Kurokawa

Akifumi Kurokawa, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120200187	ROTOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotor for a rotary electric machine has a plurality of magnetic poles provided at intervals in a circumferential direction of a rotor core, at an outer periphery of the rotor core. Each of the magnetic poles includes a central magnet, a pair of circumferential-direction magnets disposed on both sides of the central magnet in the circumferential direction such that a spacing between the pair widens towards an outer periphery of the rotor core, and low permeability regions provided in the vicinity of end portions of the central magnet in the circumferential direction, and having a permeability lower than a magnetic material of the rotor core. The rotor core is formed such that a width of a magnetic path entrance portion that is formed between a magnetic-pole inward side face of the circumferential-direction magnet and the adjacent low permeability region decreases towards an outer peripheral face of the rotor core.	08-09-2012
20120200193	ROTOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - In a rotor for a rotary electric machine, a plurality of magnetic poles are provided in a radially outer portion of the rotor iron core, at intervals in the circumferential direction. Each magnetic pole includes a pair of permanent magnets disposed apart from each other in the circumferential direction, and a magnetic flux-restraining hole that is formed and extended radially inwardly between radially inner end portions of the permanent magnets and that restrains flow of magnetic flux. The magnetic flux-restraining hole is extended so as to project beyond a position of the radially inner end portions to a radially outer side, between the pair of permanent magnets.	08-09-2012

Akira Kurokawa, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120110527	CONNECTION VERIFICATION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF, AND CONNECTION VERIFICATION APPARATUS - A connection verification method is disclosed. A computer verifies a connection between a first node and a second node by starting from the first node in a designed integrated circuit, based on connection information stored in a storage part. The computer detects whether a module connected to the second node is a predetermined module predetermined module having a logic condition therein, based on connection relationship logic information stored in the storage part. The computer conducts a connection verification starting the module to verify a connection between the module and a third node when the module is the predetermined module.	05-03-2012

Atsushi Kurokawa, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140167115	HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR, POWER AMPLIFIER INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR - A heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a ballast resistor layer of which resistance increases with an increase in temperature. The ballast resistor layer includes a first ballast resistor sub-layer having a positive temperature coefficient of resistivity in a first temperature range and a second temperature range and a second ballast resistor sub-layer having a negative temperature coefficient of resistivity in the first temperature range and a positive temperature coefficient of resistivity in the second temperature range.	06-19-2014

Emi Kurokawa, Tachikawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130185305	KEYWORD ASSIGNMENT APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A keyword assignment apparatus includes a feature value extraction unit, a classification unit, a classification frequency measurement unit, and a keyword assignment unit. The feature value extraction unit is configured to extract a feature value vector, which consists of feature values, from an input image. The classification unit is configured to perform classification to the feature value vector extracted by the feature value extraction unit. The classification frequency measurement unit is configured to measure a frequency of the classification classified by the classification unit. The keyword assignment unit is configured to assign keywords to the input image based on the classification classified by the classification unit and the frequency measured by the classification frequency measurement unit.	07-18-2013

Haruhiko Kurokawa, Hiratsuka-Shi, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140042646	AROMATIC POLYCARBONATE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR LIGHT GUIDE PLATES, AND LIGHT GUIDE PLATE - There is provided an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition exhibiting excellent mechanical strength, transfer property, light transmittance, thermal stability and moldability which is capable of being molded into thin-wall products and large-size products, as well as a light guide plate produced from the resin composition. The present invention relates to an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition for light guide plates, comprising an aromatic polycarbonate resin having a viscosity-average molecular weight of 13,000 to 15,000, and a ratio of a weight-average molecular weight to a number-average molecular weight (Mw/Mn) of 1.5 to 2.7 in terms of polystyrene as measured by gel permeation chromatography; and a stabilizer and a releasing agent blended in the aromatic polycarbonate resin, as well as a light guide plate produced from the resin composition.	02-13-2014

Hidaka Kurokawa, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140089878	DETERMINING APPARATUS, DETERMINING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A determining apparatus includes a processor configured to detect from among a group of sectional areas obtained by dividing layout data indicating a design area concerning a circuit-under-design and stored in a storage device, adjacent sectional areas that are adjacent to sectional areas in a design change area and outside the design change area; count with respect to the sectional areas that are outside the design change area and among the group of sectional areas, number of detections as the adjacent sectional area; judge whether the number of detections counted is at least a predetermined number of two; and determine as an area for extraction for wiring parasitic capacitance, the sectional areas for which the number of detections is judged to be at least the predetermined number.	03-27-2014

Hideki Kurokawa, Shinjuku-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120244421	BATTERY CASE FORMING SHEET AND BATTERY PACKET - A battery packet (	09-27-2012

Hideo Kurokawa, Miyagi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120326564	DRIVE DEVICE USING POLYMER ACTUATOR - An actuator includes an electrolytic layer, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer. The electrolytic layer includes a polymer and an ionic liquid included in the polymer. When a voltage that makes the first electrode layer a positive side is applied, the actuator deforms to be in a drive state, thereby driving a protruding member. In a period other than a drive period in which the protruding member is driven, a reverse voltage that makes the first electrode layer a negative side is applied, thereby rectifying the tendency of the actuator to bow or the like.	12-27-2012

Hideto Kurokawa, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120192712	HYDROGEN SEPARATION MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING HYDROGEN - Provided is a novel hydrogen separation membrane formed of a Nb—W—Mo-based alloy. A method for separating hydrogen using the hydrogen separation membrane and hydrogen separation conditions are selected by a particular procedure. A hydrogen separation membrane formed of the Nb—W—Mo-based alloy membrane. A method for separating hydrogen using the Nb—W—Mo-based alloy membrane and the conditions for separating hydrogen using the Nb —W—Mo-based alloy membrane are set by measuring the hydrogen pressure P of a hydrogen atmosphere for the Nb—W—Mo-based alloy membrane and the dissolved hydrogen content C of the Nb—W—Mo-based alloy membrane at a temperature T; generating a PCT curve associating the temperature T, the hydrogen pressure P, and the dissolved hydrogen content C on the basis of actual measurement data about the three requirements; and setting operating temperature and primary and secondary hydrogen pressure conditions by determining the relationship between the dissolved hydrogen content C and the brittle fracture of the Nb—W—Mo-based alloy membrane on the basis of the PCT curve to evaluate critical dissolved hydrogen content related to hydrogen embrittlement resistance.	08-02-2012

Hidetoshi Kurokawa, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120043051	AIR GUIDE DUCT STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - An air guide structure for guiding outside air in front of the vehicle to equipment to be cooled. Ai air guide duct structure (	02-23-2012

Hiroshi Kurokawa, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130045503	CLEARING REAGENT FOR BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL, AND USE THEREOF - A clearing reagent according to this invention for making a biological material transparent is a solution containing, as an active component, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of urea and urea derivatives, in order to provide a novel clearing reagent for making a biological material transparent.	02-21-2013
20140087419	METHOD FOR MAKING BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL TRANSPARENT AND USE THEREOF - A method for making a biological material transparent according to the present invention includes: a first permeation step of causing a first solution to permeate into a biological material, the first solution containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of urea and urea derivatives at a predetermined concentration; and then a second permeation step of causing a second solution to permeate into the biological material, the second solution containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of urea and urea derivatives at a concentration higher than the concentration of the at least one compound contained in the first solution.	03-27-2014

