Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090010141 | Optical pickup apparatus and objective lens - An optical pickup apparatus is provided for recording and/or reproducing information on an optical disc including at least one reference layer and at least one recording layer in which information can be recorded at recording positions each located at a different distance from an optical disc surface. The optical pickup apparatus includes: a light source; a relay lens system for emitting a converged light flux; an objective lens arranged at a predetermined distance from the reference layer, for converging the converged light flux onto one of the recording positions; and a photodetector. The relay lens system changes a convergence angle of the converged light flux to enter the objective lens by moving in a direction of an optical axis thereof so as to select a recording position where information is recorded and/or reproduced. | 01-08-2009 |
20100118306 | Alignment Optimization For Optical Packages - Methods of optimizing optical alignment in an optical package are provided. In one embodiment, the optical package includes a laser diode, a wavelength conversion device, coupling optics positioned along an optical path extending from the laser diode to the wavelength conversion device, and one or more adaptive actuators. The method involves adjusting the optical alignment of the wavelength conversion device in a non-adaptive degree of freedom by referring to a thermally-dependent output intensity profile of the laser diode and a thermally-dependent coupling efficiency profile of the optical package. The adjustment in the non-adaptive degree of freedom is quantified such that, over a given operating temperature range of the optical package, portions of the coupling efficiency profile characterized by relatively low coupling efficiency offset portions of the output intensity profile characterized by relatively high laser output intensity and portions of the coupling efficiency profile characterized by relatively high coupling efficiency offset portions of the output intensity profile characterized by relatively low laser output intensity. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 05-13-2010 |
20110002123 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT - A light source unit relating to the present invention includes a light source element; an optical-waveguide-formed element in which an optical waveguide is formed; a prism for turning back a light flux emitted from the light source and guiding the light flux toward an incident end of the optical waveguide; and a coupling optical system formed on the prism or provided as a separated body from the prism, for coupling the light flux emitted from the light source onto the optical waveguide. | 01-06-2011 |
20110032725 | Optical Module and Optical Unit - A semiconductor laser used as a light source of an optical module is susceptible to the return light from the lens surface. The problem has been conventionally solved by offsetting the optical axis of a lens and the optical axis of a semiconductor laser, but a high-precision and costly process for adjusting the positioning is required. An optical module and an optical unit, wherein the oscillation state of a semiconductor laser can be limited in the range of normal characteristics at a low cost, are provided by proposing a lens which eliminates the need for adjusting the positioning because there is little return light. As a first lens on which the light exiting a semiconductor laser impinges at first, a lens having an optical surface whose convex surface faces toward the semiconductor laser side is employed so that the light is diverged thus reducing the intensity of light returning to the semiconductor laser. | 02-10-2011 |
20110222070 | Optical Tomographic Image Forming Method - An optical tomographic image forming method including: splitting low coherence light emitted from a light source is split into a measuring light and a reference light; forming an optical tomographic image of a measured object by detecting an interference light that is obtained by superposing reflected light, reflected from the measured object when the measuring light is irradiated onto the measured object via a condenser lens, and reflected light, reflected from a reference mirror, which is positioned a predetermined length of optical path away from the splitting position, when the reference light is irradiated onto the reference mirror, wherein the method further includes: inputting a refractive index of the measured object; correcting the tomographic image in accordance with the inputted refractive index of the measured object; and outputting the corrected tomographic image. | 09-15-2011 |
20120069348 | Optical Connector and Optical Tomograph - Provided are an optical connector and an optical tomographic imaging apparatus, by which no noise occurs and a high quality image without a distortion can be obtained. In the optical connector, optical fibers are inserted into a lumen of a tube from opposite ends thereof; one of the optical fibers is fixed to the tube and the other optical fiber is held so as to be rotatable relative to the tube; an end of one of the optical fibers is separated from an end of the other optical fiber to form a gap therebetween in the lumen; a connecting section which connects the exterior space of the tube and the gap is formed; and a liquid or fluid made of a material which can transmit light is held in the exterior space, the gap, and the connecting section. Consequently, a significant pressure variation in matching liquid does not occur if the distance between the facing optical fibers changes | 03-22-2012 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100130622 | PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION FOR PREVENTING AND/OR TREATING PERIODONTAL DISEASE, AGENT FOR ORAL HYGIENE COMPRISING THEREOF, AND FOOD COMPRISING THEREOF - The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating periodontal disease comprising at least one having dental root-periodontal tissue formation promotion effect selected from the group consisting of a compound shown in a following formula (I). | 05-27-2010 |
20130253048 | Pharmaceutical Composition for Promoting Osteogenesis Containing Axial-equatorial Aryl-oriented Furofuran-type Lignan, and Pharmaceutical Preparation, Functional Food Product, and Health Food Product Comprising Composition - Provided is a composition that, even when used in a very small amount, has the effect of improving bone density and promoting bone growth, and has few side effects, and also provided are a pharmaceutical preparation for promoting bone growth, functional food product, and health food product containing the composition as an active ingredient. The composition can be obtained from any plant part selected from the group consisting of the bud, leaf, bark or wood of a plant belonging to the family Magnoliaceae. The composition comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of fargesin and physiologically acceptable salts, hydrates, and glycosides thereof. The pharmaceutical preparation, functional food product, and health food product comprising this composition as an active ingredient sufficiently improve bone density and promote bone growth, even when used in small amounts, and therefore realize preventive and/or therapeutic effects against bone disease etc. such as osteoporosis. | 09-26-2013 |
