Tachikawa, JP

Daichi Tachikawa, Sapporo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080228515	FISHING CERTIFICATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROCESSING PROGRAM - A fishing certification processing method certifying a fishing period and a fishing position of aquatic animals and plants. The fishing certification processing method includes acquiring position history information in which positions of a fishing boat under way are recorded and operation history information in which operation states of fishery facilities of the fishing boat are recorded, determining, after referring to a fishing pattern information storage unit for storing fish species fishing pattern information in which operation patterns of the fishery facilities can be set, whether there is a period in which an operation state satisfying an operation pattern in the fish species fishing pattern information is recorded, and extracting, based on a determination result of the fishing pattern-, positions at a time in the period of the operation state matching the fish species fishing pattern information from the position history information as the fishing positions.	09-18-2008

Hideaki Tachikawa, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100073867	Cooling unit and electronic device - A cooling unit includes: a heat absorbing section which absorbs heat from a heat-producing element; a heat radiating section which defines a ventilation area and radiates the heat into air passing through the ventilation area; and a fan having a blowing opening and blowing air toward the ventilation area from the blowing opening. The blowing opening and the ventilation area are different in size and/or position in a direction intersecting a flow of the air. The cooling unit further includes a filter installed between the blowing opening and the ventilation area to remove foreign substances in the air blown to the ventilation area. The filter has a wall guiding the air to the ventilation area from the blowing opening by connecting the blowing opening and the ventilation area at a part of a portion that is a difference in size and/or position between the blowing opening and the ventilation area.	03-25-2010
20100073874	Cooling unit and electronic device - A cooling unit includes: a heat absorbing section which absorbs heat from a heat-producing element; a heat radiating section which defines a ventilation area and radiates the heat, which is transferred from the heat absorbing section, into air passing through the ventilation area; and a fan having a blowing opening, and blowing air toward the ventilation area from the blowing opening while allowing the air to pass by a predetermined element. The cooling unit further includes: a filter which is detachably installed between the blowing opening and the ventilation area to remove foreign substances present in the air blown to the ventilation area from the blowing opening; and a filter fixing section which is integral with the filter and extended astride the element, while allowing the filter to be removably fixed.	03-25-2010

Hideaki Tachikawa, Inagi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130250509	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a printed circuit board; a casing including an upper case that covers the printed circuit board from an upper face side and a lower case that covers the printed circuit board from a lower face side, the casing housing the printed circuit board; a keyboard interposed between the printed circuit board and the upper case; an expansion unit interposed between the keyboard and the lower case; and a support member including a lattice portion that is interposed between the keyboard and the printed circuit board and that supports the keyboard with respect to the printed circuit board, with a portion of the lattice portion formed with an expansion unit housing opening that the expansion unit is disposed in.	09-26-2013

Hideo Tachikawa, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080317976	Amorphous Carbon Film Forming Method and Device - An amorphous carbon film forming apparatus according to the present invention is characterized by being provided with a film forming furnace	12-25-2008

Hideo Tachikawa, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090114353	Method of Papermaking - An inventive method of papermaking can be provided for creating an optimum wet end environment. In a preferred method, an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite acidified by hydrochloric acid to have a pH of greater than or equal to 4 and less than 7 and adjusted to have an effective chlorine concentration of 1,000 to 10,000 ppm, preferably 3,000 to 8,000 ppm is prepared and charged to a white water pit in a manner to be effective chlorine concentration therein to greater than or equal to 0.5 ppm. Before a step of papermaking, it is preferred that aqueous solution sodium hypochlorite having pH of greater than or equal to 4 and less than 7 is added continuously or intermittently to a raw material water with the expectation that at breaching a residual chlorine concentration becomes greater than or equal to 500 ppm.	05-07-2009
20090173696	METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DIGESTING EXCESS SLUDGE - In an activated sludge treatment of organic waste water, excess sludge from the activated sludge aeration vessel is processed with hypochlorous acid in place of ozone without set up of aeration vessels and blowers to improve volume reduction cost of sludge without deterioration of water quality. The hypochlorous acid process is carried out by using an acidulous sodium hypochlorite aqueous solution which is prepared by mixing sodium hypochlorite aqueous solution with a dilute hydrochloric acid and diluting the resulting mixture with water within 1,000 ppm to 50,000 ppm of available chlorine concentration at a pH zone of more than 4 to less than 7.	07-09-2009

Hirohide Tachikawa, Kamakura-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090201841	WIRELESS X-RAY FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEM, INTER-UNIT SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD OF THE SAME, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A wireless X-ray fluoroscopic imaging system is provided. The system includes an X-ray generation unit configured to perform X-ray exposure for each frame of imaging; a sensor unit configured to output image data; and an image processing unit configured to designate the exposure, wherein the sensor unit includes a first counter configured to be reset and resume counting in response to a beacon signal, and a unit configured to save a readout trigger offset for readout, and starts the readout when a counter value of the first counter matches the readout trigger offset, and the image processing unit includes a second counter configured to be reset and resume counting in response to the beacon signal, and a unit configured to save an exposure trigger offset for the exposure, and starts the exposure when a counter value of the second counter matches the exposure trigger offset.	08-13-2009

Hiromi Tachikawa, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090137975	Absorbent article - An absorbent article	05-28-2009

Hiromichi Tachikawa, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100239786	CELLULOSE ACYLATE FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, RETARDATION FILM, POLARIZER AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cellulose acylate film of which the difference between the in-plane retardation at a wavelength of 630 nm and the in-plane retardation at a wavelength of 450 nm is 1 to 15 nm, and satisfying the following formula (2) both in the film traveling direction and in the direction perpendicular thereto:	09-23-2010
20100271574	CELLULOSE ACYLATE LAMINATE FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE ACYLATE LAMINATE FILM, POLARIZER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cellulose acylate laminate film, which comprises a low-substitution layer comprising a non-phosphate compound and a cellulose acylate having a total degree of acyl substitution of more than 2.0 and less than 2.7 and a high-substitution layer comprising a cellulose acylate having a total degree of acyl substitution of more than 2.7	10-28-2010

Hiromichi Tachikawa, Minami-Ashigara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090244705	PROTECTIVE FILM FOR POLARIZERS - A protective film for polarizers, including a cellulose resin having an acyl substituent with from 2 to 4 carbon atoms and having a degree of acyl substitution of from 2.1 to 2.7, which satisfies 25≦Re≦100 and 50≦Rth≦300 and in which the cellulose resin contributes to expression of at least 40% of the Re in the film.	10-01-2009
20090317567	CELLULOSE ESTER FILM, POLARIZER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cellulose ester film with Rth>0 nm comprising a cellulose ester having a total degree of substitution of at least 2.3 and a polymer X with a weight-average molecular weight of 500-100000 satisfying 30%≦A≦100%, wherein A indicates the polymerization ratio of a monomer whose homopolymer has a negative birefringence, is excellent in humidity stability and wet heat durability.	12-24-2009
20100055356	CELLULOSE ACYLATE LAMINATE FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, POLARIZER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A stretched cellulose acylate laminate film having a skin layer containing a cellulose acylate with a total degree of acyl substitution of more than 2.7 and a core layer containing a cellulose acylate with a total degree of acyl substitution of 2.0-2.7 wherein the core layer is thicker than the skin B layer and at least one of these layers contains a retardation-controlling agent, is excellent in high expressibility, little optical unevenness and good releasability from a support.	03-04-2010
20110001904	CELLULOSE ESTER FILM, POLARIZER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cellulose ester film comprising at least one polycondensate ester that comprises a dicarboxylic acid residue mixture having an average carbon number of from 5.5 to 10.0 and comprising an aromatic dicarboxylic acid residue and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residue, and an aliphatic diol residue having an average carbon number of from 2.5 to 7.0.	01-06-2011

