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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20130130572 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTING MEMBER, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTING MEMBER, AND BATTERY EQUIPPED WITH THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTING MEMBER AS ELECTRODE An electrically conductive connecting member which can be used for a battery having a positive output terminal and a negative output terminal composed of different metals from each other and which does not undergo electrolytic corrosion and reduction in electric resista... | 05/23/2013 |
| 20130127100 | STEEL WIRE ROD FOR HIGH-STRENGTH SPRING EXCELLENT IN WIRE DRAWABILITY, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND HIGH-STRENGTH SPRING Provided are: a steel wire rod material for a high-strength spring, which does not undergo the increase in deformation resistance arising from the increase in hardness and can exhibit good wire-drawing processability and the like even when a heat treatment, which deteri... | 05/23/2013 |
| 20130126410 | SCREEN UNIT AND SCREEN CHANGER EQUIPPED WITH SAME The purpose of the present invention is to provide a screen unit which allows for eliminating rigorous dimension control for preventing the short path phenomenon of material and which has cost advantages, and a screen changer equipped with the same. | 05/23/2013 |
| 20130121815 | HERMETICALLY SEALED COMPRESSOR A hermetically sealed compressor in which heat generation and insulation breakdown are hardly to occur at the connection portion between a lead wire of a motor and an external terminal is configured as follows. The compressor main body and the motor are integrally struc... | 05/16/2013 |
| 20130106212 | MOTOR HAVING HEAT TRANSFER SHEET Provided is a motor including: a motor shaft; a rotor rotating about the motor shaft; a stator disposed around the rotor; a casing accommodating the rotor and the stator; a cover covering a heat radiation target end surface of the stator while supporting one end portion... | 05/02/2013 |
| 20130106210 | MOTOR INCLUDING HEAT RADIATING RESIN Provided is a motor including a rotor, a stator having a stator core and a coil, a stator frame, an end cover, first and second bearings, and a heat radiating resin in the stator frame. The coil includes first and second end portions projecting oppositely and axially. T... | 05/02/2013 |
| 20130098881 | ARC EVAPORATION SOURCE HAVING FAST FILM-FORMING SPEED, COATING FILM MANUFACTURING METHOD AND FILM FORMATION APPARATUS USING THE ARC EVAPORATION SOURCE An arc evaporation source having fast film-forming speed includes: at least one circumference magnet surrounding the circumference of a target, wherein the magnetization direction of the magnet runs orthogonal to the target surface; a non-ring shaped first permanent mag... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130084164 | POWER GENERATION APPARATUS A power generation apparatus includes an expander and a power transmission shaft that extracts a rotational driving force generated by the expander to the exterior of a housing of the expander. The housing of the expander contains a driving unit of the expander within a... | 04/04/2013 |
| 20130071508 | HOT ISOTROPIC PRESSURE DEVICE A hot isotropic pressure device including: a casing disposed inside a high-pressure container; a heating unit provided inside the casing and forms a hot zone around the treatment material, in which an isotropic pressure treatment is performed on the treatment material u... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130067901 | HYDRAULIC TUBING SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND OPERATING MACHINE PROVIDED THEREWITH A hydraulic tubing support that reduces noise transmitted to an operator due to pulsation of hydraulic oil in a junction tube. The hydraulic tubing support structure includes a pair of left and right remote control valves for generating pilot pressures for the plurality... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130062041 | MULTI-LAYERED HEAT TRANSFER TUBE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MULTI-LAYERED HEAT TRANSFER TUBE, AND FORMING DEVICE USED IN THE MANUFACTURING METHOD A multi-layered heat transfer tube for use in a carburetor for a liquefied gas, comprising an inner tube which is equipped with a passage through which a liquefied gas can pass and an outer tube which covers the outer peripheral surface of the inner tube, wherein each o... | 03/14/2013 |
| 20130061872 | ION BOMBARDMENT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING OF SURFACE OF BASE MATERIAL USING THE SAME In an ion bombardment treatment apparatus (1A) and a cleaning method, base materials (W) to be treated are held by a work table (11) so as to be placed between a filament (3) and an anode (4) in a vacuum chamber (2), and a discharge po... | 03/14/2013 |
| 20130059162 | FLUX COMPOSITION AND BRAZING SHEET Disclosed are: a flux composition which is used for brazing of a magnesium-containing aluminum alloy material, suppresses the formation of high-melting compounds, provides better wettability, and thereby exhibits better brazability even applied in a small mass of coatin... | 03/07/2013 |
