on a sliding door for detecting an object by touch between two core wires in a hollow part. In a terminal part of the protector with the sensor, the core wires drawn out are connected with legs of a resistor. A primary seal is formed by grinding a surface of the hollow part of the terminal part of an extrusion molded part, positioning a ground part on a die and covering wire connection parts and a side of another end of an insert while also covering the ground part by means of injection molding. A secondary seal is formed by means of the injection molding for coating a part formed with the primary seal for forming an external shape of a product. | 09-24-2015 |
20150267462 | PROTECTOR WITH SENSOR AND METHOD OF MOLDING END PART OF THE SAME - A protector with a sensor is installed on a sliding door for detecting an object by touch between two core wires in a hollow part. In a terminal part of the protector with the sensor, the core wires drawn out are connected with leads joined with a control unit. A primary seal is formed by means of injection molding for covering wire connection parts and another end side of an insert while also covering a skin of a wire harness which ties and coats the two leads. A secondary seal is formed by means of the injection molding for coating a part formed with the primary seal and for forming an external shape of a product. | 09-24-2015 |
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20140093796 | WET STATE CONTROL DEVICE FOR FUEL CELL - A wet state control device for fuel cell includes a priority control unit for preferentially controlling either one of a pressure and a flow rate of cathode gas when a wet state of a fuel cell is adjusted, a water temperature control unit for controlling a temperature of cooling water when the wet state of the fuel cell is not completely adjustable by a control of the priority control unit, and a complementary control unit for controlling the other of the pressure and the flow rate of the cathode gas to complement a response delay of the water temperature control unit. | 04-03-2014 |
20140120439 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM & CONTROL METHOD OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM - In a fuel cell system which executes a stop process of stopping an output from a fuel cell when a required power generation amount for the fuel cell is smaller than a predetermined power generation amount and supplies oxidant during a stop process period, fuel gas is intermittently supplied to a fuel electrode at a basic supply interval, which is set in advance and at which carbon dioxide is not generated in an oxidant electrode, during the stop process period. | 05-01-2014 |
20140205923 | POWER GENERATION CHARACTERISTIC ESTIMATION DEVICE FOR FUEL CELL - A power generation characteristic estimation device for fuel cell includes a reference characteristic setting unit for setting a reference power generation characteristic of a fuel cell, a current detection unit for detecting an actual current of the fuel cell, a voltage detection unit for detecting an actual voltage of the fuel cell, and a characteristic estimation unit for estimating an actual power generation characteristic of the fuel cell based on a voltage difference between a voltage on the reference power generation characteristic and an actual voltage at the actual current. The characteristic estimation unit estimates the power generation characteristic during a warm-up operation of the fuel cell when a pressure of a gas supplied to the fuel cell is not lower than a predetermined value. | 07-24-2014 |
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20140239445 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device has a resistor area and wiring area selectively disposed on a semiconductor substrate. In this semiconductor device, a second interlayer insulating film is formed above the semiconductor substrate, and a thin-film resistor is disposed on the second interlayer insulating film in the resistor area. Vias that contact the thin-film resistor from below are formed in the second interlayer insulating film. A wiring line is disposed on the second interlayer insulating film in the wiring area. A dummy wiring line that covers the thin-film resistor from above is disposed in a third wiring layer that is in the same layer as the wiring line, and an insulating film is interposed between the thin-film resistor and the dummy wiring line. | 08-28-2014 |
20140353737 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, stripe-shaped trenches for separating the semiconductor substrate into a plurality of active regions, a buried film having a projecting portion that projects from the semiconductor substrate, buried into the trenches, a source region and drain region of a second conductivity type, which are a pair of regions formed in the active region, for providing a channel region of a first conductivity type for a region therebetween, and a floating gate consisting of a single layer striding across the source region and the drain region, projecting beyond the projecting portion in a manner not overlapping the projecting portion, in which an aspect ratio of the buried film is 2.3 to 3.67. | 12-04-2014 |
20150137314 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - The semiconductor device of the present invention includes an insulating layer, a high voltage coil and a low voltage coil which are disposed in the insulating layer at an interval in the vertical direction, a low potential portion which is provided in a low voltage region disposed around a high voltage region for the high voltage coil in planar view and is connected with potential lower than the high voltage coil, and an electric field shield portion which is disposed between the high voltage coil and the low voltage region and includes an electrically floated metal member. | 05-21-2015 |
