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Akira Oda, Aichi-Ken JP

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20120022755VEHICLE, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - Damping control, by which an engine is controlled to output torque for reducing up-and-down vibrations such as pitching and bouncing of a vehicle, is performed. When the damping control is interrupted, the behavior of engine torque after the damping control is interrupted is predicted. Shift of an automatic transmission is controlled in accordance with the predicted behavior of the engine torque.01-26-2012

Etsushi Oda, Mishima-Gun JP

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20120105185METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINTERED FERRIT MAGNET, AND SINTERED FERRITE MAGNET - A sintered ferrite magnet comprising (a) a ferrite phase having a hexagonal M-type magnetoplumbite structure comprising Ca, an element R which is at least one of rare earth elements and indispensably includes La, an element A which is Ba and/or Sr, Fe, and Co as indispensable elements, the composition of metal elements of Ca, R, A, Fe and Co being represented by the general formula of Ca05-03-2012

Hidetaka Oda, Otsu-Shi JP

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20110177290GLASS ROLL, DEVICE FOR PRODUCING GLASS ROLL, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GLASS ROLL - Provided is a package form, with which cleanness of a glass film is ensured and the glass film is prevented from breaking. The package form is effective in minimizing the number of glass film processing steps to be performed before packaging and after unpackaging. As the package form for a glass film, provided is a glass roll (07-21-2011
20110177325GLASS ROLL, DEVICE FOR PRODUCING GLASS ROLL, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GLASS ROLL - To provide a glass roll capable of reliably preventing a glass film from breaking from an end surface of the glass film as an origin of breakage, a glass roll (07-21-2011
20110197633METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS FILM - Provided is a method, including: a melting step of melting glass in a melting furnace 08-18-2011

Hisaya Oda, Chitose JP

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20110181950OPTICAL ISOLATOR - An optical isolator including a Faraday rotator that has a high Faraday effect and a high transmission factor in a wavelength used is provided. An optical isolator comprises at least: a Faraday rotator; a polarizer arranged on a light incidence side of the Faraday rotator; and an analyzer arranged on a light exit side of the Faraday rotator, wherein the Faraday rotator consists of an oxide that contains an ytterbium oxide (Yb07-28-2011

Ichiro Oda, Uji JP

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20110168915Fluorescence Imaging Apparatus and Method for Detecting Fluorescent Image - In order to reduce light leak influencing the detection capability of a fluorescence imaging apparatus, an interference filter and an absorption filter on an emission-side filter section are arranged serially in the traveling direction of the fluorescence. The interference filter and the absorption filter that are in use for such an arrangement block the waveband light equivalent to the excitation light irradiated onto a sample while fully transmitting the waveband light equivalent to the fluorescence.07-14-2011

Jin Oda, Fukuoka JP

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20120058313METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATED CORE AND LAMINATED CORE - A method for manufacturing a laminated core is provided that makes positions of boundary parts of laminated blocks and improves an efficiency of a welding operation of the blocks. The above-described object is achieved by the method of manufacturing the laminated core 03-08-2012

Kaoru Oda, Toyokawa-Shi JP

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20110265765DIRECT INJECTION PUMP CONTROL STRATEGY FOR NOISE REDUCTION - A pump may have a first chamber and a solenoid coil to control movement of a first valve member. A second chamber may have a second valve member to control fluid moving into a third chamber. A first fluid passageway may link the first and second chambers, a second passageway may link second and third chambers and a third passageway may link third and fourth chambers. After pressurizing the third chamber causing fluid to flow into and leave a fourth chamber, the third chamber depressurizes due to downward movement of a plunger. Upon depressurization with a solenoid coil energized, second valve member floats and then moves against a valve seat. While the second valve member is moving toward the valve seat, the solenoid coil is de-energized causing the first valve member to move and strike the second valve member when the second valve member is moving at maximum velocity.11-03-2011

Kazuhiro Oda, Kanagawa-Ken JP

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20110222446ECHO CANCELLATION CIRCUIT - An echo cancellation circuit in a full duplex two-way communication system comprising: an input/output terminal; a subtractor having a positive and a negative input terminals, in which a first transmission signal is inputted to the negative input terminal as a pseudo echo signal, the first transmission signal is inputted through an output buffer to the positive input terminal as an echo signal, the pseudo echo signal inputted to the negative input terminal is subtracted from the echo signal inputted to the positive input terminal; and a result of the subtraction is outputted; and an echo cancellation error reducing unit having a D/A converter at an input side or an output side of the subtractor.09-15-2011