Hiroshi Tachikawa, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090114353	Method of Papermaking - An inventive method of papermaking can be provided for creating an optimum wet end environment. In a preferred method, an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite acidified by hydrochloric acid to have a pH of greater than or equal to 4 and less than 7 and adjusted to have an effective chlorine concentration of 1,000 to 10,000 ppm, preferably 3,000 to 8,000 ppm is prepared and charged to a white water pit in a manner to be effective chlorine concentration therein to greater than or equal to 0.5 ppm. Before a step of papermaking, it is preferred that aqueous solution sodium hypochlorite having pH of greater than or equal to 4 and less than 7 is added continuously or intermittently to a raw material water with the expectation that at breaching a residual chlorine concentration becomes greater than or equal to 500 ppm.	05-07-2009
20090173696	METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DIGESTING EXCESS SLUDGE - In an activated sludge treatment of organic waste water, excess sludge from the activated sludge aeration vessel is processed with hypochlorous acid in place of ozone without set up of aeration vessels and blowers to improve volume reduction cost of sludge without deterioration of water quality. The hypochlorous acid process is carried out by using an acidulous sodium hypochlorite aqueous solution which is prepared by mixing sodium hypochlorite aqueous solution with a dilute hydrochloric acid and diluting the resulting mixture with water within 1,000 ppm to 50,000 ppm of available chlorine concentration at a pH zone of more than 4 to less than 7.	07-09-2009

Hiroto Tachikawa, Fujisawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150305617	OPHTHALMIC IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An ophthalmic imaging apparatus performs imaging to produce a tomographic image of a fundus of an examined eye based on interference light obtained by combining measurement light and reference light, determines whether aliasing has occurred in the tomographic image, when it is determined that the aliasing has occurred, moves a position in which an optical path length of the measurement light and an optical path length of the reference light match from a retina side to a choroid side of the examined eye, and generates a fundus image based on the tomographic image that has been produced through imaging in a state where the position has been moved to the choroid side.	10-29-2015

Hiroyuki Tachikawa, Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150022292	ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH AND CONTACT POSITION REGULATING METHOD THEREOF - An electromagnetic switch includes a main contact housing portion housing a main contact mechanism having a pair of fixed contacts fixedly disposed maintaining a predetermined interval and a movable contact disposed to connect with and separate from the pair of fixed contacts in a contact housing case; an auxiliary contact housing portion housing at least two auxiliary contact mechanisms having fixed contacts and movable contacts disposed connecting to and separating from the fixed contacts; and an electromagnet unit having a movable plunger individually coupled to move the movable contact of the main contact mechanism and the movable contacts of the auxiliary contact mechanisms. The main contact housing portion, the auxiliary contact housing portion, and the electromagnet unit are disposed in series.	01-22-2015

Hiroyuki Tachikawa, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120175344	MAGNETIC CONTACTOR - A magnetic contactor has a stationary contact including a first and second stationary contact pieces, each having a stationary contact portion and a stationary terminal portion, a third stationary contact piece disposed between the first stationary contact piece and the second stationary contact piece and having two stationary contact portions; a contact support casing supporting the stationary contact with the stationary terminal portions protruding out of the contact support casing; and a movable contact installed in the contact support casing, and including a first and second movable contact pieces contactable and separable from the stationary contact portions of the stationary contact pieces and the stationary contact portions of the third stationary contact piece accordingly, and an insulator fixing the first movable contact piece and the second movable contact piece. A driving mechanism drives the movable contact to contact and separate from the stationary contact.	07-12-2012
20120175345	ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTRACTOR - An electromagnetic contactor includes a first stationary contact having a stationary contact portion and a stationary terminal portion for connecting to a power supply; a second stationary contact having a stationary contact portion and a stationary terminal section for connecting to a load; a stationary-contact supporting case supporting the stationary terminal portions of the first and second stationary contacts to protrude the contact support casing, and maintaining a predetermined distance in between; a moving-contact portion contactable to and separable from the stationary contact portion of the first and second stationary contact and arranged in the stationary-contact supporting case; and a pair of arc-extinguishing magnets arranged in parallel to sandwich the moving-contact portion in the longitudinal direction and having same magnetic polarity at opposing magnetic pole surfaces. A driving mechanism drives the moving-contact portion contactable to and separable from the stationary contact portions of the first and second stationary contacts.	07-12-2012
20130106543	ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR	05-02-2013
20130228552	ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR - An electromagnetic contactor has a contact device having a contact housing case housing a pair of fixed contacts and a movable contact disposed to be capable of contacting to and separating from the pair of fixed contacts, and an insulating cylinder in a bottomed tubular shape disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the contact housing case to enclose the pair of fixed contacts and the movable contact. The insulating cylinder positions an arc extinguishing permanent magnet for extinguishing an arc generated between the pair of fixed contacts and the movable contact. A magnet housing portion to protect the arc extinguishing permanent magnet from the arc is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the insulating cylinder and faces a side surface of the movable contact. An arc extinguishing space is formed on an outer side of the magnet housing portion in an extending direction of the movable contact.	09-05-2013
20130229247	ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR - An electromagnetic contactor has a contact device including a pair of fixed contacts disposed to maintain a predetermined distance and a movable contact disposed to be capable of contacting to and separating from the pair of fixed contacts. An insulating cover covering all except a contact portion contacting with the movable contact is mounted on the pair of fixed contacts.	09-05-2013
20130328647	ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR - An electromagnetic contactor has a pair of fixed contacts; a movable contact disposed to be capable of contacting with and separating from the pair of fixed contacts; and an electromagnetic unit driving the movable contact. The electromagnetic unit has a magnetic yoke having an open upper part; an upper magnetic yoke cross-linked in the open upper part of the magnetic yoke; a spool having a central opening in which an exciting coil is wound around the spool; a movable plunger movably disposed in the central opening of the spool in an axial direction and having a tip end protruding, the movable plunger urged by a return spring; and an auxiliary yoke forming a magnetic path between the movable plunger and the U-shaped magnetic yoke when the movable plunger is in an open position. The movable plunger is coupled to the movable contact through a coupling shaft.	12-12-2013
20130335175	CONTACT MECHANISM AND ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR USING THE SAME - A contact mechanism where a shape of at least one of a fixed contactor including a pair of fixed contact portions and a movable contactor including a pair of movable contact portions capable of contacting with and separating from the pair of fixed contact portions is set to a shape that generates a Lorentz force resisting electromagnetic repulsion in a contactor opening direction generated between the fixed contact portions and the movable contact portions when a current is applied, has the fixed contactor and the movable contactor being inserted in a current path. Magnetic bodies are disposed on at least one of the fixed contactor and the movable contactor for suppressing a force driving arcs, which are generated between the pair of fixed contact portions and the pair of movable contact portions, to the fixed contactor on the opposite side.	12-19-2013
20140062625	ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR - An electromagnetic contactor has a pair of fixed contacts disposed maintaining a predetermined interval and a movable contact disposed to be capable of connecting to and separating from the pair of fixed contacts; and an electromagnet unit that drives the movable contact. The electromagnet unit includes a magnetic yoke enclosing a plunger drive portion; a movable plunger in which a leading end is protruding through an aperture formed in the magnetic yoke, and urged by a return spring; and an annular permanent magnet enclosing a peripheral flange portion formed on a protruding end side of the movable plunger, and magnetized in a moving direction of the movable plunger.	03-06-2014
20150015350	ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH - An electromagnetic switch includes a contact housing case; a plurality of contact mechanisms each having a fixed contact and a movable contact contacting to and separating from the fixed contact, and disposed in parallel inside the contact housing case; a movable contact holding portion holding the movable contacts of the plurality of contact mechanisms; and an electromagnet unit having a movable plunger moving the movable contact holding portion.	01-15-2015
20150034600	CONTACT DEVICE, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH IN WHICH THE CONTACT DEVICE IS USED - A contact device includes a pair of fixed contacts fixedly disposed inside an arc extinguishing chamber and maintaining a predetermined interval from each other; a movable contact disposed inside the arc extinguishing chamber, and contacting to and separating from the pair of fixed contacts; a first arc root movement promotion portion formed on the pair of fixed contacts, and promoting a movement of a root of an arc in a direction away from the movable contact, the arc being generated when contacts are opened in which the movable contact moves away from the pair of fixed contacts; and a second arc root movement promotion portion formed on the movable contact, and promoting a movement of the root of the arc in a direction away from the relevant fixed contact.	02-05-2015
20150048908	CONTACT DEVICE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR USING THE SAME - A contact device includes a contact mechanism including a pair of fixed contacts disposed to maintain a predetermined distance and a movable contact disposed to be capable of contacting to and separating from the pair of fixed contacts. The movable contact has a conductive plate portion extending in a direction crossing a moving direction of the movable contact in a contact housing case. Each of the pair of fixed contacts includes an inner side conductor plate portion having one end and the other end portion extending toward the outside of the contact housing case in parallel to the conductive plate portion, and an outer side conductor plate portion connected to the other end portion of the inner side conductor plate portion and extending in a direction separating from the movable contact, to form an L-shaped conductor portion to generate a Lorentz force opposing an electromagnetic repulsion force.	02-19-2015

