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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185395 | Information transmission device An information transmission device which analyzes a diction of a speaker and provides an utterance in accordance with the diction of the speaker, and which has a microphone detecting a sound signal of the speaker, a feature extraction unit extracting at least one fe... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185310 | Navigation server and navigation system A navigation device and the like capable of appropriately alleviating an amount of communicating information between the navigation server and a navigation device, from the viewpoint of guiding a user to a destination point via the navigation device, on the basis of... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184862 | Vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus Provided is an apparatus capable of, even when an object is moving, measuring the position of the object at a high accuracy. A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus (10) calculates the change rate (Rate(t)) of the size of an object region between two times s... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184421 | Power converter The objective of the present invention is to provide a power converter capable of not only boosting the voltage but also shutting-off the flowing current, by switching only the switch element. The power converter 1, comprises a first input-output portion 3... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183722 | Accessory drive system connected to an internal combustion engine An accessory drive system which is capable of preventing the driving efficiency thereof from being lowered and achieving simplified construction, and reduction of the size and manufacturing costs. The system has a rotating machine including a first rotor, a second r... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183702 | Engine generator An engine generator accommodating an engine and a generator inside a case. A first stationary handle that extends in the width direction is mounted in the rear section of the case. A second stationary handle is mounted on the upper front part of the case. A draw han... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182380 | Power transmission device A power transmission device is capable of switching the rotation direction of a drive shaft between positive rotation and negative rotation as power is transmitted to the drive shaft from a drive source via the power transmission device. To cause positive rotation o... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182042 | Adjustable vehicle head restraint assembly A vehicle head restraint assembly includes a support frame, a stay, and a rack and pinion assembly. The support frame supports a head restraint cushion. The stay connects with a vehicle seat back. The rack and pinion assembly connects with the support frame and the ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181945 | Cylindrical vibration isolating device A cylindrical vibration isolating device that prevents damage to a vibration isolating rubber and cracks in a welded portion of a sub-frame. The sub-frame mount comprises an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder connected by the vibration isolating rubber. Small and lar... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181909 | Pressure bulkhead for aircraft A pressure bulkhead assembly adapted for installation in an aircraft fuselage includes a bulkhead web and a reinforcing structure. The bulkhead web has a first side facing the pressurized compartment and a second side opposite the first side. The reinforcing structu... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181729 | Motorcycle To concentrate mass, to lower the center of gravity, to efficiently and optimally arrange an intake part for making a compact vehicle body. A cylinder inclined to the rear is arranged under a fuel tank and a body of an intake box is housed between a radiator arrange... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181685 | Vehicle wheel A vehicle wheel includes: a disk and a rim having a well portion and fixed to the disk for supporting a tire for the vehicle; and an additional air chamber member secured to an outer circumferential surface of the well portion in a tire air chamber defined between t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181635 | Breather device for engine In a breather device for engine, in which an inlet of a breather chamber communicates with a crank chamber through a reed valve, the reed valve being formed of: a fixed stopper plate arranged so as to be opposed to a valve seat formed on an end face of the inlet fac... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181614 | Internal combustion engine and vehicle incorporating same An internal combustion engine includes a main enlarged member extended towards a camshaft for forming reed valve chambers. The main enlarged member is integrally provided on a head cover of the engine at a location at which reed valves for controlling supply of seco... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181549 | Steering apparatus An electric power steering apparatus 10 has an electric motor 46 for supplying an auxiliary force to a steering force inputted from a steering wheel 16, and transmits the steering force including the auxiliary force to a steered road-wheel 14... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181538 | Magnestostrictive torque sensor and manufacturing method thereof, and electric power steering system A magnestostrictive torque sensor detects rotating torque applied to a rod-shaped rotating shaft to work around the rotating shaft based on a change in magnetic characteristics of a magnetostrictive film formed on a surface the rotating shaft so as to extend around ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181475 | Automatic HVAC fan operation during warm-up stage A system and method for automatically operating an HVAC fan for an automotive vehicle is provided where the vehicle includes an occupant detection system and an HVAC system including an HVAC computer. The user sets the heating/cooling temperature of the HVAC system ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181325 | Soft member mounting method and apparatus A method for mounting a soft member on a longitudinal member by pressing the soft member against the longitudinal member by a roller. The roller is rotated using a servomotor so that the peripheral speed (V2) of the pressing surface of the roller, which forms... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660507 | Vehicle light cover | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180543 | Movement stabilizing apparatus for combination vehicle A movement stabilizing control ECU 25 includes a differential unit 25a, a cycle calculation unit 25b, a time constant/gain setting portion 25c, a first-order lag processing unit 25d, a pendulum movement ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180530 | Steering control device In a steer-by-wire steering control device for a vehicle using a model following control based on yaw rate or lateral acceleration, the target steering angle(s) of front wheels and/or rear wheels (Sfbs, Srbs) are corrected according a roll rate (Rre) of the vehicle ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180499 | Power supply system In a power supply system (10) having a cogeneration unit (12) equipped with an internal combustion engine (12a) and a generator (12b) to generate power to be supplied to a power destination and hot water to be supplied to a ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180486 | Mobile robot and controller for same A mobile robot includes a radio communication unit; a radio environment detector detecting plural types of radio environment data indicating the degree of goodness of radio environment, a comprehensive radio environment data being calculated from results of weightin... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180100 | Plane detector and detecting method A rotation matrix and a translation vector between a basic camera and a reference camera are read out from a parameter storage section. At a projection conversion matrix calculating section, a projection conversion matrix capable of overlapping the road plane area i... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179140 | Method of estimating solid phase potential The present teachings are directed toward a machine implemented method for estimating the solid phase potentials of either positive or negative electrode of a battery. The machine implemented method includes providing battery voltage information and an estimated sol... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179010 | Permanent magnet type rotor having improved magnet fixing A rotor is provided. The rotor includes a rotor iron core including slots formed around an outer circumferential portion thereof; magnet pieces which are inserted into the slots, respectively, such that a magnetic orientation of the magnet pieces are inverted every ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178985 | Engine generator An engine generator having a high-rigidity rigid skeletal member. A bottom cover supports the engine/generator unit. A wall-shaped vertical frame is disposed transversely of the engine generator in a front section of the bottom cover and rising from the bottom cover... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178256 | Fuel cell system A casing of a fuel cell system is divided into a module area, a first fluid supply area, a second fluid supply area, and an electric parts area. The first fluid supply area is provided on a first side surface of the module area, and an electric parts area is provide... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177924 | High-strength steel sheet and process for producing the same A high-strength steel sheet comprises a metallic structure consisting of a ferrite phase and a hard second phase dispersed in the ferrite phase, the hard second phase in the metallic structure having an area ratio of 30 to 70%, and the ferrite of which grain sizes a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177733 | Body weight support device and body weight support program A body weight support device of the present invention is equipped with a body attachment part attached to a user's body, a floor contact part provided contactably on a floor, a leg link part for connecting the body attachment part to the floor contact part through a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177293 | Vehicle frame assembly, system and method A vehicle frame assembly, system and method includes a vehicle frame assembly having a variable length longitudinal frame component. The longitudinal frame component is formed at a first length when used on a first vehicle type and formed at a second length when use... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177276 | Vehicle bed extender assembly A bed extender assembly for a vehicle bed includes at least one bed extender device having a longitudinal length greater than a length of the vehicle bed. The at least one bed extender device has a first end disposed in the vehicle bed and a second end spaced apart ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177264 | Article storing structure for small boat An article storing structure for a small boat capable of easily carrying out the opening operation of a lid without spending time and effort and capable of easily taking luggage in and out. The article storing structure includes an article storing box for storing lu... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177250 | Motorcycle body cover structure and motorcycle incorporating same A body cover structure of a motorcycle includes an upper cover arranged at a position above a front wheel operatively attached to a lower end of a front fork steerably supported by a head pipe at a front end of a body frame, and a pair of right and left cowls that c... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177171 | Piping installation structure for vehicle There is provided a piping installation structure for a vehicle which is installed under a floor of a vehicle body and configured to support and fix a long part including at least piping, the piping installation structure including: a clamp member for supporting and... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177038 | Disk brake apparatus A thrust transmitting plate 14b on a cylinder hole bottom side portion of an adjuster nut 14, a drive side cam plate 12, and a cam spring 15 for biasing the thrust transmitting plate 14b toward the drive side cam plat... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177012 | Saddle-ride type fuel cell three-wheeled vehicle A saddle-ride three-wheeled vehicle has a fuel cell which generates an electric power by a chemical reaction between a fuel gas and a reaction gas. The three-wheeled vehicle includes a drain pipe which guides water discharged from the fuel cell out of a vehicle body... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177007 | Power unit A power unit which makes it possible to attain the reduction of the size and manufacturing costs thereof, and improve turnability. A power unit drives left and right rear wheels. A first rotating machine and a second rotating machine are configured to be capable of ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176968 | Vent passage heaters to remove core gas from casting dies A metal casting system and related method are described that eliminate or at least significantly reduce deposition and buildup of resinous materials in gases vented during a casting operation. One or more heating assemblies are provided in vent passageways in the ca... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176904 | Intake system for an internal combustion engine In an intake system comprising a first intake passage (1) having an upstream end communicating with an intake duct (3) and a downstream end communicating with an intake port of an engine cylinder, a first intake control valve (6) provided in the... | 05/15/2012 |