Ken Oda, Yamanashi JP

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20120024566HIGH-SPEED DIFFERENTIAL CABLE - A high-speed differential cable (02-02-2012

Kenji Oda, Okayama JP

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20110258737RICE GENE CAPABLE OF IMPARTING WIDE-SPECTRUM DISEASE RESISTANCE - A three-step screening of selection for resistance against pathogenic bacteria infection, selection for resistance against pathogenic fungi infection, and selection for sensitivity to salicylic acid was carried out on 10-20-2011

Kenji Oda, Akashi-Shi JP

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20110148144PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, a cargo bed expandable in a front direction, and a screen shield arranged at a front end of the cargo bed. The cargo bed has at least a stationary bottom plate, right and left stationary side panels, a front panel, expandable side panels, and an expandable bottom plate and can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction to a rear portion riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the space. Each of the expandable side panels and the screen shield are supported by a vehicle body configuring portion so as to be integrally shifted between an expanded position and a non-expanded position.06-23-2011
20110156420PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed, wherein the cargo bed is expandable forward and has a screen shield for partitioning at a front end thereof. The rear seat has a seat bottom for the rear seat detachably attached to a rear seat attaching portion provided on a vehicle body. The screen shield has a seat holding portion to which the seat bottom detached from the rear seat attaching portion is attachable.06-30-2011
20110156434PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed in this order from front. The cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward to a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. The rear seat forms side panels of the expandable portions of the cargo bed in the expanded state.06-30-2011

Kenji Oda, Akashi JP

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20110156419PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - The present invention is a pick-up style utility vehicle with an expandable cargo bed, including a stationary cargo bed part serving as a bottom face and a side face of the cargo bed, a movable cargo bed part serving as the bottom face and the side face of the expanded cargo bed, and a cargo bed support mechanism for supporting the movable cargo bed part at a normal position and an expansion position set on the rear side of the normal position.06-30-2011

Koichi Oda, Chiyoda-Ku JP

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20110173903LIGHT CONTROL PROCESS, LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM AND BUILDING - A light control process, a light control system and a building, which are capable of increasing, in a short period of time, the amount of light passing through a multiple sheet including a plurality of transparent sheet layers are provided.07-21-2011

Makoto Oda, Nishinomiya-City JP

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20110248883ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADAR APPARATUS - The disclosure provides an antenna device, which includes a waveguide antenna having wall surfaces and for emitting a radio wave in a direction substantially perpendicular to an emission face that is one of wall surfaces of the waveguide antenna extending in an elongated direction of the waveguide antenna, a plate-shape two-dimensional opening slots for beam formation formed in the waveguide antenna on the emission face side, a power feed waveguide module arranged in the rear face of the waveguide antenna opposite from the emission face and for supplying electric power to the waveguide antenna, and a cylindrical radome having a substantially circular cross-section of a diameter that is substantially equal to a length of the emission face in a direction perpendicular to the long-side direction so that the waveguide antenna is contained in the radome so as to be arranged at substantially the center of the radome.10-13-2011

Masaaki Oda, Chiba JP

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20110114708METAL NANOINK AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE METAL NANOINK, AND DIE BONDING METHOD AND DIE BONDING APPARATUS USING THE METAL NANOINK - Metal nanoink (05-19-2011
20110315985SENSOR-FITTED SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SENSOR-FITTED SUBSTRATE - A sensor-fitted substrate allowing a sensor-fitted wafer for measuring the temperature or strain to be produced inexpensively, moreover, allowing measurements of the temperature or strain to be carried out with satisfactory accuracy, and a method for producing such a sensor-fitted substrate. An undercoat film is formed on the surface of a substrate, the film being configured, compared to when no undercoat film is formed, to allow the strength of close contact of a dispersed nano-particle ink with the substrate to be increased, the diffusion of the dispersed nano-particle ink into the substrate to be suppressed, and the growth of metal crystal particles contained in the dispersed nano-particle ink to be suppressed. A wiring pattern of the sensor is traced on the surface of the undercoat film of the substrate surface by using the dispersed nano-particle ink, and the dispersed nano-particle ink is baked and metalized.12-29-2011