20140212478 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING AND/OR TREATING PERIODONTAL DISEASE - The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating periodontal disease comprising at least one having dental root-periodontal tissue formation promotion effect selected from the group consisting of a compound shown in a following formula (I). | 07-31-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080226900 | SUBSTRATE WITH FILM AND GLASS FOR FORMATION FILM - A substrate with film and a glass for forming such a film are provided, wherein the film has high gas barrier property, high transmittance in visible light region, and high productivity since the film provides effective gas barrier property even if the film is a single layer. | 09-18-2008 |
20100137122 | GLASS COMPOSITION FOR SUBSTRATES AND PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION - A glass composition for substrates excellent in productivity is provided by lowering the high temperature viscosity while securing characteristics and quality required for FPD substrates, particularly for PDP substrates. A glass composition for substrates, which is characterized by comprising, as represented by mass% based on oxides, from 55 to 75% of SiO | 06-03-2010 |
20100210443 | GLASS COMPOSITION FOR SUBSTRATES - A glass composition for substrates having good polishability while securing characteristics for FPD substrates, especially for PDP substrates, from which a glass substrate having excellent polishing workability and productivity can be obtained, is provided. | 08-19-2010 |
20110251044 | GLASS SUBSTRATE AND ITS PRODUCTION PROCESS - To provide a glass substrate which has a high glass transition temperature, which has a thermal expansion coefficient close to that of soda lime glass, which has a low specific gravity, which will hardly undergo yellowing, and which further has good melting characters and is thereby produced with high productivity. | 10-13-2011 |
20120118425 | High-strength steel pipe and producing method thereof - This high-strength steel pipe includes, by mass%, C: 0.02% to 0.09%, Mn: 0.4% to 2.5%, Cr: 0.1% to 1.0%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.03%, Nb: 0.005% to 0.3%, and a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which Si, Al, P, S, and N are limited to 0.6% or less, 0.1% or less, 0.02% or less, 0.005% or less, 0.008% or less, respectively, the bainite transformation index BT is 650° C. or less, and the microstructure thereof is a single bainite microstructure including first bainite and second bainite, the first bainite being a gathered microstructure of bainitic ferrite including no carbide, and the second bainite being a mixed microstructure of bainitic ferrite including no carbide and cementite between the bainitic ferrites. | 05-17-2012 |
20120149544 | ALKALI-FREE GLASS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention provides an alkali-free glass having a high strain point, a low viscosity and low devitrification, which is easily subjected to float molding and fusion molding. The glass herein has a strain point of 725° C. or higher, an average thermal expansion coefficient at 50 to 300° C. of 30×10 | 06-14-2012 |
20120289394 | COLORED GLASS PLATE - To provide a colored glass plate, which uses sodium sulfate (Na | 11-15-2012 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090139870 | Plating apparatus and plating method - A method can form a conductive structure, which is useful for three-dimensional packaging with via plugs, in a shorter time by shortening the conventional long plating time that is an impediment to the practical use of electroplating. The method includes forming a conductive film on an entire surface, including interior surfaces of via holes, of a substrate having the via holes formed in the surface; forming a resist pattern at a predetermined position on the conductive film; carrying out first electroplating under first plating conditions, using the conductive film as a feeding layer, thereby filling a first plated film into the via holes; and carrying out second electroplating under second plating conditions, using the conductive film and the first plated film as a feeding layer, thereby allowing a second plated film to grow on the conductive film and the first plated film, both exposed in the resist openings of the resist pattern. | 06-04-2009 |
20100219078 | PLATING APPARATUS AND PLATING METHOD - A plating apparatus securely carries out a flattening plating of a substrate to form a plated film having a flat surface without using a costly mechanism, and without applying an extra plating to the substrate. The plating apparatus includes a substrate holder; a cathode section having a seal member for watertightly sealing a peripheral portion of the substrate, and a cathode electrode for supplying an electric current to the substrate; an anode disposed in a position facing the surface of the substrate; a porous member disposed between the anode and the surface of the substrate; a constant-voltage control section for controlling a voltage applied between the cathode electrode and the anode at a constant value; and a current monitor section for monitoring an electric current flowing between the cathode electrode and the anode, and feeding back a detection signal to the constant-voltage control section. | 09-02-2010 |
20120145552 | ELECTROPLATING METHOD - An electroplating method includes: preparing a substrate having via holes formed in a surface; immersing the substrate in a pretreatment solution to carry out pretreatment of the substrate; immersing the substrate in a plating solution without applying a voltage between the substrate and an anode, thereby replacing the pretreatment solution in the via holes with the plating solution; carrying out first-step electroplating of the substrate while controlling the voltage, applied between the substrate and the anode, to be equal to or higher than a voltage which is necessary for an electric current, appropriate to fill a plated metal into the via holes, to flow stably between the substrate and the anode; and carrying outsecond-step electroplating of the substrate while controlling the electric current, flowing between the substrate and the anode, at an electric current appropriate to fill the plated metal into the via holes. | 06-14-2012 |
20120152749 | ELECTROPLATING METHOD - An electroplating method can securely and efficiently fill a plated metal into deep high-aspect ratio vias in a bottom-up manner without producing defects in the plated metal. The electroplating method includes: immersing a substrate, having vias formed in a surface, and an anode in a plating solution in a plating tank, the anode being disposed opposite the surface of the substrate; and intermittently passing a plating current at a constant current value between the substrate and the anode in such a manner that the supply and the stop of the plating current are repeated, and that the proportion of a current supply time during which the plating current is supplied increases with the progress of plating, thereby filling a plated metal into the vias. | 06-21-2012 |
