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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8119242 | Amorphous carbon film, process for forming amorphous carbon film, conductive member provided with amorphous carbon film, and fuel cell separator The amorphous carbon film of the present invention is an amorphous carbon film comprising carbon and hydrogen, wherein the amorphous carbon film contains not more than 30 atomic % (excluding 0%) of hydrogen and, when the entire amount of the carbon is taken as 100 a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108161 | State estimating device of secondary battery A battery state estimating unit estimates an internal state of a secondary battery according to a battery model equation in every arithmetic cycle, and calculates an SOC based on a result of the estimation. A parameter characteristic map stores a characteristic map ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105630 | Composition containing medicine extremely slightly soluble in water being excellent in eluting property and method for preparation thereof A composition containing an extremely poorly water-soluble drug and obtained by treating, with a supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid of carbon dioxide, a mixture comprising a porous silica material and the extremely poorly water-soluble drug; and its production... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105561 | Catalyst for purification of exhaust gas, regeneration method for the catalyst, and apparatus and method for purification of exhaust gas using the catalyst A catalyst for purification of exhaust gas in which a noble metal is supported on a metal-oxide support wherein, in a oxidation atmosphere, the noble metal exists on the surface of the support in high oxidation state, and the noble metal binds with a cation of the s... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104344 | Angular velocity sensor utilizing coriolis force Beams 70a, 70b, 70c and, 70d of an angular velocity sensor 100 is provided with a folded type beam 73 that has a spring constant which is smaller along the excitation direction (x-axis direction) ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8053588 | Organosilane compound and organosilica obtained therefrom Provided is an organosilane compound expressed by any one of the following general formulae (1) to (7): (wherein: Ar represents a phenylene group or the like; R1 represents a hydrogen at... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8043992 | Inorganic mixed oxide and catalyst for purification of exhaust gas using the same A particulate inorganic mixed oxide comprising: aluminum; zirconium; cerium; lanthanum and an additional element selected from the group consisting of neodymium and praseodymium, wherein the inorganic mixed oxide has at least 80% of primary particles with article di... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8034509 | Polymer electrolyte membrane with an inorganic backbone The membrane electrode assembly 1 has an anode 10, a cathode 20, and an electrolyte membrane 30 disposed between the anode and cathode; the anode and cathode are gas diffusion electrodes; the electrolyte membrane contains a solid electrol... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8026578 | Barrier film and method of producing barrier film A barrier film formed on top of a substrate, a barrier film formed so as to cover a functional element region fabricated on top of a substrate, or a barrier film formed on both a substrate and a functional element region, wherein the barrier film includes at least o... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7975557 | Multiple testing system and testing method A multiple testing system has plural testing units which are disposed independently, and a single information processing device. The testing unit has a frame, a loading mechanism supported at the frame and applying a desired load quantity on a test body, and a detec... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973109 | Crosslinked type layered metal phosphonate compound, production process therefor, non-crosslinked type layered metal phosphonate compound, production process therefor, as well as stock solution A process for producing a crosslinked type or non-crosslinked type layered metal phosphonate compound including a reaction step of reacting two or more members selected from organic diphosphonic acids or monophosphonic acids, or derivatives thereof having predetermi... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972653 | Method for removing amorphous carbon coatings with oxidizing molten salts and coated member regeneration method A coating film removal method for a coated member having a coating film formed over the surface of a substrate is disclosed, which can easily achieve a coating film removal, even for a carbon-based coating film containing carbon as a main component, besides a carbon... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7966127 | Vehicle motion control device The invention provides a vehicle motion control device capable of realizing optimum avoidance control in the case of an emergency. The vehicle motion control device includes an external environment detection unit for detecting external environment, and a travel stat... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7949469 | Obstacle avoidance control device and recording medium An obstacle avoidance control device has a detector for detecting the distance between a vehicle and an obstacle and the relative speed of the vehicle with respect to the obstacle, a memory for storing a map for calculating vehicle generation force to avoid the obst... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7901819 | Hydrogen fuel feeding system and fuel cell system A hydrogen fuel feeding system of a fuel cell system that has: a switching device for switching a reactor, that can carry out a reforming process and a regeneration process, between alternate statuses of a first status of feeding a reactant to the reactor while exha... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7888840 | Microphone and a method of manufacturing a microphone A microphone that identifies the direction along which acoustic waves propagate with one diaphragm, and has superior durability is provided. The microphone includes a circular diaphragm supported at a center portion thereof. When the diaphragm receives acoustic wave... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887957 | Non-aqueous air battery and catalyst therefor A non-aqueous air battery of the present invention includes a negative electrode for which a material which absorbs and releases lithium ions is used as a negative electrode active material, a positive electrode for which oxygen is used as a positive electrode activ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7879475 | Solid polymer electrolyte, solid polymer fuel cell and method for manufacturing the fuel cell Disclosed herein is a solid polymer electrolyte wherein protons of cation exchange groups contained in a perfluorinated electrolyte are partially replaced by metal ions. The metal ion is at least one metal ion selected from vanadium (V), manganese (Mn), niobium (Nb)... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7858684 | Solid composite material and production method thereof An object of the invention is to provide a solid composite material easily molded into a desirable shape and superior both in hardness and toughness, and a method of producing the same. A solid composite material 1 having an organic matrix of fibrous organic ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7838460 | Nanoporous metal oxide material, catalyst support, and catalyst for hydrogen production reaction using the same A nanoporous metal oxide material comprising two or more metal oxides, wherein the nanoporous metal oxide material has ceria content of 10 to 60 weight %, zirconia content of 20 to 90 weight %, and alumina content of 70 weight % or less, and has nanopores whose diam... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7833626 | Amorphous carbon film, process for forming the same, and high wear-resistant sliding member with amorphous carbon film provided An amorphous carbon film includes carbon as a major component, and silicon in an amount of from 0.1 atomic % or more to 10 atomic % or less when the entire amorphous carbon film is taken as 100 atomic %. The carbon is composed of carbon having an sp2 hybr... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7791458 | Alerting illumination device An alerting illumination device, which includes a detecting component, a danger degree estimating component, a danger assuming component, an illuminating component and a controlling component, is provided. The danger degree estimating component estimates a degree of... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7772797 | Motor controller A motor controller for correcting offset of a drive current of a motor. An offset amount calculating section (14) calculates offset amounts (Iuofs, Ivofs, Iwofs) of the drive currents (Iu, Iv, Iw) when the motor is being driven. A drive signal correcting sect... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7767345 | Lithium-air battery A lithium-air battery includes a lithium negative electrode, a positive electrode including a catalyst containing gold, and a non-aqueous electrolyte interposed between the positive electrode and the lithium negative electrode. The catalyst includes gold supported o... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7754649 | Structure having strong contact with solid particles, substrate having strong contact with solid particles, and manufacturing methods thereof A structure having strong contact with solid particles comprising an assembly formed by secondary aggregation which is further aggregation of aggregates each formed by primary aggregation of primary particles each made of a metal and/or a metal oxide, wherein an ave... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7734453 | Process of estimating relationship between element distortion and analysis error A process is disclosed for estimating by a computer a relationship between geometric distortion of an element used for approximately representing the shape of an object to be analyzed by a finite element method, and an analysis error which occurs, due to the geometr... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7731294 | Seat At a vehicle seat 10, a cushion material 18 is provided at a frame 14 for a sitting portion of a seat frame 12, such that a seat cushion 20 is formed. An upper cushion member (three-dimensional solid knit fabric) 86, which i... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7713908 | Porous composite metal oxide and method of producing the same A method of producing a porous composite metal oxide comprising the steps of: dispersing first metal oxide powder, which is an aggregate of primary particles each with a diameter of not larger than 50 nm, in a dispersion medium by use of microbeads each with a diame... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7712684 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve which injects fuel from a nozzle hole includes a cavitation generation flow path in which a cavitation bubble is generated in fuel flowing inside the injection valve, and a bubble storage flow path which is connected to the cavitation generati... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7682469 | Piston made of aluminum cast alloy and method of manufacturing the same A piston made of aluminum cast alloy having a main body section in an approximately cylindrical shape, atop face section provided and arranged so as to occlude one end of the main body section, and a pin boss section in which a pin hole is provided so as to penetrat... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7675291 | Method and device for monitoring deterioration of battery A battery characteristic detecting method according to the invention includes a first step in which constant current discharge from a battery is performed at a predetermined current value, and a voltage during constant current discharge is measured; a second step in... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7665380 | Hypoid gear design method A hypoid gear tooth surface design method, wherein normal lines and helical angles of two tooth surfaces are properly selected so as to position action limit curves (L3Acc) on the outer of the areas (R2t to R2h) where the tooth surfa... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7649292 | Rotating electrical machine and hybrid drive unit provided with the same An induction machine includes a stator provided with stator windings and a first rotor provided with first rotor windings, and generates an induction current in one of the stator windings and the first rotor windings by a rotating magnetic field generated in the oth... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7637836 | Power transmission system In a power transmission system for transmitting power of an engine to a load, a planetary gear mechanism provided in parallel to a speed variator combines torque conveyed from the engine with torque conveyed from a motor generator in a state such that their torque r... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7618919 | Catalyst support and method of producing the same A method of producing a catalyst support comprising a substrate, and coating formed on the surface of the substrate and including powder of a first metal oxide of at least one member selected from the group consisting of alumina, zirconia, titania, iron oxides, oxid... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7608673 | Organosilane compound and organosilica obtain therefrom Provided is an organosilane compound expressed by the following general formula (1): where: Ar represents a divalent aromatic organic group, such as a phenylene group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7592375 | Ion conductive polymers and imide monomers Disclosed herein is an ion conductive polymer comprising a unit represented by Formula (1) below: —SO2[N−SO2(M+)]X1- (1) wherein X1 is an integer ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7585910 | Polylactic acid composition A polylactic acid composition containing polylactic acid and ester-based plasticizer, wherein a content of the ester-based plasticizer is 16 to 33 wt %, and when the composition is highly deformed by stress loading as the relation between the stress and the deformat... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7583817 | Object determining apparatus An object determining apparatus is disclosed which is structured such that right and left disparity images are acquired from different view points, disparity of corresponding points in the right and left images is computed, information relating to the points for whi... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7560089 | Anisotropically-shaped powder of an alkali metal oxide compound Grain oriented ceramics constituted of a polycrystalline body having a first perovskite-type alkali-pentavalent metal oxide compound as the main phase, in which a specific crystal plane of each grain constituting the polycrystalline body is oriented. The grain orien... | 07/14/2009 |
