Moro, JP

Akihiro Moro, Nagaizumi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150339650	MERCHANDISE IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MERCHANDISE - A merchandise identification apparatus includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image of an item to be purchased by a customer, a controller configured to compare the acquired image with one or more reference images, each being associated with an item on sale, to identify reference images that are similar to the acquired image, and a display unit configured to display one or more items on sale for selection, each of the displayed items being associated with the reference images that are similar to the acquired image. The controller is further configured to cause the acquired image to be associated with an item selected from the one or more of the displayed items.	11-26-2015

Akihiro Moro, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080204812	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In the present invention, in a color copy machine, original modes of copy job units, and setting changes of sharpness adjustment, whose updates are permitted beforehand, are totaled, change of default is judged, when this accumulated result is larger than a threshold value, and the original mode whose accumulated result is larger than the threshold value, and the sharpness adjustment are set to change a default state of an image processing unit.	08-28-2008
20110128598	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In the present invention, in a color copy machine, original modes of copy job units, and setting changes of sharpness adjustment, whose updates are permitted beforehand, are totaled, change of default is judged, when this accumulated result is larger than a threshold value, and the original mode whose accumulated result is larger than the threshold value, and the sharpness adjustment are set to change a default state of an image processing unit.	06-02-2011

Akihiro Moro, Sunto-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100202004	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a monochromatic copy mode is to be executed, a control section sets a read mode in a scanner section so as to enable the scanner section to read an image at high speed by means of only a line sensor K, sets in an image processing section an image process that can print monochromatic image information, which is sent from the scanner section, with a single black color in the printer section, and sets in the printer section a monochromatic print mode that can print a black image at high speed, thereby controlling a monochromatic copy operation.	08-12-2010
20120057188	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a monochromatic copy mode is to be executed, a control section sets a read mode in a scanner section so as to enable the scanner section to read an image at high speed by means of only a line sensor K, sets in an image processing section an image process that can print monochromatic image information, which is sent from the scanner section, with a single black color in the printer section, and sets in the printer section a monochromatic print mode that can print a black image at high speed, thereby controlling a monochromatic copy operation.	03-08-2012

Akihiro Moro, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090087199	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ANALYSIS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - A technique that can contribute to improvement of analysis accuracy in analysis processing concerning an image forming apparatus is provided.	04-02-2009
20110216341	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a storage unit, a reading unit, a data processing unit, and a display unit. The storage unit stores registered user identification information and a registered printing parameter. The reading unit reads printing data from a memory device. The data processing unit processes the printing data based on the registered printing parameter in response to detection of input user identification information corresponding to the registered user identification information. The display unit displays a first printing image corresponding to first process completion printing data which is processed using the registered printing parameter.	09-08-2011
20120081748	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, a calculation unit, and an image processing unit. The first storage unit stores an input parameter provided from an external device. The second storage unit is a read only storage unit in which software is written. The calculation unit calculates a first image processing parameter based on the input parameter using the software. The image processing unit processes an image based on the first image processing parameter.	04-05-2012

Eiji Moro, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090034938	VIDEO SIGNAL RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A recording/reproducing apparatus for outputting a video achieving high resolution thereupon, while suppressing an amount of data to be recorded onto a recording medium, comprises an input unit for inputting a video signal therein, a first recording medium for recording the video signal inputted, a resolution conversion unit for producing the video signal, with increasing the pixel number of the video from the first recording medium, and a second recording medium for recording the video signal produced by the resolution conversion unit thereon.	02-05-2009
20090034941	VIDEO SIGNAL RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A recording/reproducing apparatus for outputting a video achieving high resolution thereupon, while suppressing an amount of data to be recorded onto a recording medium, comprises an input unit for inputting a video signal therein, a recording medium for recording the video signal inputted, a recording/reproducing processor unit for conducting signal processing for reproducing the video signal from the recording medium and an operation control of that recording medium, an exchanger for providing an output with switching between the video signal from the input unit and the signal from the recording/reproducing processor unit, and a resolution conversion unit for producing the video signal with increasing the pixel number of the video from the exchanger.	02-05-2009