20120255864 | ELECTROPLATING METHOD - An electroplating method is capable of reliably embedding via holes with a plated metal such as copper or the like when a substrate with a seed layer of a metal having a greater ionization tendency than hydrogen is electroplated using an acidic plating solution such as a copper sulfate plating solution. The electroplating method including preparing a substrate having via holes covered with a first metal, which has a greater ionization tendency than hydrogen, in a surface thereof, pretreating the substrate by immersing the substrate in a pretreatment solution in which a second metal that is more noble than the first metal or a salt thereof is dissolved, and then electroplating the surface of the substrate to embed the second metal or a third metal in the via holes. | 10-11-2012 |
20140287580 | METHOD FOR FORMING CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE, AND PLATING APPARATUS AND PLATING METHOD - A method can form a conductive structure, which is useful for three-dimensional packaging with via plugs, in a shorter time by shortening the conventional long plating time that is an impediment to the practical use of electroplating. The method includes forming a conductive film on an entire surface, including interior surfaces of via holes, of a substrate having the via holes formed in the surface; forming a resist pattern at a predetermined position on the conductive film; carrying out first electroplating under first plating conditions, using the conductive film as a feeding layer, thereby filling a first plated film into the via holes; and carrying out second electroplating under second plating conditions, using the conductive film and the first plated film as a feeding layer, thereby allowing a second plated film to grow on the conductive film and the first plated film, both exposed in the resist openings of the resist pattern. | 09-25-2014 |
20140299476 | ELECTROPLATING METHOD - An electroplating method is disclosed. The method includes preparing a substrate having via holes in a surface thereof, performing a pretreatment of the substrate surface by immersing the substrate in a pretreatment liquid containing a plating suppressor to adsorb the plating suppressor onto the substrate surface, immersing the pretreated substrate in a plating solution containing a plating suppressor and a plating accelerator to replace the pretreatment liquid, attached to the substrate surface including interior surfaces of the via holes, with the plating solution, and then electroplating the substrate surface to fill the via holes with metal. | 10-09-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090118264 | Medicament having neovascularization promoting action - Methods of use of medicaments having neovascularization promoting action, which medicaments comprise a retinoid antagonist such as 4-(5H-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-5,7,7,10,10-pentamethylbenzo[e]naphtho[2,3-b][1-,4]diazepin-13-yl)benzoic acid as an active ingredient. | 05-07-2009 |
20090239938 | PREVENTIVE/REMEDY FOR ARTERIOSCLEROSIS - A scavenger receptor A expression down-regulator and a drug for preventing or treating arteriosclerosis which contain, as the active ingredient, a C-terminal globular domain of adiponectin, adiponectin, or a gene encoding the domain or adiponectin. | 09-24-2009 |
20090253796 | METHOD FOR TREATING VASCULAR DISEASE - A medicament for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of a vascular disease such as vascular restenosis and/or reocclusion after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty using an intravascular stent, which comprises as an active ingredient a substance selected from the group consisting of retinoids and agents for controlling actions of retinoids such as 4-[5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthalenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acid or a salt thereof, or 4-[[[3,5-bis-(trimethylsilyl)phenyl]carbonyl]amino]benzoic acid or a salt thereof, wherein said substance has substantially no antiproliferative action on vascular endothelial cells, but substantially has antiproliferative action on vascular smooth muscle cells. | 10-08-2009 |
20100062541 | Adiponectin receptor and gene encoding the same - The object is to isolate and identify human and mouse adiponectin receptors, to provide a novel protein having adiponectin binding ability, and to provide a screening method and screening kit for a ligand, agonist and antagonist to an adiponectin receptor using such protein. To achieve this object, a protein is used, as novel protein having adiponectin binding ability, that is (a) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence according to Seq. No. 2, 4, 6 or 8, or (b) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence according to Seq. No. 2, 4, 6 or 8 with one or more amino acids deleted, replaced or added, and having adiponectin binding ability. | 03-11-2010 |
20100120674 | INSULIN RESISTANCE IMPROVING AGENTS - The invention provides an insulin resistance improving agent and a therapeutic agent for type 2 diabetes, which contain a C-terminal globular domain of adiponectin, adiponectin, or a gene for the domain or adiponectin. The invention also provides a method for improving insulin resistance and treating type 2 diabetes by administering the aforementioned agent(s). | 05-13-2010 |
20110065780 | INSULIN RESISTANCE IMPROVING AGENT - The invention provides an insulin resistance improving agent and a therapeutic agent for type 2 diabetes, which contain a C-terminal globular domain of adiponectin, adiponectin, or a gene for the domain or adiponectin. The invention also provides a method for improving insulin resistance and treating type 2 diabetes by administering the aforementioned agent(s). | 03-17-2011 |
20120027760 | ADIPONECTIN RECEPTOR AND GENE ENCODING THE SAME - The object is to isolate and identify human and mouse adiponectin receptors, to provide a novel protein having adiponectin binding ability, and to provide a screening method and screening kit for a ligand, agonist and antagonist to an adiponectin receptor using such protein. To achieve this object, a protein is used, as novel protein having adiponectin binding ability, that is (a) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence according to Seq. No. 2, 4, 6 or 8, or (b) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence according to Seq. No. 2, 4, 6 or 8 with one or more amino acids deleted, replaced or added, and having adiponectin binding ability. | 02-02-2012 |
20130045277 | BIOCOMPATIBLE DEVICE - Disclosed is a biocompatible device surface-coated on the base material thereof with a biocompatible polymer layer having antithrombogenicity and endothelialization activity, and embedded in or attached to a living body for use. The polymer layer comprises a polymer matrix formed by the crosslinking of a cell-adhesive peptide-containing polymer. | 02-21-2013 |
