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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7987679 | Air conditioning apparatus By studying or storing refrigerating cycle characteristics of an air conditioning apparatus at the normal time and comparing them with refrigerating cycle characteristics acquired from the air conditioning apparatus at the time of operation, it becomes possible to e... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7955090 | Optical transceiver, connector, substrate unit, optical transmitter, optical receiver, and semiconductor device One ends of a plurality of interface pins are attached to a substrate in a line. Optical semiconductor device and an electric circuit are mounted on this substrate. The other ends of the interface pins are fit into holes in an another substrate. Signals are exchange... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7923729 | Active matrix substrate and its manufacturing method An active matrix substrate with a high aperture ratio is provided, which is capable of preventing electrical short circuits between pixel electrodes and auxiliary capacitive electrodes. Gate lines and auxiliary capacitive electrodes are formed on an insulated substr... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909592 | Scroll compressor A scroll compressor is provided which has favorable assembling property, does not require a thrust bearing, has a bearing structure for bearing a compression section at both sides thereof and has a simple structure of a scroll. The scroll compressor includes a compr... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907505 | Code disk with a plurality of tracks having different patterns A code disk for a high-resolution encoder that can detect an absolute position and a method for manufacturing a mold to produce the code disk are provided. The code disk is formed by using transparent substrate. The code disk includes a plurality of tracks provided ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7848084 | Gas-insulated equipment A gas-insulated equipment such as a gas-insulated switchgear provided according to the invention can efficiently improve dielectric strength of an entire electrode system considering electric field distribution of the electrodes and conductors and improving insulati... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7856837 | Air conditioning equipment, fan equipment, method of reducing noise of equipment, pressure pulsation reducer for refrigeration cycle equipment, pressure pulsation reducer for pump equipment and method of reducing pressure pulsation of equipment Air conditioning equipment that ensures sufficient noise reduction in the low frequency range of a few hundred hertz or below. The air conditioning equipment is characterized by including a heat exchanger for exchanging heat between air and refrigerant of a refriger... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7812402 | Semiconductor device In the upper surface of a p− substrate, an n-type impurity region is formed. In the upper surface of the n-type impurity region, a p-well is formed. Also in the upper surface of the n-type impurity region, a p+-type source region and a p... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7800889 | Outdoor apparatus An outdoor apparatus that incorporates a heat sink and has a box-shaped casing, having a plurality of aligned ventilation holes formed on an upper plate and a lower plate so as to oppose the heat sink, and wherein inter-hole portions that are portions of the upper p... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7791300 | Excessive temperature detecting system of electric motor controller An electric motor controller for a vehicle has a voltage detecting section for detecting the voltage of a filter capacitor inserted on a direct current side of an inverter device including a semiconductor element for large electric power; an electric current detecti... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7781262 | Method for producing semiconductor device and semiconductor device The method of producing a semiconductor device in which chips are resin-molded, including steps of: preparing frames having front and back surfaces and die pads; preparing an insulation resin sheet having a first and a second surfaces; preparing a resin-sealing meta... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777443 | Method for providing energy saving service, method for deciding specification of electric motor, method for providing compressor version-up service, method for providing energy service using drive device for permanent magnet electric motor, compressor exchange method, and freezing/air conditioning device An energy saving service includes: a service contract conclusion step in which a service contract is concluded with a customer who has purchased or will purchase a product with a permanent magnet motor; a driving device provision step in which a driving device which... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7764258 | Liquid crystal display apparatus and alternating current driving method therefore A liquid crystal display apparatus includes synchronization signal extracting means for extracting a vertical synchronization signal from a noninterlace signal, first reversal signal generating means for generating a first polarity reversal signal that causes revers... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7756503 | High frequency module Heretofore, a plurality of packages were used in a high frequency module in which a plurality of waveguide terminals were positioned resulting in problems, such as degradation of characteristics in the connection lines between packages, lower ease of assembly when m... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7751008 | Liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display with a barrier formed of TFT materials In a neighborhood of a display area in a liquid crystal display formed is a barrier for acquiring foreign matters. A method of manufacturing the barrier has a step of forming a TFT and forming the barrier of the same materials as a plurality of materials constitutin... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7742283 | Gas-insulated equipment A gas-insulated equipment such as a gas-insulated switchgear provided according to the invention can efficiently improve dielectric strength of an entire electrode system considering electric field distribution of the electrodes and conductors and improving insulati... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7742121 | Liquid crystal display apparatus and electronic equipment In a liquid crystal display apparatus, it is a liquid crystal display apparatus comprising a liquid crystal panel for forming an image by a video signal from the outside, a light source substrate comprising at least one point-like light source, and a cabinet to whic... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7741781 | Radio-frequency accelerating cavity and circular accelerator An RF accelerating cavity includes an accelerating cavity unit and an inductance varying device having a magnetic member connected parallel to an acceleration electrode gap. The RF accelerating cavity is tuned in such a fashion that a charged particle beam accelerat... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7741139 | Solar cell manufacturing method A method of manufacturing a solar cell includes forming a diffusion layer on a crystal-type silicon substrate. The diffusion layer has a conductivity opposite to that of the substrate. Furthermore, the method includes etching and removing a part of the diffusion lay... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7733446 | Semitransmissive liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention intends to provide a manufacturing method of a semi-transmissive liquid crystal display device in which method a structure and manufacturing process thereof are simplified to enable to reduce the manufacturing cost. In order to achieve the abov... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7725847 | Wiring design support apparatus for bond wire of semiconductor devices A design support apparatus supports wiring design for bond wires that connect a semiconductor chip and an interposer. The design support apparatus includes a creating unit that creates simulated design data simulating occurrence of fluctuation in an arrangement posi... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7723802 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a P diffusion region formed in the surface of an N− epitaxial layer apart from other P diffusion regions; an N+ diffusion region formed in the surface of the P diffusion region so as to be surrounded by the P d... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720453 | Semiconductor device A function processing unit includes a control-signal input/output unit to which a control signal indicating that radio data for a semiconductor device is transmitted is input by a cable signal, and a reset-signal input unit to which a reset signal instructing reset ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7708444 | Surface light source device A primary object of the present invention is to provide a surface light source device attaining a homogenous luminance distribution on a light emitting surface of a light guiding plate in which a dot light source having a high directivity of emitted light is employe... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7705697 | Waveguide coupler Conventionally, waveguide terminals formed in a plurality of dielectric substrates are joined together by mounting the dielectric substrates on carriers and fastening them to a waveguide adapter with screws. In the present invention, to reduce cost and improve machi... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7694466 | Solar cell unit attaching apparatus An apparatus for holding a plurality of solar cell units includes a mounting member to be fixed onto a roof, a plurality of fixtures, and a frame member having to-be-sandwiched portions to be sandwiched and fixed between the mounting member and the fixtures, and gro... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7690831 | Surface light source device A surface light source device includes two or more point light sources that are arranged linearly, a light guide plate having an incident surface on which light emitted from each of the point light sources shines, for outputting input light from a front surface ther... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7683558 | Electric car control apparatus An electric car control apparatus with which it is possible to make the size of equipment small. The control apparatus includes current detectors for respectively detecting currents flowing through collector shoes mounted on a leading car; a no-current indica... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7673671 | Air conditioner To provide an air conditioner capable of reducing an input power and a rotational speed of a fan motor necessary for obtaining a predetermined flow rate from an indoor unit. An air conditioner includes an indoor unit 8 having at least one inlet 6 and o... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673514 | Acceleration sensor having single and multi-layer substrates An acceleration sensor in accordance with an aspect of the present invention comprises a first substrate, a multilayer second substrate and a sensor portion. The multilayer second substrate is opposed to the first substrate. The multilayer second substrate is provid... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671453 | Semiconductor device and method for producing the same A semiconductor device in which chips are resin-molded, including: frames having front and back surfaces and die pads; power chips mounted on the surfaces of the die pads; an insulation resin sheet having a first and a second surfaces which are opposed against each ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7669093 | Information radio transmission system An information radio transmission system is provided that enables provision of correct control information on the transmitting side irrespective of the error volume when an error occurs in communication data. Error volume measuring data string storage units that sto... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7667430 | Power storage apparatus A power storage apparatus mounted with a plurality of connected power storage modules and capable of charging or discharging an electric power, and in which a housing is partitioned by a partition plate to be divided into a power storage area and a control device ar... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7656398 | Surface light source device and liquid crystal display device A surface light source device includes light source driving means for driving light sources on a light emission block basis, a light exit area being sectioned into two or more light emission blocks, light quantity detecting means for detecting light quantities on th... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656016 | Power semiconductor device One of the aspects of the present invention is to provide a power semiconductor device, which includes at least one pair of power modules, each of which has a molding surface covered with molding resin and a radiating surface opposite to the molding surface. Also, t... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7643113 | Transflective liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same A transflective liquid crystal display device in which a transmissive area to transmit light to a pixel area and a reflective area as well as a thin film transistor are arranged on an insulating substrate, includes an TFT array substrate having plural gate wirings e... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7642640 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing process thereof The semiconductor device according to one of the embodiments of the present invention includes a metal block having first and second main surfaces and defining a recess on the first main surface. It also includes a semiconductor chip received within the recess of th... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7642605 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a glass substrate having a main surface, a polysilicon film formed on the main surface, having a channel region formed and having a source region and a drain region formed on opposing sides of the channel region, a gate insulating fil... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7641377 | Display device An object of the present invention is to provide a display device with high withstand mechanical-shock property, and improve quality of the product by controlling occurrence of display defects such as uneven luminance. The display device includes a light guiding pla... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7630049 | Display device and method with lower layer film formed on substrate but between transparent conductive film and organic layer and then protective film on the transparent film A display device having a substrate provided with a display region includes a lower layer film formed on the substrate, a transparent conductive thin film formed on the lower layer film and electrically connected thereto, and a protective film formed on the transpar... | 12/08/2009 |