Fuminori Moro, Toyokawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080298829	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus which can achieve reduction in printing time, suppression of developer consumption, and implementation of silence. An image forming apparatus capable of forming a color image on an image carrier with use of developers of a plurality of different developing colors, including a plurality of developing devices respectively housing the developers of different colors, and a control section for controlling operation of the developing devices based on inputted image data, wherein the control section includes a concentration ratio recognition section for recognizing a concentration ratio of the respective colors for image data of every sheet from the image data, and controls so as to spare at least one color developer among the developers in response to the concentration ratio of respective colors recognized by the concentration ratio recognition section.	12-04-2008
20090028598	Image Forming Apparatus Capable of Reducing Noise Energy Radiated Outside the Apparatus, Method of Designing Frame, and Computer Readable Medium - In an image forming apparatus, a frame as an interior member is provided so as to oppose an exterior cover as an exterior member for controlling noise from an apparatus main body. An opening that is made up of a number of aperture regions is provided for allowing sound that is radiated to the exterior cover and reflected, to transmit toward the apparatus main body. By providing an opening in the frame or the like, it is possible to reduce noise energy radiated outside the apparatus in a simple manner.	01-29-2009
20090302531	BELTLESS TANDEM-TYPE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a beltless tandem-type image forming apparatus of the invention, a plurality of pairs of transfer rollers are placed side by side at intervals along a conveying direction of sheets. A control section independently conveys sheets in sequence through nip sections of respective pairs of transfer rollers driven by a driving section while sequentially transferring images formed by an imaging section onto the sheets. Conveying speeds of the respective pairs of transfer rollers controlled by the driving section are gradually decreased for every pair of transfer rollers from an upstream side toward a downstream side along a conveying direction of the sheets, and consequently, a driving period for driving the respective pairs of transfer rollers to convey each sheet is gradually increased for every pair of transfer rollers from the upstream side toward the downstream side along the conveying direction of the sheets. The control section performs control so that an imaging period by the imaging section is synchronized with a driving period by the driving section in every pair of transfer rollers.	12-10-2009
20090311005	IMAGE FORMING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming unit is provided with a regulating member placed in such a way as to surround a charging roller to regulate movement thereof. The regulating member has a pressing section inclined with respect to a straight line connecting the center of the charging roller to the axis of the photoconductor, as seen from the axial direction of the photoconductor. The pressing section is inclined farther away from the photoconductor toward upstream of rotation of the photoconductor. The regulating member allows the charging roller to electrically charge the photoconductor with a simplified structure and prevents adhering substances from accumulating on the contact portion between the photoconductor and the charging roller.	12-17-2009

Fuminori Moro, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140333962	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet includes a determination processing section. The determination processing section determines whether or not the quality of the image, which is formed on the sheet after detaching and attaching a component or a unit, has been improved, at least using read data of an image, which is formed on a sheet before detaching and attaching the component or unit of the image forming apparatus, the read data being read by a read sensor and read data of an image, which is formed on a sheet after detaching and attaching the component or unit of the image forming apparatus, the read data being read by the read sensor.	11-13-2014

Hideharu Moro, Chuo-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090267017	FLAT SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION - A flat soft magnetic material to be used for a noise-suppressing magnetic sheet, wherein the 50% particle size D	10-29-2009

Hiroyuki Moro, Hachioji Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160070471	MEMORY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a memory and a memory controller. The memory includes a first buffer and a memory cell array. The memory controller includes a second buffer for receiving first data from a host. The memory controller transfers the first data to the first buffer without accumulating a predetermined size of the first data in the second buffer. The memory controller creates second data in the first buffer and programs the second data created in the first buffer into the memory cell array. The second data is formed of a plurality of third data. The third data is first data received from the memory controller by the memory. The size of the second data is equal to a size of a unit in which to program into the memory cell array.	03-10-2016

Hiroyuki Moro, Fussa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090219792	DATA REPRODUCING DEVICE AND DATA REPRODUCING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a data reproducing device according to the invention includes a frequency difference detector, a phase comparator, a loop filter, an integrator, a first conversion part for converting a value of the integrator into a first conversion value, a second conversion part for converting the value of the integrator into a second conversion value, a first conversion table, a second conversion table, a first D/A converter (DAC), a second D/A converter (DAC), a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), and a prediction table. The value of the integrator and the first conversion value are associated with each other and stored in the first conversion table in consideration of the characteristics of the VCO. Meanwhile, the value of the integrator and the second conversion value are associated with each other and stored in the second conversion table in consideration of the characteristics of the VCO.	09-03-2009
20110185145	SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device comprises nonvolatile memories, memory controllers connected to the nonvolatile memories, and an arbitration module. The arbitration module is configured to control a timing of permitting one of operations of program, erase, and read of the memory controllers.	07-28-2011