20130304184 | NICKEL-FREE STAINLESS STEEL STENT - A nickel-free stainless steel stent using a stainless steel which does not substantially contain Ni in the stainless steel, has a metal allergy onset-preventing effect, and is excellent in terms of precision workability, strength, and ductility, is provided. The nickel-free stainless steel stent is characterized by using a stainless steel containing, as a chemical composition, from 15 to 30% by mass of Cr, from 0.97 to 2% by mass of Mo, and from 0.5 to 1% by mass of N, with the remainder being Fe, and optionally containing inevitable impurities. | 11-14-2013 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090161996 | MOTION GUIDE DEVICE, TABLE APPARATUS, AND DAMPING METHOD FOR MOTION GUIDE DEVICE - A motion guide device that has a novel damping structure different from the conventional damping structure is provided. The present invention comprises a raceway member ( | 06-25-2009 |
20090301246 | SCREW DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a screw device which takes a heavy load in one direction along the axis of the screw shaft and only a light load in the opposite direction, the screw device capable of providing ease of control of preloading. | 12-10-2009 |
20100058885 | MOTION GUIDE DEVICE - A motion guide device is provided which comprises a chain of rollers in which retainers are interposed, in which the chain of rollers is given a degree of freedom of rotation. The motion guide device comprises a track member ( | 03-11-2010 |
20100101347 | ROLLER SCREW AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a roller screw which bears loads in both directions along the axis of the screw shaft and which is also capable of preventing interference between each roller end surface and roller rolling grooves. Between roller rolling surfaces | 04-29-2010 |
20130181037 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS AND THE SAME METHOD THEREOF - A mounting apparatus bonds an electrode of an electronic component and an electrode of a substrate with thermally fusible bond metal to mount the component on a substrate. The apparatus includes a heater base that moves on a path to and from the substrate, a bonding tool, a pedestal to hold the electronic component by vacuum. The bonding tool is heated with a ceramic heater in the heater base to thermally bond the electronic component retained on the pedestal. The bonding tool includes a cooling flow passage providing communication between the upper surface and a side surface of the pedestal. This offers the advantage of shortening the time for cooling during mounting of the electronic component. | 07-18-2013 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090088114 | Communication Apparatus - A communication apparatus includes an antenna configured to generate a magnetic field corresponding to a signal of a first communication method; and a communication unit configured to perform communication via a communication medium by transmitting/receiving a signal of a second communication method by using a potential difference between the communication unit and a predetermined reference point, the communication unit including a transparent conductive film. The antenna and the communication unit are integrated with each other. | 04-02-2009 |
20090302690 | Transmission System, Power Supplying Apparatus, Power Receiving Apparatus, and Transmission Method - There is provided a transmission system, including a power supplying apparatus that includes an AC signal generation unit that generates an AC signal, a first resonance unit that has an induction component and/or a capacitance component and resonates the AC signal generated by the AC signal generation unit, and a power supplying electrode that externally radiates the resonated AC signal as a potential difference in an electrostatic field, and a power receiving apparatus that includes a power receiving electrode that generates an electric signal by sensing the potential difference in the electrostatic field, a second resonance unit that has an induction component and/or a capacitance component and resonates the electric signal generated by the power receiving electrode, and a rectification unit that rectifies the resonated electric signal. | 12-10-2009 |
20090305641 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - There is provided a communication apparatus including a reference electrode; a signal electrode which electrostatically couples to a communication medium a measurement unit for measuring an impedance of a circuit system including between the reference electrode and the signal electrode; and a transmission processing unit for creating a potential difference between the signal electrode and the reference electrode based on a transmission power corresponding to the impedance of the circuit system measured by the measurement unit, and transmitting a signal to another communication apparatus electrostatically coupled to the communication medium. | 12-10-2009 |
20100215056 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PACKET LENGTH CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a communication apparatus includes a soft decision data detection section which detects soft decision data from a received digitally modulated signal; an indicator calculation section which calculates an indicator indicating a degree of variation in the soft decision data detected by the soft decision data detection section; and a packet length control section which controls a packet length in accordance with the indicator calculated by the indicator calculation section. | 08-26-2010 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100147274 | IGNITION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - There is obtained an ignition apparatus, for an internal combustion engine, that can make a predetermined output current flow in a stable manner so that the combustion state of the internal combustion engine can always be maintained in a good condition, even in the case where the voltage of the power source connected with the energy storing coil fluctuates. There are provided an energy storing coil ( | 06-17-2010 |
20110163071 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINE - A switching element operates to be turned on or off at a frequency in the order of megahertz. A reactor supplies a resonance current generated by resonance of the reactor with a floating capacitance between electrodes to between the electrodes. The resonance current does not flow in a direct-current power supply. By turning a capacitor and a floating inductance into a serial resonant state, the reactor ideally supplies the resonance current to between the electrodes without influence of the floating inductance. A high-frequency voltage asymmetric in positive and negative polarities is applied to between the electrodes and a current pulse can be made into a short pulse. Therefore, finish machining with high surface roughness can be performed. | 07-07-2011 |
20120158245 | AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A first DC/DC converter is connected to a higher-voltage output terminal of a rectifier by alternator wiring, a battery that supplies electric power to an on-board load is connected to the first DC/DC converter, a second DC/DC converter is connected to the higher-voltage output terminal of the rectifier by alternator wiring, and an electrical double-layer capacitor is connected to the second DC/DC converter. | 06-21-2012 |