Hiroshi Kurokawa, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120199533	HEMODIALYSIS APPARATUS, METHOD OF OPERATING HEMODIALYSIS APPARATUS, AND WATER CONTENT REMOVAL SYSTEM - A hemodialysis apparatus includes a dialyzer, a quantitative vessel including a displaceable partition wall which partitions the inside of the quantitative vessel into a first chamber and a second chamber, a storage vessel which stores a dialysate, a dialysate exchange circuit which supplies the dialysate to the first chamber, and discharges a waste dialysate in the second chamber to the outside by the consequent displacement of the partition wall to the second chamber side, a dialysate supply circuit which supplies the dialysate in the first chamber to the dialyzer, and discharges the waste dialysate from the dialyzer to the second chamber by the displacement of the partition wall to the first chamber side, and a dialysate storage circuit which supplies the dialysate in the first chamber to the storage vessel by the displacement of the partition wall to the first chamber side.	08-09-2012

Isamu Kurokawa, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120103056	CRASH TEST APPARATUS - A crash test apparatus for truck cabs includes a fixture frame mounting a cab, a cart mounting the fixture frame, a protruding barrier disposed in front of the cab, and a crash device moving the cart to make the cab crash against the protruding barrier. The crash test apparatus includes a buffer device disposed between a front of the cart and the protruding barrier, and when the crash device operates, deforming by a deformation amount of a frame of a vehicle on which the cab is mounted, to make the cab crash against the protruding barrier.	05-03-2012

Kazuhiro Kurokawa, Shiga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120060964	ELECTRIC WIRE END TREATMENT DEVICE AND ELECTRIC WIRE END TREATMENT METHOD TECHNICAL FIELD - An end treatment portion	03-15-2012
20130289758	ELECTRIC WIRE END TREATMENT DEVICE AND ELECTRIC WIRE END TREATMENT METHOD - An end treatment portion	10-31-2013

Kazuma Kurokawa, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130157171	CONDUCTIVE SHEET AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME - A conductive sheet comprises an aromatic polyamide pulp, a fluoroplastic fused to the aromatic polyamide pulp, and a carbon-based conductive material; wherein the conductive sheet has a static contact angle of water on a first surface that is greater than the static contact angle of water on a second surface that in the opposite surface to the first surface, and the difference between the static contact angle of water on the first surface and the static contact angle of water on the second surface is 20°-180°; or wherein the injection pressure of water on the first surface of the conductive sheet is less than the injection pressure of water on the second surface that is the opposite surface to the first surface, and the difference between the injection pressure of water on the first surface and the injection pressure of water on the second surface is 20-50 kPa.	06-20-2013

Kazushige Kurokawa, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130250829	METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A first network switching apparatus	09-26-2013

Kazushige Kurokawa, Paderborn DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150019671	INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, TROUBLE DETECTING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A first information processing apparatus includes a first input/output unit that is capable of communicating with a second information processing apparatus for monitoring the first information processing apparatus and transmits a notification signal transmitted from a first input/output device to the second information processing apparatus even when no notification from an operating system that is operated by a processor is obtained. The second information processing apparatus includes a second input/output unit and a trouble detector that detects generation of a trouble on a network when the second input/output device does not receive the notification signal from the first input/output device.	01-15-2015

Keiichi Kurokawa, Matsumoto-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140127618	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes: a conductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate and containing an organic photoconductive material and charge transport materials including a styryl compound represented by structural formula (I) below and a triphenylamine compound represented by structural formula (II) below	05-08-2014
20140133886	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR - An electrophotographic photoreceptor is used by being detachably mounted onto an apparatus main body of an electrophotographic application apparatus while being incorporated in a process cartridge. The electrophotographic photoreceptor has a photosensitive drum formed by forming a photosensitive layer containing a photoconductive material on an outer circumferential surface of a cylindrical conductive substrate; and a flange that is fitted to an open end of the photosensitive drum and transmits a rotational driving force from the apparatus main body to the photosensitive drum. In the flange, on a surface thereof receiving the rotational driving force, a driven-side power transmission portion that is configured by a cylindrical body disposed concentrically with respect to a central shaft of the photosensitive drum, and engaging projections are provided.	05-15-2014
20140233983	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR - An electrophotographic photoreceptor is removably installed and used in a device main unit of an electrophotography application device so as to form a process cartridge. The device main unit includes a driving-side power transmission portion. The photoreceptor includes a photosensitive drum including a cylindrical conductive base having a photosensitive layer containing a photoconductive material. A flange is fitted to the photosensitive drum. The flange includes a driven-side driving force transmission portion that has a cylindrical member and engaging protrusions. The flange transmits to the photosensitive drum a rotational driving force from the driving-side power transmission portion. A center of the cylindrical member is disposed on a central axis of the photosensitive drum. The protrusions are parallel to the central axis at positions on the outer periphery of the cylindrical member that trisect the cylindrical member. Each protrusion protrudes in a radial direction and engages the driving-side power transmission portion.	08-21-2014

Kenichi Kurokawa, Nagano JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130256823	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DETECTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING DEVICE, DETECTING ELEMENT, IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A detecting element has an absorbing section where a temperature rises according to an amount of electromagnetic waves which are absorbed and a detecting section where characteristics change according to an amount of heat which is transmitted from the absorbing section. A method for manufacturing the detecting element includes: forming the detecting section on a substrate; forming a protective film which covers the detecting section; forming a hollow space portion in a region which overlaps with the detecting section of the substrate in a planar view after the forming of the protective film; and forming the absorbing section by applying a liquid body, which contains a material constituting the absorbing section, in a region on the protective film on an opposite side from the detection section, which overlaps with the detecting section in a planar view, and solidifying the liquid body after the forming of the hollow space portion.	10-03-2013

Kenji Kurokawa, Tatebayashi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140336687	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PUNCTURE NEEDLE AND PUNCTURE NEEDLE - A puncture needle includes a needle tube	11-13-2014

Kiyohito Kurokawa, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130168997	VEHICULAR DOOR - Provided is a vehicular door including a load transfer member. The load transfer member includes a transfer member body disposed in a wide-thickness portion in a door body, and a projection projecting downward from the transfer member body. The transfer member body has a lower region whose surface on a door-outer-panel side abuts on, or comes close to, the inner surface of the door outer panel, and an inclined region whose door-outer-panel side surface is inclined to come apart from the door outer panel and whose surface on a door-inner-panel side abuts on, or comes close to, the inner surface of the door inner panel. The thickness of the lower region and the inclined region in a door-thickness direction is set narrower than the width of an insertion portion between the door inner panel and a door beam.	07-04-2013
20140354007	VEHICLE DOOR - A vehicle door includes a latch mechanism that is installed on the door body and is engaged with an engaging member, which is positioned on a vehicle body, when the door is closed, a rod member that connects the door outer handle and the latch mechanism such that the door outer handle operates simultaneously with and the latch mechanism, and a counterweight that is provided in the door outer handle and is disposed at a position at which the counterweight directly faces the sash member, at an outer side of the sash member in an in-out direction of the vehicle, and the counterweight transmitting an inertia force of the counterweight, which acts when an impact load applied from an outside of the vehicle is inputted, to the rod member as a load in a latch maintaining direction.	12-04-2014

Kotaro Kurokawa, Ichinomiya JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120043714	Sheet Conveying Device - A sheet conveying device to convey a sheet in a sheet path is provided. The sheet conveying device includes a separator roller, which is arranged to be rotatably in contact with the sheet to apply conveying force to the sheet, a pad assembly including a separator pad, which is arranged to be in contact with the sheet stack to apply convey resistance to the sheet stack, and a holder, which is swingably attached to a base member and holds the separator pad, the base member being in a fixed position with respect to the separator roller, a spring, which urges the pad assembly toward the separator roller, and a slidable member, which is attached to the pad assembly to be integrally movable with the pad assembly and to be slidably in contact with a first slidable section in the base member.	02-23-2012
20120099132	Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording medium is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a housing, an image forming unit, an image reader unit, an ejecting space to catch the recording medium, a pickup opening to expose the ejecting space, and a frame assembly to hold the image forming unit and the image reader unit. The housing includes an operation unit, which is configured to form an upper edge of the pickup opening. An enhancement member extending along a widthwise direction to bridge over the ejecting space is arranged in a lower position in the operation unit. The frame assembly includes a first support member and a second support member, which are arranged in widthwise ends of the ejecting space. The enhancement member is connected to the first support member and to the second support member at the widthwise ends thereof.	04-26-2012