Hiroyuki Moro, Ome-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090049242	MEMORY CARD AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, CAPACITY SWITCHING-TYPE MEMORY CARD HOST DEVICE, CAPACITY SWITCHING-TYPE MEMORY CARD, STORAGE CAPACITY SETTING METHOD, AND STORAGE CAPACITY SETTING PROGRAM - A system for authenticating a memory card including a capacity switching-type memory card host device including a capacity switch notification module which notifies a memory card targeted for exchanging information that the capacity switching-type memory card host device handles a capacity switching-type memory card, and a capacity switch authentication module which authenticates whether the targeted memory card is the capacity switching-type memory card, a capacity switching-type memory card including a capacity switching-type controller which flags the large-capacity expression register use flag on receipt of notification of being the capacity switching-type memory card host device, and a bus which transmits and receives data between the capacity switching-type memory card host device and the capacity switching-type memory card.	02-19-2009

Hiroyuki Moro, Hachioji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110191529	SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a queuing buffer, a read module, a separating module, a write command issuing module, and a write module. The write command issuing module is configured to add a write address indicated by write pointer information to the management data obtained by the separating module in order to issue a write command, and to automatically queue the write command into the queuing buffer. The write module is configured to supply the write command issued by the write command issuing module to the nonvolatile memory in order to write data into the nonvolatile memory.	08-04-2011
20110296083	DATA STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CALIBRATING MEMORY - According to one embodiment, a data storage apparatus includes an interface module and a controller. The interface module is configured to control rewritable nonvolatile memories provided for the respective channels. The controller is configured to write calibration data to the nonvolatile memories of any channel designated, through the interface module at the same time, in order to perform calibration.	12-01-2011
20110320868	DATA STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WRITING DATA - According to one embodiment, a data storage apparatus includes a read module, an error detector and a controller. The read module is configured to read data from a flash memory, more precisely from a rewrite area and a write-back area, both provided in the flash memory. The error detector is configured to detect errors, if any, in the data read. The controller is configured to keep rewriting data, without correcting the errors the error detector has detected in the rewrite area of the flash memory.	12-29-2011
20120005414	SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF READING DATA FROM AND WRITING DATA INTO A PLURALITY OF STORAGE UNITS - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a command processing module, a plurality of storage units, a plurality of control modules, an adjustment circuit, and a setting register. The adjustment circuit is configured to exclude the control module connected to the storage unit of a second group from a write operation in accordance with identification data, and to cause the control module connected to the storage unit of the second group to perform a read operation in a period overlapping the write operation performed by the control module connected to the storage unit of a first group.	01-05-2012
20120102262	MEMORY CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE DEVICE, AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory control device includes: queues in channels; first controller; generator; and second controller. The queues hold write commands for data pieces. The first controller causes: (i) when a read command is received, and until the write commands are held in the queues, the channels are synchronized with each other, and processes of the write commands become ready to be performed, a read process based on the read command prior to the write commands; and, (ii) when the processes of write commands become ready to be performed, synchronization of the channels and write processes for the data pieces based on the write commands. The generator generates error correction codes based on the data pieces when the channels are synchronized with each other and the processes based on the write commands are performed. The second controller writes the error correction codes on the storage medium.	04-26-2012
20120216098	DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHECKING AND CORRECTING ERRORS - According to one embodiment, a data storage device includes a read module, an ECC module, and a controller. The read module is configured to read data to be accessed and designation data designating the data, from nonvolatile memories. The ECC module is configured to perform an error check and correction process on the data and designation data read by the read module. The controller is configured to correct the designation data if the ECC module cannot correct the designation data and to perform an error detection process based on the designation data corrected.	08-23-2012
20120278538	DATA STORAGE APPARATUS, MEMORY CONTROL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLASH MEMORIES - According to one embodiment, a data storage apparatus includes a memory module and a controller. The memory module has a plurality of flash memory chips. Data is written to or read from each flash memory chip having a specific page size as access unit. The controller is configured to supply memory control signals, which are independent of the common signal containing the data and addresses, to the flash memory chips, respectively, in order to write data larger than the specific data size to the memory module. In the memory module, the respective flash memory chips store the data, each at the same address, in response to the memory control signals.	11-01-2012

