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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7676952 | Hair dryer with static atomizing device A hair dryer having a static atomizing device, which has the capability of generating an electrostatically charged microparticle mist of 3 nm to 100 nm. The static atomizing device has a pair of an atomizing electrode and a counter electrode, a tank for storing a li... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7616082 | Electromagnetic relay The electromagnetic relay of the present invention comprises a base (10), an electromagnet (20) disposed on the base, an armature (30) supported rotatably by the base, a movable spring (40) whose one end has a movable contact (41) ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7607229 | Electric razor An electric razor including an actuator, an outer cutter and an inner cutter. The actuator has a first vibrator and a second vibrator. The outer cutter and the inner cutter are respectively supported at the first vibrator and the second vibrator so that the cutters ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7601992 | Light detecting element and control method of light detecting element A light detecting element 1 including an element formation layer 22 which contains a well region 31. A surface electrode 25 is formed on the layer 22 through an insulating layer 24. The region 31 contains an electron ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7601031 | Memory card adapter A compact memory card adapter, which improves connection reliability with an antenna circuit and ensures communication distance when a memory card with a non-contact communication function is inserted therein. The adapter is formed with a base made of an electrical ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7570017 | Rechargeable battery pack for a power tool including over-discharge protection A battery pack for a power tool has a less-current consuming over-discharge protection. The battery pack includes a battery stack composed of a plurality of series connected secondary cells, and a discharge detector configured to monitor a cell voltage across each o... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7567420 | Electrostatically atomizing device An electrostatically atomizing device includes an emitter electrode, an opposed electrode opposed to the emitter electrode, and a cooling means which condenses the water on the emitter electrode from within the surrounding air, and a high voltage source applying a h... | 07/28/2009 |
| 6762553 | Substrate for light emitting device, light emitting device and process for production of light emitting device There is provided a substrate for a light emitting device which includes an electrically conductive and transparent film which is in contact with a surface of a low refractive index member of which refractive index is greater than 1 and not greater than 1.30. In a p... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6713032 | Catalyst for removing carbon monoxide in hydrogen rich gas and production method therefor A catalyst for removing carbon monoxide (CO) in a hydrogen rich gas according to a water gas shift reaction is provided, which is characterized in that platinum and rhenium are supported on rutile titania as a support. This catalyst provides a high CO conversion at ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 7372994 | Image processing device for recognizing outline of moving target and method therefor An image processing device is provided, which has the capability of accurately recognizing the outline of a moving target from at least four still images taken in times series without using a background image not including the moving target. This device comprises a ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365498 | Electrodeless discharge lamp lighting device and luminaire Electrodeless discharge lamp lighting device. Start circuit 19 sweeps operating frequency of resonance circuit 16 from start frequency to end frequency of resonance frequency side through drive circuit 18 and DC/AC conversion circuit 15, ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362419 | Range image sensor A range image sensor comprising a light source, a light detecting element, a sensor control stage and an image construction stage. The image construction stage calculates a distance value for each image element in a range image based on each electric charge picked u... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7328474 | Electric toothbrush with linear oscillator An electric toothbrush includes a drive part, a driver, a brush part and a vibration-absorber. The drive part includes a drive shaft provided to be lineally movable and a brush part detachably attached to one end of the drive shaft. The driver is configured to apply... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7305714 | Anti-theft device for computer apparatus and a method for protecting computer apparatus thereby An anti-theft device for a computer device, including a main body having at least one protrusion portion which protrudes from the computer device when the body is connected to the computer device, an acceleration sensor provided in the main body and configured to de... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7288587 | Poly(phenylene oxide) resin composition, prepreg, laminates sheet, printed wiring board, and multilayer printed wiring board The poly(phenylene oxide) resin composition of the invention is a poly(phenylene oxide) resin composition containing poly(phenylene oxide) and triallyl isocyanurate, wherein the poly(phenylene oxide) has a number average molecular weight in a range from 2,000 to 12,... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278861 | Connector assembly This connector assembly comprises a header (1) and a socket (2). The header (1) has a header contact member (4) with a first contact piece (41) and a second contact piece (42), and the socket (2) has a socket contact ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7225273 | Interface apparatus provided between two remote control systems having different transmission modes In an interface apparatus provided between a first remote control system of polling communication system and a second remote control system of contention communication system, a control section executes at least one processing of the following processings based on m... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7208915 | Constant-current battery charger A constant-current battery charger includes a power supply for supplying a charge current to a secondary cell, and a current monitor for monitoring a charge current being supplied to the cell. A controller is included for varying the charge current in accordance wit... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7171970 | Hair setting device A hair setting instrument is provided which can set hair easily by supplying charges through a separate path. In concrete, the hair setting instrument comprises a mechanism for setting hair of a user, and an electrostatic charger which supplies charges to a body of ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7156886 | Reforming apparatus A reforming apparatus for producing a reformed gas from a fuel gas and steam, including a reformed gas-producing passage and a combustion gas passage, the reformed gas-producing passage having reforming catalyst, shift catalyst, and CO-selective oxidizing catalyst s... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7157138 | Fiber board A fiber board, comprising: kenaf fibers having an average length of 10 to 200 mm and an average diameter of 10 to 300 μm, and a thermosetting adhesive agent, the fiber board having a density of 60... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7145595 | Image processing and inspection system An image processing and inspection system includes a master device (10) having a video camera (40) and a first controller (20) responsible for processing and inspecting the image of an object (1) in accordance with inspection criteria. In... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7124511 | Razor blade A razor blade is provided, which achieves improved safety in use and reduced cutting resistance to an object to be cut such as beard and hair, as compared with conventional razor blades. This razor blade can be obtained by using, as a silicon thin sheet, a single cr... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122274 | Receptacle for battery-using equipment In a receptacle of the invention for battery using apparatuses, when mounting it to a circuit board 30, an electrode contact portion 15 of a contact for a battery 5 disposed on an electrode disposing portion 7 is disposed so that its forw... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7109659 | High-intensity discharge lamp ballast and method for operating high-intensity discharge lamp A high-intensity discharge lamp ballast includes a lamp operation unit configured to supply power from a power source to a high-intensity discharge lamp, a lamp voltage detector configured to detect a voltage applied to the high-intensity discharge lamp, a lamp stat... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7088217 | Shunt resistance and method of adjusting the shunt resistance A shunt resistor of the present invention has a configuration including a substantially planar resistor (10) having a predetermined resistance value; a first fixed terminal plate (20) that has one end portion (21) connected to an edge of the res... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7070415 | Balance training device A balance training apparatus, which is preferably used for training a body balance function and a locomotive function of a user, and for rehabilitation for lumbago prevention, is provided. This apparatus has a seat for the user and a driving unit for driving the sea... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7056297 | Wearable human motion applicator An improved human motion applicator assures a quick and sufficient amount of displacement given to a part of a human body. The applicator includes a support adapted to be fitted on the part of the human body. The support carries at least one electro-active elastic a... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055529 | Method and apparatus for curling eyelashes in several bunches A method and device for curling eyelashes in several bunches includes a positioning frame, a pressing frame mounted opposing the positioning frame and configured to move relative to the positioning frame, the pressing frame having an elastic surface, and an operatin... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7056851 | ZrO-AlOcomposite ceramic material A ZrO2—Al2O3 composite ceramic material is provided, which is excellent in mechanical strength and toughness, and has the capability of preventing low temperature degradation. This ceramic material includes a first phase of ZrO | 06/06/2006 |
| 7039236 | Image processor and pattern recognition apparatus using the image processor An image processor for generating, from a surface image of an object having a pattern, a processed image having a distinct contrast between the pattern and a background, is provided. This image processor comprises a first smoothing filter for generating a first smoo... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034274 | Light receiving device with controllable sensitivity and spatial information detecting apparatus using the same A light receiving device using a new method of controlling sensitivity and a spatial information detecting apparatus using the same technical concept are provided. This light receiving device comprises a photoelectric converter for receiving a light at a light recei... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026054 | Laminate utilizing a metal layer activated by nitrogen plasma treatment A laminate includes a metal layer which is formed on and covers a surface of an insulating substrate activated by a plasma treatment by any method selected from a sputtering method, a vacuum depositing method and an ion plating method. The substrate is obtained by m... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022195 | Method of manufacturing inner blade for electric razor An inner cutter for a dry shaver is fabricated from a metal plate to have a plurality of blades each provided with cutting edges. The metal plate includes a plurality of parallel straight slits to leave an array of straight beams each defined between the adjacent on... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015932 | System for designing visual information to be displayed on monitor unit used in combination with programmable controller A system for designing visual information on a monitor unit which enables the use of the monitor unit manufactured at a reduced cost but assures rapid reproduction of the intended visual information. The monitor unit is utilized in combination with a programmable lo... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7012036 | ZrO-AlOcomposite ceramic material and production method thereof A ZrO2—Al2O3 composite ceramic material having high mechanical strength and toughness as well as excellent wear resistance and hardness is provided. This ceramic material includes a first phase of ZrO2 grains containing ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7006938 | Reactive sensor modules using Pade' Approximant based compensation and providing module-sourced excitation Reactive sensors typically exhibit nonlinear response to temperature variation. Systems and methods are disclosed for compensating for the nonlinear and/or temperature dependent behavior of reactive sensors and for calibrating the post-compensation output signals re... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6988070 | Voice control system for operating home electrical appliances A voice control system for managing home electrical appliances includes a home agent server (HAS) connected to the home electrical appliances, a microphone and a speaker linked to the agent server through an in-house network. An transaction processing (TP) program r... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6981943 | Respiration leading system Disclosed is a respiration leading system which can leads a living body to respire so that relaxation is effectively induced without any physiological load even if a respiration exercise feedback is not employed. This system comprises a control unit and a sense-stim... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6973855 | Method for manufacturing hair clipper blade A method for manufacturing a hair clipper blade includes providing a blank with a comb teeth shaped cutting edge portion, and forging the cutting edge portion to have an acute tip angle. ... | 12/13/2005 |