20150035444 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE - A control circuit performs ON/OFF control for a switching element so that LED current flowing in an LED unit is within a rated current range. In the case where the LED unit is lit, a voltage applied between both ends of series connection of a reactor and the LED unit becomes a first bus voltage, when the switching element is ON, and becomes a voltage lower than the first bus voltage, that is determined based on the first bus voltage and a second bus voltage, when a switching element is OFF. | 02-05-2015 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080251108 | Sulfuric Acid Recycling Type Cleaning System and a Sulfuric Acid Recycling Type Persulfuric Acid Supply Apparatus - If incorporated in a cleaning system using persulfuric acid, the invention serves for continuous cleaning while increasing the persulfuric acid concentration adequately to ensure enhanced cleaning performance. The invention provides a feeding apparatus that feeds persulfuric acid to a cleaning apparatus. The cleaning system uses an electrolysis reactor | 10-16-2008 |
20100175714 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method, with which a resist can be removed satisfactorily from the substrate and a processing solution used for removing the resist can be recycled, are provided. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a substrate holding means holding a substrate; a peroxosulfuric acid generating means generating a peroxosulfuric acid using sulfuric acid; a mixing means mixing the peroxosulfuric acid generated by the peroxosulfuric acid generating means and sulfuric acid of higher temperature and higher concentration than the sulfuric acid used in the peroxosulfuric acid generating means; and a discharging means discharging, toward the substrate held by the substrate holding means, the mixed solution of the peroxosulfuric acid and the sulfuric acid mixed by the mixing means as a processing solution for removing a resist from the substrate. | 07-15-2010 |
20100248959 | THERMOSENSITIVE RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a thermosensitive recording medium, which has a satisfactory color developing sensitivity, an excellent general printability (surface strength) and an excellent anti-sticking property. The thermosensitive recording layer of the thermosensitive recording medium of the present invention contains an alkylketene dimer. Without forming a protecting layer, the thermosensitive recording medium of the present invention is superior in color developing sensitivity, general printability (surface strength) and anti-sticking property. | 09-30-2010 |
20110017606 | ELECTROLYSIS METHOD - A wear of an electrode is prevented as much as possible, thereby efficiently electrolyzing a sulfuric acid solution and the like. An electrolysis method includes: passing an electrolytic solution through an electrolysis cell including at least a pair of an anode and a cathode; and supplying the electrodes with an electric power, so as to electrolyze the electrolytic solution, wherein a viscosity of the electrolytic solution is set in a range in response to a current density upon the electric power supply to carry out the electrolysis. The viscosity of a sulfuric acid solution as the electrolytic solution is equal to or less than 10 cP when the current density is equal to or less than 50 A/dm | 01-27-2011 |
20110120857 | FUNCTIONAL SOLUTION SUPPLY SYSTEM - A sulfuric acid electrolyte is produced efficiently as a functional solution and persulfuric acid produced by electrolysis is supplied efficiently to a use side while suppressing self-decomposition thereof. | 05-26-2011 |
20110130281 | THERMOSENSITIVE RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a thermosensitive recording medium with excellent color developing sensitivity, moist heat resistance and plasticizer resistance, as well as excellent heat resistance, background coloring, light resistance and the like in the printed image. | 06-02-2011 |
20110247929 | DIAMOND ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DIAMOND ELECTRODE - A diamond electrode having an oxidation resistant diamond film which will not separate from the electrode during electrolysis with highly oxidizing materials. The thickness of the diamond film is 20 pm or more and the diamond film should preferably cover opposite side surfaces of a substrate in such a manner as to also cover end surfaces | 10-13-2011 |
20130206176 | Cleaning system and cleaning method - Provided is a cleaning system including an electrolysis unit that electrolyses a sulphuric acid solution, thereby generating persulphuric acid, an electrolytic solution storage unit that stores the electrolyzed sulphuric acid solution, a first circulation line that circulates the sulphuric acid solution between the electrolysis unit and the electrolytic solution storage unit, a cleaning device that cleans a material subject to cleaning by using the sulphuric acid solution containing the persulphuric acid, a heating unit that heats the sulphuric acid solution used for the cleaning device, a waste liquid storage unit that stores the sulphuric acid solution used by the cleaning device, a second circulation line that transports the sulphuric acid solution electrolyzed by the electrolysis unit via the heating unit to the cleaning device, and circulates the sulphuric acid solution used by the cleaning device for the cleaning via the waste liquid storage unit, and a third circulation line that transports the sulphuric acid solution electrolyzed by the electrolysis unit to the waste liquid storage unit without passing the sulphuric acid solution through the cleaning device, thereby circulating the sulphuric acid solution. | 08-15-2013 |
20140116464 | METHOD FOR CLEANING METAL GATE SEMICONDUCTOR - Provided is a method for cleaning a metal gate semiconductor, by which a resist adhering to a semiconductor can be effectively stripped while etching of metal gates is suppressed. The method includes an ashing step (step s | 05-01-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100194369 | DC-DC CONVERTER AND SWITCHING CONTROL CIRCUIT - A switching control circuit for controlling on/off of a switching element for driving an inductor for voltage conversion, the switching control circuit including: a voltage comparator for determining whether an output voltage of the inductor is in a first state where the output voltage is equal to or higher than a predetermined electric potential or in a second state where the output voltage is lower than the predetermined electric potential; a timing determination unit for determining an on-timing to turn on the switching element based on a clock signal having a predetermined frequency even when the output voltage is in the first state; and a drive control circuit for generating a driving signal to turn on or turn off the switching element based on an output signal of the timing determination unit. | 08-05-2010 |
