Sakakibara, JP
Akihiro Sakakibara, Toyota-Shi JP
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20110042888 | AUTOMATIC PAPER FEED DEVICE, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An automatic paper feed device is provided, including a cover member that has a paper insertion opening in a nearly rectangular shape, the paper insertion opening having a longitudinal direction perpendicular to both a transport direction of the paper and a thickness direction of the paper. The paper insertion opening includes a first end opening portion, a second end opening portion, and a center opening portion arranged in the longitudinal direction of the paper insertion opening. The paper insertion opening connects a placement unit, in which paper is placed, with a separation and transport mechanism, that separates paper placed in the placement unit and transports paper placed in the placement unit in the transport direction. The first and second end opening portions are each larger in size than the central opening portion. | 02-24-2011 |
20110050762 | IMAGE PRINTING DEVICE - an image printing device comprises a transfer roller configured to transfer a printing medium in a transfer direction, a first sensor configured to detect a rotation amount of the transfer roller, a carriage mounted with a printhead. The image printing device further comprises a second sensor mounted to the carriage and configured to detect the printing medium. The image printing device further comprises a reference member disposed at a position opposing to the second sensor and a drive transmission mechanism configured to move the reference member in conjunction with a rotation of the transfer roller. The image printing device determines a position of an origin of the transfer roller based on detection results of the first sensor and the second sensor. | 03-03-2011 |
20110058234 | AUTOMATIC PAPER FEED DEVICE, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An automatic paper feed device is provided, including a cover member that has a paper insertion opening in a nearly rectangular shape, the paper insertion opening having a longitudinal direction perpendicular to both a transport direction of the paper and a thickness direction of the paper. The paper insertion opening includes a first end opening portion, a second end opening portion, and a center opening portion arranged in the longitudinal direction of the paper insertion opening. The paper insertion opening connects a placement unit, in which paper is placed, with a separation and transport mechanism, that separates paper placed in the placement unit and transports paper placed in the placement unit in the transport direction. The first and second end opening portions are each larger in size than the central opening portion. | 03-10-2011 |
20110310175 | LIQUID DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes a jetting head having a jetting surface on which a plurality of nozzles are formed for jetting liquid droplets; a carriage carrying the jetting head and moving reciprocatingly in a first direction along a surface parallel to the jetting surface; and a guide member having a guide surface perpendicular to the jetting surface and extending in the first direction to guide the carriage along the guide surface. The carriage is provided with a fixed slide member fixed to the carriage to slide along the guide surface; a movable slide member arranged apart from the fixed slide member in the first direction to slide along the guide surface and configured to be movable with respect to the carriage in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and an angle change mechanism for changing an angle of the carriage relative to the first direction. | 12-22-2011 |
20120140294 | CONTACT IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE READER - An image reader includes a casing, a contact glass plate, a contact image sensor, and a sliding mechanism; wherein the contact image sensor has a housing, a light source attached to the housing so as to face the contact glass plate, a plurality of light receiving elements attached to the housing so as to face the contact glass plate and aligned in parallel in a longitudinal direction of the housing, and a bearing formed integral to the housing at a position below a lower surface of the housing; and the sliding mechanism includes a guide shaft provided on the casing and extending in a short direction of the housing and inserted through the bearing, and an urging member elastically which urges the guide shaft toward the contact glass plate so that the housing is pressed against the contact glass plate. | 06-07-2012 |
20120281259 | CONTACT IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE READER - An image reader includes a casing, a contact glass plate, a contact image sensor, and a sliding mechanism; wherein the contact image sensor has a housing, a light source attached to the housing so as to face the contact glass plate, a plurality of light receiving elements attached to the housing so as to face the contact glass plate and aligned in parallel in a longitudinal direction of the housing, and a bearing formed integral to the housing at a position below a lower surface of the housing; and the sliding mechanism includes a guide shaft provided on the casing and extending in a short direction of the housing and inserted through the bearing, and an urging member elastically which urges the guide shaft toward the contact glass plate so that the housing is pressed against the contact glass plate. | 11-08-2012 |
20130057933 | SCANNER - A scanner is provided with a main body, hinge, cover member, and plurality of sets of pins and pin holes. The main body includes a transparent plate on the top surface for placing a document. The hinge connects the main body and the cover member. The cover member rotates between an opened and closed state with respect to the main body. The cover member has a bottom surface, which contacts the top surface of the main body when closed. The pins are fanned on either the top surface of the main body or the bottom surface of the cover member, while the pin holes are formed on the opposing surface. The plurality of sets adjusts a positional relationship between the main body and the cover member in the closed state. | 03-07-2013 |
20140253635 | Inkjet Recording Apparatus - The liquid ejection apparatus with a liquid jetting head and support members is described. A first support member and a second support member support a guide and feeding roller in a scanning direction and are attached to a housing of the liquid ejection apparatus. The housing at the location to which the first support member is attached is easier to deform in the scanning direction than housing at the location to which the second support member is attached. Further, the housing at the first location may include a projection. The first support member may be attached to the projection. | 09-11-2014 |
Akira Sakakibara, Susono-Shi JP
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20090047043 | IMAGE-FORMING METHOD, MAGNETIC TONER, AND PROCESS UNIT - An image-forming method is provided which can provide stable image density irrespective of use environments and does not cause image defects such as fogging, tailing, or transfer voids, even when being applied to a developing sleeve with a reduced diameter. In the image-forming method, a latent image bearing member and a toner bearing member bearing a magnetic toner on its surface and having inside a unit for generating a magnetic field are placed with a predetermined interval, and an alternating field is applied between the latent image bearing member and the toner bearing member, and an electrostatic latent image borne by the latent image bearing member is developed with the magnetic toner. The toner bearing member has a specific diameter, and the magnetic toner has a specific circularity and a specific compressibility. The total energy of the toner measured with a powder flowability measuring apparatus satisfies a specific value. | 02-19-2009 |
20090092919 | MAGNETIC TONER - To provide a magnetic toner which has superior low-temperature fixing performance and pressure roller anti-staining properties even in various forms of use, has been kept from image defects such as image non-uniformity even during long-time image reproduction and can achieve high-level image quality. In a magnetic toner having toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic material, the activation energy Ea (kJ/mol) that is determined from a shift factor aT | 04-09-2009 |
20090130580 | MAGNETIC TONER - In a magnetic toner which has magnetic toner base particles containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic material, and an inorganic fine powder, (i) the magnetic toner has an average circularity of from 0.950 or more to 1.000 or less, (ii) the magnetic toner has a compressibility of 30 or less, and (iii) the magnetic toner contains boron nitride particles having a median diameter (D50) of from 0.5 μm or more to 8.0 μm or less, as the inorganic fine powder in an amount of from 0.05 part by mass or more to 1.00 part by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the magnetic toner base particles. This provides a magnetic toner with which stable image density can be achieved without regard to service environment and which do not cause any image defects such as fog. | 05-21-2009 |
20090197192 | MAGNETIC TONER - A magnetic toner having magnetic toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic material, wherein, in the test of dissolution level of the magnetic material, the dissolution percentages S | 08-06-2009 |
20100028795 | TONER - In a toner containing at least a binder resin, a colorant, an ester compound and a low-melting material, the ester compound is an ester of dipentaerythritol with a carboxylic acid having 18 or more to 25 or less carbon atoms, and, where the melting point of the ester compound is represented by Tm | 02-04-2010 |
20100266943 | MAGNETIC TONER - To provide a toner excellent in low-temperature fixability, releasing performance, and development stability in long-term use under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, provided is a magnetic toner including: magnetic toner particles each containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic particles; and an inorganic fine powder, in which: the magnetic particles is a treated magnetic particles treated with a silane compound; the treated magnetic particles has a water adsorption per unit area based on a BET specific surface area of 0.300 mg/m | 10-21-2010 |
Hidekazu Sakakibara, Osaka JP
