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Nishihara, JP

Atsuo Nishihara, Kashiwa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110049976	Electric Power Converter - An electric power converter for a vehicle, including a semiconductor element from which a motor drive current is output, a drive circuit that drives the semiconductor element, a control circuit that controls the drive circuit, a capacitor that smooths a DC current to be input to the semiconductor element, a container housing the semiconductor element, the drive circuit, the control circuit and the capacitor, a refrigerant retained in a state of vapor-liquid two-phase equilibrium within the container, and a heat exchanger unit that condenses the refrigerant in a vapor phase to be a liquid phase and exchanges heat with outside, wherein the semiconductor element, the drive circuit, the control circuit and the capacitor are disposed in a positional arrangement that will leave the semiconductor element, the drive circuit, the control circuit and the capacitor immersed in the refrigerant as the electric power converter is installed in the vehicle, and the heat exchanger unit is disposed at a side of a wall of the container forming a vapor-phase space.	03-03-2011

Atsuo Nishihara, Kashiwa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100139997	ELECTRICAL APPARATUS, COOLING SYSTEM THEREFOR, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An inverter apparatus includes a liquid path in which cooling water flows, and in which the cooling water performs cooling at a cooling part located directly underneath the power circuit part of the inverter apparatus. The liquid path includes a first partial structure part formed between a feed pipe and the cooling part, and having a liquid path cross-sectional profile that is gradually reduced in the short-side direction of the cooling part and that is gradually enlarged in the long-side direction thereof; and a second partial structure part formed between the cooling part and a drain pipe, and having a liquid path cross-sectional profile that is gradually enlarged from the short-side of the cooling part and that is gradually reduced from the long-side thereof.	06-10-2010
20100208427	SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE, INVERTER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A POWER MODULE - A semiconductor power module includes an insulated substrate mounting with a plurality of power semiconductor devices and a heat sink for radiating a heat generated from the plurality of power semiconductor devices, wherein the heat sink is integrally molded with a plurality of radiation fins on one surface of a planate base by forging work such that a metallic material filled into a female die of a predetermined shape is pressed by a male die of a predetermined shape, and the heat sink and the insulated substrate are bonded in metallic bonding with another surface opposite of one surface on which the radiation fins are formed with the base of the heat sink.	08-19-2010
20110032676	POWER INVERTER - Water paths for feeding a coolant water through a power converter mounted on an automobile are arranged in parallel, openings are formed on the water paths respectively, heat radiating fins project from the openings, and the openings are closed by a base plate of the power module. Further, the base plate of the power module includes a metal in addition to copper to increase a hardness of the base plate, so that a deterioration of the flatness during fixing the fins with brazing is restrained.	02-10-2011

Eiichi Nishihara, Kita-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090188616	Sealing material for liquid crystal and method for producing same - Disclosed is a sealing material for liquid crystals having high adhesion strength and excellent gap-forming power at bonding of panels. Also disclosed are a method for producing such a sealing material and a method for producing a liquid crystal display cell which is improved in productivity, high-speed response and reliability. The sealing material for liquid crystals is produced through a step wherein fine particles (D) having an average particle size of not more than 3 μm are dispersed, using a wet dispersion unit (A), in a reactive resin (C) having an epoxy group and/or a (meth)acryloyl group which resin has been dissolved in a solvent (B) and a following step wherein the solvent (B) is removed.	07-30-2009

Haruo Nishihara, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110108005	FUEL RAIL FOR HIGH-PRESSURE DIRECT-INJECTION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A fuel rail for high-pressure direct-injection internal combustion engines has an injector holder and a fastening bracket directly attached to a main body of the fuel rail. Thermal deformation may occur at the time of temporary fitting or brazing when assembling the rail. However, positional accuracy of the injector holder can be assured, which results in having an excellent sealing property. Components of the fuel rail for direct-injection internal combustion engines are made of steel or stainless steel, and the components are joined reciprocally by brazing. The components joined by brazing are finished by cutting work and/or burnishing processing after the brazing step.	05-12-2011

Hideki Nishihara, Ehime JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100149837	SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - An object of the present invention is to provide a switching power supply which can stably determine whether an overcurrent occurs or not on the secondary side. A sample voltage corresponding to a load current value detected by detection resistors R	06-17-2010
20100182805	SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - A plurality of power supply circuits Z	07-22-2010

Hideo Nishihara, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100111513	HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY PHOTO-IRRADIATION - Two-step photo-irradiation heat treatment is performed so that a total photo-irradiation time is not more than one second and that a first step of photo-irradiation of a semiconductor wafer is performed with a light-emission output that averages out at a first light-emission output and a second step of photo-irradiation of the semiconductor wafer is performed in accordance with an output waveform that peaks at a second light-emission output that is higher than both average and maximum light-emission outputs in the first step. Performing preliminary photo-irradiation with a relatively low light-emission output in the first step and then performing intense photo-irradiation with a higher peak in the second step enables the surface temperature of a semiconductor wafer to increase further with a smaller amount of energy than in conventional cases, while preventing the semiconductor wafer from shattering.	05-06-2010

Hidetsugu Nishihara, Suzaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090288657	SOLAR ENERGY ABSORBER - The solar energy absorber is capable of reducing weight, being directly connected to a water supply pipe, increasing pressure of heated water, omitting a pressurizing pump, etc. The solar energy absorber comprises: a water-flowing section including heat collection tubes, which are composed of stainless steel, and connecting pipes; a heat-retaining box accommodating the water-flowing section, including a heat insulating material and having an opening part which is located on the heat collection side; and a cover plate being composed of a transparent multilayer plastic and closing the opening part of the heat-retaining box. The heat collection tubes are arranged parallel. End plates closing ends of the heat collection tubes are connected to the connecting pipes. Each of the heat insulating tubes is coated with a heat-absorbing layer. Parts of the heat collection tubes which are located on the opposite side of the heat collection side contact the heat insulating material.	11-26-2009

Hirofumi Nishihara, Ushiku-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090081761	Modified hydrogenase, enzymatic electrode made of modified hydrogenase, and hydrogenase modification method - The invention provides: (1) a modified hydrogenase obtained by removing electron-transfer sites from a hydrogenase constituted of: active subunits including active sites having a hydrogen oxidization-reduction activity; and electron-transfer subunits having the electron-transfer sites through which electrons are transferred between the active sites and the outside of the hydrogenase; (2) a modified hydrogenase obtained from a hydrogenase, wherein when the hydrogenase is isolated from bacteria that produces the hydrogenase, a process for exposing the hydrogenase to an oxygen atmosphere is executed; (3) an enzymatic electrode made of at least one of the foregoing modified hydrogenases; and (4) a hydrogenase modification method including: a step of isolating from hydrogenase-producing bacteria; and a step of removing the electron-transfer sites of the electron-transfer subunits from the hydrogenase by exposing the hydrogenase to an oxygen atmosphere.	03-26-2009