20100225169 | REVERSE CURRENT PREVENTING CIRCUIT AND POWER SOURCE SWITCHING APPARATUS - A reverse current preventing circuit of an N channel type switching MOS transistor connected between a voltage input terminal and an output terminal to control a conduction state between the voltage input terminal and the output terminal, the circuit comprises: a first MOS transistor connected between a substrate of the switching MOS transistor and a ground point; and a second MOS transistor connected between the substrate of the switching MOS transistor and a point having a piece of predetermined constant potential higher than that of the ground point, wherein the piece of predetermined constant potential higher than that of the ground point is applied to the substrate of the switching MOS transistor while the switching MOS transistor is made to be in its on-state, and ground potential is applied to the substrate of the switching MOS transistor while the switching MOS transistor is made to be in its off-state. | 09-09-2010 |
20120043952 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY, AND CONTROL SYSTEM - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a current mirror having a predetermined input-output ratio and including a first transistor configured to receive an input current and a second transistor configured to output an output current, and an output transistor configured to generate a reference voltage according to the output current of the current mirror. The value of the output current is greater than the value of the input current, and the total area of one or more collector regions of the first transistor is substantially the same as the total area of one or more collector regions of the second transistor. | 02-23-2012 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090253346 | Toy cup and toy dispenser for simulating dispensing of beverage into the toy cup - A toy cup, and a toy dispenser for simulating the dispensing of a beverage therein, which are realistic because a liquid in the toy cup gradually goes out of sight when the toy cup is tilted, and returns when the toy cup is set on the toy dispenser and an operating member is operated, as if a drink were poured from a dispenser into a cup. The toy cup includes a hermetically closed container and a division plate dividing an interior of the container into upper and lower chambers. The division plate has a plurality of small holes at its periphery at predetermined intervals for communicating the chambers and permitting a liquid to flow, and an upwardly protruding vent tube provided at the center thereof to communicate the chambers with each other. Opening/closing of the vent tube is controlled by a control valve. The toy dispenser includes a placement base, on which the toy cup is placed, and a control device provided above the placement base for controlling opening/closing of the control valve. | 10-08-2009 |
20110176861 | JOINT STRUCTURE FOR TOY - A joint structure for a toy, including, a male body including, two hemispherical sliding surfaces formed mutually concentrically and having a same central axis, and a female body, coupled to the male body with the male body and the female body rockable with each other, the female body including, a first female body having a hemispherical first surface to be slid complementary to one of the two sliding surfaces, and a second female body having a hemispherical second surface to be slid complementary to the other of the two sliding surfaces, wherein the first female body and the second female body nip the male body, with the one sliding surface and the first surface to be slid, slidable on each other, and with the other sliding surface and the second surface to be slid, slidable on each other. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177754 | AUTOMOBILE TOY - An automobile toy, including, a front wheel chassis for supporting a front wheel axle, and a rear wheel chassis for supporting a rear wheel axle, the rear wheel chassis including, two arms extending forward, an end portion of each of the two arms being coupled to the front wheel chassis with the two arms separated from each other in a vehicle width direction of the automobile toy. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177755 | AUTOMOBILE TOY - An automobile toy, including, a wing member; and a stay member attaching the wing member to the automobile body with the stay member put between the wing member and the automobile body, wherein the stay member includes a bent portion bent into a front and rear direction of the automobile body. | 07-21-2011 |
20120012664 | Jump ramp for toy car - Disclosed is a jump ramp for a toy car including a slope which slants obliquely upward, and the toy car which is running is made to fly upward along the slope and a tilting portion which is tiltable toward a back side of the slope is provided at a tip portion of the slope. | 01-19-2012 |
20130252509 | ROBOT TOY - A robot toy includes a body and a controller. The body includes right and left arms, legs, arm-actuating mechanisms, thrust mechanisms, and a driving unit. The arms can be extended forward and back, and are pulled back by a predetermined biasing force in a normal condition. The arm-actuating mechanisms provided at the respective arms allow the corresponding arms to be extended in front of the body against the biasing force. The thrust mechanisms provided at the respective legs allow the corresponding legs to move forward. The driving unit drives one of a pair of the left arm-actuating mechanism and the left thrust mechanism and a pair of the right arm-actuating mechanism and the right thrust mechanism. The driving unit simultaneously drives the arm-actuating mechanism and the thrust mechanism in the same pair. | 09-26-2013 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100008815 | STEEL SUPERIOR IN CTOD PROPERTIES OF WELD HEAT-AFFECTED ZONE AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME - The present invention provides high strength steel having unprecedentedly superior CTOD (fracture toughness) properties satisfying not only the CTOD properties of the FL zone at −60° C., but also the CTOD properties of the ICHAZ zone in small and medium heat input multilayer welding etc. and a method of production of the same. | 01-14-2010 |
20100206440 | METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF 780 MPA CLASS HIGH STRENGTH STEEL PLATE EXCELLENT IN LOW TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS - A method of production of 780 MPa class high strength steel plate excellent low temperature toughness comprising heating a steel slab of containing, by mass %, C: 0.06 to 0.15%, Si: 0.05 to 0.35%, Mn: 0.60 to 2.00%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.015% or less, Cu: 0.1 to 0.5%, Ni: 0.1 to 1.5%, Cr: 0.05 to 0.8%, Mo: 0.05 to 0.6%, Nb: less than 0.005%, V: 0.005 to 0.060%, Ti: less than 0.003%, Al: 0.02 to 0.10%, B: 0.0005 to 0.003%, and N: 0.002 to 0.006% to 1050° C. to 1200° C. in temperature, hot rolling ending at 870° C. or more, waiting for 10 seconds to 90 seconds, then cooling from 840° C. or more in temperature by a 5° C./s or more cooling rate to 200° C., then tempering at 450° C. to 650° C. in temperature for 20 minutes to 60 minutes. | 08-19-2010 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090109936 | Terminal Control Apparatus and Radio LAN System - When prohibiting data transmission by a radio communication terminal, such as a radio communication terminal L-STA, a terminal control apparatus generates radio data including information about a data transmission prohibition time interval in an L-SIG which is a header region which each radio communication terminal can recognize in common, and, if a use state checking unit 21 has checked to see that a channel CH_a is being not used, transmits the radio data to the radio communication terminal L-STA and so on in the form of frames which the radio communication terminal L-STA can recognize by using the channel CH_a. | 04-30-2009 |