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20090242315 | UNIVERSAL JOINT YOKE, UNIVERSAL JOINT, AND VEHICLE STEERING APPARATUS - A universal joint yoke includes: a cylindrical portion for fixing a shaft; a slit that is formed in the cylindrical portion and that extends from one end of the cylindrical portion in an axial direction of the cylindrical portion, which is a first direction; a reinforcement flange that extends from the other end of the cylindrical portion radially outward with respect to the cylindrical portion; and a pair of arms that extend from the reinforcement flange on a side opposite to a side on which the cylindrical portion is provided and that are swingably coupled to another yoke via a coupling shaft. | 10-01-2009 |
Hideki Sakakibara, Tachikawa JP
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20110074385 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - There is provided a semiconductor integrated circuit in which a ring oscillator is formed by a variable delay circuit to cause the ring oscillator to oscillate (S | 03-31-2011 |
20140070863 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - There is provided a semiconductor integrated circuit in which a ring oscillator is formed by a variable delay circuit to cause the ring oscillator to oscillate (S | 03-13-2014 |
Hiroaki Sakakibara, Nisshin-City JP
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20100228470 | In-vehicle apparatus and map data updating system - An in-vehicle apparatus includes: a memory for storing a map data; a center communication element for obtaining a latest map data from a center; an inter-vehicle communication element for communicating with another in-vehicle apparatus; an input element for receiving an input signal of a specific area from an user; and a controller for setting the specific area as an initial main area. The inter-vehicle communication element receives another map data from another in-vehicle apparatus. The controller compares the map data with another map data. When another main area includes an area not included in the initial main area, the controller adds the area as a new main area, and updates the map data with another map data. The controller updates the map data corresponding to the initial main area with the latest map data. | 09-09-2010 |
20130141429 | MAP DISPLAY MANIPULATION APPARATUS - A navigation apparatus has a display portion displaying a map that is controlled by a remote control as a manipulator. The remote control has a gravitation sensor. The gravitation sensor serves as a position detector to detect a three-dimensional coordinate set (x, y, z) of the remote control. A reduced scale for the displayed map is changed based on a displacement in z axis while the displayed map is moved based on a horizontal displacement in xy-coordinate plane. The remote control may move obliquely in a direction being neither parallel with z axis nor orthogonal to z axis, drawing a U-shaped locus. In this case, the reduced scale is designated as a subject reduced scale based on the lowest coordinate in z axis; the displayed map is moved based on a product obtained by multiplying the horizontal displacement by a unit distance according to the subject reduced scale. | 06-06-2013 |
Hiroki Sakakibara, Ichikawa-Shi JP
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20090014366 | WATER DRINKING DEVICE - A drinking water device including a water storage section that stores drinking water inside an installation type casing; a water outlet that is connected to the water storage section via a passage and is located outside the casing; filtering device that is provided in the passage on further upstream side of the water outlet so as to be freely attachable/detachable; and a flow rate switch, which is provided between the water storage section and the water outlet and which is capable of detecting flow rate of the drinking water and also capable of outputting an actuating signal upon detecting the flow rate within a preset flow rate range. | 01-15-2009 |
Hisayoshi Sakakibara, Nishio-City JP
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20100270974 | CHARGING CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRICITY STORAGE SYSTEM - A charging control device for an electricity storage system includes a unit to detect an electricity remaining amount of a battery, a unit to calculate a necessary charge amount, a unit to calculate a necessary charge period, and a unit to start a charging from a charger to the battery at a start timing of nighttime. The start timing is defined to go back by the necessary charge period from a target timing, when the charging is defined to be finished at the target timing. The necessary charge amount is necessary for a following daytime, and is discharged for a load in the daytime. | 10-28-2010 |
Hitoshi Sakakibara, Otsu-Shi JP
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20090053383 | ANGELICA KEISKEI TEA - According to the present invention, there are provided kneading-free | 02-26-2009 |
Hitoshi Sakakibara, Shiga JP
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20100150955 | Method of Producing Extract Derived From Lyophyllum Ulmarium - A method of producing an extract derived from | 06-17-2010 |
Hitoshi Sakakibara, Handa-Shi JP
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20090107872 | MOUNTING STRUCTURES FOR PIPING MEMBERS - The present invention includes a mounting structure having a flange and a plurality of hook portions formed integrally with a piping member. The flange can contact a first surface of an element having a through-hole formed therein. The hook portions extend from the flange for inserting into the through-hole and can resiliently deform in a radial direction with respect to the axis of the flange. Each hook portion has a hooking end that can engage a second surface of the element opposite to the first surface. | 04-30-2009 |
Hitoshi Sakakibara, Suita-Shi JP
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20110010188 | EXERCISE MACHINE SYSTEM - Operation time interval measurement means | 01-13-2011 |
Katsumi Sakakibara, Seto-Shi JP
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20090144149 | Ecological-point management system - An ecological-point management system includes an electric powered vehicle, a charging facility, a communication network, a management server, point recipients each having a device capable of accessing the communication network. The electric storage device of the electric powered vehicle is configured to be chargeable by the charging facility. In the ecological-point management system, an ecological point in accordance with an amount of greenhouse gas emission that can be reduced by traveling using electric power by the electric powered vehicle is given to the point recipients. The point recipients can include an owner or a driver of the electric powered vehicle, and a manufacture, an installation personnel, an owner of the charging facility, and an owner of an installation place, and further a provider of the charging power. | 06-04-2009 |
20090144150 | Charging system of electric powered vehicle - An electric storage device of an electric powered vehicle is configured to be chargeable by a charging facility. At the time of external charge by the charging facility, a management server selects advertising information based on information stored inside the electric powered vehicle to be charged and/or information of the charging facility performing the external charge to the electric powered vehicle including a mechanism capable of reproducing the advertising information from an advertising provider, and transmits the selected advertising information. The management server performs billing so that in exchange for the transmission of the advertising information, at least part of a charging power fee is caused to be borne by the advertising provider side to thereby discount an amount borne by an electric powered vehicle user. | 06-04-2009 |
Kazuaki Sakakibara, Ibi-Gun JP
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20080318001 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a ceramic block and a sealing material layer. The ceramic block includes a plurality of honeycomb fired bodies each having a large number of cells longitudinally disposed substantially in parallel with one another with a cell wall between the cells, an adhesive layer for bonding side faces of the honeycomb fired bodies, and a cavity-holding member placed between the side faces of the honeycomb fired bodies. The sealing material layer is formed on a peripheral face of the ceramic block. The cavity-holding member includes a nonflammable material having Young's modulus of at least about 0.001 GPa and at most about 0.07 GPa. | 12-25-2008 |
20110061797 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure includes molding a ceramic raw material to manufacture honeycomb molded bodies. The honeycomb molded bodies are fired to manufacture honeycomb fired bodies. End faces of at least two of the honeycomb fired bodies are joined interposing a joining material between the end faces to manufacture honeycomb joined bodies each having a length larger than a length of each honeycomb fired body. Side faces of the honeycomb joined bodies are bonded interposing an adhesive paste between the side faces to manufacture an aggregated body of the honeycomb joined bodies. The adhesive paste is dried and solidified to manufacture a honeycomb block including the aggregated body. The honeycomb block is separated at the joining material into at least two honeycomb blocks. | 03-17-2011 |
20120148793 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a ceramic block and a sealing material layer. The ceramic block includes a plurality of honeycomb fired bodies each having a large number of cells longitudinally disposed substantially in parallel with one another with a cell wall between the cells, an adhesive layer for bonding side faces of the honeycomb fired bodies, and a cavity-holding member placed between the side faces of the honeycomb fired bodies. The sealing material layer is formed on a peripheral face of the ceramic block. The cavity-holding member includes a nonflammable material and has Young's modulus of at least about 0.001 GPa and at most about 0.07 GPa. | 06-14-2012 |
Kazuhiro Sakakibara, Okayama JP
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20090077731 | PORTABLE TOILET DEVICE - This is a portable toilet device. Broken excrement may be certainly drained. Means ( | 03-26-2009 |
Kazutoshi Sakakibara, Aichi-Gun JP
