Masaki Kobayashi
Masaki Kobayashi, Kobe-Shi JP
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20110106739 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF DISEASE - The invention provides a method for determining presence of a disease, comprising steps of; measuring the levels of expression of transcription products of genes in a biological sample obtained from a subject suspected of having a target disease, wherein the genes comprise at least one gene belonging to each of at least two disease-determining gene families related to the target disease; obtaining values representing deviations by standardizing the levels of the expression based on the levels of expression of transcription products of the corresponding genes in a plurality of healthy subjects; obtaining the average of values representing deviations with respect to the gene belonging to each of the disease-determining gene families; and determining whether or not the subject has the target disease by using the average; as well as a computer program product for determining presence of a disease. | 05-05-2011 |
20110257888 | METHOD OF DETERMINING CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME - The present invention provides a method of determining whether or not a subject is affected with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) comprising: measuring, in a biological sample from the subject, an expression level of a transcript of at least one gene respectively from at least two gene groups selected from six specific gene groups; calculating a value representing a deviation of the measured expression level based on an expression level of a transcript of the corresponding gene in a population of healthy subjects; obtaining an average of the value(s) representing a deviation; and determining whether or not the subject is affected with CFS by using the average. | 10-20-2011 |
20110311981 | METHOD OF DETERMINING LYMPH NODE METASTASIS IN A LUNG CANCER, APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LYMPH NODE METASTASIS IN A LUNG CANCER, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method of determining a lymph node metastasis in a lung cancer, comprising: acquiring mRNA expression level of stratifin contained in a measurement sample prepared by using a lymph node tissue of a lung cancer patient who may have a lymph node metastasis; and determining that the lymph node tissue is a lymph node metastasis of the lung cancer when the acquired mRNA expression level of stratifin is overexpressed. An apparatus and a computer program product are also disclosed. | 12-22-2011 |
20140287965 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF DISEASE - The invention provides a method for determining presence of a disease, comprising steps of; measuring the levels of expression of transcription products of genes in a biological sample obtained from a subject suspected of having a target disease, wherein the genes comprise at least one gene belonging to each of at least two disease-determining gene families related to the target disease; obtaining values representing deviations by standardizing the levels of the expression based on the levels of expression of transcription products of the corresponding genes in a plurality of healthy subjects; obtaining the average of values representing deviations with respect to the gene belonging to each of the disease-determining gene families; and determining whether or not the subject has the target disease by using the average; as well as a computer program product for determining presence of a disease. | 09-25-2014 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Okazaki-Shi JP
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20100050966 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - A valve timing control device includes a driving side rotational member, a driven side rotational member, a fluid pressure chamber, a parting portion dividing the fluid pressure chamber into an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, a restriction member, a restriction recessed portion for restricting a displacement of a relative rotational phase within a range between a most advanced angle phase or a most retarded angle phase and a predetermined phase when the restriction member is inserted into the restriction recessed portion, and a restriction cancellation passage, wherein a communication between the accommodation portion and one of the advanced angle chamber and the retarded angle chamber via the cancellation passage is interrupted at least when the restriction member contacts one of end portions of the restriction recessed portion, and the restriction member is restricted so as not to move over the other one of the end portions. | 03-04-2010 |
20100242883 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus includes an inner rotor, a vane, an outer rotor, a first fluid passage to an advanced angle chamber, a second fluid passage to a retarded angle chamber, a lock mechanism restricting the relative rotation between the inner and outer rotors, a third fluid passage establishing an unlocked state by supplying the fluid to the lock mechanism and a locked state by discharging the fluid from the lock mechanism, a first switching valve supplying the fluid to each of the first and second fluid passages and discharging from each of the first and second fluid passages and a second switching valve controlling a fluid flow to be supplied to or discharged from the third fluid passage, wherein the first switching valve is operated independently from the second switching valve, and the fluid is supplied to the first switching valve via the second switching valve. | 09-30-2010 |
20100294223 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - A valve timing control device includes: a driving side rotational member; a driven side rotational member; a fluid pressure chamber; a partition portion; a lock member; a lock groove; and a lock release, wherein the lock release passage is in communication with the lock groove, and the rotational member formed with the accommodation portion is provided with an atmosphere open passage which is in communication with the lock groove when the relative rotational phase is at a specific phase. | 11-25-2010 |
20110073055 | VALVE OPENING/CLOSING TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - A valve opening/closing timing control device includes: a driving side rotational member synchronously rotatable with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven side rotational member arranged coaxially with the driving side rotational member and synchronously rotatable with a camshaft that opens and closes any one of intake and exhaust valves of the internal combustion engine; a phase converting mechanism displacing a relative phase between the driving side rotational member and the driven side rotational member to an advanced angle phase side or a retarded angle phase side by distributing an operating fluid to each of two kinds of pressure chambers, the volume of which is complementarily varied by a movable partition; and a biasing member biasing the relative phase toward a predetermined phase suitable for a start-up of the internal combustion engine except for a most advanced angle phase and a most retarded angle phase. | 03-31-2011 |
20110073056 | VALVE OPENING/CLOSING TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - A valve opening/closing timing control device includes: a driving side rotational member; a driven side rotational member; a retarded angle chamber and an advanced angle chamber; a lock mechanism; and a spiral spring providing a biasing force in a predetermined phase direction in a retarded angle region of a relative rotational phase of the driven side rotational member to the driving side rotational member from a most retarded angle phase to a predetermined phase, and not providing the biasing force to a most advanced angle phase from the predetermined phase. | 03-31-2011 |
20120152190 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotary body, a driven-side rotary body, a fluid pressure chamber partitioned into a retard angle chamber and an advance angle chamber by a partitioning portion provided in at least one of the driving-side rotary body and the driven-side rotary body, a fluid control mechanism for controlling feeding of working fluid from a working fluid pump for feeding the working fluid to the fluid pressure chamber and controlling also discharging of the working fluid from the fluid pressure chamber, a first lock mechanism capable of restraining a relative rotational phase to a first predetermined phase between a most retarded angle phase and a most advanced angle phase, and a second lock mechanism capable of restraining the relative rotational phase to a second predetermined phase different from the first predetermined phase. | 06-21-2012 |
20130112161 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS AND VALVE TIMING CONTROL MECHANISM - A valve timing control apparatus includes a partitioning portion in a driven-side rotary member for partitioning the fluid pressure chamber into an advance angle chamber and a retard angle chamber, a restricting member in the driven-side rotary member and projectable and retractable relative to a driving-side rotary member, a restricting recess in the driving-side rotary member and restricting a relative rotational phase to a predetermined range in association with projection of the restricting member therein, a locking member disposed in the driven-side rotary member and projectable and retractable relative to the driving-side rotary member, a locking recess formed in the driving-side rotary member and locking the relative rotational phase to the predetermined phase in association with projection of the locking member therein, a communication passage formed between the restricting member and the locking member, and an urging passage for feeding fluid for projecting the restricting member into the restricting recess. | 05-09-2013 |
20130192066 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING VARIABLE VALVE TIMING APPARATUS - A method of assembling a variable valve timing apparatus includes steps of temporarily fixing a driven-side rotation body to a base member in a first rotation restricting state by a process of engaging a first projecting and retracting member with the base member of a driving-side rotation body and the driven-side rotation body followed by a process of rotating either the base member or the driven-side rotation body, providing a supplementary member of the driving-side rotation body to the driven-side rotation body to establish a second rotation restricting state by a process of installing the supplementary member to the base member in a state where the second projecting and retracting member engages with the supplementary member and the driven-side rotation body followed by a process of rotating either the supplementary member or the driven-side rotation body, and fastening the supplementary member and the base member by using a fastening member. | 08-01-2013 |