| 20130049367 | POWER GENERATION APPARATUS For a power generation apparatus to efficiently extract rotational driving force generated by an expander to the exterior of a housing that contains the expander while preventing a working medium from leaking, the power generation apparatus according to the present inve... | 02/28/2013 |
| 20130048646 | PRESSURE VESSEL A pressure vessel having reduced weight while satisfying required design conditions has upper wall first and second ribs, upper curved surface portion first and second ribs, a bottom wall first rib with a bottom wall second rib formed on an outer surface of a bottom wal... | 02/28/2013 |
| 20130045130 | COPPER ALLOY HAVING HIGH STRENGTH, HIGH ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY AND EXCELLENT BENDING WORKABILITY The present invention relates to a copper alloy having high strength, high electrical conductivity, and excellent bendability, the copper alloy containing, in terms of mass %, 0.4 to 4.0% of Ni; 0.05 to 1.0% of Si; and, as an element M, one member selected from 0.005 to... | 02/21/2013 |
| 20130042787 | VIBRATION DAMPING SHAPED ALUMINUM EXTRUSION The present invention provides a vibration damping shaped aluminum extrusion having a weight reduction effect and a high damping effect. The present invention relates to a vibration damping shaped aluminum extrusion 1B including a pair of face plates 4 and... | 02/21/2013 |
| 20130040165 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN SEAM WELDABILITY Disclosed is a high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more and having satisfactory seam weldability. The steel sheet has a chemical composition of C: 0.12% to 0.40%, Si: 0.003% to 0.5%, Mn 0.01% to 1.5%, Al: 0.032% to 0.15%, N: 0.01% or less,... | 02/14/2013 |
| 20130039803 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL PLATE EXCELLENT IN DROP WEIGHT PROPERTIES Disclosed is a high-strength steel plate having a predetermined chemical composition, in which a microstructure of the steel plate at a depth of one-fourth to one half the thickness from a surface has an area fraction of bainite of 90% or more, an average lath width of ... | 02/14/2013 |
| 20130039741 | COMPRESSION APPARATUS This invention provides a compression apparatus capable of flexibly responding to a change in service condition. The compression apparatus comprises a compressor main body for housing rotatively driven rotors, an intake channel connected to an intake port of the compres... | 02/14/2013 |
| 20130032798 | OXIDE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER OF THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR, SPUTTERING TARGET, AND THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR Disclosed is an oxide for a semiconductor layer of a thin-film transistor, said oxide being excellent in the switching characteristics of a thin-film transistor, specifically enabling favorable characteristics to be stably obtained even in a region of which the ZnO conc... | 02/07/2013 |
| 20130032255 | ALUMINIUM ALLOY FORGING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE FOR SAME Disclosed is an aluminium alloy forging for use in automotive suspension parts and the like, and a method of manufacture for same. The aluminium alloy forging contains Si 0.4-1.5 wt %, Fe greater than 0.4 wt % and equal to or less than 1.0 wt %, Cu equal to or less than... | 02/07/2013 |
| 20130031968 | ROAD SURFACE MEMBER FOR TIRE TESTING MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME A rotary drum used in a tire testing machine has a road surface base material made of an aluminum alloy and provided with a road surface onto which a tire is pushed. The road surface is coated with a thermally-sprayed steel film having higher hardness than the road surf... | 02/07/2013 |
| 20130022490 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT WARM WORKABILITY Disclosed is a high-strength steel plate with excellent warm workability that has a component composition comprising, in mass %, 0.05 to 0.4% C, 0.5 to 3% Si+Al, 0.5 to 3% Mn, no more than 0.15% P (not including 0%), and no more than 0.02% S (including 0%), with the rem... | 01/24/2013 |
| 20130020195 | VACUUM DEPOSITION APPARATUS Disclosed is a vacuum deposition apparatus which suppresses mutual interference of magnetic fields generated by multiple magnetic-field applying mechanisms for evaporation sources. The vacuum deposition apparatus includes a deposition chamber; a magnetic-field applying ... | 01/24/2013 |
| 20130017411 | HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND ALLOYED HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET, EACH HAVING EXCELLENT WORKABILITY, HIGH YIELD RATIO AND HIGH STRENGTH Disclosed is a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet or an alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, which has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, excellent workability, high yield ratio and high strength. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet or the alloyed hot-dip galvanized s... | 01/17/2013 |