Makoto Kurokawa, Kodaira-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120234443	PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire according to the present invention includes a tread section provided with circumferential grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, lateral grooves extending in a tread width direction, and a plurality of land blocks defined by the circumferential grooves and the lateral grooves, each of the land blocks provided with sipes formed to extend to a predetermined depth from a tread surface inward in a tire radial direction, each of the sipes having an end portion communicating with at least any one of the circumferential grooves and the lateral grooves. At least one of the plurality of sipes includes an expanded diameter section on an inner end in the tire radial direction, and the expanded diameter section is formed to increase in diameter extending toward each of sidewalls of the land block.	09-20-2012

Manabu Kurokawa, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130020972	LOAD DRIVE APPARATUS - A load drive apparatus includes: a converter which has two switching elements connected in series and through which a DC voltage, outputted from a battery, is converted into a DC voltage of a different level; an inverter through which the DC voltage, outputted from the converter, is converted into an AC voltage and the AC voltage is applied to a rotary inductive load; and a capacitor provided between the converter and the inverter so as to be in parallel to the converter and the inverter. One of the two switching elements, which constitutes part of a power supply path extending from the battery to the rotary inductive load, is a normally-on type semiconductor element. Accordingly, the present invention can provide the load drive apparatus that allows power, generated by a regenerative operation of the rotary inductive load, to be stored in the battery in a simple configuration even in the event of failure of a controller or a converter.	01-24-2013

Manabu Kurokawa, Sakura-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130342151	ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A control device of an electric power supply apparatus controls a voltage applied to an inverter to fall within a voltage range between a first voltage that is the voltage of one of a first electric power supply and a second electric power supply and a second voltage that is the sum of the voltage of the first electric power supply and the voltage of the second electric power supply, by alternately switching between a series state in which a current loop that connects the first electric power supply, the second electric power supply, and a reactor in series with the inverter is formed, and a parallel state in which the first electric power supply and the second electric power supply are connected in parallel with the inverter as an electric load.	12-26-2013
20140084879	POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A connection switch control part that, within a voltage change period where an applied voltage to an inverter can be changed by repeatedly and alternately switching to a serial state where a first power supply and a second power supply are connected in series to the inverter and to a parallel state where the first power supply and the second power supply are connected in parallel to the inverter, provides: a first period during which current of either one of the first power supply and the second power supply changes with an increasing trend, and current of the other one changes with a decreasing trend; and a second period during which current of one of the power supplies changes with a decreasing trend and current of the other power supply changes with an increasing trend.	03-27-2014

Manabu Kurokawa, Durham, NC US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140336202	METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND USING MDM2 INHIBITORS - Methods of treating subjects with cancer and screening for MDM2 inhibitors that may be effective cancer therapeutics are provided herein. The cancers that may be treated using MDM2 inhibitors using the methods described herein include those that are or may become resistant to treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Methods of treating subjects with cancers that have, or develop in response to treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors, elevated levels of MDM2, Mcl-1 or PP5 or decreased levels of Huwe1 or CAS using MDM2 inhibitors are provided herein. The MDM2 inhibitors may be effective at treating these cancers alone or in combination with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor regardless of p53 status (mutant or wild-type) of the cancer.	11-13-2014

Masaaki Kurokawa, Takasago JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150078136	Conformable Transducer With Self Position Sensing - Embodiments are directed to a diaphragm-based flexible array comprising a plurality of piezoelectric elements, wherein the array is configured to conform to a surface of a structure under evaluation and emit acoustic waves in two directions in sequence, a source configured to apply a voltage pulse to each element of the array, and a sensor configured to receive an acoustic pulse from each element of the array in response to application of the voltage pulse to each element of the array.	03-19-2015

Masahiro Kurokawa, Iwaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130136547	Cutting Insert and Indexable Endmill - A cutting insert for a multifunctional endmill is capable of using three corners. The cutting insert includes a top surface and a bottom surface having an outer shape of a substantially polygonal shape and four side surfaces extending between the top surface and the bottom surface, a first side surface has a positive flank angle, a second side surface has a positive flank angle, a third side surface has the positive flank angle, the first side surface includes a first and a second component surfaces connected with each other so that the first side surface protrudes outward from a peripheral surface of the cutting insert, and a connection portion between a first and a second component surface extends between the top surface and the bottom surface.	05-30-2013
20140377020	Cutting Insert and Cutting Tool With Replaceable Cutting Edge - A cutting insert has cutting edge portions at intersection ridge portions between each of two end surfaces at the opposite side to each other and the peripheral side surface. Both the end surfaces are formed to be plane-symmetrical. In each end surface, long side portions and short side portions are alternately connected through raised corners or lowered corners. Each cutting edge portion is formed in regard to the raised corner, and has a corner cutting edge formed in the raised corner, a major cutting edge connected to the corner cutting edge and extending in the long side portion, and a minor cutting edge connected to the corner cutting edge at the opposite side and extending in the short side portion.	12-25-2014

Masaki Kurokawa, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150097034	OPTICAL INFORMATION READER AND ILLUMINATION CONTROL METHOD - In a barcode reader, a sensor controller sets time of one frame of a line image sensor based on output time necessary for data output of one frame from the line image sensor and lighting time of an LED. A light source controller performs first lighting control to turn on the LED only for the lighting time after termination of the data output within the time of one frame, and second lighting control to turn on the LED only for the lighting time so as to include the entire period of the data output within the time of one frame.	04-09-2015