20130228142 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A variable valve timing control apparatus includes a driving side rotation member, a driven side rotation member positioned coaxially with a rotational axis of the driving side rotation member, at least one plate, a plurality of partition portions forming a fluid chamber between the partition portions, a vane portion being fitted to the fluid chamber to relatively rotate the driving side rotation member and the driven side rotation member within a movable range thereof, a restriction mechanism for restricting a relative rotational phase, a fastening member fixing the plate and the partition portion of the driving side rotation member, and a reinforcement member engaged with the partition portion including a contact surface among the partition portions, the contact surface being configured to receive a contact of the vane portion when the relative rotational phase is either at a most retarded angle phase or a most advanced angle phase. | 09-05-2013 |
20130233262 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A variable valve timing control apparatus includes a driving side rotating member, a driven side rotating member, a fluid pressure chamber, an advanced angle chamber, a retarded angle chamber, an intermediate lock mechanism including a locking member and a locking hole engaged with the locking member when the locking member comes to protrude, the intermediate lock mechanism being configured to switch between a locked state and an unlocked state, a relative rotational phase of the driven side rotating member relative to the driving side rotating member being restrained at an intermediate phase in the locked state, a valve allowing a fluid to be discharged when electricity is supplied thereto and allowing the fluid to be supplied when supply of electricity is interrupted, and a control portion, wherein the supply of the electricity to the valve is interrupted after a pressure of the fluid starts to decrease. | 09-12-2013 |
20130312680 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A variable valve timing control apparatus includes a driving side rotation member synchronously rotating with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, a driven side rotation member including a rotation peripheral surface, an intermediate lock mechanism for locking a rotational phase of the driven side rotation member at an intermediate phase between a most retarded angle phase and a most advanced angle phase, and a fixed member fixed to the internal combustion engine and including a fixed peripheral surface facing the rotation peripheral surface of the driven side rotation member. Plural seal rings each formed in an annular shape are positioned between the rotation peripheral surface of the driven side rotation member and the fixed peripheral surface of the fixed member, the seal rings positioned spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance. The seal ring sandwiched between two of a communication portion for advanced angle, a communication portion for retarded angle, and a communication portion for lock in a direction of the rotational axis among the plural seal rings includes a communication passage which establishes constant communication between both sides thereof in association with the direction of the rotational axis when temperature of the pressurized fluid is within a temperature range which allows a control of the rotational phase of the driven side rotation member. | 11-28-2013 |
20140033999 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a valve timing control device, including a drive side rotating member, a driven side rotating member, and a locking mechanism, in which the locking mechanism includes a regulating body, and n stepped portions with which the regulating body engages, the relative rotation phase is regulated in steps from a most retarded phase or most advanced phase until reaching the lock phase, and the positional relationship between the stepped portions and regulating body is set so that, among relative rotations of from a first relative rotation of from the most retarded phase or most advanced phase to a first relative rotation phase regulated by a first stepped portion to a last relative rotation to a last relative rotation, a first predetermined relative rotation other than the last relative rotation is the smallest. | 02-06-2014 |
20140041606 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a valve timing control device, including: a drive side rotating member, a driven side rotating member, fluid pressure chambers, partition portions, advanced angle control oil passages, retarded angle control oil passages, an intermediate lock mechanism, and a retarded angle lock mechanism, in which the intermediate lock mechanism is configured to include a single intermediate lock member, a biasing mechanism which biases the intermediate lock member, and an intermediate fitting depression portion, and the retarded angle lock mechanism is configured to include a single retarded angle lock member, a biasing mechanism which biases the retarded angle lock member, and a retarded angle fitting depression portion. | 02-13-2014 |
20140060469 | VALVE OPENING-CLOSING TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve opening-closing timing control apparatus includes an intermediate phase retaining mechanism retaining the relative rotational phase of a driven-side rotational member relative to the driving-side rotational member at an intermediate phase that is a phase between most retarded angle phase and most advanced angle phase. The driving-side rotational member synchronously rotates with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. The driven-side rotational member integrally rotates with a camshaft of the internal combustion engine and makes relative rotations relative to the driving-side rotational member. The valve opening-closing timing control apparatus further includes a state variable acquisition portion acquiring a state variable relating to the internal combustion engine and a phase controller displacing the relative rotational phase to the intermediate phase on condition that the relative rotational phase is at a retarded angle phase at a time at which the internal combustion engine stops and the state variable satisfies a predetermined condition. | 03-06-2014 |
20140060470 | VALVE OPEN/CLOSE TIMING CONTROL SYSTEM - Provided is a valve open/close timing control system where a valve open/close timing control device includes a drive-side rotating member, a driven-side rotating member, a relative rotational phase control mechanism, and a first locking member, in which the internal combustion engine is configured to be started by a drive force generated by a traveling motor or by a drive force generated by a starter motor, and the valve open/close timing control system also includes a control unit which is configured, for starting the internal combustion engine while changing the relative rotational phase at the time of starting the internal combustion engine, to drive the starter motor or the traveling motor at the time of starting the internal combustion engine at the first locking phase, and to drive the traveling motor at the time of starting the internal combustion engine at the second locking phase. | 03-06-2014 |
20140069360 | VALVE OPEN/CLOSE TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a valve open/close timing control device including, a drive-side rotating body, a driven-side rotating body, a fluid pressure chamber, a partition portion, a fluid control valve part, a first locking mechanism which is capable of restraining a relative rotational phase of the driven-side rotating body relative to the drive-side rotating body at a first predetermined phase between a most retarded angle phase and a most advanced angle phase, and a second locking mechanism which is capable of restraining the relative rotational phase at a second predetermined phase on a more retarded angle side than the first predetermined phase, in which the relative rotational phase is changed to the first predetermined phase when a shift lever position is changed to a parking range. | 03-13-2014 |
20140076254 | VALVE OPENING-CLOSING TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve opening-closing timing control apparatus includes a partition portion partitioning a fluid pressure chamber into an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, a phase control portion controlling a rotational phase of a driven-side rotational member relative to a driving-side rotational member, a lock mechanism including a lock member and a lock recess for locking the rotational phase at a predetermined phase, a lock control portion switching the lock mechanism between a locked state and an unlocked state by supplying and discharging a pressurized fluid to and from the lock recess, a phase controlling supply passage supplying the pressurized fluid to the advanced angle chamber and the retarded angle chamber, a lock controlling supply passage supplying the pressurized fluid to the lock recess, and a one-way valve blocking the pressurized fluid supplied to the lock controlling supply passage from flowing into the phase controlling supply passage. | 03-20-2014 |
20140130755 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL DEVICE AND VALVE TIMING CONTROL MECHANISM - A valve timing control device is switchable between a first state in which a fluid is supplied to a communication flow path to lift a restriction by a restriction member and release a lock by a lock member, a second state in which the fluid is supplied to a retarded angle chamber to release the lock by the lock member and set the restriction by the restriction member, and a third state in which the restriction member is restricted and the lock member is locked without supplying the fluid to the communication flow path and supplying the fluid to the retarded angle chamber, and is configured such that the minimum cross-sectional area of an advanced passage for supplying the fluid to an advanced chamber is greater than the minimum cross-sectional area of a retarded passage for supplying the fluid to the retarded angle chamber. | 05-15-2014 |
