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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7980510 | Small unmanned aircraft A small unmanned airplane includes; a main wing having a camber airfoil whose under surface is approximately flat, narrowing in the shape of taper to a blade tip, leading edge of which holds sweepback angle, of flying wing type which has an aerodynamic surface of ta... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7896112 | Supplementary support structure for robot A supplementary support structure, which supports the body of a robot (1), comprises a contact component (7) which is disposed in a part near a joint (2c) on the distal end, having a hand (3) disposed thereon, of an arm (2) ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7757991 | Helicopter blade vortex interaction noise reducing method and device In a blade vortex interaction (BVI) noise reduction system for a helicopter a rotor blade, a tab is movable via an actuator from a first position, wherein the tab is within the blade, to a second position, wherein the tab extends outwardly from a trailing edge of th... | 07/20/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7204147 | Ultrasonic inspection method for weld zone An inspection method can easily determine welding condition by just comparing an echo height returned from the weld zone of a real product with a master data. An master data is made based on the data from prepared test pieces corresponding to the real product... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7138200 | Fuel cell and separator for the same An improved fuel cell makes uniform partial gas pressure of a fuel gas flowing through a gas passage formed between an electrode and a separator of a fuel cell, activating an electrode reaction in a whole region of the electrode surface along the gas passage. The in... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6384594 | Revolution speed detecting apparatus for extracting signal corresponding to revolution speed Through differentiation of input signal Vw from a sensor the angular frequency ω becomes included in the amplitude component. Through a plurality of differential operations the amplitude including the angular frequency ω varies, but the time-dependent t... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5784739 | Super-long span suspension bridge As a countermeasure against storms for long span, particularly super-long span suspension bridges with the center span exceeding 2,000 m, there is provided a super-long span suspension bridge which can be improved of its static and dynamic wind resistance... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5562414 | Noise reduction device for rotorcraft A noise deduction for a rotorcraft includes a unit to produce compressed air, a drive shaft provided with a first air supply passage in which the compressed air from the air-producing unit flows, and rotor blades provided with second air supply passages i... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5539946 | Temporary stiffening girder for suspension bridge The stiffening girder type suspension bridge according to the present invention is designed with a smaller dead load under normal conditions, and applied with a temporary dead load as an additional mass to improve the static characteristics and aerodynami... | 07/30/1996 |