20150279848 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, stripe-shaped trenches for separating the semiconductor substrate into a plurality of active regions, a buried film having a projecting portion that projects from the semiconductor substrate, buried into the trenches, a source region and drain region of a second conductivity type, which are a pair of regions formed in the active region, for providing a channel region of a first conductivity type for a region therebetween, and a floating gate consisting of a single layer striding across the source region and the drain region, projecting beyond the projecting portion in a manner not overlapping the projecting portion, in which an aspect ratio of the buried film is 2.3 to 3.67. | 10-01-2015 |
20150348900 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device has a resistor area and wiring area selectively disposed on a semiconductor substrate. In this semiconductor device, a second interlayer insulating film is formed above the semiconductor substrate, and a thin-film resistor is disposed on the second interlayer insulating film in the resistor area. Vias that contact the thin-film resistor from below are formed in the second interlayer insulating film. A wiring line is disposed on the second interlayer insulating film in the wiring area. A dummy wiring line that covers the thin-film resistor from above is disposed in a third wiring layer that is in the same layer as the wiring line, and an insulating film is interposed between the thin-film resistor and the dummy wiring line. | 12-03-2015 |
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20080223198 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a wearable electronic device attachable to an arm, a display screen is disposed on a top face of a main body which is attached to the arm. First and second controls are arranged adjacent to opposite sides of the display screen, respectively, and project obliquely from the top face of the main body. The first control is configured to move toward a near side of the display screen by an operation of the user and to return spontaneously to a rest position away from the near side. The second control is configured to move toward a near side of the display screen by an operation of the user and to return spontaneously to a rest position away from the near side. An operation of one of the first and second controls or both of the first and second controls enables setting of the device using the display screen. | 09-18-2008 |
20080236369 | PERFORMANCE APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A performance apparatus capable of reproducing performance data having a desired tempo, even if performance data having the desired tempo is not present in a play list. In a search, a main point value indicated in each of meta data in music information files respectively corresponding to pieces of music registered in the play list is compared with a target tempo value. If the main point value falls within a range in which main point does not vary more than plus or minus 3% from the target tempo value, the music whose main point value is currently compared with the target tempo value is determined as intended music. If the intended music is not present in the play list, music data having the target tempo is automatically produced and reproduced. | 10-02-2008 |
20080236370 | PERFORMANCE APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A performance apparatus capable of reproducing music pieces while making changeover between the music pieces without disturbing the rhythm of exercise, dance, or the like performed by a user to the rhythm of music. A beat position is acquired that will appear in a preceding performance data for the first time after a preparatory time required for changing the reproduction of the preceding music piece to the reproduction of a subsequent music piece elapses from when a music selection instruction is given. The reproduction of the subsequent music piece is started at the same time when the music is reproduced up to the acquired beat position. | 10-02-2008 |
20080257133 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING MUSIC PIECE DATA - A plurality of template data files are provided, each designating a structure and conditions of a music piece, and having a plurality of tracks, each track being assigned to a particular instrument group and defining a time progression structure of music to be performed by the assigned instrument group by setting performance sections at time positions to be performed by the assigned instrument group along the time progression of music. A plurality of component data files are provided, each representing a length of musical phrase that constitutes a predetermined tone progression pattern of a predetermined tone color for a performance by a particular instrument group. When conditions such as a tempo for a music piece to be created are given, a template data file that satisfies the given conditions is selected. Then, component data files are picked up according to the conditions designated by the selected template data file and the musical phrases are placed on the tracks in the template data file. Thus, data files of many and versatile music pieces are automatically created, satisfying the given conditions. | 10-23-2008 |
20100236386 | PERFORMANCE APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A performance apparatus capable of reproducing music pieces while making changeover between the music pieces without disturbing the rhythm of exercise, dance, or the like performed by a user to the rhythm of music. A beat position is acquired that will appear in a preceding performance data for the first time after a preparatory time required for changing the reproduction of the preceding music piece to the reproduction of a subsequent music piece elapses from when a music selection instruction is given. The reproduction of the subsequent music piece is started at the same time when the music is reproduced up to the acquired beat position. | 09-23-2010 |
20120214644 | NOTIFICATION SIGNAL CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A first notification signal generation apparatus (first music playback apparatus) is attached to an upper arm of a first exercising person. The first notification signal generation apparatus includes a display, an operation button | 08-23-2012 |