| 20130016580 | MIXING/EXTRUDING APPARATUS AND START-UP METHOD FOR MIXING/EXTRUDING APPARATUS A mixing/extruding apparatus having a mixer/extruder provided with a diverter, an electric motor for driving this mixer/extruder, and a power supply device for supplying a drive power to this electric motor, and the power supply device includes a start-up power supply p... | 01/17/2013 |
| 20130009111 | OXIDE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER OF THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, SPUTTERING TARGET, AND THIN FILM TRANSISTOR Disclosed is an oxide for a semiconductor layer of a thin film transistor, which, when used in a thin film transistor that includes an oxide semiconductor in the semiconductor layer, imparts good switching characteristics and stress resistance to the transistor. Specifi... | 01/10/2013 |
| 20130008003 | WELDING TIP REPLACEMENT APPARATUS, WELDING TIP REPLACEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REPLACING WELDING TIP A welding tip replacement apparatus is used for a welding torch that includes a tubular tip connection body, a tubular retaining member fitted over the tip connection body, and a tubular welding tip fitted within the tip connection body, the welding torch being configur... | 01/10/2013 |
| 20130000304 | POWER GENERATION APPARATUS In a power generation apparatus, a working medium is evaporated in an evaporator using a heating medium supplied from outside, and the evaporated working medium is subsequently introduced into an expander, which is connected to an electric generator, to convert a therma... | 01/03/2013 |
| 20120315807 | ELECTRODE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE TERMINAL The disclosed electrode terminal, which is used with batteries of which a positive output terminal and a negative output terminal are formed from metals dissimilar to each other, has excellent mechanical strength and can suppress electrical resistance while preventing g... | 12/13/2012 |
| 20120315463 | LAMINATED SHEET AND COMPOSITE FORMED ARTICLE USING THE SAME Disclosed are: a composite formed article which is usable even in a high-temperature environment and less suffers delamination between a foamed resin sheet and a metal sheet; and a formed article precursor (laminated sheet) which enables the manufacture of the composite... | 12/13/2012 |
| 20120314315 | CONCAVE REFLECTING MIRROR FOR HELIOSTAT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE CONCAVE REFLECTING MIRROR Disclosed is a concave reflecting mirror (10) for a heliostat, said concave reflecting mirror being provided with: a reflecting member (11) wherein a mirror surface section (15) is provided on the front surface of a base material (14), the ri... | 12/13/2012 |
| 20120312795 | TWO-ELECTRODE WELDING METHOD In a two-electrode welding method of the present invention, a leading electrode is used to perform gas-shielded arc welding and a trailing electrode is an energized filler. A trailing electrode wire protrudes from a guide lead or guide tip and is energized from an energ... | 12/13/2012 |
| 20120312630 | EXHAUST PIPE An exhaust pipe including an inner tube for introducing exhaust gas, and an outer tube fitted on the inner tube. Projected portions obtained by radially inwardly projecting plural parts of the inner peripheral surface of the outer tube in the circumferential direction, ... | 12/13/2012 |
| 20120312433 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN WORKABILITY AND COLD BRITTLENESS RESISTANCE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF The invention relates to a steel sheet having a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more, which excels in workability and cold brittleness resistance. The high-strength steel sheet contains 0.10% to 0.30% of C, 1.40% to 3.0% of Si, 0.5% to 3.0% of Mn, 0.1% or less of P, 0.0... | 12/13/2012 |
| 20120312021 | POWER GENERATION APPARATUS A power generation apparatus that suppress cavitation includes a first on/off valve provided between a steam generator and an expander in a circulating channel; a bypass channel connected between an area between the steam generator and the first on/off valve and an area... | 12/13/2012 |
| 20120308429 | COPPER ALLOY SHEET FOR ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC PART A shear plane ratio is reduced by a dislocation density in which a value obtained by dividing the half-value width β of the intensity of diffraction of {311} plane in the surface of a Cu—Fe—P alloy sheet, by its peak height H, is 0.015 or more. In addition, a Cu—... | 12/06/2012 |
| 20120297858 | MOMENT CALIBRATING APPARATUS FOR MULTI-COMPONENT FORCE GAUGE AND METHOD OF MOMENT CALIBRATION A moment calibrating apparatus (1) is provided with an elongated force transmitting member (6) for transmitting a force applied to the end portion thereof to a multi-component force gauge (5), a load applying mechanism (7) for applying a load... | 11/29/2012 |
| 20120288402 | COPPER ALLOY HAVING HIGH STRENGTH, HIGH ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY AND EXCELLENT BENDING WORKABILITY A copper alloy having high strength, high electrical conductivity, and excellent bendability, the copper alloy containing, in terms of mass %, 0.4 to 4.0% of Ni; 0.05 to 1.0% of Si; and, as an element M, one member selected from 0.005 to 0.5% of P, 0.005 to 1.0% of Cr, ... | 11/15/2012 |