Masaki Kurokawa, Nirasaki City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120247391	VERTICAL BATCH-TYPE FILM FORMING APPARATUS - A vertical batch-type film forming apparatus includes: a processing chamber collectively performing a film forming process to a plurality of processing targets; a heating device heating the plurality of processing targets; an exhauster evacuating an inside of the processing chamber; an accommodating container accommodating the processing chamber; a gas supply mechanism supplying a gas used in a process into the accommodating container; and a plurality of gas introducing holes provided in a sidewall of the processing chamber. The gas used in a process is supplied into the processing chamber via the gas introducing holes in a parallel flow to processing surfaces of the plurality of processing targets, and a film forming process is collectively performed to the plurality of processing targets without setting the furnace temperature gradient in the processing chamber.	10-04-2012
20120252224	METHOD OF DEPOSITING SILICON OXIDE FILM AND SILICON NITRIDE FILM, FILM FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of depositing a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film includes depositing the silicon oxide film and the silicon nitride film on a substrate, and a gas for forming the silicon nitride film further includes boron.	10-04-2012
20140004715	SILICON OXIDE FILM FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS	01-02-2014
20140080315	METHOD OF FORMING LAMINATED FILM AND FORMING APPARATUS THEREOF - A method of forming a laminated film includes forming a silicon oxide film on a plurality of target objects loaded in a reaction chamber, and forming a silicon oxynitride film on the plurality of target objects by supplying a silicon source, an oxidizing agent and a nitride agent to the reaction chamber, wherein forming the silicon oxide film and forming the silicon oxynitride film are repeatedly performed for a predetermined number of times on the plurality of target objects to form a laminated film including the silicon oxynitride film and the silicon oxide film.	03-20-2014
20140251209	SUPPORT MEMBER AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A support member includes: a mounting unit having a first main surface and a second main surface, the first main surface being configured to mount a first object to be processed thereon and the second main surface being configured to mount a second object to be processed thereon; and a wall installed in a part of the outer peripheral portion along the outer periphery of the mounting unit, the wall having a first portion protruding in a vertical direction than the first object to be processed mounted on the first main surface of the mounting unit. The inner peripheral surface of the first portion of the wall is formed in a first shape that allows the first object to be processed to be held by the first portion of the wall.	09-11-2014
20140284808	STACKED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a method of manufacturing a stacked semiconductor device, which includes forming a stacked film on a semiconductor substrate, the stacked film including a plurality of silicon oxide films and a plurality of silicon nitride films, which are alternately arranged on top of each other, and the stacked film being obtained by repeatedly performing a series of operations of forming the silicon oxide film on the semiconductor substrate using one of triethoxysilane, octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane, hexamethyldisilazane and diethylsilane gases, and forming the silicon nitride film on the formed silicon oxide film; etching the silicon nitride films in the stacked film; removing carbons contained in the silicon oxide films, which are not removed in the etching, to reduce a concentration of the carbons; and forming electrodes in regions where the silicon nitride films are etched in the etching.	09-25-2014
20140308820	METHOD OF DEPOSITING SILICON OXIDE FILM AND SILICON NITRIDE FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of depositing a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film includes depositing the silicon oxide film and the silicon nitride film on a substrate, and a gas for forming the silicon nitride film further includes boron.	10-16-2014

Masanori Kurokawa, Hachioji JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120316329	MODIFIED HYALURONIC ACID AND/OR A SALT THEREOF, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND COSMETIC PREPARATION COMPRISING THE SAME - A modified hyaluronic acid and/or a salt thereof comprises a glycerin skeleton-containing group shown by the following general formula (1),	12-13-2012

Megumi Kurokawa, Gunma JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120196327	PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF PROTEIN - The present invention relates to a method for integrating a gene fragment inserted between a pair of transposon sequences into a chromosome of a mammalian cell, comprising introducing at least one expression vector which comprises a gene fragment comprising a DNA encoding a protein of interest and also comprises a pair of transposon sequences at both terminals of the gene fragment, into a suspension mammalian cell; and a method for producing the protein of interest comprising suspension-culturing a suspension mammalian cell which produces the protein of interest; and an a suspension mammalian cell which expresses the protein of interest.	08-02-2012

Mori Kurokawa, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120088525	ESTIMATION OF SIGNIFICANT PLACES VISITED BY MOBILE-TERMINAL USER BASED ON COMMUNICATIONS LOG TO BASE STATIONS - A method is disclosed of estimating significant places visited by a mobile-terminal user for wireless communication via base stations. The method includes: collecting at least one communication log represented with consecutive communication events between the mobile terminal and connected one of the base stations in a coverage area of each mobile terminal, the base stations being identified by unique base-station identifiers (BS IDs), respectively, each communication event including date and time of communication and one of the BS IDs which is indicative of the connected base station; dividing each communication log into consecutive time-windowed segments, using a discrete time window moving in time; and, per each time-windowed segment, estimating at least one significant place visited by the user, based on a probability distribution with which the BS IDs appear in each time-windowed segment.	04-12-2012

Noriaki Kurokawa, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140089579	INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system that sets, coupling information defining a logically coupling corresponding to a first disk, to an uncoupled state indicating that a first logical machine associated with the first disk and the first disk are not coupled, in response to a request to stop the first logical machine, and releases a coupling between the first logical machine and the first disk based on the uncoupled state set in the coupling information.	03-27-2014

Osamu Kurokawa, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120258686	COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A femto cell base station includes a generating part that generates a SIP message including a terminal ID of a radio terminal and a check request for the terminal ID at a predetermined time, and a first transmitting part that transmits the SIP message generated by the generating part to a higher level apparatus in the communication system.	10-11-2012
20120258743	FEMTOCELL BASE STATION, GATEWAY SYSTEM, MAP-GW APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A femtocell base station (FAP) converts, when information concerning a SMS is received from UE (User Equipment), the received information concerning the SMS into a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) message including the received information concerning the SMS and transmits the converted SIP message to the core network side. The femtocell base station converts, when a SIP message including information concerning the SMS is received from the core network side, the information concerning the SMS included in the received SIP message into a message that can be recognized by the UE and transmits the converted information concerning the SMS to the UE.	10-11-2012
20120270529	COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE IN FEMTO CELL - When a femto cell base station used for a communication system provided with a function of providing a predetermined supplementary service receives first information indicating supplementary service control from a radio terminal, the femto cell base station converts the received information to a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) message including the first information and transmits the SIP message to a higher apparatus in the communication system.	10-25-2012
20130065606	BROADCAST DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE, CALL STATUS CONTROL DEVICE, FEMTO CELL BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAMME - Provided is a broadcast control apparatus that realizes broadcasting to a predetermined distribution area, as in an existing public mobile communication network in a communication system using a femto cell base station. The broadcast control apparatus includes a database, in which location information of the femto cell base station existing in a predetermined distribution area section is associated with the distribution area section. The broadcast control apparatus also includes update means for updating the association in the database based on the location information of the femto cell base station received by reception means.	03-14-2013
20130310028	SERVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, RELAY APPARATUS, FEMTOCELL BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - In order to enable a communication system introduced with a femtocell base station using an IMS network, to perform PS service similar to that of the existing 3G network, a service control apparatus (SGSN functional unit), based on the UE's message transmitted to the femtocell base station (FAP), acquires UE's subscriber information for PS (Packet Switching) service, from a HLR and registers the subscriber information in a VLR that is present on the IMS network. Then, service control apparatus performs PS service based on the subscriber information registered in the VLR.	11-21-2013

Ryosuke Kurokawa, Ichihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130059977	THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a thermoplastic elastomer composition that will provide little load on the environment and has superior mechanical characteristics, the composition being obtained by melt-kneading 10 to 90 parts of ethylene-α-olefin based copolymer rubber (A), 1 to 50 parts of non-petroleum source-derived thermoplastic resin (B), 0.01 to 20 parts of modified ethylene-based copolymer (C), 1 to 50 parts of propylene-based polymer (D), 0.001 to 5 parts of crosslinking agent (E), and 0 to 50 parts of a mineral oil-based softening agent (F), wherein the amounts of components (A), (B), (D) and (F) are amounts in weight calculated where the total amount of components (A), (B), (D) and (F) is considered to be 100 parts, and the amounts of components (C) and (E) are amounts in weight calculated where the total amount of components (A), (B), (D) and (F) is considered to be 100 parts.	03-07-2013
20130059978	THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a thermoplastic elastomer composition that will provide little load on the environment and has superior mechanical characteristics, the composition being obtained by melt-kneading 10 to 90 parts of ethylene-α-olefin based copolymer rubber (A), 1 to 50 parts of non-petroleum source-derived thermoplastic resin (B), 1 to 50 parts of modified propylene-based copolymer (C), 1 to 50 parts of propylene-based polymer (D), 0.001 to 5 parts of crosslinking agent (E), and 0 to 50 parts of mineral oil-based softening agent (F), wherein the amounts of components (A), (B), (C), (D), and (F) are amounts in weight calculated where the combined amount of components (A), (B), (C), (D) and (F) is considered to be 100 parts by weight, and the amount of component (E) is an amount in weight calculated where the combined amount of components (A), (B), (C), (D), and (F) is considered to be 100 parts by weight.	03-07-2013
20140039108	METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLAME-RETARDANT THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITION - A method is provided for producing a flame retardant thermoplastic elastomer composition, wherein the method includes (1) a step of preparing a thermoplastic elastomer composition by dynamically vulcanizing a thermoplastic elastomer composition precursor containing (A) an ethylene-α-olefin-based copolymer rubber, (B) a propylene-based polymer and (C) a mineral oil-based softening agent in the presence of (D) a crosslinking agent, and (2) a step of kneading the thermoplastic elastomer composition, (E) a halogen-free flame retardant, (F) a zinc oxide, and optionally (G) a polyhydric compound.	02-06-2014

