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Iwase, JP

Akio Iwase, Nishio-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100139621STACKED PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A stacked piezoelectric device 06-10-2010
20100140379STACKED PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A stacked piezoelectric device 06-10-2010

Akira Iwase, Tsukuba-Shi Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090019605PLANT HAVING REDUCED LIGNIN AND CELLULOSE CONTENTS WITHOUT REDUCING GLUCAN CONTENT, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME AND UTILIZATION THEREOF - By inhibiting the function of a transcription factor that promotes transcription of a gene associated with the amounts of lignin and cellulose, a plant in which the amounts of lignin and cellulose are reduced without reducing the amount of glucan is produced. In this plant, glucan in the obtained cell wall components is in the state of highly easily undergoing saccharification. In this plant, moreover, natural dehiscence of pods is suppressed. A method of inhibiting the transcription factor includes a method in which a chimeric gene between a transcription factor gene and a polynucleotide that encodes a functional peptide capable of converting the transcription factor into a transcription repressor is introduced into a plant cell so that a chimeric protein in which the transcription factor is fused with the functional peptide is produced in a plant cell, and a method of inhibiting the expression of the transcription factor, such as knockout method or RNAi method. Thus, a plant in which the amounts of lignin and cellulose are reduced without reducing the amount of glucan is provided.01-15-2009

Atsushi Iwase, Mie JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090104384METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BASE LAYER, INK FOR INKJET AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - A base layer is formed on the surface of metal plate, metal pipe, unbaked ceramic sheet, laminated ceramic green sheet, etc., the base layer causing a gelling reaction with inkjet-ink. The base layer improves ink acceptability for low viscosity inks such as inkjet-ink, and prevents oozing, draining, uneven thickness of an ink pattern and a resist pattern. Thus, the present invention enables to use an ink jet process for providing resist patterns for etching, etc., which has to fulfill stringent high precision requirements.04-23-2009
20110203482METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BASE LAYER, INK FOR INKJET AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - A base layer is formed on the surface of metal plate, metal pipe, unbaked ceramic sheet, laminated ceramic green sheet, etc., the base layer causing a gelling reaction with inkjet-ink. The base layer improves ink acceptability for low viscosity inks such as inkjet-ink, and prevents oozing, draining, uneven thickness of an ink pattern and a resist pattern. Thus, the present invention enables to use an ink jet process for providing resist patterns for etching, etc., which has to fulfill stringent high precision requirements.08-25-2011
20110205286METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BASE LAYER, INK FOR INKJET AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - A base layer is formed on the surface of metal plate, metal pipe, unbaked ceramic sheet, laminated ceramic green sheet, etc., the base layer causing a gelling reaction with inkjet-ink. The base layer improves ink acceptability for low viscosity inks such as inkjet-ink, and prevents oozing, draining, uneven thickness of an ink pattern and a resist pattern. Thus, the present invention enables to use an ink jet process for providing resist patterns for etching, etc., which has to fulfill stringent high precision requirements.08-25-2011
20110293901COMBINATION OF BASE LAYER AND INK FOR INKJET FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A base layer is formed on the surface of metal plate, metal pipe, unbaked ceramic sheet, laminated ceramic green sheet, etc., the base layer causing a gelling reaction with inkjet-ink. The base layer improves ink acceptability for low viscosity inks such as inkjet-ink, and prevents oozing, draining, uneven thickness of an ink pattern and a resist pattern. Thus, the present invention enables to use an ink jet process for providing resist patterns for etching, etc., which has to fulfill stringent high precision requirements.12-01-2011
20130149012MAGNET ROLL - A magnet roll for development for a printer, a copying machine, or the like. The magnet roll comprises a metal pipe provided with recesses formed on a surface thereof and portion maintaining an original metal surface, and a magnet inserted into the metal pipe. Recesses on the surface of the metal pipe are formed by etching using a resist formed by an inkjet process, and irregularities based on crystal grains of metal are formed on an inner surface of each of the recesses and can effectively carry toner that is carried by carrier to a portion of latent images.06-13-2013

Patent applications by Atsushi Iwase, Mie JP

Ayako Iwase, Kangawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100042417MULTIPLEXING APPARATUS, MULTIPLEXING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A multiplexing apparatus for multiplexing audio data into transport stream (TS) packets includes a first encoding section encoding the audio data by a first encoding method; a second encoding section encoding the audio data by a second encoding method, which is a variable-length encoding method and which differs from the first encoding method, for attaching a timing value indicating a timing used when audio data is decoded in units of predetermined audio data; a packetization section packetizing the audio data encoded by the first encoding section and the audio data encoded by the second encoding section into TS packets and for attaching the same ID to a plurality of packetized TS packets; a determination section determining a TS packet to be multiplexed from among the plurality of TS packets packetized by the packetization section; and a multiplexing section multiplexing the TS packet determined by the determination section.02-18-2010

Eiichiro Iwase, Toyoake-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090078043ROTATION DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A rotation detecting device includes a sensor IC, a holder to which the sensor IC is attached, a case body attached to the holder and accommodating the holder and the sensor IC in an internal space of the case body, and a housing accommodating a portion of the case body and the holder. The holder includes a through-hole, which establishes a connection with the internal space of the case body when the case body is attached to the holder. The through-hole is used for injecting a first resin into the internal space of the case body. The injected first resin surrounds the sensor IC in the internal space of the case body. The housing is made of a second resin, which covers the through-hole when the housing is molded with the second resin.03-26-2009
20090134866Rotation detecting device and method for manufacturing the same - A rotation detecting device includes a rotation detecting element detecting rotation speed of a rotating object and including lead terminals, a holder integrally molded with an electrode terminal to which the lead terminals are connected, including an opposing surface in opposition to the rotating object and a contact surface on the opposite side of the opposing surface, and accommodating the rotation detecting element, a cover accommodating the holder and including a bottom face portion in contact with the holder at the contact surface and a peripheral wall portion formed along the periphery of the bottom face portion, and a housing molded with resin, accommodating a lateral face of the holder being in contact with the cover, and fixing the holder to the cover. The holder includes a first resin filling portion filled with a first resin and a second resin filling portion isolated from the first resin filling portion.05-28-2009
20100080865Seal Structure and Seal Method - A seal structure for sealing a first molding member and a second molding member that covers the first molding member, the seal structure includes a seal portion functioning as a boundary between the first molding member and the second molding member and sealing the first molding member and the second molding member by means of a thermal action, and a stress relax portion mounted around the seal portion and releasing a stress applied to the seal portion caused by the thermal action.04-01-2010
20130187633CURRENT SENSOR - Provided is a current sensor including at least three bus bars made of flat-plate-shaped conductors and an inverter, a plurality of cores in which a core is formed by stacking flat plates made of U-shaped magnetic bodies, and a detecting element arranged on the side of an opening portion of each of the cores for detecting the intensity of a magnetic field, that the interval between the core and another bus bar that is adjacent to the bus bar inserted into the U groove of the core becomes 1/2 of the length of the opening portion in the spacing direction, and the tolerance of the gap is set to a value obtained by subtracting the value of 3/2 of the length of the opening portion in the spacing direction from the value of the interval between the bus bars that are adjacent to each other, with the gap as a median value.07-25-2013

Patent applications by Eiichiro Iwase, Toyoake-Shi JP

Eijirou Iwase, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100215986FUNCTIONAL FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE FUNCTIONAL FILM - A method for manufacturing a functional film includes steps of: feeding a support continuously from a first film roll, forming a coating film on the support, providing a laminate film on a surface of the coating film, and taking up the support to a second film roll; and loading the second film roll made by the aforementioned step in a vacuum film-forming apparatus, feeding the support provided with the laminate film continuously from the film roll, peeling off the laminate film, forming an inorganic film on the coating film on the support, and taking up the support to a third film roll.08-26-2010
20110177254METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FUNCTIONAL FILM - An aspect of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a high-quality functional film having reduced defects such as cracks and cutouts in an inorganic film and having high producibility by transporting a supporting member with stability without causing degradation in performance when the inorganic film is grown on the supporting member. A lengthwise supporting member having a laminate film provided on its back surface side and having a self-supporting property is fed; a film of an inorganic material is formed on the front surface side of the supporting member while the supporting member is being transported under a vacuum; and the supporting member is wound into a film roll, thus manufacturing a functional film.07-21-2011
20110206900MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FUNCTIONAL FILM AND FUNCTIONAL FILM - A manufacturing method of functional film comprising the steps of: 08-25-2011
20110240211METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUNCTIONAL FILM - A method for producing a functional film of one aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter includes: a step of continuously feeding a long support; a step of forming an inorganic film on a front surface side of the support under reduced pressure; and a step of winding the support on a roll under reduced pressure with a laminate film that imparts the slidability between the inorganic film and the support, the laminate film having a center line average roughness (Ra) equal to or less than a thickness of the inorganic film interposed between the inorganic film and the support.10-06-2011
20130224435FUNCTIONAL FILM - A manufacturing method of functional film comprising the steps of: 08-29-2013

Patent applications by Eijirou Iwase, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Fumiyoshi Iwase, Hamamatsu-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100214332IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is presented. The image forming apparatus includes an ink tank configured to store ink, a recording head configured to discharge ink stored in the ink tank onto a recording medium, an adjustment device configured to adjust the flow of ink from the ink tank to the recording head, a damper configured to temporarily store ink that is output from the ink tank to the recording head, an ink condition sensor configured to detect a condition of the ink stored in the damper, and a control device configured to adjust the adjustment device according to the condition detected by the ink condition sensor.08-26-2010

Fumiyoshi Iwase, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090021569INK JET PRINTER - An ink jet head of an ink jet printer comprises an ink jet nozzle ejecting ultraviolet curing ink, a pair of ultraviolet LEDs provided on both sides of the ink jet nozzle in the moving direction for emitting ultraviolet light in order to cure the ultraviolet curing ink.01-22-2009