20090125778 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION-SIDE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND RECEPTION-SIDE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Within a communication system in which an ARQ control is exercised, in a transmission-side communication apparatus | 05-14-2009 |
20100014463 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS TERMINAL STATION, WIRELESS BASE STATION, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A first wireless terminal station transmits beam transmission direction identification information in all directions. A second wireless terminal station receives the transmission direction identification information, combines reception direction identification information and the transmission direction identification information, and transmits directivity direction combination information to a wireless base station. The first and the second wireless terminal stations form directional beams in directions indicated by the directivity direction combination information to thereby perform a direct communication. | 01-21-2010 |
20100016023 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A base station of a radio communication system emits a radio wave having the same frequency by time division toward a plurality of specific areas from a plurality of antenna elements by using a multiple-beam antenna to form a plurality of spot beams, and transmits broadcast information through a plurality of beacon channels. Upon reception of the broadcast information, a terminal that exists in any one of the plurality of specific areas selects an optimum beacon channel, and transmits a communication establishment request and a bandwidth request to the base station through a request channel corresponding to information for identifying the antenna element, which is included in the broadcast information received through the selected optimum beacon channel. Upon reception of the requests, the base station schedules, when a channel is to be allocated, a channel allocation time including downlink and uplink data bandwidths and the like. | 01-21-2010 |
20110243117 | BASE STATION AND WIRELESS TERMINAL - A combination-information creating unit creates combination information for determining a maximum number of combinations or a maximum frame length according to a usable radio band and a modulation method and combination possibility information for indicating that a combination of frames is possible. A frame combining unit combines a plurality of frames received from an outside access line, based on the combination information, the combination possibility information, and predetermined packet information. A frame dividing unit divides a combined frame included in a received radio signal into individual frames. | 10-06-2011 |
20130010830 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A BT apparatus unit configured to perform Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication, a WLAN apparatus unit configured to perform WLAN communication, and an information managing unit configured to acquire a WLAN communication frequency band, which is a frequency band used for the WLAN communication, from the WLAN apparatus unit, determine an unusable frequency band based on the acquired WLAN communication frequency band, and notify the BT apparatus unit of the determined unusable frequency band. The BT apparatus unit performs frequency hopping using a frequency band excluding the unusable frequency band. | 01-10-2013 |
20130169481 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus includes a BT-apparatus unit configured to perform wireless communication using frequency hopping, a WLAN-apparatus unit configured to perform wireless communication in a system different from a system of the BT-apparatus unit using a band including at least a part of a band used by the BT-apparatus unit and using a WLAN-antenna whose directionality is controllable, and an information managing unit configured to, upon detecting simultaneous communication of the BT-apparatus unit and the WLAN-apparatus unit, instruct the WLAN-apparatus unit to perform communication while adjusting a beam direction of the WLAN-antenna and instruct the BT-apparatus unit to measure a communication quality, determine a directionality setting value of the WLAN-antenna based on the communication quality measurement by the BT-apparatus unit, and instruct the WLAN-apparatus unit to perform communication using the determined directionality setting value. | 07-04-2013 |
20130308685 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND FREQUENCY ALLOCATION METHOD - A composite wireless device including a WLAN device and a BT device. The composite wireless device includes a wireless-channel control unit that determines usable FH channels that can be used for frequency hopping of the BT device, based on communication quality information of the WLAN channel, and notifies the BT device of the usable frequency bands, and a BT-communication control unit that acquires communication quality information of an extended frequency band, which is a frequency band other than the usable frequency bands, as extended communication quality information. The wireless-channel control unit adds the FH channels in the WLAN channel, which are determined as being unused based on the extended communication quality information, as the usable FH channels. | 11-21-2013 |