Hitoya Tachikawa, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100056126	Communication Method, Communication System, Communication Terminal Apparatus and Base Station Apparatus	03-04-2010
20140098738	RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A radio communication system comprises: a radio base station, a terminal device, and a plurality of relay devices that relay radio communication between the radio base station and the terminal device. The plurality of relay devices create communication quality information in radio communication between the relay devices and the radio base station. The terminal device preferentially connects to the relay device having the best communication quality based on each of the communication quality information.	04-10-2014

Hitoya Tachikawa, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100184436	Radio Base Station and Radio Communication Method - A radio base station according the present invention communicates with a radio communication terminal which has established a connection. The radio base station includes: a task manager	07-22-2010

Hitoya Tachikawa, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090316661	RADIO TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Disclosed is a radio terminal including: a message transmitter-receiver configured to transmit and receive an IEEE 802.21 message using a protocol of a layer lower than an IP layer to and from a target radio base station for handover before an IP address acquisition unit acquires a new IP address; and a quality measurement unit configured to measure a radio communication quality including at least one of transmission delay and jitter in a radio communication path between the radio terminal and the target radio base station by using the IEEE 802.21 message transmitted and received by the message transmitter-receiver.	12-24-2009
20100184407	COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION SERVER, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An authentication server according to the present invention performs authentication of a first access to the Internet via a base station, and stores a usable base station identifier identifying a radio base station usable by the radio terminal to access the Internet. When a base station identifier of a different base station being a handover candidate of the radio terminal matches the usable base station identifier stored in advance, the authentication server transmits an authentication request to an authentication server managing the different base station, the authentication request requesting authentication of a second access to the Internet via the different base station.	07-22-2010
20130128766	RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION, AND RADIO TERMINAL	05-23-2013
20150079910	COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND BASE STATION - A communication control method that is applied to a mobile communication system including an X2 interface established between a first base station and a second base station, comprises: a step A of transmitting, by the first base station, a first X2 message to the second base station through the X2 interface. In the step A, the first base station adds first measurement information for measuring communication delay between the first base station and the second base station to the first X2 message, and transmits the first X2 message.	03-19-2015

Jota Tachikawa, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140289569	SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, CONTROLLER, AND MEMORY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array, a plurality of first latch circuits, a first register and a comparator. The memory cell array has a plurality of memory cells associated with columns. The first latch circuits are provided corresponding to the respective columns, and each of the first latch circuits holds data on whether or not the corresponding column has a failure. The first register holds the number of columns for redundancy. The comparator compares the number of the first latch circuits holding the data that the corresponding columns have failures with a criterion based on the data held by the first register. The semiconductor storage device determines whether or not there is a failure in the first latch circuit, based on the result of the comparison by the comparator.	09-25-2014

Junya Tachikawa, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130282220	CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE - In a control device of an electric vehicle, control unit switches energization such that a decrease in an output of a rotary electric machine in which a stall state is detected by stall state-detecting unit and an increase in an output of another rotary electric machine in which the stall state is not detected by the stall state-detecting unit are made to be the same.	10-24-2013

Junya Tachikawa, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090192002	AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A second clutch (C	07-30-2009

Junya Tachikawa, Wako JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140339934	ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric motor includes a housing, a rotor, a stator, a storage tank, and a communication passage. The stator has a stator core provided coaxially with the rotor to surround the rotor. The storage tank is provided at a lower portion of the housing to store lubricating oil and divided by the stator core into a first storage tank and a second storage tank. The communication passage is provided to communicate the first storage tank with the second storage tank. The communication passage, as seen in an axial direction, extends above an oil level of the lubricating oil stored in the first storage tank and the second storage tank such that an air flows between an upper portion of the first storage tank and an upper portion of the second storage tank.	11-20-2014

Kazuo Tachikawa, Fuefuki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130232680	FECAL BAG - A fecal bag that prevents a content of the fecal bag from being visually recognized by the other persons to relieve discomfort of a wearer and can easily observe the content of the bag.	09-12-2013

Keishi Tachikawa, Toyama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100308384	METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR (MOS) SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A SURFACE LAYER FORMED BY IMPLANTING A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF IMPURITY DURING CREATION OF A PHOTODIODE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A photodiode has a carrier accumulation layer of a second conductivity type and a surface area of a first conductivity type deposited in order from an inside towards a surface of a first conductivity type well region. A transfer transistor is formed so that a transfer gate electrode of the transfer transistor partially overlaps the surface layer of the photodiode and is formed above a surface of the first conductivity type well region with a gate insulating film therebetween. The surface layer includes a first surface layer, which partially overlaps the transfer gate electrode in the direction of the x-axis, and a second surface layer adjacent to the first surface layer. A concentration of the impurity of the first conductivity type is higher in the second surface layer than in the first surface layer.	12-09-2010
20140061844	OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device includes a first region and an isolating layer which are each provided in a semiconductor substrate. The first region configures a photoelectric converter and includes at least an impurity of a first conductivity type. The isolating layer is configured to inhibit passage of electrons. The isolating layer includes a second region which is below the first region and which includes an impurity of a second conductivity type, a third region which surrounds the first region in plan-view thereof and which includes an impurity of the second conductivity type, and a fourth region which surrounds the second region in plan-view thereof and which is connected to the third region. The fourth region is greater in width than a connecting part of the third region which connects the third region to the fourth region.	03-06-2014

Keishi Tachikawa, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090039395	SOLID STATE IMAGE SENSOR - Forming an impurity region	02-12-2009

Koichi Tachikawa, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100203842	Wireless communication terminal apparatus, wireless communication system and wireless communication method - A wireless communication terminal apparatus	08-12-2010

Koji Tachikawa, Nagoya JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120119142	LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYESTER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A liquid crystalline polyester has a specifically high fluidity, a low anisotropy, a high toughness, a low gas property, an excellent heat resistance and a high dielectric breakdown resistance. The liquid crystalline polyester includes 38 to 74 mol % of structural unit(s) obtained from a hydroxycarboxylic acid, 31 to 13 mol % of a structural unit obtained from 4,4′-dihydroxybiphenyl and 31 to 13 mol % of a structural unit obtained from 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid (100 mol % in total), characterized in that the hydroxycarboxylic acid structural units include a structural unit obtained from 2-hydroxy-6-naphthoic acid in an amount of 89 mol % or more and the average sequence length of the structural unit obtained from 2-hydroxy-6-naphthoic acid is 0.1 to 1.	05-17-2012

Koji Tachikawa, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090118417	Dendritic Polymer, Method for Producing the Same, and Thermoplastic Resin Composition - The present invention is directed to a hyperbranched-polyester comprising at least one kind of a structural unit selected from an aromatic oxycarbonyl unit (P), aromatic and/or aliphatic dioxy units (Q), and an aromatic dicarboxy unit (R), and a trifunctional or higher polyfunctional organic residue (B), wherein the content of B is within a range from 7.5 to 50 mol % based on entire monomers constituting the hyperbranched-polyester. The present invention provides a hyperbranched-polyester which can remarkably improve thin-wall flowability, stiffness and gas barrier property by blending with a thermoplastic resin, and a thermoplastic resin composition blended with the same.	05-07-2009

