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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183527 | Gas detecting method and gas detecting apparatus A concentration of ethanol is detected without using any light source such as a lamp by utilizing a face of a human being as a light source. The gas detecting apparatus has an optical filter for ethanol which allows to transmit an infrared light having a predetermin... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8171806 | Force detection element A temperature compensated force detection element is provided with a substrate, an insulation layer disposed above the substrate, and a p-type semiconductor layer disposed above the insulation layer, and a positive electrode and a negative electrode disposed apart f... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8063207 | Molecular assembly A molecular assembly comprising a host metal complex with a space formed therein, and compounds having substituents enclosed in the metal complex within the space and molecular chains bonded to the substituents and extending to the exterior of the metal complex, whe... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8034740 | Adsorptivity imparting agent containing porous silica A moisture- or protein-adsorbability imparting agent, comprising a porous silica having a hexagonal pore structure, an average pore size of from 0.8 to 20 nm, an average particle size of 50 nm to 100 μm, a specific surface area of from 400 to 2000 m2/g, ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7960511 | Acid-resistance endoglucanase and the use of thereof The present teachings relate to an acid-resistant endoglucanase, which is a protein exhibiting excellent endoglucanase activity under acidic conditions. The present teachings provide a protein having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, a protein havin... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7935653 | Metal oxide nanoporous material, coating composition to obtain the same, and methods of manufacturing them A metal oxide nanoporous material comprises two or more kinds of first metal oxides selected from the group consisting of alumina, zirconia, titania, iron oxide, rare-earth oxides, alkali metal oxides and alkaline-earth metal oxides. The metal oxide nanoporous mater... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7747367 | Vehicle physical quantity estimation apparatus and storage medium having stored thereon computer program relating to the apparatus A vehicle physical quantity estimating device including: a longitudinal vehicle body velocity estimating unit, estimating a longitudinal vehicle body velocity based on vehicle wheel velocities of each wheel; a longitudinal/lateral acceleration state value deviation ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7502676 | Tire grip level estimation apparatus and method An SAT estimator 16 estimates the SAT generated between the road surface and the tire. A slip angle arithmetic unit 18 estimates the front wheel slip angle. A lateral force detector 180 computes the lateral force generated in the wheels. An SAT ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7423316 | Semiconductor devices The dense accumulation of hole carriers can be obtained over a wide range of a semiconductor region in a floating state formed within a body region of an IGBT. An n type semiconductor region (52) whose potential is floating is formed within a p− ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7175404 | Composite powder filling method and composite powder filling device, and composite powder molding method and composite powder molding device The present invention is an apparatus for filling a multi-powder including a powder box (10) including a plurality of powder chambers storing a plurality of powders whose constituent compositions differ in a divided manner, and a gas feed pipe (14) dis... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163876 | Method for manufacturing group-III nitride compound semiconductor, and group-III nitride compound semiconductor device In the epitaxial growth process in which each growth region D is zoned by a mask 2 formed in grid pattern, because a consumption region C of the Group III nitride compound semiconductor is formed in the central portion of each band of the mask 2 betwee... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153412 | Electrodes, electrochemical elements, gas sensors, and gas measurement methods Electrode having high activity to oxygen gas and low activity to flammable gas is provided. An oxygen pump includes oxide-ion conductive solid electrolyte 2, electrode 8 which is an inactive electrode, and active electrode 10. Electrode 8... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7134718 | Vehicle seat An upper end portion of a seat backrest and a lower end portion of a head rest are superposed together. A rear end portion of an upper portion cushion member and a lower end portion of the seat backrest are superposed together. These superposed portions are sewn tog... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7126460 | Surrounding conditions display apparatus A surrounding conditions display apparatus captures an image of an area surrounding a movable body and displays the captured image. The apparatus includes a CCD camera for capturing an image of the surrounding are, ultrasonic sensors for detecting a distance to an o... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121975 | Torque transmission device and method of reducing effects of torque pulsations Torque pulsations generated in the torque of an engine are obtained from detection signals from a crankshaft angle detection sensor and an engine water temperature detection sensor at the time of an engine starting operation. A control unit controls an MG1 vi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7104607 | Seat This present invention discloses a seat, comprising: a seat cushion; and a seat back frame connected to the seat cushion, the seat back frames being bent in a range of specified bending angle in a direction of moving the top end backward by a backward load over a pr... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101491 | Piezoelectric ceramic composition and method of production of same, piezoelectric element, and dielectric element A piezoelectric ceramic composition not containing lead, able to be sintered at ordinary pressure, and superior to the past in at least one of the properties unique to piezoelectric ceramic compositions such as the piezoelectric d31 constant, that is, a p... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7094276 | Hydrogen storage material and hydrogen storage apparatus The present invention involves a carbon-based hydrogen storage material which includes a carbon material, exhibiting a specific surface area, being 1,000 m2/g or more, and a bulk density, being from 0.4 g/cm3 or more to 1 g/cm3 or le... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083760 | Method of forming a powder compact This invention provides a method of forming a powder compact which can produce a high density compact under a high pressure and at the same time can reduce pressure for ejecting the compact from a die. This method comprises the application step of applying a ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084192 | Polylactic acid composite material and molded body The polylactic acid composite material of the present invention comprises a polylactic acid, a low molecular weight compound which has an amide group, and a layered clay mineral that is organically modified by means of an organic onium salt. As a result, a polylacti... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084432 | Nitride semiconductor light emitting diode An increased proportion of light projected from a nitride semiconductor light emitting diode enters the area within a specified angle. The nitride semiconductor light emitting diode is provided with an active layer 32 consisting of a nitride semiconduc... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7065257 | Image processing method and apparatus In an image conversion method and apparatus, luminance Y3 of each pixel of a converted image is obtained by use of an expression Y3=C1Y1+C2Y2 and from luminance Y1 of a corresponding pixel ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059997 | Engine system with cylinder number variable engine and method for controlling the engine system An engine system includes an engine, continuously variable transmission and a controller. The engine has an engine shaft and plural cylinders. A number of activated cylinders among the plural cylinders is variable. The continuously variable transmission is configure... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059203 | Physical sensor A physical sensor having a pressure sensing layer having such property that electrical resistance is changed by application of a stress, and electrical insulating layers which are integrally formed on opposite two surfaces of the pressure sensing layer, respectively... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7035348 | Receiver apparatus A receiver configured to receive a plurality of signals k (k=1, 2, . . . , M) allocated in a first frequency band. The receiver includes a frequency conversion section for reallocating the signals k in a second frequency band for sampling by a single AD converter at... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029769 | Insulation film, powder for magnetic core and powder magnetic core and processes for producing the same An insulation film whose requisite constituent elements are first elements and a second element. The first elements include B, P, O and Fe. The second element can generate cations whose hexa-coordinated ion radius, defined by Shannon, R. D., is 0.073 nm or more, and... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025907 | Carbon-containing lithium-iron composite phosphorus oxide for lithium secondary battery positive electrode active material and process for producing the same A carbon-containing lithium-iron composite phosphorus oxide for a lithium secondary battery positive electrode active material, includes particles being composed of a lithium-iron composite phosphorus oxide having an olivine structure whose basic composition is LiFe... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021154 | Force sensing element A force sensing element is provided with a gauge portion and a plurality of electrodes. The gauge portion is formed of an n-type semiconductor substrate whose (100)-face serves as a main face, a p-type semiconductor substrate whose (110)-face serves as a main face, ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018586 | Weathering test apparatus A weathering test method comprising making active oxygen and light simultaneously act on a test piece, a weathering test method comprising successive and/or alternate steps of making active oxygen and light simultaneously act on a test piece and making at least one ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010990 | Force detecting apparatus In a detecting apparatus, a resolver generates signals whose magnitudes vary periodically in accordance with a positional change of a fixed element side rotating shaft, which is a base for rotation of a rotator and whose position is offset when force of a component ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6987320 | Pressure-welded semiconductor device In a pressure-welded semiconductor device where at least one semiconductor element is disposed inside a casing, a buffer conductive layer including conductive carbons is disposed at pressure-welded portions between first casing-side electrodes and element-side elect... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6984189 | Friction transmission unit A friction transmission unit for transmitting power between input and output members by means of friction and capable of loss reduction and large torque transmission. Power is transmitted between a planar disk (16) and a roller (10), which contacts the... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6979375 | Titanium alloy member A titanium alloy member is characterized in that it comprise 40% by weight or more titanium (Ti), a IVa group element and/or a Va group element other than the titanium, wherein a summed amount including the IVa group element and/or the Va group element as well as th... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978222 | Method of determining level of effect of system entity on system performance, by use of active time of same entity A method of determining the level of the effect of each system entity on the overall system performance, wherein the status of each entity at each one of discrete points of time is determined as the corresponding one of an active and an inactive status; the length o... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6972730 | Antenna system A feed probe (1), a semicylindrical sub-reflector (2) forming a primary radiator together with the feed probe (1), and a main reflector (3) arranged such that mirror surfaces of said main reflector (3) and the sub-reflector face ac... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6973234 | Optical circuit for condensing laser beams, and light source device Each of guided beam incident portions of an optical waveguide device includes a straight incidence area where laser beams enter, a curved area which curves the laser beams entering from the straight incidence area in a predetermined direction, and a widening tapered... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6956341 | Motor driving control device Two inverters (INV1, INV2) supply phase currents to three-phase coils (Y1, Y2). Although two phase currents must conventionally be measured and four current sensors are thus required, according to the present invention, the number of phas... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6941250 | Structural design method and recording medium The design domain of an object to be designed is discretized by a plurality of nodes (10), and adjacent nodes and non-adjacent nodes are connected by beam elements (12). Optimization is performed on a design model constructed from the nodes (10)... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6936484 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor device An impurity precipitation region is formed by introducing an impurity, e.g., oxygen, into a silicon substrate or a silicon layer and thermally treating it, and performing high selectivity anisotropic etching with the precipitation region used as a micro mask. Thus, ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933259 | Composite oxide powder, a method for producing the same and a catalyst using the same This composite oxide powder can secure a large pore volume even after calcination at high temperature and, when a catalyst is formed by loading a noble metal on this composite oxide powder, noble metal grain growth can be suppressed. The composite oxide powder compr... | 08/23/2005 |