Patent applications by Fumiyoshi Iwase, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Fumiyoshi Iwase, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100053242Liquid jet recording apparatus, liquid jet head unit, and liquid jet recording method - Provided is a liquid jet recording apparatus which maintains a function of adjusting pressure of liquid jetted from a jetting portion toward a recording medium and which still has a simple apparatus structure. In the liquid jet recording apparatus, a pressure sensor is provided in a tube between a liquid storing portion and a roller tube pump, the pressure of liquid which flows through the tube is measured, a pressure value is sent to a control portion, the pressure value is compared with lower limit values and upper limit values stored in a definition file stored in the control portion, a corresponding drive signal is sent to a drive portion, a roller tube pump is driven in a normal direction or in a reverse direction by a drive portion, and in this way, the pressure of the liquid in a jetting portion is adjusted.03-04-2010
20100053253Liquid jet recording apparatus and liquid jet recording method - We provide a liquid jet recording apparatus includes: a liquid container; a jetting portion for jetting the liquid disposed lower than the surface of the liquid contained in the liquid container; a conduit for communicating the jetting portion with the liquid container disposed between the jetting portion and the liquid container; an on-off valve for open or close the conduit being disposed in the conduit; a liquid storing portion for damping pressure fluctuations of the liquid which flows in the conduit disposed in the conduit between the on-off valve and the jetting portion; a pressure sensor for measuring the pressure of the liquid in the conduit disposed in the conduit between the liquid storing portion and the jetting portion; and a control portion for controlling the on-off valve to be opened or closed based on a pressure value measured by the pressure sensor.03-04-2010

Hideo Iwase, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090103181Processing Method and Processing Apparatus Using Interfered Laser Beams - Provided are a processing method and a processing apparatus which are capable of suppressing a disturbance attributable to a surface wave in a processing by interfered laser beams, in particular, a processing by the interfered laser beams of a pulsed laser having a pulse width of equal to or more than 1 fs and of equal to or less than 1 ps, in which the wavelength of a surface wave that propagates in a direction of the interference of the laser is made longer than a pitch of the interference of the laser on a surface of an object to be processed to process the object.04-23-2009
20100301025PROCESSING METHOD AND PROCESSING APPARATUS USING INTERFERED LASER BEAMS - Provided are a processing method and a processing apparatus which are capable of suppressing a disturbance attributable to a surface wave in a processing by interfered laser beams, in particular, a processing by the interfered laser beams of a pulsed laser having a pulse width of equal to or more than 1 fs and of equal to or less than 1 ps, in which the wavelength of a surface wave that propagates in a direction of the interference of the laser is made longer than a pitch of the interference of the laser on a surface of an object to be processed to process the object.12-02-2010
20120119185ACTIVE LAYER FOR SILICON LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An active layer for silicon light-emitting devices has a layered film structure of first and second layers alternately stacked on a substrate. The first layer contains a silicon compound, and the second layer contains another silicon compound and has a larger band gap than the first layer. The layered film structure contains silicon nanoparticles. The first layer contains more silicon atoms than the second layer, and at least one of the silicon nanoparticles exists across at least one of the interfacial boundaries between the first layer and the second layer.05-17-2012
20120305968LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Provided is a light emitting device that can suppress variation in a resonance frequency of a mode, so that light emission can be enhanced at high efficiency even in a case where photonic crystal, in which defect cavities are periodically arranged, is used. The light emitting device includes: an active layer; a photonic crystal layer including defects introduced therein, the defects disturbing periodicity of a refractive index distribution of photonic crystal; and a cladding layer having a refractive index lower than an effective refractive index of the photonic crystal layer, in which the defects are used as defect cavities. The photonic crystal layer has a structure in which the defect cavities are arranged. Each of the defect cavities has a major axis and a minor axis having different axial lengths, and the major axes are directed in different directions between neighboring defect cavities.12-06-2012
20130315275LASER APPARATUS - The present invention employs a laser apparatus including: a cavity provided with reflecting means and output means; a gain member placed on an optical path between the reflecting means and the output means; a wavelength dispersion mechanism that disperses a light beam passing through the optical path; and a wavelength selecting mechanism including a wedge prism which is movable relative to the optical path and changes a traveling direction of a light beam, the wavelength selecting mechanism being configured to change a wavelength of a light beam to be outputted from the output means by being given a gain by the gain member in accordance with a position of the wedge prism, the wavelength dispersion mechanism including a prism which is positioned on the optical path to allow a light beam traveling on the optical path to become incident on the prism at Brewster's angle.11-28-2013
20140192828TUNABLE LASER AND PHOTOACOUSTIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A tunable laser includes a resonator including a highly reflecting mirror and a partially reflecting mirror; a gain medium disposed in the resonator; a birefringence filter disposed in the resonator; and an excitation device that excites the gain medium. In the tunable laser, light that passes through the birefringence filter oscillates between the highly reflecting mirror and the partially reflecting mirror. An oscillation wavelength is switched by rotating the birefringence filter. The birefringence filter includes a first birefringent plate and a second birefringent plate, which have principal dielectric axes parallel to optical surfaces thereof. An absolute value of an angle formed by the principal dielectric axis of the first birefringent plate and the principal dielectric axis of the second birefringent plate is larger than zero.07-10-2014

Patent applications by Hideo Iwase, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Hiroshi Iwase, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090133459CABLE HANGER PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND PRODUCTION METHOD - There is produced a cable hanger which can alternately and continuously form a Z-winding spiral and an S-winding spiral using a hanger wire. A hanger wire is supplied from one end of a housing and sent out from the other end thereof. A plurality of spiral forming dice are accommodated in a cylindrical space in the housing such that the spiral forming dice are adjacent to each other and can rotate independently from each other. Each spiral forming die includes a bottom face forming a shape corresponding to a curvature of a spiral on a plane intersecting with an axis at right angles between an inner peripheral face of the housing and the bottom face, a Z-winding wall face forming a shape corresponding to a pitch of the Z-winding spiral inclined with respect to the plane, and an S-winding wall face forming a shape corresponding to a pitch of the S-winding spiral. The Z-winding wall face and the S-winding wall face intersect with each other at a central portion of the spiral forming die in its longitudinal direction. A region sandwiched between the Z-winding wall face and the S-winding wall face is constituted by the bottom face in front of and behind the intersection.05-28-2009

Hiroshi Iwase, Higashi Ibaraki-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080257444CABLE HANGER PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND PRODUCTION METHOD - There is produced a cable hanger in which a Z-winding spiral and an S-winding spiral are alternately and continuously formed along an axis via a switching part using a hanger wire. A hanger wire is supplied from one end of a housing and sent out from the other end thereof. At least five spiral forming dice are accommodated in a cylindrical space of the housing such that the spiral forming dice are adjacent to each other and can rotate independently from one another. Each of second and subsequent spiral forming dice as counted from the hanger wire supplying end of the housing includes a bottom face forming a shape corresponding to a curvature of the spiral on a plane intersecting with the axis at right angles between inner peripheral face of the housing and the bottom face, and the bottom face gradually becoming narrower from both sides of the spiral forming die in its longitudinal direction toward a central portion thereof, a Z-winding wall face forming a shape corresponding to a pitch of the Z-winding spiral and an S-winding wall face forming a shape corresponding to a pitch of the S-winding spiral, which are inclined with respect to the plane and the axis. The Z-winding wall face and the S-winding wall face intersect with each other at a central intersection of the spiral forming die in the longitudinal direction thereof, and extend along a side edge of the bottom face. The first spiral forming die as counted from the hanger wire supplying end of the housing has a latter half thereof in its longitudinal direction, the latter half includes the bottom face, the Z-winding wall face and the S-winding wall face in the same as those of latter halves of the second and subsequent spiral forming dice in the longitudinal direction. The first spiral forming die also has a first half including an introducing portion extending along the axis, the introducing portion is connected to a front portion of the intersection in the bottom face of the latter half in the longitudinal direction, and a front end of the introducing portion includes a hanger wire introducing inlet.10-23-2008

Hiroshi Iwase, Akishima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090031886RESONANCE SOUND ADDING APPARATUS FOR KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT - Resonators generate resonance sound data of given resonant frequencies based on sound signal data corresponding to a pitch of a key. Each resonator includes a delay circuit which delays an input based on delay time data, a second adder which adds an output from the delay circuit to input sound signal data, and a low-pass filter which performs filtering depending on a filter control signal on the output from the second adder. An output from the low-pass filter is input to the delay circuit, and a first adder adds outputs from the resonators. A storage device stores a coefficient table containing items of delay time data to be provided to the resonators, and the items of the delay time data do not match with frequencies corresponding to pitches of keys.02-05-2009
20090151543MUSICAL SOUND GENERATING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MUSICAL SOUND GENERATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - Upon activation by a power-on operation, a CPU transfers part of waveform data items of predetermined tone colors from a waveform data storage to a waveform RAM, and after this, transfers data items including the remaining waveform data to be transferred. Thereby, a musical sound generating device assigns the transferred waveform data items to make it playable when the transfer of the part of the waveform data has been completed, and changes the assignment of the waveform data to make it playable in an ordinary state when the transfer of the remaining waveform data has been terminated.06-18-2009

Hirotaka Iwase, Nagoya JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090004647Method of Judging Grade of Malignancy of Carcinoma Cell - Means for easily determining the grade of malignancy of cancer cells. The amount of ATBF1 in the whole cell structure of test cancer cells separated from a living organism is detected, and on the basis of detection results, the grade of malignancy of test cancer cells is judged. Alternatively, the amount of ATBF1 in the nuclei of test cancer cells separated from a living organism is detected, and on the basis of detection results, the grade of malignancy of test cancer cells is judged. Still alternatively, the amount of ATBF1 in the cytoplasms of test cancer cells separated from a living organism is detected, and on the basis of detection results, the grade of malignancy of test cancer cells is judged. In a preferred from, at least one of (1) the amount of intranuclear presence and/or intracytoplasmic presence a region corresponding to exon 10 of an ATBF1 gene, (2) the amount of intranuclear presence and/or intracytoplasmic presence a region corresponding to exon 11 of an ATBF1 gene, and (3) the amount of intranuclear presence and/or intracytoplasmic presence a region corresponding to exon 3 of an ATBF1 gene is detected as the amount of ATBF1.01-01-2009