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20090068493 | Metallic member being subjected to rust-preventive treatment and coating composition for the same - A metallic member, which is subjected to rust-preventive treatment, includes a metallic substrate, a zinc composite coating film, and a coating layer. The metallic substrate is formed as a predetermined configuration. The zinc composite coating film is disposed on the metallic substrate. The coating layer is made by coating and drying a coating composition on the zinc composite coating film. The coating composition includes a coating vehicle, a body pigment, and a rust-preventive pigment. The coating vehicle includes an organic solvent, and a resinous material being dissolved in the organic solvent. The body pigment is dispersed in the coating vehicle. The rust-preventive pigment is dispersed in the coating vehicle. | 03-12-2009 |
Kazutoshi Sakakibara, Aichi-Ken JP
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20090155618 | Rust-Preventive Metallic Component Part and Manufacturing Method for the Same - The present invention relates to a rust-preventive metallic component part in which a steel wire to which wire-drawing processing is performed is adapted into a substrate and which comprises a rust-preventive coating film being free from chromium on a surface of the substrate, and to a manufacturing method for the same; and its object is to provide a rust-preventive metallic component part whose rust-preventive coating film exhibits such good adhesiveness to substrate that it is not come off by elastic deformations in service, by sliding contacts at the time of transportation, and the like, and to provide a manufacturing method for the same. | 06-18-2009 |
Kazuyuki Sakakibara, Anjo-Shi JP
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20090269655 | BATTERY PACKS SUITABLE FOR USE WITH BATTERY POWERED APPLIANCES - Cooling air intake port ( | 10-29-2009 |
20100316900 | BATTERY PACKS SUITABLE FOR USE WITH BATTERY POWERED APPLIANCES - Cooling air intake port ( | 12-16-2010 |
20110079409 | POWER TOOL - It is an object of the invention to provide an effective technique for reducing the load of user's fingers in a power tool. A representative power tool includes a body, a tool bit, a driving means and a handgrip that extends from a grip proximal end on the side of the body to a grip distal end in a direction that crosses the axial direction of the tool bit. The power tool includes a holding optimization region that is arranged on the handgrip and shaped to match with the holding form of the fingers of the user when the user holds the handgrip. Specifically, the holding optimization region at least includes the rear end surface of the grip distal end region such that a normal on the rear end surface crosses an axis of the tool bit forward of the handgrip. As a result, according to the invention, the force of the user's fingers and palm on the handgrip can be optimized. | 04-07-2011 |
20110281146 | BATTERY PACKS SUITABLE FOR USE WITH BATTERY POWERED APPLIANCES - Cooling air intake port ( | 11-17-2011 |
20120135284 | Battery Packs Suitable For Use With Battery Powered Appliances - Cooling air intake port ( | 05-31-2012 |
20120205984 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device includes battery interfaces configured to removably receive at least three batteries and a connection circuit configured to electrically connect the at least three batteries to each other. The connection circuit is capable of connecting at least two batteries in parallel and connecting at least one other battery to the at least two parallel-connected batteries in series. According to this power supply device, it is possible to supply high power to an electric device by connecting the batteries in series. In addition, it is possible to supply almost all of the electric power stored in the batteries to the electric device, even if amount of the remaining electric power in each battery is substantially uneven. | 08-16-2012 |
20130230757 | BATTERY PACKS SUITABLE FOR USE WITH BATTERY POWERED APPLIANCES - Cooling air intake port ( | 09-05-2013 |
Kazuyuki Sakakibara, Okazaki-Shi JP
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20100181966 | BATTERY PACK - A cordless power tool system is provided which is driven by using a battery pack as a power source, and which has work performance equivalent to an AC power tool is driven by using a commercial power source as a power source. The cordless power tool system is configured to include: a battery pack in which DC voltage of battery modules is converted into AC voltage, to thereby output the AC voltage having a level which is comparable to that of the commercial power source; a cordless power tool which is driven by using the battery pack as a power source; an electrical cord adapter which allows power supply from the commercial power source to the battery pack for charging the battery pack; and an electrical cord adapter which allows power supply from the commercial power source to the cordless power tool for driving the cordless power tool. | 07-22-2010 |
20100244769 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack for an electric device is disclosed which includes: a group of battery cells interconnected in series; discharge control circuitry for converting DC voltage of the group into AC voltage; an AC-output terminal through which an output of the discharge control circuitry is supplied to the device; charge control circuitry for converting AC voltage of a commercial power source into DC voltage, to thereby charge the group; and a charging terminal through which electric power of the source is supplied into the group, wherein the AC-output terminal is connectable with a power-input connector of the device, and the charging terminal is connectable with a charging connector of the source, the pack further comprising a detector for detecting insertion of the power-input connector into the AC-output terminal, wherein the discharge control circuitry initiates a discharge control sequence for the group, if the insertion is detected, and does not initiate the discharge control sequence, in response to non-detection of the insertion. | 09-30-2010 |
20100320969 | Battery pack - A battery pack is provided with a plurality of battery modules; a pack main body that removably receives the plurality of battery modules; a movable member that prohibits the plurality of battery modules from being attached to and removed from the pack main body at a first position; at least one sensor that detects whether the movable member is located at the first position or not; and a controller that performs at least one predetermined processing based on detection by the at least one sensor. | 12-23-2010 |
20110012560 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack is disclosed, including: a battery cell group of serially interconnected battery cells; discharge control circuitry for the battery cell group; and a discharge output terminal through which a discharge output of the battery cell group is supplied to an externally coupled electric device. The battery cell group cooperates with an input/output terminal electrically connected with the battery cell group to constitute one of battery modules which are serially connected with one another to constitute a battery module group. The battery pack further includes: a first detector detecting at least one of a voltage, a temperature and a current; and a first selector configured to select one of an enabling mode for the input/output terminal and a disabling mode. The discharge control circuitry transmits to the first selector a first signal indicating that output of a voltage to the discharge output terminal is disabled, when the discharge control circuitry attempts to disable the output of a voltage to the discharge output terminal, based on a detection result of the first detector. The first selector, based on the first signal received from the discharge control circuitry, enters the disabling mode. | 01-20-2011 |
20110254508 | BATTERY PACK AND BATTERY PACK SYSTEM - A battery pack usable as a power source of an electric device, is disclosed, in which battery modules are in series; each battery module is configured to include battery cells in series; a discharge controller controls discharge power which is supplied from the battery modules to the electric device; a modulator modulates a voltage of each module between a high voltage and a low voltage which is higher than zero and lower than the high voltage; the high voltage and the low voltage are set to allow a load device of the electric device to operate by the high voltage, and to allow the load device not to operate by the low voltage; and the discharge controller operates by the battery modules, irrespective of whether each module outputs the high voltage or the low voltage. | 10-20-2011 |
20130134787 | BATTERY SYSTEM - A battery system is disclosed which includes: a battery assembly; an AC-voltage generator for generating alternate current (AC) voltage from direct current (DC) voltage of the battery assembly; a battery charger for charging the battery assembly; and a detector for detecting application of AC voltage from the AC-voltage generator to the battery charger. | 05-30-2013 |
20130293197 | BATTERY PACK - A cordless power tool system is provided which is driven by using a battery pack as a power source, and which has work performance equivalent to an AC power tool is driven by using a commercial power source as a power source. The cordless power tool system is configured to include: a battery pack in which DC voltage of battery modules is converted into AC voltage, to thereby output the AC voltage having a level which is comparable to that of the commercial power source; a cordless power tool which is driven by using the battery pack as a power source; an electrical cord adapter which allows power supply from the commercial power source to the battery pack for charging the battery pack; and an electrical cord adapter which allows power supply from the commercial power source to the cordless power tool for driving the cordless power tool. | 11-07-2013 |
Kenichi Sakakibara, Anjo-Shi JP
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20090118387 | Method for Producing Water-Absorbing Polyurethane Foam - A water-absorbing polyurethane foam is produced by reacting, foaming, and curing a raw material which includes aliphatic or alicyclic polyisocyanate, polyester polyol, a polyoxyethylene compound for a hydrophilizing agent, a catalyst and a blowing agent. Thus obtained water-absorbing polyurethane foam has a coating film made from a cured substance of the foam formed on both surfaces. The content of the polyoxyethylene compound in the raw material is 1 to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass in total of the polyester polyol and the polyoxyethylene compound. The raw material is reacted, foamed, and cured at a temperature of 40 to 130° C. The polyisocyanate has an isocyanate index of preferably 85 to 100. | 05-07-2009 |