Hiroyuki Moro, Hachioji JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160062829	SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a generator to generate an error correction code. The generator includes a first encoder to calculate a first error correction code, a second encoder to calculate a second correction code, and an operation part to operate the first error correction code and the second error correction code.	03-03-2016

Kazuhiro Moro, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110248489	SEATBELT DEVICE - A seatbelt device having a first energy absorbing member with two axial direction end portions attached respectively to a spindle and a lock member and which absorbs energy by undergoing twisting deformation when a load of at least a predetermined value acts on the spindle while the lock member is locked during an emergency. A second energy absorbing member is fixed to the spindle at one end portion and extends through a bend route provided in the lock member. The second energy absorbing member absorbs energy by being pulled through the bend route so as to undergo plastic deformation when the spindle rotates as a result of twisting of the first energy absorbing member. A deformation portion is interposed between a turned back portion of the second energy absorbing member and the spindle. With this constitution, unstable load variation can be suppressed in an initial stage of an operation, and as a result, a stable tension can be applied to a webbing such that an occupant can be protected effectively and safely.	10-13-2011

Kazuki Moro, Miyazaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130147212	GLOVE COMPARTMENT DEVICE - A glove compartment device having a lock body being mounted directly on a lid and of a latch urging spring provided between a pivoting latch and the lock body with a spring force urging the pivoting latch to the side where engagement with a striker is released. A plate spring that is mounted on the lock body urging so as to urge the striker to the side to disengage from the pivoting latch when the plate spring has one end thereof engaged with the lock body before mounting of the plate spring onto the lock body is completed. A latch urging spring is a torsion spring and has one end engaged with the lock opposing the plate spring (	06-13-2013
20150075237	CYLINDER LOCK - In a cylinder lock, a half tumbler biased to engage an engagement portion with a locking recess of a cylinder body is inserted into a tumbler insertion hole of a rotor so that the engagement portion is retraced from the locking recess in response to insertion of a legitimate mechanical key into a key insertion hole. An inner side surface of the tumbler insertion hole is formed to include: a guide portion facing a half tumbler and extending in a moving direction of the half tumbler; and a passage forming portion having larger clearance with the half tumbler than that of the guide portion to form a release passage between the passage forming portion and the half tumbler such that the release passage faces the key insertion hole, extends in the moving direction of the half tumbler, and has opposite ends opened to an outer surface of the rotor.	03-19-2015

Masanori Moro, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150234341	CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device comprises: a to-be-cleaned member; a cleaning member that cleans the surface of the to-be-cleaned member; a conveying member that conveys a substance removed from the surface of the to-be-cleaned member to outside of the device; a rotatable collecting member that conveys with its surface the substance toward the conveying member; and a partitioning member that guides the substance from the collecting member to the conveying member. The collecting member comprises a conveying portion that carries and conveys the substance; and a protrusion that protrudes toward an upstream side of the conveying portion in a rotating direction of the collecting member. One end of the partitioning member faces the rotating collecting member, and the other end faces the conveying member. The conveying portion and the protrusion are brought into contact with the partitioning member by the rotation of the collecting member.	08-20-2015
20150261172	WASTE TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The waste toner container includes: a waste toner detection unit configured to detect a state in which a toner surface of waste toner at that position is displaced up to a ceiling portion or near the ceiling portion. The waste toner detection unit includes: a flexibility member installed so as to cover an opening portion formed in the ceiling portion or a side wall and is configured to be deformed by a direct or indirect push by the waste toner; and a movable member formed so as to contact the flexibility member from outside of the container and so as to be displaced by the direct or indirect push by the waste toner interposing the flexibility member such that displacement thereof is detected by a detection unit. The displacement of the movable member is limited by a regulating member.	09-17-2015

Mitsutoshi Moro, Takasago-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140212402	METHOD OF STABILIZING REDUCED COENZYME Q10 - The present invention provides a stabilization method, a preservation method and the like method of reduced coenzyme Q	07-31-2014

Mitsutoshi Moro, Settsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120202057	HOT-MELT ADHESIVE MATERIAL FOR INDUCTION HEATING - The present invention provides a laminate in which a formed article as an adherend is adhered without impairing the external designability and touch of the formed article, and a hot-melt adhesive material which is suitable for dielectric heating that does not cause thermal damage directly to a formed article. Having reached the idea that a configuration might be useful, in which an adhesive having satisfactory adhesiveness to both metal and resin materials is laminated on a metal layer for selectively heating a hot-melt adhesive layer by dielectric heating, the present inventor has made extensive studies and found that an adhesive material in which a layer of an adhesive including a modified polyolefin resin is laminated on a metal layer, is capable of adhesion without impairing the designability of an adherend by induction heating.	08-09-2012