Hironobu Nishihara, Sakai-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090308038	Rear Discharge Mower - A rear discharge mower comprising: a first shaft; a first blade that is rotated in unison with the first shaft; a second shaft that is configured to be rotated in a direction opposite from a rotational direction of the first shaft; a second blade that is rotated in unison with the second shaft, wherein a grass-clippings discharge path is formed through which grass clippings are discharged in a rearward direction from the area between the first shaft and second shaft; an enclosing casing that supports the blade shafts; and a power train that is accommodated in the enclosing casing and that transmits power to the first and second blade shafts.	12-17-2009

Hirotomo Nishihara, Miyagi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110052486	MICROPOROUS CARBON MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND HYDROGEN STORAGE METHOD USING MICROPOROUS CARBON MATERIAL - The present invention provides a microporous carbon material capable of expressing functions that supported metal has while maintaining pore functions that the microporous carbon material inherently possesses. The microporous carbon material	03-03-2011

Katsuhiro Nishihara, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090123769	VISIBLE LIGHT RESPONSE-TYPE TITANIUM OXIDE PHOTOCATALYST, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE VISIBLE LIGHT RESPONSE-TYPE TITANIUM OXIDE PHOTOCATALYST, AND USE OF THE VISIBLE LIGHT RESPONSE-TYPE TITANIUM OXIDE PHOTOCATALYST - A titanium oxide photocatalyst responsive to visible light which can exhibit a high photocatalytic activity in response to visible light is produced by subjecting titanium oxide and/or titanium hydroxide obtained by neutralizing an acidic titanium compound with a nitrogen-containing base to heat treatment in an atmosphere containing a hydrolyzable metal compound (e.g., a titanium halide) and then to additional heat treatment in a gas having a moisture content of 0.5-4.0 volume % at a temperature of 350° C. or above. The photocatalyst which is a nitrogen-containing titanium oxide has no substantial peak at a temperature of 600° C. or above in a mass fragment spectrum obtained by thermal desorption spectroscopy in which the ratio m/e of the mass number m to the electric charged e of ions is 28, and the peak having the smallest half band width is in the range of 400-600° C. in the spectrum. The nitrogen content calculated from the peak appearing at 400 eV±1.0 eV in the N1s shell bonding energy spectrum obtained by XPS measurement of this photocatalyst is at least 20 times larger than the nitrogen content obtained by chemical analysis.	05-14-2009

Katsuhiro Nishihara, Amagasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080268268	TITANIUM OXIDE PHOTOCATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND USE THEREOF - A titanium oxide-based photocatalyst which can exhibit excellent photocatalytic properties in response to visible light while maintaining its inherent activity in response to ultraviolet light and which is suitable for mass production contains bismuth as a first additional metal component and at least one metal element selected from silicon, zirconium, aluminum, and hafnium as a second additional metal component in titanium oxide. The Bi/Ti atomic ratio is preferably at least 0.0001 and at most 1.0, the atomic ratio of the second additional metal to Ti is preferably at least 0.0001 and at most 0.8, and a portion of bismuth is preferably present in the form of lower valence (Bi	10-30-2008
20090239738	Titanium Oxide Photocatalyst, Process For Producing The Same And Application - Titanium oxide-based photocatalysts which contain a metal halide in titanium oxide and which are prepared from titanium oxide and/or its precursor, which may optionally be heat treated, by contact with a reactive gas containing a metal halide of the formula MX	09-24-2009

Katsunobu Nishihara, Suita JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090261277	Extreme ultra violet light source apparatus - In an extreme ultra violet light source apparatus of a laser produced plasma type, charged particles such as ions emitted from plasma are promptly ejected to the outside of a chamber. The extreme ultra violet light source apparatus includes a chamber in which extreme ultra violet light is generated, a target supply unit for supplying a target material to a predetermined position within the chamber, a driver laser for applying a laser beam to the target material supplied by the target supply unit to generate plasma, a collector mirror for collecting the extreme ultra violet light radiated from the plasma to output the extreme ultra violet light, a magnetic field forming unit for forming an asymmetric magnetic field in a generation position of the plasma by using a coil, and a charged particle collection mechanism provided on at least one of two surfaces of the chamber to which lines of magnetic force generated by the coil extend.	10-22-2009
20110163247	EXTREME ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - In an extreme ultra violet light source apparatus of a laser produced plasma type, charged particles such as ions emitted from plasma are promptly ejected to the outside of a chamber. The extreme ultra violet light source apparatus includes a chamber in which extreme ultra violet light is generated, a target supply unit for supplying a target material to a predetermined position within the chamber, a driver laser for applying a laser beam to the target material supplied by the target supply unit to generate plasma, a collector mirror for collecting the extreme ultra violet light radiated from the plasma to output the extreme ultra violet light, a magnetic field forming unit for forming an asymmetric magnetic field in a generation position of the plasma by using a coil, and a charged particle collection mechanism provided on at least one of two surfaces of the chamber to which lines of magnetic force generated by the coil extend.	07-07-2011

Kazuya Nishihara, Nara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090093359	Fiber Fabric Having VOC Removing Function - A fiber fabric having a VOC removing function according to the present invention has a hydrophobic inorganic porous substance and a photocatalyst adhered to at least a part of the fiber fabric with binder resin. With this, not only formaldehyde and acetaldehyde but also VOCs having an aromatic ring such as toluene and xylene can be adequately decomposed, which prevents cross-contamination by intermediate products formed during the decomposition.	04-09-2009

Keiichi Nishihara, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090078667	Boom for Excavation Machine	03-26-2009
20090104011	Excavation Machine - An objective of the present invention is to provide a counterweight of a power shovel interchangeable with that of a superordinate model without affecting a rear end radius of the shovel at the time of rotation. In the power shovel	04-23-2009
20090129908	Arm for Excavation Machine - An object of the present invention is to reduce manufacturing cost and manufacturing man-hour of an arm constituting a working machine in an excavation machine. In an arm	05-21-2009

Kenichi Nishihara, Ishikawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090045175	Thermal Cutting Machine - Adhesion and accumulation of spatter onto a covering member that encloses the outer periphery of a torch is minimized and flying of spatter is confined within a narrow area. To this end, a covering member for enclosing a specified angular range of the outer periphery of a plasma torch	02-19-2009

Kenji Nishihara, Sakai-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090308038	Rear Discharge Mower - A rear discharge mower comprising: a first shaft; a first blade that is rotated in unison with the first shaft; a second shaft that is configured to be rotated in a direction opposite from a rotational direction of the first shaft; a second blade that is rotated in unison with the second shaft, wherein a grass-clippings discharge path is formed through which grass clippings are discharged in a rearward direction from the area between the first shaft and second shaft; an enclosing casing that supports the blade shafts; and a power train that is accommodated in the enclosing casing and that transmits power to the first and second blade shafts.	12-17-2009

