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Nishiwaki, JP

Akifumi Nishiwaki, Kasugai JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100213979	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LAYOUTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first circuit provided between a power source voltage line and a ground line, including at least two first MOS transistors coupled in parallel and a second circuit, which is provided between the power source voltage line and the ground line, including at least two second MOS transistors coupled in series. The gate length and the gate width of the first MOS transistor are adjusted so that the first MOS transistor has a gate area allowing a first characteristic variation of the first MOS transistor to be substantially equal to a second characteristic variation of the second MOS transistor.	08-26-2010

Daisuke Nishiwaki, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120140980	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, SORTER, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device of the present invention is an image processing device that reads an address of a piece of mail, comprising: a storage section that correlatively stores image data of the piece of mail containing an address region in which the address of said piece of mail is present and region data that represent a position of said address region of the piece of mail; an obtaining section that obtains image data of said piece of mail; a search section that searches said storage section for image data that match the image data obtained by said obtaining section with respect to regions other than said address region; an extraction section that extracts a region represented by region data correlated with image data retrieved by said search section as an address region of said piece of mail from the image data obtained by said obtaining section; and a read section that reads an address from the address region extracted by said extraction section.	06-07-2012

Fumitoshi Nishiwaki, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100251757	REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS AND FLUID MACHINE USED FOR THE SAME - A refrigeration cycle apparatus	10-07-2010
20120137651	GAS TURBINE SYSTEM - A gas turbine system (	06-07-2012

Hideshi Nishiwaki, Mie JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100316321	TAPERED ROLLER BEARING - The object is to provide a miniature-sized tapered roller bearing that includes an inner race having an inner diameter of not more than 9 mm and that ensures high dynamic load rating.	12-16-2010

Hiroshi Nishiwaki, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090129220	INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE INFORMATION RECORDING - An information recording medium (	05-21-2009
20090207713	Information Recording Medium, Information Reproducing Device and Method, and Apparatus and Method for Manufacturing Information Recording Medium - An information recording medium (	08-20-2009

Hiroshi Nishiwaki, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110188361	RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A recording apparatus includes: a recording device for recording data onto a recording medium by applying a laser beam whose power can be adjusted; a first controlling device controlling the recording device to record calibration data while adjusting power; a first detecting device detecting calibration data recording quality; a second detecting device detecting push-pull signal amplitude by reading the calibration data; a first calculating device calculating a power by which the recording quality is desired quality, as a first optimum power; a second calculating device calculating a power by which the amplitude of the recorded push-pull signal satisfies a first condition and by which the recording quality satisfies a second condition, as a second optimum power, if the push-pull amplitude fails the first condition; and a second controlling device controlling the recording device to start recording record data by applying the laser beam with the first or second optimum power.	08-04-2011

Hiroshi Nishiwaki, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100302922	INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information recording device (	12-02-2010
20100309762	OPTICAL DISC RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information recording apparatus (	12-09-2010
20100309763	OPTICAL DISC RECORDING DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information recording apparatus (	12-09-2010

Junji Nishiwaki, Nagoya JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080251349	Sheet Handling Apparatus - A paper note handling apparatus includes a pay-in and pay-out mouth through which a paper note is paid in or paid out, a conveyance for conveying the paper note, a discrimination part to discriminate authenticity and denomination of the conveyed paper note, a temporary hold part to temporarily hold the paper note, a storing part to store the paper note, and a shifter to shift a position of the paper note in a widthwise direction of conveyance. The shifter rotates in a direction inclined relative to a direction of conveyance of the paper note and comes into contact with the paper note to shift the position of the paper note in the widthwise direction of conveyance.	10-16-2008

Katsuhiro Nishiwaki, Chita-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080309790	WHITE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND WHITE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT METHOD - To determine white balance convergence in a reliable manner, a white balance adjustment device for adjusting white balance of an input image supplied sequentially in time is provided. The white balance adjustment device comprises first and second integrating units. Each of the integrating units corrects a color component of a preceding input image based on mutually different correction parameter values. The integrating units respectively compute first and second integration values by integrating corrected color components. The first and second values to be used to correct the color component of a subsequent input image are determined by a correction parameter determining unit. The correction parameter determining unit changes the first and second values according to magnitude relationship between the first and second integration values and a benchmark value of the integration value. An image which has undergone the white balance adjustment is generated by correcting the color component of the image with a third value established between the first and second values.	12-18-2008
20080309791	VIDEO CAMERA AND FLICKER REDUCTION METHOD IN VIDEO CAMERA - To reduce flicker appropriately according to illumination condition of an imaging subject, a video camera is provided. The video camera includes an imaging unit for generating a subject image; a superimposing image generator for generating a superimposing image; an image synthesizer for synthesize the subject image and the superimposing image to generate a synthesized image; a video signal generator for generating a video signal from the synthesized image so as to display the synthesized image. The video camera also includes a flicker reduction unit to reduce flicker caused by luminance fluctuation of a light source. The flicker reduction unit has a plurality flicker reduction modes. The mode setting unit makes the superimposing image generator to generate a settings screen as the superimposing image for assisting selection of one of the flicker reduction modes.	12-18-2008
20090016638	DEFECTIVE PIXEL DETECTOR, IMAGING DEVICE, AND DEFECTIVE PIXEL DETECTION METHOD - In a defective pixel detector	01-15-2009
20090027519	NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE, NOISE REDUCTION METHOD AND VIDEO CAMERA - A noise reduction device to reduce noise of a video image including multiple input frame images is provided. The noise reduction device includes: a motion detector that detects a dynamic region and a static region other than the dynamic region within the video image; and a temporal smoothing processing unit that generates temporally-smoothed frame images by applying a temporal smoothing process to the multiple input frame images, the temporal smoothing process keeping number of color component contained in each pixel, the each pixel constituting an individual frame image of the multiple input frame images and containing only a part of a plurality of color components. A temporal smoothing level for a static region pixel belonging to the static region is set to be higher than the temporal smoothing level for a dynamic region pixel belonging to the dynamic region.	01-29-2009
20100026862	IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - The image capture device includes pixel data acquisition unit for acquiring pixel data of a pixel of interest and neighboring pixels from an image capture element; an edge direction determination unit for determining whether a pattern such as an edge is defined by neighboring pixels centered on the pixel of interest; correction unit; and color interpolation unit. When a pixel of interest is determined by a defective pixel determination unit to be a defective pixel, and is moreover determined by the edge direction determination unit not to lie in an edge direction, the correction unit will correct the pixel of interest to a correction value derived from pixel data of neighboring pixels in a symmetrical array centered thereon. For a pixel of interest that has not been corrected, color interpolation according to the direction the edge will be carried out by the color interpolation unit, using the determination outcome of the edge direction determination unit.	02-04-2010