Kosuke Tachikawa, Wako JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130119706	POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A power supply system for an electric vehicle includes a battery, a first power line, a first connector, a first shock absorbing member, a first rigid member, and a second rigid member. The first rigid member includes a first front connection portion and a rear portion. The second rigid member includes a first rear connection portion and a front portion. The rear portion of the first rigid member is contactable with the front portion of the second rigid member at a contact point when a front-end collision of the electric vehicle occurs. The first connector is disposed within a first triangular region defined by the first front connection portion, the first rear connection portion, and the contact point in a plan view of the electric vehicle.	05-16-2013
20130119757	POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A power supply system for an electric vehicle includes a battery, a power line, a connector, a separating operation device, a switch device, a switching operation member, and an interlock member. The switch device is configured to interrupt an electrical connection between the battery and the connector. The switching operation member is configured to be operated by an operator to open the switch device to interrupt the electrical connection. The interlock member is movable from a first position to a second position if the switching operation member has been operated by the operator to open the switch device to interrupt the electrical connection. The interlock member is configured to prohibit, at the first position, the operator from operating the separating operation device. The interlock member is configured to allow, at the second position, the operator to operate the separating operation device.	05-16-2013
20130148251	RELAY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RELAY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A relay control system for an electric vehicle includes an electric power line, a relay, an operation member, a state sensor, a rotational speed detector, a shift position detector, and a relay disconnection permitting device. The state sensor is configured to sense that a signal circuit through which a signal related to a state of the operation member flows is changed into a disconnecting operation state. The rotational speed detector is configured to detect a rotational speed of the electric motor. The shift position detector is configured to detect a shift position of the electric vehicle. The relay disconnection permitting device permits disconnection of the relay based on the rotational speed detected by the rotational speed detector and the shift position detected by the shift position detector if the state sensor senses that the signal circuit is changed into the disconnecting operation state.	06-13-2013

Kosuke Tachikawa, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090120620	VEHICLE BATTERY COOLING DEVICE - A vehicle battery cooling device, which includes: a battery case for housing a plurality of batteries to be mounted on a vehicle; a fan for circulating air for cooling the batteries by suctioning air in the battery case; an air inlet disposed on each of a pair of side wall portions facing each other for introducing air from outside the battery case; and an air outlet disposed on a bottom wall portion of the battery case for exhausting air from the battery case by suctioning of the fan.	05-14-2009

Kosuke Tachikawa, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140322568	BATTERY PACK FOR ELECTRIC CAR - In a battery pack for an electric car, a plurality of battery modules are mounted to be divided between the front and rear of a middle cross member and a main switch and a junction board are disposed in the front and rear of the middle cross member respectively. A bent part of a second high voltage cable, which bends into a U-shape and pass through beneath the middle cross member, is held by a cable holder and fixed to a fixing part. Since only a bus bar disposed in the intermediate part of the first high voltage cable is bent into a U-shape and passed through beneath the middle cross member, not only is a wiring operation of the first high voltage cable easy, but it is also possible to minimize the length of the bus bar to thus enhance the reliability with respect to vibration.	10-30-2014

Kouichi Tachikawa, Fujinomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130237945	DRUG STORAGE CONTAINER - A drug storage container includes a storage bag formed of a sheet-shaped member and configured to store a drug therein and a measurement unit attached to said storage bag. The measurement unit is marked with a scale for measuring the drug left in said storage bag after discharging a portion of the drug from said storage bag. Further the measurement unit is formed of a tubular material having a hardness so as not to undergo deformation depending on the variation in amount of the drug left in the storage bag.	09-12-2013

Kouichi Tachikawa, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110240688	IMMERSION NOZZLE - It is intended to uniform and straighten a molten steel stream flowing out of a discharge port of an immersion nozzle, and thus suppress mold powder entrapment in the vicinity of the immersion nozzle. The immersion nozzle comprises a tubular-shaped straight nozzle body formed to extend in a vertical longitudinal direction and adapted to allow molten steel from a molten-steel inlet provided at an upper end thereof to pass downwardly therethrough, and a pair of discharge ports provided in a lower portion of the straight nozzle body in bilaterally symmetrical relation and adapted to discharge the molten steel from a lateral surface of the straight nozzle body in a lateral direction. An inner surface of each of the discharge ports has, at least in part or in its entirety, a shape defined by a curved line along which an inner bore of the discharge port in a longitudinal cross-section of the immersion nozzle passing through respective centers of the immersion nozzle and the discharge port is gradually reduced in diameter in a direction from a start position to an end of the discharge port, wherein the curved line is represented by a diameter in the longitudinal cross-section of the immersion nozzle.	10-06-2011

Kouichi Tachikawa, Yamanashi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120016314	GASKET AND SYRINGE - A gasket configured so that a pusher having a male screw thread on the outer periphery of its tip is connected to the gasket through the male screw thread and so that the gasket slides within a syringe outer tube when the pusher is operated in the longitudinal direction. The gasket includes: a gasket body having a hollow section and a female screw thread in the inner peripheral section of the hollow section engaged by the male screw thread; and projections on the outer peripheral section of the gasket body extending circumferentially of the outer peripheral section and axially arranged in spaced relation to each other. When the gasket is not yet inserted into the syringe outer tube, a screw thread located in a portion on the inner side of and in direct proximity to the projection has a smaller height than a screw thread located in the remaining portion.	01-19-2012

Kouichi Tachikawa, Narashino JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140131191	DISTILLATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In a heat integrated distillation column (HIDiC), the product purity can be stably maintained against various disturbances. Provided is a method for controlling a distillation apparatus, which includes a high-pressure part including the whole or a part of a rectifying section and performing gas-liquid contact at a relatively high pressure; a low-pressure part including the whole or a part of a stripping section and performing gas-liquid contact at a relatively low pressure; a line for directing overhead vapor of the low-pressure part to a column bottom of the high-pressure part; a line for directing a column bottom liquid of the high-pressure part to a column top of the low-pressure part; and a heat exchange structure for transferring heat from the rectifying section to the stripping section, wherein the method includes controlling a flow rate of the column bottom liquid to be directed from the high-pressure part to the low-pressure part. Also provided is the distillation apparatus including a flow rate control means in the line for directing the bottom liquid of the high-pressure part to the low-pressure part.	05-15-2014

Kouichi Tachikawa, Yamanashi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130072882	PREFILLED SYRINGE - A prefilled syringe is configured so that, in order that a liquid medicine injected and administered into the upper layer part of skin is prevented from leaking out of the living body, a pressing section can be held in a position reached when it has been completely pressed in. A prefilled syringe	03-21-2013
20150108020	SYRINGE STORAGE CONTAINER - A syringe container includes a cylindrical syringe including a distal end portion having a discharge opening for discharging a liquid, a proximal end portion, and a side peripheral section connected to the distal end portion and the proximal end portion; an attachment member configured to be attached to the distal end portion and having an outer radius larger than an outer radius of the side peripheral section; a container body including a bottom portion and a peripheral wall portion extending upward from a periphery of the bottom portion; and a syringe holding section configured to be placed within the peripheral wall portion so as to face the bottom portion.	04-23-2015

Kouichi Tachikawa, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130157582	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - The wireless communication device includes: a receiving unit that receives radio waves emitted by a plurality of antennas of a base station, and transforms the radio waves into a signal; a signal processing unit that performs predetermined signal processing of the signal transformed by the reception unit; a detecting unit that detects a control channel in the signal processed by the signal processing unit; a field intensity calculation unit that calculates the field intensity for one period of the control channel in composite waves which periodically rotate; and a reception control unit that controls the reception unit so as to periodically receive the composite waves in the control channel on the basis of the calculation result calculated by the electric field intensity calculation unit.	06-20-2013

