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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184360 | Wavelength converting devices A harmonic wave oscillating device having a supporting body, a wavelength converting layer, a lower side adhesive layer that adheres the wavelength converting layer and the supporting body, an upper side substrate provided on the side of an upper face of the wavelen... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178815 | Molding die machining electrode, fabricating method of molding die, and molding die In a molding die machining electrode, slit grooves of a molding die are machined with a slit groove forming part having a substantially circular outer circumference by arranging hexagonal erected wall parts in a row; while the inner circumference of a slit groove fo... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178285 | Method for manufacturing piezoelectric/electrostrictive film type element A manufacturing method for a piezoelectric/electrostrictive film type element and a film constituting a laminated vibrator made of laminations of an electrode film and a piezoelectric/electrostrictive film in a plane position. The piezoelectric/electrostrictive film... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178192 | Ceramic green sheet, ceramic green sheet laminate, production method of ceramic green sheet, and production method of ceramic green sheet laminate The present invention provides a ceramic green sheet with a thin flat plate shape obtained by molding and solidifying a ceramic slurry, which contains a ceramic powder, dispersion medium, and gelling agent, into a thin flat plate. The ceramic green sheet partially i... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176768 | Particulate matter detection device A particulate matter detection device 100 includes a first electrode 1 whose one surface is covered with an inter-electrode dielectric material 4; a second electrode 2 disposed on the side of the one surface of the first electrode 1 | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176618 | Method for producing gas sensor A solid electrolyte body is placed on and fixed to an upper plate of a press jig such that a major surface (an upper surface) of the solid electrolyte body faces one major surface of a guide plate having an open space. The upper plate is rotated by a transfer mechan... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174689 | Apparatus for inspecting defects of honeycomb structure According to an apparatus for inspecting defects of a honeycomb structure that is provided with a current plate and an air current formation means (air source and a header tube), fine defects or defects taking place in the vicinity of an outer periphery of the honey... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173054 | Silicon carbide based porous material and method for production thereof A silicon carbide-based porous material is provided, including silicon carbide particles as an aggregate, metallic silicon and an oxide phase containing Si, Al and an alkaline earth metal. The silicon carbide-based porous material is high in porosity and strength an... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168926 | Heating device A first heating element and a second heating element, which are capable of individually controlling temperatures thereof, are embedded in a ceramic base. Each of the first heating element and the second heating element is formed into a spiral shape so as not to cont... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163407 | Method for controlling sodium-sulfur battery In a method for controlling a sodium-sulfur battery, a time of correcting or resetting a depth of discharge of the sodium-sulfur battery is determined within a predetermined period based on weather information, and the depth of discharge of the sodium-sulfur battery... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163148 | Gas sensor element A gas sensor element including: a sensor layer in which at least one pair of electrodes are provided in a solid electrolyte for measuring an electromotive force based on a difference in an oxygen concentration between atmospheres; and a heater layer which includes a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161807 | Devices for detecting accumulation amount of particulates A device for detecting particulates includes: a filter; a filter container; an upstream pipe; a downstream pipe; an upstream detecting unit; and a downstream detecting unit. The upstream detecting unit has a branch flow route for receiving gas from the upstream pipe... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158255 | Plate-like polycrystalline particle, method for producing plate-like polycrystalline particles, and method for producing crystallographically-oriented ceramic A plate-like polycrystalline particle is produced by forming inorganic particles into a self-supported, sheet-like shaped body with a predetermined thickness, firing the shaped body, and crushing and classifying the fired shaped body by passing through a mesh having... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158237 | Honeycomb structure A precise exhaust gas control can be achieved without being influenced by fluctuations of the excess air ratio (λ) between cylinders of engines or the size of the diameter (the sectional area) of the honeycomb structure. The honeycomb structure is formed by a plura... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158202 | Honeycomb structure and method for manufacturing same A honeycomb structure 1 of the present invention includes: a cylindrical cell structure 2 having porous partition walls and a plurality of cells separated and formed by the partition walls and functioning as fluid passages, and an outer peripheral coat... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157977 | Gas sensor A protective cover of a gas sensor includes an inner protective cover which covers at least an end portion of a sensor element, an outer protective cover which covers the inner protective cover, and an intermediate protective cover which is installed between the inn... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152282 | Droplet discharge device and method of manufacturing droplet discharge device A droplet discharge device including a plurality of vibrators arranged on an upper surface of a substrate. The substrate has a cavity, discharge hole and supply hole, which serve as a liquid flow path, formed inside a plate including flat upper and lower surfaces. A... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147952 | Coating material for honeycomb structure There is provided a coating material for a honeycomb structure, the coating material including inorganic particles or organic particles having D90/D10 of 5 to 50 with D10 of 50 μm or less and D90 of 4 μm or more (wherein D10 and D90 are values of 10% diameter and ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143190 | Honeycomb structure There is disclosed a honeycomb structure having a plurality of segments and each including a plurality of cells, wherein each segment has a porous base material having the honeycomb shape, and a modified portion formed by impregnating a part of the base material wit... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142934 | Positive electrode for non-aqueous electrolytic secondary cell and non-aqueous electrolytic secondary cell A positive electrode for a non-aqueous electrolytic secondary cell and a non-aqueous electrolytic secondary cell are provided, which exhibit a high potential in a 4 V region, and have a high capacity, safety, excellent cycle characteristics, and satisfactory high-te... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137785 | Honeycomb structure Provided is a honeycomb structure that is divided by a porous partition wall 3, as well as that is formed of a plurality of cells 5 acting as a through channel of a fluid. An insertion hole 9 in which a sensor can be inserted is formed in an end... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136820 | Electrostatic chuck with heater and manufacturing method thereof An electrostatic chuck with a heater includes: a base formed of a sintered body containing alumina; an ESC electrode provided in an upper portion side in the base; and a resistance heating body embedded in a lower portion side in the base. The base is composed of a ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133841 | Honeycomb catalytic structure, precoated support for producing honeycomb catalytic structure, and process for producing honeycomb catalytic structure According to the present invention, there is provided a honeycomb catalytic structure comprising: a honeycomb structure comprising porous partition walls having a large number of pores, disposed so as to form a plurality of cells e... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129016 | Substrate supporting member A substrate supporting member includes: a plate-shaped ceramic body having a surface serving as a substrate supporting surface; a plate-shaped composite material body which is joined to a surface of the ceramic body opposite to the substrate supporting surface with ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128896 | Permselective membrane type reactor There is disclosed a permselective membrane reactor which efficiently forms hydrogen by use of a water-gas shift reaction and which is excellent in an aspect of manufacturing cost. In a permselective membrane reactor, a permselective membrane is a Pd membrane or a P... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128834 | Piezoelectric/electrostrictive porcelain composition and piezoelectric/electrostrictive element A (Li, Na, K)(Nb, Ta)O3 based piezoelectric/electrostrictive porcelain composition obtained by adding a slight amount of a Mn compound to a perovskite type oxide containing Li, Na and K as A-site elements and contains at least Nb out of Nb and Ta as B-sit... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128723 | Partially plug-less DPF There is provided a ceramic filter capable of controlling extraordinary rise of the internal temperature upon regeneration by reducing an amount of deposited soot (particulates) by increasing a passage flow rate in the through-cells and realizing improvement of the ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128395 | Honeycomb segment-forming die and method for manufacturing honeycomb structure A honeycomb segment-forming die includes: an introducing portion provided on an introduction face side and having a plurality of back holes, and a forming portion provided on an formation face side and having slits communicating with the back holes. The forming port... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125757 | Wafer support device and component used for the same A wafer support device 20 includes an electrostatic chuck 22 provided to attract a silicon wafer W as an object of plasma processing, a protection ring 30 mounted on a step 26 of the electrostatic chuck 22, a cooling plate 40 | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124047 | Method for manufacturing (Li, Na, K)(Nb, Ta)Otype piezoelectric material A method for manufacturing (Li, Na, K)(Nb, Ta)O3 type piezoelectric material having an improved relative dielectric constant and an electric-field-induced strain is provided. The method is a process in which a formed body of powder particles constituted o... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119023 | Piezoelectric/electrostrictive ceramic composition manufacturing method A (Li, Na, K)(Nb, Ta)O3-based piezoelectric/electrostrictive ceramic composition having a large field-induced distortion during application of a high electric field is provided. After synthesizing a perovskite oxide containing Li (lithium), Na (sodium) an... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115365 | Surface acoustic wave devices A surface acoustic wave device has a supporting substrate, a propagation substrate made of a piezoelectric single crystal, an organic adhesive layer having a thickness of 0.1 to 1.0 μm and bonding the supporting substrate and the propagation substrate, and a surfac... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8105675 | Honeycomb structure and bonding material to be used for same There is disclosed a honeycomb structure 1 which is made of a ceramic material and in which a plurality of honeycomb segments 12 having cell structures 5 and porous outer walls 7 on outer peripheries of the cell structures 5 are in... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102234 | Layered inductor A layered inductor is manufactured by layering “silver-based conductive layers” and “ferrite-based magnetic layers” and simultaneously firing these layers. The conductive layers are via-connected to form a helical coil. A shape of a cross sectional surface o... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101270 | Bonding material for honeycomb structure and honeycomb structure utilizing the material A bonding material for a honeycomb structure comprises inorganic particles in which D90/D10 is from 10 to 500, D10 is 100 μm or less and D90 is 4 μm or more, and the D10 and D90 are the values of 10% diameter and 90% diameter from a smaller particle diameter side,... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101269 | Porous fired body and manufacturing method thereof A porous fired body including a structure that aggregates are bonded by a bonding material, wherein the aggregates include oxide particles having a larger thermal capacity per unit volume than an SiC particle and SiC, the bonding material includes metallic Si, volum... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101099 | Optical waveguide substrate manufacturing method A voltage is applied on an interdigitated electrode provided on one main face of a single-domain ferroelectric single crystal substrate to form a periodic domain inversion structure, the interdigitated electrode is removed and the one main face of the substrate is m... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100013 | Passage detection apparatus of object A passage detection apparatus is configured to detect the change in the properties (propagation state of sound wave, dielectric constant, etc.) of a specific space, which changes according to the passage of an object in the specific space and the size of the object.... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097549 | Method for manufacturing cordierite ceramics A method for manufacturing cordierite ceramics is provided, including forming and heating a cordierite-forming raw material containing α-alumina. The degree of orientation, expressed by (I006/(I300+I006), where Ihkl is he... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093173 | Honeycomb catalytic article There is provided a honeycomb structure where a catalyst is loaded on surfaces of inner pores of the surface layer and on a surface of the surface layer; a relation between a catalyst area proportion A of the catalyst to a gap area proportion B of a gap in a cross-s... | 01/10/2012 |