Kiyohito Sakakibara, Toyohashi-Shi JP
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20090236486 | CLAMP FOR PLURAL WIRE HARNESSES - A clamp including a panel fixing portion and a wire harness holding portion. The wire harness holding portion includes a holding portion main unit with a U-shaped groove with an open upper portion and a cover portion. A plurality of protruding ribs are formed on the inner wall surface on the bottom surface side of the holding portion main unit and extend lengthwise with respect to the wire harnesses from the mid-height position of the U-shaped groove, the open portion upward from the mid-height position of the U-shaped groove being wide enough to accommodate more wire harnesses above the mid-height position. The cover portion is formed with an elastic harness pressing tab for elastically pressing down on the upper portion of the wire harnesses, so that the entire outer periphery of the wire harnesses are elastically pressed down upon when covered. | 09-24-2009 |
Kiyomi Sakakibara, Iwakura-Shi JP
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20100025585 | GAS DETECTING METHOD AND GAS DETECTING APPARATUS - A concentration of ethanol is detected without using any light source such as a lamp by utilizing a face of a human being as a light source. The gas detecting apparatus has an optical filter for ethanol which allows to transmit an infrared light having a predetermined wavelength band including an absorption spectrum derived from a C—O stretching vibration of ethanol contained in breath in an absorption spectrum generated by interaction with infrared light emitted from the face of a person, an optical filter for reference that allows to transmit an infrared light having a wavelength band emitted from the face of the person, a converting component for ethanol that converts the infrared light transmitted through the optical filter for ethanol to electric signals, a converting component for reference that converts an infrared light transmitted through the optical filter for reference to electric signals, and a detection component that detects the concentration of ethanol gas based on the electric signals converted by the converting component for ethanol and the electric signals converted by the converting component for reference. | 02-04-2010 |
Koji Sakakibara, Kariya JP
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20110294705 | NOISE REDUCING GREASE COMPOSITION - The invention provides a grease composition capable of smoothly operating the lubricated parts even under wide-ranging temperature conditions, and at the same time, exhibiting excellent noise reducing effect on, the lubricated parts. The grease composition containing a base oil and a thickener is provided, wherein the base oil includes at least one first base oil selected from the group consisting of poly-α-olefins and ethylene-α-olefin oligomers and at least one second base oil selected from the group consisting of polybutene, polyisobutylene, polymethacrylate, and styrene based copolymers, with the first base oil being contained in an amount of 65 mass % or more and the second base oil being contained in an amount of 1 mass % or more and less than 35 mass % based on the total mass of the base oil, the base oil having a kinematic viscosity of 350 to 1400 mm | 12-01-2011 |
Kuniaki Sakakibara, Hyogo JP
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20090303201 | COOKING DEVICE - There is provided a cooking device that prevents operation based on a control command assigned to a touch key from being executed when a user is not intending to operate the touch key. The cooking device includes an electrode unit which includes a key electrode ( | 12-10-2009 |
20100096382 | COOKING DEVICE - There is provided a cooking device that prevents an electricity conduction setting to a heating source from fluctuating when a user is not intending to operate a touch key. The cooking device includes a heating source ( | 04-22-2010 |
20100176115 | COOKING DEVICE - A cooking device that is easy to use in terms of key operation is provided. A cooking device includes an operation unit ( | 07-15-2010 |
20110000903 | INDUCTION HEAT COOKING DEVICE - An induction heat cooking device is provided that finishes preheating in a short time and maintains the temperature obtained at the finish of the preheating. The induction heat cooking device includes a heating coil ( | 01-06-2011 |
20110000904 | INDUCTION HEAT COOKING DEVICE - An induction heat cooking device is provided that finishes preheating in a short time and maintains the temperature obtained at the finish of the preheating. When a preheating heating mode is selected as an operation mode, a control unit ( | 01-06-2011 |
20110315675 | INDUCTION HEATING COOKER - There are provided amplifying part ( | 12-29-2011 |
Kuniaki Sakakibara, Osaka JP
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20100181303 | INDUCTION COOKER - An induction cooker includes a top plate ( | 07-22-2010 |
Kunio Sakakibara, Nagoya JP
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20100026584 | Microstrip array antenna - The microstrip array antenna includes a dielectric substrate formed with a conductive ground plate at a back surface thereof, and strip conductors formed on a front surface of the dielectric substrate. The strip conductors includes a linear main feeding strip line, and a plurality of array elements connected to the main feeding strip line, the array elements being disposed at least one of both sides of the main feeding strip line at a predetermined interval along a longitudinal direction of the main feeding strip line. Each of the array elements includes a sub-feeding strip line connected to the main feeding strip line, a rectangular radiating antenna element connected to a terminal end of the sub-feeding strip line, and a stub connected to the sub-feeding strip line. The stub is disposed between the main feeding strip line and the radiating antenna element. | 02-04-2010 |
Masahito Sakakibara, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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20090262387 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An image processing apparatus has a function of processing a plurality of jobs in parallel. The image processing apparatus includes a job processing section, a language information receiving section, a job managing section and a display controlling section. The job processing section processes each job. The language information receiving section receives language information relating to each job. The job managing section manages the plurality of jobs while associating each job with the language information relating to each job. The display controlling section displays display information relating to each job in a language corresponding to the language information relating to each job. | 10-22-2009 |
Masahito Sakakibara, Okazaki-Shi JP
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20090140067 | Devices and Methods for Atomizing Fluids - One embodiment of the invention is directed to an apparatus for atomizing a fluid. This apparatus includes an atomizing nozzle assembly. The atomizing nozzle assembly includes: a spray applicator enclosure having a fluid entry zone, a flow shape profiler region, a transducer, and a cavitation enhancer module, wherein the cavitation enhancer module includes a residence modulation zone and the residence modulation zone includes a backward facing step region. The apparatus is configured such that fluid can enter the fluid entry zone to the nozzle profiler, the transducer and the cavitation enhancer module. Other embodiments relate to methods for atomizing fluids. | 06-04-2009 |
20120031329 | ELECTROSTATIC COATING APPARATUS - Provided is an electrostatic coating apparatus capable of insulating an electric motor electrically from a member, to which an electrostatic high voltage is applied, and reducing the size and weight of the electrostatic coating apparatus. This electrostatic coating apparatus comprises a rotary atomizing head, to which high voltage is electrostatically applied, an electrostatically grounded AC servomotor, and a spindle and a fixed insulating member for insulating the AC servomotor electrically from the rotary atomizing head and a speed-increasing device to be set at the same potential as that of the former. The spindle and the fixed insulating member have insulation distance enlarging portions of the mode, in which the creepage insulation distances from the speed-increasing device to the AC servomotor are enlarged. | 02-09-2012 |
20130153252 | IMPACT TIGHTENING TOOL - An impact wrench which includes an air motor and a main shaft that is rotated by pulsed impact torque that is converted from rotary torque from the air motor to tighten a bolt, is provided with a torque sensor that detects a tightening torque on the bolt, and a controller that performs control functions to tighten the bolt, and the controller changes the rotational speed of the air motor to tighten up the bolt when the tightening torque that is detected by the torque sensor becomes equal to or higher than a prescribed value. | 06-20-2013 |
Masami Sakakibara, Handa-Shi JP
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20110024489 | METHOD FOR PUNCHING BEFORE PERFORMING ROTATED LAMINATION - A movable punch punches a plate piece from an original material sheet. The punched plate piece is rotated relative to and laminated onto another plate piece. A plurality of projections are formed on the outer circumference of each plate piece. The movable punch has a plurality of projection forming blades, the number of which is greater than the number of the projections of the plate pieces. Prior to the punching of the plate piece by means of the movable punch, blank holes for nullifying the formation of the projections are formed in the original material sheet at positions that correspond to projection forming blades. Further, as the punching of the plate pieces from the original material sheet progresses, the positions of the blank holes are changed. | 02-03-2011 |
Masanori Sakakibara, Nara JP
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20110032673 | Display Apparatus - A display apparatus has a display unit, a housing which accommodates the display unit, a transparent component arranged at a front side of the display unit, and a cover component which generates an air flow between the transparent component and the display unit, the cover component is removable to the housing. | 02-10-2011 |