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20130267711 | TRICYCLIC COMPOUND - The invention provides a method of activating PPAR γ and a method of treating or preventing a disease associated with PPAR γ by administering a tricyclic compound having a PPAR γ agonist activity, which is represented by the formula (I) wherein Z represents a single bond or the like, Y represents a hydrogen atom, lower alkyl optionally having substituent(s) or the like, X represents a hydrogen atom or the like, A represents aryl or the like, B and C are the same or different and each represents an aromatic carbocycle or the like, R | 10-10-2013 |
20150291587 | TRICYCLIC COMPOUND - The invention provides a method of activating PPAR γ and a method of treating or preventing a disease associated with PPAR γ by administering a tricyclic compound having a PPAR γ agonist activity, which is represented by the formula (I) wherein Z represents a single bond or the like, Y represents a hydrogen atom, lower alkyl optionally having substituent(s) or the like, X represents a hydrogen atom or the like, A represents aryl or the like, B and C are the same or different and each represents an aromatic carbocycle or the like, R | 10-15-2015 |
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20090137387 | Catalyst for purifying exhaust gas - The present invention provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst comprising a base material, and a two or more layered catalyst coating layer, formed on the base material, wherein the two or more layers have upper and lower layers, and wherein the upper layer contains a large amount of noble metal per liter of the base material more than that of the lower layer, and the lower layer contains a large amount of an oxygen storage/release material per liter of the base material more than that of the upper layer. This exhaust gas purification catalyst has more excellent H | 05-28-2009 |
20090149322 | EXHAUST GAS-PURIFYING CATALYST - Decreasing hydrogen sulfide emission without using nickel is made possible. An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst includes a support substrate, a catalyst support layer supported by the support substrate and including porous carrier, and a precious metal supported by the porous carrier. A mean diameter of the precious metal is 5 nm or larger. | 06-11-2009 |
20110237428 | EXHAUST GAS-PURIFYING CATALYST - The exhaust gas-purifying catalyst includes a substrate provided with one or more through-holes through which exhaust gas flows, and a catalyst layer which is supported by the substrate and contains precious metals and an oxygen storage material. The exhaust gas-purifying catalyst contains a first part to which the exhaust gas is supplied, and a second part to which the exhaust gas having passed through the first part is supplied and is smaller in the content of the oxygen storage material per unit volume than that of the first part. | 09-29-2011 |
20120040824 | EXHAUST GAS-PURIFYING CATALYST - An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst includes a support provided with one or more through-holes through which exhaust gas flows, and a catalytic layer supported by the support and containing an oxygen storage material. The exhaust gas-purifying catalyst includes a first section to which the exhaust gas is supplied, and a second section to which the exhaust gas having passed through the first section is supplied. The catalytic layer includes a layered structure of a first catalytic layer containing platinum and/or palladium and a second catalytic layer containing rhodium in the first catalytic section and further includes a third layer containing rhodium in the second section. The second section is smaller in oxygen storage material content per unit volumetric capacity than the first section. | 02-16-2012 |
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20120262740 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus comprising a receiving unit that receives a print command, an analyzing unit that analyzes the received print command, a converting unit that converts the received print command into CMYK when the analysis by the analyzing unit shows that a spot color is designated for the received print command, and an image forming unit that prints an image of the converted CMYK onto a recording paper and prints an image of CMYK obtained based on one of the received print commands for which no spot color is designated onto the recording paper. | 10-18-2012 |
20140036278 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The prior art has such a problem that image quality degrades because dots are conspicuous in the case where the size of each dot is not so small and the black or white dots are regularly aligned, in particular, in a bright part close to white or in a dark part close to black. It is determined whether a black or white pixel exists at a point-symmetric position with respect to a notice pixel using pattern matching for a binarized image and in the case where a pixel exists at the point-symmetric position, the notice pixel is replaced with a specific output pattern. | 02-06-2014 |
20150256717 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - For enabling unified color processing to be performed even in the case of performing different color processing on a specific color, an image processing apparatus having a color conversion unit configured to perform color conversion using a LUT for defining conversion from an input color to an output color, comprises: an input unit configured to input an image that is to be a target of color conversion; an accepting unit configured to accept designation of a specific color; and a generation unit configured to register an output value corresponding to the specific color at an unused grid point in the LUT, and generate a specific color-associated LUT, wherein, if the specific color is used in an image input by the input unit, the color conversion unit performs color conversion using the generated specific color-associated LUT. | 09-10-2015 |