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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158006 | Method for removing fluorine using a fluorine adsorbent/desorbent In order to remove fluorine from a zinc containing solution before zinc electro-refining in lower cost, fluorine is removed by adsorption from a zinc containing solution (leached solution) utilizing the character of the predetermined iron compound or zinc compound w... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8147717 | Green emitting phosphor A green emitting phosphor is provided, allowing the internal quantum efficiency to be increased. The green emitting phosphor comprises a mother crystal containing Sr, Ga and S, and a luminescent center, characterized in that, in an XRD pattern, the ratio of the diff... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8099905 | Window regulator A window regulator includes a carrier member to which a window panel is attached, a pair of sliding elements provided on the carrier member, and a positioning unit which relatively positions the pair of sliding elements in a state where the pair of sliding elements ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8065837 | Automotive door An automotive door comprises an outer metal panel and an inner metal panel which are coupled with each other to constitute a door base construction. The door base construction has therein a clearance that is defined between the outer and inner metal panels. A module... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062539 | Method for manufacturing multilayer printed wiring board and multilayer printed wiring board obtained by the same A method for manufacturing a multilayer printed wiring board which enables the dielectric layers to have excellent thickness uniformity, the capacitor circuits to have high registration accuracy and the unnecessary dielectric layer is removed as large as possible; a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8043535 | Conductive ink It is an object of the present invention to provide a conductive ink which enables to form a circuit or the like having excellent adhesion to a substrate and to form a conductor having high film density and low electric resistance. In order to attain the object, a c... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8039190 | Carrier core material for electrophotographic developer, carrier, and electrophotographic developer using the carrier A carrier core material for an electrophotographic developer including Li ferrite, maghemite, and Fe3O4, wherein a part thereof is substituted with Mn, Li content is 1 to 2.5% by weight, Mn content is 2 to 7.5% by weight, and silicon content is... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029929 | Positive electrode active substance for lithium cell A positive electrode active material for a lithium battery is provided which offers high-temperature storage property and battery properties and comprises manganese dioxide having a crystal structure that exhibits an X-ray diffraction pattern in which peaks having a... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7988945 | Niobium monoxide An object of the present invention is to provide a niobium monoxide able to realize large capacitance in a miniature sized capacitor. The invention relates to a niobium monoxide having a porous structure comprising particles, characterized in that the niobium monoxi... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7988880 | Spinel type lithium transition metal oxide In order to provide a novel spinel type lithium transition metal oxide (LMO) having excellent power performance characteristics, in which preferably both the power performance characteristics and the cycle performance at high temperature life characteristics may be ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981829 | Exhaust gas purifying catalyst An exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes: a composite oxide represented by: (Aa-w-xMwM′x) (Si6-yNy)O27-z. A is a cation of at least one of La and Pr; M is a cation of at least one of Ba, Ca, and S... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7977903 | Electrically powered door actuating system of motor vehicle In an electrically powered door actuating system of a motor vehicle with a slide door, there is employed a control unit for controlling a door actuating device of the slide door. The control unit is configured to carry out, under a condition wherein the door actuati... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971425 | Urea concentration identifying system, method for indentifying urea concentration and automobile exhaust gas reducing system using same, and method for reducing automobile exhaust gas The concentration of the urea of a urea solution is identified accurately and immediately. A pulse voltage is applied for a predetermined time to a urea concentration identifying sensor heater including a heater and an identifying liquid temperature sensor provided ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967047 | Film splicer A film splicer including a base body on which two films to be spliced are aligned such that splicing ends thereof make contact with each other, an adhesive tape applied to the splicing ends of the films to join them, and a splicer arm that is folded against the base... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7941972 | Powered opening and closing system for vehicle's door A powered opening and closing system includes a door supported on a vehicle body, a motor, a drive mechanism for moving the door in opening and closing directions by virtue of power of the motor, an operation detecting sensor for detecting a handle operation when th... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938460 | Latch release operating apparatus A latch release operating apparatus release a latch state of a door, for example, a vehicle door. The apparatus includes an enclosure. The enclosure includes a case having a hollow portion; a base plate arranged in the hollow portion, the base plate having an electr... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934868 | Thermal sensor and measurement device using the same A thermal sensor in which, when an object to be measured is a water-based liquid, attachment of air bubbles to the external surface of the sensor is reduced to improve measurement accuracy. The thermal sensor has a sensing element (21a) including a hea... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932470 | Printed wiring board A printed wiring board group includes a plurality of printed wiring boards wherein a difference (ΔΩ−AB) between an average electric resistance (A-ave.) of wires formed in one printed wiring board (A) and an average electric resistance (B-ave.) of wires formed in... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931312 | Apparatus for opening and closing door A door-operating lever is disposed on a base plate of a control unit. A door-operating knob includes an operation output portion that engages with a door-operating lever. When the door-operating knob is operated to open or close a door of a vehicle, the operation ou... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928678 | Door opening/closing control device A device for controlling a speed of a door includes a detecting unit that detects a position of the door, and a control unit that controls the speed of the door in such a manner that an acceleration of the door becomes substantially zero at a point that is calculate... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927741 | Lithium transition metal oxide having layered structure In a lithium transition metal oxide having a layered structure, one is provided, which is particularly excellent as a positive electrode active material of a battery on board of an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle in particular. A lithium transition metal oxide ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927453 | Method of manufacturing copper foil with insulating layer, copper foil with insulating layer obtained with the same method, and printed circuit board using the same copper foil with insulating layer To provide a method of manufacturing a material which can make a skeletal component as thin as possible to be contained in an insulating layer in a manufactured copper clad laminate and can securely prevent the direct contact between the nodular treatment surface of... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7883783 | Electrodeposited copper foil with carrier foil on which a resin layer for forming insulating layer is formed, copper-clad laminate, printed wiring board, method for manufacturing multilayer copper-clad laminate, and method for manufacturing printed wiring board An electrodeposited copper foil with carrier foil on which a resin layer for forming an insulating layer is formed, comprising a carrier foil, a bonding interface layer, an electrodeposited copper foil with smooth surfaces on both sides and a resin layer. The resin ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7845706 | Electric actuator of automotive pivotal door A case is mounted to one of a motor vehicle and a pivotal door and has therein a gear receiving space. An electric motor is mounted to the case. A speed reduction mechanism is installed in the gear receiving space of the case and driven by the electric motor. An out... | 12/07/2010 |
| D631943 | Tank element | 02/01/2011 |
| D631942 | Tank element | 02/01/2011 |
| 7862975 | Carrier core material for an electrophotographic developer, carrier, and electrophotographic developer using the carrier A carrier core material for an electrophotographic developer containing Li ferrite, maghemite, and Fe3O4, wherein a part thereof is substituted with Mn, a Li content is 1 to 2.5% by weight, a Mn content is 2 to 7.5% by weight, and a silicon con... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7851053 | Copper clad laminate To reduce warping of a copper clad laminate coated with copper foils of different thicknesses on both sides, and thereby to improve production efficiency of the printed-wiring boards, there is provided a copper clad laminate coated with copper foils of different thi... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7838154 | Negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary battery A negative electrode 10 for a nonaqueous secondary battery, has an active material layer 2 containing active material particles 2a. The active material layer 2 has a metallic material 4 deposited among the particles by elect... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7830667 | Flexible wiring substrate and method for producing the same Disclosed is a flexible wiring substrate which does not form anomalous deposition of tin-bismuth alloy plating, through prevention of exfoliation, during the process of plating with tin-bismuth alloy, of a solder resist layer. A method for producing the flexible wir... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7829024 | Urea concentration identification device for urea solution A urea concentration identification device comprising a concentration identification sensor unit (2) and a support unit (4) attached at the bottom end thereof with this sensor unit and provided at the top end thereof with a mounting unit (4a | 11/09/2010 |
| 7815230 | Actuator unit When an output shaft is positioned in a first angular position or a second angular position, the output shaft is allowed to rotate from one angular position to the other angular position without rotating a worm wheel. When the worm wheel is rotated to rotate the out... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7811709 | Negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary battery, process of producing the negative electrode, and nonaqueous secondary battery A negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell includes a current collector an, formed on a surface or both surfaces thereof, an active material structure containing an electroconductive material with a low capability of forming a compound with li... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7805887 | Open/close member driving apparatus A clutch mechanism and a worm wheel are disposed in such a manner as to be aligned or superposed on each other via a base plate held therebetween. A circular swollen portion is formed on the base plate in such a manner as to project from one side to another side of ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7790644 | Zinc-oxide-based target The invention provides a zinc-oxide-based target, having excellent environmental durability. The target contains zinc oxide as a predominant component, and both titanium (Ti) and gallium (Ga) in amounts of 1.1 at. % or more and 4.5 at. % or more, respectively. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7780207 | Automotive door latch system A door latch system of a motor vehicle comprises a latch unit mounted to the vehicle body. The latch unit has a latch condition to latch the door at a closed position and an unlatch condition to unlatch the door thereby to release the door. The system further compri... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777141 | Latch-release actuating apparatus A latch-release actuating apparatus includes a switch element, a base member, and a cover member. The switch element is depressed via the cover member. In the latch-release actuating apparatus, a key top member and the cover member are formed to be long to extend ho... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774985 | Drive apparatus for sliding member A driving apparatus for a sliding member includes a housing, a cable, a drum to move the cable to open and close the sliding member, a motor arranged to drive the drum, and a tensioner supported by the housing arranged to provide a tensioning force to the cable, the... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7770945 | Door lock system An input shaft of a key lever that transmits a rotating drive force from a key cylinder in response to a key operation is arranged in a lower side of a door housing so that the rain water and the like does not easily reach the input shaft. ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7766398 | Door lock system A door lock system for vehicle doors includes a lock mechanism including a switching lever. The switching lever can be moved freely between a neutral position and a locking position and between the neutral position and an unlocking position. The door can not be open... | 08/03/2010 |