Kazue Nishiwaki, Shiga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090098610	Polypeptides having dna polymerase activity - A polypeptide having a high fidelity DNA polymerase activity and thus being useful as a genetic engineering reagent; a gene encoding this polypeptide; a method of producing the polypeptide; and a method of amplifying a nucleic acid by using the polypeptide.	04-16-2009
20110097722	Cold Shock Protein Compositions and Methods and Kits for the Use Thereof - The present invention provides cold shock protein-containing compositions for improved DNA synthesis reactions with improved reactivity, methods for synthesizing DNA using such compositions, kits for use in such methods, and DNA compositions yielded by such methods. The present invention further provides cold shock protein-containing compositions for the identification of endoribonuclease cleavage sites, methods for identifying endoribonuclease cleavage sites using such compositions, and kits for use in such methods.	04-28-2011

Kazue Nishiwaki, Otsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100143979	POLYPEPTIDES HAVING DNA POLYMERASE ACTIVITY - A polypeptide having a high fidelity DNA polymerase activity and thus being useful as a genetic engineering reagent; a gene encoding this polypeptide; a method of producing the polypeptide; and a method of amplifying a nucleic acid by using the polypeptide.	06-10-2010
20120083590	POLYPEPTIDES HAVING DNA POLYMERASE ACTIVITY - A polypeptide having a high fidelity DNA polymerase activity and thus being useful as a genetic engineering reagent; a gene encoding this polypeptide; a method of producing the polypeptide; and a method of amplifying a nucleic acid by using the polypeptide.	04-05-2012

Kazuhiko Nishiwaki, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090003819	Photographing device, photographing method, and program - A photographing device configured to photograph a plurality of images consecutively by changing an exposure value is provided. The photographing device may; include a control-range-determination unit configured to determine a control range which is a range where the exposure value is varied, and an interval-calculation unit configured to calculate a control interval which is an interval between photographing-exposure values that are exposure values existing in the control range and that are exposure values of the photographed images so that the photographing-exposure values are uniformly distributed over the control range according to a number of the photographed images.	01-01-2009

Kazuhiro Nishiwaki, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090052921	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CLEANING METHOD AND CLEANING PROGRAM - There is provided a technique in which a cleaning process of a developer attached on a transfer roller can be effectively realized. There are included an instruction reception unit	02-26-2009

Kazutaka Nishiwaki, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090136837	BATTERY PACK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a battery pack is provided in which a cell	05-28-2009

Kazuyuki Nishiwaki, Hachioji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080218484	Input apparatus, mobile apparatus, and information recording medium - Keys that structure the keyboard have a diamond-shaped form that is symmetrical in both the vertical and the horizontal directions, disposed so that none of the edges of the surface in which the keyboard is formed are parallel with any of the edges of the diamond shapes. To each key is applied a marking in one or two orientations depending on the orientation of use of the mobile communications terminal. In the keyboard, these types of keys are laid out in a staggered pattern, wherein the markings are applied in positions that are on a straight line that passes through each of the keys in two rows of keys that are adjacent in the vertical direction on keys that are used when the mobile communications terminal is used in the horizontal orientation.	09-11-2008

Kenichirou Nishiwaki, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110180411	PLATING APPARATUS AND WIRE INSPECTION METHOD OF THE SAME - When a controller turns on a relay, a closed circuit constituted by a power supply device, a wire, a resistance, a relay and wires is formed. This causes a current to flow through the closed circuit. The power supply device performs constant current control. The controller compares a measured voltage value output from a voltage detecting circuit with a preset reference voltage value. In the case of no connection failure of the wire, the measured voltage value substantially equals to the reference voltage value. In the case of connection failure of the wire, the measured voltage value is larger than the reference voltage value.	07-28-2011

Kenichirou Nishiwaki, Ibaraki-Shi-Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110147221	PLATING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A plating apparatus includes a plating tank. The plating tank contains a plating solution. A long-sized substrate is transported by transport rollers to pass through inside of the plating tank. Three or more bar-shaped anodes are provided in the plating tank to line up along the long-sized substrate. A surface area of each of the anodes arranged at both ends is smaller than a surface area of another anode.	06-23-2011

