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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8034418 | Method for forming thin film and apparatus therefor A plurality of antenna elements, each of which has first and second linear conductors whose first ends are electrically interconnected are formed. The antenna elements are arranged in plane in such a way that the first and second linear conductors are alternated and... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8007939 | Cell electrode plate and process for producing the same A cell electrode plate is constituted by band-like core member made of metal foil and a plurality of sheets of electrode active material applied discontinuously on and longitudinally of at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the core member, the mutually adjace... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7967594 | Facility for forming cell electrode plate Even when a cell electrode plate with broader width is press formed to enhance bulk density of electrode active material, it is made possible to positively and reliably provide a high-quality cell electrode plate with good productivity. From upstream to downstream i... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7967551 | Suction filter, turbocompressor, and method for compact assembling of the same A casing provided centrally with a sealed structure chamber. Small-sized separate four filter elements are arranged each on opposite sides of the chamber such that inflow air from a suction section into the casing is introduced via the filter elements into the chamb... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7942628 | Turbo compressor A first compression stage and a second compression stage being arranged at positions adjacent to each other. The first centrifugal impeller and the second centrifugal impeller are arranged in such an orientation that back sides of the first centrifugal impeller and ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7913752 | Cooling device for vacuum treatment device A cooling system for a vacuum processing apparatus is provided with an internal heat conduction path for transfer of heat entering the subject body through the vacuum processing apparatus, a heat radiation path for radiation of the heat to an outside of the vacuum p... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7910176 | Electrode for discharge surface treatment, manufacturing method and evaluation method for electrode for discharge surface treatment, discharge surface treatment apparatus, and discharge surface treatment method An electrode is used to perform discharge surface treatment of a work piece. The electrode is made of a green compact obtained by compression-molding an electrode material including powder of any of a metal, a metallic compound, and ceramics. The discharge surface t... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7887606 | Fuel reforming apparatus and method for starting said fuel reforming apparatus A fuel reforming apparatus is provided such that an assembled unit of a reformer 1 with its associated instruments (a water vaporizer 2, primary fuel gasifier 3, desulfurizer 4, low-temperature shift converter 5 and selective oxida... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7837448 | Supercharger An oil seal structure of a supercharger (10) has an oil shield member (21), a seal housing (25), and an annular seal member (23) arranged between the oil shield member (21) and the seal housing (25). The oil shield member ( | 11/23/2010 |
| 7834291 | Electrode for electric discharge surface treatment, and method and apparatus for electric discharge surface treatment An electrode for electric discharge surface treatment is a green compact formed by molding a metal powder, a metal compound powder, or a ceramic powder, and is used for electric discharge surface treatment in which an electric discharge is generated between the elec... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7829479 | Fiber-reinforced heat-resistant sound-absorbing material and process for producing the same A production process which comprises a preform formation step of forming a fiber preform made of silicon carbide short fibers having heat resistance of 1000° C. or greater; a sol-gel preparation step of preparing a sol-gel solution containing a heat resistant compo... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7824159 | Compressor, titanium-made rotor blade, jet engine and titanium-made rotor blade producing method What disclosed is to form an abrasive coating having abrasiveness at a blade pressure side of a deposition layer using a second electrode composed of a second molded body molded from a mixed powder including a powder of a metal and a powder of a ceramic or the secon... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7821169 | Axial gap type motor A series coupling synchronous axial gap type motor where rotors and stators are alternately stacked with required air gaps in the axial direction of a rotary shaft as a main shaft, is provided. The rotors are fixed to the rotary shaft, and the stators are disposed s... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7748950 | Turbofan engine A turbofan engine of the invention is provided with a fan first-stage moving blade for taking an air therein, and a spinner rotationally driving the fan first-stage moving blade, the spinner has a spiral blade extending spirally to an outer side in a radial directio... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7743444 | Cable stayed suspension bridge making combined use of one-box and two-box girders A cable-stayed suspension bridge having characteristics of a cable stayed bridge and those of a suspension bridge at the same and time and using one-box and two-box girders in combination is disclosed. The bridge grinder of the cable-stayed suspension bridge include... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7723636 | Method for repairing machine part, method for forming restored machine part, method for manufacturing machine part, gas turbine engine, electric discharge machine, method for repairing turbine component, and method for forming restored turbine component A defect generated at a portion to be treated of a machine component is removed, a porous deposition is formed by employing a molded electrode composed of a molded body or such molded from powder of a metal or such and generating a pulsing electric discharge between... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7721526 | Turbofan engine A turbofan engine has a fan on a front side thereof and a turbine driving the fan. The turbofan engine includes a disk rotationally driven by the turbine, a spinner detachably mounted at a front side of the disk, a spiral blade integrally mounted on a surface of the... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7713361 | Metal product producing method, metal product, metal component connecting method, and connection structure A deposition is gradually formed by molding a product main body, removing a defect periphery including a defect generated on a surface to be treated of the product main body by molding so that a recess portion is formed on the surface to be treated of the product ma... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7707787 | Damping device and method for setting natural frequency of damping body in the damping device Installed on a top of a structure (1) is a base stand (11) against which damping body (3) movably rests via a linear guide mechanism (12). Mounted between the damping body (3) and the structure (1) or between the damping bod... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7691454 | Electrical-discharge surface-treatment method using a metallic powder or metallic powder compound in combination with other elements as electrode An electrode for an electrical-discharge surface-treatment method is molded with a metallic powder or a metallic compound powder having an average grain diameter of 6 micrometers to 10 micrometers. A coat on a surface of a workpiece is formed with a material constit... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7673452 | Motor-driven supercharger A motor-driven supercharger of the invention is provided with a cooling fluid flow rate adjusting device (a flow rate adjuster (37) and a controller (40)) capable of adjusting a flow rate of a cooling fluid. On the basis of the flow rate adjuster (3... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7658107 | Rotatably supporting device for correcting balance of rotating body A rotatably supporting device for correcting balance of a rotating body includes a journal supporting part having a mandrel that rotatably supports the rotating body in a floating state about a vertical axis, a thrust supporting part that is provided at a lower end ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7645677 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises a first film forming step of forming, on a concave and convex portion formed by an element on a semiconductor substrate, an oxidation preventive layer which prevents permeat... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7621717 | Suction filter, turbo compressor, and method of packaging the compressor A casing provided centrally with a sealed structure chamber. Small-sized separate four filter elements are arranged each on opposite sides of the chamber such that inflow air from a suction section into the casing is introduced via the filter elements into the chamb... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7598647 | Inductor-type synchronous machine An inductor-type synchronous machine includes field stators having field elements by which an N-pole and an S-pole are concentrically formed, rotors to which a rotating shaft is fixed and has N-pole inductors disposed so as to face the N-pole of the field elements a... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7562641 | Method and device for measuring circulation quantity of bed material in circulating fluidized bed combustor In order to quantitatively evaluate actual circulation quantity of bed material extremely simply and to enhance accuracy of comparison of results of thermal balance examined through simulation or the like with actual operation results, time is measured which is requ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7537808 | Electrode for electric discharge surface treatment, electric discharge surface treatment method and electric discharge surface treatment apparatus A method, apparatus, and electrode for electric discharge surface treatment. The electrode is a green compact made by molding metallic powers or metallic compound powders, the green compact being heat treated and used for electric discharge surface treatment in whic... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7530384 | Dual roll casting machine A twin roll casting machine that can reduce an amount of inert gas supplied. A duct is upwardly urged by cylinders to compress resilient sealing members respectively between a flange on a casting module and an upper flange on the duct and between a lower flange on t... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7510583 | Cell electrode plate and process for producing the same A cell electrode plate in which at least one of opposite widthwise ends of longitudinally discontinuous exposed portions with no coatings made of electrode active material on a core member made of metal foil includes pass-by transition portions for press rolls, the ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7475717 | Mold A mold having a shell and a porous layer formed on the surface of the cavity of the shell. The mold can be suitably used for manufacturing a porous body having a porous layer on the surface thereof. The method for manufacturing the mold, includes the steps of formin... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7473326 | Ni-base directionally solidified superalloy and Ni-base single crystal superalloy A Ni-base directionally solidified superalloy and a Ni-base single-crystal superalloy, which have superior creep strength at a high temperature, consists essentially of from 5.0 percent by weight to 7.0 percent by weight of Al, from 4.0 percent by weight to 16.0 per... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7449101 | Method of reducing corrosion of metal material In a method of reducing corrosion of a metal material, a substance such as semiconductor for generating an electric current by thermal excitation is coated or adhered on a metal material surface, to be exposed to a water having a high temperature of 150° C. or more... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7407368 | Turbine shroud segment A shroud segment is incorporated in a gas turbine engine so as to suppress influence of hot combustion gas on a turbine case which has a groove and a hook for engagement with the shroud segment. The shroud segment is provided with a back plate formed in an arc shape... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7367194 | Pulse detonation engine system for driving turbine A pulse detonation engine system (1) for driving a turbine is comprises a detonation generator section (5) including a detonation tube (7) having a tubular hollow section for permitting detonation to be generated therein during combustion stage ... | 05/06/2008 |
| D566824 | Plate fin for a heat exchanger | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352077 | Motor-driven supercharger There are provided with a motor rotor (22) fixed to a turbine shaft (12) and rotating together with the turbine shaft, a motor stator (24) surrounding the motor rotor and fixed within a bearing housing (16), an inverted (26) conver... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350388 | Method for determining shape of shift roll for rolling mill A method for determining a shape of a shift roll for a rolling mill, includes the steps of determining a necessary control amount distribution αi for a plate crown with respect to plate widths, based on a distribution of the number of plates rolled by a ... | 04/01/2008 |
| D563831 | Surface configuration of a vehicle body, toy, and/or replica | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341425 | Axial flow compressor An axial flow compressor is provided with a rotor blade row (10) which is formed such that an outlet cross sectional area is larger than an inlet cross sectional area so as to reduce a speed in an axial direction and reduce a pressure difference between a pos... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7318267 | Strip production equipment Arranged are a twin- or single-roll continuous casting machine supplied with molten metal from a tundish arranged above so as to continuously cast a strip with a predetermined width, a trimmer arranged downstream of the continuous casting machine to trim widthwise e... | 01/15/2008 |