20140150744 | VALVE TIMING ADJUSTING SYSTEM - A valve timing adjusting system includes a displacement mechanism unit that displaces a camshaft rotational phase relative to a crankshaft, a locking mechanism unit that locks the rotational phase, and a control unit that controls operations of a hydraulic control valve. The control unit includes a property obtainment unit that obtains property information regarding hydraulic properties, and a lock release process completes locking release by supplying oil pressure to the locking mechanism unit for moving the rotational phase from an intermediate locked phase toward one of a retard/advance position, and then supplying oil pressure to the locking mechanism unit for moving the rotational phase toward the other of the retard/advance position; the rotational phase stands by at a predetermined position of the one of the retard/advance position past the intermediate locked phase during the lock release process, until a standby time has elapsed. | 06-05-2014 |
20140202409 | SOLENOID VALVE AND VALVE OPENING-CLOSING TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - A valve opening-closing timing control device includes a solenoid valve having a solenoid mechanism provided with a spool having an oil path groove formed in an outer face thereof, and a sleeve for housing the spool to reciprocate and slide. A wall surface of the sleeve has a first port communicating with a first hydraulic oil supply section, a second port communicating with a second hydraulic oil supply section, and a third port communicating with the side of a hydraulic oil supply source. The spool is driven and set to a first position for supplying hydraulic oil from the hydraulic oil supply source to the first port, a second position for supplying the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic oil supply source to the second port, and a third position outside an area between the first and second positions to prevent supply of hydraulic oil from the first and second ports. | 07-24-2014 |
20140216377 | VALVE TIMING ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM - Provided is a valve timing adjustment system having improved control for achieving a target rotational phase. The valve timing adjustment system includes: a displacement mechanism unit that displaces a rotational phase of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a locking mechanism unit that locks the rotational phase at an intermediate locked phase positioned within a displacement range of the rotational phase; a hydraulic pathway that hydraulically drives the displacement mechanism unit and the locking mechanism unit; and a control unit including a control system that controls operations of the hydraulic control valve. The control unit changes a temporal responsiveness of the control system based on a displacement force that displaces the rotational phase. | 08-07-2014 |
20140251245 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotation member, a driven-side rotation member, a first lock mechanism selectively achieving a first lock state in which a relative rotation phase of the driven-side rotation member relative to the driving-side rotation member is locked at an intermediate lock phase and a first lock release state, and a second lock mechanism selectively achieving a second lock state in which the relative rotation phase is locked at one of a most advanced angle phase and a most retarded angle phase and a second lock release state, the driven-side rotation member being rotatable relative to the driving-side rotation member by a first clearance angle in the first lock state, the driven-side rotation member being rotatable relative to the driving-side rotation member by a second clearance angle in the second lock state, the second clearance angle being smaller than the first clearance angle. | 09-11-2014 |
20140251248 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotation member, a driven-side rotation member, and a lock mechanism including a recess portion, a lock member engageable and disengageable relative to the recess portion, and a biasing member. The recess portion includes a lock groove portion with which the lock member is configured to engage to lock a relative rotation phase at a lock phase, and a restriction groove portion. The lock groove portion includes a lock bottom surface and the restriction groove portion includes a restriction bottom surface. A second depth from an opening position of the recess portion to the restriction bottom surface is smaller than a first depth from the opening position to the lock bottom surface. The second depth from the opening position to the restriction bottom surface is smaller than a third depth from the restriction bottom surface to the lock bottom surface. | 09-11-2014 |
20140283769 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes a variable valve timing control apparatus including a driving-side rotating member rotating about a rotary axis by rotational force transmitted from a crankshaft, a driven-side rotating member including at least one fluid pressure chambers partitioned and formed with at least one advanced angle chambers and at least one retarded angle chambers and integrally rotating with a camshaft for opening and closing a valve, and a lock mechanism configured with a lock member provided at one of the driving-side rotating member and the driven-side rotary member to be engageable and disengageable with a recessed portion formed at the other of the driving-side rotating member and the driven-side rotary member, and an engine control unit for stopping the internal combustion engine to position a portion where the lock mechanism is formed below a virtual line passing through the rotary axis when the internal combustion engine is stopped. | 09-25-2014 |
20150033907 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A variable valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotation member rotating in synchronization with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, a driven-side rotation member integrally rotating with a camshaft of the internal combustion engine, an intermediate lock mechanism being selectively switchable between a locked state and an unlocked state, a plurality of hydraulic chambers, at least one of the plurality of hydraulic chambers being positioned at a lower side than an axis of the camshaft, a plurality of partition portions, each of the plurality of partition portions dividing each of the hydraulic chambers into an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, an electromagnetic valve including a supply and discharge port that is positioned at an upper side than the axis of the camshaft and switching supply and discharge of fluid relative to the hydraulic chambers, and a pump supplying fluid to the electromagnetic valve. | 02-05-2015 |
20150034033 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - A variable valve timing control device includes a driving side rotation member configured to synchronously rotating with a crankshaft, a driven side rotation member positioned coaxially to the driving side rotation member and integrally rotating with a camshaft, an intermediate lock mechanism selectively switching a locked state and an unlocked state, a first electromagnetic valve arranged at a position coaxial to the driving side rotation member and for controlling an supply and draining of an operation fluid relative to the fluid pressure chamber, a second electromagnetic valve positioned being offset from the position coaxial to the driving side rotation member and for controlling a supply and draining of the operation fluid flowing from the camshaft to the intermediate lock mechanism separately from the first electromagnetic valve, and a pump supplying the operation fluid to the first electromagnetic valve and the second electromagnetic valve. | 02-05-2015 |
20150053158 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A variable valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotation member, a driven-side rotation member, an intermediate lock mechanism including first and second lock members, first and second recess portions, and a guide groove, a sensor, and a control portion. The control portion performs a control so that the relative rotation phase is changed until a first stop state is established in a state where the relative rotation phase is in an unlocked state and one of the first and second lock members is positioned relative to one of the first and second recess portions at which the guide groove is formed at a side opposite from a side where the guide groove is formed. The control portion reverses a change direction of the relative rotation phase after the first stop state is established so that the relative rotation phase is changed until a second stop state is established. | 02-26-2015 |
20150059669 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - A variable valve timing control device includes a driving side rotation member, a driven side rotation member, a control valve controlling a supply and draining of an operation fluid to and from a fluid pressure chamber to change a relative rotational phase of the driven side rotation member relative to the driving side rotation member, an intermediate member positioned inwardly of the driven side rotation member between the driven side rotation member and a camshaft, the intermediate member including the control valve inwardly thereof; and a torsion spring retained by the driving side rotation member and the intermediate member to bias the driving side rotation member and the driven side rotation member either in a first rotation direction or a second rotation direction. | 03-05-2015 |
20150059670 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - A variable valve timing control device includes a driving side rotation member, a driven side rotation member, a fluid pressure chamber, a first flow path and a second flow path allowing a flow of an operation fluid into and out of the fluid pressure chamber, an intermediate member being provided between an inner circumferential surface of the driven side rotation member and an outer circumferential surface of a camshaft, and a contact portion where the intermediate member and the driven side rotation member come in contact with each other at a position between the first flow path and the second flow path when mounting the intermediate member to the camshaft. | 03-05-2015 |