Ryuta Kurokawa, Takatsuki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130236361	HEATING COMBUSTION TUBE, PYROLYSIS APPARATUS AND MERCURY ANALYZING APPARATUS IN ANALYSIS OF MERCURY - A heating combustion tube	09-12-2013

Satoshi Kurokawa, Gifu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140027165	PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board includes a first buildup layer including first and second interlayer insulating layers, and a second buildup layer formed on the first buildup layer and including the outermost interlayer insulating layer and the outermost conductive layer formed on the outermost interlayer resin insulating layer. The buildup layer includes a first signal line interposed between the first and second interlayer insulating layers, a first ground layer formed on a surface of the first interlayer resin insulating layer, and a second ground layer formed on a surface of the second interlayer resin insulating layer such that the first signal line is interposed between the first and second ground layers, the first and second interlayer insulating layers and the outermost interlayer insulating layer include resin materials, respectively, and the first and second interlayer insulating layers are different from the outermost interlayer insulating layer in material and/or thickness.	01-30-2014

Satoshi Kurokawa, Ogaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120152606	PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board including an insulation layer, a conductive layer formed on the insulation layer and including a via conductor pad and a chip capacitor mounting pad, an outermost resin insulation layer formed on the insulation and conductive layers and having a via hole reaching the conductor pad and an opening exposing the mounting pad, an electrode having a via conductor portion in the hole and a land portion extending from the via conductor such that the electrode protrudes from the surface of the outermost layer, a solder bump for mounting an IC formed on the land portion such that the bump is at a portion of the electrode protruding from the surface of the outermost layer, and a solder structure for mounting a chip capacitor formed on the mounting pad such that the structure extends from the mounting pad and projects from the surface of the outermost layer.	06-21-2012
20130020116	PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board has a packaging substrate having multiple pads, and a transmission substrate mounted on the multiple pads of the packaging substrate. The packaging substrate has a pad group constituted of pads which mount an electronic component, the multiple pads mounting the transmission substrate includes a first pad positioned in a peripheral portion of the packaging substrate and a second pad positioned between the first pad and the pad group, the second pad is electrically connected to a signal pad of the pads in the pad group, and the transmission substrate includes a horizontal wiring which electrically connects the second pad and the first pad and which transmits a signal between the second pad and the first pad.	01-24-2013
20140374150	PACKAGE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PACKAGE SUBSTRATE - A package substrate includes an outermost interlayer resin insulation layer, an outermost conductive layer formed on a first surface of the outermost interlayer resin insulation layer and including first pads positioned to mount a first electronic component and second pads positioned to mount a second electronic component, a first conductive layer including first conductive circuits and formed on a second surface of the outermost interlayer resin insulation layer on the opposite side with respect to the first surface, first via conductors penetrating through the outermost interlayer resin insulation layer such that the first via conductors are connecting the first conductive layer and the first pads, and second via conductors penetrating through the outermost interlayer resin insulation layer such that the second via conductors are connecting the first conductive layer and the second pads. The first conductive circuits in the first conductive layer are connecting the first and second pads, respectively.	12-25-2014

Shuichi Kurokawa, Saitama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130176374	OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning apparatus, including: a light source including a plurality of light emitting parts; a deflector including a deflecting surface; a first optical system configured to cause the plurality of light beams to enter the deflecting surface at an oblique angle; and a second optical system configured to focus the light beams on a surface to be scanned, in which: the light emitting parts are arranged away from each other; the second optical system includes an optical element including at least one optical surface having a non-arc shape, so that a wave optics interval between scanning lines based on barycentric positions of spot images on the surface to be scanned is aligned along the main scanning direction; the non-arc shape of the at least one optical surface of the optical element within the sub-scanning section is defined by a predetermined condition.	07-11-2013
20150035930	LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light scanning apparatus includes a light source, a deflector configured to deflect a light flux from the light source, and an imaging optical system configured to guide the light flux deflected at the deflector onto a scanned surface. The imaging optical system consists of a single imaging optical element, wherein, on the optical axis of the imaging optical system, the conditions 0.15≦T2/Sk≦0.3 and 0.03≦d/K≦0.08 are satisfied. A condition 0.3≦B≦0.6 is satisfied at a condensing position Y where a scanning angle θ is greatest, when the condensing position Y in the main scanning direction on the scanned surface of the light flux deflected at the scanning angle θ by the deflector is expressed by Y=(K/B)×tan(B×θ).	02-05-2015

Sumie Kurokawa, Yamaguchi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140310905	Fingertip Care Sponge and Fingertip Care Instrument - The present invention discloses a fingernail/toenail care sponge for caring for fingernails/toenails that is aesthetically pleasing and that can perform quickly and correctly through simple operations.	10-23-2014

Syuhei Kurokawa, Fukuoka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120240479	POLISHING SLURRY FOR SILICON CARBIDE AND POLISHING METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides an abrasive treatment technique capable of planarizing at an extremely high rate silicon carbide, which is thermally and chemically extremely stable and for which it is extremely difficult to efficiently perform an abrasive treatment. The present invention is a polishing slurry for silicon carbide wherein the polishing slurry includes a suspension liquid in which the pH thereof is 6.5 or more and manganese dioxide particles are suspended. The polishing slurry for silicon carbide is preferably a suspension in which manganese dioxide particles are suspended in an aqueous solution allowed to have a redox potential falling in a range enabling manganese to be present as manganese dioxide. The redox potential V of the polishing slurry preferably falls within the range specified by the following formula representing a relation between V and pH, pH being a variable:	09-27-2012
20130327985	Ceramic Composite for Light Conversion and Method for Manufacture Thereof - A ceramic composite for light conversion comprising a solidified body in which crystalline phases of oxides are three-dimensionally entangled and a method for manufacture thereof. A manufacture method of a ceramic composite for light conversion is characterized in that a polishing step is provided in a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process applied to the surface of a solidified body with a structure in which an Al	12-12-2013

Takafumi Kurokawa, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140247964	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image inputter inputs image data in which a user has been captured. An extractor extracts a region corresponding to a hand of the user included in the image data input by the image inputter. A determinator determines whether or not the region corresponding to the hand of the user extracted by the extractor is in a stationary state. If it is determined by the determinator that the region corresponding to the hand of the user is in a stationary state, a recognizer recognizes the shape of the region corresponding to the hand of the user extracted by the extractor. Otherwise, if it is determined by the determinator that the region corresponding to the hand of the user is not in a stationary state, the recognizer recognizes the movement of the region corresponding to the hand of the user extracted by the extractor. An inputter inputs data associated with the shape or the movement recognized by the recognizer.	09-04-2014