Masanori Oda, Iwakura-Shi JP

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20110205152LOCATION-BASED INFORMATION - In response to a positional relationship (distance, or a combination of distance and angle) between an information output unit and a user who uses information displayed in the display unit, a control unit changes the amount of information to be displayed in the display unit based on an information level, the number of pieces of information, a scrolling speed or a cycle. In some aspects, the control unit controls the information output unit to increase the amount of information to be output when the user is close to the display unit.08-25-2011

Masaru Oda, Wako JP

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20110123898FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and separators which are stacked. A fuel gas channel allows a fuel gas to flow along a surface of one of a pair of electrodes. An oxidant gas channel allows an oxidant gas to flow along a surface of another of a pair of electrodes. A channel width of the oxidant gas channel in a central portion of the oxidant gas channel in a channel width direction is larger than a channel width of the oxidant gas channel in both end portions of the oxidant gas channel in the channel width direction. A channel width of the fuel gas channel in a central portion of the fuel gas channel in a channel width direction is smaller than a channel width of the fuel gas channel in both end portions of the fuel gas channel in the channel width direction.05-26-2011

Masashi Oda, Sakai-Shi JP

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20110188004PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection-type image display apparatus includes an imaging light generation portion which generates imaging light, a housing which stores the imaging light generation portion, and a passage region provided in the housing, through which the imaging light emitted from the imaging light generation portion passes. The housing has a movable portion of which dimension in at least one direction varies, and the passage region is stored in the housing by means of the movable portion while imaging light is not projected.08-04-2011

Mayumi Oda, Fukuoka JP

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20110183993CYCLOALKANE DERIVATIVE - The present invention relates to a novel cycloalkane derivative which has an excellent psychotropic action.07-28-2011

Michael Oda, San Francisco, CA US

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20110020862Biological solids processing system and method - The consumption of organic solids with anaerobic digestion to generate usable gases including methane is made more efficient by maintaining the ideal digestion temperature, which is attained by combining the anaerobic digestion process with a halogen digester which produces heat energy and hydrogen gas. With a given biological feedstock four outputs can be generated (methane, hydrogen, electricity, and heat) in the ratio that makes the most economical sense. The process also provides a significant reduction in volume of output solids. The halogen oxidation process can be used on all the anaerobic digester effluent to extract more energy and oxidize a wet feedstock. If there are solids which are not easily digested with the anaerobic process, these solids can be diverted to the halogen digester to derive more energy from the feedstock. Pathogens common to other anaerobic digester effluents are removed. The mixture of methane and hydrogen gas can be compressed to produce an enriched compressed natural gas (CNG) with a variety of uses.01-27-2011

Mikio Oda, Kyoto JP

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20110268299SOUND FIELD CONTROL APPARATUS AND SOUND FIELD CONTROL METHOD - A sound field control apparatus, which offers clear sound quality of speech and voice of a center channel signal, a wide service area, and a level easily perceived, and also achieves 5.1 sound image localization and the sense of reality by a two-channel loudspeaker structure, is implemented by a simple structure.11-03-2011

Mitsunori Oda, Okayama JP

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20120000420SUBSTRATE COATING DEVICE - The substrate coating device (01-05-2012
20120085282SUBSTRATE COATING DEVICE - A substrate coating device is provided which is capable of reducing non-uniform film thickness areas that take place in a coating start portion and a coating end portion during coating using a slit nozzle coater.04-12-2012

Mizuho Oda, Ube-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110160455Preparation of Aminopyrimidine Compounds - A 2-(N-methyl-N-methanesulfonylamino)pyrimidine compound of the formula (3): [R is a hydrocarbyl group], is prepared by the steps of: (I) reacting an isobutyrylacetate ester with 4-fluorobenzaldehyde and urea in the presence of a protonic compound and a metal salt; (II) oxidizing the reaction product of the step (I); (III) reacting the oxidation product of the step (II) with an organic sulfonyl halide or an organic sulfonyl anhydride; and (IV) reacting the reaction product of the step (III) with N-methyl-N-methanesulfonamide.06-30-2011

