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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184303 | Film-thickness measurement method and apparatus therefor, and thin-film device fabrication system Objects are to reduce the burden on an operator and to improve fabrication efficiency. A transparent conductive film or a transparent optical film formed on a substrate W is irradiated with line illumination light by means of a line illumination device 3, lin... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182203 | Turbine blade and gas turbine A turbine blade and a gas turbine are provided in which the velocity of cooling fluid at the inlet of a pin fin region is improved so that the cooling performance at the trailing edge of the turbine blade can be improved. It includes an airfoil; a supply channel ext... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181455 | Power generating apparatus of renewable energy type and method for installing hydraulic pump It is intended to provide a power generating apparatus of renewable energy type that has a fixation structure of the hydraulic pump that can transmit large torque and can be processed with ease and at low cost even when the main shaft has a large diameter, as well a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181439 | Intake air heating system of combined cycle plant A gas turbine is driven by a combustion gas produced when BFG compressed by a gas compressor and air compressed by a compressor are burned in a combustor. Steam is generated from a waste heat boiler by utilization of heat of an exhaust gas from the gas turbine, and ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178988 | Direct-drive wind turbine generator and bearing structure A direct-drive wind turbine generator is provided with: a main shaft having one end connected to a rotor head of a wind turbine rotor; a generator having a stator, a stator casing for supporting the stator, and a rotor connected to the other end of the main shaft; f... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177912 | Evaporation source and vacuum evaporator using the same An evaporation source having a nozzle structure that makes the distribution of film thickness uniform in the width direction of a substrate and a vacuum evaporator using the same are provided. A vapor produced by evaporation or sublimation by heating to evaporation ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177499 | Turbine blade cascade end wall In the turbine blades set to a large outflow angle, the performance of the entire turbine is improved by reducing a cross flow generated on the turbine end wall and a whirling up of flow on the suction side of a blade irrespective of the difference of the blade shap... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176775 | Tire inflation method for tire testing machine In a tire testing machine, a test tire transported onto a belt conveyor is entrusted to a lower rim by lowering the belt conveyor. In this state, an upper rim is lowered to the position of the lower rim, whereby the upper and lower rims are fitted to the test tire, ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174143 | Control device of wind turbine generator and control method thereof A control device of a wind turbine generator capable of controlling an active power based on an instruction value, includes a measurement means configured to measure a frequency of a utility grid. The instruction value for controlling the active power is generated t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172959 | Austenitic stainless steel, manufacturing method for the same, and structure using the same There are provided an austenitic stainless steel having high stress corrosion crack resistance, characterized by containing, in percent by weight, 0.030% or less C, 0.1% or less Si, 2.0% or less Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.002% or less S, 11 to 26% Ni, 17 to 30% Cr, 3% o... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172542 | Wind turbine blade and wind turbine generator using the same A wind turbine blade includes a laminated structure having an outer shell (1) having a shape of the blade, an upwind-side reinforcing section (4a) which reinforces a upwind-side part of the blade in the outer shell 1 and a downwind-side r... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172525 | Centrifugal compressor A centrifugal compressor in which frequency of noise produced by rotation of the impeller does not resonate with natural frequency of vibration of gas in a plurality of axial slots serving to increase gas flow rate in an operation range of increased gas flow rate an... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167589 | Artificial heart pump with adjustable magnetic thrust bearing In order to optimize the clearances between both end surfaces of a sleeve 5 and each of the end surfaces of the fixed bodies 3 and 5, respectively, magnetic forces of repulsion being caused by each of the permanent magnets 3a, 5... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167287 | Jig A jig is used for positioning a retaining ring that retains a seal ring in an inner periphery of a blade ring relative to the blade ring that constitutes a gas passage of a turbine. The jig includes a base that determines a measurement point on the blade ring, a sha... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167270 | Valve gear with a bearing having a sliding surface against a valve shaft The invention improves reliability of a valve gear in which a cobalt-based alloy is welded by plasma power building up. The valve gear includes a bearing 2 having a sliding surface against a valve shaft 1. The valve gear having a welded layer 12... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167078 | Work vehicle An object is to provide a work vehicle whose drive portion can be downsized. An engine having an engine output shaft, an electric motor driven by a battery which is attached integrally to the engine output shaft so as to drive the engine output shaft, a traveling dr... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166757 | Engine with internal EGR system An engine with EGR system equipped with a variable geometry turbocharger and a particulate filter is provided in which the nozzle angle (nozzle area) of the variable geometry turbocharger can be controlled accurately and by a simple means in accordance with the chan... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165738 | Industrial vehicle and power control method for the same An industrial vehicle having a hybrid system controls a distribution of power generated by an engine and power generated by an electric motor. The vehicle includes an engine for supplying power to one of a running unit and a loading-and-unloading unit; a first motor... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164211 | Wind turbine generator A wind-driven generator whose yaw system (10A) installed at the upper part of a support (2) is reduced in the number of its components and weight. The wind-driven generator has the yaw system (10A) equipped with a yaw driving device (30),... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163517 | Organic material production system using biomass material and method An organic material production system using biomass material includes: a hydrothermal decomposition apparatus (13) that causes the biomass material (11) and hot compressed water (12) to countercurrently contact with each other and undergo hydrot... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163376 | Shape memory polymer composition, fiber reinforced plastic and production process thereof Provided are a shape memory polymer composition, which comprises a bifunctional isocyanate and/or a trifunctional isocyanate, and a polyol having an average molecular weight of from 100 to 550, with a molar ratio in terms of functional groups of isocyanate:polyol=0.... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162627 | Integrated-inverter electric compressor An integrated-inverter electric compressor is provided, in which a change of the combination of weld plating layers provided on weld surfaces of an electrical connection terminal of an inverter can be allowed for easily. In an integrated-inverter electric compressor... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161889 | Bogie structure for a track vehicle The present invention provides the structure of a bogie for a vehicle in a track type transportation system in which the vehicle runs along a predetermined track, which can be simplified, and lightweight and which can be run at a high speed with the maintainability ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160799 | Turbine bypass control apparatus and turbine bypass control method A turbine bypass control method includes: a high-pressure side pressure controller configured to output a first operation amount signal corresponding to a valve opening; a low-pressure side pressure controller configured to output a second operation amount signal co... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159100 | Integrated electronic compressor There is provided an integrated electric compressor that is improved in reliability. Bus bar connection is employed for electrical connection between a power board 16 and the power source side and between the power board 16 and the motor side, and weld... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157898 | Condenser A condenser having improved condensation performance is provided. The condenser includes a plurality of cooling pipes, being disposed in a chassis to which the steam is introduced, through the interior of which cooling water used for heat exchange with steam flows; ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157553 | Scroll compressor having a shifted gravity center In a scroll compressor, a center of a turning scroll body is shifted with respect to a drive central axis so that a distance between a gravity center and the drive central axis in a turning scroll becomes smaller than a predetermined allowable value set based on the... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157539 | Artificial heart pump By inserting a protruding portion (8b), which is installed to a center position of a rear end surface (8x) of a fixed body (8), into a hole (4a), which is provided to a center position of an end surface (4x | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157521 | Wind turbine generator and method of controlling the same There is provided a wind turbine generator and a method of controlling the same which can prevent the decline in power generation efficiency even when the generator is located where the wind is not always strong. The wind turbine generator mainly includes an anemome... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657932 | Forklift truck | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155890 | Exhaust gas analysis method and exhaust gas analysis apparatus An exhaust gas analysis method comprises applying a laser beam to the exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine, receiving the laser beam that has passed through the exhaust gas, and measuring the concentration of any of the components contained in t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155813 | Control device for vessel equipped with exhaust heat recovery system and the vessel equipped with the control device A ship powered by an internal combustion engine (1) and an electric motor (2) connected to a propeller (3) powered by surplus electric power obtained by a thermal discharge recovery system has a controller including a feedback control section fo... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152540 | Connector terminal protection cap and harness assembly An object of the present invention is to provide a connector terminal protection cap for a harness and a harness assembly that are capable of protecting connector terminals provided on one end of a harness and that does not come off easily during transfer or transpo... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152501 | Scroll compressor for preventing performance deterioration and variation due to gas leakage In a scroll compressor configured to be capable of three-dimensional compression in a circumferential direction and a height direction of spiral wraps, in which top surfaces and bottom surfaces of spiral wraps (25B and 27B) are provided with step porti... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152487 | Inverter-integrated electric compressor An inverter-integrated electric compressor that is capable of solving various problems caused by thermal expansion of a gel material filled inside an inverter accommodating section for vibration prevention and moisture prevention and capable of increasing reliabilit... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151572 | Method of starting and stopping gas turbine and start-and-stop control device An object of the present invention is to provide a method of starting and stopping a gas turbine and a start-and-stop control device, which are capable of solving a problem of a failure in normally igniting a fuel gas due to a purge gas (nitrogen gas) remaining in a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147593 | Absorbing solution, method and device for absorbing COor HS or both An absorbing solution according to the present invention is an absorbing solution that absorbs CO2 or H2S in gas or both of CO2 and H2S. The absorbing solution is formed by adding desirably 1 to 20 weight percent of tertia... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147186 | Centrifugal compressor A centrifugal compressor having a wide operating range, being economically efficient and high reliability in terms of a stable operation is provided. A centrifugal compressor including a partition wall for dividing a flow channel in the diffuser section and the volu... | 04/03/2012 |
| D657113 | Forklift truck | 04/03/2012 |
| D657111 | Forklift truck | 04/03/2012 |