Takashi Kurokawa, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130127238	Vehicle Brake Device - A vehicle brake device includes a master cylinder having a master piston moved by servo pressure in a servo chamber and master pressure of a master chamber is changed by movement of the master piston. A mechanical servo pressure generating unit is connected to a high pressure source and the servo chamber, and generates a servo pressure within the servo chamber according to pilot pressure within a pilot chamber based on brake fluid pressure of the high pressure source. An electrical pilot pressure generating unit is connected to the pilot chamber and generates desired pilot pressure within the pilot chamber, and a master chamber-to-pilot chamber brake fluid line connects the master chamber with the pilot chamber so pilot pressure is generated by the pilot pressure generating unit during normal operation of a power supply system, and the master pressure is used as pilot pressure when the power supply system fails.	05-23-2013

Takashi Kurokawa, Mason, OH US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110282324	Multi-Chamber Therapeutic Cell Applicator Instrument - A surgical device comprises a housing, a plurality of media reservoirs, an end effector, and a pumping device. Each media reservoir is configured to receive at least one component of a tissue repair composition. The end effector is configured for insertion into a lumen to deliver a tissue repair composition into that lumen. The end effector has at least one fluid conduit and at least one orifice in communication with the fluid conduit. The pumping device is operable to urge a tissue repair composition comprising at least a portion of the contents of the plurality of media reservoirs through the fluid conduit of the end effector such that the tissue repair composition is expelled from the at least one orifice. The media reservoirs may contain medical fluid components such as viable cells and scaffold material to repair a fistula or address some other condition in a patient.	11-17-2011

Takashi Kurokawa, Chaingmai TH

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100315189	TRANSFORMER AND TRANSFORMER DEVICE - A transformer that is capable of setting any characteristics of a detection voltage of a detection winding and accurately detecting an output voltage includes a bobbin, a magnetic core, a first input winding, an output winding, a second input winding, and a detection winding. The bobbin is tubular and includes a plurality of winding regions located at its outer portion. The magnetic core is inserted in the bobbin. The first input winding is wound in a first winding region. The output winding is wound in a second winding region adjacent to the first winding region. The second input winding is wound in a third winding region adjacent to the second winding region. The detection winding is wound in the vicinity of the first input winding. The first input winding and the second input winding have different numbers of turns and are connected in series in the same winding direction.	12-16-2010

Takayuki Kurokawa, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130140717	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a multi-layer wiring layer formed on the substrate, and including a signal line and ground lines extending above the signal line, one of the ground lines extending toward a direction in a layer and another one of the ground lines extending from the one of the ground lines toward another direction in the layer, a first pad on the multi-layer wiring layer, and a redistribution layer formed on the multi-layer wiring layer, including a second pad, a redistribution line coupling the first pad and the second pad, and an insulation film covering the redistribution line.	06-06-2013

Tatsufumi Kurokawa, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130063198	BUFFER CIRCUIT HAVING SWITCH CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF OUTPUTTING TWO AND MORE DIFFERENT HIGH VOLTAGE POTENTIALS - A buffer circuit includes a first node that receives a first voltage, a second node, an output node that receives the first voltage, a first transistor coupled between the first node and the second node, the first transistor having a backgate receiving the first voltage, and a second transistor coupled between the second node and the output node, the second transistor having a backgate receiving a second voltage being higher than the first voltage.	03-14-2013

Tatsufumi Kurokawa, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140239714	Electrical Control System - There is provided a semiconductor device including a power compensation circuit in an apparatus in order to notify of a power supply disconnection failure that a user of the apparatus may not recognize. The power compensation circuit includes a rectifier circuit and a detection circuit. The rectifier circuit is coupled between a first power supply line and a second power supply line. If the voltage of the second power supply line is lower than the voltage of the first power supply line by a predetermined value or more, the rectifier circuit supplies power from the first power supply line to the second power supply line. The detection circuit outputs a detection signal when the current flows through the rectifier circuit.	08-28-2014

Teppei Kurokawa, Kudamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120208703	METAL LAMINATED SUBSTRATE FOR USE AS AN OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE MATERIAL, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A metal laminated substrate for an oxide superconducting wire is produced by removing, in a state where a copper foil to which rolling is applied at a draft of 90% or more is held at a temperature below a recrystallization temperature, an absorbed material on a surface of the copper foil by applying sputter etching to the surface of the copper foil; removing an absorbed material on a surface of a nonmagnetic metal sheet by applying sputter etching to the surface of the nonmagnetic metal sheet; bonding the copper foil and the metal sheet to each other by reduction rolls at an applied pressure of 300 MPa to 1500 MPa; orienting crystals of the copper by heating a laminated body obtained by bonding at a crystal orientation temperature of copper or above; and forming a protective layer on a copper-side surface of the laminated body by coating.	08-16-2012

Tomohiro Kurokawa, Hanno-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140035503	THREE-PHASE MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS AND THREE-PHASE MOTOR DRIVING METHOD - The three-phase motor driving apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a controlling part that estimates a rotational position of the three-phase brushless motor based on a reference pulse signal output by the rotor sensor according to a rotational position of the magnetic pole of the first phase of the rotor when the three-phase brushless motor rotates, and controls the motor driver in driving patterns sequentially prescribed so as to correspond to the estimated rotational position of the three-phase brushless motor.	02-06-2014

Toshiaki Kurokawa, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120043303	WORK MEASURING METHOD, ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING METHOD, AND ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING APPARATUS - The present invention includes steps of, determining a search starting position; setting a center position, and a first position and a second position with a distance provided therebetween; obtaining a measurement point group including measurement points of the center position, the first position, and the second position; and determining a measurement point closest to the tip portion in the measurement point group based on positions of the measurement points in a second direction and selecting a position of the measurement point in a first direction as a selected position. When the measurement point group is obtained initially after the determination of the search starting position, the search starting position is set as the center position; and when the measurement point group is obtained after the selection of the selected position, the selected position is set as the center position. The distance is narrowed for every selection of the selected position.	02-23-2012
20130325163	ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINE - An electric discharge machine includes at least one of a noncontact-position detection sensor that outputs a detection signal when a distance between a first contact body and a second contact body is equal to a preset residual distance in a noncontact phase and a drive unit that detects a load given on the main spindle, and a main-spindle-drive control unit stops moving of the main spindle in at least either a case where a moving amount of the main spindle since the noncontact-position detection sensor outputs the detection signal exceeds the residual distance or a case where it is determined that an overload is given from a detection result of the drive unit.	12-05-2013
20140172151	NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A numerical control device analyzes a machining program containing one or more unit machining programs and displays a process shape figure (	06-19-2014

Toshifumi Kurokawa, Kamakura-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140079532	HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - In one embodiment, a hydraulic machine includes a runner including a plurality of blades arranged in a ring shape, a crown connected to the blades from an upper side and having a lower end surface at a position surrounded by the blades, and a band connected to the blades from a lower side, the runner being configured to convert energy of pressured water into rotational energy. The machine further includes a main shaft configured to transmit the rotational energy of the runner to a generator, and a draft pipe located downstream of the runner, and configured so that the water used to drive the runner flows into the draft pipe. The machine further includes a columnar member disposed on a rotation axis of the main shaft below the crown, and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the lower end surface of the crown.	03-20-2014