Motoharu Oda, Okazaki-City JP

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20110115287VEHICULAR POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - A vehicular power supply circuit for supplying power to loads from a battery to drive the loads includes a power line and noise protection circuits. The power line is connected to the loads and systematically separated into multiple power lines based on characteristics of the loads to be connected. Each noise protection circuit is provided to a corresponding power line on the upstream side of the loads connected to the corresponding power line to serve as a common noise protection circuit for the loads connected to the corresponding power line.05-19-2011

Naoya Oda, Kyoto JP

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20120108012FILM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A film for semiconductor includes a support film, a second adhesive layer, a first adhesive layer and a bonding layer which are laminated together in this order. This film for semiconductor is configured so that it supports a semiconductor wafer laminated on the bonding layer thereof when the semiconductor wafer is diced and the bonding layer is selectively peeled off from the first adhesive layer when the semiconductor elements obtained by the dicing are picked up. This film for semiconductor is characterized in that an average thickness of the second adhesive layer is in the range of 20 to 100 μm. This makes it possible to control cutting lines formed during the dicing so as to locate distal ends thereof within the first adhesive layer easily and reliably and to prevent defects which would be generated when the cutting lines come down to the support film.05-03-2012

Nobuyuki Oda, Hiroshima-Shi JP

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20110236253ALUMINUM ALLOY - The present disclosure relates to aluminum alloy including about 1.4% by mass to about 1.6% by mass Mn; about 0.75% by mass to about 2.1% by mass Cu; about 0.4% by mass to about 0.7% by mass Fe; about 0.2% by mass to about 0.5% by mass Mg; about 0.1% by mass to about 0.2% by mass Ti; about 0.03% by mass to about 0.07% by mass Si; and the balance aluminum and incidental impurities. In the aluminum alloy, Al—Mg—Cu compounds are dispersed in a matrix.09-29-2011
20120082841HEAT-INSULATING STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a heat-insulating structure which can be used, for example, to reduce the cooling loss of an engine. The heat-insulating structure includes a hollow particle layer made of a lot of hollow particles densely packed on a surface of a metallic base material. The hollow particle layer is covered with a coating.04-05-2012

Ohan Oda, New York, NY US

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20110250962SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A 3D COMPUTER GAME WITH TRUE VECTOR OF GRAVITY - A computer interaction system includes an augmented interaction device and a computer. The augmented interaction device includes a display device that displays augmented reality or virtual reality images, a first tracking mechanism that tracks a position of a physical object relative to the first tracking mechanism and an orientation of the physical object relative to the first tracking mechanism, and a second tracking mechanism that tracks a position of the second tracking mechanism relative to a reference and an orientation of the second tracking mechanism relative to the reference. The computer includes a processor and a memory, and processes position and orientation information received from the first tracking mechanism, and position and orientation information received from the second tracking mechanism. The computer can be configured to compensate for movement relative to the physical object of the first and second tracking mechanisms, and to output augmented reality or virtual reality information to the display.10-13-2011

Seiji Oda, Kagoshima JP

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20120077348SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHOD - There is provided a substrate treatment method for performing treatment by feeding a chemical liquid to a surface of a substrate, in which, before feeding the chemical liquid to a predetermined area of the substrate, a liquid substance having a resistivity lower than that of the chemical liquid is fed to the surface of the substrate so that the liquid substance wets at least the predetermined area, and then, the chemical liquid is fed to the predetermined area so that the treatment is performed on the substrate with the chemical liquid fed to the surface of the substrate.03-29-2012

Susan Oda, Ottawa CA

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20120046867Portable System for Analyzing and Determining Elemental Composition of Rock Samples - A portable system for elemental analysis includes one or more neutron emitters, a chamber for containing a test sample, at least one gamma ray detector electrically connected to a data acquisition system, and software or firmware executing on the data acquisition system from a non-transitory physical medium, the software or firmware providing a first function for producing one or more gamma ray spectrums, a second function for applying correction factors to the one or more gamma ray spectrums, and a third function for analyzing the corrected gamma ray spectrum or spectrums to determine a deconvolved elemental composition of the test sample.02-23-2012

