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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8322786 | Coupling mechanism for headrest of vehicle seat A vehicle seat is provided comprising a seat back frame having right and left side frames, a headrest for supporting a head of a seat occupant, and a back-and-forth movable body provided inside a backrest that is positioned at a rear of the seat occupant, wherein a ... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8313140 | Vehicle seat and method of assembling vehicle seat A backrest frame 5 is provided with a cushion plate 31 of one substantially square plate form positioned behind the waist from the upper part of the back of a vehicle seat occupant, movably back and forth by way of a plurality of upper and lower parall... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8304030 | Method for producing substrate having catalyst compositions on surfaces of opposite sides A bi-laterally surfaced substrate in which the first surface consists of one or more than one of cerium oxide, aluminum oxide, tin oxide manganese oxide, copper oxide, cobalt oxide, nickel oxide, praseodymium oxide, terbium oxide, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silv... | 11/06/2012 |
| RE43588 | Exhaust gas purification system of internal combustion engine A system for purifying exhaust gas generated by an internal combustion engine including a bypass branching out from the exhaust pipe downstream of a catalyst and merging to the exhaust pipe, an adsorber installed in the bypass, a bypass valve member which closes the... | 08/21/2012 |
| 8240757 | Coupling mechanism for headrest of vehicle seat A vehicle seat is provided comprising a seat back frame having right and left side frames, a headrest for supporting a head of a seat occupant, and a back-and-forth movable body provided inside a backrest that is positioned at a rear of the seat occupant, wherein a ... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8146786 | Cargo bed extender The invention is an apparatus for use with a vehicle having a tailgate. The apparatus has a frame hingedly mounted to an exterior of the tailgate with at least about 270° of rotation relative to the tailgate. The apparatus has first and second arms pivotably mounte... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144195 | Vehicle zone monitoring apparatus A vehicle zone monitoring apparatus that detects physical bodies present in the vicinity of the vehicle from infrared images photographed by infrared cameras provided on the vehicle includes an object extracting device that extracts object images that emit infrared ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8133631 | Control apparatus for starting fuel cell vehicle A control device for starting a fuel cell is provided which is capable of preventing an excessive reduction of the terminal voltage of the fuel cell. A primary precharge portion, provided with a high voltage switch and a current limiter, is disposed at the output po... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8104831 | Coupling mechanism for headrest of vehicle seat A vehicle seat is provided comprising a seat back frame having right and left side frames, a headrest for supporting a head of a seat occupant, and a back-and-forth movable body provided inside a backrest that is positioned at a rear of the seat occupant, wherein a ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104830 | Coupling mechanism for headrest of vehicle seat A vehicle seat is provided comprising a seat back frame having right and left side frames, a headrest for supporting a head of a seat occupant, and a back-and-forth movable body provided inside a backrest that is positioned at a rear of the seat occupant, wherein a ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8088488 | Method for synthesis of metal nanoparticles Metal nanoparticles are formed by heating or refluxing a mixture of a metal salt, such as a metal acetate, and a passivating solvent, such as a glycol ether, at a temperature above the melting point of the metal salt for an effective amount of time. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8077909 | Apparatus and method for testing infrared camera An apparatus for testing infrared cameras includes: a cover plate which has a plurality of holes formed therethrough and arranged in line in a horizontal direction at a regular interval, the cover plate being adapted to emit an amount of infrared light; and an emiss... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8056973 | Coupling mechanism for headrest of vehicle seat A vehicle seat is provided comprising a seat back frame having right and left side frames, a headrest for supporting a head of a seat occupant, and a back-and-forth movable body provided inside a backrest that is positioned at a rear of the seat occupant, wherein a ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8033191 | Starter A starter that includes a motor portion that includes a motor shaft; a deceleration mechanism portion that is integrated with the motor portion, the deceleration mechanism portion includes a planetary gear that revolves around the motor shaft; and an output shaft th... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8021798 | Fuel cell electrocatalyst of Pt-Zn-Ni/Fe A fuel cell catalyst containing platinum, zinc, and at least one of nickel and iron. ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020930 | Coupling mechanism for headrest of vehicle seat A vehicle seat of the invention has an upper movable member (10) supporting a headrest (3), a lower movable member (30) provided inside a backrest, and a coupling mechanism for coupling the upper movable member and the lower movable member. The ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8013852 | Anthropometry-based skeleton fitting An efficient technique to build subject-specific skeleton models from external measurements is provided. A generic human skeleton model is manipulated and deformed using marker positional data from human motion-captured sequences. The joint and bone geometry paramet... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8003565 | Platinum-ruthenium containing catalyst formulations for hydrogen generation A method and catalysts for producing a hydrogen-rich syngas are disclosed. According to the method a CO-containing gas contacts a water gas shift (WGS) catalyst, optionally in the presence of water, preferably at a temperature of less than about 450° C. to produce ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7998634 | Fuel cell with control process for reactant pressure and flow A fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell, which generates power by supplying anode gas and cathode gas into the fuel cell, a compressor which controls the amount of the gas to be supplied into the fuel cell, and a pressure control valve which controls the gas press... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992534 | Engine balancer system An engine balancer system is provided in which a balancer housing (17) disposed so as to face an oil pan beneath a crankshaft is formed by joining an upper housing (29) and a lower housing (30) via mating faces (P), and the height of the mating ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7947387 | Temperature controlling apparatus for battery, vehicle apparatus using the same, and controlling method therefor In an ECU, a coolant fan performs cooling operation such that a control DUTY value is limited by a control DUTY value according to tolerable noise level of the cooling fan based on a vehicle speed in a case in which the temperature in the high-voltage battery is low... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7939745 | Compound thin-film solar cell and process for producing the same A method of fabricating a thin-film compound solar cell having an n-type buffer layer formed therein for providing a heterojunction with a p-type compound semiconductor light absorbing layer formed on a back electrode by applying a chemical bath deposition (CBD) pro... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7932947 | Output-compensating device and method of an image sensor An output compensating device of an image sensor using a number of light-sensor circuits, each of which represents a unit pixel and works by producing in a photoelectric converting element a sensor current proportional to a quantity of light falling thereon, convert... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7901823 | Fuel cell employing cooling liquid passages for starting at low temperature A fuel cell is provided for improving the starting performance at low temperatures. The fuel cell includes a cell structure in which an anode and a cathode are provided on either side of a solid polymer electrolyte membrane. The fuel cell may include a first cooling... | 03/08/2011 |
| D633836 | Sash material for automobiles | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899587 | Front and rear wheel drive vehicle A front and rear wheel drive vehicle having a front wheel pair and a rear wheel pair, one of which is driven with an engine and the other one of which is driven with a motor. The vehicle includes an engine driving force setting section which sets a target driving fo... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7887965 | Warm-up apparatus for fuel cell A warm-up apparatus GS for a fuel cell 1, 51 comprising: a compressor 22, 71 for feeding supply gas A to the fuel cell 1, 51; a main passage W1, W3 connecting the compressor 22, 71 and the fuel cell 1, 51 and feeding ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7880552 | Control system for walking assist device A system capable of controlling an autonomous walking assist rhythm, while following changes in a walking rhythm of a walker at the same time. A control system 100 in accordance with the present invention generates a first oscillator x that tugs and is tugged... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7874609 | Smooth unlatch system and method A powered vehicle door system and method in which a motor-driven door opening and closing mechanism and a motor-driven latching mechanism cooperate to enable the door to open from a latched, fully-closed position with improved noise control and improved smoothness o... | 01/25/2011 |
| RE42056 | Exhaust gas purification system of internal combustion engine A system for purifying exhaust gas generated by an internal combustion engine including a bypass branching out from the exhaust pipe downstream of a catalyst and merging to the exhaust pipe, an adsorber installed in the bypass, a bypass valve member which closes the... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7842433 | Fuel cell separator plate and method for producing it A fuel cell separator plate comprising a portion in contact with an electrode, and a sealing portion provided around the contact portion, the contact portion having a larger surface roughness (Rmax) than that of the sealing portion. It is preferably a molded separat... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7841313 | Engine balancer system An engine balancer system is provided in which a balancer housing (17) disposed so as to face an oil pan beneath a crankshaft is formed by joining an upper housing (29) and a lower housing (30) via mating faces (P), and the height of the mating ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7838171 | Metal separator for fuel cell and its production method The present invention provides a metallic separator for fuel cells capable of suppressing dropping out of conductive inclusions due to gaps formed at the interface of a base material and the conductive inclusions due to press-forming, thereby decreasing the contact ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7828860 | Method of laminating fuel cell-use separator and film/electrode junction element and device therefor The present method corrects a warp in a separator (78) applied with a sealant (97) during production of fuel cells. The correction is performed at a correcting device (47). With the warp being corrected at the correcting device, a membrane/elect... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828098 | Battery arrangement structure of a vehicle A battery arrangement structure for a vehicle that concentrates a mass of a vehicle body while effectively making use of a space in the vehicle body. The engine of the vehicle is mounted on a vehicle body frame, an intake device which includes a throttle body is con... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7825956 | Imaging device for autonomously movable body, calibration method therefor, and calibration program therefor An imaging device installed on an autonomously movable body which comprises an image-taking section for taking images of the surrounding environment, and an object detecting section for detecting objects and obstacles by processing the obtained images. The imaging d... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7811965 | Platinum-copper-nickel fuel cell catalyst A composition for use as a catalyst in, for example, a fuel cell, the composition comprising platinum, copper, and nickel, wherein the concentration of platinum therein is greater than 50 atomic percent and less than 80 atomic percent, and further wherein the sum of... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7807280 | Control device for starting fuel cell vehicle A control device for starting a fuel cell is provided which is capable of preventing an excessive reduction of the terminal voltage of the fuel cell. A primary precharge portion, provided with a high voltage switch and a current limiter, is disposed at the output po... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7794889 | Method for detecting abnormality in fuel cell The invention detects quickly and with high precision abnormalities in fuel cells. In a method of detecting abnormalities in a fuel cell 1 comprising a plurality of unit cells that generate power by supplying hydrogen gas to an anode and supplying air to a ca... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7774108 | Front and rear wheel drive vehicle A front and rear wheel drive vehicle having a front wheel pair and a rear wheel pair, one of which is driven with an engine and the other one of which is driven with a motor. The vehicle includes an engine driving force setting section which sets a target driving fo... | 08/10/2010 |