Kenji Nishihara, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100254043	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISK DRIVE DEVICE FOR REDUCING ADHESIVE AMOUNT OF PARTICLES, AND DISK DRIVE DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY THE METHOD - In a method of manufacturing a disk drive device, a cleaning process and an assembly process are performed in succession in a clean room having a predetermined cleanness level. The cleaning process includes an alkali cleaning process, a first purified water cleaning process, a second purified water cleaning process, a spray cleaning process, a draining process and a drying process. In the first purified water cleaning process, purified water ultrasonic wave cleaning is sequentially performed on the base member of the disk drive device to be cleaned by using ultrasonic waves of frequencies of 40 kHz, 68 kHz and 132 kHz in purified water filled in a first purified water cleaning tank. The cleaned base member and other components having a predetermined cleanness level are assembled in the assembly process continuous from the cleaning process.	10-07-2010
20110063964	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DISK DRIVE DEVICE HAVING BASE MEMBER, BEARING UNIT, DRIVE UNIT AND HUB, AND DISK DRIVE DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY THE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method of manufacturing a disk drive device including: assembling a subassembly by fixing at least a bearing unit, a drive unit and a hub to a base member in a first clean room; cleaning the subassembly in a second clean room; and sealing the subassembly by a sealing member. The first clean room and the second clean room are communicated with each other by a communicating opening for transferring the subassembly, and an atmospheric pressure in the second clean room is equal to or higher than that in the first clean room.	03-17-2011

Kenji Nishihara, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090170323	CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING METHOD AND CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING DEVICE - A chemical mechanical polishing method including a step of forming a plurality of interlayer insulating films so as to coat a plurality of projecting patterns, at least one of the plurality of projecting patterns being formed on each of a plurality of substrates, whereby the plurality of projection patterns have different area ratios R with respect to the corresponding substrates, and performing a flattening process on the interlayer insulating films before linear approximation; a step of obtaining a linear approximation formula R=aT+b expressing a relationship between the area ratio R and a polishing time T, where R	07-02-2009

Kenji Nishihara, Ikoma-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090266639	Operating System For Tractor - An operating system for a tractor to which an implement is attachable, the operating system comprises: a steering wheel provided rearwardly of a hood that houses an engine located in a forward region of the tractor; a control panel provided rearwardly of the hood and adjacent the steering wheel; a center cover extending generally vertically below the steering wheel; an operation lever provided at a position laterally of the control panel; a valve unit with a pair of spools, the valve unit being located at a lower position with respect to the steering wheel and being covered by the center cover; a link mechanism that links the operation lever and the pair of spools, the link mechanism being covered by the center cover.	10-29-2009

Kiyohito Nishihara, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100117134	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A dielectric film is formed on a silicon substrate made of single crystal silicon, an opening is formed in the dielectric film, an amorphous silicon film is formed on the dielectric film, the amorphous silicon film being in contact with the silicon substrate through the opening, solid-phase epitaxial growth of this amorphous silicon film is caused to start at the silicon substrate, and thereafter patterning is performed. Thereby, a seed layer made of the single crystal silicon is formed in part of a region deviated from immediately above the opening. Next, the amorphous silicon film is deposited so as to cover the seed layer, forming a single crystal silicon film by solid-phase epitaxial growth of the amorphous silicon film starting at the seed layer. The silicon pillar is formed by patterning the single crystal silicon film.	05-13-2010
20110049604	NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate; an element isolation insulator formed in an upper portion of the semiconductor substrate and dividing the upper portion into first and second active areas extending in a first direction; a first contact connected to the first active area; and a second contact connected to the second active area. Each of the first and second active area includes: a first portion connected to one of the first contact and the second contact; and a second portion having an upper surface being placed lower than an upper surface of the first portion. The first contact and the second contact are mutually shifted in the first direction. The first portion of the first active area is disposed adjacent to the second portion of the second active area.	03-03-2011

Kiyoshi Nishihara, Chiba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100220071	Touch panel and display device including the same - Provided is a touch panel including a substrate (	09-02-2010

Kosuke Nishihara, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100246673	DYNAMIC IMAGE RECEIVING APPARATUS, DYNAMIC IMAGE RECEIVING METHOD AND PROGRAM - To provide a dynamic image receiving apparatus which receives dynamic image streams coded with inter-frame prediction such as MPEG from a plurality of channels, and collects the dynamic image streams containing intra-frame coded pictures from each channel in a short time. The dynamic image receiving apparatus includes: a time information accumulative processing device which accumulates code receiving time of the intra-frame coded picture of the dynamic image stream, and periodicity time information containing one of or both of presentation time information and decoding time information contained in the dynamic image stream for each dynamic image stream of the plurality of channels; code receiving time predicting devices which predict the code receiving time of the intra-frame coded pictures based on the periodicity time information; and a channel selection control device which controls channel selection of the dynamic image stream to be received based on the predicted code receiving time information.	09-30-2010

Kuramitsu Nishihara, Otawara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100185091	ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - As an ROI for display and an ROI for valve observation as well as a projecting direction are input, a volume-rendering processing unit creates a first image in the ROI for display through volume rendering processing, and the ray-tracing processing unit creates a second image in the ROI for valve observation through ray tracing processing. An image compositing unit then creates a composite image by compositing the first image and the second image, and the composite image created by the image compositing unit (	07-22-2010
20100198073	ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has a unit which sets a display region for displaying a 3D image, a unit which transmits and receives ultrasound waves, a unit which generates volume data, a unit, on the basis of the volume data, which sets an analysis region, a unit, on the basis of the data on the analysis region contained in the volume data, which analyzes a fluctuations in signal intensity over time, a unit, on the basis of the analysis result, which calculates a cardiac cycle, a unit, on the basis of the cardiac cycle and the volume data, which generates data set constructed by data with substantially equal cardiac cycle, and generates data sets corresponding to a plurality of cardiac cycles, and a unit which displays the 3D images based on the data sets as a moving image.	08-05-2010
20110054320	ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe, transmission unit, reception unit, control unit, adjustment unit, automatic setting unit, switching unit, manual setting unit, correction unit, and generating unit. The adjustment unit adjusts transmission/reception conditions for repeated ultrasonic transmission/reception in accordance with an instruction from the user. The automatic setting unit sets the first gain for correcting an echo signal in accordance with the adjusted transmission/reception conditions. The switching unit switches between activating and stopping the operation of the automatic setting unit. The manual setting unit sets the second gain for correcting an echo signal in accordance with an instruction from the user. The correction unit corrects an echo signal with the first or second gain. When the adjustment unit adjusts a transmission/reception condition while the automatic setting unit stops operation, the correction unit corrects an echo signal with the second gain.	03-03-2011
20110282204	ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises an ultrasonic probe, an ultrasonic transmission/reception unit, an echo processing unit configured to generate complex data based on the echo signals, a phase shifting unit configured to shift a phase of each ensemble data constituted by N complex data associated with the same depth on the same ultrasonic raster in accordance with a reference phase, an interpolation processing unit configured to interpolate ensemble data associated with an interpolated raster between adjacent ultrasonic rasters based on the phase-shifted ensemble data, and an image data generation unit configured to generate image data based on the phase-shifted ensemble data and the interpolated ensemble data.	11-17-2011
20110282206	DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS, DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASONIC APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - The diagnostic imaging apparatus according to the present embodiments includes a display unit, an input unit, and a display control unit. The display unit includes a display area in which a medical image and a menu in relation to the medical image are displayed. The input unit receives input to the display area. The display control unit displays different menus in the display area in accordance with the input received by the input unit.	11-17-2011