Takahiro Oda, Saitama-Shi JP

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20110291686ELECTRIC CONTACT AND SOCKET FOR ELECTRICAL PART - A contact pin includes a base material composed of a material having a conductive property and an outermost surface layer made of a material into which Sn is dissolved and diffused by applying heat.12-01-2011

Takahito Oda, Chiryu-Shi JP

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20110314942RANGE SWITCHING DEVICE - A range switching device controls an actuator in response to a shift command from a shift operation portion. The actuator moves a manual valve which sets a shift range of an automatic transmission based on an axial position, and has a drive shaft which, being disposed parallel to the manual valve, is driven so as to be extendable and contractible in an axial direction. The device further includes a holder portion provided at an end portion of the manual valve, and a link pin in which one end is linked to the actuator's drive shaft, and in which the other end is a spherical portion fitted into the holder portion, and engaged in point contact with two axial sides of an inner surface of the holder portion.12-29-2011

Takuro Oda, Chiba JP

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20090088545Polymerziable liquid crystal compound, polymerziable liquid crystal composition comprising the same, and polymer produced using them - This invention provides a polymerizable liquid crystal compound having an α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone site (for example, a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by formula (Z2)) useful as a material for optically anisotropic films such as optical compensation films and multidomain films, for example, in polarizing plates and phase difference plates for use in display devices such as liquid crystal display devices, and a polymerizable liquid crystal composition using the same, and their polymer and film.04-02-2009

Takuro Oda, Funabashi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110319551MODIFIED TRIAROYLBENZENE-SKELETON POLYMER - It is an object to provide a film having both high transparency and high heat resistance, and particularly a coating solution for forming a coating film from which an optical film can be produced. A triaroylbenzene-skeleton polymer in which a terminal of a polymer produced by polymerizing a compound of Formula [1] below is modified by a compound of Formula [2] below. A coating solution for forming a coating film, comprising the polymer. A film obtained from the coating solution for forming a coating film. In the formulae below, X12-29-2011

Tokuji Oda, Fukuoka JP

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20110120872TUBE ELECTROFORMING METHOD, TUBE BY ELECTROFORMING, AND THIN WIRE MATERIAL FOR PRODUCTION OF TUBES BY ELECTROFORMING - The invention provides a method of producing an electrocast tube having a fine inner diameter, and an electrocast tube. It also provides a thin wire material for production of an electrocast tube having a fine inner diameter. An electrocast tube producing method comprising the steps of forming an elecrtodeposit around a thin wire material (05-26-2011

Tokuji Oda, Kurume-Shi JP

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20110272283TUBE ELECTROFORMING METHOD, TUBE BY ELECTROFORMING, AND THIN WIRE MATERIAL FOR PRODUCTION OF TUBES BY ELECTROFORMING - The invention provides a method of producing an electrocast tube having a fine inner diameter, and an electrocast tube. It also provides a thin wire material for production of an electrocast tube having a fine inner diameter. An electrocast tube producing method comprising the steps of forming an elecrtodeposit around a thin wire material (11-10-2011

Tomoyuki Oda, Shizuoka-Ken JP

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20120012079MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE - A multi-cylinder engine with a crankcase integrated cylinder block including a cylinder block having a plurality of cylinder bores, a plurality of crank chambers formed by an upper crankcase and a lower crankcase, a bulkhead that partitions between the cylinder bores and the crank chambers, and a honing release portion having a cylindrical honing release surface formed continuously with the cylinder bore in the upper crankcase and the bulkhead. The honing release surface forms an arcuate recessed portion in the bulkhead, the bulkhead is formed with a communication hole that includes a first opening edge on a side of the cylinder bore, a second opening edge on a side of the crank chamber having an opening width decreasing with a distance from the cylinder bore, and a third opening edge that extends substantially in parallel with the cylinder axis.01-19-2012