20140378179 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An in-vehicle apparatus that is a radio communication apparatus includes: a radio communication unit capable of performing radio communication using at least a 5-GHz band; a present-position detecting unit that detects a present position of the own apparatus; and a radio-communication-zone predicting unit that determines, when the radio communication unit is performing communication, whether switching of a channel of the radio communication unit is necessary on a basis of interference data, which is information concerning a coverage of a radio wave transmitted from another system that uses a 5-GHz band and transmits and receives a radio wave in a stationary state, map data, and the present position detected by the present-position detecting unit, and, when switching is necessary, further selects a switching destination channel or causes the radio communication unit to select the switching destination channel. | 12-25-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110151446 | CELL TREATMENT SOLUTION AND METHOD OF PREPARING STAINED CELL SUSPENSION FOR A MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR DNA BY FLOW CYTOMETRY - A cell treatment solution and a method that is used for preparing a stained cell suspension that is provided to a measurement of nuclear DNA by flow cytometry. The cell treatment solution may include a surfactant, RNase, and a fluorescent dye. The surfactant may include, for example, a non-ionic surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant, an anionic surfactant, and/or a cationic surfactant. In one method of the invention, stained cell suspension that is provided to a measurement of nuclear DNA by flow cytometry is prepared. The method may include adding a tissue sample to a cell treatment solution including a surfactant, RNase, and fluorescent dye, disaggregating the tissue sample, and filtering the disaggregated tissue sample. Another method of the invention includes disaggregating a tissue sample, preparing cell suspension by filtering the disaggregated tissue sample, and adding a cell treatment solution including a surfactant, RNase, and fluorescent dye. | 06-23-2011 |
20140024022 | CELL TREATMENT SOLUTION AND METHOD OF PREPARING STAINED CELL SUSPENSION FOR A MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR DNA BY FLOW CYTOMETRY - A cell treatment solution and a method that is used for preparing a stained cell suspension that is provided to a measurement of nuclear DNA by flow cytometry. The cell treatment solution may include a surfactant, RNase, and a fluorescent dye. The surfactant may include, for example, a non-ionic surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant, an anionic surfactant, and/or a cationic surfactant. In one method of the presently disclosed subject matter, stained cell suspension that is provided to a measurement of nuclear DNA by flow cytometry is prepared. The method may include adding a tissue sample to a cell treatment solution including a surfactant, RNase, and fluorescent dye, disaggregating the tissue sample, and filtering the disaggregated tissue sample. Another method of the presently disclosed subject matter includes disaggregating a tissue sample, preparing cell suspension by filtering the disaggregated tissue sample, and adding a cell treatment solution including a surfactant, RNase, and fluorescent dye. | 01-23-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090130647 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING PARTICLES - A method and an apparatus using acridine orange for sorting particles to precisely carry out the measurement of cells in the blood are provided. The cells in the blood is sorted by the steps of staining cells in the blood with acridine orange, irradiating light on the cells in the blood, determining staining behavior using platelets as a staining indicator, and sorting the cells in the blood. | 05-21-2009 |
20120208293 | NOVEL METHOD FOR TESTING VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL DAMAGE AND TESTING KIT - An object of the present invention is to provide a method which is capable of carrying out detection and evaluation of the vascular endothelial damage with a high degree of accuracy. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for testing vascular endothelial damage with respect to a blood sample collected from living organism comprising the steps of: 1) detecting or determining quantitatively vascular endothelial cell-derived microparticle; and 2) detecting or determining quantitatively tissue factor-containing microparticle. Furthermore, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a testing kit of vascular endothelial damage comprising a first antibody which specifically recognizes the vascular endothelium-derived microparticle, and a second antibody which specifically recognizes the tissue factor-containing microparticle. | 08-16-2012 |
20140141454 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TO HUMAN EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS USING THE SAME - An anti-EpCAM monoclonal antibody is provided which specifically recognizes an epitope different from the epitope which conventionally known anti-EpCAM monoclonal antibodies recognize (the N-terminal EGF-like domain). Also provided is a hybridoma which is capable of producing such monoclonal antibody, and a method for detecting CTC using such monoclonal antibody and a kit for detecting CTC, which is used for the method. The present application provides a monoclonal antibody to the human epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) as a solution for the above problem, wherein the monoclonal antibody to the human epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) specifically reacts with the CP region of the human epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) and is produced by a hybridoma with accession No. NITE BP-1449. There are also provided a method for detecting circulating tumor cells using the above antibody and a kit for detecting circulating tumor cells, which is used for the method, and a hybridoma with accession No. NITE BP-1449. | 05-22-2014 |
20140300605 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ASSESSMENT DATA ON EXTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL - A method includes acquiring the assessment data for external quality control that are an aggregate of measured data which are obtained by measuring a first quality control sample and a second quality control sample with each of a plurality of analyzers, creating an assessment coordinate system which shows statistical distances among the measured data by statistically processing the assessment data and has a first axis that represents first measured values which are measured values of the first quality control sample and a second axis that represents second measured values which are measured values of the second quality control sample, and displaying on the assessment coordinate system respective sets of the measured data of the assessment data, a first permissible range showing a range where the first measured values are permitted, and a second permissible range where the second measured values are permitted. | 10-09-2014 |
20150043170 | CIRCUIT MODULE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A circuit module includes a substrate, a mount component, a sealing body, a trench and a shield. The substrate has a mount surface. The mount component is mounted on the mount surface. The sealing body has a main surface and an outer peripheral surface, the sealing body sealing the mount component, the main surface sandwiching the mount component between the main surface and the mount surface, the outer peripheral surface covering the mount component on the mount surface. The trench has a groove-like shape, the trench being recessed from the main surface of the sealing body to the mount surface, the trench being formed to leave a space between the trench and the outer peripheral surface. The shield covers the main surface and the outer peripheral surface of the sealing body, the shield being filled in the trench. | 02-12-2015 |