Hiroyuki Iwase, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110023691MUSICAL PERFORMANCE-RELATED INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, SYSTEM INCLUDING MUSICAL PERFORMANCE-RELATED INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - Provided are a musical performance-related information output device and a musical performance system capable of superimposing musical performance-related information on an audio signal without damaging the general versatility of the audio signal. The musical performance-related information output device includes a musical performance-related information acquiring section that is adapted to acquire musical performance-related information related to a musical performance of a performer, a superimposing section that is adapted to superimpose the musical performance-related information on an analog audio signal such that a modulated component of the musical performance-related information is included in a band higher than the frequency component of the analog audio signal generated in accordance with the musical performance manipulation of the performer, and an output section that outputs the analog audio signal on which the superimposing section superimposes the musical performance-related information.02-03-2011
20110033061AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An audio signal processing device includes multiple input reception units to which analog audio signals, on which watermark information indicating identification information is superimposed, are input, an extraction unit that is adapted to extract the identification information from each of the analog audio signals input to the multiple input reception units, and a display unit for performing display depending on the identification information extracted by the extraction unit in correspondence with the input reception unit to which the analog audio signal, from which the identification information is extracted, is input, or signal processing unit for performing signal processing depending on the identification information extracted by the extraction unit for the analog audio signal, from which the relevant identification information is extracted, and outputting the processed analog audio signal.02-10-2011
20110150240MODULATION DEVICE AND DEMODULATION DEVICE - A modulation device includes: a spread code generation unit which generates a spread code having a predetermined cycle; an audio signal input unit to which an audio signal is input; a first modulation unit which phase-modulates the spread code in each cycle on the basis of a data code; and a combining unit which combines the audio signal with a modulation signal which has been generated on the basis of the phase-modulated spread code and distributed in a frequency range higher than a predetermined frequency to output a combined signal.06-23-2011
20120031256TONE GENERATION APPARATUS - In response to detection of a note-on instruction, a CPU assigns a tone generating unit comprising two tone generating channels and sets tone color control data of the assigned tone generating unit into tone generator registers. The tone color control data includes a parameter common to the two channels. Once the CPU gives a tone generation start instruction to a tone generator, the tone generator accumulates a frequency number common to the two channels to thereby generate a progressive phase common to the two channels. Waveform readout section reads out left-channel and right-channel waveform data from a waveform memory on the basis of the phase and waveform selecting information of the left and right channels. Tone characteristics of the read-out left- and right-channel waveform data are controlled by a characteristic control section on the basis of a characteristic control parameter common to the two channels.02-09-2012
20130279300INFORMATION-PROVIDING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information-providing system whereby a variety of information can be provided using a sound to a portable terminal device used by a user. The information-providing system includes a sound output device outputting, as a sound wave, identifying information modulated into a sound signal, an identifying-information resolution server, connected to an information-communication network, for identifying, based on the identifying information, address information for accessing a content server connected to an information-communication network; and a portable terminal device including a sound receiving section for receiving the sound wave outputted by the sound-emitting device, a demodulating section for demodulating the identifying information from the received sound wave, a resolution section for sending the demodulated identifying information to the identifying-information resolution server and acquiring the address information, and an accessing section for accessing the content server using the acquired address information.10-24-2013
20130305908MUSICAL PERFORMANCE-RELATED INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, SYSTEM INCLUDING MUSICAL PERFORMANCE-RELATED INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - Provided are a musical performance-related information output device and a musical performance system capable of superimposing musical performance-related information on an audio signal without damaging the general versatility of the audio signal. The musical performance-related information output device includes a musical performance-related information acquiring section that is adapted to acquire musical performance-related information related to a musical performance of a performer, a superimposing section that is adapted to superimpose the musical performance-related information on an analog audio signal such that a modulated component of the musical performance-related information is included in a band higher than the frequency component of the analog audio signal generated in accordance with the musical performance manipulation of the performer, and an output section that outputs the analog audio signal on which the superimposing section superimposes the musical performance-related information.11-21-2013
20140013928CONTENT DATA REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND A SOUND PROCESSING SYSTEM - A reproduction apparatus (01-16-2014
20140039654INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION RESOLUTION SERVER AND MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - An information providing system includes a sound emission device for emitting, as sound wave, identification information modulated into a sound signal, an identification information resolution server including a mapping table in which the identification information, valid time information and the address information of a content are stored to be associated, and a mobile terminal device for transmitting the identification information demodulated from a picked-up sound wave to the identification information resolution server thereby obtaining address information and accessing the content using the obtained address information. When received the identification information from the mobile terminal device, the identification information resolution server returns the address information of a corresponding content to the mobile terminal device when the time information is within a valid time.02-06-2014

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Iwase, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Hisao Iwase, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100167627Precision Machining Apparatus and Precision Machining Method - A precision machining apparatus is structured such that a feed-screw mechanism and an actuator are mounted on a second mount which supports a rotating device that rotates a wheel, and grinding is performed while appropriately adjusting the amount of movement of the second mount in a rough grinding stage through an ultra-precision grinding stage. A posture control device is interposed between a first mount and a rotating device that rotates a grinding target body. The thickness and evenness of the grinding target body are measured by an optical probe and the measurement results are sent to a computer. A feedback command is then sent to the posture control device to reduce the difference between target values and the measurement values and posture control is performed accordingly.07-01-2010

Hisao Iwase, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090047869Precision Machining Method - A precision machining method enabling grinding with high accuracy is provided. The method includes a first step of producing an intermediate ground workpiece by roughly grinding a workpiece (a) with a diamond grinding wheel (b), and a second step of producing a final ground workpiece by grinding the intermediate ground workpiece with a grinding wheel for CMG. In the first step, feed of the rotator (02-19-2009
20100037530SYNTHETIC GRINDING STONE - Disclosed is a synthetic grinding stone used for polishing of silicon wafer, which is composed of a structure comprising cerium oxide fine particles as abrasive grain, a resin as a binder, a salt as a filler and a nano diamond as an additive. This synthetic grinding stone is characterized in that the purity of the cerium oxide is not less than 60% by weight, the content of the salt as a filler is not less than 1% but not more than 20%, the volume content of the nano diamond as an additive is not less than 0.1% but less than 20% relative to the total volume of the structure, and the porosity as the volume fraction relative to the total volume of the structure is less than 30%.02-18-2010

Katsunori Iwase, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100132559SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE MEMBRANE STRUCTURE, SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE MEMBRANE STRUCTURE, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A permselective material has a polymer having an organosiloxane skeleton and containing a dispersed solid additive. When oxygen and nitrogen are passed through a membrane having the permselective material, the relation between the permeability coefficients [cm06-03-2010
20100294132ASYMMETRIC MEMBRANE AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Disclosed is an asymmetric membrane having a porous layer and a dense layer adjacent to the porous layer. The porous layer and the dense layer are made of a polymer material. The porous layer and/or the dense layer contains a filler.11-25-2010

Katsunori Iwase, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100326121AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM - The present invention provides an air-conditioning system that supplies a gas to a space to be air-conditioned and/or discharges a gas from the space to be air-conditioned through a permeable membrane in order to provide an air-conditioning system that can sufficiently block suspended matter in the air such as SPM, and can sufficiently introduce outside air in which the permeable membrane is an asymmetric membrane formed of a polymeric material prepared by polymerizing a monomer composition containing a predetermined monomer.12-30-2010

Kayoko Iwase, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100118334Image forming apparatus with print server function, print server activating method in a network, and computer program product - In a network environment having a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected thereto, an image forming apparatus that can reduce down time related to printing without increasing burden on system construction is provided. An image forming apparatus includes a communication unit communicating with other apparatuses through the network, an image forming unit connected to the communication unit through a bus, a print instruction management unit connected to the communication unit through the bus and capable of transmitting a print request, received through the communication unit, to designated one of the image forming apparatuses connected to the network, and a server setting unit determining, by a prescribed procedure, which of the apparatuses having the print server function connected to the network, to be the print server. The print instruction management unit enables or disables the function of the print instruction management unit mentioned above, in accordance with the determination by the server setting unit.05-13-2010

Masakatsu Iwase, Okazaki-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090062067EXCESSIVE OIL TEMPERATURE INCREASE PREVENTION DEVICE FOR TORQUE CONVERTER OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An excessive oil temperature increase prevention device for a torque converter of an automatic transmission is provided wherein, if the per-unit-time heating value of the torque converter becomes greater than or equal to an upper limit value, then the automatic transmission is downshifted and an upshift is inhibited. An expected input shaft speed and an expected input torque after the upshift are calculated. An expected speed ratio and an expected capacity coefficient are also calculated. A per-unit-time expected heating value after the upshift is calculated using the expected input shaft speed, the expected speed ratio, and the expected capacity coefficient. When the per-unit-time expected heating value becomes less than or equal to a lower limit value, the inhibition of the upshift is cancelled.03-05-2009
20090062997CONTROL DEVICE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND CONTROL METHOD OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - ECU executes in-neutral control in a case where a first clutch is brought into a half-engagement state on the basis of execution of neutral control. During the in-neutral control, ECU detects engine speed and input-shaft rotating speed, and detects differential rotation before an oil pressure change. Subsequently, in a case where the differential rotation before an oil pressure change detected by ECU has exceeded a first differential rotation threshold value, the operating oil pressure for a hydraulic servo is reduced by the first oil pressure.03-05-2009

Masaki Iwase, Suntou-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100254728IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly; a first openable member openably and closably provided in the main assembly; a second openable member openably and closably provided in the main assembly; a fixing unit for fixing a toner image formed on a recording material, the fixing unit including a pressure applying mechanism for applying a pressure to a fixing nip of the fixing unit, wherein a operation force by an operator when at least one of the first openable member and the second openable member is opened by the operator applies to the pressure applying mechanism to release the pressure applied to the fixing nip; wherein the fixing unit is detachably mountable relative to the main assembly and includes a pressure switching member, engaged to the pressure applying mechanism, to receive the operation force when the first openable member is opened and to move the pressure applying mechanism, wherein an operation force when the second openable member is opened is also transmitted to the pressure switching member.10-07-2010