20150075459 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL UNIT - A variable valve timing control unit includes an intake-side variable valve timing control apparatus, an exhaust-side variable valve timing control apparatus, an intake-side phase control valve selectively performing supply and discharge of fluid relative to an advanced angle fluid passage and a retarded angle fluid passage of the intake-side variable valve timing control apparatus, an exhaust-side phase control valve selectively performing supply and discharge of the fluid relative to the advanced angle fluid passage and the retarded angle fluid passage of the exhaust-side variable valve timing control apparatus, and a single lock control valve controlling supply and discharge of the fluid relative to unlock fluid passages of the respective intake-side variable valve timing control apparatus and the exhaust-side variable valve timing control apparatus. | 03-19-2015 |
20150114329 | VALVE TIMING CONTROLLER - Provided is a valve timing controller capable of quickening a response in varying a relative rotational phase. When the valve timing controller is under a locking state, if an ECU outputs a phase maintenance signal indicative of a phase maintaining state wherein control for maintaining the relative rotational phase within a predetermined range by work fluid present in an advancing chamber and a retarding chamber is possible, an intermediate locking mechanism is switched to a lock-releasing state and also the relative rotational phase is maintained to an intermediate locking state. | 04-30-2015 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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20090152432 | SUPPORTING DEVICE WITH GOOD USABILITY FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - For installing an apparatus body of an electronic apparatus at a standing state on a supporting surface, the supporting device includes a leg and support. The leg is rotatably provided on a back surface of the apparatus body at the standing state and is used for holding the apparatus body supported by the supporting surface. The support is rotatably provided on the back surface and engaged with the leg for defining an angle of the leg with respect to the back surface. The leg and the support are foldable in substantially parallel to the back surface without overlapping with each other. | 06-18-2009 |
20110065153 | METHOD OF PRODUCING L-LYSINE - The ability and speed with which a coryneform bacterium can produce L-lysine are improved when the coryneform bacterium contains an aspartokinase in which feedback inhibition by L-lysine and L-threonine is substantially desensitized. This is accomplished by successively enhancing the DNA coding for dihydrodipicolinate reductase, the DNA coding for dihydrodipicolinate synthase, the DNA coding for diaminopimelate decarboxylase, and the DNA coding for diaminopimelate dehydrogenase. | 03-17-2011 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Kawasaki JP
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20110022749 | SYSTEM CONTROL SERVER, STORAGE SYSTEM, AND SETTING METHOD - An operation mode acquiring unit compares before-expansion connection device information and after-expansion connection device information that are acquired by a device information acquiring unit, recognizes expanded device information on an external storage device that is expanded in a storage system, and acquires an operation mode that is applied to the storage system after the external storage device is expanded from a correspondence storage unit by using the recognized expanded device information. A setting executing unit executes the setting for the storage system accompanied with the expansion of the external storage device on the basis of the after-expansion connection device information acquired by the device information acquiring unit and the operation mode acquired by the operation mode acquiring unit. | 01-27-2011 |
20110113412 | OBJECT LINKAGE DEVICE FOR LINKING OBJECTS IN STATICALLY LINKED EXECUTABLE PROGRAM FILE, METHOD OF LINKING OBJECTS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - When a modification is applied to a statically linked executable program file, in the executable program file, an old object is replaced with a new object by adding the new object to a bottom of already-existing objects without changing the location of the old object, and the reference relationship of symbols among objects is updated and resolved and thereby a modification is applied. | 05-12-2011 |
20110245961 | LIBRARY APPARATUS AND INVENTORY CONTROL METHOD - A library apparatus includes, a cell storage unit to store recording media, a drive unit to read and write information recorded on the media, a transport apparatus configured to transport the media between the cell storage unit and the drive unit, an imaging apparatus to record footage of portable recording media stored in the cell storage unit, an image processor configured to image process footage recorded by the imaging apparatus before entering a low-power mode as first image data, and to image process footage recorded by the imaging apparatus after restoration from a low-power mode as second image data, an image determining unit to determine image difference between the first image data and the second image data, and an inventory processor to conduct an inventory process on the media stored in regions of the cell storage unit that correspond to image difference determined by the image determining unit. | 10-06-2011 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Yamatokooriyama-Shi JP
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20100245071 | IMAGE INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE USING THE SAME, INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL BODY, MODULE FOR DRIVER SEAT, AND TRAVEL BODY - In an image information generation device, based on status information representing statuses of various sections of a mobile unit such as a motor vehicle, image information used to display an image required, for instance, for steering this mobile unit on a display device is generated easily. In order to generate, as the image information, a layout identifier that specifies a layout of an image to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device and a component image identifier that specifies a display mode of each component image in the layout, the DPF controller compares the MEN/SEN judging table that stores an identifier table in which a correlation between the status information and the MEN, a correlation between the status information and the SEN, and a correlation between the MEN and the SEN are defined with the status information collected from the ECUs in the various sections of the mobile unit. | 09-30-2010 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Oakazaki-Shi JP
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20100212615 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotating member, a driven-side rotating member arranged coaxially with the driving-side rotational member so as to be rotatable relative to the driving-side rotating member, a retarded angle chamber and an advanced angle chamber, each of which is defined by the driving-side rotating member and the driven-side rotating member, a lock mechanism locking a relative rotational phase of the driven-side rotating member at a predetermined phase between a most advanced angle phase and a retarded angle phase, an operation fluid supply-and-discharge mechanism supplying/discharging an operation fluid to/from the retarded angle chamber, the advanced angle chamber and the lock mechanism, and a first air inlet mechanism for connecting one of the retarded angle chamber and the advanced angle chamber to an outside of the valve timing control apparatus in order to allow air to flow thereinto. | 08-26-2010 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Otawara-Shi JP
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20100202675 | RADIATION DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An X-ray image generating unit alternately generates X-ray images each obtained by radiating X-rays having a higher level of energy and X-ray images each obtained by radiating X-rays having a lower level of energy. Further, every time an X-ray image has been generated by the X-ray image generating unit, a dual energy subtraction image generating unit generates a dual energy subtraction image by using the X-ray image that has just been generated and the X-ray image generated immediately preceding the X-ray image. | 08-12-2010 |
20100202678 | X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An X-ray tube generates X-rays. An X-ray detector detects X-rays generated by the X-ray tube and transmitted through a subject. A storage unit stores data of a gullet image associated with a gullet of the subject. An X-ray image generation unit generates data of an X-ray image based on an output from the X-ray detector during catheter operation. The X-ray image is associated with a left atrium located anatomically near the gullet. A display control unit displays a gullet region of the gullet image together with the X-ray image on the display device while superimposing the gullet region on the X-ray image to allow visual recognition of a distal end portion of a catheter region included in the X-ray image. | 08-12-2010 |
20120014513 | MEDICAL BED APPARATUS - A medical bed apparatus of an embodiment includes: a tiltable top board on which to place an examinee; a photographic mechanism configured to radiograph the examinee; an operation unit which is provided to a lateral side of the top board, and through which at least one of the top board and the photographic mechanism is operated by an operator; and a horizontally-holding mechanism configured to hold the operation unit horizontally when the top board tilts. | 01-19-2012 |
20130003938 | X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM - In an X-ray imaging system a holding device holds an X-ray imaging unit that performs X-ray imaging of a subject, a bed supports a subject, and a driving unit moves the holding device and the bed. A position detector detects positions of the holding device and the bed either when X-ray imaging is performed and/or when the driving unit has not performed driving for a predetermined time or more. A memory stores positions of the holding device and the bed detected by the position detector in a time series. An operation unit selects positions of the holding device and the bed stored in time series in either a time-series sequence or a reverse time-series sequence. Based on instructions from the operation unit, the controller reads out detection results from the memory and drives the driving unit based on the detection results. | 01-03-2013 |