Kouichi Tachikawa, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130174518	METHOD OF ASSEMBLING MEDICAMENT INJECTION DEVICE - Disclosed is a method of assembling a medicament injection device including the following steps: a step of integrally fixing a needle tube to a needle hub by high-frequency welding; a step of radiation sterilizing the needle tube and the needle hub; a step of subjecting a container to be filled with a medicament to a sterilization treatment which involves generation of heat; a step of aseptically transporting the needle hub which has been subjected to the radiation sterilization into an isolator device; a step of fixing the needle hub to the container in a sterile environment in the isolator device; and a step of filling the container fixing the needle hub with the medicament in the sterile environment.	07-11-2013
20130197452	MEDICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ATTACHED NEEDLE - A medical instrument with attached needle of the present invention includes: a needle tube having a needle tip capable of piercing a living body; and a seal member composed of an elastic member and provided to hold an outer surface of the needle tube in a liquid-tight manner in a condition where the needle tip protrudes from one end and a proximal portion on a side opposite to the needle tip protrudes from the other end. The instrument also has: a liquid containing section having a liquid chamber capable of containing a liquid therein; and a needle seating section formed at one end of the liquid containing section. The seal member is in contact with an inner surface of the needle seating section and is disposed within the needle seating section in a compressed state. The proximal portion of the needle tube communicates with the liquid chamber.	08-01-2013
20130303995	MEDICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ATTACHED NEEDLE - A medical instrument with attached needle includes a needle tube having a needle tip capable of piercing a living body and a needle holding member for fixing and holding a middle portion of the needle tube by high frequency welding so that the needle tip protrudes from one end and a proximal portion of the needle tube protrudes from the other end. It also has a seal member composed of an elastic member and provided on an outer circumference of the proximal portion of the needle tube so as to be liquid-tight, and a liquid containing member having a liquid chamber capable of containing a liquid therein. With the proximal portion of the needle tube communicating with the liquid chamber, the seal member is compressed by and clamped between the needle holding member and the liquid containing member.	11-14-2013
20130331798	SYRINGE AND SYRINGE ASSEMBLY - This syringe has an outer tube, a gasket, and a pusher. The pusher is provided with: a tubular holding part which covers at least a part of an outer surface of the outer tube and is movable relative to the outer tube in the longitudinal direction thereof; and a pressure part which is connected with the holding part, is inserted into the outer tube, and moves the gasket to the distal side of the outer tube by distally a movement of the holding part relative to the outer tube. In addition, between the holding part and the outer tube, a guide part is provided which guides the movement of the holding part relative to the outer tube.	12-12-2013
20140014547	DRUG STORAGE CONTAINER - A drug storage container includes: a first container; a second container that is disposed on the lower end side of the first container; a needle tube for making an internal space of the first container and an internal space of the second container communicate with each other; operating means for performing an operation of bringing the first container closer to the second container; a drug stored in the internal space; and a liquid stored in the internal space. In the drug storage container, with the first container and the second container brought closer to each other by the operating means, the internal space of the first container and the internal space of the second container are made to communicate with each other through the needle tube, and the volume of the internal space of the second container is reduced.	01-16-2014
20140052099	INJECTION NEDDLE ASSEMBLY AND MEDICINE INJECTION DEVICE - A needle tube having a needle tip for puncturing skin; a needle hub; and a fluid-draining portion for enabling draining of a medicine. The needle hub includes: a retention part (first member) for retaining the needle tube; an insertion part into which the output portion of a syringe is inserted; and a flange-like skin contact portion that is disposed in a manner so as to cover an area surrounding the needle tube and makes contact with and/or faces the skin when a living body is punctured with the needle tube. The fluid-draining portion is disposed in the skin contact portion of the needle hub and enables a user to drain the medicine that has spilled when removing air and is held in the skin contact portion.	02-20-2014
20140052100	INJECTION NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND MEDICINE INJECTION DEVICE - A needle tube having a needle tip for puncturing skin; a needle hub; and an absorption part for absorbing a medicine. The needle hub includes: a retention part (first member) for retaining the needle tube; an insertion part into which the output portion of a syringe is inserted; and a flange-like skin contact portion that is disposed so as to cover an area surrounding the needle tube and that makes contacts with and/or faces the skin when a living body is punctured with the needle tube. The absorption part is disposed in the skin contact portion of the needle hub and absorbs medicine that has been spilled during air removal and is held in the skin contact portion so as to thereby prevent the medicine from attaching to or contacting the skin of a user.	02-20-2014
20140207077	LIQUID INJECTOR - A liquid injector comprises a contact member comprising a tube body including an opening located at a distal end of the contact member; an inner structure body comprising: a cylindrical main body; and a hollow needle, wherein the inner structure body is movable to (i) a first position at which a needle tip is located proximal of the opening, and (ii) a second position at which the needle tip is located distal of the opening; and a regulating member detachably mounted on the inner structure body, including a fixing portion to be fixed to the contact member at the second position. When the inner structure body moves to the second position from the first position and returns to the first position again, the regulating member is fixed to the contact member with the fixing portion at the second position, separated from the inner structure body, and stays at a position at which the regulating member covers at least part of an area of the opening.	07-24-2014
20150190585	DRUG ADMINISTRATION INSTRUMENT - A drug administration instrument including a syringe including: a tubular surrounding periphery portion forming a drug chamber configured to store a drug; a discharge part disposed at a first axial end of the surrounding periphery portion; and a flange portion disposed at a second axial end of the surrounding periphery portion; and a sheath member having a tubular shape, surrounding an outer circumference of the surrounding periphery portion of the syringe, and holding the syringe. The sheath member includes a fitting part configured to support at least one of the surrounding periphery portion and the discharge part of the syringe.	07-09-2015

Kouichi Tachikawa, Narashino-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150202547	DISTILLATION COLUMN - Significant energy saving can be achieved for a distillation column even when the distillation column has a large column temperature difference. Provided is a distillation column including a first and second columns, wherein the first column includes a part of a rectifying section or a part of a stripping section; the second column includes, if the first column includes a part of the rectifying section, the rest of the rectifying section and the whole of the stripping section, or the second column includes, if the first column includes a part of the stripping section, the rest of the stripping section and the whole of the rectifying section; and the second column constitutes a mechanical-heat-pump distillation column.	07-23-2015

Mamoru Tachikawa, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100140540	Method For Producing Positive Electrode Material For Secondary Battery - The present invention has features in that a lithium transition metal silicate obtained by sintering a mixture containing a transition metal compound containing at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co and Ni; a lithium compound; and a silicon-based polymer compound, is used as a positive electrode material for a secondary battery. The lithium transition metal silicate of the present invention has a high lithium occlusion and release efficiency per unit amount of a transition metal. A secondary battery in which the cost is low, stability and safety are high, and superior charge and discharge characteristics are exhibited can be provided.	06-10-2010
20120118343	ALUMINUM-MAGNESIUM-SILICON COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL, THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE EACH COMPRISING OR INCLUDING THE COMPOSITE MATERIAL - Disclosed is an aluminum-magnesium-silicon composite material that contains an alloy comprising Al, Mg, and Si and can be used favorably as a material for a thermoelectric conversion module, and that has excellent thermoelectric conversion properties. The aluminum-magnesium-silicon composite material contains an alloy comprising Al, Mg and Si, and has an electrical conductivity (σ) of 1000-3000 S/cm at 300 K. This aluminum-magnesium-silicon composite material is favorable in the production of a thermoelectric exchange element as a result of having excellent thermoelectric conversion properties.	05-17-2012
20150207056	ALUMINUM-MAGNESIUM-SILICON COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL, THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE EACH COMPRISING OR INCLUDING THE COMPOSITE MATERIAL - Disclosed is an aluminum-magnesium-silicon composite material that contains an alloy comprising Al, Mg, and Si and can be used favorably as a material for a thermoelectric conversion module, and that has excellent thermoelectric conversion properties. The aluminum-magnesium-silicon composite material contains an alloy comprising Al, Mg and Si, and has an electrical conductivity (σ) of 1000-3000 S/cm at 300 K. This aluminum-magnesium-silicon composite material is favorable in the production of a thermoelectric exchange element as a result of having excellent thermoelectric conversion properties.	07-23-2015

Mamoru Tachikawa, Ichihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130228100	Surface Treatment Composition, Method Of Producing The Surface Treatment Composition, And Surface-Treated Article - A surface treatment composition comprises a polyfluoropolyether silane. The polyfluoropolyether silane and the surface treatment composition are produced by reacting a perfluoropolyether-containing compound and a hydrosilane in the pres-ence of a hydrosilylation catalyst and an isomer reducing agent.	09-05-2013