Masanori Iwase, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080277039Run Flat Tire - A double bead type run flat tire includes a pair of bead sections having annular beads, sidewall sections extending outwardly from the bead sections in a diametrical direction of the tire, reinforcing rubber layers disposed in the sidewall sections, and annular protrusion sections protruding outwardly from at least one bead section in the width direction of the tire including an annular bead. The second moment Iw of area in the width direction and the second moment Iz of area in the diametrical direction in a section of the bead along the tire meridian satisfies the relationship: 49 mm11-13-2008
20090120178TIRE WEAR TEST METHOD - A method of tire wear test capable of testing tire wear precisely by appropriately setting running modes in a simple manner.05-14-2009
20100132858Non-Pneumatic Tire - The invention provides a non-pneumatic tire which can improve a riding quality, a noise performance and the like while improving a durability, and can further sufficiently suppress a buckling of a ground portion between spokes, because a circumferential fluctuation of a tire rigidity is hard to be generated due to a positional relationship between a spoke position and a center position of the ground surface, and a strain can be dispersed into each of portions of a support structure body. In a non-pneumatic tire T comprising a support structure body SS supporting a load from a vehicle, the support structure body SS includes an inner annular portion 06-03-2010
20100132865Non-Pneumatic Tire - The invention provides a non-pneumatic tire in which a fluctuation in a circumferential direction of tire rigidity is hard to be generated by a positional relationship between a spoke position and a center position of a ground surface, and a buckling of a ground portion between the spokes can be sufficiently suppressed. In a non-pneumatic tire T comprising a support structure body SS supporting a load from a vehicle, the support structure body SS includes an inner annular portion 06-03-2010
20100200131NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - In a non-pneumatic tire having a support structure body supporting a load from a vehicle, the support structure body (SS) comprises an inner annular portion (08-12-2010

Patent applications by Masanori Iwase, Osaka JP

Masao Iwase, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110001178NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a substrate; a stacked body with a plurality of dielectric films and electrode films alternately stacked therein, the stacked body being provided on the substrate and having a step in its end portion for each of the electrode films; an interlayer dielectric film burying the end portion of the stacked body; a plurality of semiconductor pillars extending in the stacking direction of the stacked body and penetrating through a center portion of the stacked body; a charge storage layer provided between one of the electrode films and one of the semiconductor pillars; and a plug buried in the interlayer dielectric film and connected to a portion of each of the electrode films constituting the step, a portion of each of the dielectric films in the center portion having a larger thickness than a portion of each of the dielectric films in the end portion.01-06-2011

Mikio Iwase, Anjo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090139370Automatic Transmission - An automatic transmission includes a case; a speed change mechanism; a torque converter having a lock-up clutch axially arranged and freely slidably toward and away from the input shaft; a thrust bearing interposed between the flange unit and the side face of the sleeve unit on the input shaft side; a ball bearing that includes an outer race, a side face of which contacts the first step portion toward the input shaft side, and a propeller shaft connecting member capable of connecting with a propeller shaft, spline-engaging with the outer periphery of the output shaft, and contacting a side face of an inner race of the ball bearing upon being pressed axially toward the input shaft side by the propeller shaft.06-04-2009
20100105518Vehicle drive device - A vehicle drive device that includes a speed change mechanism; a fluid transmission device provided closer to an engine attachment side than the speed change mechanism is and including a lock-up clutch; an electric motor having a rotor and a stator and connecting the rotor to an input portion of the fluid transmission device; and an engine power cut-off clutch that transmits or cuts off a driving force of an engine to or from the fluid transmission device.04-29-2010
20100105519Vehicle drive device - A vehicle drive device that includes a speed change mechanism; a hydraulic transmission provided closer to an engine attachment side than the speed change mechanism is and including a lock-up clutch; an electric motor having a rotor and a stator and connecting the rotor to an input portion of the hydraulic transmission; and an engine power cut-off clutch that transmits or cuts off a driving force of an engine to or from the hydraulic transmission.04-29-2010
20110121692VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A vehicle drive device, having a case with a support wall that extends at least radially, and an axially protruding portion that is cylindrically shaped integrally with the support wall and protrudes axially from the support wall toward a rotating electrical machine. A rotor support member is supported radially and axially so as to be rotatable with respect to the axially protruding portion via a support bearing provided on an outer or inner peripheral surface of the axially protruding portion. The element to be supplied with the oil pressure is positioned on a side axially opposite to the support wall. The vehicle drive device includes a supply oil passage, which is provided inside the support wall and the axially protruding portion, and has an end face opening that is formed in an end face located in a protruding direction of the axially protruding portion.05-26-2011
20110240430Vehicle drive device - A drive device for a vehicle configured between an internal combustion engine and a wheel. The drive device includes a rotary electric machine, and an engagement device connecting the drive device to the engine by a fluid coupling using hydraulic pressure. A case houses at least a portion of the drive device and includes a support wall extending radially, and a cylindrical projecting portion projecting from the support wall toward a side in an axial second direction that is in a direction opposite to the axial first direction. The engagement device includes an operating oil pressure chamber supplied with the hydraulic pressure. A rotor member of the rotary electric machine is radially supported by the cylindrical projecting portion in a rotatable state via a support bearing. The cylindrical projecting portion is formed with an operating oil supply passage supplying oil to the operating oil pressure chamber.10-06-2011
20110240431Vehicle drive device - A rotary electric drive device for a vehicle configured to couple a combustion engine to a wheel. The drive device includes an engagement device selectively drivingly connecting the input member with the rotary electric machine and a fluid coupling. The engagement device includes a differential pressure generating chamber that receives oil supply so as to apply hydraulic pressure to a side of the pressing member opposite to a side to which hydraulic pressure for operation is applied. A body portion housing chamber housing a body portion of the fluid coupling and the differential pressure generating chamber are structured as oil chambers independent of each other. The drive device includes a coupling supply oil passage supplying oil to the body portion housing chamber and a differential pressure supply oil passage supplying the oil to the differential pressure generating chamber.10-06-2011
20120217830VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A vehicle drive device includes an input member coupled to an internal combustion engine; an output member coupled to a wheel; a rotating electrical machine; a fluid coupling; and a case containing at least the rotating electrical machine and the fluid coupling. The fluid coupling includes an input and an output that is paired with the input. The rotating electrical machine includes a rotor and a rotor support that extends radially inward from the rotor in an axial direction with respect to the coupling input, and supports the rotor via a support bearing. A power transmission member is formed by coupling at least the rotor support and the coupling input together so that at least the rotor support and the coupling input rotate together. A movement restricting mechanism restricts axial movement of the power transmission member toward the axial direction.08-30-2012
20120242199VEHICLE DRIVING APPARATUS - In a vehicle driving apparatus including a rotating electrical machine having a rotor and a case housing a power transmission device, a second projecting portion formed on a front cover member of the power transmission device is supported rotatably relative to a first projecting portion formed on a support wall of the case via a support bearing, a positioning fitting portion is provided to position a rotor support member for supporting the rotor relative to the front cover member in the radial direction, a torque transmitting coupling portion is provided on a radial direction outer side of the positioning fitting portion to couple the rotor support member and the front cover member so as to be capable of transmitting torque, and the positioning fitting portion and the torque transmitting coupling portion are respectively disposed to overlap a rotary support portion in an axial direction.09-27-2012
20130193816VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A vehicle drive device includes a rotating electrical machine; and a fluid coupling on one side and coaxial with the electrical machine. A rotor is coupled to a housing of the fluid coupling via a disk-like member. The disk-like member is coaxial with the electrical machine, and includes a main body, and an outer fixing portion. The main body is disk-shaped and between the electrical machine and the fluid coupling. The fluid coupling includes joint fixed to the outer fixing portion. The outer fixing portion has a truncated conical surface, a diameter of which increases from the electrical machine to the fluid coupling. The joint is fixed to the rotary housing where it overlaps the rotary housing viewed in an axial direction, and includes a contact surface contacted by the outer fixing portion. The contact surface does not overlap the electrical machine as viewed perpendicular to the contact surface.08-01-2013
20130310216VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - Mutual interference between a hydraulic pressure of a first engagement device and a hydraulic pressure of a second engagement device is suppressed even in the case where operation of the first engagement device and operation of the second engagement device coincide with each other. A vehicle drive device includes a first engagement device that selectively couples a rotary electric machine to an internal combustion engine, and a fluid coupling. The first engagement device includes a first oil chamber that is formed to apply a back pressure to a first piston. The fluid coupling includes a second oil chamber configured to control an engagement state of a second engagement device. The vehicle drive device includes a first control valve that controls a first oil chamber hydraulic pressure, and a second control valve that controls a second oil chamber hydraulic pressure independently of the first oil chamber hydraulic pressure.11-21-2013
20140230423VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A vehicle drive device for a rotary electric machine. A case of the device includes a support wall portion that extends in a radial direction of the rotary electric machine at a location between the rotary electric machine and the fluid coupling in the axial direction. A first bearing and a second bearing that is separate from the first bearing are disposed at different positions in the radial direction from each other, the first bearing being configured to support the rotor member in the radial direction so as to be rotatable with respect to the support wall portion, and the second bearing being configured to support the coupling input member in the radial direction so as to be rotatable with respect to the support wall portion.08-21-2014
20140231174VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A vehicle drive device having a rotating electrical machine, a speed change mechanism, and a case that accommodates the rotating electrical machine speed change mechanism. A first oil storage portion is provided so as to communicate with the speed change mechanism accommodating space. A hydraulic pump that supplies the oil in the first oil storage portion to the speed change mechanism and the rotating electrical machine. A second oil storage portion provided so as to communicate with the rotating electrical machine accommodating space. A discharge oil passage discharges the oil in the second oil storage portion to the first oil storage portion. The discharge oil passage includes a first opening that opens toward the first oil storage portion, and the first opening is provided so that its lower end is located above an oil level in the first oil storage portion during rotation of the hydraulic pump.08-21-2014
20150027273VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A vehicle drive device in which a friction engagement device, a rotary electric machine, and a speed change device are provided on a power transfer path that connects between an input member drivably coupled to an internal combustion engine and an output member drivably coupled to wheels, the elements provided in this order from the input member side. The disclosed combination achieves a variety of benefits, such as suppressing a steep rise in hydraulic pressure due to pressure discharged from a hydraulic control device, while maintaining a decreased size.01-29-2015