Makoto Nishihara, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090304286	TEMPLATE CREATION METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSOR THEREFOR - An object of the present invention is to maintain the ease with which a template is created based on design data without acquiring an actual image, which is achieved by providing the template with equivalent information contained by a template used for image recognition that involves same-type image comparison, and to improve image recognition performance by increasing the matching rate between a template and an actual image.	12-10-2009
20110174975	CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SCANNING METHOD AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS - In a method of scanning a charged particle beam which can position the scan position to a proper location inside a deflectable range of the scan position of charged particle beam, the scan position of charged particle beam is deflected to a plurality of target objects inside a scan position deflectable region and on the basis of a shift of a target object at a scan location after deflection, the deflection amount at the scan location is corrected.	07-21-2011
20110286685	IMAGE FORMATION METHOD AND IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - Provided are an image formation method and a charged particle beam device which can accurately measure a plurality of objects to be measured and contained in an image by executing a small number of scans. For this, a scan line is set in a direction other than the edge direction of a plurality of objects to be measured and contained in the image view field and the charged particle beam is scanned according to the setting. Provided also are a method and a device for setting a scan line direction in an appropriate direction not affected by the pattern deformation or the like. For this, a direction of disconnection between two patterns to be connected is obtained according to the deformation of the two patterns and a scan line is set in the direction determined according to the one of more directions of disconnection.	11-24-2011

Masaaki Nishihara, Hachiouji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090104672	Novel Microbe, Lipid Modifying Agent, Process for Producing 2-Acyl-Lysophospholipid, Process for Producing Diacylglycerol, Process for Producing Ceramide, and Method of Degumming Oil or Fat - The present invention provides a new supply source of enzymes useful for modification of phospholipids for example, and also provides a method for producing 2-acyl lysophospholipid, a method for producing monoacylglycerol, and a method for producing ceramide, as well as a new method for degumming fat and oil.	04-23-2009

Masahiro Nishihara, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080238966	Inkjet Recording Device And Controller, Control Program, And Control Method For Inkjet Recording Device - [PROBLEMS] To provide a controller, control program, and control method for an inkjet recording device, and an inkjet recording device capable of forming a high-quality image by making positional shift of a landing ink droplet inconspicuous through simple control.	10-02-2008

Masahiro Nishihara, Nagoya JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080229043	Information processing apparatus and computer usable medium therefor - An information processing apparatus capable of executing at least one information processing operation is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a process control system to execute one of the at least one information processing operation to a piece of data stored in a first data storage, which is indicated by a first storage name, when the piece of data in the first data storage is recognized. The information processing apparatus further includes the first storage name including a character string to specify the information processing operation to be performed, and a data relocating system to relocate the piece of data from the first data storage when the data processing operation is completed.	09-18-2008

Michio Nishihara, Takasago-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100081004	FORGED PRODUCT AND CRANKSHAFT MANUFACTURED FROM IT - When the density (D	04-01-2010

Risa Nishihara, Hiroshima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100107380	CONNECTION STRUCTURE BETWEEN CONTAINER AND SUPPLY TUBE, CONTAINER, AND SUPPLY TUBE - A container for storing a body fluid leakage-preventing agent for a corpse includes a storage section of which the inside is filled with the body fluid leakage-preventing agent, a nozzle portion	05-06-2010

Seiichi Nishihara, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110234045	LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - In a method of forming a plating layer for an external terminal electrode by applying, for example, copper plating to an end surface of a component main body with respective ends of internal electrodes exposed, and then applying a heat treatment at a temperature of about 1000° C. or more in order to improve the adhesion strength and moisture resistance of the external terminal electrode, the plating layer may be partially melted to decrease the bonding strength of the plating layer. In the step of applying a heat treatment at a temperature of about 1000° C. or more to a component main body with plating layers formed thereon, the average rate of temperature increase from room temperature to the temperature of about 1000° C. or more is set to about 100° C./minute or more. This average rate of temperature increase maintains a moderate eutectic state in the plating layer and ensures a sufficient bonding strength of the plating layer.	09-29-2011

Seiichi Nishihara, Kameoka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090161293	MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A multilayer ceramic electronic component including thin external terminal electrodes each having a superior bonding force to a ceramic base body is provided. In order to form the external terminal electrodes, after Cu plating films are deposited on exposed portions of internal electrodes by direct plating on a ceramic base body, a Cu liquid phase, an O	06-25-2009
20090280319	MONOLITHIC CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a monolithic ceramic electronic component includes a plating substep of depositing precipitates primarily composed of a specific metal on an end of each of internal electrodes exposed at a predetermined surface of a laminate and growing the precipitates to coalesce into a continuous plated layer, wherein the specific metal is different from that of the internal electrodes, and the same or substantially the same metal that defines the internal electrodes is distributed throughout the plated layer.	11-12-2009
20100020464	MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A method for producing a multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a plating step including depositing a plating material on the ends of internal electrodes exposed at a predetermined surface of a laminate to form plating deposits primarily composed of a specific metal and growing the plating deposits so as to connect the plating deposits to each other to form a continuous plated layer. The specific metal primarily defining the plated layer is different from a metal defining the internal electrodes. The same or substantially the same metal as the metal defining the internal electrodes is present throughout the plated layer.	01-28-2010
20100128412	LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In a laminated ceramic electronic component in which, by directly carrying out a plating process on an outer surface of a component main body, an external electrode is formed thereon, an attempt is made to improve the adhesion strength between a plated film forming the external electrode and the component main body. A brazing material containing Ti is applied to at least one portion of a surface on which external electrodes of a component main body is formed, and by baking this brazing material, a metal layer containing Ti is formed. Moreover, the external electrodes are formed by a plating process so as to coat at least the metal layer, and a heating process is then carried out so as to cause counter diffusion between the metal layer and the plated film that is to form the external electrodes.	05-27-2010
20100328843	LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - In a method for manufacturing a laminated ceramic electronic component, after a plating layer for an external terminal electrode is formed by applying copper plating to an end surface of a component main body at which respective ends of a plurality of internal electrodes primarily including nickel are exposed, when a heat treatment at a temperature of about 800° C. or more is applied in order to improve adhesion strength and resistance to moisture of the external terminal electrode, voids may occur in the plating layer. The step of applying a heat treatment at a temperature of about 800° C. or more to a component main body with plating layers formed thereon includes not only a step of maintaining a top temperature of about 1000° C. or more but also a step of maintaining a temperature of about 600° C. to 900° C. at least once before the step of maintaining the top temperature. These steps preliminarily diffuse copper included in the plating layers, which has a relatively high diffusion velocity, into the internal electrodes primarily including nickel, thereby reducing a difference in diffusion velocity between copper and nickel at the top temperature, which causes the occurrence of voids.	12-30-2010
20110256309	MONOLITHIC CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a monolithic ceramic electronic component includes a plating substep of depositing precipitates primarily composed of a specific metal on an end of each of internal electrodes exposed at a predetermined surface of a laminate and growing the precipitates to coalesce into a continuous plated layer, wherein the specific metal is different from that of the internal electrodes, and the same or substantially the same metal that defines the internal electrodes is distributed throughout the plated layer.	10-20-2011