Masato Sakakibara, Anjo-Shi JP
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20100305898 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING DYNAMIC RIGIDITY OF A MAIN SHAFT OF A MACHINE TOOL - An apparatus for measuring dynamic rigidity of a main shaft of a machine tool with high accuracy. The apparatus includes an unbalanced master that is attached to the main shaft and of which position of a center of gravity is offset with respect to a center of rotation of the main shaft; a tachometer that measures a rotational speed of the main shaft; and a run-out amount measuring device that is positioned so as to face the unbalanced master at a predetermined position in an axial direction and is any given position in a circumferential direction, and that measures an amount of run-out of the unbalanced master. The dynamic rigidity of the main shaft is calculated based on a relation between the rotational speed measured by the tachometer and the amount of run-out measured by the run-out amount measuring device. | 12-02-2010 |
Masayoshi Sakakibara, Ebina-Shi JP
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20080244402 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processor includes an information processing unit that executes an information process by reference to a setting, a setting unit that executes a provisional selection to select one or more selection items among multiple selection items and a definitive selection for deciding the provisional selection by reference to an operation by a user and determines a setting of the information process by reference to a result of the definitive selection, a determination unit that determines a selection item to be explained by reference to one or more selection item provisionally selected by the setting unit, and an explanation outputting unit that outputs an explanation for the user for the selection item to be explained which is determined by the determination unit. | 10-02-2008 |
Masuho Sakakibara, Obu JP
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20090195197 | Rotating electrical machine control device - A rotating electrical machine control device includes an inverter; a resolver; a unit; a three-phase/two-phase modulation switching unit; and a motor control unit that switches to a two-phase modulation in a specific region where an electric noise given to the resolver by a rotating electrical machine is large, even in a region where the modulation ratio is smaller than the three-phase/two-phase modulation switching boundary. | 08-06-2009 |
Noboru Sakakibara, Kiyosu-Shi JP
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20110241705 | Linear sensor - A linear sensor | 10-06-2011 |
Norihisa Sakakibara, Aichi-Ken JP
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20120091791 | POWER-SUPPLY UNIT AND POWER SUPPLY - A power-supply unit has an electric connection box operable to supply an electric power of a battery to loads and a power supply operable to control first voltage supplied from the battery and outputted through the electric connection box and supply second voltage into which the first voltage is controlled in the power supply to the loads through the electric connection box. The electric connection box includes an electric connection box side input terminal connectable to the battery and an electric connection box side output terminal connectable to the loads. The power supply includes a power supply side input terminal that is directly connected to the electric connection box side input terminal and a power supply side output terminal that is directly connected to the electric connection box side output terminal. The power supply is directly supported by and fixed to the electric connection box. | 04-19-2012 |
Norihisa Sakakibara, Kariya-Shi JP
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20120068663 | POWER SOURCE DEVICE - A power control device for a vehicle includes a first battery, a second battery, the voltage of which is lower than the voltage of the first battery, and a transformer. The transformer includes a primary coil, to which an alternating-current power source is connected, a first secondary coil, to which the first battery is connected, and at least one second secondary coil, to which the second battery is connected. A rectification circuit is located between the second secondary coil and the second battery. A voltage adjustment circuit is located between the rectification circuit and the second battery. A control section charges the first battery using the alternating current power source, and, simultaneously supplies electrical power to the second battery. | 03-22-2012 |
20130257062 | POWER CIRCUIT - A power circuit includes a boost circuit having a boost switching element, a coil provided between a battery and the boost switching element and a rectifier element provided between the coil and a load, a first switch connected to the boost circuit in parallel, a current detection circuit detecting current flowing through the first switch and a control circuit turning on the first switch during a normal state other than a restart of an engine after an idling stop and turning off the first switch and controlling an operation of the boost switching element at a restart of the engine after an idling stop so that voltage of the battery is boosted and supplied to the load. The control circuit determines based on the current detected by the current detection circuit during the normal state whether or not the first switch has an open fault. | 10-03-2013 |
Sachiko Sakakibara, Aichi-Ken JP
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20080214519 | Chromane Substituted Benzimidazole Derivatives as Acid Pump Antagonists - This invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: A, B, X, R | 09-04-2008 |
Sachiko Sakakibara, Nara JP
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20090054424 | Optically active pyridine derivative and a medicament containing the same - An optically active (−)-7-[2-(cyclopropylmethoxy)-6-hydroxyphenyl]-5-[(3S)-3-piperidinyl]-1,4-dihydro-2H-pyrido[2,3-d][1,3]oxazin-2-one of the formula: | 02-26-2009 |
Sadao Sakakibara, Hekinan-Shi JP
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20090139148 | SUPERABRASIVE GRAIN SETTING METHOD - In a superabrasive grain setting method, a two-dimensionally developed coordinate preparation step is taken, wherein a non-cylindrical area of a mounting surface where a tangential line to the mounting surface in a plane including the axis of the manufacturing mold crosses with the axis of a manufacturing mold is developed into a circular-arc belt-like surface, and a plurality of mounting points are set on the circular-arc belt-like surface in a grid pattern in dependence on mounting positions for superabrasive grains. Then, a rectification step is taken, wherein the grid pattern of the mounting points is rectified in predetermined angular ranges so that the mounting points do not make consecutive point lines in the circumferential direction of the circular-arc belt-like surface. A mounting step is thereafter taken of mounting the superabrasive grains on the mounting surface of the manufacturing mold based on the grid pattern rectified at the rectification step. | 06-04-2009 |
20090142435 | SUPERABRASIVE GRAIN SETTING APPARATUS - A superabrasive grain setting apparatus is provided for arranging superabrasive grains on a surface of a manufacturing mold used in manufacturing a grinding tool. The apparatus comprises a grip and raising mechanism for gripping the mold in a horizontal state and for turning the mold to a vertical state; a six-axis control robot composed of a base arm mechanism with three controlled axes and a wrist unit with three controlled axes attached to the base arm mechanism; a superabrasive grain supply device having a grain storage for storing the superabrasive grains and a grain separation mechanism for separating the superabrasive grains in the grain storage one by one to a suction position; and a suction nozzle detachably mounted on an endmost arm of the robot and provided with a bent nose portion for drawing a grain of superabrasive to a nozzle end thereof at the suction position. | 06-04-2009 |
20120108153 | ROTARY DRESSER - A rotary dresser is provided with a roll having an outer circumferential surface which includes an arc portion or inclined portion differing in diameter in dependence on the axial position thereof, and a plurality of diamond abrasive grains embedded on the outer circumferential surface of the roll. The number of the diamond abrasive grains in the circumferential direction is fixed even at any axial position on the outer circumferential surface of the roll. | 05-03-2012 |
Shigeki Sakakibara, Hiratsuka JP
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20100070118 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING STEERING AND MOORING ALONGSIDE OF VESSELS - A method and a system for assisting steering and mooring alongside of vessels that enables operators to easily obtain physical relationship between two vessels and the states of mooring lines and fenders when the operators lay the two vessels aboard and moors them alongside for loading cargoes are provided. Physical relationship between a hull of the first vessel and a hull of the second vessel is calculated in the form of numerical data based on information on a reference position of a first vessel that is detected by a first GPS receiver, information on a reference position of a second vessel that is detected by a second GPS receiver, oscillation information on the first vessel, oscillation information on the second vessel, information on a distance between the two vessels that is measured by distance measuring device, coordinate data including hull outer shape and the like against the reference position for each vessel, and air pressure data for each fender. Information on the physical relationship between the hull of said first vessel and the hull of said second vessel based on the numerical data and the state of each fender are displayed on a first display device provided for a steering room of the first vessel and a second display device provided for a steering room of the second vessel by means of animation. | 03-18-2010 |
Shingo Sakakibara, Osaka JP