Kenji Nishiwaki, Sakura-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110297521	SHEET SWITCH MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A sheet switch module of the present invention includes a light source; a light guide having a first end-face on which light emitted from the light source is incident, the light guide guiding the light in at least the thickness direction thereof; a sheet switch disposed on the back side of the light guide in the thickness direction of the light guide; and a light shielding member disposed at a distance from a second end-face different from the first end-face of the light guide.	12-08-2011
20120020080	SHEET SWITCH MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A sheet switch module of the present invention includes: a light source; a light guide that guides light from the light source; a sheet switch disposed on the back side of the light guide in a thickness direction of the light guide; and a groove formed in the thickness direction of the light guide in at least one of a surface and the back of the light guide.	01-26-2012

Kentaro Nishiwaki, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110114706	MOUNTING STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOUNTING STRUCTURE - A mounting structure is provided that can allow gaseous matter generated when performing a heat treatment to escape to outside efficiently. A mounting structure	05-19-2011

Kenya Nishiwaki, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120148226	IMAGING APPARATUS - When an automatic pop-up is selected in an imaging apparatus, during startup, a light emission unit is moveed to a pop-up position by a spring force in operably conjugate with a lens barrel together with the retraction of a cam follower. When a manual pop-up is selected, during startup, a lock lever is engaged with the light emission unit, and the light emission unit remains in a storage position. When a user places the operation unit of the lock lever to a first position and places the camera power source in the ON position, a strobe can be automatically subjected to a pop-up operation. Furthermore, when a user places the operation unit to a second position and places the camera power source in the ON position, the strobe can be automatically subjected to a pop-up operation as required.	06-14-2012

Koichi Nishiwaki, Matsumoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090201330	Printing Apparatus, and Method and Program for Controlling Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus that measures a consumption of a colorant during printing, includes a shade level measuring unit that measures a print shade level on a print sheet, a range segment counting unit that counts the number of print sheets falling within each of a plurality of print shade range segments based on the measurement results of the shade level measuring unit, and an output unit that outputs the count results of the range segment counting unit on a per print shade range segment basis.	08-13-2009

Masaaki Nishiwaki, Mishima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100163353	FRICTION COUPLE - A friction couple including: a first friction member that contains a metallic material and includes a first friction surface; and a second friction member that includes a second friction surface that contacts the first friction surface and that contains an oxidation film developer that accelerates formation of an oxidation film on at least one of the first friction surface and the second friction surface by oxidizing the metallic material when the first friction surface and the second friction surface contact each other.	07-01-2010
20100174010	FRICTION MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF FRICTION MATERIAL - A friction material including: an amorphous resin that has a chain-like polymer structure; and other components that constitute the friction material and that are components other than the amorphous resin, wherein dispersion treatment is preliminarily carried out in which the amorphous resin is dispersed in at least one of the other components, and a manufacturing method of the friction material.	07-08-2010
20110281962	FRICTION MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF FRICTION MATERIAL - A friction material including: an amorphous resin that has a chain-like polymer structure; and other components that constitute the friction material and that are components other than the amorphous resin, wherein dispersion treatment is preliminarily carried out in which the amorphous resin is dispersed in at least one of the other components, and a manufacturing method of the friction material.	11-17-2011

Masaaki Nishiwaki, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120085605	FRICTION COUPLE - A friction couple including a frictionally rubbing member that contains at least one of a binder and a filler, in which the binder and the filler have a modulus of elasticity of 1 GPa or higher and 15 GPa or lower, no softening point or no glass transition point in the range of −50° C. or higher and 200° C. or lower, and a compressive strength of 50 MPa or higher at 25° C. and 25 MPa or higher at 200° C.; and a frictionally rubbed member. The ratio of the maximum value tan δ(Max) to the minimum value tan δ(Min) of the loss tangent tan δ of the frictionally rubbing member obtained through a dynamic viscoelastic measurement performed at a frequency of 0.1 Hz or higher and 20 Hz or lower and in the range of −50° C. or higher and 250° C. or lower after thermoforming is 5 or less.	04-12-2012

Masahiko Nishiwaki, Daito-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100195296	SLIDING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is a sliding portable electronic device having a waterproof structure which does not restrict a circuit design. The sliding portable electronic device according to the present invention comprises a pair of housings engaging slidably with each other. An electric component built in one housing is connected to an electric component built in the other housing through a flexible lead. The other housing is provided with an opening, through which the flexible lead passes, and the opening is blocked by a waterproof sheet. The flexible lead, which is drawn out from the electric component of the one casing, passes between the abutment surfaces of the waterproof sheet and the other casing and is connected to the electric component of the other housing.	08-05-2010

Masanobu Nishiwaki, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090120399	Intake port of internal combustion engine - An internal combustion engine wherein the top wall surface of the intake air inflow passage part of the intake port is formed by a first top wall surface and a second top wall surface lower than the first top wall surface and wherein a lower layer flow passage and an upper layer flow passage are formed at the height position of the second top wall surface as a boundary. When the intake valve opens, a lower layer flow flowing through the inside of the lower layer flow passage passes through the intake valve opening region, flows to the circumferential direction of the combustion chamber, and generates a swirl, while an upper layer flow flowing through the inside of the upper layer flow passage passes through the helical part and flows into the combustion chamber.	05-14-2009