Shigeyoshi Nishihara, Gamo-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090193998	FRICTION DRIVE TROLLEY CONVEYOR - A friction drive trolley conveyor has a conveying traveling body provided with a friction drive load bar having traction purpose engaging means at both ends thereof and allows traction drive to be easily conducted without fail even at the time of conveying a heavy object. The traction purpose engaging means is composed of an engaged shaft arranged in the horizontal direction within a vertical notched portion formed at one end of the load bar, a hook member vertically swingably pivotally supported at an intermediate position in vertical height of the load bar at the other end of the load bar and a holding means holding the hook member in an engaged posture or a disengaged posture, and on a traveling route side, a first switching means switching the hook member from the engaged posture to the disengaged posture and a second switching means switching the hook member from the disengaged posture to the engaged posture.	08-06-2009
20090205532	SUSPENSION CONVEYANCE APPARATUS - A suspension conveyance apparatus has a conveying traveling body movably supported on a traveling guide rail and a hanger suspended from the conveying traveling body, and an anti-swaying guide rail in parallel with the traveling guide rail, the anti-swaying guide rail is engaged with a roller and prevents lateral swaying of the hanger. The anti-swaying guide rail is installed on only one of the right and left sides of the traveling guide rail and includes a horizontal flat rail surface and a circular rail surface curvedly protruding in the vertically opposite direction of the horizontal flat rail surface, and a flat peripheral surface roller adjoining to the horizontal flat rail surface and rolling and an hourglass-shaped peripheral surface roller fitted to the circular rail surface are provided as the roller.	08-20-2009
20090250315	CONVEYANCE APPARATUS FOR AN ASSEMBLY LINE - A conveyance apparatus for part-assembly work has a conveyance carriage for conveying a vehicle body, vehicle-body support means, a synchronous traveling carriage capable of traveling in synchronization with the conveyance carriage from a start point position to an end point position, a lifter provided with an elevating base that ascends via an aperture arranged on a floor surface of the conveyance carriage is loaded on the synchronous traveling carriage, and an elevating table for supporting an engine of an engine carrying-in carriage that is ridden on the carriage floor surface and stops at a fixed stop position is lifted up to a predetermined height by the elevating base of the lifter on the synchronous traveling carriage side.	10-08-2009

Shin Nishihara, Odawara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100031062	Storage Device and Data Processing Method of Storage Device - The present invention provides a storage device and a data processing method of the storage device which can prevent leaking of data attributed to stealing or taking out of a disk device. A storage device includes: a plurality of disk adapters each of which is connected to HDDs which constitutes at least one RAID group; and a management part which manages a storage area provided by the plurality of HDD in a state that the storage area is divided into a plurality of logical storage areas, and manages the plurality of RAID groups. The management part sets an encryption state indicative of whether or not the data is to be encrypted with respect to the RAID group when all of the disk adapters connected to the HDD which belong to the RAID group are the encryption adapters the data, and the encryption adapter encrypts, based on the encryption state set with respect to the RAID group, and stores the encrypted data in the HDD.	02-04-2010

Shinsuke Nishihara, Nagasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100050931	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SINGLE CRYSTAL - Using a pulling-up apparatus, an oxygen concentration of the monocrystal at a predetermined position in a pulling-up direction is controlled based on a relationship in which the oxygen concentration of the monocrystal is decreased as a flow rate of the inactive gas at a position directly above a free surface of the dopant-added melt is increased when the monocrystal is manufactured with a gas flow volume in the chamber being in the range of 40 L/min to 400 L/min and an inner pressure in the chamber being in the range of 5332 Pa to 79980 Pa. Based on the relationship, oxygen concentration is elevated to manufacture the monocrystal having a desirable oxygen concentration. Because the oxygen concentration is controlled under a condition corresponding to a condition where the gas flow rate is rather slow, the difference between a desirable oxygen concentration profile of the monocrystal and an actual oxygen concentration profile is reduced.	03-04-2010

Taichi Nishihara, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090181734	SLIDE MECHANISM OF PORTABLE EQUIPMENT AND PORTABLE EQUIPMENT - the slide device and the portable equipment are equipped with a base member mounted on either one of a first casing and a second casing being components of a portable equipment, a slider member slidably mounted on either other one of the first casing and the second casing, and urging means provided between the slider member and the base member for slidably urging the base member and the slider member in a closing and/or an opening direction, and a slide engagement portion includes a plurality of guide rail portions provided on the slider member, a guide long hole provided outside a plurality of the guide rail portions on the slider member and extending in a slide direction, engagement portions provided on the base member and respectively engaged with each of the guide rail portions, and a slide guide portion engaged with the guide long hole.	07-16-2009

Taihei Nishihara, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090236622	White Semiconductor Light Emitting Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same - An LED chip (	09-24-2009

Takanori Nishihara, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090183598	COMPOSITE MATERIAL , METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND EDGED TOOL BY USING THE SAME - It is an object to provide a composite material having a satisfactory sintering density and exhibiting excellent abrasion resistance and a method for manufacturing the same. The composite material contains a Ti alloy matrix containing Ti as a primary component and TiB and NiB dispersed in the Ti alloy matrix. The method for manufacturing the composite material includes the step of conducting sintering by using a mixed powder containing a Ti powder and/or a Ti alloy powder containing Ti as a primary component and a Ni—B alloy powder.	07-23-2009