20130148783 | HOLDING APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a holding apparatus includes an arcuated arm, a first roller, and a second roller. The arcuated arm is provided with a guide groove along the outer surface, has a hollow portion inside, and holds the X-ray generator and X-ray detector while making them squarely face each other. The first roller runs in the hollow portion in contact with the inner wall of the hollow portion on the outer surface side. The second roller runs in the guide groove while being fitted in the guide groove, and holds the arm together with the first roller so as to allow the arm to slide along the arcuated direction. | 06-13-2013 |
20130266123 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a generating unit and a display controller. The generating unit generates a diagram illustrating the angle information of an arm. The display controller performs display control to visualize, together with the diagram generated by the generating unit, at least one of information showing the status of the arm when the arm is at an angle illustrated in the diagram and information showing the status of a subject to be imaged when the arm is at the angle illustrated in the diagram. | 10-10-2013 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Tsukuba-Shi JP
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20100171146 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR-SEALING COMPOSITION - The present invention provides an optical semiconductor encapsulating composition comprising (A) an epoxy compound, (B) a carboxylic anhydride curing agent, (C) a curing accelerator, and (D) surface-coated silica particles having an average particle diameter of 5 to 50 nm in which 0.2 to 3 mmol of a silane coupling agent (D2) that contains an epoxy group-containing silane coupling agent (d1) is reacted with 1 g of silica particles (D1) to surface-coat the silica particles, the epoxy group being converted into a hydroxyl group through ring opening; and an optical semiconductor device in which an optical semiconductor is encapsulated with the composition. | 07-08-2010 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Osaka JP
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20100156308 | ADJUSTABLE OUTPUT BALLAST FOR POWERING BOTH FLUORESCENT LAMPS AND LED LAMPS - A ballast is provided for powering either of a fluorescent lamp or an LED lamp. The ballast includes a power supply and a pair of switching elements connected in series and coupled across an output end of the power supply. A voltage is provided across a pair of lamp output terminals coupled to the switching elements during a predetermined time period after startup of the ballast. A current condition is detected across the pair of lamp output terminals during the predetermined time period. Based on the detected current condition, the presence of a fluorescent lamp or an LED lamp connected to the ballast may be determined, and either of a first or second voltage output is provided across the lamp output terminals suitable for powering the appropriate lamp after lapsing of the predetermined time period. | 06-24-2010 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Tsurugashima-Shi JP
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20100102254 | ELECTRON BEAM APPARATUS - A writing apparatus includes a beam current detector which detects abeam current of the electron beam during execution of the writing when the substrate is not irradiated; a fluctuation value calculator which calculates a fluctuation value of the electron beam based on the beam current; and a corrector which corrects the electron beam fluctuation during the writing based on the fluctuation value. | 04-29-2010 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Tokyo JP
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20080252929 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD INCLUDING HOST DEVICE AND PRINTING DEVICE - A printing system comprises a host device like a personal computer (PC) which creates print data (GDI data) based on an application, and selects through which a conversion process either a first conversion process of converting the data into PDL data or a second conversion process of converting the data into image data should be executed based on the performance of the host device connected to a printing device, the kind of the application, and the like when performing the conversion process on the print data and transmitting the converted data to a printing device, and further selects the conversion process based on a command in GDI data, a data size, and the like, thereby automatically selecting the most efficient printing scheme, and the printing device which prints out the print data transmitted from the host device. | 10-16-2008 |
20100078917 | Side impact crash detection system - A side impact crash sensor that operates in conjunction with displacement of a door outer panel of a vehicle door in the event of a side impact crash. The side impact crash sensor comprises a sensor housing coupled to a vehicle door member in a sectioned region of the door and a pendulum rotates around a rotating shaft secured to the sensor housing in the event of a side impact crash. The pendulum is conductive and is housed in a housing space of the sensor housing. The side impact crash sensor further comprises a detecting section including a conductive coil energized by an alternating current secured to the sensor housing. The detecting section detects a rotation operation mode of the pendulum on the basis of a change in impedance of a conductive coil which occurs in conjunction with a rotation operation of the pendulum. | 04-01-2010 |
20110114853 | ELECTRON BEAM APPARATUS - An electron beam lithography apparatus includes a beam current detector which detects, during drawing of the drawing data, fluctuation of an irradiation position of the electron beam at non-irradiation on the substrate; a beam position error detector which detects a beam position error of the electron beam based on the fluctuation of the irradiation position; a drive position error detector which detects a drive position error of the stage due to rotation and translation drive during drawing of the drawing data; and a corrector which corrects the irradiation position of the electron beam during the drawing based on the beam position error and the drive position error. | 05-19-2011 |
20110129059 | X-RAY IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - CT imaging is performed twice (S | 06-02-2011 |
20110228897 | X-RAY CT SCANNER AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - An X-ray CT scanner performs CT imaging twice on a single imaging site such that respiratory phases relative to rotation of a measuring unit (X-ray generator and X-ray detector) are inverted with respect to each other. For determining a start time of the second CT imaging, a respiration cycle and the like are calculated according to projection data acquired by the first CT imaging. Further, sinograms | 09-22-2011 |
20120320423 | PRINTING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH PLURAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING PRINT DATA, PRINTING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing apparatus has a first memory of a high data access speed and a second memory of a low data access speed, the first memory having a small memory capacity and the second memory having a large memory capacity. The printing apparatus has a receiver for receiving print data in parallel from plural host apparatuses, a judging unit for judging whether the first memory is in use, and a storing-process controller for storing the print data in the first memory, when the judging unit determines that the first memory is not in use, and for storing the print data in the second memory, when the judging unit determines that the first memory is in use. The printing apparatus prints the print data of a high priority order on a print medium with use of the first memory. | 12-20-2012 |
20130023581 | ENVIRONMENTALLY ACTIVE CONCRETE - In order to reduce the amount of an organism attractant substance remaining inside concrete that tends be used wastefully and also to allow the organism attractant substance to effectively flow out gradually in a long period of time, an environmentally active, preserving and repairing-use concrete block is provided in which the air content and flowability of the concrete are increased, and the congregating and growing effects for fishes and shellfishes and the adhering and growing effects for algae are maintained so that a high attractant effect by odor of the organism attractant substance is obtained. | 01-24-2013 |
20140089582 | DISK ARRAY APPARATUS, DISK ARRAY CONTROLLER, AND METHOD FOR COPYING DATA BETWEEN PHYSICAL BLOCKS - According to one embodiment, a disk array controller includes a data copy unit and a physical block replacement unit. The data copy unit copies data from a master logical disk to a backup logical disk in order to set the master logical disk and the backup logical disk in a synchronization status. The physical block replacement unit allocates a third physical block to the backup logical disk, before data is copied from a first physical block allocated to the master logical disk to the backup logical disk, when the allocation is changed to the third physical block instead of a second physical block that is associated with the first physical block and is allocated to the backup logical disk. | 03-27-2014 |
20140153009 | COLOR CONVERTING APPARATUS AND COLOR CONVERTING METHOD FOR DESIGNATED-COLOR PRINTING, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A color converting apparatus is used for designated-color printing. The apparatus is provided with a color space converting unit for converting a designated-color designated by a printing command to a converted-color in a color space represented by brightness, saturation and hue of color, and a color classifying unit for classifying the converted-color to one of plural classified-colors on the basis of the brightness, saturation and hue of said converted-color. Color correlating-relationship information is prepared, which sets correlating relationship between the plural classified-colors and one or more printing colors. The apparatus is further provided with a classified-color/printing-color correlating unit for selecting one printing color correlated with the one classified-color from among one or more printing colors, based on the color correlating-relationship information and for correlating the selected printing color with the printing command. | 06-05-2014 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Saitama JP
