Bizarre Patents
Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled Camouflage
A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130655 | DEGRADATION MONITORING METHOD AND DEGRADATION MONITORING DEVICE FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE A damage calculation unit (2, 3) performs: acquiring a charge current value, a charge period, and a representative temperature of the electricity storage device while the electricity storage device is being charged, calculating a cycle damage number for represent... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127622 | TANK-TYPE LIGHTNING ARRESTER For a tank-type lighting arrester having varistors in a layered manner, it is an object to provide a lightning arrester having a shield in a simple shape, and in such a shape that achieves more uniform voltage distribution among the varistors than that in conventional t... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127400 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY It is an object of the invention to provide a technique capable of suppressing variations in luminance in the vicinity of a light entrance surface of a light guide plate. An illumination device includes a point light source, and a light guide plate having a side surface... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120124798 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING MRI SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET A method of the present invention includes: a step of shimming an MRI superconducting magnet in consideration of the magnetic field atmosphere of a use place; a step of generating a rated magnetic field in the MRI superconducting magnet thus shimmed, under an environmen... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109429 | VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL METHOD A vehicle air-conditioning control method includes: calculating an air-conditioning reference temperature for an interior of a vehicle on the basis of an in-vehicle temperature measured by an in-vehicle temperature sensor provided inside a vehicle that runs between stat... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106212 | POWER CONVERTER [Problem] To provide a power converter capable of suppressing voltage dropping of the smoothing capacitor and suppressing a rush current at the time of power recovery, [Means for Resolution] When it is determined that a bus voltage Vdc dete... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103951 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND LASER PROCESSING MACHINE A control apparatus for controlling a laser processing machine, includes: a HDD as data storing means for storing shape data on a shape of a processed part to which laser processing of the laser processing machine is applied and data on a processing condition of the las... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103645 | GAS-INSULATED BUS Gas-insulated bus is provided with: current-carrying conductor disposed along axial direction of metallic container that is filled with insulating-gas; shield fitting through which passes current-carrying conductor and that has depressed portion formed on portion of bar... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103294 | ENGINE START DEVICE An engine starting device for an automatic idling stop system includes: a crank angle sensor for detecting a crank angle of an engine; a ring gear connected to a crankshaft of the engine, for transmitting rotation of the engine; ring gear rpm detecting section; a starte... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081857 | TERMINAL BOX FOR SOLAR CELL MODULE Provided are a heat dissipating plate with good thermal conductivity extending over the body bottom surface of a box body, and four terminal strips with good thermal conductivity to which an output lead wire extending from a solar cell module and a module coupling cable... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069276 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS In a liquid crystal display apparatus in which a liquid crystal layer is twist-aligned when no electric field is applied, Δnd value of a liquid crystal layer in a wavelength of 550 nm is 300 to 400 nm, each of directions of polarizing axes of pair of linear polarizers ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068678 | DC-DC CONVERTER Provided is a DC-DC converter capable of reducing not only a turn-off loss but also a turn-on loss. A snubber capacitor has one end connected to an anode of a step-up diode, a current input end of a step-up switching element and a main reactor. A first snubber diode has... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068329 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE The present invention provides a semiconductor device capable of selecting a desired circuit (step-down circuit (or step-up/step-down circuit) and step-up circuit) on the user side at low cost. A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a diode e... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068310 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE A carrier is prevented from being stored in a guard ring region in a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device has an IGBT cell including a base region and an emitter region formed in an n− type drift layer, and a p type collector layer arranged under the drift l... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068049 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSOR There is provided a photoelectric conversion device utilizing surface plasmons, including: a plate-shaped light receiving portion which made of metal, provided on a most superficial surface of the photoelectric conversion device, and having a front surface and a rear su... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120049240 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE On a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, an N− semiconductor layer is formed with a dielectric portion including relatively thin and thick portions interposed therebetween. In a predetermined region of the N− semiconductor layer, an N-ty... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045338 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN AND AIR CONDITIONER Provided is a centrifugal fan that can accelerate an airflow also in a trailing edge part on a main plate side. A centrifugal fan 110 includes a main plate 2 that is driven to rotate around a rotational axis 17, a shroud 3 that is disposed so... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120043652 | SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE A semiconductor power module includes an active element and a passive element serving as semiconductor elements each having a first electrode on a front surface and a second electrode on a back surface thereof, a heat pipe having a first region defined as arrangement pa... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038337 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF A SNUBBER CIRCUIT An apparatus for controlling operation of a snubber circuit in a system in which an input voltage is processed using at least switches controlled with at least one periodical pattern. The input voltage is applied to the snubber circuit when the operation of the snubber ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037714 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS Provided is an easy-to-design, inexpensive air-conditioning apparatus in which an external static pressure and an airflow are calculated without using a static-pressure detector and an indoor-unit-side fan is controlled using those values. An air-conditioning apparatus ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037349 | HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT A heat exchange element includes a first flow passage and a second flow passage extending orthogonal thereto. The first flow passage is an undulating flow passage that has a rectangular cross section and is formed by positioning, a first wave-form plate member and a sec... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036887 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS A multi-chamber type air-conditioning apparatus is provided in which a refrigerant whose effect on human bodies is a concern is prevented from leaking into a room or the like in which an indoor unit is installed, simultaneous operation of cooling and heating is possible... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120033593 | MOBILE STATION, BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD A scrambler performs IQ multiplexing of output signals from a spreader and a distributor in order to generate a complex signal (I signal and Q signal), amplitude coefficients βcc(I) and βcc(Q) are determined in accordance with signal powers on I axis and Q axis.... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032725 | POWER MODULE A power module comprises: first and second terminals; first and second switching elements having a first electrode and a second electrode which is connected to the second terminal; first and second wirings respectively connecting the first electrodes of the first and se... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032189 | ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS Provided is an organopolysiloxane composition that provides a cured product which has excellent heat resistance and does not peel or crack even under high temperatures. The organopolysiloxane composition comprises (A) an organopolysiloxane having difunctional siloxane u... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120031983 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS An indoor unit includes: a casing formed with a suction port and a blow-out port; a plurality of fans provided in parallel in the casing; a heat exchanger provided on the downstream side of the fans and on the upstream side of the blow-out port; a horizontal wind direct... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120031605 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS There are provided a plurality of use-side heat exchangers, inter-heat-medium heat exchangers, heat medium flow path switching devices, which switch flow paths, and pumps, which feed heat media to these paths; the inter-heat-medium heat exchangers heat or cool a heat me... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120031139 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS An indoor unit includes a casing having a suction port formed on an upper portion and a blow-out port on a lower side of a front surface portion, an axial-flow or mixed-flow fan provided on the downstream side of the suction port in the casing, and a heat exchanger prov... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120031130 | RELAY UNIT AND AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS A relay unit connected to one or a plurality of outdoor units and a plurality of indoor units by different pipeline systems, respectively, so as to exchange heat between a refrigerant circulating through the outdoor unit and a heat medium different from the refrigerant ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120024513 | COOLING STRUCTURE, HEATSINK AND COOLING METHOD OF HEAT GENERATOR A cooling structure includes a heat dissipation structure having a heat generator and a heatsink that is adhered through an insulating adhesive layer to at least a surface of the heat generator that faces a cooling fluid and made of a metal foil having the flexibility. ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120023984 | AIR CONDITIONER In a compressor shell built in an outdoor unit of an air conditioner, a compressor shell thermistor that detects a temperature of the shell is installed. Also, an outside air temperature thermistor that detects an outside air temperature is installed in an outdoor unit.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110278700 | INTERNAL MATCHING TRANSISTOR An internal matching transistor comprises: a conductive base material including a groove, a first region, and a second region which is located opposite to the first region across the groove; a transistor bonded onto the first region of the base material; an internal mat... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20120019183 | DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM A rotary breaker that interrupts a transmission of a driving force from a motor to a drive mechanism unit is provided between the motor having a permanent magnet incorporated therein and the drive mechanism unit of an electric vehicle. A second controller controls the r... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019178 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CAPACITOR VOLTAGE OF POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS A power conversion apparatus includes: a line breaker that is connected in series to a direct-current power supply; a first capacitor that is connected in parallel to the direct-current power supply through the line breaker; a discharge circuit that includes a resistor ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120018639 | INFRARED SENSOR AND AIR CONDITIONER In an infrared sensor 1 including a condenser lens 3 and a multi-element light-receiving unit 2 with a plurality of light-receiving elements 2a to 2h aligned therein on a straight line, a position of receiving an intensit... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120017986 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME The method includes: steps of forming an n-type diffusion layer having an n-type impurity diffused thereon at a first surface side of a p-type silicon substrate; forming a reflection prevention film on the n-type diffusion layer; forming a back-surface passivation film ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120017628 | ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZING APPARATUS, APPLIANCE, AIR CONDITIONER, AND REFRIGERATOR It is an object to provide an electrostatic atomizing apparatus which is simply structured, is easy to assemble, is low in cost, has clogging resistance against foreign matter, can be used for a long time, and is highly reliable, or a home electrical appliance such as a... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110276214 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AC ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLE A control apparatus for an AC electric motor vehicle including a converter that converts an AC voltage input from an AC overhead wire via a transformer into a DC voltage, an inverter that converts the DC voltage into an AC voltage, and a motor that is driven and control... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20120017460 | HAND DRYER A hand dryer includes a hand drying chamber that includes a hand insertion opening from which a hand is inserted, a first wall section that faces the hand inserted from the hand insertion opening, a second wall section that faces the hand and the first wall section, and... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110274236 | SHIFT REGISTER CIRCUIT An object is to enhance the driving capability and improve the operating speed of a unit shift register applicable to a scanning line driving circuit having a partial display function. A unit shift register forming a gate line driving circuit includes a first transistor... | 11/10/2011 |