Takashi Nishihara, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110309837	CHUCK MECHANISM OF CHARGE/DISCHARGE TESTING DEVICE FOR FLAT-RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES - The present invention relates to a chuck mechanism of a charge/discharge testing device for flat-rechargeable batteries and has a proposition to provide a chuck mechanism that makes it possible to lighten conventionally needed troublesome works, that is, for example, works of storing and fixing a large number of flat-rechargeable batteries in a container, and that is capable of surely chucking the flat-rechargeable batteries (electrodes). The chuck mechanism includes a first guide couplable with a battery storage retaining a plurality of flat-rechargeable batteries arranged in parallel, and a plurality of chuck units continuously joined with the first guide and resiliently arranged in parallel, wherein the chuck units each have a second guide resiliently positioning each of the chuck units with a predetermined number of corresponding flat-rechargeable batteries in the battery storage.	12-22-2011

Takeshi Nishihara, Wakayama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090237685	Color image printer and gradation correcting method therefor - A method of gradation correction for laser scanning exposure is effected, based on measured density values of a test print (TP) including a horizontal stripe test pattern comprised of a plurality of horizontal lines extending in the main scanning direction and a vertical stripe pattern comprised of a plurality of vertical lines extending in the sub scanning direction. The includes the steps of calculating, based on the measured density values, a rising correction amount for main scanning rising correction of adding a rising correction component to one dot after rising of a modulated laser in order to reduce density difference between the horizontal line and the vertical line and calculating, based on the measured density values, a falling correction amount for main scanning falling correction of adding a falling correction component to one dot after rising of the modulated laser in order to reduce the density difference between the horizontal line and the vertical line.	09-24-2009
20090238587	Test print, color image printer using the test print and method for adjusting the color image printer using the test print - A color image printer includes a print engine (	09-24-2009

Takuro Nishihara, Ota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090248208	INDOOR UNIT, AIR CONDITIONER INCLUDING INDOOR UNIT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AIR CONDITIONER - An in-ceiling embedded type air conditioner including an indoor unit having an air blower and an indoor heat exchanger accommodated in a housing a substantially box-shape, and a filtering unit including a gas-liquid contact member that is disposed at the downstream side of the indoor heat exchanger on an air blowing passage through which air sucked by the air blower flows in the indoor unit and infiltrated with electrolytic water generated by electrolyzing water, the air and the electrolytic water being brought into contact with each other in the gas-liquid contact member, whereby the air cooled or heated in the indoor heat exchanger is filtered, that is, virus, etc. contained in the air is inactivated, sterilized or the like and then blown out to a room to be air-conditioned.	10-01-2009
20090293527	ELECTROLYTIC WATER GENERATING DEVICE, AIR FILTERING SYSTEM, AIR CONDITIONING AND FILTERING APPARATUS, AND AIR CONDITIONING AND FILTERING SYSTEM - An air filtering apparatus for filtering air includes a chamber having an air flow passage through which air flows, the chamber being connected through an air supply duct to a plurality of air blow-out ports opened to a large space, an air filtering portion that is disposed in the chamber and has a plurality of gas-liquid contact members for bringing air into contact with electrolytic water to filter the air, a water tank that is connected through a water feeding pump to a supply pipe for supplying the electrolytic water to each of the gas-liquid contact members of the air filtering portion, an electrolytic unit for generating the electrolytic water, and a mechanism for leading to the electrolytic unit a part of electrolytic water in the water tank which is sucked by the water feeding pump and supplied to the plurality of gas-liquid contact members through the supply pipe, electrolyzing the part of the electrolytic water in the electrolytic unit to further generate electrolytic water and returning the generated electrolytic water into the water tank.	12-03-2009

Tatsuji Nishihara, Kitakyushu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100168057	FUNGAL GROWTH INHIBITOR - A very safe and useful agent for inhibiting fungal growth and the like are provided by the present invention. Specifically, the present invention provides (1) an agent for inhibiting fungal growth comprising hyaluronic acid or a salt thereof excluding a heavy metal salt as the active ingredient, and a method for inhibiting fungal growth, which comprises at least a step of allowing hyaluronic acid or a salt thereof excluding a heavy metal salt to contact with a fungus, (2) an agent for reinforcing activity of inhibiting fungal growth possessed by a cell, which comprises a DNA encoding a hyaluronic acid synthase as the active ingredient, (3) a method for reinforcing activity of inhibiting fungal growth of a cell, which comprises at least a step of transfecting a DNA encoding a hyaluronic acid synthase into the cell, and (4) a method for inhibiting fungal growth, which comprises at least a step of allowing a cell transfected with a DNA encoding a hyaluronic acid synthase to contact with a fungus.	07-01-2010

Tomotaka Nishihara, Hiroshima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080291657	Light-source cover and portable device therewith - A light-source cover for controlling transmission of light from a light source mounted in a portable device is made of an optical material. The front surface of the light-source cover has a knurl finish composed of linear grooves and the back surface thereof has a spin finish composed of ripple grooves. Alternatively, both the front and back surfaces of the light-source cover have knurl finishes composed of linear grooves. Still alternatively, only the back surface of the light-source cover has a knurl finish or a spin finish.	11-27-2008

Toshio Nishihara, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110229506	METHOD FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY - A novel compound of the formula (1):	09-22-2011

Toshio Nishihara, Osaka-Fu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100062010	NOVEL PEPTIDE COMPOUND - A novel compound of the formula (1):	03-11-2010

Tsukasa Nishihara, Kikuchi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100166793	PROTEASE-RESISTANT MODIFIED SEB AND VACCINE CONTAINING THE SAME - A modified Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) having resistance to a protease and a reduced toxicity and a vaccine comprising said modified SEB are provided. A modified SEB which has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 wherein each of the lysine at 97-position and the lysine at 98-position are substituted with any other amino acid, or a derivative thereof and a vaccine comprising said modified SEB or a derivative thereof.	07-01-2010

Yasunori Nishihara, Numazu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100094453	HANDLING SYSTEM, WORK SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A handling system able to efficiently process information relating to a plurality of conveyed articles, the handling system provided with a conveyer for conveying workpieces, a visual sensor for detecting positions of workpieces by acquiring images of a plurality of tracking ranges obtained by dividing a belt into sections, an encoder for detecting an amount of movement of the belt, a tracking manager for monitoring amounts of movement of the plurality of tracking ranges based on the amount of movement detected by the encoder and specifying the tracking range passing through a workpiece detection area, a workpiece manager for selecting the article in the tracking range specified by the tracking manager, and a controller for controlling operations of robots so as to hold the workpiece selected by the workpiece manager.	04-15-2010

Yasunori Nishihara, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110082586	HANDLING APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A handling apparatus having a belt conveyor (	04-07-2011