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20090053443 | CHLOROTRIFLUOROETHYLENE COPOLYMER CONTAINING LAMINATE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention provides a CTFE copolymer-containing laminate produced by coextrusion molding of a PFA and/or FEP layer and a CTFE copolymer layer with the thermal degradation of the latter layer being suppressed and the liquid chemical impermeability and gas barrier properties, among others, being improved as well as a method of producing the same. The present invention is a chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer-containing laminate having a layer (A) comprising a tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(vinyl ether) copolymer and/or a tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer and a layer (B) comprising a chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer, the layer (A) and the layer (B) being formed by coextrusion molding under a condition such that the temperature of a flow path (pa) through which a layer (A)-forming material (a) flows is 300 to 400° C. and the temperature of a flow path (pb) through which a layer (B)-forming material (b) flows is 250 to 350° C. prior to the material (a) and the material (b) coming into contact with each other in a multilayer die. | 02-26-2009 |
20090246435 | LAMINATE - The present invention provides a laminate having an environmental cracking resistance for a fuel and a fuel impermeability and, in addition, higher in productivity. The present invention is a laminate including a chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer layer (C) and a fluorine-free organic material layer (K), wherein the chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer has a melt flow rate of 15.0 to 40.0 (g/10 minutes) and contains 15.0 to 25.0 mole percent of chlorotrifluoroethylene units relative to all monomer units. | 10-01-2009 |
Shingo Sakakibara, Settsu-Shi JP
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20090291243 | MULTILAYER BODY - The present invention provides a laminate which is highly impermeable to fuels and has high fuel crack resistance. The present invention is a laminate having: | 11-26-2009 |
Shingo Sakakibara, Hamamatsu-Shi JP
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20090074211 | CAPACITOR MICROPHONE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAPACITOR MICROPHONE - A capacitor microphone includes a plate that has a fixed electrode, a diaphragm that has a variable electrode, the plate that vibrates by sound waves, and a spacer that insulates and supports the plate and the diaphragm forming airspace between the fixed electrode and the variable electrode, wherein at least either of the plate or the diaphragm is a semiconductor single-layered film or a metal single-layered film whose specific resistance in a nearby edge close to the spacer is higher than that in a central unit away from the spacer. | 03-19-2009 |
20090096041 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is designed such that a semiconductor sensor chip having a diaphragm for detecting pressure variations based on the displacement thereof is fixed onto the upper surface of a substrate having a rectangular shape, which is covered with a cover member so as to form a hollow space embracing the semiconductor sensor chip between the substrate and the cover member. Herein, the substrate is sealed with a molded resin such that chip connection leads packaging leads are partially exposed externally of the molded resin; the chip connection leads are electrically connected to the semiconductor sensor chip and are disposed in line along one side of the semiconductor sensor chip; and the packaging leads are positioned opposite the chip connection leads by way of the semiconductor sensor chip. Thus, it is possible to downsize the semiconductor device without substantially changing the size of the semiconductor sensor chip. | 04-16-2009 |
20100072564 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device of the invention includes: a substrate having a hollowed hollow section on a top surface; a semiconductor chip mounted in the hollow section of the substrate; and a lid having a substantially plate-shaped top plate section that opposes the substrate and covers the hollow section, and having at least one pair of side wall sections that project from a circumference of the top plate section towards the substrate and that engage with a side surface of the substrate. The substrate and the lid can be accurately positioned. | 03-25-2010 |
20130118267 | Strain Sensor - A strain sensor includes a flexible substrate, a CNT film made of a plurality of CNT fibers aligned in an orientation direction, a pair of electrodes, and a protective coat. The electrodes are formed at the opposite ends of the CNT film in a perpendicular direction to the orientation direction of the CNT fibers. The protective coat protecting the CNT film is made of a resin, a water-based emulsion, or an oil-based emulsion. The protective coat is placed in contact with at least part of the CTN fibers on the surface of the CNT film. The strain sensor including the protective coat is able to prevent damage/breakage of the CNT film and to prevent foreign matters from entering into gaps between CNT fibers, thus improving durability in maintaining adequate sensing functionality. | 05-16-2013 |
20140331793 | STRAIN SENSOR - A strain sensor provided with a substrate that has flexibility; a carbon nanotube (CNT) film that is provided on the surface of the substrate and that has a plurality of CNT fibers oriented in one direction; and a pair of electrodes that are arranged at both ends in the orientation direction of the CNT fibers in the CNT film; in which the CNT film has a plurality of CNT fiber bundles that consist of the plurality of CNT fibers, and a resin layer that covers the peripheral surface of the plurality of the CNT fiber bundles and joins with the surface of the substrate. | 11-13-2014 |
Shinichi Sakakibara, Toyoake-Shi JP
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20100245903 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND PERIPHERAL DEVICE - A communication system including a communication box connected to a public communication line and capable of data communication with a child unit through a digital cordless (DCL) wave and with a multi-function device through a wires LAN (WLAN) wave, and wherein each of the child unit and multi-function device has a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion for optical communication between the child unit and multi-function device. The communication box and multi-function device have respective WLAN communication control portions which are normally placed in a non-operating state, and when the communication box receives facsimile data from the public communication line, the communication box commands the child unit to require the multi-function device to start its WLAN communication control portion, starts its own WLAN communication control portion, and transmit the facsimile data to the multi-function device through the WLAN wave. | 09-30-2010 |
Shinsuke Sakakibara, Minamitsuru-Gun JP
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20100191372 | PRODUCTION SYSTEM HAVING COOPERATING PROCESS AREA BETWEEN HUMAN AND ROBOT - A production system in which a human and a robot may simultaneously perform a cooperative task in the same area while ensuring human's safety. A robot is positioned at one side of a working table, and an operator is positioned at the other side of the working table. The reachable area of the operator is limited by the working table. An area of the working table is divided into an area where only the operator may perform a task, an area where only the robot may perform a task, and an area where both the operator and the robot may enter. In a cooperation mode, the maximum movement speed of a component of the robot is limited lower than when the component of the robot is outside the cooperative task area, and, the motion of the robot is limited so that the robot does not enter a robot entry-prohibited area. | 07-29-2010 |
20120043831 | HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTIVE SYSTEM - A human-robot interactive system wherein a robot and a human share an area for performing interactive work, characterized by being provided with a force sensor which is set at an end effector attached to a front end of the robot or which is set at the robot and stopping the robot or controlling operation of the robot so that a detected value of the force sensor becomes smaller when the detected value of the force sensor exceeds a predetermined value, by the robot including a first robot portion which is positioned further from the human than a set position of the force sensor and a second robot portion which is positioned closer to the human than the set position of the force sensor, and, furthermore, by the robot system being provided with a limiter which limits a work area of the human so as to prevent contact by the human with the first robot portion of the robot during operation even when the robot most approaches the human. Due to this, safety of the human can be ensured even in an environment where the human could contact the robot. | 02-23-2012 |
Tadaaki Sakakibara, Kariya-Shi JP
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20110264323 | FAILURE SIGN DETECTION APPARATUS - The failure sign detection apparatus includes an abnormality detection means to make a comparison between a failure detection parameter of a vehicle device mounted on a vehicle and a predetermined abnormality detection threshold, and make a determination whether there is an abnormality in the vehicle device based on a result of the comparison, a failure sign evaluation index calculation means to calculate a failure sign evaluation index for evaluating a sign of failure of the vehicle device based on an abnormality duration period over which the detected abnormality continues and a parameter threshold difference indicative of a difference between the abnormality detection threshold and the failure detection parameter, and a failure sign detection means to detect a sign of failure of the vehicle device based on the failure sign evaluation index calculated by the failure sign evaluation index. | 10-27-2011 |
Tadashi Sakakibara, Tokyo-To JP
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20110244959 | IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a grasp motion determination section that determines whether or not a player has made a grasp motion with one hand that is a right hand or a left hand based on the image information, a grasp-linked motion determination section that determines whether or not the player has made a grasp-linked motion that follows the grasp motion with the other hand based on the image information when the grasp motion determination section has determined that the player has made the grasp motion with the one hand, and an image generation section that generates an image based on the determination results of the grasp motion and the grasp-linked motion. | 10-06-2011 |