Naohiro Nishiwaki, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100045283	MAGNETIC SENSOR AND MAGNETIC SENSOR DEVICE - A magnetic sensor arranged on a second line forming an angle of 45° at a switched position for switching a state being set up on a first line that projects displacement of center of magnetic field generating means generating a magnetic field.	02-25-2010

Seiji Nishiwaki, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090034401	OPTICAL DISK APPARATUS - It is intended to provide an optical disk apparatus which detects a light amount greater than zero even when used in conjunction with an optical disk substrate having a large birefringence, so that it is possible to properly read a signal without errors and properly perform optical disk controls. The optical disk apparatus includes: a light source for emitting light; an objective lens for converging the light onto a signal surface of an optical disk; a polarized beam diffraction element for diffracting the light reflected from the optical disk; a photodetector for detecting the light diffracted from the polarized beam diffraction element; and a wavelength plate disposed between the optical disk and the polarized beam diffraction element. The wavelength plate has a two-dimensional array of a plurality of birefringent regions including first and second regions, the first and second regions differing in birefringent phase difference and/or optic axes from each other, and the plurality of birefringent regions including the first and second regions cause the light to have different polarization states.	02-05-2009

Shinji Nishiwaki, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110270587	STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM, STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION METHODLOGY, AND STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM - The present invention enables a shape of an optimum structure to be clearly represented, and structural optimization having a high degree of freedom such as the allowance of a change in topology in a material domain Ω to be performed. The present invention sets a level set function φ; under a predetermined constraint condition, updates the level set function φ so as to bring a performance of a structure, such as a rigidity, close to a target value; moves a boundary ∂Ω between the material domain Ω and a void domain; allows a change in topology in the material domain Ω, which is associated with the update of the level set function φ, to form a new void domain in the material domain Ω; and moves a boundary ∂Ω between the new void domain and the material domain Ω.	11-03-2011

Shogo Nishiwaki, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110102359	DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch electrode and a detection element are positioned in at least two of pixels. The touch electrode is formed in a first substrate, and is positioned so as to face a counter electrode. The touch electrode contacts the counter electrode and is electrically connected thereto when a second substrate is pressed and bent toward the first substrate. The detection element is connected to the touch electrode, and detects the electrical connection between the touch electrode and the counter electrode.	05-05-2011
20110169761	TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes an active matrix substrate (	07-14-2011
20110175836	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, TOUCH PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes an active matrix substrate (	07-21-2011
20120140157	LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A method of producing a liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes: a step of providing a liquid crystal panel (	06-07-2012

Shogo Nishiwaki, Mie JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090096759	TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A touch panel includes an insulating substrate, a transparent touch electrode provided on the insulating substrate, and a frame portion connected to a periphery of the touch electrode. The touch panel detects a touched position on the touch electrode based on an electric signal through the frame portion. The frame portion is provided between the insulating substrate and the touch electrode.	04-16-2009

Shogo Nishiwaki, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120033160	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device using pixel electrodes having a fishbone structure as well as using the PSA technology, the occurrence of an azimuthal angle shift in the vicinity of the pixel edge is suppressed. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention is a liquid crystal display device comprising a plurality of pixels and a pair of polarizing plates located in crossed Nicols and providing display in a normally black mode. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules having a negative dielectric anisotropy; a pixel electrode and a counter electrode facing each other with the liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a pair of vertical alignment films respectively provided between the pixel electrode and the liquid crystal layer and between the counter electrode and the liquid crystal layer; and a pair of alignment sustaining layers respectively provided on surfaces of the pair of vertical alignment films on the liquid crystal layer side and formed of a photopolymerizable material. The pixel electrode includes a cross-shaped trunk portion located so as to overlap polarization axes of the pair of polarizing plates, a plurality of branch portions extending from the trunk portion in a direction having an angle of about 45° with respect thereto, and a plurality of slits formed between the plurality of branch portions. The pixel electrode has an overall shape which is a generally parallelogram shape with four right angles, each of four sides of which has an angle of about 45° with respect to the polarization axes of the pair of polarizing plates. The plurality of branch portions are located generally symmetrically with respect to the trunk portion.	02-09-2012

Shunichi Nishiwaki, Nara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110131944	FALSE-TWIST BELT - Two false-twist belts are each entrained about crowned pulleys. The belts are arranged so that their outer-facing surfaces cross one another with one belt pressed against the other. Yarn is passed between these false-twist belts and twisted. The bending rigidity in the lateral direction of the false-twist belts is set to a value in which the outer-facing surfaces of the false-twist belts are rounded into a convex curvature at the position where the belts are pressed against each other.	06-09-2011

Susumu Nishiwaki, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100141235	MAGNETIZING INRUSH CURRENT SUPPRESSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMER - To suppress the magnetizing inrush current occurring when supplying power of three phases of the transformer are performed simultaneously using three single-phase circuit breakers or a non-phase segregated operation-type circuit breaker, without providing a circuit breaker with a resistor or other equipment. A magnetizing inrush current suppression method for transformer suppresses a magnetizing inrush current occurring at the start of energizing of a three-phase transformer	06-10-2010