Toshikuni Kurokawa, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120152202	FUEL INJECTION VALVE - A fuel injection valve having a nozzle body having nozzle holes in a tip portion thereof, where fuel led into the nozzle body is injected from the nozzle holes, the fuel injection valve including a first swirl member for generating a first swirl flow in a part of the fuel in the nozzle body; and a second swirl member for generating a second swirl flow in a part of remaining fuel in the nozzle body, the first and second swirl members being mounted so that, as viewed along a center line of the nozzle hole, the first swirl flow is located on one side of an inlet opening of the nozzle hole, while the second swirl flow is located on the other side of the inlet opening, and the first and second swirl flows are formed as opposed flows passing each other across the nozzle hole from each other.	06-21-2012
20120305678	FUEL INJECTION VALVE - An fuel injection valve has: a needle housed in a valve body in a reciprocable manner; an injection hole plate attached to a front end portion of the valve body, the plate having an injection hole connecting an inside and an outside of the valve body; and a valve sheet which the needle is attached to or detached from so as to close or open a fuel flow path that reaches the injection hole of the injection hole plate through an outer circumference of the needle. The injection hole plate has a recessed portion dented in an axial direction of the needle so as to cause fuel flowing toward the injection hole through the valve sheet to descend lower than a height of an inlet port of the injection hole and then, to turn to ascension so as to reach the inlet port of the injection hole on the injection hole plate.	12-06-2012
20140002640	FLOW RATE MEASURING APPARATUS	01-02-2014

Toshiyuki Kurokawa, Numazu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140358965	METHOD OF SEARCHING CHARACTER STRING, CHARACTER STRING SEARCHING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A method includes comparing, in units of a first bit length, a first bit sequence of the first bit length included in a search character bit sequence to a second bit sequence of a second bit length included in a target character bit sequence; when a third bit sequence of the first bit length following the first bit sequence in the search character bit sequence matches a fourth bit sequence of the first bit length following a location matching the first bit sequence in the second bit sequence, creating a fifth bit sequence of the second bit length starting from a location matching the first bit sequence in the target character bit sequence; comparing, in units of the first bit length, the fifth bit sequence to a sixth bit sequence of the second bit length starting from the first bit sequence in the search character bit sequence; and determining.	12-04-2014

Umpei Kurokawa, Pittsburgh, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140022544	Spectrum Reconstruction Method for Miniature Spectrometers - Miniature spectrometers produce low resolution spectral data due to their size limitations. A method for processing these spectral data is proposed. The spectral data from a low resolution spectrometer is enhanced to a higher resolution, or processed to be in the wavelength domain. This process is called spectrum reconstruction, and can be used in low cost and miniature spectrometers with limited spectral resolution. The proposed method is noise robust, adapts to input spectrum, and can be used across many types of spectrometric devices without any manual adjustment of parameters.	01-23-2014

Yasuaki Kurokawa, Nogoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150048608	STEERING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - A steering apparatus is capable of configuring an electrically operated tilt mechanism, which is interchangeable with a manually operated tilt mechanism, and which is small in size and easily mounted on a vehicle. A tilt bracket holding a steering column and supported on the fixing bracket to be relatively movable thereto, and a tilt shaft extending in a lateral direction of the vehicle body and supported on the fixing bracket to be relatively movable thereto in an axial direction of the steering column are provided. By way of a driving unit, the tilt bracket is rotated about the tilt shaft axis to adjust a relative position of the tilt shaft to the fixing bracket. Furthermore, a tilt slider is disposed between an elongated hole on the fixing bracket and the tilt shaft, and a biasing member biasing the tilt slider in the axial direction of the tilt shaft.	02-19-2015

Yasuaki Kurokawa, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150061271	STEERING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - A steering apparatus is provided for reducing its size by reducing a load applied to a driving unit, and configuring an electrically operated tilt mechanism which is small in size and easily mounted on a vehicle. A driving unit adjusting a relative position of a steering column to a fixing bracket, and a biasing member (e.g., tension coil spring) having one end supported on the fixing bracket, and holding the steering column at a predetermined neutral position when the driving unit is not actuated, are provided, so that the driving unit adjusts the steering column to be placed at a tilt position with a desired tilt angle relative to the fixing bracket.	03-05-2015

Yasuaki Kurokawa, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130098193	STEERING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A steering apparatus for a vehicle, includes: a steering column; a single electric motor being selectively connected to a telescopic mechanism or a tilt mechanism; a steering wheel; a drive mechanism transmitting an output torque of the electric motor to a telescopic threaded shaft and a tilt threaded shaft; and a connecting-disconnecting mechanism having a first clutch mechanism connecting and disconnecting the drive mechanism to and from the tilt threaded shaft and a second clutch mechanism connecting and disconnecting the drive mechanism to and from the telescopic threaded shaft, the connecting-disconnecting mechanism bringing one of the first clutch mechanism and the second clutch mechanism in a connected state to the drive mechanism and bringing the other of the first clutch mechanism and the second clutch mechanism in a disconnected state from the drive mechanism, wherein the drive mechanism and the connecting-disconnecting mechanism constitute a single power connecting-disconnecting unit.	04-25-2013

Yasuhito Kurokawa, Kodaira JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120176392	DISPLAY DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRIC DEVICE INCLUDING DISPLAY DEVICE - In a system including a color liquid crystal panel, a liquid crystal display drive control device for driving the panel, and a microprocessor, the display drive control device reduces burden on a microprocessor and reduces system power consumption. In the liquid crystal display drive control device that incorporates a memory for storing image data displayed on a color liquid crystal panel, reads out the image data sequentially from the memory, generates image signals of three primary colors for each pixel of the panel, and outputs the image signals from external output terminals, the display drive control device includes a transparency arithmetic circuit that applies calculation processing to two image data read out from the built-in memory and generates data for a transparent display, supplies display data generated by the transparency arithmetic circuit to a driver, and makes the driver generate and output drive signals to the liquid crystal panel.	07-12-2012
20150054765	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVICE - A display device is arranged so as to be able to conduct a touch detection action for sensing a region where a touch operation on a touch panel has been performed, to stop the touch detection action in the touch panel, and to specify a touch-detection-stop region. The display device includes an image-display-direction register. A processor writes parameters designating an image-display direction into the image-display-direction register based on a result of detection by a tilt detector. On condition that parameters stored in the image-display-direction register have been changed, the display device changes the touch-detection-stop region based on the parameters. The above function is mounted on a semiconductor integrated circuit device included in the display device.	02-26-2015

Yasushi Kurokawa, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130061229	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus makes a plurality of threads concurrently execute tasks stored in a task queue associated with the thread a prescribed number of times of execution. The information processing apparatus includes a processor that executes the plurality of threads that executes a procedure. The procedure includes generating a task from among a plurality of tasks into which a serial program processing corresponding to a processing request is divided, selecting the task queue associated with one of the plurality of threads, enqueuing the generated task to the selected task queue, dequeuing the enqueued task to the task queue associated with the thread, and executing the dequeued task.	03-07-2013
20130242994	MESSAGE RELAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A disclosed apparatus is a message relay apparatus. This message relay apparatus includes: a receiver that receives a message to be transferred; a determination unit that determines whether or not the message relay apparatus can afford to perform a conversion processing, when performing the conversion processing for the message; a selection unit that selects another apparatus to which the conversion processing is requested based on stored information representing other apparatuses that can afford to perform the conversion processing, when the message relay apparatus cannot afford to perform the conversion processing; a requesting unit that requests the selected another apparatus to perform the conversion processing for the message, and receives the converted message from the selected another apparatus; and a transmission unit that transmits the received and converted message to a transfer destination.	09-19-2013
20130315071	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TRANSMISSION INTERVAL OF MAINTENANCE PACKETS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - An apparatus controls a transmission interval of maintenance packets in a communication network. The apparatus calculates, within a first bandwidth available for the transmission and reception of packets, a second bandwidth that is free in the apparatus and usable for transmitting and receiving the maintenance packets for maintenance of the communication network. The apparatus determines a transmission interval of maintenance packets in accordance with the calculated second bandwidth and transmits the maintenance packets to another apparatus in the communication network at the determined transmission interval.	11-28-2013