Patent applications by Mikio Iwase, Anjo JP

Mikio Iwase, Anjo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130111891VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A vehicle drive includes a speed change mechanism connected to a rotary electric machine; an output member connected to the speed change mechanism and wheels; an engagement device changes a state of engagement between an input member connected to an engine and the speed change mechanism; a hydraulic pump driven by the engine or the rotary electric machine; a first pressure control device that controls pressure supplied from the pump and supplies the pressure to the speed change mechanism; a second, separate hydraulic pressure control device that controls the pressure supplied from the pump and supplies the pressure to the engagement device; and a case that houses the rotary electric machine, speed change mechanism, engagement device, and pump. At least the engagement device is housed in a space formed by the case, and the second hydraulic pressure control device is provided at a part of the case forming the space.05-09-2013
20140305389VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A vehicle drive includes a speed change mechanism connected to a rotary electric machine; an output member connected to the speed change mechanism and wheels; an engagement device changes a state of engagement between an input member connected to an engine and the speed change mechanism; a hydraulic pump driven by the engine or the rotary electric machine; a first pressure control device that controls pressure supplied from the pump and supplies the pressure to the speed change mechanism; a second, separate hydraulic pressure control device that controls the pressure supplied from the pump and supplies the pressure to the engagement device; and a case that houses the rotary electric machine, speed change mechanism, engagement device, and pump. At least the engagement device is housed in a space formed by the case, and the second hydraulic pressure control device is provided at a part of the case forming the space.10-16-2014
20140305721VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A vehicle drive includes a speed change mechanism connected to a rotary electric machine; an output member connected to the speed change mechanism and wheels; an engagement device changes a state of engagement between an input member connected to an engine and the speed change mechanism; a hydraulic pump driven by the engine or the rotary electric machine; a first pressure control device that controls pressure supplied from the pump and supplies the pressure to the speed change mechanism; a second, separate hydraulic pressure control device that controls the pressure supplied from the pump and supplies the pressure to the engagement device; and a case that houses the rotary electric machine, speed change mechanism, engagement device, and pump. At least the engagement device is housed in a space formed by the case, and the second hydraulic pressure control device is provided at a part of the case forming the space.10-16-2014
20140311425VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A vehicle drive includes a speed change mechanism connected to a rotary electric machine; an output member connected to the speed change mechanism and wheels; an engagement device changes a state of engagement between an input member connected to an engine and the speed change mechanism; a hydraulic pump driven by the engine or the rotary electric machine; a first pressure control device that controls pressure supplied from the pump and supplies the pressure to the speed change mechanism; a second, separate hydraulic pressure control device that controls the pressure supplied from the pump and supplies the pressure to the engagement device; and a case that houses the rotary electric machine, speed change mechanism, engagement device, and pump. At least the engagement device is housed in a space formed by the case, and the second hydraulic pressure control device is provided at a part of the case forming the space.10-23-2014

Patent applications by Mikio Iwase, Anjo-Shi JP

Naoki Iwase, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110054134Modified polymer material modified by nitrile oxide, and production method thereof - The present invention provides a production method of a modified polymer material produced by modifying a polymer material having in a molecule thereof a multiple bond that reacts with a nitrile oxide, includes reacting the polymer material with an aromatic nitrile oxide derivative having a substituent at an ortho-position of a nitrile oxide group of an aromatic nitrile oxide in which the nitrile oxide group is bonded to an aromatic ring.03-03-2011

Nobuhiro Iwase, Miyazaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100244685PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL WITH IMPROVED EXHAUST CONDUCTANCE - A plasma display panel having a partition wall structure with improved exhaust conductance and which can forestall drops in emission efficiency is provided. A plasma display panel having a discharge gas sealed in a space between a pair of opposing substrates, a plurality of display electrodes extending in a transversal direction, address electrodes A extending in a longitudinal direction and intersecting the display electrodes 09-30-2010

Patent applications by Nobuhiro Iwase, Miyazaki JP

Noriaki Iwase, Obu-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100031646ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS DEVICE FOR EXHAUST HEAT RECOVERY EQUIPMENT - An abnormality diagnosis device is for an exhaust heat recovery equipment including an exhaust heat absorption part absorbing exhaust heat from an engine, a heat release part releasing at least part of the heat absorbed by the absorption part to engine coolant, a circulation loop passing through the absorption part and the release part, the medium circulating around the loop, and an opening and closing valve disposed in the loop between the absorption part and the release part The equipment closes the valve to stop circulation of the medium when coolant temperature is a preset temperature or above. The device includes an abnormality determination device for determining whether the valve is in an abnormal opening state based on a heat amount transmitted from exhaust heat to coolant through the equipment, when coolant temperature is the preset temperature or above and thereby the valve is closed if the valve is normal.02-11-2010
20150068505CYLINDER-BY-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL-RATIO CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An air-fuel-ratio of each cylinder is estimated based on a detection value of an air-fuel-ratio sensor. An air-fuel-ratio detection timing determination is executed to determine whether a deviation in air-fuel-ratio detection timing exists based on the estimated air-fuel-ratio while the cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel-ratio control is performed. An observation residual is computed based on the detection value of the air-fuel-ratio sensor and the estimated air-fuel-ratio. When the observation residual is greater than or equal to a specified threshold value, the air-fuel-ratio detection timing determination is prohibited. Therefore, when the observation residual is still large before the estimated air-fuel-ratio of each cylinder is converged, or when the observation residual is still large due to a temporal deterioration in estimating accuracy of the estimated air-fuel-ratio, the air-fuel-ratio detection timing determination can be prohibited.03-12-2015
20150075507CYLINDER-BY-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL-RATIO CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ECU executes a cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel-ratio control in which an air-fuel-ratio of each cylinder is estimated based on a detection value of an air-fuel-ratio sensor to adjust the air-fuel-ratio of each cylinder. Further, the ECU computes a learning value of a correction quantity for each cylinder, which is obtained by executing the cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel-ratio control. Then, the ECU determines whether the estimated air-fuel-ratio has converged according to whether the estimated air-fuel-ratio of each cylinder has been closer to a target value than a specified value for not less than a specified time period. A computation of the learning value is prohibited until the estimated air-fuel-ratio has converged. Therefore, it can be avoided to compute the learning value based on the fuel correction quantity that is obtained when the estimated air-fuel-ratio has not converged yet.03-19-2015

Patent applications by Noriaki Iwase, Obu-City JP

Noriaki Iwase, Yamaguchi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090036453Pyrrolopyridazinone Compound - The present invention discloses a pyrrolopyridazinone compound represented by the formula (1):02-05-2009
20130109653Substituted Pyridine Compound05-02-2013
20140005143Substituted PyridineCompound01-02-2014
20140213549Substituted Pyridine Compound - The present invention provides a substituted pyridine compound or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof which has excellent CETP inhibition activity and is useful as a medicament. The present invention provides a compound represented by a general formula (I),07-31-2014

Patent applications by Noriaki Iwase, Yamaguchi JP

Norihiro Iwase, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090163317Power Output Apparatus, Vehicle Provided With the Same, and Method of Controlling the Same - In a vehicle having a planetary gear mechanism to which an engine, a first motor, a drive shaft and a second motor are connected, while the engine is stopped, an increase rate (ΔTr) by which required torque (Tr*), which is the torque required to be output to a drive shaft, is allowed to increase, is set based on an output limit (Wout) of a battery and an actual torque (T*) is set with the required torque (Tr*) limited by the set increase rate (ΔTr) (S06-25-2009

Sadanobu Iwase, Tsuchiura-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090212684REFLECTION PLATE AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a reflection plate made of a resin composition comprising a liquid crystalline polyester, a titanium oxide filler and a silica-based filler containing 85% by weight or more of silicon oxide, wherein the resin composition contains the titanium oxide filler in the amount of from 5 to 80 parts by weight and the silica-based filler in the amount of from 0.01 to 20 parts by weight on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the liquid crystalline polyester. The reflection plate has an excellent reflectance, especially to light in a visible range, while maintaining excellent heat resistance of the liquid crystalline polyester.08-27-2009
20100051999LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYESTER RESIN MIXTURE, AND REFLECTING PLATE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present inventions provides a liquid-crystalline polyester resin mixture comprising a liquid-crystalline polyester, a particulate titanium oxide and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid amide and a fatty acid metal salt, wherein the resin mixture contains the particulate titanium oxide in an amount of 40 to 80 parts by weight and the at least one compound in an amount of 0.005 to parts by weight, both the amounts being based on 100 parts by weight of the component (A) in the resin mixture.03-04-2010
20100060134METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a method for producing a liquid-crystalline polyester resin composition, the method comprising providing a twin-screw extrusion granulator that comprises a cylinder provided with at least one supply port and two screws installed in the cylinder; supplying (A) a liquid-crystalline polyester and (B) a titanium oxide filler into the cylinder through one of the at least one supply port; and melt-kneading the components (A) and (B), wherein a cylinder setting temperature is set at a temperature of (Tm−10)° C. or lower wherein Tm is a fluidization temperature of the component (A).03-11-2010
20100230637LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF - The present invention provides a liquid crystalline polyester resin composition suitable for an optical pickup unit. The composition comprises a liquid crystalline polyester, a mica and a hollow filler. Using the liquid crystalline polyester resin composition, an optical pickup unit with a high soldering resistance and a high torsional elastic modulus can be produced while suppressing breakage of the hollow filler in the composition.09-16-2010
20110018421RESIN COMPOSITION, REFLECTIVE PLATE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a resin composition comprising the component (A) liquid-crystalline polyester, and the component (B) a titanium oxide filler having a volume average particle diameter of 0.27 to 0.4 μm, wherein the component (B) is contained in an amount of from 5 to 110 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the component (A); a reflective plate of the resin composition, and a light-emitting device having the reflective plate. According to the resin composition of the present invention, it is possible to obtain a reflective plate exhibiting high reflectance of a visible light while keeping excellent mechanical strength of the liquid-crystalline polyester. Also, a light-emitting device excellent in characteristics such as brightness can be obtained using the reflective plate.01-27-2011

Patent applications by Sadanobu Iwase, Tsuchiura-Shi JP

Satoshi Iwase, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100108434POLYURETHANE FOAM FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A polyurethane foam for vehicles is obtained by reaction, foaming, and curing of a polyurethane-foam raw material comprising polyol, polyisocyanate, a blowing agent, and a catalyst, and is used for vehicle parts. The foam raw material comprises expanded graphite and an inorganic compound hydrate. The polyol preferably comprises polymeric polyol in which a polyether polyol is graft-polymerized with a vinyl monomer, polyether polyol having a mass average molecular weight of from 400 to 1,000 in which a polyhydric alcohol is addition-polymerized with an alkylene oxide, and polyether polyol having a mass average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 4,000 in which a polyhydric alcohol is addition-polymerized with an alkylene oxide.05-06-2010