Takeshi Nishiwaki, Kobe City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090078305	SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - Pressure applied when connecting a solar cell to a wiring material becomes uneven due to the uneven shape of a semiconductor wafer and thereby causes cell cracks. A solar cell of the invention is configured by forming a connection electrode in a first direction having a smaller degree of unevenness in the thickness of the semiconductor wafer, and by forming a finger electrode in a second direction having a higher degree of unevenness in the thickness thereof. Hence a solar cell that allows uniform application of pressure when being connected with the wiring material can be provided. Moreover, by employing the solar cell of the invention, pressure is uniformly applied to the semiconductor wafer in a process of connecting multiple solar cells to one another. Thus, it is possible to provide a solar cell module achieving improvement in output and reliability while preventing defects such as cell breaks or cracks.	03-26-2009
20100018577	SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a solar-cell manufacturing method that is capable of preventing a conductive paste from bleeding and spreading on a photoelectric conversion body. In the provided method of manufacturing a solar cell, a first printing speed at which a first conductive material is printed is faster than a second printing speed at which a second conductive material is printed on the first conductive material.	01-28-2010
20100201349	METHOD FOR MEASURING I-V CHARACTERISTICS OF SOLAR CELL, AND SOLAR CELL - An aspect of the invention provides a method for measuring I-V characteristics of a solar cell, the solar cell comprising a plurality of fine line-shaped electrodes formed on a first surface in a predetermined direction; and a coupling line formed on the first surface that electrically couples at least two fine line-shaped electrodes among the plurality of fine line-shaped electrodes, the coupling line having a line width larger than a line width of the fine line-shaped electrodes. The method includes: contacting a probe pin for voltage measurement with the coupling line; contacting two or more probe pins for current measurement electrically connected to each other with two or more fine line-shaped electrodes including the fine line-shaped electrodes coupled to each other by the coupling line among the plurality of fine line-shaped electrodes; and measuring I-V characteristics while irradiating the first surface with light.	08-12-2010
20110048492	SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell includes: an photoelectric conversion body including a first main surface and a second main surface opposed to the first main surface; a first electrode provided on the first main surface; a second electrode provided on the second main surface; a first conductive connection member connected with the first electrode for connecting the solar cell and another solar cell, wherein the first conductive connection member includes a conductive soft layer at an area facing the first electrode, and the first electrode includes a conductive soft layer at an area facing the first conductive connection member; and a first resin adhesive bonding the first conductive connection member to the first electrode in such a manner that the conductive soft layer of the first electrode and the conductive soft layer of the first conductive connection member abut on each other.	03-03-2011

Tatsuya Nishiwaki, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120061753	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a drain layer; a drift layer provided on the drain layer; a base region provided on the drift layer; a source region selectively provided on a surface of the base region; a first gate; a field-plate; a second gate; a drain electrode; and a source electrode. The first gate electrode is provided in each of a plurality of first trenches via a first insulating film. The first trenches penetrate from a surface of the source region through the base region and contact the drift layer. The field-plate electrode is provided in the first trench under the first gate electrode via a second insulating film. The second gate electrode is provided in a second trench via a third insulating film. The second trench penetrates from the surface of the source region through the base region and contacts the drift layer between the first trenches.	03-15-2012

Tatsuya Nishiwaki, Shiga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090050469	ALIGNMENT FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOS - An alignment film forming apparatus and a method are provided to form an alignment film for a liquid crystal in a single process of simultaneously executing a film deposition process of ion beam sputtering and an alignment process. The method greatly restricts the size of a substrate. An alignment film forming apparatus includes a target disposed on a top surface side of a substrate and having a sputtering surface defining a sharp angle to the top surface of the substrate, a transfer table that transfers the substrate in a predetermined direction, and an ion source disposed on the top surface side of the substrate in such a way that an ion beam is irradiated on the sputtering surface of the target. An ion beam reflected at the sputtering surface is irradiated on a sputtering film formed on the substrate. The apparatus includes a mask disposed in such a way as to cover a part of the top surface of the substrate on an upstream side of a position where the sputtering film is formed, and a temperature regulator which regulates the temperature of the target.	02-26-2009

Tomohiro Nishiwaki, Anpachi-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080242093	Method for manufacturing semiconductor integrated circuit device - Cracks are generated in a resist film part used to form an opening part in a photoreceptor part, whereby etching is performed as far as the inter-layer insulating film in unintended portions. In order to prevent this, the resist pattern used as an etching mask is formed in a shape that disperses the stress. The stress is generated because the resist is hardened by post baking after having been exposed and developed. In order to disperse the stress, the opening part of the resist pattern is formed in a planar shape that has no corners.	10-02-2008

Toshiharu Nishiwaki, Mie JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100217839	DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM, SERVER OF DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM, AND DEVELOPMENT METHOD - Problem to be solved is the development system of the Integrated Development Environment which can be used by a server terminal system.	08-26-2010

Toshiro Nishiwaki, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080204932	TAPE CARTRIDGE OF COMPATIBLE TYPE - A tape cartridge capable of recording and reading out large and small tape cartridges with different widths is provided. The tape cartridge comprises a pair of right and left hubs for winding a tape which is winded off from one hub and is wound around the other hub via tape guides. A passage for light injection and a passage for light ejecting of the tape end detection light are opened respectively on a side wall of a case of a main body facing a tape traveling path between the tape guide and the hub, and an optical path inverted body facing a pair of passages across the tape traveling path is arranged in the case of the main body. One of the passages for light injection and the passages for light ejecting in the large and small tape cartridges is formed at a prescribed distance from the reference surface.	08-28-2008