Masayuki Tachikawa, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130011994	MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes the following steps. Firstly, a lower electrode is formed over a substrate (semiconductor substrate). Successively, the lower electrode is primarily crystallized. Successively, a capacitance dielectric layer is formed over the lower electrode after primarily crystallized. Successively, the capacitance dielectric layer is secondarily crystallized. Then, an upper electrode is formed over the capacitance dielectric layer.	01-10-2013

Michiyoshi Tachikawa, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140118705	PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A projection display device including: an image light projecting unit that projects image light on a screen; a distance measurement unit that measures distance to the screen; an obstacle detecting unit that detects an obstacle between the screen and the image light projecting unit on the basis of distance information obtained by the distance measurement unit and, according to a result of this detection, determines an adjustment area where the image light to be projected is to be adjusted; and a projection adjusting unit that adjusts the image light in the adjustment area are included.	05-01-2014

Naoki Tachikawa, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150072248	ALKALI METAL-SULFUR-BASED SECONDARY BATTERY - An alkali metal-sulfur-based secondary battery, in which coulombic efficiency is improved by suppressing a side reaction during charge, and a reduction in discharge capacity by repetition of charge and discharge is suppressed and which has a long battery life and an improved input/output density, includes a positive electrode or a negative electrode containing a sulfur-based electrode active material; an electrolyte solution containing an ether compound such as THF and glyme and a solvent such as a fluorine-based solvent, wherein at least a part of the ether compound and the alkali metal salt forms a complex; and a counter electrode.	03-12-2015

Shunji Tachikawa, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100159063	VERTICAL TYPE INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE - A vertical type injection molding machine includes a fixed mold, a movable body, a lift mechanism, a plurality of weights, and a plurality of pulleys is provided. The fixed mold is supported by a support frame provided on a base. The movable body includes a movable mold. The movable mold is approached to and moved away from the fixed mold. The lift mechanism lifts and lowers the movable body, thereby causing the movable mold to approach and move away from the fixed mold. The weights function as a counterweight of the movable body. The total weight of the weights is the same as the weight of the movable body. Each weight is coupled to the movable body by a wire. The pulleys are provided in an upper portion of the support frame. One of the wires is placed over each pulley. Each wire connects the corresponding weight to the movable body.	06-24-2010

Sumitaka Tachikawa, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120034476	METHOD FOR DESIGNING SUNLIGHT-REFLECTION AND HEAT-RADIATION MULTILAYER FILM, AND SUNLIGHT-REFLECTION AND HEAT-RADIATION MULTILAYER FILM - A design method for a thermal control film advantageously used in cosmic space, especially for a multilayer film, includes: setting at least two candidate materials for forming the multilayer film and the number of layers of the multilayer film; and designing a combination of the candidate material and a layer thickness by using a genetic algorithm stored in a computer-readable medium using an evaluation function, and recording the obtained results on a computer-readable medium. The evaluation function includes: αs=1−Rs, wherein Rs represents a reflectance of solar energy in a wavelength range used for design, within a solar radiation wavelength range; and ∈H: ∈H=1−R	02-09-2012

Tadanori Tachikawa, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120002363	Electronic apparatus - An electronic apparatus includes a heat dissipating module mounted at a position interposed between a shield plate and a main circuit board and air sent from a fan through a heat dissipating fin is discharged from an air vent, wherein the heat dissipating module includes the heat dissipating fin in contact with the heat generating electronic component; the fan sending the air; and a base body supporting the fan and the heat dissipating fin at a position closer to a side of the shield plate than a position of the fan, and having a slope between the fan and the heat dissipating fin for guiding the air sent from the fan to the heat dissipating fin, wherein the shield plate includes a cut and raised piece which faces the slope and obliquely guides the air sent from the fan to the heat dissipating fin along the slope.	01-05-2012

Takashi Tachikawa, Suita-Shi, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160001268	Metal Oxide Mesocrystal, and Method for Producing Same - Various metal oxide mesocrystals can be synthesized in a simple manner by a method for producing a metal oxide mesocrystal, the method comprising the step of annealing an aqueous precursor solution comprising one or more metal oxide precursors, an ammonium salt, a surfactant, and water at 300 to 600° C. Composite mesocrystals consisting of a plurality of metal oxides or an alloy oxide can also be provided.	01-07-2016

Takashi Tachikawa, Fukushima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100176764	BATTERY PACK AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A battery pack for an electrically powered tool includes: one or plural secondary batteries connected in series and/or in parallel; a current detection resistor in a current path through which a charge/discharge current flows into each secondary battery; an N-channel charge control FET and an N-channel discharge control FET in the current path so as to control the charge/discharge current; and a controller detecting the charge/discharge current flowing in the current detection resistor and controlling the charge and discharge control FETs based on the detection result. A threshold value indicating an overcurrent detection current with respect to the charge/discharge current is set in advance, and the controller compares the charge/discharge current detected by the current detection resistor with the threshold value, and when the detected charge/discharge current is the threshold value or more, determines that an overcurrent state is detected and turns off the charge and discharge control FETs.	07-15-2010

Takayuki Tachikawa, Fukaya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120005710	Program Search Apparatus and Program Search Method - According to one embodiment, a program search apparatus includes a communication module, a search module, and an output controller. The communication module is configured to communicate with an external apparatus via a network. The search module is configured to search for a corresponding program corresponding to a designated program designated from a program table via the network. The output controller is configured to execute control to output a search result.	01-05-2012
20120030278	Metadata Processing Apparatus, Server, and Metadata Processing Method - According to one embodiment, a metadata processing apparatus which communicates with a server that holds metadata, the metadata processing apparatus includes a metadata update module configured to update metadata pertaining to content, a transmission module configured to transmit, to the server, content identification data for identifying the content to which the metadata updated by the metadata update module pertains, a reception module configured to receive data transmitted from the server, a determination module configured to determine, on the basis of the data received from the server by the reception module, whether it is necessary to upload the metadata updated by the metadata update module, and a notification module configured to invoke notification that presses upload of the metadata updated by the metadata update module to the server when the determination module has determined that upload is necessary.	02-02-2012
20130036205	Metadata Processing Apparatus, Server, and Metadata Processing Method - According to one embodiment, a metadata processing apparatus which communicates with a server that holds metadata, the metadata processing apparatus includes a metadata update module configured to update metadata pertaining to content, a transmission module configured to transmit, to the server, content identification data for identifying the content to which the metadata updated by the metadata update module pertains, a reception module configured to receive data transmitted from the server, a determination module configured to determine, on the basis of the data received from the server by the reception module, whether it is necessary to upload the metadata updated by the metadata update module, and a notification module configured to invoke notification that presses upload of the metadata updated by the metadata update module to the server when the determination module has determined that upload is necessary.	02-07-2013

Takayuki Tachikawa, Hamura-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110035514	INFORMATION TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information transmission apparatus includes a connection module, a detector, an output module, and a transmitter. The connection module is configured to connect at least one external device. The detector is configured to detect a status of at least one content compatible with the at least one external device connected by the connection module. The output module is configured to output display information for display a connection state with at least one compatible external device compatible with the at least one content having the status, the at least one compatible external device included in the at least one external device connected by the connection module. The transmitter is configured to transmit a selected content to the at least one compatible external device displayed based on the display information.	02-10-2011