Satoshi Iwase, Anjo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090253821Polyurethane foam with water absorbency and yellowing resistance - A polyurethane foam is obtained by reacting raw materials containing a polyisocyanate, a polyol, a water-absorbency-imparting agent, a catalyst, and a blowing agent, foaming the reaction mixture, and curing the foamed product. The polyol is a polyester polyol. The water-absorbency-imparting agent is a polyoxyalkylene compound having a molecular weight of 100 to 1000 and having a hydroxy group at an end of the molecular chain, or an alcohol with 1 to 8 carbon atoms. The amount of the water-absorbency-imparting agent is from 0.5 to 8 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polyester polyol. The polyisocyanate is an aliphatic polyisocyanate, an alicyclic polyisocyanate, or an aromatic polyisocyanate in which the isocyanate groups are not directly attached to an aromatic ring. The foam has a water absorption ratio of 10 to 30 and a color difference ΔYI of 7 or less. The time required until water dropped onto a surface of the foam is completely absorbed into the foam is 20 seconds or less.10-08-2009
20090253822POLYURETHANE FOAM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A polyurethane foam is obtained by reacting, foaming, and curing raw material that includes a polyol, a polyisocyanate, a blowing agent, a catalyst, and an inorganic compound hydrate. The raw material includes, as the polyol, a polymeric polyol obtained by graft polymerization of a vinyl monomer onto a polyether polyol and a polyether polyol obtained by addition polymerization of an alkylene oxide to a polyhydric alcohol and having a mass average molecular weight of 400 to 1,000. The blending quantity of the inorganic compound hydrate is 10 to 80 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polyol. Preferably, the raw material further includes, as the polyol, a polyether polyol obtained by addition polymerization of an alkylene oxide to a polyhydric alcohol and has a molecular weight of 2,000 to 4,000.10-08-2009

Shigenori Iwase, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090292427 LOAD WEIGHT MEASURING DEVICE FOR A MULTI-STAGE MAST FORKLIFT TRUCK - A load weight measuring device for a multi-stage mast forklift truck has a mast assembly, an oil passage, a flow regulator valve, a pressure sensor, a detecting device, a memory, a selector, and a calculator. The mast assembly has a lift bracket for receiving a load weight, a multi-stage mast unit having masts, and a multi-stage lift cylinder unit having lift cylinders each having an oil chamber for raising the lift bracket along the masts. Hydraulic oil flows in the oil passage. The pressure sensor detects a pressure of hydraulic oil and outputs a pressure signal. The detecting device detects a state which stage of the lift cylinder raises the lift bracket and outputs a detection signal. The memory stores predetermined parameters from which the selector selects the parameter based on the detection signal. The calculator calculates the load weight based on the selected parameter and the pressure signal.11-26-2009

Shigeru Iwase, Chigasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080225224ADHESIVE-FILM EXFOLIATING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL USING THE DEVICE - An adhesive-film exfoliating device includes first and second guide tables 09-18-2008
20080245483ADHESIVE-FILM EXFOLIATING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID CYRSTAL DISPLAY PANEL USING THE DEVICE - An adhesive-film exfoliating device includes an absorption stage 10-09-2008

Shin Iwase, Fukushima-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090315097SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING - A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a bit line formed to extend into a semiconductor substrate, a charge storage layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, a word line formed above the charge storage layer to extend across the bit line, a gate electrode formed on the charge storage layer under the word line and between bit lines, a first insulating film formed over the bit line and to extend in the direction of the bit line and a second insulating film that includes a different material than that of the first insulating film and formed to adjoin a side surface of the first insulating film. In addition, the semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating film that includes a different material from that of the second insulating film that is formed on the first insulating film and the second insulating film and a contact plug coupled to the bit line and formed to penetrate through the first insulating film and the interlayer insulating film and to be sandwiched by the second insulating film.12-24-2009

Shin Iwase, Fukushima_ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090184361LATERAL CHARGE STORAGE REGION FORMATION FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WORDLINE - Devices and methods for forming charge storage regions are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor layer having a trench, charge storage layers formed at both side surfaces of the trench, a wordline buried in the trench in contact with the charge storage layers, and source-drain regions formed in the semiconductor layer at both sides of the trench.07-23-2009

Takayuki Iwase, Minami-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090174272MOTOR AND DISK DRIVE USING THE SAME - A thrust yoke is fixed into a second recessed portion of a base with adhesive. The second recessed portion has a first surface to be in contact with the bottom surface of the thrust yoke, and a second surface axially opposing the bottom surface of the thrust yoke with a gap therebetween. The thrust yoke has a bent portion at its radial end. The bent portion is bent downward. The thrust yoke also has a protruding portion extending downward from the bent portion. The protruding portion axially opposes the second surface of the second recessed portion of the base with a gap therebetween.07-09-2009

Takayuki Iwase, Higashiyamato-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100321821DISK DEVICE AND ASPIRATION FILTER USED THEREFOR - According to an embodiment, a disk device includes a housing configured to contain therein a disk-shaped recording medium, a drive section configured to rotate the recording medium, a head configured to subject the recording medium to information processing, and an aspiration filter arranged inside the housing, including a casing including an inner side portion facing the recording medium, and an outer side portion positioned on the opposite side of the recording medium with respect to the inner side portion, and containing therein adsorbent configured to adsorb a substance in air, an inlet port in the casing and configured to take outside air into the casing, and an exhaust port in the outer side portion and configured to discharge the outside air that has passed through the adsorbent to the inside of the disk device.12-23-2010

Takayuki Iwase, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080278850MOTOR - When a sleeve of a fluid dynamic bearing is manufactured, its inner peripheral surface is formed by cutting. On the inner peripheral surface, first and second inclined surfaces are formed by a first cutting process such that a distance between the sleeve and a central axis is increased toward an upper end surface of the sleeve. Then, an upper bearing surface and a third inclined surface between the upper bearing surface and the first inclined surface are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the sleeve by a second cutting process of accuracy higher than that of the first cutting process. In the second cutting process, it is possible to form accurately in position a boundary between the upper bearing surface and the third inclined surface in contact with an upper end of an upper dynamic pressure groove provided on the upper bearing surface.11-13-2008
20110122529SPINDLE MOTOR, DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SPINDLE MOTOR - A hub includes first and second side surfaces respectively opposed to inner and outer circumferential surfaces of an upper portion of a magnetic member, and a ceiling surface arranged to interconnect an upper ends of the first and second side surfaces. The adhesive agent is interposed between the inner circumferential surface of the upper portion of the magnetic member and the first side surface of the hub and between the upper surface of the magnetic member and the ceiling surface of the hub. Radial distance between the inner circumferential surface of the upper portion of the magnetic member and the first side surface of the hub and axial distance between the upper surface of the magnetic member and the ceiling surface of the hub are smaller than radial distance between the outer circumferential surface of the upper portion of the magnetic member and the second side surface of the hub.05-26-2011

Takeshi Iwase, Akishima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100226044HEAD SLIDER AND STORAGE MEDIUM DRIVING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a head slider, includes: a slider main body; an insulating nonmagnetic film laminated on an end surface of the slider main body at an air outflow side; a head element embedded in the nonmagnetic film; a heater embedded in the nonmagnetic film in association with the head element; a conductive terminal formed on an end surface of the nonmagnetic film at the air outflow side; a conductive pattern configured to electrically connect the heater and the conductive terminal with each other; and a radiator configured to contact the conductive pattern and dissipate heat transmitted from the conductive pattern.09-09-2010

Takuma Iwase, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100195019SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A light guide plate (08-05-2010

Tatsuya Iwase, Aichi-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100030541TRAFFIC SIMULATOR - The present invention provides a traffic simulator which can simulate traffic conditions with high accuracy. Cautionary object searching portion searches for cautionary objects which a driver should heed when driving a vehicle model; recognized cautionary object selection portion and driver-recognized cautionary object selection portion, based on driver ability information set by data creation portion, select cautionary objects recognized by a driver from the found cautionary objects; and movement determination portion determines the movement of a vehicle model based on the selected cautionary objects.02-04-2010
20110018763Positioning apparatus, positioning method, and program product - A GPS receiver outputs pseudo distances each containing a clock bias error. A clock bias and a reception position are calculated based on each of the outputted pseudo distances. A clock drift is calculated based on clock biases at past n points or Doppler information outputted from the GPS receiver. Based on the calculated clock drift, a reference clock bias is estimated using a regression equation or a Kalman filter. Thereby, a position-fix accuracy is evaluated appropriately, without needing external data, such as autonomous navigation information.01-27-2011
20110102252POSITIONING APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING AND CORRECTING RECEPTION POSITION AND SPEED AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A positioning apparatus includes: a first positioning device for calculating a reception position of a GPS receiver with respect to each combination of satellites based on a pseudo distance from each positioning satellite to the reception position; a component error calculator for calculating an error of at least one component in a calculation result of the first positioning device; a pseudo distance error calculator for obtaining a relation equation between the error of the at least one component and an error of the pseudo distance, and for solving simultaneous equations comprising the relation equation so that the error of the pseudo distance with respect to each positioning satellite is calculated; and a second positioning device for correcting the reception position based on the error of the pseudo distance.05-05-2011
20120105271SATELLITE SIGNAL DETERMINATION APPARATUS - A vehicle direction estimation section estimates an absolute direction of a heading direction of a vehicle based on GPS information and vehicle information. A satellite direction estimation section estimates an absolute direction of a target satellite of several satellites for positioning based on corresponding GPS information, and estimates a relative direction of the target satellite with respect to the heading direction based on the estimated absolute direction of the heading direction and the estimated absolute direction of the target satellite. A shield determination section determines a shielded state of the target satellite by determining whether a signal strength of a satellite signal from the target satellite is greater than a threshold value relative to a target partition of several partitions into which a three-dimensional sphere with respect to the heading direction is divided, the target partition which the calculated relative direction of the target satellite belongs to.05-03-2012