Toshiyuki Nishiwaki, Gifu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080305319	GRAPHITE MATERIAL AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING GRAPHITE MATERIAL - A graphite material includes a plurality of graphite particles and a plurality of pores which form a microstructure. When a cross-section of the microstructure is observed with a scanning electron microscope, the number of the pores appearing on the cross-section is more than 250 or more per 6000 μm	12-11-2008
20120014862	GRAPHITE MATERIAL - A graphite material includes a plurality of graphite particles and a plurality of pores. The plurality of graphite particles and the plurality of pores form a microstructure. A ratio of an elastic modulus to a compression strength of the graphite material ranges from 109 to 138. Preferably, a ratio of a total area of the pores to a whole area of the graphite material in a cross-section of the graphite material ranges from 17.94% to 19.97%.	01-19-2012

Toyoji Nishiwaki, Anjo-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080289608	FUEL INJECTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A microcomputer calculates a fuel injection time. When the fuel injection time is longer than a predetermined specified time, the microcomputer sets a voltage level of a short-term injection signal to high and sets a peak current for coils in fuel injectors to a first peak current. When the fuel injection time is shorter than or equal to the predetermined specified time, the microcomputer sets a voltage level of the short-term injection signal to low and sets a peak current for the coils to a second peak current smaller than the first peak current.	11-27-2008
20090159729	FUEL INJECTION VALVE - A fuel injection valve includes a housing, a stator, a movable core, a coil, a nozzle hole, a valve member, and at least one communicating passage. The housing receives the stator and movable core. An end face of the movable core has a non-contact surface and a contact surface. The non-contact surface and the stator define a space when the contact surface contacts the stator. The valve member is slidably received in a bore of the movable core. The valve member has a stopper engageable with the movable core such that the valve member is axially movable together with the movable core. The at least one communicating passage connects the space with a corresponding one of a first fuel passage and a second fuel passage of the housing.	06-25-2009
20090242670	Injector - A fuel chamber defined by a recess portion of a valve body and a tip section of a valve member of an injector is structured such that a seat diameter Ds of a seat section of the valve member seated on a valve seat section formed on an inner peripheral surface of the valve body, an axial distance A between an inlet portion of an injection hole formed in the recess portion and the tip section of the valve member facing the inlet portion in the fuel chamber and an axial distance B between an inside region of the recess portion located radially inside the inlet portion of the injection hole in the fuel chamber and the tip section facing the inside region satisfy inequalities: 0.048≦A/Ds≦0.18 and B/Ds≦0.18.	10-01-2009
20100237174	FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector has a plurality of fuel injection ports including first injection ports and second injection ports. Injection-port axes of the first injection ports extend to a first space in a combustion chamber. Injection-port axes of the second injection ports extend to a second space in a combustion chamber. An interval of the injection-port axes between adjacent first injection ports is shorter than an interval of the injection-port axes between the first injection port and the second injection port which are adjacent to each other.	09-23-2010

Tsutomu Nishiwaki, Azumine-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090262169	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID JET HEAD, METHOD OF MANFUACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND LIQUID JET APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric layer forming step of sequentially and repeatedly performing a heat treatment step of applying a piezoelectric material containing lead to a lower electrode film at a relative humidity in the range of 30% to 50% Rh and then performing a heat treatment to form a piezoelectric precursor film and a crystallization step of firing the piezoelectric precursor film to form a piezoelectric film on the lower electrode film, thereby forming a piezoelectric layer.	10-22-2009

Tsutomu Nishiwaki, Azumino JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110115337	ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, ULTRASONIC SENSOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ULTRASONIC SENSOR - An ultrasonic transducer includes: a support member having an opening section; a diaphragm adapted to cover the opening section; and a piezoelectric member provided to the diaphragm and at least one of expanding and contracting in an in-plane direction in response to application of a voltage, wherein the diaphragm has a concave groove section formed to have a concave shape on a surface on an opposite side to one side exposed to the opening section, and the piezoelectric member is fixed to the diaphragm in an area outside the concave groove section, and disposed to cover the concave groove section so as to be opposed to a bottom of the concave groove section via a space.	05-19-2011
20110121591	SHEAR FORCE DETECTION DEVICE, TACTILE SENSOR AND GRASPING APPARATUS - A shear force detection device for detecting a shear force includes: a support body including an opening defined by a pair of straight parts perpendicular to a detection direction of the shear force and parallel to each other; a support film on the support body and closing the opening, the support film having flexibility; a piezoelectric part on the support film and extending astride an inside and outside of the opening and along at least one of the pair of straight parts of the opening when viewed in a plane in which the support body is seen in a substrate thickness direction, the piezoelectric part being bendable to output an electric signal; and an elastic layer covering the piezoelectric part and the support film.	05-26-2011
20110193363	STRESS SENSING DEVICE, TACTILE SENSOR, AND GRASPING APPARATUS - A stress sensing device senses a shear force and a pressing force. The stress sensing device includes a support body, a support film, first and second piezoelectric parts and an elastic layer. The support body has an opening defined by a pair of straight parts perpendicular to a sensing direction of the shear force and parallel to each other. The support film having flexibility closes off the opening. The first piezoelectric part is disposed over the support film and straddling an inside portion and an outside portion of the opening along at least one of the straight parts of the opening as seen in plan view. The second piezoelectric part is disposed to the inside portion of the opening and set apart from the first piezoelectric part as seen in the plan view. The elastic layer covers the first piezoelectric part, the second piezoelectric part, and the support film.	08-11-2011