Yasuyuki Nishihara, Yamanashi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110231000	POWER MONITORING DEVICE, POWER MONITORING METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR MOUNTING COMPONENT - A power monitoring device is configured to monitor power consumed in a device for mounting component, which constitutes a component mounting line. The power monitoring device includes: an operation information collecting section configured to collect in time-series operation information representing a device operation state of the device for mounting component and to create time-series data of the operation information; a power measuring section configured to measure in time-series an amount of power consumption representing an amount of power consumed in the device for mounting component and to create time-series data of the amount of power; a synchronous output section configured to output the time-series data of the operation information and the time-series data of the amount of power by synchronizing respective time axes in time-series with each other.	09-22-2011

Yoshikazu Nishihara, Hiroshima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100156051	DUST SEAL STRUCTURE OF INTERNAL MIXER - A dust seal structure of an internal mixer including a casing having a mixing chamber defined therein, and a rotor rotating in the mixing chamber for kneading a material, which is charged into the mixing chamber to be kneaded there, comprises a ring-shaped cylinder fitted to a rotor shaft of the rotor and mounted on a peripheral edge of an opening portion of the casing through which the rotor shaft passes, the cylinder being located at the peripheral edge of the opening portion of the casing, and being adapted to urge a ring-shaped sealing member fitted on the rotor shaft in a direction of the rotor shaft to inhibit leakage of the kneading material from the mixing chamber.	06-24-2010

Yoshio Nishihara, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100142856	IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND READING METHOD - A image reading apparatus includes an pointing part that points a position on a medium that has an image to be read formed thereon, an irradiating unit that irradiates light onto the medium on which the position was pointed by the pointing part, an imaging unit that forms an image of light reflected from the medium irradiated with light by the irradiating unit, a generating unit that generates a signal representing the image to be read that depends on the reflected light whose image is formed by the imaging unit, and a changing unit that varies an direction of the imaging unit, and changes the position on the image that is imaged by the generating unit, within an irradiation range irradiated with light by the irradiating unit.	06-10-2010

Yoshito Nishihara, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080228983	ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO WHICH AN OPTION DEVICE CAN BE MOUNTED AND A RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to an electronic device enabling an option configuration including an option device to be displayed on an information processing apparatus even if the information processing apparatus does not know the option device. The electronic device includes a storage unit storing respective device information items of the electronic device and the option devices; an option determination unit determining which option device is currently mounted to the electronic device; an option position detection unit detecting a position of the option device determined by the option determination unit relative to the electronic device; and an option configuration information generation unit generating option configuration information for displaying on the display unit of the information processing apparatus based on the device information items in the storage unit, a determination result of the option determination unit and the position of the option device detected by the option position detection unit.	09-18-2008
20100177334	Information processing apparatus and storage medium storing printer driver program - A computer-readable storage medium storing a printer driver program is disclosed. The printer driver program causes a computer to draw and display a printer configuration image. The printer driver program includes an optional accessory information obtaining code unit for obtaining optional accessory information on optional accessories attached to a printer; a storage code unit for storing a printer image, optional accessory images, and image layout information including intermediate optional accessory information indicating optional accessories placeable between each optional accessory and the printer; an order determining code unit for determining an order of drawing the optional accessory images based on the optional accessory information and the intermediate optional accessory information; and a configuration image drawing code unit configured to draw the printer configuration image by arranging the optional accessory images relative to the printer image according to the determined order and the image layout information.	07-15-2010
20100309519	Printer driver program product and information processing apparatus - Setting information of a printer driver and setting information of plug-in software added to the printer driver are stored in different folders from each other, and managed independently of each other. At the time of using a function of the plug-in, the printer driver merges the setting information of the printer driver with the setting information of the plug-in, and controls the print setting or a printer device by using the merged setting information. As the setting information of the printer driver and the setting information of the plug-in are stored in the different folders, when the plug-in is removed, as for the setting information, it is only necessary to delete the setting information of the plug-in to be removed; thus, it is easy to remove the plug-in.	12-09-2010
20110063661	PRINTER DRIVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A printer driver includes a job command generation module storage unit that stores therein a plurality of job command generation modules for generating a job command, a drawing command generation module storage unit that stores therein a plurality of drawing command generation modules for generating a drawing command to instruct a printer to print an image, a determining unit that determines a combination of the job command generation module stored in the job command generation module storage unit and the drawing command generation module stored in the drawing command generation module storage unit, a generation requesting unit that requests the determined job command generation module and drawing command generation module to generate a command, and a transmitting unit that transmits the generated job command and drawing command to the printer.	03-17-2011

Yoshitomo Nishihara, Osaka City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100271036	BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, and includes a voltage bus bar and a voltage/current bus bar that connect electrodes of the plurality of battery cells to one another. Solder traces are formed in regions that are spaced apart from each other in the voltage/current bus bar. Furthermore, the battery module includes an amplifying circuit and a detecting circuit. The amplifying circuit amplifies a voltage between the solder traces formed in the voltage/current bus bar. The detecting circuit detects the voltage between the solder traces amplified by the amplifying circuit.	10-28-2010
20100271223	BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY SYSTEM, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A plurality of battery cells is connected in series via a plurality of bus bars. An FPC board is attached to the bus bars. On the FPC board, PTC elements are respectively arranged in close proximity to the bus bars. Each of conductor lines on the FPC board extends between an attachment portion of the bus bar and the PTC element arranged in close proximity to the bus bar, extends between the PTC element and one end of the FPC board, and is connected to a plurality of connection terminals of a printed circuit board. The connection terminals are electrically connected to a detecting circuit.	10-28-2010
20110024205	BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A long-sized FPC board extending in an X-direction is connected in common to a plurality of bus bars on the side of one ends of a plurality of battery cells. Similarly, a long-sized FPC board extending in the X-direction is connected in common to a plurality of bus bars on the side of the other ends in a Y-direction of the plurality of battery cells. Each FPC board has a configuration in which a plurality of conductor lines are formed on an insulating layer, and has bending characteristics and flexibility. Each FPC board is arranged on the plurality of battery cells while being bent double.	02-03-2011
20110027634	BATTERY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A battery system includes a plurality of battery modules each including one or a plurality of battery cells, and a detecting circuit that is used in common for the plurality of battery modules and detects a terminal voltage of each battery cell.	02-03-2011
20110101920	BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A battery system includes a plurality of battery modules each including a plurality of battery cells. One battery module includes a main circuit board, and the other battery modules include auxiliary circuit boards. The main circuit board includes a cell characteristics detecting circuit that detects characteristics of each battery cell and a control-related circuit having a function related to control of the plurality of battery modules. The auxiliary circuit board includes a cell characteristics detecting circuit that detects characteristics of each battery cell, and does not include a control-related circuit having the function related to control of the plurality of battery modules. In a battery module of another battery system, a first printed circuit board, a board holder and a second printed circuit board are attached to one end surface frame. A voltage detecting circuit that detects a voltage between terminals of each battery cell and a communication circuit having a communication function are mounted on the first and second printed circuit boards, respectively.	05-05-2011
20110156618	BATTERY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A battery system includes a plurality of battery cells and a plurality of printed circuit boards. A cell characteristics detecting circuit having a cell characteristics detecting function for detecting cell characteristics of the plurality of battery cells is mounted on each of the printed circuit boards. As well as the cell characteristics detecting circuit, a control-related circuit having a function different from the cell characteristics detecting function of each battery cell is mounted on the printed circuit board.	06-30-2011

