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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126965 | Information presentation apparatus and system An information presentation apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a stimulator device located on a steering wheel of the vehicle and configured to generate stimulation at multiple sites on the steering wheel to provide skin sensation to a driver ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120051241 | Communication system with a plurality of nodes communicably connected for communication based on NRZ (non return to zero) code In a communication system, plural nodes are communicably connected to a communication line and mutually communicate based on an NRZ (Non Return to Zero) code. Each node detects, as a data frame head, a dominant level when a signal on the line changes to a dominant level... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048749 | PROTON CONDUCTOR, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND CARBON QUANTITY DETECTING SENSOR A proton conductor has a porous sintered body made of tetravalent metallic oxide. Pyrophosphate as tetravalent metallic compound is formed on surfaces and porous walls of the body, and in the inside of each pore of the body. A method produces the proton conductor by imm... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046833 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE An information providing device includes: a vehicle condition detector for detecting a vehicle condition; a support information generating element for generating support information for a driver; and a tactile sensibility notification element in a steering wheel for not... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042841 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS A valve timing control apparatus includes a housing that is rotatable with a crankshaft; a vane rotor that is rotatable with a camshaft; and a phase controller to compulsorily change a rotation phase of the vane rotor alternately between an advance side and a retard sid... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120035810 | Steering control apparatus In a steering control apparatus, a worm gear is configured to have a lead angle for a self-lock operation, by which a worm wheel is allowed to rotate by rotation of a worm but the worm is not allowed to rotate by rotation of the worm wheel. Thus, a lock mechanism need n... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120028749 | VEHICLE POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE A power transmission apparatus for a vehicle is provided which is equipped with a power split device and a speed variator. The power transmission device is designed to set a speed ratio of speed of rotation of an output of a power source to speed of rotation of a driven... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110262112 | Rotation detecting apparatus and rotation detecting system A rotation detecting apparatus for detecting a rotational state of a direct-current motor includes a driving device, a control device, an energization detecting device, an alternating-current component detecting device, and a rotational state detecting device. An impeda... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261651 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR An ultrasonic sensor includes a transmitting device, receiving devices arranged in an array, and a circuit device. One receiving device is configured as a reference receiving device. The circuit device includes a reference signal generator and first and second synchrono... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110259287 | Engine cooling device In an engine, a block-side flow path for circulating cooling water to cool a cylinder block, and a head-side flow path for circulating cooling water to cool a cylinder head are formed. A head-side outlet temperature of cooling water flowing out of the head-side flow pat... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20120001107 | Solenoid valve A solenoid valve has a tapered valve seat disposed between a first flow passage and a second flow passage, a reduced diameter side of the valve seat that is connected with the first flow passage, and a valve body having a closing portion that reduces its diameter toward... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110316388 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR An ultrasonic sensor is disclosed. The ultrasonic sensor includes a piezoelectric element and an acoustic matching member. The piezoelectric element is configured to detect ultrasonic wave transmitted from a transmitter and reflected by a detection target object located... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316367 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH IMPROVED COOLING CAPABILITY In a rotary electric machine, a stator coil includes in-slot portions each contained in a corresponding one of slots of a stator core. The stator coil includes turn portions each connecting one end of a corresponding one of the in-slot portions projecting from one axial... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110315909 | CONSTANT-RESIDUAL-PRESSURE VALVE A constant-residual-pressure valve is disposed in a communication passage connecting a high-pressure fuel passage through which pressurized fuel flows with a low-pressure fuel passage through which the fuel flows toward a high-pressure pump. The constant-residual-pressu... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313620 | Steering control apparatus A VGRS device checks whether assist control of an EPS device for assisting steering operation of a steering wheel is being stopped. If the assist control of the EPS device is being stopped, a speed increase ratio is determined so that the rotation angle of the output sh... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110307163 | CONTROLLER OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A controller performs compression self-ignition combustion control for combusting a mixture gas by injecting fuel into a cylinder in a negative valve overlapping period (NVO period), in which both of an exhaust valve and an intake valve are closed, and by causing self-i... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307123 | ELECTRIC POWER LINE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE An in-vehicle electric power line communication system includes: a pair of direct current electric power lines functioning as electrically equilibrated communication lines; multiple communication devices communicating with each other via the communication lines; and an ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110303171 | VALVE TIMING CONTROLLER A valve timing controller has a case which defines a fluid chamber therein. A magnetic viscosity fluid is enclosed in the fluid chamber. The magnetic viscosity fluid including magnetic particles and its viscosity varies according to a magnetic field applied thereto. A c... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110301846 | VEHICLE PERIMETER MONITOR A vehicle perimeter monitor includes: a shooting device mounted on a vehicle for shooting an image of an outside of the vehicle; a controller including a detector and a generator, wherein the detector sets a detection line in a shot image, and detects a change amount of... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110293036 | Communication signal generating device and communication apparatus for use in communication system The communication signal generating device is for use in a communication system where communication signals each of which is set at a first level or a second level are exchanged among a plurality of communication apparatuses through a communication line. The communicati... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110287732 | Wireless communication apparatus In a wireless communication apparatus, when a first switch electrically connects a second antenna to an impedance matching circuit and a second switch electrically connects a first antenna to a reception circuit, a frequency signal output from an oscillator of the recep... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110285424 | DIFFERENTIAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE When a transmission signal is detected as having been changed from a high level to a low level, two transmission lines are connected for only a predetermined time through a diode by a first transistor and a second transistor. The diode is arranged such that its forward ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110285408 | Occupant detection apparatus An occupant detection apparatus includes a capacitive sensor, a signal applying circuit, a signal detector, and a voltage applying circuit. The capacitive sensor has an electrode. The signal applying circuit applies a voltage amplitude signal to the electrode during a f... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110256841 | Wireless communication apparatus having automatic antenna tuning function A matching circuit, connected to a receiving antenna and to the input of a receiving circuit, incorporates a variable capacitor that is adjustable for tuning the resonance frequency of the antenna to a desired reception frequency. In an automatic tuning mode of operatio... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110254446 | Headlamp assembly In a light chamber formed in a housing case and a lens cover placed at a front part of the housing case in a headlamp assembly, a projection lens, a shade and a light source are arranged in line from the front side of the light chamber along an optical axis of the light... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110251042 | ALUMINA SINTERED BODY An alumina sintered body of the present invention has alumina crystals as a main phase and an amorphous grain boundary glass phase. The amorphous grain boundary glass phase is a grain-boundary glass phase having an amorphous glass component in which at least one of eith... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110242834 | Headlamp assembly for motor vehicle In a light chamber formed by a housing case and a lens cover placed at a front part (which is open) of the housing case in a headlamp assembly, a projection lens, a shade and a light source are arranged in order from the front side of the light chamber along an optical ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110242833 | Headlamp assembly for motor vehicle In a light chamber formed by a housing case and a lens cover of a headlamp assembly, a projection lens and a light source are arranged in order along an optical axis of the light source from a front side of the light chamber. Radiating fins of a plate shape is verticall... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110234337 | Filter circuit for differential communication In a filter circuit, first and second coils are connected to first and second communication lines, respectively. At a secondary side of the first and second coils, first and second capacitors are connected in series between the first and second communication lines. At a... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110229327 | Centrifugal multiblade fan A centrifugal multiblade fan includes a rotatable shaft, blades, a side shroud, and a main shroud. A front edge has a shape inclined radially outward in a direction from the main shroud toward the side shroud. When viewed from an axial direction, a corner part on a posi... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110221286 | ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE An electric rotating machine includes a stator, a rotor, and a housing. The stator includes a stator core and a stator coil formed by laminating magnetic steel sheets. Each of the magnetic steel sheets has through-holes that are formed to penetrate the magnetic steel sh... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110216944 | In-vehicle white line recognition apparatus An in-vehicle, white line recognition apparatus is disclosed. Form an image captured by a camera, the apparatus extracts multiple white line candidates including a first white line candidate and a second white line candidate. The apparatus calculates a certainty factor ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110215983 | Antenna device including helical antenna In an antenna device, a first helical part of a first antenna and a second helical part of a second antenna is disposed in a dielectric body on a ground plane. Each helical part is helically wound up in a direction perpendicular to the ground plane and includes a plural... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110204716 | OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEM In an operation control system, when a selection manipulation for blinking one of turn lamps is inputted using an in-vehicle combination switch, a frequency signal corresponding to the selection manipulation is outputted from a signal oscillation section to a signal tra... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110200258 | Lane-marker recognition system with improved recognition-performance In a lane-marker recognition system installed in a vehicle, an image pickup unit picks up an image of a target region including a road ahead of the vehicle, and a light-intensity detecting unit detects a change in a light intensity of the target region in the picked-up ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110197850 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM A sub-injector injects liquid fuel into a vaporized-fuel chamber of a vaporized-fuel tank. The injected liquid fuel is vaporized in the vaporized-fuel chamber. The generated vaporized fuel is supplied to a combustion chamber through a vaporized-fuel passage. A supply of... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110181725 | OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE FOR VEHICLE A camera unit is provided in a hollow portion of an electric motor. A rotor is rotatably arranged at an outer periphery of a stator. A cylindrical motor casing is attached to the rotor. A lens cover is attached to the motor casing at a position of a front side of a lens... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110178673 | WEIGHT DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING WEIGHT OF VEHICLE COMPONENT A vehicle includes a wheel and a vehicle body connected with each other via a suspension having a spring. An oscillation detection unit detects an oscillation of the vehicle body in forward and backward directions. A resonance frequency detection unit detects a resonanc... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110169547 | RINGING SUPPRESSION CIRCUIT A ringing suppression circuit for a communication circuit that performs communication through a transmission line includes a high side switch connected between a high potential reference point and a high side line of the transmission line, a low side switch connected be... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110156509 | ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE WITH COOLING MECHANISM An electric rotating machine includes a rotor, a stator in which a coil is so wound as to have an coil end, and a coolant supply pipe. The coolant supply pipe lies with a length thereof extending substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotor and is disposed... | 06/30/2011 |