Patent applications by Tatsuya Iwase, Aichi-Gun JP

Teppei Iwase, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100032832SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In this semiconductor chip 02-11-2010
20100127382SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor carrier with a top surface on which a plurality of electrodes are disposed; and a semiconductor element electrically connected through a plurality of bump electrodes to the plurality of associated electrodes. The plurality of electrodes are substantially uniformly spaced.05-27-2010
20100181667SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MOUNTED STRUCTURE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MOUNTING METHOD, AND PRESSING TOOL - While bumps formed on pads of a semiconductor chip and a board having a sheet-like seal-bonding use resin stuck on its surface are set face to face, the bumps and the board are pressed to each other with a tool, thereby forming a semiconductor chip mounted structure in which the seal-bonding use resin is filled between the semiconductor chip and the board and in which the pads of the semiconductor chip and the electrodes of the board are connected to each other via the bumps, respectively. In the semiconductor chip mounted structure formed in this way, entire side faces at the corner portions of the semiconductor chip are covered with the seal-bonding use resin. As a result, loads generated at corner portions of the semiconductor chip due to board flexures for thermal expansion differences and thermal contraction differences among the individual members caused by heating process and cooling process in mounting operation as well as for mechanical loads after the mounting operation so that internal breakdown of the semiconductor chip can be avoided.07-22-2010
20100265683SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides a semiconductor device of a double-side mounting structure including a circuit board and a plurality of semiconductor chips arranged and joined together on the opposite surfaces of the circuit board, wherein in an area in which the semiconductor chip 10-21-2010
20110001233SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MOUNTED STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MOUNTING METHOD - In a semiconductor device mounted structure in which device electrodes of a semiconductor device and board electrodes of a board are connected to each other via bump electrodes, respectively, and in which a sealing-bonding use resin is placed between the semiconductor device and the board, a void portion is placed at a position corresponding to an edge portion of the semiconductor device in the sealing-bonding use resin. Thus, stress loads generated at corner portions of the semiconductor device due to board flexures for differences in thermal expansion and thermal contraction among the individual members caused by heating and cooling steps in mounting process of the semiconductor device, as well as for mechanical loads after the mounting process, can be absorbed by the void portion and thereby reduced, so that breakdown of the semiconductor device mounted structure is prevented.01-06-2011
20110279996SEMICONDUCTOR ASSEMBLY AND MULTILAYER WIRING BOARD - A multilayer wiring board is inhibited from being warped when flip-chip bonding a semiconductor device to the multilayer wiring board, thereby increasing the reliability of connecting the semiconductor assembly to a motherboard.11-17-2011
20120298310SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MOUNTED STRUCTURE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MOUNTING METHOD, AND PRESSING TOOL - While bumps formed on pads of a semiconductor chip and a board having a sheet-like seal-bonding resin stuck on its surface are set face to face, the bumps and the board are pressed to each other with a tool, thereby forming a semiconductor chip mounted structure in which the seal-bonding resin is filled between the semiconductor chip and the board and in which the pads of the semiconductor chip and the electrodes of the board are connected to each other via the bumps, respectively. Entire side faces at corner portions of the semiconductor chip are covered with the seal-bonding resin. Therefore, loads generated at the corner portions due to board flexures for thermal expansion and contraction differences among the individual members caused by heating and cooling during mounting as well as for mechanical loads after mounting so that internal breakdown of the semiconductor chip can be avoided.11-29-2012
20140124911SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip; an extension formed at a side surface of the first semiconductor chip; a connection terminal formed on the first semiconductor chip; a re-distribution part formed over the first semiconductor chip and the extension and including an interconnect connected to the connection terminal and an insulating layer covering the interconnect; and an electrode formed above the extension on a surface of the re-distribution part and connected to the interconnect at an opening of the insulating layer. The electrode is mainly made of a material having an elastic modulus higher than that of the interconnect. The electrode includes a bonding region where the electrode is bonded to the interconnect at the opening, and an outer region closer to an end part of the extension. The interconnect is formed so as not to continuously extend to a position right below the outer region.05-08-2014
20140124957EXPANDED SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor chip having a surface provided with first electrodes; and an expanded semiconductor chip including a second semiconductor chip and an expanded portion extending outward from at least one side surface of the second semiconductor chip. The expanded semiconductor chip has a surface provided with second electrodes. The surface of the first semiconductor chip provided with the first electrodes faces the surface of the expanded semiconductor chip provided with the second electrodes so that the first electrodes are connected to the second electrodes. Each one of the second electrodes that is connected to an associated one of the first electrodes is located only on the expanded portion.05-08-2014

Patent applications by Teppei Iwase, Hyogo JP

Teruhiko Iwase, Nagoya JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090068418Display panel, method for producing the same and composition of ink used by the method for producing the same - A display panel has a resin substrate and a printed layer formed on at least a part of the resin substrate through inkjet printing. The printed layer is formed from cured products of UV-curable inks each containing UV-curable monomers which are polymerized and cured by UV irradiation, and the printed layer has at least two such cured products having different pencil hardness values.03-12-2009

Teruhiko Iwase, Nagoya-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080299315METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANEL - In a method of manufacturing a display panel that includes a base and a printed layer printed on the base by inkjet printing, a color UV curable ink is deposited on a predetermined portion of the base for forming a color printed portion of the printed layer, and a transparent UV curable ink is deposited in at least one of a first depression provided by the color printed portion on a surface of the base and a second depression formed on a surface of the color printed portion for forming a transparent printed portion.12-04-2008

Tetsu Iwase, Fujisawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090294410METHOD FOR JOINING DISSIMILAR METALS OF STEEL PRODUCT AND LIGHT METAL PRODUCT WITH EACH OTHER - There is provided method for joining dissimilar metals of a steel product and a light metal product with each other, wherein the light metal product and a rivet made of an iron-base metal are connected with each other beforehand in a previous process preceding spot welding, and subsequently, the rivet and the steel product are spot welded with each other. Then, a cavity for use in clinching the light metal product is formed, and upon the stem of the rivet is embedded into the light metal product to penetrate therethrough, light metal is caused to undergo plastic flow into the cavity of the rivet, for clinching the light metal product to be thereby clinched with the rivet whereupon spot welding for forming a weld nugget only within the scope of an interface between the stem of the rivet, and the steel product is carried out. Thus, the present invention can implement the spot welding between iron—iron similar metals, without a constraint on, and a problem with conditions applicable to the spot welding and a high joint strength can be obtained owing to the synergistic effect of the spot welding and connection by clinching of the aluminum alloy product with the iron-base rivet, added thereto.12-03-2009

Tomohiko Iwase, Inazawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100242917FUEL INJECTOR ASSEMBLY, CYLINDER HEAD SIDE MEMBER, AND FUEL INJECTOR INSTALLATION METHOD - A fuel injector assembly includes a modular fuel injector unit and a cylinder head side member. The modular fuel injector unit includes a first fuel injector with a first seal, a second fuel injector with a second seal and a fuel distribution pipe coupled together as a single installable unit. The cylinder head side member includes a first insertion hole with a first fitting section and a second insertion hole with a second fitting section. The first and second insertion holes and the first and second seals of the first and second fuel injectors are arranged such that as the modular fuel injector unit is being mounted to the cylinder head side member, the first seal undergoes a maximum compressive deformation in the first fitting section at a time that does not coincide with a time that the second seal undergoes a maximum compressive deformation in the second fitting section.09-30-2010

Tomoyasu Iwase, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100264315HYDROCARBON CONCENTRATION MEASURING APPARATUS AND HYDROCARBON CONCENTRATION MEASURING METHOD - This invention provides a hydrocarbon concentration measuring apparatus, which, even when the concentration and composition of hydrocarbons contained in an object gas to be measured vary, can measure the concentration of the hydrocarbons with good response and good accuracy, and a hydrocarbon measuring method. Light with a waveband including a common absorption region, which is absorbed by a single or a plurality of chemical species, is applied to the object gas by an infrared irradiation equipment. The light applied to the object gas is detected with a line sensor. The absorbance in the common absorption region of the object gas is computed with an analyzer based on the detected light. The sum of concentrations of chemical species, which absorb light in the waveband in the common absorption region, in the single or plurality of chemical species contained in the object gas, is computed with the analyzer based on the absorbance.10-21-2010

Tomoyasu Iwase, Aichi JP

Tomoyasu Iwase, Aichi-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090095918Sensor Unit in Exhaust Gas Analyzer - An exhaust gas analyzer of the present invention includes a sensor unit 04-16-2009

Toshiaki Iwase, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100191014SURFACTANT - A fatty acid salt of an alkyl quaternary ammonium is used as a novel surfactant which is a cationic surfactant having high detergency and low foaming property.07-29-2010

Toshihiro Iwase, Owariasahi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090186974WATER-BASED COATING MATERIAL - In a water-based coating material, to be able to obtain a tough film having an excellent corrosion resistance even if an additive amount of zinc oxide particles is reduced less than that of conventional ones and obtain a tougher film having a much excellent corrosion resistance by coupling a great amount of carboxyl groups to a surface of zinc oxide particles when making the additive amount of zinc oxide particles equal to that of conventional ones.07-23-2009

Yoichiro Iwase, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110077602INJECTION NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND MEDICINE INJECTION APPARATUS - An injection needle assembly includes a needle having a needle point to puncture skin, a needle hub including a first member which holds the needle, and a second member in which a discharge part of a syringe is to be fitted, and an elastic member disposed inside the second member to make liquid-tight close contact with the inner surface of the second member, with the elastic member having an insertion hole in which the needle tube is inserted.03-31-2011
20120179113SYRINGE NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND MEDICATION SYRINGE DEVICE - To make it possible to integrally form a needle tube and a needle hub by reliably holding and fixing the needle tube with a chuck member and then performing insert molding, a device has a needle tube having a needle tip capable of puncturing a living body; and a needle hub that is adapted to hold the needle tube in a state where the needle tip of the needle tube is protruded and that is formed with a retention hole into which a chuck member is inserted, the chuck member being adapted to hold and fix the circumferential surface of the needle tube when performing insert molding.07-12-2012
20120179114SYRINGE NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND MEDICATION INJECTION DEVICE - To prevent a coating agent applied to the surface of a needle tube from being infiltrated into the clearance between the needle tube and a needle hub, a device comprises a needle tube that has a needle tip capable of puncturing a living body and that is coated with a coating agent on the surface of a tip-end portion on the side of the needle tip; and a needle hub adapted to hold the needle tube in a state where the needle tip of the needle tube is protruded. The needle hub has a through-hole through which the needle tube is inserted, and a discharge hole extending from the through-hole to the outer surface of the needle hub and adapted to discharge the coating agent infiltrated into the through-hole.07-12-2012
20120323187INJECTION NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND DRUG INJECTION APPARATUS - An injection needle assembly is an assembly used by being attached to an injector including an injection barrel filled with medicine and a needle tube, and is provided with a sticking needle tube having a needle tip to be stuck into a skin, a needle holding portion, an engagement portion and a connection portion. The needle holding portion holds the sticking needle tube and a fit tube of the engagement portion is engaged with a needle hub of the injection barrel. The connection portion includes a luminal portion in which there are arranged a proximal end on the opposite side of the needle tip of the sticking needle tube and a needle tip (ejection port) at the needle tube of the injector, and the sticking needle tube and the needle tube communicate with each other in a liquid tight manner.12-20-2012
20130006179INJECTION NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND DRUG INJECTION APPARATUS - An injection needle assembly includes a needle tube having a needle tip to be stuck into a skin, a first member, a second member, an adjustment portion, and a pressing force restricting member. The first member holds the needle tube and the second member holds the first member movably toward the axial direction of the needle tube. A discharge portion of the syringe is fitted into this second member The adjustment portion is provided at the periphery of the needle tube and includes a needle protrusion surface which abuts the skin in a case in which the needle tube is stuck to the living body. The pressing force restricting member is arranged between the first member and the second member, and restricts the pressing force added from the first member to the skin.01-03-2013
20130079729Injection Needle Assembly And Drug Injection Device - A needle does not come off even if a high back pressure occurs at the skin upper section. Thus, the drug leakage from the skin can be prevented. A drug administration device 03-28-2013