Toshitsugu Oda, Okazaki-Shi JP

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20110154740DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A door opening and closing apparatus for a vehicle, includes a latch mechanism adapted so as to retain a vehicle door in a closed state relative to a vehicle body, an outside lever provided within a space formed inside of the vehicle door so as to be positioned closer to an interior of the vehicle and linked to an outside handle adapted to be rotatably supported by the vehicle door, a detection switch detecting an operation to the outside handle when the outside lever contacts the detection switch in response to an operation of the outside lever, and a release device releasing a retention of the vehicle door in the closed state by means of the latch mechanism by the release device actuating the latch mechanism when a rotational operation of the outside handle is detected by the detection switch while the vehicle door is in a locked state.06-30-2011

Yoshifumi Oda, Kanagawa-Ken JP

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20110114473MAGNETRON SPUTTERING APPARATUS AND MAGNETRON SPUTTERING METHOD - A magnetron sputtering apparatus of the invention includes: a sputtering chamber in which a target can be opposed to an object to be subjected to film formation; a gas introduction port facing the sputtering chamber; a magnet provided outside the sputtering chamber and opposite to the target and being rotatable about a rotation center which is eccentric with respect to center of the magnet; a sensor configured to detect a circumferential position of the magnet in a plane of rotation of the magnet; and a controller configured to start voltage application to the target to cause electrical discharge in the sputtering chamber on the basis of the circumferential position of the rotating magnet and gas pressure distribution in the sputtering chamber.05-19-2011

Yoshimitsu Oda, Suita-Shi JP

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20120058360CLAD PLATE - A clad plate includes an aluminum plate and a hard metal plate such as a copper plate, joined together at side end surfaces thereof, the clad plate being excellent in joint strength and flexural separation-resistant characteristics. A side end surface of an aluminum plate and a side end surface of a hard metal plate are jointed together via a nickel layer by pressure welding. A ridge and a groove formed in the side end surface of the aluminum plate are respectively engaged and joined, via the nickel layer, to a groove and a ridge formed in the side end surface of the hard metal plate, and an end portion of the nickel layer extends beyond the rear end portion of the side end surface of the aluminum plate and is jointed to the plate surface of the aluminum plate with the end portion exposed thereon. The average width W of the exposed portion of the nickel layer exposed on the plate surface is preferably in the range from about 0.2 mm to about 1.5 mm.03-08-2012
20120077056HIGH-TEMPERATURE BIMETAL - A high-temperature bimetal capable of being inhibited from considerably shifting from an original position when the temperature has fallen to an ordinary temperature is provided. This high-temperature bimetal (1) includes a high thermal expansion layer (2) made of austenitic stainless steel and a low thermal expansion layer (3) made of a thermosensitive magnetic metal having a Curie point and bonded to the high thermal expansion layer. The high-temperature bimetal is employed over both a high temperature range of not less than the Curie point and a low temperature range of less than the Curie point, while an upper limit of operating temperatures in the high temperature range of not less than the Curie point is at least 500° C.03-29-2012

Yuji Oda, Atsugi JP

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20120042926Photoelectric Conversion Module and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A photoelectric conversion module in which an output voltage defect is suppressed is obtained by forming in parallel over a substrate n number (n is a natural number) of integrated photoelectric conversion devices each including a plurality of cells that are connected in series, and electrically connecting in parallel n−1 number or less of integrated photoelectric conversion devices with normal electrical characteristics and excluding an integrated photoelectric conversion device with a characteristic defect such as a short-circuit between top and bottom electrodes or a leak current due to a structural defect or the like formed in a semiconductor layer or the like.02-23-2012

Yukiyoshi Oda, Minato-Ku JP

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20110188886DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing apparatus is used in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. Developing units form corresponding developer images. A frame holds the developing units therein in position so that the developing units are movable independently by a distance relative to the frame. An urging member is disposed across the frame and each developing unit and urges each developing unit against the frame. An elastic sealing member secured to the frame and in intimate contact with each of the developing units when the corresponding developing unit is attached to the frame. The sealing member seals a gap between the frame and each of the developing unit.08-04-2011

Yuusuke Oda, Kobe-Shi JP

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20120016565CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - When the operating characteristics of an intake valve are changed by an intake valve stop mechanism, an ECU outputs a command signal (control on) to a solenoid. At this time, a timing, at which the command signal is output to the solenoid, is determined on the basis of a rotational position of a crankshaft, calculated from a signal of a crank position sensor. However, the output timing is corrected on the basis of a rotational phase difference of a camshaft with respect to the crankshaft.01-19-2012