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20080220936 | Automatic transmission assembly for a vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same - An automatic transmission assembly having a transmission unit including a plurality of gear pairs, a shift drum, a pair of clutches; and a controller. The controller performs a preliminary upshifting action in advance for angularly moving the shift drum depending on a next gear position in an upshifting direction while rotary drive power is being maintained at a given gear position, and when an upshifting command is output, the controller engages one of the clutches simultaneously with the command. When a downshifting command is output, the controller performs a preliminary downshifting action in advance based on the downshifting command. The partially neutral positions are provided between predetermined angular positions on the shift drum for temporarily reducing the angular speed of the shift drum when the shift drum is being angularly rotated. | 09-11-2008 |
20080236316 | VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - An outer circumference of a shift drum of a vehicle transmission is provided with at least one particular lead groove among multiple lead grooves which continuously extends beyond one circle of the shift drum. Two ends of the particular lead groove are arranged so as to be out of alignment with each other in the axial direction of the shift drum. A common shift position adapted to establish gear trains with two shift stages different from each other is set at one position corresponding to the two ends of the particular lead groove along the circumferential direction of the shift drum. The resulting configuration prevents an increase in the diameter of a shift drum and eliminates the significant change of the shape of a lead groove, even as the number of shift positions set on the shift drum is increased. | 10-02-2008 |
20100059628 | SLIDE DOOR DEVICE FOR AIRCRAFT - A slide door device for an aircraft includes an upper guide roller at a tip end of an upper arm provided at an upper part of a slide door and a lower guide roller at a tip end of a lower arm provided at a lower part of the slide door that are rollably engaged with an upper guide rail and a lower guide rail that are fixed along an upper edge and a lower edge of a door opening frame formed in a fuselage of an aircraft, respectively. An intermediate guide roller, provided at a tip end of an intermediate arm provided in a door opening, is rollably engaged with an intermediate guide rail that is fixed to an inner surface of the slide door, while smoothly guiding the slide door with the upper guide rail, the lower guide rail, and the intermediate guide rail. | 03-11-2010 |
20100081547 | SHIFT CONTROLLER - A shift controller with a first clutch CL | 04-01-2010 |
20100082210 | SHIFT CONTROLLER - A shift controller for a motor vehicle includes an electric motor configured to rotate a shift drum associated with a transmission. An oil temperature sensor is configured to detect temperature of lubricating oil for the transmission. A controller is configured to control the electric motor. The controller controls the electric motor to operate in a preset first motor duty until a first predetermined time elapses after operation of the electric motor is started when the shift drum is turned from a first predetermined position to a second predetermined position. The controller is also configured to operate the electric motor in a second motor duty calculated based upon oil temperature after the first predetermined time elapses. | 04-01-2010 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Suwa-Shi JP
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20080239052 | RECORDING-MEDIUM-RESIDUAL-QUANTITY DETECTING DEVICE, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A recording-medium-residual-quantity detecting device includes a first rotation-quantity detecting unit that detects a rotation quantity of a roll in which a recording medium is wound. A second rotation-quantity detecting unit detects a rotation quantity of a transportation roller that transports the recording medium by rotating in contact with the recording medium that is unwound from the roll. A controlling unit has a winding control mode in which driving units of the device are controlled so that rotational powers to wind the recording medium into the roll without slack between the roll and the transportation roller are applied to the roll and the transportation roller. The residual quantity of the recording medium is calculated on the basis of a rotation quantity θr of the roll and a rotation quantity θs of the transportation roller that are respectively detected by the rotation-quantity detecting units when the winding control mode is executed. | 10-02-2008 |
20090242603 | TRANSPORT DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING ROLL-SHAPED RECORDING MEDIUM AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A transport device for transporting a roll-shaped recording medium includes: a pair of roll retainers that are attached to both sides of a roll portion of the roll-shaped recording medium; a pair of spindles that are engaged with the roll retainers to support the roll portion; a transport roller that transports the roll-shaped recording medium drawn out from the roll portion while pinching the roll-shaped recording medium; and a positioning mechanism that rotates the roll portion supported by the spindles in a direction in which tension is applied to the drawn roll-shaped recording medium to move the roll portion to one side in a longitudinal direction such that a reference edge of the roll-shaped recording medium comes into contact with a reference position, thereby positioning the reference edge of the roll-shaped recording medium. | 10-01-2009 |
20090269119 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus including: a first motor configured to provide a drive force for rotating a roll member that is a wound medium; a second motor configured to provide a drive force for driving a transporting drive roller provided on a downstream side of the roll member along a feeding direction of the medium for transporting the medium; and a control unit configured to drive at least one of the first motor and the second motor to cancel the slackness of the medium generated between the roll member and the transporting drive roller. | 10-29-2009 |
20120182366 | ROLL RECORDING MATERIAL TRANSPORT DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A roll recording material transport device includes a driving side roll holder, a driven side roll holder, a driving side spindle, a driven side spindle, a spindle driving source, a driving side support mechanism, a driven side support mechanism, a transport roller, and an assist executing section. The assist executing section executes assist control in which a rotating force in the direction of transporting the roll of recording material is applied by the spindle driving source through the driving side spindle and the driving side roll holder in an engaged state to the roll portion. The frictional force between the driving side spindle and the driving side roll holder is set smaller than the frictional force between the driven side spindle and the driven side support mechanism. | 07-19-2012 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Yamatokoriyama-Shi Nara JP
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20090102632 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, SCREEN DESIGN SETTING TOOL, DISPLAY SYSTEM PROGRAM, SCREEN DESIGN SETTING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display system includes a combination image dividing section arranged to divide a single combination image composed of a plurality of item images into a plurality of image blocks such that each of the image blocks has an item image; an image inputting controlling section arranged to lay out the individual image blocks; and an image inputting controlling section arranged to generate display data based on the image blocks laid out thereby. This can achieve a display system, to be mounted in the maneuverable moving object and having high degrees of freedom for screen layout, at a lower cost. | 04-23-2009 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Kanagawa JP
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20080277697 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR HIGH FREQUENCY - A semiconductor device for high frequency includes a channel region fabricated on a compound semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode fabricated on the channel region, a source electrode and a drain electrode alternately fabricated on the channel region by sandwiching the gate electrode, a bonding pad to be connected to an external circuit, and an air-bridge having one end connected to the source electrode or the drain electrode above and outside the channel region, and the other end connected to the bonding pad. | 11-13-2008 |
20080277698 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A field effect transistor includes a channel region fabricated on a compound semiconductor substrate, | 11-13-2008 |
20140347790 | WALL-MOUNTED HOUSING APPARATUS HAVING SIMPLE STRUCTURE AND SHALLOW DEPTH DIMENSION, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A wall-mounted housing apparatus includes: a rear case ( | 11-27-2014 |
20150158311 | DROPLETS DRYING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR DROPLETS DRYING, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A droplets drying device includes: an illuminating unit that applies infrared laser light to droplets that have been ejected onto a recording medium by an ejecting unit that ejects droplets in accordance with an image to be formed; and a control unit that controls at least one of timing, a position or positions, and an amount or amounts of application of infrared laser light to the droplets by the illuminating unit in accordance with an attribute that influences image quality of an image formed. | 06-11-2015 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Aichi JP