Yoshitomo Nishihara, Osakacity JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110104521	BATTERY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - In a casing, battery blocks are positioned so that a distance between a printed circuit board attached to an end surface of each of the battery blocks and an end surface opposed to the printed circuit board is greater than a distance between the end surface of the battery block, to which no printed circuit board is attached, and an end surface of the casing, which is opposed to the end surface of the battery block.	05-05-2011

Yuichi Nishihara, Matsumoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080259104	LIQUID DETECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a liquid detecting apparatus that drives a liquid detecting unit that outputs two detection signals having phases opposite to each other in accordance with the amount of liquid. The liquid detecting apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes: a driving unit that outputs a driving signal to the liquid detecting unit; a differential amplifying unit that performs differential amplification on said two detection signals that are output from the liquid detecting unit on the basis of the driving signal so as to output a differential amplification detection signal; and a signal detecting unit that makes a judgment as to whether the amount of liquid is not less than a predetermined amount or not by means of the differential amplification detection signal input from the differential amplifying unit.	10-23-2008
20080259136	LIQUID DETECTION DEVICE, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DETECTING LIQUID - A liquid detection device that drives a liquid detecting portion includes a driving portion, a signal detecting portion, a high-pass filter portion, a first switch, and a control portion. The driving portion supplies a driving signal or a preliminary charging voltage to the liquid detecting portion. The signal detecting portion receives a detection signal from the liquid detecting portion. The high-pass filter portion has a capacitor portion and is arranged between the liquid detecting portion and the signal detecting portion. The first switch is arranged between the liquid detecting portion and the high-pass filter portion, and electrically connects or interrupts a line between the liquid detecting portion and the high-pass filter portion. The control portion controls the driving portion and the first switch to execute detection of liquid.	10-23-2008
20090102897	Liquid Contanier - A liquid container for supplying a liquid to a liquid jetting apparatus includes a liquid reservoir section and a sensor. The liquid reservoir section stores electrically conductive liquid. The sensor is disposed at a location in the liquid reservoir section, for electrically detecting a condition of the conductive liquid at the location. A fixed potential is applied to the conductive liquid.	04-23-2009
20090102902	Liquid Container - A liquid container is for supplying a liquid to a liquid jetting apparatus. The liquid container includes a liquid reservoir section, a sensor and an electrostatic capacitance. The liquid reservoir section stores electrically conductive liquid. The sensor is disposed at a location in the liquid reservoir section, for electrically detecting a condition of the conductive liquid at the location. The electrostatic capacitance is provided between a fixed potential and the conductive liquid, the electrostatic capacitance reducing extrinsic noise.	04-23-2009
20090102903	Liquid Jetting Apparatus - A liquid jetting apparatus for jetting electrically conductive liquid onto a medium includes a liquid reservoir section, a sensor and a conductive member. The liquid reservoir section stores the liquid. The sensor is disposed at a location in the liquid reservoir section, for electrically detecting the condition of the liquid at the location. The conductive member contacts the conductive liquid and that is electrically connected to a stable potential.	04-23-2009
20090262161	Liquid Jetting Apparatus, Liquid Delivery System, and Circuit Board - A liquid jetting apparatus receives delivery of liquid from a liquid delivery system including a delivery system-side terminal. The liquid jetting apparatus includes a apparatus-side terminal, a contact sensing portion and a remaining level sensor portion. The apparatus-side terminal contacts the delivery system-side terminal when receiving delivery of liquid from the liquid delivery system. The contact sensing portion supplies a first electrical signal to the apparatus-side terminal to sense contact between the apparatus-side terminal and the system-side terminal. The remaining level sensor portion supplies a second electrical signal different from the first electrical signal to the apparatus-side terminal to sense a liquid volume in the liquid delivery system.	10-22-2009
20110291663	PRINTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID DETECTION SENSOR INSPECTION METHOD - The printing apparatus applies a first waveform to the liquid detection sensor, and measures a second waveform output from the liquid detection sensor in response to the application of the first waveform. Based on a measurement result of the second waveform, the printing apparatus inspects whether the liquid detection sensor can be driven. Further, prior to the application of the first waveform to the liquid detection sensor, the printing apparatus measures the first waveform itself, and performs an inspection based on a measurement result of the first waveform.	12-01-2011

Yuichi Nishihara, Nagano-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100149235	LIQUID-EJECTION TESTING METHOD, LIQUID-EJECTION TESTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A liquid-ejection testing method includes the following steps (A) to (D): (A) a step of making a conductive first detection member and a conductive second detection member opposed, in a non-contact state, to a liquid ejecting nozzle that is to be tested; (B) a step of ejecting a charged liquid from the liquid ejecting nozzle; (C) a step of detecting an induced current generated at each of the first detection member and the second detection member by the liquid that has been ejected from the liquid ejecting nozzle; and (D) a step of judging, on the liquid ejecting nozzle, whether or not ejection of the liquid is being properly performed based on a magnitude of the detected induced current generated at each of the first detection member and the second detection member.	06-17-2010

Yusuke Nishihara, Odawara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110296102	STORAGE APPARATUS COMPRISING RAID GROUPS OF RAID 1 SERIES AND CONTROL METHOD OF WRITING TO RAID GROUP OF RAID 1 SERIES - A RAID group of RAID 1 series comprises one or more pairs of first storage devices and second storage devices. A storage apparatus reads data from the entire area of a first storage block group including the write destination of write target data in the first storage device. The storage apparatus, in accordance with the write target data and staging data which is the read data, generates one or more data units each of which is the data configured of the write target data or the copy of the same and the staging data part or the copy of the same and of the same size as the first storage block group. The controller writes any of the one or more data units to the first storage block group in the first storage device and, at the same time, writes any of the one or more data units to the second storage block group corresponding to the first storage block group and of the same size as the same in the second storage device.	12-01-2011

Yusuke Nishihara, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100245738	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel, and a light diffusing layer which has first and second major surfaces and which is arranged such that the first major surface opposes a viewer side surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The light diffusing layer includes a first region formed of a first substance which has a first refractive index N	09-30-2010
20100283947	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal display panel; and first and second light diffusing layers, each of which has a first major surface and a second major surface and each of which is arranged such that the first major surface opposes a viewer side surface of the liquid crystal display panel. Each of the first and second light diffusing layers includes a first region formed of a first substance which has a first refractive index N	11-11-2010

Yutaka Nishihara, Osaka-Shi JP

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