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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120128502 | EROSION RESISTANT MACHINE COMPONENT, METHOD FOR FORMING SURFACE LAYER OF MACHINE COMPONENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STEAM TURBINE A method for forming a surface layer, the purpose thereof is to form a high erosion resistant film. The method for forming a surface layer includes: arranging a member (2) in a machining fluid (3); and forming the surface layer including silicon by spacing... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128415 | JOINT STRUCTURE A connecting structure includes a pin 32 which has a shoulder 32c adapted such that the diameter of a portion 32a to be fitted to a link plate 31 is formed larger than that of a portion 32b to be fitted to a joint ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128372 | OPTICAL LINE TERMINATION, PON SYSTEM, AND DATA RECEPTION PROCESSING METHOD An optical line termination includes a deserializer that parallelizes burst data received from a termination device, a fixed-pattern generating unit that generates fixed pattern data that is a predetermined fixed data, and a data selecting unit that selects either the f... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128368 | DIFFERENTIAL CODE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION DEVICE A differential code optical transmission and reception device including: a digital signal processing optical transceiver that converts information data into an optical signal and transmits it to a communication channel, a reception front end part that receives the optic... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128357 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, STATION-SIDE OPTICAL LINE TERMINATING APPARATUS, USER-SIDE OPTICAL LINE TERMINATING APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD An optical communication system that connects a plurality of user-side optical line terminating apparatuses (hereinafter referred to as ONUs) to a station-side optical line terminating apparatus (hereinafter referred to as OLT) using a common optical fiber, wherein the ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128348 | LIGHT-EMISSION ERROR PREVENTING CIRCUIT FOR OPTICAL TRANSMITTER A subscriber-side optical network unit (ONU) includes a control LSI for outputting a data signal and a pre-bias signal at fixed intervals, an optical transmitter-receiver for producing optical output in response to these signals, and a light-emission error preventing ci... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127139 | IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE When a request to execute the same Java application program as a Java (registered trademark, omitted hereafter) application program currently being executed, the Java application program is deployed into a work area of a RAM 4 and the plurality of Java applicatio... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127057 | RADOME EQUIPMENT Radome equipment that includes an antenna device, and a radome that protects the antenna device by housing the antenna device therein and that transmits electric power necessary for communication, in which: a matching layer made of a single-layer dielectric is attached ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126797 | MAGNETIC POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS A magnetic position detection apparatus includes a substrate, a magnet, a bridge circuit including first through fourth magneto-electric converting elements formed on the substrate, and a detection circuit. A substrate surface is substantially perpendicular to a magnet ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126791 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE An output of a current sensing cell is connected to an inverting input terminal of an operational amplifier, and a non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier is connected to the source, of the main cell, to which a source-bias voltage is applied; a curren... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126764 | DC/DC POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS An object of the present invention is to provide a DC/DC power conversion apparatus that can reduce the average power consumption over a wide range of DC voltage ratios. A control circuit (120) changes a switching frequency f at which IGBTs S1 to S4... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126715 | DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING APPARATUS A discharge lamp lighting apparatus has a configuration including a control unit which discriminates, for each polarity of an AC rectangular wave output, the output voltage detected with an output voltage detector for detecting the voltage applied to a discharge lamp, a... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126638 | AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATOR RECTIFYING APPARATUS The circuit board includes: a first resin-molded body; a second resin-molded body; and a plurality of terminals each including: a positive electrode terminal portion to which is connected a lead of the positive-side rectifying element to be connected thereto; a negative... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126614 | AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM The main electric power source is connected to a lower-voltage side of a DC/DC converter by a first switch, and an electrical double-layer capacitor and a regulator circuit is connected to a higher-voltage side of the DC/DC converter. In addition, permanent magnets are ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109516 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS A navigation apparatus is provided that is highly convenient for a user to view a map screen and a menu window. A display controller 15 determines a view mode of each of a map screen and a menu window, based on information about a travel condition of a moving obj... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109502 | ENGINE AUTOMATIC STOP AND RESTART APPARATUS When an engine automatic stop judgment unit (101) judges that an engine automatic stop condition is satisfied so that a fuel injection control unit (105) stops fuel supply to an engine and an ignition control unit (106) stops ignition of the engine,... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107151 | REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR A refrigerant compressor includes: an electric motor including a stator and rotor inside a sealed vessel; a compressing mechanism driven by a crank shaft in the rotor; a lower portion oil pool storing in the sealed vessel lubricating oil that lubricates the compressing ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106218 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS In order to widen an operational input voltage range of a power conversion apparatus and obtain a maximum efficiency value comparable to that in a case where the operational input voltage range is not widened by changing software but not hardware, provided is a power co... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106026 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE A electrical storage device has: a cell module including a plurality of cells arranged juxtaposed and each having a pair of current collector terminals protruding from electrodes, the current collector terminals of adjacent ones of the cells being connected to each othe... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104887 | AUTOMOTIVE DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE A resin protective cover is prepared so as to have a cup shape that is constituted by a floor portion and a tubular peripheral wall portion, and that can be mounted to a rear bracket so as to cover a rectifying apparatus and a voltage regulator that are disposed axially... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104121 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE A fuel injection valve that promotes formation of thin membranes of fuel within injection holes and promotes atomization of spray is obtained. Holes provided in an injection hole plate 11 are combined injection holes 16 formed by partially overlapping two ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103943 | WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING APPARATUS A wire electric discharge machining apparatus that performs an electric discharge machining by applying a pulse voltage between a wire electrode (1) and a workpiece (2), the wire electric discharge machining apparatus including, a machining speed detection... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103941 | POWER SWITCHING APPARATUS A power switching apparatus includes: a pressure tank having tube-like openings in a shank portion and having an insulating gas sealed therein; a vacuum valve housed in the pressure tank and connected to the pressure tank at one end; bushing conductors penetrating throu... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103731 | VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR A vibration damping device for suppressing transverse vibrations occurring in an elevating body of an elevator is configured so that a coil provided on the actuator moving part side can be held firmly to a bobbin, and a minute slippage occurring in the coil can be preve... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103292 | ENGINE AUTOMATIC STOP AND RESTART APPARATUS An apparatus including an engine control unit which is configured to: start to supply electricity to a starter motor and start measurement of a power supply period; supply electricity to a solenoid when an absolute value of a rpm difference between an rpm of the engine ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103087 | FLOW RATE DETECTION DEVICE The flow rate detection device includes a sensor element and a support. The sensor element includes: a cavity which is formed in a rear surface of a plate-shaped semiconductor silicon substrate by removing part of the plate-shaped semiconductor silicon substrate; and a ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103003 | AIR-CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF RETURNING REFRIGERATOR OIL An air-conditioner capable of suppressing increase in the suction temperature of a compressor is provided. The air-conditioner according to the present invention has a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, an oil separator, a heat source side heat exchanger, a thro... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120082213 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD An image encoding device include a predicting unit for adaptively determining the size of each motion prediction unit block according to color component signals, and for dividing each motion prediction unit block into motion vector allocation regions to search for a mot... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082170 | COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD A communication management apparatus includes a token-circulation-order-information storing unit that stores token circulation order, a token-frame processing unit that determines whether transmission right acquiring apparatus information of the token frame indicates th... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080800 | POWER MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Provided is a power module that prevents a deterioration of reliability of bonded portions of aluminum wires, and enables a high-temperature operation of a Si or SiC device. A power module according to the present invention includes: insulating substrates arranged in a ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080744 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate having an upper main surface and a lower main surface. The semiconductor substrate includes a drain layer, a main base region, an underpad base region and a source region. The semiconductor device includes a first mai... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080008 | KNOCK CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A knock control apparatus for internal combustion engine includes: a knock signal normalization unit that normalizes a knock signal extracted from an output signal of a knock sensor; a knock determination threshold setting unit that sets a knock determination threshold ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069532 | WATERPROOF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREOF Seal surfaces in three directions of a base and a cover are mutually fitted as a first seal part in combination of concave threads and convex threads, and sandwich three sides of a circuit board between an innermost peripheral part convex thread at the base side and an ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068773 | HIGH FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER A high frequency amplifier includes a package substrate, an amplifying active device disposed on a top surface of the package substrate, a transmission line connected to the amplifying active device and transmitting a high frequency signal, a surface mounted device (SMD... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053702 | CONTROL SYSTEM In the control system having plural control devices that are connected to a network, and control objects different from each other, an engine control device, a meter control device, and an AT control device, which are second control devices store a control volume comput... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051748 | OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL AND PON SYSTEM An OLT includes an upper-layer processing unit that receives a transmission request for notifying a data amount transmitted from an ONU and applies predetermined upper-layer processing to data received from the ONU. The OLT includes a band-allocation-information managin... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050131 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE OF WAVEGUIDE CONVERTER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ANTENNA APPARATUS APPLYING THE CONNECTING STRUCTURE A connecting structure of a waveguide converter includes a circuit substrate in which a hollow waveguide that propagates a high frequency signal is formed in a pierced manner; and an antenna substrate that is layered on the circuit substrate, and in which a converter th... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050130 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE Provided is a wireless communication device capable of communicating a signal in a first frequency band and a signal in a second frequency band, which is lower in frequency than the first frequency band, including: a plate-like object; a first integrated circuit which h... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050091 | RADAR APPARATUS AND ANTENNA DEVICE Four rows on one side of linear arrays arranged at equal intervals in the vertical direction and arranged at a predetermined interval in the horizontal direction form transmission channels and remaining twelve rows form a reception channel group. Among the remaining twe... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049778 | POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS A power converting apparatus includes a timing signal generator and a phase determination signal generator provided in an ON/OFF signal generating unit as well as a detected current correction unit. On the basis of timing signals ts1, . . . and phase determinatio... | 03/01/2012 |