Osamu Moro, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090123401	Method of Predicting Spot Formation on the Skin Using Spot Site-Accelerating Genes as an Indicator Thereof and Method of Screening Inhibitors of Spot Formation on the Skin - The present invention provides a skin test method for predicting the formation of spots in the skin. This method is characterized by judging skin to be susceptible to spot formation in the case expression of genes consisting of MLSTD1, MOGAT1, FADS2, FADS1, HSD3B1, ELOVL3, BG1, PECR, FABP7, FA2H, HAO2, ALOX15B, PDE6A, LZTS1, SEC14L4, BAMBI, CIDEA, TERE1, GAL, THRSP, INSIG1 or CUTL2 in the epidermis is accelerated, or the expression of genes consisting of RBBP6, MSMB, WIF1, ANKRD12, FLG, SYNE2, SCEL, NKTR or AMBP in the epidermis is decreased as compared with normal expression in the epidermis.	05-14-2009

Takahiro Moro, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080273216	PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - When a user enters control information for controlling a printing device, the information is stored in a user information storage unit. All combinations of items of the control information capable of being set by the user and values of items incapable of being set by the user, these having been selected so as to be the optimum values for the combinations, are stored as preset values in a combined information storage unit. An information storage unit compares a value in the user information storage unit with a value in the combined information storage unit. If a combination for which agreement is achieved is found in the combined information storage unit, this value is stored in a printing information storage unit and transmitted to the printing device. Thus, an optimum value can be selected and sent to the printing device even with regard to an item incapable of being selected by the user.	11-06-2008
20110149329	PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - When a user enters control information for controlling a printing device, the information is stored in a user information storage unit. All combinations of items of the control information capable of being set by the user and values of items incapable of being set by the user, these having been selected so as to be the optimum values for the combinations, are stored as preset values in a combined information storage unit. An information storage unit compares a value in the user information storage unit with a value in the combined information storage unit. If a combination for which agreement is achieved is found in the combined information storage unit, this value is stored in a printing information storage unit and transmitted to the printing device. Thus, an optimum value can be selected and sent to the printing device even with regard to an item incapable of being selected by the user.	06-23-2011

Takeo Moro, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140235746	PHOTO-CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION - There is provided a curable resin composition that exhibits high adhesive properties to materials such as glass, copper, aluminum, PET, and PC, which have been regarded as poor adherends relative to photo-curable compositions, and high adhesive properties also between adherends different from each other. A curable resin composition including a polyene compound of Formula (1):	08-21-2014

Takeshi Moro, Ebina JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140320176	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a transistor circuit including a power supply terminal and a back gate terminal; a variable resistance connected between a first voltage terminal and the power supply terminal; and a control circuit controlling the variable resistance based on a digital signal in which a difference voltage is converted when an absolute value of the difference voltage between a voltage of the first voltage terminal and a voltage of the back gate terminal is lower than a threshold value.	10-30-2014