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20110168114 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus includes a phase holding mechanism for holding relative phase between an inner peripheral member and an outer peripheral member to a predetermined intermediate phase between a most advanced angle phase and a most retarded angle phase, a fluid feeding device for feeding fluid to an advanced angle chamber or a retarded angle chamber through a first fluid passageway or a second fluid passageway, and a fluid control valve for switching over the passage for the fluid discharged from the fluid feeding device to either the first fluid passageway or the second fluid passageway and controlling the feeding amount of the fluid. The phase holding mechanism is configured to have its holding state for holding the relative phase released by a fluid pressure of the first fluid passageway or the second fluid passageway to whichever the fluid control valve starts the feeding of the fluid. After releasing of the holding state of the relative phase, this releasing state is maintained by a fluid pressure applied thereto from at least one of the first fluid passageway and the second fluid passageway. | 07-14-2011 |
20120000437 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - Provided is a valve timing control apparatus configured to realize a locked state before an engine is stopped by controlling a restricting mechanism and a locking mechanism while the engine is operating. The apparatus includes a partitioning section provided in a driven-side rotary member for partitioning between an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, a restricting member disposed in the driven-side rotary member and capable of projecting/retracting relative to a driving-side rotary member, a restricting recess portion formed in the driving-side rotary member and receiving the restricting member projected therein for restricting a relative rotational phase within a predetermined range, a locking member disposed in the driven-side rotary member and capable of projecting/retracting relative to the driving-side rotary member, a locking recess portion receiving the locking member projected therein for locking the relative rotational phase to a predetermined phase, and a communication passageway capable of feeding fluid releasing the restriction by the restricting member to the locking member and incapable of feeding fluid releasing the locking by the locking member to the restricting member. The restricting member switches over the communication passageway to a communicating state or to a non-communicating state. | 01-05-2012 |
20120085303 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - A valve timing control device comprises a drive-side rotational member synchronously rotatable with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven-side rotational member mounted coaxially with the drive-side rotational member and synchronously rotatable with a camshaft for opening and closing a valve of the internal combustion engine; a fluid pressure chamber defined by the drive-side rotational member and the driven-side rotational member; a partition provided in at least one of the drive-side rotational member and the driven-side rotational member for dividing the fluid pressure chamber into a retarded angle chamber and an advanced angle chamber; a fluid feeding/discharging mechanism for controlling feed/discharge of working fluid relative to the fluid pressure chamber; a locking mechanism for restricting a relative rotational phase of the driven-side rotational member relative to the drive-side rotational member to a predetermined phase between a most retarded angle phase and a most advanced angle phase; and an urging mechanism for constantly exerting an urging force to the drive-side rotational member and the driven-side rotational member to displace the relative rotational phase to the side of the most retarded angle phase. | 04-12-2012 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Shizuoka JP
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20110316372 | INVERTER TERMINAL BOARD INSTALLED IN MOTOR CASE AND PACKING - An inverter terminal board and packing capable of performing a packing function even when variations due to assembly tolerances of a motor and an inverter are great and large relative movement occurs between the inverter and the motor are provided. | 12-29-2011 |
20110316373 | INVERTER TERMINAL BOARD INSTALLED IN MOTOR CASE - A vibration-resistant inverter terminal board capable of sufficiently exerting a sealing effect on vibration even in the case of great variations due to assembly tolerances of a motor and an inverter is provided. | 12-29-2011 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Fujieda-City JP
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20120183281 | WASHER FLUID WARMING DEVICE - A warming device capable of quickly increasing a temperature of a washer fluid with a relatively-low current, warming a relatively-large volume of washer fluid, and further retaining a washer fluid in a warmed state for some time after a power supply is turned off is provided. A warming device includes a structure in which a small heating chamber is housed in an inner space of a heat-retaining hot fluid storage chamber and an electric heater is housed in an inner space of the small heating chamber. The heat-retaining hot fluid storage chamber has a heat-insulating structure. The small heating chamber has a moderate thermal conductivity. A washer fluid fed from a washer tank is supplied to the small heating chamber through the heat-retaining hot fluid storage chamber, warmed by the heater and ejected from a washer nozzle. | 07-19-2012 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Shiojiri-Shi JP
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20120187233 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND ROLL MEDIUM LIFTING DEVICE - A roll medium lifting device of a recording apparatus includes: an elevating unit that has a loading unit therein and can be raised and lowered in the vertical direction; an operation lever that is rotatable about a fulcrum; and a cam that performs force transmission by converting rotational movement of the operation lever in the vertical direction to vertical movement of the elevating unit at a position closer to the fulcrum in the operation lever. Further, when the operation lever is rotated to cause the cam to move the elevating unit upward, a portion of the cam that makes contact with the elevating unit faces to the moving direction when the elevating unit is moved upward. | 07-26-2012 |
20120199687 | ROLLED MEDIUM HOLDER DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A rolled medium holder device includes: a guide member; a holder unit, including a shaft portion that holds a roll-shaped rolled medium, that is slidable relative to the guide member; and a stopper member, provided in the holder unit, that makes surface contact with the outer circumferential surface of the guide member. Here, the pressing force exerted on the outer circumferential surface of the guide member by the stopper member between two different points of the stopper member in the circumferential direction of the guide member can be adjusted; the holder unit is immobilized by increasing the pressing force; and the holder unit can be slid by reducing the pressing force. | 08-09-2012 |
20120205418 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a feeding unit that can feed roll-shaped roll medium downstream in the transport direction, a recording apparatus main body having a recording unit that performs recording on the fed roll medium, and a winding device that winds the recorded roll medium in a roll at a predetermined position, in which the winding device can move with respect to the recording apparatus main body. | 08-16-2012 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Makinohara-Shi JP
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20120319513 | INVERTER TERMINAL BLOCK INSTALLED IN MOTOR CASE - In a terminal block | 12-20-2012 |
20130143446 | CELL-VOLTAGE DETECTION CONNECTOR - To provide a technique by which an accumulated tolerance caused by the arrangement of terminal fittings is eliminated to improve the workability in a multipole cell-voltage detection connector. When all of receptacle terminals ( | 06-06-2013 |
20130277920 | WATERPROOF PLUG - A waterproof plug includes a cylindrical resin member and a sealing section configured to include an outer circumference section which is provided on an outer face of the resin member and an inner circumference section which is provided on an inner face of the resin member. The outer circumference section intimately contacts to an inner wall face of a cavity of a connector housing, and the inner circumference section intimately contacts to an outer circumference face of an electric wire. An outer circumference face of the resin member is brought into contact with an inner wall face of an electric wire through hole of the connector housing. The resin member has a plurality of protruded claw sections protruding toward the inner circumference section side along a circumference direction of the resin member. | 10-24-2013 |
20130288519 | TERMINAL - A terminal includes an elastic contact piece. The elastic contact piece comes into elastic contact with a counterpart terminal in a terminal container. The elastic contact piece includes a bent portion bent and extending from a portion of a side wall of the terminal container in the terminal container, and a clamping portion extending from a front end of the bent portion in the terminal container along an extending direction of the side wall. A dimension of the clamping portion is longer than a dimension of the bent portion in the extending direction, so as to prevent a foreign substance from entering between an inner wall of the terminal container and the clamping portion. | 10-31-2013 |
20140030921 | SHIELDED CONNECTOR - A shielded connector includes device-side connector which is fixed to a shield case and a cable-side connector which is attached to an end of an external cable and is fitted to the device-side connector. The device-side connector includes a device-side connection terminal, a device-side resin housing, and a device-side shield shell. The device-side shield shell includes a mating shell fixing part which electrically connects the device-side shield shell and a cable-side shield shell. | 01-30-2014 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Matsumoto-Shi JP