Tomohiro Tachikawa, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080270753	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - In a case that a precedent queue to supply data to be processed does not include data to be processed, a processor D switches its operation mode to an auxiliary mode to perform a part of processing assigned to a processor A, and issues a request for execution of the part of the processing assigned to the processor A, to the processor A. In response to the request, the processor A notifies the processor D of information to cause the processor D to perform the part of the processing assigned to the processor A, and the processor D performs the part of the processing assigned to the processor A in accordance with the notified information.	10-30-2008
20090323113	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus includes setting means configured to set writing start address for each line of image data, based on information for correcting distortion of a scanning line, correction means configured to read the image data from storage means on a line-by-line basis in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction of the image, and execute correction processing to write the image data in the storage means from the writing start address set by the setting means on a line-by-line basis in the second direction of the image, output means configured to read the image data corrected by the correction means from the storage means on a line-by-line basis in the first direction of the image to output the image data.	12-31-2009
20110019248	IMAGE READING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an image reading apparatus, if a foreign substance that was initially present on a document plate is removed by motion of a document being conveyed, a correct read luminance value is employed, instead of a value calculated by interpolation, for a pixel at which there was initially the foreign substance but there is no longer foreign substance thereby preventing degradation due to the interpolation. If a foreign substance on the document plate is detected after the conveying of the document by the conveying unit is started, correcting by a correcting unit is performed. In a case where the foreign substance on the document plate disappears during the conveying of the document by the conveying unit and the foreign substance is no longer detected, the correcting by the correcting unit is not performed, but image data is produced according to the image of the document read by the reading unit.	01-27-2011
20110261384	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREIN - In an image processing apparatus having a first image processing unit for operating at a first clock signal and a second image processing unit for operating at a second clock signal having a second frequency which is higher than the first frequency, if image data is supplied from the first image processing unit to the second image processing unit, the second clock signal is supplied to the second image processing unit when intra-line image data of the image data is being transmitted and pixel data to be processed in the image data exists. If the intra-line image data is being transmitted and no pixel data to be processed in the image data exists, no clock signal is supplied to the second image processing unit.	10-27-2011
20120105899	ELECTRIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An electric energy consumption control system that is capable of maximizing convenience to users while controlling the system so that the electric energy consumption of the entire system in a period falls within a target electric energy. An electrical apparatus transmits electric energy consumption of a job with a user name to a control apparatus through the network. A restrictive period setting unit of the control apparatus starts a restrictive period when the electric energy consumption of the entire system is beyond a restriction starting value, and finishes it when the electric energy consumption of the entire system is below a restriction release value. A job restriction unit restricts the job of the user concerned when the accumulated electric energy consumption of the user is beyond the reference value in the restrictive period.	05-03-2012

Toshifumi Tachikawa, Kurokawa-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140305905	PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - At a time point T	10-16-2014
20140361690	PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - In a capacitively coupled plasma processing apparatus, a susceptor (lower electrode)	12-11-2014

Toshihiro Tachikawa, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130200067	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SINTERED BODY, CERAMIC SINTERED BODY, AND CERAMIC HEATER - A method of manufacturing a ceramic sintered body, includes: a film forming step of forming, on a surface of a heat-resistant metal material, a metal coating film made of a metal material having a standard free energy of formation of metal carbides lower than that of the heat-resistant metal material; a molding step of disposing heat-resistant metal material provided with the coating film in the film forming step at a predetermined position in powder that serves as a starting material of a ceramic base, and molding a ceramic green body by press-molding the powder; and a sintering step of generating a ceramic sintered body by sintering the ceramic green body molded in the molding step.	08-08-2013
20140083995	SHAFT-EQUIPPED HEATER UNIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SHAFT-EQUIPPED HEATER UNIT - A shaft-equipped heater unit includes a heater plate that heats an object to be heated placed thereon, and a shaft part that supports the heater plate, wherein the shaft part is formed by spraying material powder which constitutes the shaft part on the heater plate at a temperature lower than a melting point of the material powder by heated compressed gas.	03-27-2014

Toshihiro Tachikawa, Isehara-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130134148	SUBSTRATE SUPPORT DEVICE - A substrate support device formed of a metal and having a high withstand voltage and a high thermal resistance is provided. A substrate support device according to the present invention includes a plate section formed of a metal; a shaft section connected to the plate section and formed of a metal; a heating element provided in the plate section; and an insulating film formed on a first surface of the plate section, the first surface opposite to the shaft section, by ceramic thermal spraying. The substrate support device may further include an insulating film formed on a second surface of the plate section which intersects the first surface of the plate section approximately perpendicularly.	05-30-2013

Toshiki Tachikawa, Niihama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090242789	CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a charged particle beam irradiating apparatus capable of irradiating a charged particle beam using both a wobbler method and a scanning method.	10-01-2009
20100072389	Charged particle beam irradiating apparatus - The present invention provides a charged particle beam irradiating apparatus capable of simply preventing unevenness or reduction in a peripheral portion of the dose distribution of a charged particle beam.	03-25-2010
20110101246	ACCELERATED PARTICLE IRRADIATION EQUIPMENT - Accelerated particle irradiation equipment, which performs irradiation of accelerated particles, includes an irradiation device and a building. The irradiation device includes a rotating unit rotatable about a rotation axis and performs irradiation of the accelerated particles generated by a particle accelerator. The building has an installation space in which the irradiation device is installed. The irradiation device is formed to be thin so as to have a small length in a direction of the rotation axis. A portion of the irradiation device, which has the maximum width in a radial direction orthogonal to the direction of the rotation axis, is disposed along the maximum width of the installation space.	05-05-2011
20110220809	ACCELERATED PARTICLE IRRADIATION EQUIPMENT - Accelerated particle irradiation equipment is installed in a building having a multi-story structure. The accelerated particle irradiation equipment includes a particle accelerator and an irradiation device. The particle accelerator generates accelerated particles. The irradiation device performs irradiation of the accelerated particles generated by the particle accelerator, and is installed on at least one of the floor above and the floor below the floor on which the particle accelerator is installed.	09-15-2011
20120068631	CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM RADIATION CONTROL DEVICE AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM RADIATION METHOD - Provided is a charged particle beam radiation control device that controls radiation of a charged particle beam, the charged particle beam radiation control device including: a controller which controls an acceleration voltage for accelerating charged particles, wherein the controller includes a set acceleration voltage controller which selects a non-radiation state of a charged particle beam by setting an acceleration voltage of a radiation state of the charged particle beam to a reference acceleration voltage and changing the acceleration voltage to a set acceleration voltage larger or smaller than the reference acceleration voltage.	03-22-2012
20150265855	CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM THERAPY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM THERAPY APPARATUS - A charged-particle beam therapy apparatus includes: an accelerator configured to accelerate a charged particle and emit a charged-particle beam; an irradiation unit configured to irradiate an irradiated body with the charged-particle beam using a scanning method; and a control unit. The control unit stores a control pattern of the apparatus during one treatment. An irradiation interruption time for which the irradiation of the irradiated body with the charged-particle beam by the irradiation unit is interrupted and an irradiation time for which the irradiation unit irradiates the irradiated body with the charged-particle beam are set in the control pattern. The sum of the irradiation interruption times during one treatment is set to be shorter than the sum of the irradiation times during one treatment.	09-24-2015

Toshiki Tachikawa, Ehime JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140077098	CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION APPARATUS - A charged particle beam irradiation apparatus includes: an irradiation section configured to irradiate an irradiated body with a charged particle beam; a multi-leaf collimator configured to set an irradiation range of the charged particle beam which is irradiated from the irradiation section; an imaging section that is provided so as to be able to advance and retreat with respect to an irradiation axis of the charged particle beam which is irradiated from the irradiation section, between the irradiation section and the multi-leaf collimator, and directly images an opening portion of the multi-leaf collimator; and a drive section configured to move the imaging section between an imaging position corresponding to an irradiation area which includes the irradiation axis of the charged particle beam and a retreated position away from the irradiation area.	03-20-2014

Tsugio Tachikawa, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090114353	Method of Papermaking - An inventive method of papermaking can be provided for creating an optimum wet end environment. In a preferred method, an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite acidified by hydrochloric acid to have a pH of greater than or equal to 4 and less than 7 and adjusted to have an effective chlorine concentration of 1,000 to 10,000 ppm, preferably 3,000 to 8,000 ppm is prepared and charged to a white water pit in a manner to be effective chlorine concentration therein to greater than or equal to 0.5 ppm. Before a step of papermaking, it is preferred that aqueous solution sodium hypochlorite having pH of greater than or equal to 4 and less than 7 is added continuously or intermittently to a raw material water with the expectation that at breaching a residual chlorine concentration becomes greater than or equal to 500 ppm.	05-07-2009

