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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183464 | Substrate pad structure A substrate pad structure for connecting a lead connecting portion of an electronic device to a substrate is disclosed. The substrate pad structure includes a first pad portion and a second pad portion that are arranged on the substrate at corresponding positions of... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179411 | Printer module and electronic apparatus A printer module for a clam-shell type printing apparatus having a lid that opens and closes with respect to a housing, includes a head assembly including a head and mounted on the housing, a platen roller mounted on the lid, and a main assembly including a frame an... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179269 | Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus includes a fatigue determining portion determining whether an operator is tired or not by referring to fatigue information on the operator's fatigue, and a processing control portion causing a first display for recovering the oper... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169407 | KVM switch and method of controlling the same A KVM switch including server units that are respectively connected to computers units, user units that are respectively connected to input-output units inputting and outputting a signal to the computer units, and a main unit that connects the server units and the u... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164833 | Optical window member An optical window member includes a transparent synthetic resin plate having a surface with a protruding/recessed pattern of a predetermined fineness that causes light diffusion, and an optical thin film formed on the surface of the transparent synthetic resin plate... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164400 | Distributed constant type filter device A distributed constant type filter includes a substrate including a part made of a first dielectric material having a first relative dielectric constant and a different-material part made of a second dielectric material having a second relative dielectric constant d... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157592 | Connector for transferring high frequency signals A connector includes a first connector member configured to arrange a plurality of plane first boards with gaps in a thickness direction of the first boards, the first board including a conductive layer and an insulation layer, the insulation layer having a surface ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157590 | Jack side connector and connector set having the jack side connector A jack side connector configured to be connected to a plug side connector, the plug side connector including a plug side signal contact and a plug side ground contact extending from a holding part, the jack side connector includes a jack side signal contact and a ja... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153270 | Decorative casing and manufacturing method thereof The invention concerns a decorative casing fabricated by bonding a film having a polarizing characteristic to the surface of the casing body via an adhesive layer, and an object of the invention is to provide the casing with enhanced decorativeness by designing the ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152548 | Connector apparatus A connector apparatus includes first and second connectors that can be engaged with each other. The first connector includes a first contact and a first main body that supports the first contact. The first connector is conductive. The first main body is insulative. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152539 | Connector unit for differential transmission A differential transmission connector unit is disclosed that includes a first differential transmission connector including a first electrically insulating block body; and first signal contact pairs and first ground contacts arranged alternately in a row in the firs... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152393 | Printer device with blade driving motor and platen motor provided on a first frame A printer device is disclosed that has a cutter function and a thermal head, and is low profile but is suitable for thick paper. The printer device includes a first module and a second module. The first module includes a turning blade driving motor, a platen roller ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147274 | Connector A connector to be connected to a counterpart connector includes a circuit board having a ground layer, an insulating layer, and a first conductive layer successively stacked, the first conductive layer including a signal circuit and a ground circuit; and a second co... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144128 | Touch panel and coordinates detecting method using touch panel A touch panel includes a lower conductive film, four electrodes disposed in edge portions of four sides of the lower conductive film, and an upper conductive film disposed over the lower conductive film so that the upper and lower conductive films are opposed to eac... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8133660 | Method of manufacturing a coordinate detector A method of manufacturing a coordinate detector having a resistive film and a common electrode for applying a voltage to the resistive film is disclosed that includes the steps of (a) applying a photoresist onto the resistive film formed on a substrate formed of an ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133066 | Connector apparatus and receiving connector of the connector apparatus A connector apparatus includes a receiving connector connected to a power source and including first and second power jack terminals, a control jack terminal, a control switch including first and second contact points, and an insulative spring positioned below the c... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130158 | Antenna apparatus and communication system including the same An antenna apparatus is disclosed that includes a feeding portion; a looped antenna element connected to the feeding portion; and a resistor inserted into the looped antenna element. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130152 | Antenna apparatus An antenna apparatus is disclosed that includes an antenna element having an inverted teardrop shape and configured to be fed with electrical power from an external power source; a ground element coupled to the antenna element; and a holding member configured to hol... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130114 | Entry detecting system An entry detecting system includes a terminal device; a point-to-point communication device; an entry detecting device; and a guard device. The point-to-point communication device includes a transmitting-receiving antenna having directivity in a specific direction. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123539 | Connector A female connector for supplying received power has a recess, terminals including power terminals for supplying the power, a locking mechanism to lock a male connector that is inserted into the recess in a mated state in response to insertion of the male connector i... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119332 | Method for manufacturing coordinate detector A method for manufacturing a coordinate detector having a resistive film formed on a substrate formed of an insulating material and a common electrode for applying a voltage to the resistive film. The substrate includes a quadrangular shape. The method includes the ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113872 | Flat-cable connector, production process thereof, and locking device A flat cable connector includes an insulated housing, a plurality of conductor contacts regularly arranged in the housing at a predetermined interval pads of a flat cable are connected with the contacts, respectively, when the flat cable is inserted into the housing... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8106732 | Relay A relay includes a base and a switch built into the base. A first terminal that is built into the base, is connected to one end of the switch, and is provided on a bottom of the base, a second terminal that is built into the base, is connected to the other end of th... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8101879 | Key switch and keyboard having the same A gear-link type key switch including a pair of link members on a base panel, wherein the key switch has a constitution in that the pair of link members are not disengaged when a key top is attached to the link members. Furthermore, the key switch alleviates the nee... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094077 | Antenna apparatus and electronic apparatus A disclosed antenna apparatus includes a dielectric flexible base having an element pattern and a ground pattern formed thereon. The dielectric flexible base has a cylindrical shape encompassing an antenna axis. The element pattern and the ground pattern formed on t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087944 | Connector and connector combination for balanced transmission A connector includes a ground contact formed by a plate-shaped conductor member extending in a longitudinal direction of the connector, and a plurality of signal contact pairs arranged on both sides of the ground contact, with two signal contacts forming each signal... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087839 | Printer with frame produced by press-forming sheet metal A disclosed printer includes a frame; a thermal head attached to the frame; a platen roller drive motor attached to the frame; a reduction gear train attached to the frame and configured to reduce the speed of rotation generated by the platen roller drive motor; and... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086875 | Starting device A starting device includes a first transform device that restores a first transfer signal, which is converted from an input signal supplied from an input device, to the input signal, and outputs the input signal to a computer, and a power connecting device that star... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078917 | KVM switch, KVM system and computer readable medium A KVM switch includes a storing portion that stores partial data of a freeze-up screen outputted when each server freezes up, and a controlling portion that receives digital data (that is, screen data) transmitted from each server, determines whether received screen... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077165 | Operation device, electronic book device and electronic apparatus An operation device includes: an operated body; an operation signal producing part that produces an operation signal based on an operation on the operated body; and a tactile information presenting part that presents tactile information through the operated body. Th... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077162 | Touch panel and display device A touch panel includes: a transparent substrate on which surface acoustic wave is propagated; a transmission/reception unit that is formed in peripheral regions on the transparent substrate, each two of the peripheral regions facing each other, and transmit and rece... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074089 | Power supply controlling system A power supply controlling system includes a receiving device, a power supply device, and a transmitting device connected to an information processing apparatus. The receiving device includes a transmitting portion that transmits a switch signal of a power supply sw... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8074001 | Information processing apparatus, KVM switch, remote system, and computer readable storage medium An information processing apparatus includes a selection portion that selects any one of a first setting that enables data on a hot key from a keyboard for a server, a second setting that enables the data on the hot key from the keyboard for a KVM switch, and a thir... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068094 | Pointing device, information display device, and input method utilizing the pointing device A pointing device that can move an object in a desired direction on a display screen includes a control unit that switches between a first mode and a second mode in accordance with the contents of the display on the display screen. In the first mode, the pointing de... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065548 | Power supply controlling apparatus and power supply controlling system A power supply controlling apparatus includes: a first determination portion that determines whether a power supply is output from an information processing apparatus that outputs a video signal and is connected to the power supply controlling apparatus; a second de... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063842 | Antenna apparatus An antenna apparatus is disclosed that includes an antenna element having a teardrop shape and configured to be fed with electrical power from an external power source; and a ground element coupled to the antenna element, wherein the antenna element includes one or ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062071 | Electrical connector for electrical connection between neighboring connectors A connector for a first wiring board of a first module type apparatus and a second wiring board of a second module type apparatus, the connector providing electrical connection between the first wiring board of the first module type apparatus and the second wiring b... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059901 | Switching device for sharing input/output devices and computer system using the same A switching device that selectively switches connections to a predetermined terminal among two or more terminals connected to servers, and can be remote-controlled via a network, includes a network interface circuit to be connected to the network, an image processin... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8047875 | Connector device A jack connector includes pairs of jack signal contacts and jack ground contacts arranged alternately, and a plug connector includes pairs of plug signal contacts and plug ground contacts arranged alternately. Respective contacts of each pair of jack signal contacts... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8016504 | Printer having platen roller and module that are engageable with each other for printing on paper A printer having a platen roller and a module that are engagable with each other for printing on paper is disclosed. The printer includes a status detecting mechanism including a detecting part having a detection function for detecting a status of the printer, a res... | 09/13/2011 |
