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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184895 | Method and apparatus for magnetic character recognition A method for magnetic character recognition is disclosed. The method may include preparing a standard waveform that is used as a datum in an operation of reading magnetic ink characters, generating a regeneration waveform from a character string of the magnetic ink ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177128 | Information processing device for card-like recording medium A processing device for a card-like recording medium may include a path for transferring the recording medium, a frame including a first frame and a second frame, a detector structured to detect presence of the recording medium, an imager structured to capture an im... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176804 | Motor actuator and opening/closing device In a driving force transmission mechanism in a motor type damper device, when a small AC synchronous motor rotates in one direction and a tooth-missing gear part of a tooth-missing gear engages with the first rack part of a rack member the rack member is moved upwar... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8167211 | Card carrying and pushing out device A card carrying device may include a stacker in which a plurality of cards is stacked, a card pushing-out member for engaging with the rear edge of a card at a lowest position of the cards to push the card at the lowest position outside from the stacker, a carrying-... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167205 | Card reader with first operation part and second operation part A card reader may include a first card operation part having a first reproducing and recording part, a first feeding passage, and a first card pressing mechanism structured to press the card toward a first card feeding reference face, and a second card operation par... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163440 | Fuel cell and control method therefor A multi-channel pump includes a pump chamber, an inflow passage connected to the pump chamber, two or more outflow passages connected to the pump chamber, outflow side active valves provided so as to correspond to the outflow passages, and a movable body reciprocate... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159764 | Lens drive device A lens drive device may include a movable body holding a lens, a fixed body movably holding the movable body, and a drive mechanism for driving the movable body in the optical axis direction. The drive mechanism may include a drive magnet part formed in a substantia... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8146818 | Apparatus and method for symbol information reading A symbol information reading apparatus may include an imaging element; an image memory structured to store image data; a position detecting processor structured to fetch the image data and structured to detect a position of symbol information. The position detecting... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8121384 | Method and apparatus for magnetic character recognition A method for magnetic character recognition may include preparing standard array data of peak intervals; generating a regeneration waveform out of a character string of magnetic characters printed on a surface of an information data recording medium; segmenting a ch... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116012 | Magnetic device and lens drive device A magnetic device may include a coil wound body having a first coil winding face and a second coil winding face in an axial direction, a coil wound around the first coil winding face and the second coil winding face, and a coil winding start part and a coil winding ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107176 | Lens drive device A lens drive device may include a support body, a movable body having a lens, a magnetic drive mechanism having a coil mounted on the movable body and a magnet mounted on the support body for magnetically driving the movable body in a lens optical axis direction, tw... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102612 | Lens driving device A lens driving device for use with a lens to photograph or image an object to be photographed or imaged may include a moving member holding the lens and made movable in the direction of an optical axis, and a supporting member for supporting the moving member throug... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8047541 | Duplicate feeding detection device for sheet-like member A duplicate feeding detection device for use with sheet-like members may include a control part for controlling an ultrasonic transmission part, a duplicate feeding judging part for judging duplicate feeding of the sheet-like members on a basis of an output from an ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043042 | Industrial robot An industrial robot may include a robot hand structured to mount a transfer object, a multi-joint arm section having at least two arms including a robot hand supporting arm structured to support the robot hand to be rotatable; and a main section structured to suppor... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040624 | Lens drive device A lens drive device for use with at least one lens may include a movable body holding a lens, a fixed body movably holding the movable body, and a drive mechanism for driving the movable body in the optical axis direction. The drive mechanism may include a drive coi... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040620 | Lens drive device A lens drive device may include a movable body provided with a lens and a drive mechanism for driving the movable body in the optical axis direction. The drive mechanism may include a substantially triangular prism-shaped drive magnet part disposed in at least one o... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040004 | Motor device with pin terminals A motor device may include a motor, a plurality of pin terminals protruded from a side face of a motor case on an outer side in a radial plane direction, and a wiring circuit board which is connected with the plurality of the pin terminals. The plurality of the pin ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8026646 | Motor with urging member comprising a flat spring A motor may include a rotor having a rotation shaft, a stator disposed on an outer peripheral side of the rotor, a frame fixed to the stator, and an urging member made of metal for urging an end part on an output side of the rotation shaft to an opposite-to-output s... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8018101 | Motor A motor may include a rotor having a rotation shaft, a stator disposed on an outer peripheral side of the rotor, an output side bearing which supports an end part on an output side of the rotation shaft in a radial direction and an axial direction, a frame which is ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8009371 | Lens driving apparatus A lens driving apparatus is disclosed. The lends driving apparatus may include a movable body holding lenses, a fixed body in which the movable body is mounted and movably along the lens optical axis direction, and a drive mechanism that moves the movable body in th... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004779 | Lens drive device A lens drive device may include a movable body having a lens and a coil, a support body movably supporting the movable body, a magnetic drive mechanism having a magnet for driving the movable body together with the coil, a restricting member for restricting movement... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002260 | Card processing unit A card processing unit may include a card processing part for performing predetermined processing to a card, a card stack part in which a plurality of cards are stacked and stored, and a card feeding part for carrying a card between the card processing part and the ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995289 | Lens drive device A lens drive device may include a fixed body, a movable body having a lens, a magnetic drive mechanism for magnetically driving the movable body in a lens optical axis direction, and a spring member which connects the movable body with the fixed body. The fixed body... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7994663 | Motor A motor may include a motor base plate, a bearing holder provided with a through hole whose both ends hold bearings and vertically disposed with respect to the motor base plate, a stator provided with a center hole and fixed to an outer peripheral face of the bearin... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990633 | Lens driving apparatus In the lens driving apparatus having a sleeve, a support body (such as a yoke) that supports the sleeve via a spring member), coils attached to the sleeve, and magnets attached to the support body, the support body is provided with a yoke and a cover portion, the yo... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990631 | Lens drive device, spring member and manufacturing methods therefor A lens drive device may include a movable body movable in an optical axis direction, a support body supporting the movable body through a spring member which may include spring pieces electrically separated from each other, formed with a coil connecting part to whic... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986873 | Optical unit with shake correcting function and shake correction control method therefor An optical unit with shake correcting function may include a movable module on which at least an optical element is mounted, a fixed body which supports the movable module, a shake detection sensor which detects a shake of the movable module, a drive mechanism for s... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7977828 | Stepping motor A stepping motor may include a rotor having a drive magnet and a stator having a drive coil wound in a tube shape and disposed on the drive magnet. The stator may include a first yoke, a second yoke, a plurality of first pole teeth provided in the first yoke, and a ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969148 | Magnetic sensor device, magnetic encoder device and magnetic scale manufacturing method A magnetic sensor device may include “A”-phase magnetic resistance pattern and “B”-phase magnetic resistance pattern which are provided with a phase difference of 90° from each other; wherein the “A” pattern is provided with “+a” phase magnetic resi... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7967285 | Card sending device A card sending device for use with cards may include a card storage part in which a plurality of cards are stacked and stored, a gate through which a card is capable of passing to an outside of the card storage part, a sending pawl which is capable of engaging with ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7960882 | Motor A motor may include a bearing for supporting a rotation shaft, a bearing holder which is formed with a bearing holding hole on which the bearing is mounted, and a spring member which is mounted on an outer end face of the bearing holder for urging the bearing toward... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7936523 | Lens drive device A lens drive device may include a support body, a movable body having a lens, a magnetic drive mechanism for magnetically driving the movable body in a lens optical axis direction, and a spring member connected between the support body and the movable body. The magn... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7922152 | Valve element opening/closing device A valve element opening/closing device may include a main body formed with a space, an inflow pipe and an outflow pipe which are connected to the main body, a valve element for opening and closing a flow passage, and a drive part for driving the valve element to ope... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918436 | Valve element opening/closing device A valve element opening/closing device may include a main body, an inflow pipe, an outflow pipe, a valve element, and a drive part for driving the valve element to open and close a flow passage. The drive part may include a linearly moving mechanism part for driving... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913577 | Flow meter A flow meter may include a case body formed with a fluid space in its inside, an impeller disposed in the fluid space, a detected part integrally provided in the impeller, a detecting part provided with detecting terminals for detecting the detected part, terminal p... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911094 | Stepping motor A stepping motor may include a rotor having a rotation shaft and a permanent magnet, a stator provided with a stator core formed with a flange part and pole teeth, a drive coil and a terminal block disposed on an outer peripheral side of the stator. The flange part ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7910844 | Leaf switch and ice making device using leaf switch A leaf switch may include a cam body formed with a plurality of cam parts in a multistage shape and a plurality of leaf contact pieces which are extended toward the cam body and whose tip end sides of the plurality of leaf contact pieces are respectively abutted wit... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7891568 | Media processing device and magnetic head applicable to it A media processing device may include a frame with a transport passage in which information recording media are transported and a magnetic head for processing magnetic information signals on the information recording media. The magnetic head may be embedded in the f... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891545 | Information recording medium and information reading device An information recording medium is disclosed. The information recording medium may belong to a holder and may be used with an information reading device. The information recording medium may include a read area from which information may be read. The read area may i... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7886081 | USB communication system, USB device, and method of error detection for USB communication system A USB communication system, a USB device, and a method of error detection for the USB communication system; with which an error of any breaking of physical connection in USB communication can be detected no matter where the breaking happens, and furthermore an error... | 02/08/2011 |