Tomohisa Moro, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100021328	SCROLL COMPRESSOR - In a scroll compressor, a center of a turning scroll body is shifted with respect to a drive central axis so that a distance between a gravity center and the drive central axis in a turning scroll becomes smaller than a predetermined allowable value set based on theoretical displacement and mass of the turning scroll. A moment force about the drive central axis acting on the turning scroll is reduced during revolving, and an alternating force acting on an autorotation preventing pin in the turning scroll is reduced to an allowable level.	01-28-2010
20100021329	SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A scroll compressor that suffers no decrease in compression performance due to leakage resulting from a twisting assembly error is provided. This scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll, each including a spiral wrap protruding from an end plate and having the same tooth thickness (Tr) and the same base-circle radius (b) defining an involute surface. The fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll are offset from each other by an orbiting radius (ρ) and mesh such that the respective wraps face each other with a phase shift of 180°. The orbiting scroll revolves/orbits along a circular orbit with the orbiting radius (ρ) to compress a gas while a rotation-preventing mechanism prevents rotation of the orbiting scroll. The relationship between the involute surfaces of the spiral wraps of the two scrolls and the dimensions, dimensional tolerance, and assembly standards of the rotation-preventing mechanism are determined so that the median value of an allowable angle of rotation (φ) agrees with an upright position of the orbiting scroll.	01-28-2010
20100068086	SCROLL FLUID MACHINE - Provided is a scroll fluid machine that, by using a crankshaft manufactured by cold forging and a needle bearing, can sufficiently exhibit the performance of a variable circling radius mechanism, can provide a sufficient reliability on a bearing portion of the crankshaft, and can be manufactured inexpensively. For this purpose, in a crankshaft	03-18-2010
20100172780	Scroll Compressor - An object of the present invention is to provide a scroll compressor capable of three-dimensional compression, which can prevent performance deterioration and performance variation due to gas leakage occurring on an outer peripheral side of a step portion of a spiral wrap and can achieve performance stabilization and performance improvement. In a scroll compressor configured to be capable of three-dimensional compression in a circumferential direction and a height direction of spiral wraps, in which top surfaces and bottom surfaces of spiral wraps (	07-08-2010
20110194966	SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A scroll compressor includes a housing; a fixed scroll fixed in the housing; an orbiting scroll that has an orbiting end plate on which a spiral orbiting wall is provided upright and that is supported in the housing so as to be able to orbit while being prevented from rotating, in a state where the orbiting wall is engaged with the fixed wall; a suction section that makes refrigerant containing lubricant flow into a suction chamber provided in the housing; and a plurality of supply flow paths that are provided on a sliding surface between the housing and the orbiting end plate and that are connected to the suction chamber.	08-11-2011
20110256010	SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A scroll compressor that suffers no decrease in compression performance due to leakage resulting from a twisting assembly error is provided. This scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll, each including a spiral wrap protruding from an end plate and having the same tooth thickness (Tr) and the same base-circle radius (b) defining an involute surface. The fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll are offset from each other by an orbiting radius (ρ) and mesh such that the respective wraps face each other with a phase shift of 180°. The orbiting scroll revolves/orbits along a circular orbit with the orbiting radius (ρ) to compress a gas while a rotation-preventing mechanism prevents rotation of the orbiting scroll.	10-20-2011
20110286871	SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A scroll compressor is provided that can reliably prevent a situation in which a product whose performance is degraded due to misassembly of a tip seal is shipped. In the scroll compressor, tip seals of different lengths are embedded in tip surfaces of a fixed spiral wrap of a fixed scroll and an orbiting spiral wrap of an orbiting scroll. Among the tip seals, thicknesses of the shorter tip seals are made thicker than thicknesses of the longer tip seals, and depths of seal grooves in which the tip seals are embedded, respectively, are formed to different depths in correspondence with the thicknesses of the respective tip seals.	11-24-2011

Tomoyuki Moro, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090322063	Knee protecting airbag device - In a knee protecting airbag device of the present invention, in the lower area inside a column cover, a case housing an airbag is attached to a steering column. The steering column includes a movable member for moving toward the front side of a vehicle along the axial direction of the column at the time when an impact on the front of the vehicle acts, and an unmoving stationary member, so that the column can absorb the impact when the movable member moves. The case is attached to such an area of the movable member that the case hits the stationary member when the moving member moves and absorbs impact, and the case can be deformed before or at the time of hitting the stationary member so that the moving stroke of the movable member is preserved when it moves.	12-31-2009

Tomoyuki Moro, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110049847	KNEE-PROTECTING AIRBAG APPARATUS - The knee-protecting airbag apparatus includes an airbag folded and housed in a lower area inside the column cover. The airbag pushes and opens a door section on the column cover upon deployment. When the door section is thus opened, a door of the door section blocks off an allowance gap formed between an outer circumference of the column cover subjected to position adjustment and a lower area of a peripheral region of an installation opening on a dashboard for installing the column cover by locating a rear edge region of the door to abut on a rear side of the dashboard or the lower area of the peripheral region of the installation opening on the rear side of the dashboard.	03-03-2011

Yuki Moro, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140356031	ROLLER, DEVELOPING ROLLER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A roller includes a cylindrical body having openings on both ends thereof and a press-fit member fitted in at least one of the openings of the cylindrical body with an outer circumferential face thereof in contact with an inner face of the cylindrical body. The outer circumferential face of the press-fit member is grooved obliquely to an axis of the cylindrical body, and the inner face of the cylindrical body is smooth at least in a portion that contacts the outer circumferential face of the press-fit member.	12-04-2014