Takaaki Sakakibara, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20110080161 | PARTIAL DISCHARGE DETECTOR FOR GAS-INSULATED ELECTRIC APPARATUS - A partial discharge detector for gas-insulated electric apparatus of an embodiment detects an electromagnetic wave ascribable to partial discharge in a gas-insulated electric apparatus which is filled with insulating gas, and in which a conductor to which high voltage is applied is supported in conductor supporting holes provided at centers of a plurality of disk-shaped insulating plates, and a plurality of flanged-conductive pipes form a hermetically sealed container, with flange portions thereof pressingly sandwiching and holding peripheral edge portions of the insulating plates from both surface sides. The partial discharge detector for gas-insulated electric apparatus of this embodiment is characterized in that an antenna detecting the electromagnetic wave is disposed in close contact on a portion, of each of the insulating plates, exposed from the flange portions of the flanged conductive pipes, via an elastic member capable of transmitting the electromagnetic wave. | 04-07-2011 |
Takaaki Sakakibara, Totsuka-Ku JP
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20090027062 | PARTIAL DISCHARGE DETECTION DEVICE - The present invention provides a high-performance partial discharge detection device which is user-friendly and compact and which allows detection of the electromagnetic waves caused by partial discharge, over a wide bandwidth with a simple constitution and a favorable S/N ratio. The waveguide antenna which receives electromagnetic waves that leak from the insulating spacer is attached to the outer circumferential face of the insulating spacer. The waveguide antenna is constituted by a waveguide portion and a coaxial cable connector which is installed on the waveguide portion. The waveguide portion has a metal short-circuit plate provided at one end thereof, and an opening formed at the other end thereof, which covers part of the outer circumferential face of the insulating spacer. | 01-29-2009 |
Takayuki Sakakibara, Nagoya-Shi JP
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20100255296 | SPRING WITH HIGH DURABILITY AND METHOD OF COATING THE SAME - A spring with high durability has a coating film composed of an epoxy resin powder coating containing softening agent which contains an epoxy resin and a softening agent comprising a thermoplastic resin for improving impact resistance of the coating film. A method of coating a spring with high durability comprises a coating step of making an epoxy resin powder coating containing softening agent which contains an epoxy resin and a softening agent comprising a thermoplastic resin for improving impact resistance of a coating film adhere to a surface on which the coating film is formed, and a baking step of baking the epoxy resin powder coating containing softening agent adhered to the surface. | 10-07-2010 |
20110074076 | SPRING STEEL AND SPRING HAVING SUPERIOR CORROSION FATIGUE STRENGTH - A high-strength spring steel and a spring are provided that have superior corrosion fatigue strength. The spring steel comprises, in mass percent, 0.35-0.55% C, 1.60-3.00% Si, 0.20-1.50% Mn, 0.10-1.50% Cr, and at least one of 0.40-3.00% Ni, 0.05-0.50% Mo and 0.05-0.50% V, the balance being substantially Fe and incidental elements and impurities. | 03-31-2011 |
20110074077 | SPRING STEEL AND SPRING HAVING SUPERIOR CORROSION FATIGUE STRENGTH - The present application provides a high strength spring steel and a high strength spring that have superior corrosion fatigue strength. The spring steel comprises, in terms of percent by mass, 0.35-0.55% C, 1.60-3.00% Si, 0.20-1.50% Mn, 0.10-1.50% Cr and at least one element selected from 0.40-3.00% Ni, 0.05-0.50% Mo 0.05-0.50% V, the balance being at least substantially Fe and incidental elements and impurities. | 03-31-2011 |
20110074078 | SPRING STEEL AND SPRING HAVING SUPERIOR CORROSION FATIGUE STRENGTH - A spring steel and spring having superior corrosion fatigue strength and a strength on the order of HRC 53 to HRC 56 are disclosed. The spring steel comprises a tempered martensite and 2.1 to 2.4% Si in terms of percent by mass of the total mass of the spring steel. | 03-31-2011 |
20110074079 | COIL SPRING FOR AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A manufacturing method of a coil spring for an automobile suspension includes forming a material into a coil shape; performing a heat treatment step on the material; performing a warm shot peening step on the material, and performing a hot setting step on the material. By performing the warm shot peening step prior to the hot setting step, a stronger compressive residual stress is imparted in a direction along which a large tensile stress acts during actual use of the coil spring, thereby improving sag resistance and durability of the coil spring. A coil spring is also manufactured according to this method. | 03-31-2011 |
20120318409 | SOLID STABILIZER, STEEL MATERIAL FOR SOLID STABILIZER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SOLID STABILIZER - A steel material for a solid stabilizer which has high bendability, high hardenability, and high quenching crack resistance, a solid stabilizer having high strength, and a manufacturing method of the solid stabilizer. The steel material for the solid stabilizer contains, in mass %, 0.24 to 0.40% of C, 0.15 to 0.40% of Si, 0.50 to 1.20% of Mn, 0.03% or less of P, 0.30% or less of Cr, 0.01 to 0.03% of Ti, and 0.0010 to 0.0030% of B. The steel material for the solid stabilizer satisfies a condition of formula (1) below. Hardness in a radial center portion of the steel material for the solid stabilizer after tempering is 400 HV or more, and a martensite ratio in the radial center portion after the tempering is 80% or more. | 12-20-2012 |
Takefumi Sakakibara, Matsumoto-Shi JP
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20090251486 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD - An image display apparatus includes: an image signal processing unit which adjusts an input grayscale values included in an input image signal according to a predetermined grayscale characteristic; a display unit which displays an image based on an image signal included in an output grayscale value adjusted by the image signal processing unit; and a grayscale characteristic changing unit which changes a correlation between the input and output grayscale values defined based on the grayscale characteristic. | 10-08-2009 |
20130187851 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD - An image display apparatus includes: an image signal processing unit which adjusts an input grayscale values included in an input image signal according to a predetermined grayscale characteristic; a display unit which displays an image based on an image signal included in an output grayscale value adjusted by the image signal processing unit; and a grayscale characteristic changing unit which changes a correlation between the input and output grayscale values defined based on the grayscale characteristic. | 07-25-2013 |
20140176918 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - A projector including a discharge tube as a light source includes a light source driver that supplies the discharge tube with electric power and an electric power control portion that controls the level of the electric power with which the light source driver supplies the discharge tube to perform a normal mode in which the light source driver supplies electric power of a predetermined electric power level and a power saving mode in which the light source driver supplies electric power of a power saving level lower than the predetermined electric power level. The power saving mode is a mode in which light emission from the discharge tube can be maintained. | 06-26-2014 |
Takeshi Sakakibara, Nagoya-Shi JP
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20090292133 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF FATTY ACID ALKYL ESTER, AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR THE PROCESS - Provided is a method of producing fatty acid alkyl esters at high reaction efficiency, wherein the impurities inhibiting the reaction such as water are removed sufficiently. | 11-26-2009 |
Tetsuya Sakakibara, Toyohashi-City JP
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20100206533 | Heat exchanger - A heat exchanger includes a plurality of tubes in which a thermal fluid flows, and a tank located at one longitudinal end portion of each tube and is brazed to the longitudinal end portions of the tubes to communicate with the tubes. The tank and the tube are respectively made of clad material plates in each of which a brazing material is clad on at least one surface of a core material. The brazing material of the tank and the brazing material of the tube respectively include Si content. Furthermore, a rate of the Si content in the brazing material of the tank is lower than that in the brazing material of the tube, and is in a range larger than 0% and equal to or smaller than 6%. Thus, meltage of the tube due to molten brazing material can be reduced during brazing of the tube and the tank. | 08-19-2010 |
20130220585 | TUBE FOR HEAT EXCHANGER - A cylindrical member of a tube for a heat exchanger is made of a pair of flat plate portions, and a pair of curved portions for connecting the pair of flat plate portions to each other. One of the pair of curved portions constructs a bonded portion in which an outer wall portion and an inner wall portion are bonded to each by brazing in a state where the outer wall portion and the inner wall portion overlap each other. The inner wall portion has a portion opposite to the outer wall portion put into close contact with the outer wall portion and is bonded to the one flat plate portion in a state where a tip end portion of the inner wall portion opposite to the one flat plate portion is separated from the one flat plate portion. | 08-29-2013 |
Tsutomu Sakakibara, Shiga JP
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20090122040 | DRIVE DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD - A first generation section ( | 05-14-2009 |
Yasuhito Sakakibara, Aichi-Ken JP