Tsutomu Nishiwaki, Azumino-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090213188	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ACTUATOR APPARATUS, A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIQUID JET HEAD AND A LIQUID JET APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing an actuator apparatus includes forming, on the base plate, a test pattern that is electrically discontinuous with the electrodes of the piezoelectric element and has the same layer as the lower electrode, the test pattern having the lower electrode with the upper electrode and the piezoelectric material layer removed by etching, and measuring electric resistance of the lower electrode of the test pattern to acquire the etch amount of the lower electrode when the piezoelectric element is formed.	08-27-2009
20120026250	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIQUID JET HEAD AND A LIQUID JET APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a liquid jet head includes depositing a lower electrode film on a passage forming substrate and patterning the lower electrode film into a predetermined pattern, forming a piezoelectric layer on the passage forming substrate, forming an intermediate film made of a conductive material on the piezoelectric layer, forming a protective film on the intermediate film and, using the protective film as a mask, patterning by etching the piezoelectric layer together with the intermediate film into a predetermined pattern, peeling off the protective film, and depositing an upper electrode film on the passage forming substrate and patterning the upper electrode film into a predetermined pattern.	02-02-2012

Tsutomu Nishiwaki, Azumimo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090219345	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIQUID JET HEAD AND A LIQUID JET APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a liquid jet head includes depositing a lower electrode film on a passage forming substrate and patterning the lower electrode film into a predetermined pattern, forming a piezoelectric layer on the passage forming substrate, forming an intermediate film made of a conductive material on the piezoelectric layer, forming a protective film on the intermediate film and, using the protective film as a mask, patterning by etching the piezoelectric layer together with the intermediate film into a predetermined pattern, peeling off the protective film, and depositing an upper electrode film on the passage forming substrate and patterning the upper electrode film into a predetermined pattern.	09-03-2009

Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Nagakute-Cho JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100276729	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TRENCH GATE - IGBT 10 comprises an n	11-04-2010
20110201187	IGBT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IGBT - A vertical IGBT includes a floating region of the first conductive type being formed within the body region of the second conductive type. A density of first conductive type impurities at a boundary of the floating region and the body region that is above the floating region is distributed to increase from an upper side to a lower side. A density of the first conductive type impurities at a boundary of the floating region and the body region that is under the floating region is distributed to decrease from an upper side to a lower side. A density of second conductive type impurities at a boundary of the floating region and the body region that is above the floating region is distributed to decrease from an upper side to a lower side. A density of the second conductive type impurities at a boundary of the floating region and the body region that is under the floating region is distributed to increase from an upper side to a lower side.	08-18-2011

Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110185590	SHOE SOLE OF ATHLETIC SHOE WITH HIGH RUNNING EFFICIENCY - An athletic shoe suitable for efficient running. A depression is formed in the rear foot portion which extends forward from the calcaneal bone and which does not contact the ground. A band-like area is provided in the middle foot portion extending in the front-rear direction in the central portion between the medial side and the lateral side of the shoe sole so as to be continuous with the depression. The reinforcement member and the midsole are provided in the middle foot portion so that the upper surface of the midsole less easily sinks downward due to a load from above on the medial side than in the band-like area and on the lateral side. In the front foot portion, a longitudinal groove is formed which extends in the front-rear direction in the central portion of the midsole body so as to be continuous with the band-like area. The longitudinal groove is curved so as to be generally parallel to the lateral edge of the front foot portion of sole.	08-04-2011
20110185592	ATHLETIC SHOE WITH HEEL COUNTER FOR MAINTAINING SHAPE OF HEEL SECTION - A heel counter	08-04-2011
20110197469	SHOE SOLE SUITABLE FOR SUPPRESSING PRONATION - Three or more holes are formed in a lower portion of a first area D	08-18-2011

Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Chuo-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110041362	Athletic Shoes Having an Upper Whose Fitting Property is Improved - The present invention relates to the upper U of an athletic shoe comprising a first opening	02-24-2011
20110138651	Shock absorbing device for shoe sole in rear foot part - The present invention provides a shock absorbing device for a shoe sole in a rear foot part which can restrain the inclination of the foot toward the medial side while absorbing the shock of landing on the lateral side of the foot. A shock absorbing device for a shoe sole in a rear foot part according to the present invention, includes: a support element M; deformation elements	06-16-2011
20110197468	Shoe sole with reinforcing structure - This invention relates to a shoe sole that solves the problems on weight saving in shoes, prevention of distortion, improvement in the fitting property and prevention of upthrust simultaneously. The reinforcing member	08-18-2011
20120042538	Shoe Sole with Reinforcement Structure - A shoe sole of the present invention includes a first member	02-23-2012
20120131818	SHOE HAVING LACE FITTING STRUCTURE - A shoe including a sole	05-31-2012

Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Kobe JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090013556	Shock absorbing device for shoe sole - A shock absorbing device for a shoe sole includes: an outer sole	01-15-2009
20090113758	Shoe Sole With Reinforcing Structure and Shoe Sole With Shock-Absorbing Structure - A shoe sole includes a mid sole, and a reinforcing member reinforcing a portion of the mid sole, wherein the member	05-07-2009
20100005684	Structure of front foot portion of shoe sole - There is provided a structure of a sole which may suppress excessive bending, thereby improving the running efficiency, by reinforcing the front foot portion of a sole having a reduced weight. The disclosure is directed to a shoe sole, including a mid sole	01-14-2010
20100218397	Shoe Sole with Reinforcement Structure - A shoe sole of the present invention includes a first member	09-02-2010
20100269369	SPORTS SHOES HAVING UPPER PART WTIH IMPROVED FITTING PROPERTY - A sports shoe has a sole S absorbing a shock of landing, an upper U covering an instep of a foot, and a fastening member	10-28-2010
20120124866	SHOE HAVING LACE FITTING STRUCTURE - A shoe having a sole, an upper including a first opening and a second opening, and shoelace means, the upper including: a first side edge portion having a plurality of first eyelets; a second side edge portion arranged between the plurality of first eyelets and having one or more second eyelets which the shoelace means engages with; a movable portion for allowing the second eyelet to move with respect to the first eyelets both in a transverse direction across the second opening and a diagonal front-back direction that is perpendicular to the transverse direction and is extending along the instep; and a main portion covering a medial side surface, a lateral side surface, a toe, the instep and a back surface of a foot, the main portion including the first side edge portion and excluding the second side edge portion and the movable portion; the second eyelet is relatively displaced via the movable portion with respect to the main portion both in the transverse direction and the diagonal front-back direction in response to a change in a direction of a resultant force between a first tensile force and a second tensile force acting upon the second side edge portion from a V-shaped portion of the shoelace means engaging with the second eyelet while transitioning from a flat-footed position to a heel-raised position.	05-24-2012

Wakana Nishiwaki, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110229997	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device characterized by bonding a first stacked body to a second stacked body is disclosed. The first stacked body includes a first substrate, a semiconductor layer, and a first metal layer. The second stacked body includes a second substrate and a second metal layer. The method can include overlaying the first metal layer and the second metal layer by shifting a cleavage direction of the first stacked body from a cleavage direction of the second stacked body. The method can include bonding the first stacked body and the second stacked body by increasing a temperature in a state of pressing the first stacked body and the second stacked body into contact.	09-22-2011
20120070958	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device of an embodiment, at room temperature, a first substrate including a semiconductor laminate body is adhered to a second substrate with a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the first substrate. Then, the first substrate and the second substrate are heated with the first substrate heated at a temperature higher than that of the second substrate. Thus the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded together. The first substrate is either a sapphire substrate including a nitride-based semiconductor layer, or a GaAs substrate including a phosphorus-based semiconductor layer. The second substrate is a silicon substrate, a GaAs substrate, a Ge substrate, or a metal substrate.	03-22-2012

Yasumi Nishiwaki, Hino-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100125059	1-BIARYLAZETIDINONE DERIVATIVE - The object of the present invention is to provide a compound having an excellent cholesterol-lowering effect and to provide a drug for the treatment, prevention of onset, or prevention of progress of lipid metabolism disorder, hyperlipidemia, or atherosclerosis.	05-20-2010

Yoshiki Nishiwaki, Kai-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100322844	OZONE SUPPLYING METHOD AND OZONE SUPPLIER - An ozone supplier	12-23-2010
20120003143	OXIDATION TREATMENT METHOD AND OXIDATION TREATMENT APPARATUS - An oxidation treatment method of the present invention includes the step of bringing a solution having an ozone concentration of 120 to 500 mg/L into contact with a substance to be treated made of a combustible substance, thereby subjecting the substance to be treated and the surface thereof to an oxidation treatment. An oxidation treatment apparatus of the present invention includes: a dissolving means that dissolves an oxygen-ozone mixed gas in a fluorine-based solvent to form mixed fluid; an undissolved gas removal means that removes an undissolved gas from the mixed fluid to form a solution; and an oxidation treatment means that brings the solution into contact with a substance to be treated made of a combustible substance, thereby subjecting the substance to be treated and the surface thereof to an oxidation treatment.	01-05-2012

Yoshinori Nishiwaki, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100167535	CLEANING AGENT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE CLEANING AGENT - A cleaning agent used after chemical mechanical polishing of a semiconductor device, the cleaning agent including a polycarboxylic acid and diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid, the semiconductor device including a copper diffusion barrier film and copper wiring on an interlayer dielectric film, and the dielectric film containing SiOC and having a dielectric constant of 3.0 or less.	07-01-2010

Yoshinori Nishiwaki, Haibara-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090088361	CLEANING AGENT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND CLEANING METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a cleaning agent for cleaning a semiconductor device having copper wiring on the surface thereof following a chemical mechanical polishing process in a production process of a semiconductor device, including a compound represented by the following formula (I):	04-02-2009

Yuko Nishiwaki, Mitaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080269407	INK JET PIGMENT INK AND INK SET - An ink jet pigment ink containing water, a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent and a graft copolymer, wherein the graft copolymer has a hydrophilic segment and a hydrophobic segment, the hydrophobic segment is being obtained by copolymerizing an anionic monomer and an aromatic monomer represented by the following formula (1), and the hydrophilic segment is being obtained by polymerizing an anionic monomer	10-30-2008
20110001775	CLEAR INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK SET, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is an ink jet clear ink containing a polymer fine particle. The polymer fine particle has a core-shell structure obtained by polymerizing an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomer (b) as a core polymer in the presence of a shell polymer that is a copolymer having at least a unit derived from an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomer (a) and a unit derived from a monomer selected from an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer and a salt thereof. The α,β-ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomer (b) includes at least a monomer containing a chain structure saturated alkyl group.	01-06-2011