Patent applications by Yoichiro Iwase, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Yoshiaki Iwase, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100286363CYCLIC HEPTAPEPTIDE AND USE OF THE SAME - A novel cyclic heptapeptide that is useful as a preadipocyte differentiation-inhibitory agent or an adipocyte fat accumulation-inhibitory agent, and the use of such agents, are provided. A novel cyclic heptapeptide represented by the following formula is provided.11-11-2010

Yoshiharu Iwase, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100069789Metal Needle Usable in Echo Imaging - A metal needle is obtained by being dipped in a liquid selected from the group consisting of a strong acid solution of a metal, acetic acid, and butyl acetate, and then dried. Preferably, the strong acid solution of a metal to be used in the dipping treatment may be a nitric acid solution of a metal selected from the group consisting of a transition element, a lanthanoid, and an actinoid, for example, a nitric acid solution of a metal selected from the group consisting of palladium, gadolinium, germanium, beryllium, strontium, scandium, and samarium. The metal needle is a metal needle for insertion into the body that can be reliably imaged even when a general-purpose ultrasound imaging system is used, and thus is useful in confirming insertion of the needle into a blood vessel and arrival of the needle at an organ, and confirming the position of the needle when it is broken.03-18-2010
20130218102MEDICAL HOLLOW NEEDLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A medical hollow needle structured in accordance with the present invention, wherein the puncture resistance of a blade surface over the entire length in the puncture direction can be made substantially equal, and the patient's pain during needle puncture can be relieved due to a reduction in the peak level of puncture pain with the duration of sensory awareness of the puncture pain shortened by the use of the blade surface in a novel shape employing, in combination with each other, first to fourth inclined surfaces having specific inclination directions. Accordingly, the present invention provides a medical hollow needle with a blade surface in a novel shape whereby the puncture pain can be further reduced compared to needles with a conventional structure, and to provide a preferred method of producing such a medical hollow needle.08-22-2013

Yoshihiko Iwase, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080284864IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In position and orientation measurement based on natural features, erroneous detection of the natural features is prevented when an observation target object is occluded by another object, and registration stability is improved. To this end, an occluding object that can occlude the observation target object is defined, and an occluding region where the occluding object occludes the observation target object is detected in an input captured image. Image features of the observation target object are detected in a region of the captured image other than the detected occluding region. Therefore, the position or orientation of an image pickup apparatus that captured the captured image, or the position or orientation of the observation target object in the captured image are calculated.11-20-2008

Yoshinori Iwase, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090257624FLOW LINE ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - A control section edits a complete flow line as an entire trajectory in a sales area for each customer, based on data for a flow line generated from a camera image obtained by shooting the sales area. The complete flow line is reproduced as trajectories of customers by a display section. The control section accepts input of information on transaction settlements by the customers. When the information is input through an input section, it is added to the complete flow line data of the customers being reproduced and is stored into a complete flow line database. The control section matches the complete flow line data stored in the complete flow line database with transaction data specified by the information on the transaction settlements added to the complete flow line data.10-15-2009

Yoshio Iwase, Saitama-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110000331BALL-TYPE SPEED REDUCER AND ROTARY TABLE DEVICE USING THE SAME - Provided are a ball-type speed reducer and a rotary table device that are capable of performing high-speed rotation and high-rigidity rotation and suitable for reduction in size and weight. An index table 01-06-2011

Yuichi Iwase, Toyama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090064468SLIDE FASTENER - A slide fastener with a slider locking mechanism comprising a slider body, a tab attached to the slider body rotatably, and a slider having a locking pawl formed integrally with the tab, wherein the locking pawl has a pawl portion fitted into between the elements, and the pawl portion comprises: a first contact surface which, when the tab is rotated after sliding operation of the slider is ended, contacts with a first element of an element row attached to a fastener stringer to stop the tab's rotation temporarily; and a second contact surface which, when the slider starts a forced movement in an element separating direction with the tab's rotation stopped, contacts with a second element to stop the slider's forced movement in a state where the tab restarts to rotate and the pawl portion is fitted into between the elements.03-12-2009
20090260197SLIDER FOR CONCEALED TYPE SLIDE FASTENER - A slider for a concealed slide fastener has a pair of first flanges each having an inverted L-shaped section along a right or left side edge of a lower blade, and a diamond erected in a central portion the lower blade and having a substantially elliptic horizontal section. A wedge-like space between top plate portions of the pair of first flanges has a second flange having a rectangular plate portion and a wedge plate portion formed integrally on the top surface of the diamond, the second flange stretched outward along an outer periphery of the diamond. A height of the bottom surface of a shoulder mouth side end portion of the second flange is set higher than heights of the other areas, and a tapered surface is formed on a peripheral surface such that a taper angle is increased gradually as it goes toward a rear mouth side.10-22-2009
20110041297Slider for Slide Fastener with Automatic Stopper - There are provided interlock pieces extending from both edge portions of a side-to-side winglike piece provided in a pull-tab retainer toward an anterior wall part and a posterior wall part of the pull-tab retainer. An anterior support wall of an anterior mounting post and a posterior support wall of a posterior mounting post at superior angular corner regions of the internal faces thereof are provided with notches for interlocking of the interlock pieces. When the pull-tab retainer is fitted to the anterior mounting post and the posterior mounting post, the interlock pieces and the notches are interlocked with together to thereby prevent any displacement of the pull-tab retainer in anteroposterior side-to-side directions. Further, at that time, a side end face of the anterior support wall and a side end face of the posterior support wall can be covered up by the pull-tab retainer.02-24-2011
20110197402Slide Fastener with Separable Bottom End Stop - Provided is a slide fastener with a separable bottom end stop having both an automatic stopper and the separable bottom end stop, of which structural components can be used for both left- and right-insertions.08-18-2011
20120151719Slider for Concealed Slide Fastener - Providing a slider for a concealed slide fastener, capable of achieving a smooth sliding operation of the slider, even when the slider is applied to a seat cover for a seat and strong lateral pulling force is applied to the slider when the slide fastener is closed. A slider for a concealed slide fastener comprises a slider body having at least a lower blade, left and right side wall portions and left and right first flanges, and slider upper plate member engaged with the slider body and having at least a second flange projecting toward at least the left and right side wall portions.06-21-2012
20140041162Vertically Engaging Slider for Slide Fastener - There is provided a vertically engaging slider made of metal, which is suitable for the industrial production. The front end wall of the slider according to the present invention has a plastically deformed portion caused by plastic working in which with the front end wall itself as a fulcrum, the back opening is deformed from an open state to a closed state in the upper-lower direction.02-13-2014

Patent applications by Yuichi Iwase, Toyama JP

Yuji Iwase, Mishima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080236158Hydraulic oil supply structure and vehicle drive apparatus provided with the same - The hydraulic control apparatus includes a separating plate that is interposed between an upper valve body and a lower valve body. The separating plate and the lower valve body provide a projecting portion that projects toward a discharge opening side of the oil pump with respect to the upper valve body. A first oil feed path is provided at the projecting portion, is formed between the separating plate and the lower valve body, and receives the hydraulic oil from the oil pump and guides the hydraulic oil to an upper valve body disposition side.10-02-2008
20080236952Oil return structure for vehicle drive apparatus - An oil return structure for a vehicle drive apparatus includes a hydraulic control apparatus disposed below an oil supply target device to which oil for lubricating and cooling is supplied; and an oil pan that retains the oil that is supplied to the oil supply target device is provided below the hydraulic control apparatus, wherein a bypass oil path is formed in a body of the hydraulic control apparatus, the bypass oil path being structured in order to guide the oil from the oil supply target device from an upper surface of the body, inside the body and then discharge the oil from a side surface of the body.10-02-2008
20080256943Hydraulic control device - A hydraulic control device includes an oil pan; an oil pump; a strainer; a pressure regulating valve; an oil cooler; a cooler bypass valve with an input port that is connected with a cooler supply oil passage through which the hydraulic oil to be supplied to the oil cooler flows, wherein the input port is communicatively connected with an output port when the hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic oil within the cooler supply oil passage is equal to or greater than a predetermined valve opening pressure; and a cooler bypass oil passage that connects the output port of the cooler bypass valve with an intake oil passage between the strainer and the intake port of the oil pump.10-23-2008
20080314658Hybrid drive unit and running control method for hybrid drive unit - A hybrid drive system includes an engine; at least one rotating electric machine, wherein the engine and the at least one rotating electric machine are capable of driving a vehicle; and a controller. The controller starts a load limit control that limits a load exerted to the rotating electric machine when a temperature of the rotating electric machine exceeds a load limit start temperature; detects a loading state or a towing state of the vehicle; and determines the load limit start temperature based on the loading state or the towing state detected.12-25-2008

Yuji Iwase, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100048353STARTING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ENGINES - A starting control system that starts an engine by an electric motor, including: a starting device including a plurality of the electric motors for starting the engine; and a starting device controller that controls the starting device to prevent an occurrence of a resonance when starting the engine by the electric motor of the starting device. The starting control system can prevent an occurrence of vibration and noise in a power transmission route from an electric motor to an engine.02-25-2010
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