Yorinao Kurokawa, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120294201	AMPLIFIER APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONNECTOR MOUNTING STRUCTURE, AND COAXIAL CONNECTOR - There is provided an amplifier apparatus and a signal processing apparatus that reduce a delay or distortion of a power supply voltage used for drain modulation. An amplifier apparatus is an amplifier apparatus that performs drain modulation, and includes a printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface; an amplifier circuit disposed on the first surface; and a modulation power supply circuit that supplies a variable power supply voltage for performing drain modulation, to the amplifier circuit. The modulation power supply circuit has an output portion that outputs the power supply voltage. The amplifier circuit has an input portion to which the power supply voltage is supplied. The output portion is located on the side of the second principal surface of the printed circuit board and is connected to the input portion through a conductor penetrating through the printed circuit board.	11-22-2012

Yoshifumi Kurokawa, Maebashi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140187339	TELESCOPIC SHAFT - A telescopic shaft includes a male shaft having an outer circumference on which a plurality of protruding teeth are formed, and a female shaft having an inner circumference on which a plurality of tooth grooves are formed. The tooth grooves of the female shaft are fitted onto the protruding teeth of the male shaft such that the male shaft and the female shaft are relatively slidable in an axial direction and such that a rotational torque is transmittable between the male shaft and the female shaft. One of a curvature radius of a tooth surface of the protruding teeth and a curvature radius of a tooth surface of the tooth grooves is smaller than the other of the curvature radius of the tooth surface of the protruding teeth and the curvature radius of the tooth surface of the tooth grooves.	07-03-2014
20140200086	TELESCOPIC SHAFT - A telescopic shaft includes a male shaft having an outer circumference formed with a plurality of protruding teeth, and a female shaft having an inner circumference formed with a plurality of tooth grooves and fitted onto the male shaft. The protruding teeth and the tooth grooves are engaged such that the male shaft and the female shaft are relatively axially slidable and a rotational torque is transmittable between the male shaft and the female shaft. At least one of the male shaft and the female shaft is configured such that the radial rigidity of a portion of the at least one of the male shaft and the female shaft in an axial range of a region where the protruding teeth and the tooth grooves are engaged is lower than the radial rigidity of another portion of the at least one of the male shaft and the female shaft.	07-17-2014

Yoshifumi Kurokawa, Gunma JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140041194	TELESCOPIC SHAFT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a telescopic shaft having a coated section that reduces sliding resistance, with fluctuation of the sliding resistance according to sliding position of the telescopic shaft being reduced. A female shaft	02-13-2014

Yoshihiro Kurokawa, Kasai City JP

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20130136970	POWER SOURCE APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE AND POWER STORAGE SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH THE POWER SOURCE APPARATUS - The power source apparatus is made up of an arrangement of a plurality of battery blocks having a plurality of rectangular battery cells with endplates disposed at the ends. A base-panel that carries battery blocks disposed in a horizontal plane, and floor-panels disposed on top of battery blocks and configured with upper surfaces capable of carrying other battery blocks are provided. Battery block endplates have upper attachment sections to attach a floor-panel disposed on the upper surfaces of the endplates, and lower attachment sections to attach a base-panel or floor-panel disposed at the lower surfaces of the endplates.	05-30-2013

Yoshinori Kurokawa, Takasago-Shi JP

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20130098881	ARC EVAPORATION SOURCE HAVING FAST FILM-FORMING SPEED, COATING FILM MANUFACTURING METHOD AND FILM FORMATION APPARATUS USING THE ARC EVAPORATION SOURCE - An arc evaporation source having fast film-forming speed includes: at least one circumference magnet surrounding the circumference of a target, wherein the magnetization direction of the magnet runs orthogonal to the target surface; a non-ring shaped first permanent magnet on the target's rear surface side has a polarity in the same direction as the circumference magnet, and is arranged so that its magnetization direction runs orthogonal to the target's surface; a non-ring shaped second permanent magnet arranged either on the rear surface side of the first permanent magnet or between the first permanent magnet and the target, so as to leave a gap from the first permanent magnet, has a polarity in the same direction as the circumference magnet, and is arranged so that its magnetization direction runs orthogonal to the surface of the target; and a magnetic body between the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet.	04-25-2013

Yoshio Kurokawa, Fujieda-Shi JP

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20120176700	ROTATING DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ROTATING DEVICE - In a rotating device, a housing includes a cylindrical outer surface facing an inner surface of a through hole and a guiding surface arranged on the underside of the outer surface, the diameter of the guiding surface being less than the diameter of the outer surface. Glue has an interface in an end space. In at least a part of the end space where the glue does not exist, conductive resin seamlessly is applied from the guiding surface to the inner surface of the through hole. With regard to a portion of the inner surface of the through hole that radially faces the guiding surface, the length, in the axial direction, of the portion that touches the conductive resin is greater than the length, in the axial direction, of the portion that touches the glue.	07-12-2012
20120182645	ROTATING MACHINE COMPRISING INSULATION SHEET FOR INSULATING COIL AND BASE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE ROTATING MACHINE - A rotating machine includes: a coil that is provided on the first surface side of a base and formed with a wire; an insulation sheet that has a sheet hole formed at the position aligned with the position of a guide hole in the base; and a wiring that is provided on the second surface and electrically connected to the coil. The wire forming the coil has a guide wire that is guided on the second surface side through the guide hole and the sheet hole to be connected to the wiring. The insulation sheet has an extending portion that protrudes from the sheet hole and covers at least part of the circumferential surface of the guide hole. The extending portion is placed between part of the circumferential surface of the guide hole and the guide wire.	07-19-2012

Yoshitaka Kurokawa, Gunma JP

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20130014838	RELIEF DEVICE FOR OIL PUMPAANM AKAISHI; NobuyukiAACI SaitamaAACO JPAAGP AKAISHI; Nobuyuki Saitama JPAANM Ikawa; MasatakaAACI SaitamaAACO JPAAGP Ikawa; Masataka Saitama JPAANM Ueta; YasuhiroAACI SaitamaAACO JPAAGP Ueta; Yasuhiro Saitama JPAANM Ishioka; TakujiAACI SaitamaAACO JPAAGP Ishioka; Takuji Saitama JPAANM Kamiyama; HidehikoAACI TochigiAACO JPAAGP Kamiyama; Hidehiko Tochigi JPAANM Yamazaki; TakuyaAACI TochigiAACO JPAAGP Yamazaki; Takuya Tochigi JPAANM Umezawa; YoshiroAACI GunmaAACO JPAAGP Umezawa; Yoshiro Gunma JPAANM Inoue; HirokazuAACI GunmaAACO JPAAGP Inoue; Hirokazu Gunma JPAANM Kurokawa; YoshitakaAACI GunmaAACO JPAAGP Kurokawa; Yoshitaka Gunma JP - A relief device includes a relief housing constituted by a relief inflow portion, a valve passage portion, a recess, and an oil discharge portion having a relief hole; a relief valve having a small-diameter portion between a first large-diameter portion and a second large-diameter portion; and a spring elastically biasing the relief valve toward the relief inflow portion. The recess is formed at a position that is closer to the relief inflow portion side than to the oil discharge portion, the axial length of the recess is larger than the axial length of the first large-diameter portion of the relief valve, and the shortest axial distance between the recess and the relief hole is less than the axial length of the small-diameter portion.	01-17-2013

Yuuki Kurokawa, Yamanashi JP

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20140207259	MACHINE CONTROL PANEL - A key switch on a machine control panel is provided with two contacts such that the machine control panel can include two independent communication circuits. Signals from a double-contact key switch are received by the two communication circuits, and safety-related signals are transmitted from the communication circuits to a numerical controller through a bus. The signals received by the numerical controller are compared with each other so that they can be made to comply with the safety standards by monitoring the integrity of the safety function.	07-24-2014