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20110076444 | Member with skin - A member with skin includes a substrate, and a skin. The substrate includes a body, and a core. The skin includes a first skin segment, and a second skin segment. The body and core make a rear side-face section, which is disposed beneath a rear face of the core, within a side face in the substrate. The member further includes a stitching allowance, which is disposed to face the rear side-face section in the substrate, between the first skin segment and the second skin segment. The first skin segment covers a front face of the body, and a front face of the core. The second skin segment covers a rear face of the body. The member further includes ornamental stitches that are disposed at a boundary between a part of the first skin segment covering the body and another part of the first skin segment covering the core. | 03-31-2011 |
Yasuyuki Sakakibara, Numazu-Shi JP
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20110308485 | FOUR-STROKE ENGINE AND WORKING MACHINE USING THE SAME - A reduced size four-stroke engine and a working machine using the same are provided. A fuel tank is disposed in the space below a carburetor and an engine base is integrally formed with a fuel tank. By this means, the fuel tank is disposed in the space below the carburetor, and therefore the oil tank is not required to be disposed below the oil tank, so that it is possible to reduce the size. | 12-22-2011 |
20120011730 | WORKING MACHINE ENGINE AND WORKING MACHINE USING THE SAME - A working machine engine is provided. The air flowing through the front side cooling air flow passage and the upper side cooling air flow passage which are provided in the front side and the upper side of the casing, respectively, and the air flowing through the auxiliary air flow passage provided in the back side of the casing join together near the opening. By this means, the air flowing through the auxiliary air flow passage can change the direction of the air flowing lengthwise through the front side cooling air flow passage and the upper side cooling air flow passage. | 01-19-2012 |
Yoko Sakakibara, Chita JP
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20080269469 | Method of Separating Protein - It is intended to provide a method whereby a protein can be separated and purified at a high accuracy by a convenient procedure. A sample containing the desired protein is brought into contact with an ion exchanger under first conditions at a high ionic strength and at pH value not in the vicinity of the isoelectric point of the desired protein. Next, the component adsorbed by the ion exchanger is eluted under second conditions at a lower ionic strength than in the first conditions and at a pH value closer to the isoelectric point of the desired protein than in the first conditions. | 10-30-2008 |
Yoshihiro Sakakibara, Iwakura City JP
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20080231101 | SLIDE RAIL UNIT - A simple, compact and easy-to-assemble slide rail unit is provided. The slide rail unit reliably restrains right and left rails from sliding even when the right and left rails are installed onto the vehicle floor at an inclination angle different from each other in a longitudinal direction thereof. The slide rail unit includes a slide rail member having an upper rail member and an upper rail member slidably engaged with each other and a lock lever rotatably pivoted to the upper rail member so as to engage with/disengage from an engagement portion formed on the lower rail member. The slide rail unit also includes an operation lever connected to the lock lever within the slide rail member. Between the lock lever and the operation lever, a leaf spring member is disposed for connecting the lock lever and the operation lever therebetween. | 09-25-2008 |
Yoshikiyo Sakakibara, Ibaraki JP
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20100167340 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A RECEPTOR CHIP USING BIOTINYLATED PROTEIN - The present invention provides a method for detecting modified LDL, abnormal cells or bacteria using an intermolecular interaction analysis method, in which a region involved in ligand recognition by a receptor is expressed, without modification or as a biotinylated protein, in cells or in a test tube, and thereafter, the expressed region or the expressed biotinylated protein is immobilized via avidin or streptavidin to a solid phase while the orientation thereof is maintained, and the immobilized protein is utilized; and a kit for detecting the modified LDL or the like. | 07-01-2010 |
Yoshinobu Sakakibara, Kakegawa-Shi JP
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20100099030 | ELECTRIC STORAGE ELEMENT - Disclosed is an electrical storage device having excellent safety and high battery capacity. Specifically disclosed is an electrical storage device comprising at least a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode collector, a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode collector, a separator and an organic electrolyte solution. This electrical storage device is characterized in that the negative electrode active material layer is composed of a metal complex oxide which absorbs and desorbs lithium ions, the positive electrode active material layer contains a carbonaceous material having a layered crystal structure, and the interlayer distance d | 04-22-2010 |
Yoshinobu Sakakibara, Shizuoka JP
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20090197168 | STORAGE ELEMENT - There is provided a battery device having a high operating voltage and a low capacity degradation rate. The battery device comprising: a positive electrode having at least a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode collector; a negative electrode; a separator; and an organic electrolytic solution, wherein the positive electrode active material layer contains non-porous carbon having a specific surface area of 500 m | 08-06-2009 |
20120202111 | CARBON ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR BATTERY ELECTRODES - There is provided a battery device having a high operating voltage and a low capacity degradation rate. The battery device comprising: a positive electrode having at least a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode collector; a negative electrode; a separator; and an organic electrolytic solution, wherein the positive electrode active material layer contains non-porous carbon having a specific surface area of 500 m | 08-09-2012 |
Youichi Sakakibara, Ibaraki JP
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20080258117 | Saturable Absorber of Polyimide Containing Dispersed Carbon Nanotubes - A carbon nanotube-dispersed polyimide saturable absorber excellent in an optical quality, obtainable by mixing a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid comprising a carbon nanotube, an amide-based polar organic solvent, and a nonionic surfactant and/or a polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) with a mixture solution of a solvent soluble polyimide and an organic solvent. A method for producing the same, comprising the steps of dispersing a single-walled carbon nanotube in a mixture solution of an amide-based polar organic solvent and a nonionic surfactant under intensive stirring, mixing the resultant dispersion liquid with a polyimide mixed organic solvent, and removing the solvent. | 10-23-2008 |
20140199018 | SEMICONDUCTOR POINTED STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME, SPOT SIZE CONVERTER, AND NON-REFLECTIVE TERMINATOR - A semiconductor pointed structure formed at an end portion of the core structure of a semiconductor photonic wire waveguide has a sloped side wall on at least one of the sides that constitute the pointed structure. The semiconductor pointed structure decreases in width and thickness towards the distal end. A method for fabrication of the structure is also disclosed. | 07-17-2014 |
Yuji Sakakibara, Anjo-Shi JP
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20110003541 | SANDER - It is an object of the invention to improve usability of a movable handle, in a sander having the movable handle. | 01-06-2011 |
20130293164 | FLUID APPARATUS - There is provided a fluid apparatus that includes a fan configured to suction or discharge a gas; a motor configured to drive the fan; a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor; a current limiting device provided on an electrical conduction path from the battery to the motor; a first drive device configured to, when receiving a drive command from outside, flow a first drive current to the motor through the current limiting device, to thereby cause normal rotation of the motor; an operation switch to be operated by a user; and a second drive device configured to, while the operation switch is being operated by the user, flow a second drive current, which is larger than the first drive current, from the battery to the motor, to thereby cause high speed rotation of the motor, | 11-07-2013 |
Yuji Sakakibara, Aichi-Ken JP
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20090064664 | Device for Cleaning Exhaust Gas of Internal Combustion Engine - A device for cleaning exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine according to the present invention includes a device ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090308060 | Process for purifying exhaust gases and apparatus for purifying exhaust gases - A process for purifying exhaust gases includes the steps of collecting PMs, forcibly exhausting PMs, and purifying PMs. In the step of purifying PMs, PMs in exhaust gases are collected with a filter. In the step of forcibly exhausting PMs, PMs, which are collected on the filter, are exhausted by blowing a pressurized gas onto the filter, thereby forming PMs-containing gases. In the step of purifying PMs, PMs, which are contained in the PMs-containing gases, are purified by contacting an oxidizing agent with the PMs-containing gases, thereby removing the PMs from the PMs-containing gases by means of oxidation. | 12-17-2009 |
Yuu Sakakibara, Zama-Shi JP
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20110085834 | Cleaning device and image forming apparatus incorporating same - A cleaning device for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a primary cleaning brush, a collecting roller, and a blade. The primary cleaning brush is configured to remove post-transfer residual toner remaining on an image carrying member. The collecting roller is configured to cause the post-transfer residual toner adhering to the first cleaning brush to electrostatically adhere thereto, is made of metal, and has a surface roughness Ra of at least approximately 0.08 micrometers. The blade is configured to come into contact with the collecting roller and mechanically remove the post-transfer residual toner adhering to the collecting roller. | 04-14-2011 |