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20130015285 | ROLL-SHAPED MEDIUM TRANSPORT DEVICE, ROLL-SHAPED MEDIUM TRANSPORT METHOD, AND PRINTING APPARATUSAANM URUMA; HideoAACI Okaya-shiAACO JPAAGP URUMA; Hideo Okaya-shi JPAANM KOBAYASHI; MasakiAACI Matsumoto-shiAACO JPAAGP KOBAYASHI; Masaki Matsumoto-shi JPAANM HATADA; KenjiAACI Shiojiri-shiAACO JPAAGP HATADA; Kenji Shiojiri-shi JP - A roll-shaped medium transport device includes: a medium supply unit that keeps a roll body formed by winding a roll-shaped medium on a support shaft, and unwinds and supplies the roll-shaped medium; a transport unit that transports the roll-shaped medium unwound from the roll body; a rotation detecting unit that detects rotation of the support shaft; a rotation unit that rotates the support shaft; and a determination unit that determines abnormality of a transport state of the roll-shaped medium on the basis of the rotation detecting unit when the rotation unit rotates the support shaft, when the rotation detecting unit does not detect the rotation of the support shaft in a state where a transport operation of the roll-shaped medium is performed by the transport unit. | 01-17-2013 |
20140267496 | RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes: a supporting stage configured to support a recording medium; a recording unit facing the recording medium; a Y-axis moving section configured to move the recording unit in a Y-axis direction; and an upward/downward moving section configured to move the recording unit in an X-axis direction such that the recording unit moves toward and away from the supporting stage. The upward/downward moving section includes an upward/downward drive mechanism configured to move the recording unit toward and away from the supporting stage and two upward/downward guide mechanisms configured to guide the movement of the Y-axis moving section in the Z-axis direction of the recording unit. The upward/downward drive mechanism and the two upward/downward guide mechanisms are arranged side by side in the Y-axis direction. | 09-18-2014 |
20140292922 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a supporting stage, a recording unit, frame portions that bridge a space to cross the supporting stage and support the recording unit, and a Y axis movement unit that causes the recording unit and the frame portions to move in relation to the stage in the Y axis direction. The frame portions include a horizontal bridging frame that crosses the supporting stage and supports the recording unit, a pair of side frames that support both sides of the horizontal bridging frame in the X axis direction by end portion sides thereof, and a connecting frame that connects base portion sides of the pair of side frames to one another. | 10-02-2014 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Kakegawa-Shi JP
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20140038459 | SHIELDED CONNECTOR - The male shielded connector ( | 02-06-2014 |
20140370753 | SHIELDED CONNECTOR - The male shielded connector of the invention includes terminals which are connected to end portions of electric wires, a housing which contains the terminals, a shield shell which covers the housing, a braided conductor which is externally provided to the wire and is covered on the shield shell, and a shield ring which is swaged to the outer circumference of the braided conductor to fix the braided conductor in a state that the braided conductor is electrically connected to the shield shell, the shield ring being made of a metal material. An insulation layer is provided between the braided conductor and the shield ring. | 12-18-2014 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Iida-Shi JP
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20130241679 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - Provided is an electromagnetic relay which can sufficiently dissipate heat generated from a coil to secure desired attracting force even when the electromagnetic relay is miniaturized. The electromagnetic relay includes an electromagnet block and a contact switching mechanism. A movable contact piece of the contact switching mechanism includes a contact attaching portion to which a movable contact is attached, and a first fixed portion attached to a first movable iron piece of the electromagnet block. The first fixed portion is in surface contact with the movable iron piece and is substantially equal in width dimension to the movable iron piece. | 09-19-2013 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Toyohashi-Shi JP
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20130139620 | DRIVE UNIT - A drive unit includes an output shaft, a drive source, which causes the output shaft to rotate in a reciprocating manner within a first angular range, an arcuate movement portion, which performs arcuate movement about the axis of the output shaft as the shaft is rotated, a pivot shaft, and a lever member, which is rotational about the axis of the pivot shaft. As the arcuate movement portion performs arcuate movement, the lever member is rotated, in a reciprocating manner within a second angular range, while changing the engaging position with the arcuate movement portion. | 06-06-2013 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Higashiyamato-Shi JP
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20130083360 | PRINTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF CANCELING PRINT JOB, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The printing device is a printing device having a reception part receiving print data, a print job information storage storing print job information of the print data, an image data conversion part concerting the print data to image data, a print queue generation part generating print queue information administrating the print data on the basis of page upon conversion from the print data to image data, a print job ID storage storing the print job ID at the time of an order when job cancellation is ordered, and a control part comparing the print job ID stored in the print job ID storage with the print job ID at the time of execution in execution of job cancellation and cancelling the print job ID when the print job IDs are equal. The printing device allows job cancellation to be specified without multiple panel operations in ordering job cancellation order. | 04-04-2013 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Otawara JP
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20140350350 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A medical image processing apparatus includes, an unit ( | 11-27-2014 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Suntou-Gun JP
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20150160598 | ULTRASONIC WAVE SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sensor is attached to an apparatus having a fixing unit which fixes an image on a recording medium by heating the recording medium. The sensor includes: a transmission unit transmitting an ultrasonic wave to the recording medium; a reception unit receiving the ultrasonic wave via the recording medium, and output a signal corresponding to the received ultrasonic wave; and a detecting unit detecting information relating to a state of the recording medium which has changed by passing through the fixing unit, based on a first signal which the reception unit has output upon having received the ultrasonic wave before the recording medium has passed through the fixing unit, and a second signal which the reception unit has output upon having received the ultrasonic wave after the recording medium has passed through the fixing unit. | 06-11-2015 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Komaki-Shi JP
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20150260275 | SHIFTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A shifting device for a vehicle includes a rotary operating member and a base member. The rotary operating member includes a rotary shaft. The base member has a bearing surface around a bearing hole. The rotary shaft is fitted in the bearing hole, and the bearing surface receives an outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft. A pair of flat surfaces are provided on the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft. The pair of flat surfaces are configured such that one flat surface of the pair of flat surfaces is located between a pair of circumferential end edges of the bearing surface, within a predetermined rotating angle range of the rotary operating member. | 09-17-2015 |
20150260276 | SHIFTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - In a shifting device for a vehicle, inner walls of a guide groove of a main body which are opposed to each other with a guide protrusion interposed therebetween are parallel to each other. The guide protrusion is formed with a width dimension that is reduced from a given position toward a proximal end thereof, so that an angle formed between a line that is parallel to a center axis of the guide protrusion and is extended from the given position toward the proximal end of the guide protrusion as an extension of a line on a side face of a distal end portion of the guide protrusion, and a line on a side face of the proximal end portion of the guide protrusion extending from the given position, becomes equal to a given angle. Thus, the side face of the proximal end portion of the guide protrusion is prevented from strongly contacting with the inner wall of the guide groove which is opposed to the side face, and stress is prevented from being concentrated in the guide protrusion. | 09-17-2015 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Okazaki-Shi, Aichi JP
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20150377086 | VALVE OPENING/CLOSING TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - A valve opening/closing timing control device includes a driving rotating body that rotates in synchronization with a crankshaft, a driven rotating body that rotates integrally with a camshaft, a phase detection mechanism that detects the relative rotation phase of the driving rotating body and the driven rotating body, a retarding chamber and an advancing chamber between the driving rotating body and the driven rotating body, a lock mechanism capable of constraining the relative rotation phase to a lock phase, a supply/discharge mechanism that supplies/discharges working fluid to/from the advancing chamber, the retarding chamber, and the lock mechanism, and a control unit that controls operation of the supply/discharge mechanism. At startup of the engine, if the detected relative rotation phase is not at the lock phase, the control unit controls the supply/discharge mechanism so as to stop successive supply of working fluid to the retarding and advancing chambers. | 12-31-2015 |