Tugio Tachikawa, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090173696	METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DIGESTING EXCESS SLUDGE - In an activated sludge treatment of organic waste water, excess sludge from the activated sludge aeration vessel is processed with hypochlorous acid in place of ozone without set up of aeration vessels and blowers to improve volume reduction cost of sludge without deterioration of water quality. The hypochlorous acid process is carried out by using an acidulous sodium hypochlorite aqueous solution which is prepared by mixing sodium hypochlorite aqueous solution with a dilute hydrochloric acid and diluting the resulting mixture with water within 1,000 ppm to 50,000 ppm of available chlorine concentration at a pH zone of more than 4 to less than 7.	07-09-2009

Yasuyuki Tachikawa, Sakura-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150090579	INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes an insulation substrate, a switch element, and a detection portion. The switch element includes a fixed electrode portion that is provided on the substrate, and a movable electrode portion that is provided on a main surface side of the substrate, at least part of the movable electrode portion being elastically displaceable toward a direction approaching and leaving the fixed electrode portion. The movable electrode portion is displaceable toward a direction approaching the fixed electrode portion due to pressure from an object to be detected that is an electric conductor. The detection portion is capable of detecting a capacitance change caused by the object to be detected approaching and leaving the movable electrode portion and a capacitance change between the movable electrode portion and the fixed electrode portion produced by displacement of the movable electrode portion due to pressing.	04-02-2015
20150305136	PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - Provided is a printed circuit board which is used in a bent state, including: a substrate; a first conductive layer which is formed on the substrate; a first insulation layer which is formed on the substrate so as to cover the first conductive layer; and a second conductive layer which is formed on the first insulation layer, wherein on the assumption that the Youngs modulus of the first insulation layer is indicated by Ei1 and the fracture elongation of the second conductive layer is indicated by Bc2, the following equations (I) and (II) are satisfied.	10-22-2015
20150378483	METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRESSURE DETECTION DEVICE, PRESSURE DETECTION DEVICE, PRESSURE-SENSITIVE SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for producing a pressure detection device (	12-31-2015

Yoichi Tachikawa, Shioya-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140015296	VEHICLE SEAT DEVICE - Disclosed is a vehicle seat device configured so that the seat cushion can be suitably held at a raised position and that side links are compact. A vehicle seat device is provided with a movement mechanism (	01-16-2014
20150306995	HEADREST - A headrest is to be mounted to the top of a seat back with a headrest pillar and a headrest guide height-adjustably supporting the headrest pillar and being attached to the seat back such that the head of the headrest guide is exposed from the top of the seat back. The headrest includes a recess on a bottom of the headrest, the recess facing the head of the headrest guide. The surface of the recess is set to be separate from the head of the headrest guide.	10-29-2015

Yoichi Tachikawa, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140015288	CONVEYANCE SEAT - A conveyance seat is provided that includes: a folding mechanism that performs a folding operation for folding the headrest forward; a first receiving portion that receives a first operation when folding only the headrest forward; a second receiving portion that receives a second operation when storing the conveyance seat; a first driving portion that drives only the folding mechanism by the first operation received by the first receiving portion to permit the folding mechanism to perform the folding operation; and a second driving portion that drives the folding mechanism along with the movement of at least one of the seat cushion and the seatback to the storing position permitting the folding mechanism to perform the folding operation when the second receiving portion receives the second operation, wherein the folding mechanism, the first driving portion, and the second driving portion are all attached to the seatback frame provided inside the seatback.	01-16-2014
20140070586	CONVEYANCE SEAT - A conveyance seat includes: a seat base; a support portion which supports the occupant from the back side; a flip-up mechanism which flips up the seat base; a biasing member which biases the support portion forward; an engagement portion which is engaged with the support portion to hold the support portion in a upright state against the biasing force; a cancel mechanism which cancels the engagement between the engagement portion and the support portion; and a return mechanism which returns the support portion from a state where the engagement with the engagement portion is canceled by the cancel mechanism to a state where the support portion is engageable with the engagement portion. The return mechanism performs the return operation in accordance with the inclination angle of the support portion inclined forward by the biasing member after the engagement between the engagement portion and the support portion is canceled.	03-13-2014
20140077564	HEADREST - Provided is a headrest that is capable of improving the rigidity of a headrest frame and preventing the leakage of a foaming agent upon integral foam formation of the headrest. The headrest, which is disposed on the upper part of a seatback and includes a headrest frame inside the headrest, includes a retaining portion of a headrest stay guide in the headrest frame. Further, the headrest is configured in a manner that a headrest skin is sandwiched between the headrest stay guide and the headrest frame.	03-20-2014
20150343926	HEADREST - Provided is a headrest that is capable of improving the rigidity of a headrest frame and preventing the leakage of a foaming agent upon integral foam formation of the headrest. The headrest, which is disposed on the upper part of a seatback and includes a headrest frame inside the headrest, includes a retaining portion of a headrest stay guide in the headrest frame. Further, the headrest is configured in a manner that a headrest skin is sandwiched between the headrest stay guide and the headrest frame.	12-03-2015

Yoshikazu Tachikawa, Nagano JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090233109	Method for Producing Bonded Wafer, Bonded Wafer, and Surface Grinding Machine - The present invention is a method for producing a bonded wafer, comprising at least: bonding a base wafer serving as a support substrate to a bond wafer made of a silicon single crystal via an insulator film or directly bonding the wafers to provide a bonded wafer; and reducing a thickness of the bond wafer to form a thin film made of the silicon single crystal on the base wafer, wherein the thickness of the bonded wafer is reduced based on at least surface grinding while measuring the thickness of the bond wafer, and surface grinding with respect to the bond wafer is stopped when the thickness of the bond wafer reaches a target thickness. As a result, the method for producing a bonded wafer enabling a silicon single crystal thin film to precisely have a desired film thickness, a bonded wafer, and a surface grinding machine enabling a silicon single crystal thin film to precisely have a desired film thickness are provided.	09-17-2009

Yu Tachikawa, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110123598	PATCH AND PATCH PREPARATION - The patch according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a support; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on at least one surface of the support, wherein: the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains an acrylic copolymer obtained by copolymerizing monomer components containing (a) at least one kind of a monomer of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester and (b) at least one kind of a monomer of an N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamide; a content of the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester monomer (a) with respect to a total amount of the monomer components is 50 wt % to 90 wt % and a content of the N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamide monomer (b) with respect to the total amount is 1 wt % to 20 wt %; and the monomer components are substantially free of a monomer having a carboxyl group.	05-26-2011
20110124833	MEDICAL PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION - There is provided a medical pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including an acrylic copolymer obtained by copolymerizing monomer components containing (a) at least one kind of a monomer of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester and (b) at least one kind of a monomer of an N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamide, wherein: a content of the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester monomer (a) with respect to a total amount of the monomer components is 50 weight % to 99.9 weight % and a content of the N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamide monomer (b) with respect to the total amount is 0.1 weight % to 20 weight %; and the monomer components are substantially free of a monomer having a carboxyl group. The medical pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the present invention is particularly suitable for applications such as medical patches and patch preparations.	05-26-2011

Yutaka Tachikawa, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120232194	PHTHALOCYANINE COMPOUND AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND COLORING COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE PHTHALOCYANINE COMPOUND - Provided is a phthalocyanine compound which is halogen-free and which has a green hue, excellent resistance to organic solvents and acids, and high chroma. Also provided are a metal-free phthalocyanine compound or a metal phthalocyanine compound represented by specified general formula (1-1) or (1-2) and having a N,N′-disubstituted imidazolone structure or piperazinedione structure introduced therein, and a coloring composition including the compound and a synthetic resin. The phthalocyanine compound of the present invention exhibits a clear green color and is halogen-free, and is thus useful as a clear green pigment for coloring materials such as a coating material, plastic, a printing ink, rubber, leather, textile printing, a color filter, a jet ink, a heat transfer ink, etc.	09-13-2012